手机 (shǒujī) means Cell phone (mobile phone). Below are 24 of the 43 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
上课的时候别玩 手机 。
Shàng kè de shíhou bié wán shǒujī.
Don't play with your phone during class.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 手机
手机 在桌上振动。
Shǒujī zài zhuō shàng zhèndòng.
The phone is vibrating on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 振动
这个 手机 三千块钱。
Zhège shǒujī sān qiān kuài qián.
This phone costs three thousand yuan.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 千
我看一下你的 手机 。
Wǒ kàn yíxià nǐ de shǒujī.
Let me take a quick look at your phone.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 一下
我一般用 手机 付款。
Wǒ yìbān yòng shǒujī fù kuǎn.
I usually pay with my phone.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 付款
会议期间请关 手机 。
Huìyì qījiān qǐng guān shǒujī.
Please switch off phones during the meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 期间
这家工厂生产 手机 。
Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shēngchǎn shǒujī.
This factory produces mobile phones.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 生产
那个时代没有 手机 。
Nàge shídài méiyǒu shǒujī.
There were no mobile phones in that era.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 时代
我的 手机 掉在地上了。
Wǒ de shǒujī diào zài dì shàng le.
My phone fell on the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 掉
手机 的使用非常普遍。
Shǒujī de shǐyòng fēicháng pǔbiàn.
The use of mobile phones is extremely widespread.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 普遍
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From the graded readers
上个星期，我的 手机 丢了。
shànggexīngqī, wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī diū le / liǎo / liào.
Last week I lost my phone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
到家以后我才发现 手机 不见了。
dào jiā yǐhòu wǒ cái fāxiàn shǒujī bùjiàn le / liǎo / liào.
It wasn't until I got home that I noticed it was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
我的 手机 没电了，也没有地图。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méi diàn le / liǎo / liào, yě méiyǒu dìtú.
My phone was dead and I had no map.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
我的 手机 没有响，我七点五十才醒。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méiyǒu xiǎng, wǒ qī diǎn wǔshí cái xǐng.
My phone didn't go off and I didn't wake until ten to eight.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
她把 手机 交给了图书馆的工作人员。
tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.
She'd handed it in to the library staff.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
妈妈把 手机 举起来，让我看他们那边的月亮。
māma bǎshǒu jī jǔ qǐlai, ràng wǒ kàn / kān tāmen nàbian de / dì yuèliàng.
Mum lifted the phone so I could see the moon from their side.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
第二天我去拿回了 手机 ，还带了一盒巧克力去感谢她。
dì'èr tiān wǒ qù ná huí le / liǎo / liào shǒujī, hái / huán dài le / liǎo / liào yī hé qiǎokèlì qù gǎnxiè tā.
The next day I went to collect it, and took a box of chocolates to thank her.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
是一个女孩子，她说：“你的 手机 掉在图书馆的椅子下边了。”
shì yīgè nǚhái zǐ, tā shuō:" nǐ de shǒujī diào zài túshūguǎn de / dì yǐ zǐ xià biān le / liǎo / liào."
It was a young woman. She said, "Your phone had fallen under a chair in the library."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
后来有一天，另一个朋友告诉我：那天小林的 手机 被弟弟拿去玩了。
hòulái yǒu yī tiān, lìngyī gè péngyou gàosu wǒ: nà / nèi tiān xiǎo lín de / dì shǒujī bèi dìdi ná qù wán / wàn le / liǎo / liào.
Then one day another friend told me that Xiaolin's phone had been taken by her younger brother that day.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
From the grammar library
手机 appears in 43 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 手机
How is 手机 used in a sentence?
This page shows 43 sentences using 手机 (shǒujī, "Cell phone (mobile phone)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 手机 an HSK word?
Yes — 手机 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 手机?
The dictionary page for 手机 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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