The Chinese word 电话亭 (diànhuàtíng), meaning "telephone booth", is a straightforward and logical compound formed by combining two existing words: 电话 (diànhuà), meaning "telephone" (itself a compound of 电 electricity and 话 speech), and 亭 (tíng), meaning "pavilion", "kiosk", or "small stand-alone structure". This formation follows the common Chinese lexical pattern of Modifier + Noun, where the first element, 电话, specifies the function or type, and the second element, 亭, describes the physical form or category of the object, effectively creating the meaning "a small structure for telephones".