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  📍Basic mobile phone calls  基本 的 手机 通话  Jīběn de shǒujī tōnghuà 📞 How to Answer the Phone in Mandarin Chinese: A Quick Guide Whether you're traveling, working, or just making a friend in China, knowing how to handle a phone call in Mandarin is super helpful! Here’s a simple guide to common phone call phrases and expressions used in Chinese conversations. 1. Answering the Phone • 喂 (wéi) – "Hello/Hey" This is the standard way to answer a phone call in Mandarin. When spoken in the second tone , "喂 (wéi)" is used only for answering the phone. It’s casual and widely used. Want to sound a little more polite or formal? Use: 喂, 你好 (wéi, nǐ hǎo) – “Hello, how are you?” 2. Asking Who’s Calling • 请问是哪位? (qǐng wèn shì nǎ wèi?) "May I ask who’s speaking?" or simply “Who is this?” This is a polite and formal way to ask who's on the other end. You can also say: 请问你是...? (qǐng wèn nǐ shì…?) – “May I ask, who are you?” To respond, just say:...