handphone

English

two different handphones

Alternative forms

hand phone, hand-phone

Etymology

hand +‎ phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 (literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”).

Noun

handphone (plural handphones)

(Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South Korea) A mobile phone.
(rare, chiefly obsolete) A telephone receiver or handset.

Descendants

→ Korean: 핸드폰 (haendeupon)

References

“hand phone, noun.” under “hand, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “handphone, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

单词	handphone
释义	handphone English two different handphones Alternative forms hand phone, hand-phone Etymology hand +‎ phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 (literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”). Noun handphone (plural handphones) (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South Korea) A mobile phone. (rare, chiefly obsolete) A telephone receiver or handset. Descendants → Korean: 핸드폰 (haendeupon) References “hand phone, noun.” under “hand, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “handphone, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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