Phone in Chinese (Mandarin): 手机 (shǒujī)
手机
shǒujī
phone
- Simplified
- 手机
- Traditional
- 手機
- Pinyin
- shǒujī
- Typed as
- shouji
Use it in a sentence
爸爸用手机打电话。
爸爸用手機打電話。
Dad uses his phone to make a call.
The characters in 手机
手
Hand.
4 strokes
机 / 機
Machine.
6 strokes
手机 is a "hand machine". Making a phone call is 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà).
More examples with 手机
妈妈的手机响了。
媽媽的手機響了。
Māma de shǒujī xiǎng le.
Mom's phone is ringing.
我用手机拍照。
我用手機拍照。
Wǒ yòng shǒujī pāizhào.
I take pictures with the phone.
How to write 手机 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
手 4 strokes
机 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
機 16 strokes
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