Chinese
手機
shǒujī
mobile phone; cell phone; mobile; cell (Classifier: 部 m c; 支 m; 臺／台 m)
- TOCFL 2
- 手机
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Lineage
- characterChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
- characterChinese機 “weaving machine; spinning machine”
- meaningChinese木 “tree; woody plant”
- soundChinese幾 “how much; how many”
- ideaChinese𢆶 “minute; extremely small; tiny; infinitesimal”
- ideaChinese戍 “to defend the frontier; (in general) to defend; to garrison”
- ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
- ideaChinese戈 “dagger-axe (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0