zǒngjī

总机

Word · NounTraditional總機

telephone switchboard; main exchange

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

telephone switchboard; main exchange (used within an organization to connect extensions and outside lines)

Refers to the central telephone system in a hotel, company, or other organization that handles incoming and outgoing calls and connects them to internal extensions.

Qǐng请
bō拨
dǎ打
zǒng总
jī机
zhuǎn转
fēn分
jī机
yī1
èr2
sān3
 。

Please dial the switchboard and ask for extension 123.

Jiǔ酒
diàn店
zǒng总
jī机
èr二
shí十
sì四
xiǎo小
shí时
yǒu有
rén人
zhí值
bān班
 。

The hotel switchboard is manned twenty-four hours a day.

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Zǒng总
jī机
kě可
yǐ以
bāng帮
nǐ你
jiē接
tōng通
wài外
xiàn线
 。

The switchboard can connect you to an outside line.

Wǒ我
men们
gōng公
sī司
de的
zǒng总
jī机
huài坏
le了
 ,
qǐng请
dǎ打
shǒu手
jī机
lián联
xì系
 。

Our company's switchboard is broken; please contact me by mobile phone.