交換手

こうかんしゅ

Meanings

1. Noun operator (e.g. telephone)

Kanji

• 交 exchange. Read as コウ.
• 換 swap. Read as カン.
• 手 hand. Read as シュ.

Example sentences

• 交換手です。内線番号をどうぞ。
  This is the operator. Which extension would you like?
• 交換手は私に電話を切って少し待つように言った。
  The operator told me to hang up and wait for a moment.
• 交換手は電話をかけた人に電話がつながるまで待つように言った。
  The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.

Words containing 交換手

• 電話交換手 (でんわこうかんしゅ) telephone operator

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