呼機
Chinese
to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breathe out; to exhale |
machine; opportunity; secret | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (呼機) | 呼 | 機 | |
| simp. (呼机) | 呼 | 机 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English call + 機／机 (“machine”).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘-ki
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-ki
- Tâi-lô: khoo-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: qo'ky
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ ki³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
呼機
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 傳呼機 (“pager; beeper”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傳呼機, 尋呼機 Mainland China | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 電蛐蛐兒 |
| Taiwan | 呼叫器, 叩機, BB Call | |
| Harbin | 電蛐蛐兒 | |
| Singapore | 傳呼機 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | BP機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 電蛐蛐兒, 電蛐蛐 |
| Wuhan | 電蛐蛐 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | call機, BB機 |
| Hong Kong | 傳呼機, call機, BB機 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | BB機, call機 | |
| Dongguan | BB機, call機 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 呼機 |
| Quanzhou | 呼機 | |
| Zhangzhou | 呼機 | |
| Tainan | 呼機仔 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拷機 |