# 接听 (jiētīng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 接听 (jiētīng) means “to answer the phone”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to answer the phone
- Pinyin: jiētīng (jie1 ting1)
- Traditional: 接聽
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 开会时我不方便接听电话。
  Kāihuì shí wǒ bù fāngbiàn jiētīng diànhuà.
  It is inconvenient for me to answer the phone during a meeting.

## Characters

- [接](https://hanziro.com/word/jie-receive/) (jiē): to receive; to meet
- [听](https://hanziro.com/word/ting-listen/) (tīng): to listen; to hear

https://hanziro.com/word/jie-ting-answer-phone/

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