呼機

Chinese

		to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (呼機)		呼	機
simp. (呼机)		呼	机

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English call + 機／机 (“machine”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘-ki

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-ki
    • Tâi-lô: khoo-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qo'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/

Noun

呼機

1. (Hokkien) pager (device)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳呼機 (“pager; beeper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳呼機, 尋呼機 Mainland China
Mandarin	Beijing	電蛐蛐兒
	Taiwan	呼叫器, 叩機, BB Call
	Harbin	電蛐蛐兒
	Wanrong	BP機
	Wuhan	電蛐蛐
	Chengdu	電蛐蛐兒, 電蛐蛐
	Singapore	傳呼機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	call機, BB機
	Hong Kong	傳呼機, call機, BB機
	Kaiping (Chikan)	BB機, call機
	Dongguan	BB機, call機
Southern Min	Xiamen	呼機
	Quanzhou	呼機
	Zhangzhou	呼機
	Tainan	呼機仔
Wu	Shanghai	拷機