How to say “cell phone” in Chinese
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“Cell phone” in Chinese is 手机, shǒu jī: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
手机 is read shǒu jī: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a palm with fingers.
On the left, 木 “wood”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “手机”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 手机. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 你的手机在桌子上nǐdeshǒujīzàizhuōzishangYour phone is on the table.
- 你看见我的手机了吗nǐkànjiànwǒdeshǒujīlemaHave you seen my phone?
- 你的手机在书下面nǐdeshǒujīzàishūxiàmiànYour phone is under the book.
- 他用手机看电影。tāyòngshǒujīkàndiànyǐngHe watches movies on his phone.
- 我可以用一下你的手机吗？wǒkěyǐyòngyíxiànǐdeshǒujīmaCan I use your phone?
- 手机没电了shǒujīméidiànleMy phone's dead.
More words from the lesson “Hello?”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “cell phone” in Chinese?
“Cell phone” in Chinese is 手机, pinyin shǒujī.
What does 手机 mean?
手机 (shǒujī) means “cell phone”.
How do you write 手机?
手机 is 2 characters: 手 (shǒu) — hand; 机 (jī) — machine, device. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 手机?
手机 is read shǒujī. Tones: shǒu — third tone, jī — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“cell phone” in the lesson “Hello?”
This word is from the topic “Study, work and free time” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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