手機仔

Chinese

		hand machine; mobile phone; cell phone hand machine; mobile phone; cell phone; mobile; cell	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (手機仔)		手機	仔
simp. (手机仔)		手机	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-kî-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-ki-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kî-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` gi´ e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ gi¹ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ ki²⁴ e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-ki-á
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-ki-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'ki'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 手機仔

1. (Taiwan Min Nan & Hakka) mobile phone; cell phone (Classifier: 支 h mn; 臺／台 mn)

   • 阮的手機仔已經換　阮請你請你麥擱卡 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阮的手机仔已经换　阮请你请你麦搁卡 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2005, (deprecated template usage) 黃乙玲 (Huang Yee-ling), 請你麥擱卡 (Please Don't Leave Me)

     gún ê chhiú-ki-á í-keng ōaⁿ, gún chhiáⁿ lí chhiáⁿ lí mài koh khà [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I've changed my cell phone; I'm asking you, asking you to not call me again

   • 手機仔不是你的愛人仔　哪會每一天都跟伊攬牢-牢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     手机仔不是你的爱人仔　哪会每一天都跟伊揽牢-牢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, (deprecated template usage) 盧廣仲 (Crowd Lu), 手機仔（一） (Smart Phone I)

     Chhiú-ki-á m̄-sī lí ê ài-lîn-á, ná ē múi chi̍t kang lóng kā i lám tiâu-tiâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your cell phone is not your lover; how come everyday you hug it so tightly?

   • 中著手機仔毒的人，會親像媠姑娘仔愛照鏡，目睭繩一塊玻璃片仔。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     中著手机仔毒的人，会亲像媠姑娘仔爱照镜，目睭绳一块玻璃片仔。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017 August 31, 黃文達, 手機仔無毒, in 教育部電子報

     Tiòng tio̍h chhiú-ki-á to̍k ê lâng, ē chhin-chhiūⁿ súi ko͘-niâ-á ài chiò-kiàⁿ, ba̍k-chiu chîn chi̍t tè po-lê phìⁿ-á. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     People who are addicted to their cell phones like to look in the mirror, just like pretty girls, with eyes staring at a piece of glass.

   • 有了手機仔，就毋使下下都愛用-着電腦、電視、收音機、翕相機、時錶仔；毋使買書、訂報紙、手電筒。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     有了手机仔，就毋使下下都爱用-着电脑、电视、收音机、翕相机、时表仔；毋使买书、订报纸、手电筒。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2018, (deprecated template usage) 彭欽清, 低頭族, in 國立中央大學客家學院電子報 (NCU Hakka College E-Paper), issue 299

     Yû lé sú-kî-é, chhiu m̀-sṳ́ ha-ha tû oi yung-tó thien-nó, thien-sṳ, sû-yîm-kî, hip-siong-kî, sṳ̀-péu-é; m̀-sṳ́ mâi sû, thin po-chṳ́, sú-thien-thùng. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     With a cell phone, we don't have to use the computer, TV, radio, camera, or watch each time; we don't need to buy books, subscribe to newspapers, or [use] a flashlight.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手機 (“mobile phone; cellphone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手機, 移動電話 Mainland, 行動電話 Taiwan, 流動電話 Hong Kong, Macau
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	手機
	Malaysia	手機, 電話 colloquial
	Singapore	手機, 手提電話
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	手機
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	手機
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	手機
	Dagudi (Maliba)	手機
	Reshuitang (Longling)	手機
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	手機
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	手機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手機
	Hong Kong	手機, 手提電話, 手提
	Macau	手機
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	手機
	Taishan	手機
	Taishan (Guanghai)	手機
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	手機
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	手機
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	手機
	Singapore (Guangfu)	手提, 手機
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	手機
	Móng Cái	手提機
	Mandalay (Taishan)	手機, 手提電話
Hakka	Meixian	手機
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手機仔, 手機
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手機仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手機, 手機仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手機
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手機
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手機
	Kuching (Hepo)	手機
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手機
	Matsu	手機
Southern Min	Xiamen	手機
	Quanzhou	手機
	Dongshan	手機
	Taipei	手機仔
	Kaohsiung	手機仔
	Yilan	手機仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	手機
	Taichung	手機仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	手機仔
	Tainan	手機仔
	Taitung	手機仔
	Hsinchu	手機仔
	Kinmen	手機
	Penghu (Magong)	手機
	Penang (Hokkien)	手電
	Singapore (Hokkien)	手機, 手電
	Manila (Hokkien)	手機
	Medan (Hokkien)	手機
	Chaozhou	手機
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	手機
	Singapore (Teochew)	手機, 手電
	Wenchang	手機
	Qionghai	手機
Wu	Shanghai	手機

Further reading

• “Entry #1171”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.