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我不會講官 phrase

I don't speak English(I don't speak (fill with the name of the current foreign language))
phrase
[UK: ˈaɪ dəʊnt spiːk ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ] [US: ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˈspiːk ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ]

我可以用你的電嗎? phrase

can I use your phone(can I use your phone?)
phrase

或諸如此類的 phrase

or words to that effect(used to indicate a paraphrase)
phrase

手提電 noun

mobile phone(portable telephone)
noun
[UK: ˈməʊ.baɪl fəʊn] [US: ˈmoʊ.baɪl ˈfoʊn]

打趣的 noun

pleasantry [pleasantries](jest)
noun
[UK: ˈplezn.tri] [US: ˈple.zən.tri]

打電 verb

call [called, calling, calls](to contact by telephone)
verb
[UK: kɔːl] [US: ˈkɒl]

phone [phoned, phoning, phones](to call (someone) on the telephone)
verb
[UK: fəʊn] [US: ˈfoʊn]

telephone [telephoned, telephoning, telephones](to call someone)
verb
[UK: ˈte.lɪ.fəʊn] [US: ˈte.ləˌfoʊn]

承認說錯 verb

eat one's words(regret something said)
verb
[UK: iːt wʌnz ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈwɝːdz]

拿起電 verb

pick up the phone(to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call)
verb

接電 verb

pick up the phone(to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call)
verb

verb

get a word in edgewise(to break into or participate in a conversation)
verb

換句preposition

in other words(stated or interpreted another way)
preposition
[UK: ɪn ˈʌð.ə(r) ˈwɜːdz] [US: ɪn ˈʌð.r̩ ˈwɝːdz]

換句adverb

that is(in other words)
adverb
[UK: ðæt ɪz] [US: ˈðæt ˈɪz]

/xīnhuà/ proper noun

Newspeak(fictional language)
proper noun
[UK: ˈnuː.ˌspik] [US: ˈnuː.ˌspik]

旋轉號盤電noun

rotary phone(rotary dial telephone)
noun

日本 proper noun

Japanese(Japanese language)
proper noun
[UK: ˌdʒæ.pə.ˈniːz] [US: ˌdʒæ.pə.ˈniːz]

普通 noun

Mandarin [mandarins](Standard Mandarin, see also: Chinese)
noun
[UK: ˈmæn.də.rɪn] [US: ˈmæn.də.rən]

普通 proper noun

Putonghua(the official language of the People's Republic of China, see also: Mandarin)
proper noun

普通歌曲 noun

Mandopop(Mandarin pop music)
noun

noun

conversation [conversations](expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people)
noun
[UK: ˌkɒn.və.ˈseɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌkɑːn.vər.ˈseɪʃ.n̩]

dialogue(conversation or other discourse between individuals)
noun
[UK: ˈdaɪə.lɒɡ] [US: ˈdaɪə.ˌlɒɡ]

discourse [discourses](verbal exchange or conversation)
noun
[UK: ˈdɪs.kɔːs] [US: ˈdɪs.kɔːrs]

talk [talks](conversation)
noun
[UK: ˈtɔːk] [US: ˈtɔːk]

手冊 noun

phrase book(book of everyday expressions and vocabulary)
noun
[UK: freɪz bʊk] [US: ˈfreɪz ˈbʊk]

noun

walkie-talkie [walkie-talkies](portable radio)
noun
[UK: ˌwɔːk.ɪ ˈtɔːk.i] [US: ˌwɔːk.ɪ ˈtɔːk.i]

武漢 proper noun

Wuhanese(the dialect of Wuhan)
proper noun

noun

words(angry debate or conversation)
noun
[UK: ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈwɝːdz]

江西 proper noun

Gan(one of Sinitic languages)
proper noun
[UK: ɡɑn] [US: ˈɡæn]

海南 proper noun

Hainanese(group of Min dialects spoken in Hainan)
proper noun

湖南 proper noun

Xiang(one of the divisions of the Chinese language)
proper noun
[UK: ɕiaŋ] [US: ɕiaŋ]

潮州 proper noun

Teochew(one of the divisions of the Chinese language)
proper noun

濟州 /Jìzhōu huà/ proper noun

Jeju(lect)
proper noun

無意中說出心裡 noun

Freudian slip(subconscious mistake in speech or action)
noun
[UK: ˈfrɔɪ.dɪən slɪp] [US: ˈfruː.diən sˈlɪp]

甜蜜情 noun

sweet nothings(insubstantial or romantic words that are only meant to flatter, woo or seduce)
noun

noun

colloquialism [colloquialisms](colloquial expression)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈləʊ.kwɪə.lɪ.zəm] [US: kəˈlo.ʊ.kwɪə.lɪ.zəm]

noun

Pe̍h-ōe-jī(a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Min Nan)
noun

Pha̍k-fa-sṳ(a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hakka)
noun

真心大冒險 noun

truth or dare(game where players perform a dare or answer a question)
noun
[UK: truːθ ɔː(r) deə(r)] [US: ˈtruːθ ɔːr ˈder]

磁卡電 noun

cardphone(public telephone that accepts cards rather than coins)
noun

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