공중전화
gongjungjeonhwa · TOPIK 2
public phone, payphone
☎️ 公衆電話 = public (공중) + telephone (전화): the phone for the crowd
공중 (公衆) means the public, the masses; 전화 (電話) is electric (電) + speech (話), the standard word for telephone. Know 전화 and you only need to add 공중, the same public as in 공중화장실 (public toilet).