寻呼机

尋呼機

xúnhūjī

noun #35,261

Measure Word

一个寻呼机 gè

Meanings

1 pager
2 beeper

Characters

to seek; search for

machine; device

Examples

HSK 3

他的寻呼机响了，他赶紧去找电话。

Tā de xúnhūjī xiǎng le, tā gǎnjǐn qù zhǎo diànhuà.

His pager went off, and he rushed to find a telephone.

HSK 7-9

九十年代，寻呼机几乎人手一个。

Jiǔshí niándài, xúnhūjī jīhū rénshǒu yī gè.

In the 1990s, almost everyone had a pager.

Tips

culture

Iconic 1990s tech in China - also called 传呼机 or, slangily, BB机 (BB-jī, mimicking the beep). The pager era peaked around 1998 with ~50 million users before dying off as mobile phones spread. Hospitals still use them today.

Stroke Order

寻 xún

呼 hū

机 jī