通电话

to phone sb up

dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

old variant of 話|话[hua4]

telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc

to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram