話匣子
See also: 话匣子
Chinese
spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said |
small box; small case; radio | ||
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trad. (話匣子) | 話 | 匣子 | |
simp. (话匣子) | 话 | 匣子 |
Pronunciation
Noun
話匣子
- (colloquial, dated) phonograph; gramophone
- (colloquial) radio receiver
- (colloquial, figurative, idiomatic) eloquence; word-hoard; vocabulary (the collective of a person's words, figuratively stored in a box that is to be opened)
- (colloquial, figurative) chatterbox; talkative person
Synonyms
- (phonograph): 留聲機/留声机 (liúshēngjī), 唱機/唱机 (chàngjī), 電唱機/电唱机 (diànchàngjī); (Tianjin Mandarin) 電轉兒/电转儿; (Hokkien) 馬狗琴/马狗琴, 機器曲/机器曲, 唱盤機/唱盘机
- (radio):
Dialectal synonyms of 收音機 (“radio (receiver)”) [map]
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