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电话亭

diàn huà tíng · dian hua ting

Traditional 電話亭

Meaning

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  1. telephone booth
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The old phone booth

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，胡同口(hútòngkǒu)还(hái)有(yǒu)一个(yīgè)电话亭(diànhuàtíng)！

    Look, there is still a phone booth at the end of the alley!

  2. Dengdeng

    现在(xiànzài)谁(shéi)还(hái)用(yòng)电话亭(diànhuàtíng)？

    Who still uses phone booths now?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)小时候(xiǎoshíhou)常(cháng)去(qù)电话亭(diànhuàtíng)给(gěi)妈妈(māma)打电话(dǎdiànhuà)。

    When I was little I often went to a phone booth to call Mom.

  4. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？怎么(zěnme)用(yòng)？

    Really? How do you use it?

  5. Liangliang

    先(xiān)放(fàng)硬币(yìngbì)，再(zài)拨(bō)号码(hàomǎ)。我们(wǒmen)试试(shìshì)吧(ba)！

    Put in a coin first, then dial the number. Let us try!

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)不(bù)记得(jìde)妈妈(māma)的(de)号码(hàomǎ)。

    OK, but I do not remember Mom's number.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

最(zuì)近(jìn)的(de)电(diàn)话(huà)亭(tíng)在(zài)哪(nǎ)里(lǐ)？

Where is the nearest telephone box?

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)里(lǐ)附(fù)近(jìn)的(de)电(diàn)话(huà)亭(tíng)少(shǎo)得(de)可(kě)怜(lián)。

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

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Auride · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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