전화
jeonhwa
hanja 電話
telephone; phone call
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
전
ㅈjinitial+ㅓeomedial+ㄴnfinal
화
ㅎhinitial+ㅘwamedial
電electricity
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話talk
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Examples
- 친구에게 전화해요.I call a friend.
- 전화번호가 뭐예요?What is your phone number?
Collocations
전화를 하다전화를 받다전화번호
Mnemonic
jeonhwa is the Sino-Korean noun 電話: 電 (jeon, electric) plus 話 (hwa, speech), literally "electric speech". Add hada for the verb jeonhwahada (to make a call); jeonhwa-beonho is a phone number. To answer a call is jeonhwa-reul batda.
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