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How To Say A Cell Phone in Korean

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With so much new technology out there, it’s hard to keep up on all of the new lingo! Whether it’s referred to as a mobile or smart phone, you need to will learn how to say a cell phone in Korean as it is the most common way to call that thing that is always in your hands!ย  ๐Ÿ™‚

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How To Say A Cell Phone In Korean

This is how you would say a cell phone in Korean: ํ•ธ๋“œํฐ [han-deu-pon]. Note that the word โ€˜handโ€™ and โ€˜phoneโ€™ are combined in Korean to create a word ํ•ธ๋“œํฐ.

Cell phone in Korean

Sample Sentences Using a Cell Phone In Korean

์ง‘์—๋‹ค๊ฐ€ ํ•ธ๋“œํฐ์„ ๋‘๊ณ ์™”์–ด. ์–ด์ฉŒ์ง€ ? [jib-ae-da-ga han-deu-pon-eul doo-go wat-sseo. Eo-jjeo-ji]?

I left my cellphone at home. What do I do now?

์š”์ฆ˜์—๋Š” ๋ฉ‹์ง„ ํ•ธ๋“œํฐ๋“ค์ด ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ๋งŽ์ด ๋‚˜์˜ค๋Š”๊ฑฐ ๊ฐ™์• . [yo-zem-ae-neun meot-jin han-deu-pon-deul-ee neo-moo man-ee na-oh-neun-geo ga-tte].

These days, too many nice cell phones are being produced.

Other Ways To Call A Cell Phone in Korean

You just have learned how to say a cell phone in Korean.

However, you also must know that there are other ways to call a cellphone in Korean. Some people prefer to call it a ์Šค๋งˆํŠธํฐ [seu-ma-teu-pon], which literally means โ€˜a Smart Phoneโ€™ in English. Some others would just call the cellphone โ€˜ํฐโ€™ [pon] which means โ€˜a phoneโ€™.

Nowadays, it is rarer to find people with a house phone connected in Korea, it is widely used as the fastest communication tool, just like the western culture.

As a cellphone itself is a short form for โ€˜a cellular phoneโ€™, it is understandable that Korean people would like to call it in the shortest form possible.

Now that you have learned how to say a cellphone in Korean, let your friends know about what you have learned today!

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Beeline Language Korean is all about learning the Korean language and culture. In our previous lessons, we have learned many different slangs like ๋ฉ˜๋ถ•[men-boong], ๋ถˆ๊ธˆ [bulgeum] and ๊ฟ€์žผ [ggul-jam].ย  In the previous blog, you have learned the three trendy slang words in Korean that youngsters use these days, such as ํ˜ผ์ˆ [hon-sool].