"Telegram" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 致电 | zhì diàn | to phone / to telegram |   |
| 电报 | diàn bào | telegram / cable / telegraph / CL:封[feng1],份[fen4] | |
| 来电 | lái diàn | incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / to come back (of electricity, after an outage) | |
| 发电 | fā diàn | to generate electricity / to send a telegram | |
| 通电 | tōng diàn | to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram | |
| 回电 | huí diàn | to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram | |
| 电传 | diàn chuán | to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter | |
| 贺电 | hè diàn | congratulatory telegram | |
| 电 |  diàn | lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc | |
| 唁电 | yàn diàn | a telegram of condolence | |
| 密电 | mì diàn | coded telegram / secret telegram | |
| 密码电报 | mì mǎ diàn bào | coded telegram / ciphered cable | |
| 拍电 | pāi diàn | to send a telegram | |
| 电唁 | diàn yàn | a telegraph condolence / to send a message of condolence by telegram | |
| 电商 | diàn shāng | e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务[dian4 zi3 shang1 wu4]) / (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone | |
