手機仔

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Noun

手機仔

1. (Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka) mobile phone; cell phone (Classifier: 支 h mn; 臺／台 mn)

   • 手機仔不是你的愛人仔　哪會每一天都跟伊攬牢牢 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     手机仔不是你的爱人仔　哪会每一天都跟伊揽牢牢 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 盧廣仲 (Crowd Lu), 手機仔（一） (Smart Phone I)

     Chhiú-ki-á m̄-sī lí ê ài-lîn-á; ná ē múi chi̍t kang lóng kā i lám tiâu-tiâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your cell phone is not your lover; how come everyday you hug it so tightly?

   • 中著手機仔毒的人，會親像媠姑娘仔愛照鏡，目睭繩一塊玻璃片仔。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     中著手机仔毒的人，会亲像媠姑娘仔爱照镜，目睭绳一块玻璃片仔。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2017 August 31, 黃文達, 手機仔無毒, in 教育部電子報

     Tiòng tio̍h chhiú-ki-á to̍k ê lâng, ē chhin-chhiūⁿ súi ko͘-niû-á ài chiò-kiàⁿ, ba̍k-chiu chîn chi̍t tè po-lê phìⁿ-á. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     People who are addicted to their cell phones like to look in the mirror, just like pretty girls, with eyes staring at a piece of glass.

   • 有了手機仔，就毋使下下都愛用着電腦、電視、收音機、翕相機、時錶仔；毋使買書、訂報紙、手電筒。 [Hakka, trad.]
     有了手机仔，就毋使下下都爱用着电脑、电视、收音机、翕相机、时表仔；毋使买书、订报纸、手电筒。 [Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2018, 彭欽清, 低頭族, in 國立中央大學客家學院電子報 (NCU Hakka College E-Paper), issue 299

     Yû lé sú-kî-é, chhiu m̀-sṳ́ ha-ha tû oi yung-tó thien-nó, thien-sṳ, sû-yîm-kî, hip-siong-kî, sṳ̀-péu-é; m̀-sṳ́ mâi sû, thin po-chṳ́, sú-thien-thùng. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     With a cell phone, we don't have to use the computer, TV, radio, camera, or watch each time; we don't need to buy books, subscribe to newspapers, or [use] a flashlight.