通話

See also: 通话

Chinese

go through; know well; to connect
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (通話)
simp. (通话)

Pronunciation


Verb

通⫽話 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to talk over the telephone; to have a voice chat (via software)
  2. to converse

Synonyms

  • (to converse):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つう
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Counter

(つう)() • (-tsūwa

  1. telephone calls, phone calls

Noun

(つう)() • (tsūwa

  1. a phone call, a telephone call

Derived terms

  • 市外通話(しがいつうわ) (shigai tsūwa)
  • 指名通話(しめいつうわ) (shimei tsūwa)
  • 通話度数(つうわどすう) (tsūwa dosū)
  • 通話口(つうわぐち) (tsūwaguchi)

Verb

(つう)()する • (tsūwa surutransitive or intransitive suru (stem (つう)() (tsūwa shi), past (つう)()した (tsūwa shita))

  1. to talk on the phone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "通話する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 通話し つうわし tsūwa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 通話し つうわし tsūwa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 通話する つうわする tsūwa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 通話する つうわする tsūwa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 通話すれ つうわすれ tsūwa sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 通話せよ¹
通話しろ²
つうわせよ¹
つうわしろ²
tsūwa seyo¹
tsūwa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 通話される つうわされる tsūwa sareru
Causative 通話させる
通話さす
つうわさせる
つうわさす
tsūwa saseru
tsūwa sasu
Potential 通話できる つうわできる tsūwa dekiru
Volitional 通話しよう つうわしよう tsūwa shiyō
Negative 通話しない つうわしない tsūwa shinai
Negative continuative 通話せず つうわせず tsūwa sezu
Formal 通話します つうわします tsūwa shimasu
Perfective 通話した つうわした tsūwa shita
Conjunctive 通話して つうわして tsūwa shite
Hypothetical conditional 通話すれば つうわすれば tsūwa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

通話 • (tonghwa) (hangeul 통화)

  1. hanja form? of 통화 (phone call)