# 手機仔
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-kî-é
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-ki-á
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kî-é
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˋ$ gi$^ˊ$ e$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^3$ gi$^1$ e$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /su³¹ ki²⁴ e³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-ki-á
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-ki-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'ki'ar
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

### Noun

手機仔
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) mobile phone; cell phone (Classifier: 支 h mn; 臺／台 mn)
    From: 2005, 黃乙玲 (Huang Yee-ling), 請你麥擱卡 (Please Don't Leave Me)
    gún ê chhiú-ki-á í-keng ōaⁿ, gún chhiáⁿ lí chhiáⁿ lí mài koh khà [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    I've changed my cell phone; I'm asking you, asking you to not call me again
    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 every day you hug it so tightly?
    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-niâ-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.
    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.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手機, 移動電話 Mainland, 行動電話 Taiwan, 流動電話 Hong Kong, Macau |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 手機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 手機, 電話 colloquial |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 手機, 手提電話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 手機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 手機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 手機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 手機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 手機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 手機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手機, 手提電話, 手提 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 手提, 手機 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 手機 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 手提機 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 手機, 手提電話 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手機 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手機仔, 手機 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手機仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手機, 手機仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手機 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手機 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手機 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 手機 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 手機 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 手機仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手機, 手電 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 手機, 手電 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 手機 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 手機 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 手機 |

### Further reading

* “Entry #1171”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.