Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Brunei, Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South Korea)A mobile phone.

  2. (obsolete, rare)A telephone receiver or handset.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I want a handphone.

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Origin

From hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 /手机 (shǒujī, lit

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

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Forms

plural: handphones

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
handlerhandlinghandoutB2handprinthandrailB2handsawhandset
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