"handphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handphones [plural]
Etymology: hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機/手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|phone}} hand + phone, {{cog|zh|手機|lit=hand machine}} Chinese 手機/手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”), {{cog|ko|손전화|lit=hand telephone}} Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} handphone (plural handphones)
  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South Korea, Hawaii) A mobile phone. Tags: Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South-Korea Categories (topical): Mobile phones
    Sense id: en-handphone-en-noun-gjyHwPcL Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 81 19 Categories (other): Hawaiian English, Indonesian English, Malaysian English, Myanmar English, Singapore English, South Korean English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5
  2. (rare, chiefly obsolete) A telephone receiver or handset. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-handphone-en-noun-tzK~mDSu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand phone, hand-phone

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