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- "他的电话是九八六七。"
"他的电话是九八六七。"
Translation:His number is 9867.
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I believe 电话 can also mean the telephone set itself. In this example, it is obvious from context that it is short for 电话号码 (telephone number).
I put this too as Duo in the past wants the closest translation and there is no "number" in the sentence. Also their translation leaves out "telephone" which IS in the sentence. I reported it. Poor answers to not accept the clearest translation and expect us to guess what is normal idiomatic speech with no instruction.
;他' is used to refer to the person when you don't know the gender of the person you are talking about
There is a specific word for 'her' in Chinese, that is '她'(for refering to female)
I typed 她的电话是九八六七 from the hearing exercise and it considered it wrong. 他 and 她 sound the same though, arent both acceptable here?