iPhone

àifēng
popculture

Measure Word

iPhone

Meanings

  1. 1 iPhone, Apple's smartphone line launched in 2007
  2. 2 colloquially 苹果手机 ('Apple phone') or 爱疯 (phonetic play)

Examples

Wǒ mǎile yí bù xīn de iPhone.
I bought a new iPhone.
iPhone zài Zhōngguó hěn shòu huānyíng.
The iPhone is very popular in China.

Tips

culture
Chinese media and users usually keep the English name iPhone but pronounce it 'ài-fēng'. The transliteration ('love-crazy') is a popular netizen pun, and the whole phone is often just 苹果 ('apple'). Annual launches are front-page news in Chinese tech media; the iPhone 6 launch famously triggered queues outside Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai.
usage
In mixed Chinese sentences the letters are kept roman: iPhone. The measure word is or : iPhone.