din6 waa2 ting4電話亭电话亭

Jyutpingdin6 waa2 ting4

Yaledihn wá tìhng

名詞Uncommon

Definition

Telephone booth or telephone box; a small, covered outdoor booth containing a payphone.

colloquialplacestechnology

How it's used

Modern urban life in Hong Kong has rendered the physical structure of the phone booth largely obsolete due to the ubiquity of mobile phones. Consequently, the term is now frequently used in a nostalgic or ironic sense, often referring to the structures as makeshift shelters from sudden downpours rather than for their original purpose.

Measure word

go3個go

Examples

fu6附gan6近jau5有mou5冇din6電waa2話ting4亭aa4呀？

Is there a phone booth nearby?

keoi5佢喺hai2電din6話waa2亭ting4入jap6面min6講gong2緊gan2電din6話。

He is talking on the phone inside the phone booth.

Common phrases

wan2搵din6電waa2話ting4亭

to look for a phone booth

jap6入din6電waa2話ting4亭

to enter a phone booth

Common mistake

Do not confuse the physical structure of a phone booth with the act of making a phone call, which is simply 打電話. Using the term to refer to a modern charging station or a kiosk is incorrect.