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Study: Places and Common Objects

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Word Number 8

phone

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Primary Chinese

手机

Primary Pinyin

shǒu jī

Short Definition

A handheld device used for communication and digital tasks.

Primary Meaning

移动通信设备

Primary Note

Device-class physical object.

Mapping Boundary

Correct: Yesterday I buy phone → 昨天我买手机。

Incorrect: Yesterday I buy telephone for 手机 in this batch

Phone is the canonical token selected for the mobile-device mapping.

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