(shǒu jī) - mobile phone, cell phone in Mandarin
shǒujīTraditional: 手機
Translation
mobile phone, cell phone
Word origin
A modern compound of 手 (shǒu) 'hand' and 機 (jī) 'machine'. 手 is a pictograph of a hand; 機 has 木 (wood) as radical with a phonetic body, originally a loom or device. The word literally means 'hand machine', that is a mobile phone.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 手 (shǒu, hand) + 機 (jī, machine: 木 wood radical + phonetic)
Stroke order
手
机
Examples
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My mobile phone is out of battery.
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What is your cell phone number?
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She keeps looking at her phone.
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I want to buy a new mobile phone.
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The phone is on the table.
手机 (shǒu jī) means mobile phone, cell phone. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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