手机手機 in English

Measure word

• 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns... attested
• 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc attested

Character breakdown

• 手 shǒu hand
• 机機 jī (bound form) machine

Stroke order

How it used to be written

手

• Bronze script 西周中期
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 10 forms

机

• Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
• Clerical script 西漢
• See all 4 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• Tom的手机响了。

  Tom's cellphone rang.

• 你多久用一次手机？

  How often do you use your phone?

• 你能告诉我你的手机号吗？

  Can you give me your cell number?

• 啊，我忘了带手机了。

  Ah, I forgot my mobile phone.

• 年轻人几乎都有手机。

  Most young people have a mobile phone.

• 您的手机号码是多少？

  What's your phone number?

• 用你的手机拍呗。

  Take a picture with your phone.

• 老师没收了一个学生的手机，因为他在课上发短信。

  The teacher confiscated a student's phone because he was texting in class.

All example sentences with 手机