总机 (zǒng jī) — telephone exchange; switchboard; (by extension) switchboard operator

Definition

Examples

• 请帮我转总机，我要找销售部。
  Qǐng bāng wǒ zhuǎn zǒng jī, wǒ yào zhǎo xiāo shòu 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。
  Gōng sī zǒng jī de xiàn lù jīn tiān chū le wèn tí.
  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 zǒng shì máng yīn, wǒ zhí jiē bō le fēn jī.
  The switchboard was always busy, so I directly dialed the extension.