无绳电话

無繩電話
wúshéngdiànhuà
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 cordless phone
  2. 2 wireless landline phone

Examples

Kètīng fàng yī ge wúshéngdiànhuà bǐjiào fāngbiàn.
It's more convenient to keep a cordless phone in the living room.
Wúshéngdiànhuà de diànchí yòu méi diàn le.
The cordless phone's battery is dead again.

Tips

usage
无绳 ('no-cord') refers to the handset being separate from a base station—still a landline. Distinct from 无线 (wúxiàn, 'wireless' for radio/Wi-Fi) and 手机 (shǒujī, mobile phone). With smartphones, 无绳电话 is now mostly office or hotel-room equipment.

Stroke Order

shéng
diàn
huà