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title: "Chinese Phone Conversation: How to Answer the Phone and 11 More Phrases, With Pinyin and Audio"
description: "12 Chinese phrases for phone calls, like 喂，你好！ (Hello? (answering the phone)) and 请问是哪位？ (May I ask who’s calling?), each with pinyin over every word, the English and Play to hear it. Keep the words in one press."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-phrases/phone"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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[Chinese phrases](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-phrases) · 12 phrases

# Chinese phone conversation

Each with pinyin over every word, the English and sound.

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Speed

wèi喂，nǐhǎo你好！

Hello? (answering the phone)

qǐngwèn请问shì是nǎwèi哪位？

May I ask who’s calling?

wǒ我zhǎo找wáng王lǎoshī老师。

I’d like to speak to Teacher Wang.

qǐng请shāoděng稍等。

One moment, please.

tā他xiànzài现在bù不zài在。

He isn’t here right now.

nǐ你yào要liúyán留言ma吗？

Would you like to leave a message?

qǐng请tā他gěi给wǒ我huí回gè个diànhuà电话。

Please ask him to call me back.

nǐ你dǎ打cuò错le了。

You have the wrong number.

xìnhào信号bùhǎo不好，wǒ我tīng听bù不qīngchu清楚。

The signal’s bad, I can’t hear you clearly.

wǒ我yīhuìr一会儿gěi给nǐ你dǎ打guòqu过去。

I’ll call you back in a bit.

nǐ你de的diànhuà-hàomǎ电话号码shì是duōshao多少？

What’s your phone number?

wǒmen我们jiā加gè个wēixìn微信ba吧。

Let’s add each other on WeChat.

## More situations

## How do you answer the phone in Chinese?

喂 (wéi), then 你好 (nǐ hǎo). 喂 is said with a rising tone on the phone, and only on the phone: to get someone’s attention in person it can sound rude. To ask who is calling, 请问是哪位？

## How do you say a phone number in Chinese?

Digit by digit, and 1 is said yāo, not yī, so it can’t be heard as 7 (qī): 138 is yāo sān bā. Our number converter says any phone number for you.

## How do I say them right?

Press Play and say each phrase with the voice, slow first, then at normal speed. Each word’s pinyin is above it, its tone marked.

## Can’t hear it?

Play uses your device’s Mandarin voice. Edge, Chrome and Safari have one; a browser with none plays each word in our recorded voice instead.

## More free tools

- [Chinese greetings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings)
- [Chinese idioms](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-idioms)
- [Chinese text to speech](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-text-to-speech)
- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Tone practice](https://mandarinthewild.com/tone-practice)

Pinyin from our own reader.