粵

電din6話waa2亭ting4

simp电话亭
din6 waa2 ting4diàn huà tíng

English

  1. telephone booth
  2. telephone booth; telephone box; payphone

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺街邊嘅有蓋小型空間,裏面有收費電話,畀錢就可以打;通常閂埋門之後四邊密封,可以保障私隱(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 呢度附近啲電話亭少到阿媽都唔認得。

    Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 有咗手提電話之後,而家電話亭剩係用嚟避雨㗎咋。

    After the emergence of mobile phones, phone booths now only work as shelters from rainfall.

  • 最近的電話亭在哪裡?

    Where is the nearest telephone box?

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 這裏附近的電話亭少得可憐。

    Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 湯姆跑啊跑, 直到他終於看到了電話亭。

    Tom ran and ran, until at last he saw the telephone booth.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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