Definition

Examples

• 请帮我转总机，我要找销售部。
  Qǐng bāng wǒ zhuǎn zǒng jī, wǒ yào zhǎo xiāoshòu bù.
  Please transfer me to the switchboard — I need the sales department.
• 公司总机的线路今天出了问题。
  Gōngsī zǒng jī de xiànlù jīntiān chū le wèntí.
  The company's telephone exchange lines had a problem today.
• 打总机总是忙音，我直接拨了分机。
  Dǎ zǒng jī zǒngshì mángyīn, wǒ zhíjiē bō le fēnjī.
  The switchboard was always busy, so I directly dialed the extension.