携帯電話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
携	帯	電	話
けい Grade: S	たい Grade: 4	でん Grade: 2	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
携帶電話 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally “handheld (portable) phone”.

Compound of 携帯 (keitai, “handheld”) and 電話 (denwa, “telephone”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーたいでんわ [kèétáídéꜜǹwà] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːta̠idẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]

Noun

携(けい)帯(たい)電(でん)話(わ) • (keitai denwa)

(mobile telephony) cellular phone, mobile phone, cell phone

Synonyms

(cell phone): 携帯(けいたい) (keitai) (colloquial)
ハンディフォン (handifon)

Antonyms

固定(こてい)電話(でんわ) (kotei denwa) (fixed phone, landline)

Derived terms

(cell phone): 携帯(けいたい) (keitai) (colloquial)

Descendants

→ Korean: 휴대전화 (hyudaejeonhwa)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN