telephone booth; phone booth
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
telephone booth; phone booth; call box
A small booth or kiosk installed in public places containing a telephone for public use. Often abbreviated from 电话亭 in signage or informal speech.
Jiē街
jiǎo角
yǒu有
yī一
gè个
huà话
tíng亭
。
There is a telephone booth on the street corner.
Wǒ我
zài在
huà话
tíng亭
lǐ里
gěi给
nǐ你
dǎ打
diàn电
huà话
。
I called you from the phone booth.
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Suí随
zhe着
shǒu手
jī机
de的
pǔ普
jí及
，
huà话
tíng亭
yǐ已
jīng经
hěn很
shǎo少
jiàn见
le了
。
With the widespread use of mobile phones, telephone booths are rarely seen nowadays.