paging station; beeper station
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
paging station; beeper service center (abbreviation for 寻呼台)
Refers to the service centers that operated pagers (BP machines) popular in China during the 1990s. The term is now largely obsolete due to the prevalence of mobile phones.
Tā他
zài在
hū呼
tái台
gōng工
zuò作
le了
shí十
nián年
。
He worked at the paging station for ten years.
Jiǔ九
shí十
nián年
dài代
de的
hū呼
tái台
fēi非
cháng常
fán繁
máng忙
。
Paging stations were extremely busy during the 1990s.
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Qǐng请
hū呼
tái台
bāng帮
wǒ我
chuán传
gè个
jǐn紧
jí急
xiāo消
xi息
。
Please ask the paging station to relay an urgent message for me.