mou4 sin3 din6 waa2無線電話无线电话
Jyutpingmou4 sin3 din6 waa2
Yalemòuh sin dihn wá
Definition
Wireless phone, including both mobile phones and cordless home phones with a base station and handset system.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to landline cordless phones, often called子母機, rather than mobile phones. While technically accurate for any phone without a cord, modern speakers almost exclusively use 手提電話 or 手機 for smartphones. Using this term for a mobile phone will sound dated or confusing to younger generations.
Measure word
bou6部bouhExamples
Can you find where the cordless phone is?
Related words
Common phrases
cordless telephone set
Common mistake
Do not use this to refer to a smartphone, as it will sound like you are talking about an old-fashioned landline device.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
