手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手机
shǒujī
mobile phone
Characters in this word
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是我的手机。 Zhè shì wǒ de shǒujī. This is my mobile phone.
- 你的手机很新。 Nǐ de shǒujī hěn xīn. Your phone is very new.
- 我用手机上网。 Wǒ yòng shǒujī shàngwǎng. I go online on my phone.
- 手机在桌子上。 Shǒujī zài zhuōzi shang. The phone is on the table.
- 我的手机没电了。 Wǒ de shǒujī méi diàn le. My phone has run out of battery.
- 你手机在哪儿？ Nǐ shǒujī zài nǎr? Where is your phone?
- 上课别看手机。 Shàngkè bié kàn shǒujī. Don't look at your phone in class.
- 她用手机打电话。 Tā yòng shǒujī dǎ diànhuà. She is making a call on her mobile phone.
- 这手机贵不贵？ Zhè shǒujī guì bu guì? Is this phone expensive?
- 朋友的手机很小。 Péngyou de shǒujī hěn xiǎo. My friend's phone is very small.