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车载电话

車載電話
chēzàidiànhuà
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 car phone
  2. 2 vehicle-mounted telephone
  3. 3 in-car phone system

Examples

九十年代有车载电话的老板特别有面子。
Jiǔshí niándài yǒu chēzài diànhuà de lǎobǎn tèbié yǒu miànzi.
In the nineties, a boss with a car phone had serious face.
现在的车载电话基本上就是蓝牙连手机。
Xiànzài de chēzài diànhuà jīběn shàng jiùshì lányá lián shǒujī.
Today's car phones are basically just Bluetooth connections to your mobile.

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history
In 1980s-90s China 车载电话 meant a dedicated analog handset wired into the car — status symbol of entrepreneurs and officials. Mobile phones killed that form factor; the word survives as the Bluetooth-over-speakerphone feature labeled 车载电话 on modern head units.

Stroke Order

车 chē
载 zǎi
电 diàn
话 huà