查号台 (chá) — directory assistance; telephone information operator

Definition

Examples

• 你可以打查号台问电话号码。
  Nǐ kě yǐ dǎ chá wèn diàn huà hào mǎ.
  You can call directory assistance to ask for a phone number.
• 查号台的接线员帮我查到了那家公司的电话。
  chá De jiē xiàn yuán bāng wǒ chá dào le nà jiā gōng sī de diàn huà.
  The information operator helped me find the phone number of that company.
• 他通过查号台找到了老朋友的电话号码。
  Tā tōng guò chá zhǎo dào le lǎo péng you de diàn huà hào mǎ.
  He found his old friend's phone number through directory assistance.