APP

See also: app, App, and app.

Translingual

Proper noun

APP

Abbreviation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Anagrams

PAP, pap

English

Noun

APP (plural APPs)

(nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app
- 2014, “World Cup to live on APP in China”, in Xinhua‎:
  World Cup to live on APP in China
  China's Central Television, jointly with the digital firm of Ali Cloud, Tuesday released the unique APP product that is authorized to broadcast the World Cup live. Besides TV and web, APP on mobile devices has become the 3rd platform to watch the tournament live.
- 2017, Renée Salmonsen, “The Dalai Lama launches free APP”, in Taiwan News‎:
  The Dalai Lama launches free APP
- 2018, “China to foster 300,000 industrial Internet APPs by 2020, ministry”, in Xinhua‎:
  China to foster 300,000 industrial Internet APPs by 2020, ministry
  China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has recently released a plan to foster 300,000 industrial Internet APPs for specific industries and specific scenarios by 2020, meeting key demands in the key links of the manufacturing industry, including R&D and design, manufacturing, operations, maintenance and operations management.

Usage notes

This abbreviation is commonly code-mixed into the various Chinese languages spoken in Mainland China and nearby regions, where it is not pronounced as a single syllable but is instead pronounced letter by letter (/eɪ-pi-pi/) in the manner that acronyms are normally read in English, as is typical of short English words code-mixed into Chinese.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

APP (countable and uncountable, plural APPs)

(countable, biochemistry, immunology) Initialism of acute-phase protein.
(countable, biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid precursor protein.
(uncountable) Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate.
(finance) Initialism of authorized push payment.

Anagrams

PAP, PPA, pap

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English app.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēipīpī
(Zhuyin): ㄟㄆㄧㄆㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ pi¹ pi¹, ep¹
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): êi¹ pi¹ pi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: APP
  - Zhuyin: ㄟㄆㄧㄆㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: eipipi
  - Wade–Giles: ei¹-pʻi¹-pʻi¹
  - Yale: ēi-pī-pī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eipipi
  - Palladius: эйпипи (ejpipi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ei¹ pi¹ pi¹, ep¹
  - Yale: ēi pī pī, colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ pi¹ pi¹, ep⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ pi¹ pi¹, éb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/, /ɛːp̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: êi¹ pi¹ pi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ei1 phi phi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei³³⁻²³ pʰi³³⁻²³ pʰi³³/

In mainland China and Taiwan, it is more often pronounced ēipīpī (letter by letter, A-P-P). Some speakers may pronounce it like English app (IPA^(key): /æp/).

Noun

APP

(computing, mobile telephony) app (Classifier: 個／个; 款)
Synonym: 應用／应用 (yìngyòng)
- 以前你是不是也為了找個APP來提醒你，而四處下載，還浪費不少冤枉錢？ [MSC, trad.]
  以前你是不是也为了找个APP来提醒你，而四处下载，还浪费不少冤枉钱？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2011, 許明元, iPhone 4S無禁忌活用術 X iOS 5升級即戰力, page 60
  Yǐqián nǐ shìbùshì yě wèi le zhǎo ge APP lái tíxǐng nǐ, ér sìchù xiàzǎi, hái làngfèi bùshào yuānwǎngqián? [Pinyin]
  Before, were you looking for an app that would give you reminders, and were you downloading all sorts of apps and wasting a lot of money for no good reason?
- 那些APP好用的祕密 [MSC, trad.]
  那些APP好用的秘密 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2013, 彭其捷 and 楊淑涵, 那些APP好用的祕密, title
  nàxiē APP hǎo yòng de bìmì [Pinyin]
  the useful secrets of those apps
- 還打造了四十多個APP [MSC, trad.]
  还打造了四十多个APP [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2016, 魏巍, Swift自學力！, page v
  hái dǎzào le sìshí duō ge APP [Pinyin]
  and also developed more than forty apps
- 當然，新增的APP中，是不會有資料的。 [MSC, trad.]
  当然，新增的APP中，是不会有资料的。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2018, 申潤五, 實戰Firebase: APP開發者的最佳雲端服務平台, page 216
  Dāngrán, xīnzēng de APP zhōng, shì bùhuì yǒu zīliào de. [Pinyin]
  There would of course be no data in newly-added apps.
- 它封禁中國APP有著眾所周知的兩大原因，一是以此就邊境衝突洩憤，二是通過打壓中國APP來給印度本土產品騰空間，行保護主義之實。 [MSC, trad.]
  它封禁中国APP有着众所周知的两大原因，一是以此就边境冲突泄愤，二是通过打压中国APP来给印度本土产品腾空间，行保护主义之实。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2021 January 27, 《要求印度赔偿中国企业莫逆来顺受》, in Global Times, ISSN 2095-2678, issue 5276, page 15
  Tā fēngjìn Zhōngguó APP yǒuzhe zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī de liǎng dà yuányīn, yī shì yǐ cǐ jiù biānjìng chōngtū xièfèn, èr shì tōngguò dǎyā Zhōngguó APP lái gěi Yìndù běntǔ chǎnpǐn téng kōngjiān, xíng bǎohù zhǔyì zhī shí. [Pinyin]
  There are two well-known big reasons for banning Chinese apps. The first is to vent its anger on border conflicts, and the second is to make space for Indian products by suppressing Chinese apps in a protectionist manner.

Usage notes

Chinese language users often consider 'APP' and other phrases which are written only in letters from the Roman alphabet and not rendered into Chinese characters to be English language words rather than loan words.

单词	APP
释义	APP See also: app, App, and app. Translingual Proper noun APP Abbreviation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Anagrams PAP, pap English Noun APP (plural APPs) (nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app 2014, “World Cup to live on APP in China”, in Xinhua‎: World Cup to live on APP in China China's Central Television, jointly with the digital firm of Ali Cloud, Tuesday released the unique APP product that is authorized to broadcast the World Cup live. Besides TV and web, APP on mobile devices has become the 3rd platform to watch the tournament live. 2017, Renée Salmonsen, “The Dalai Lama launches free APP”, in Taiwan News‎: The Dalai Lama launches free APP 2018, “China to foster 300,000 industrial Internet APPs by 2020, ministry”, in Xinhua‎: China to foster 300,000 industrial Internet APPs by 2020, ministry China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has recently released a plan to foster 300,000 industrial Internet APPs for specific industries and specific scenarios by 2020, meeting key demands in the key links of the manufacturing industry, including R&D and design, manufacturing, operations, maintenance and operations management. Usage notes This abbreviation is commonly code-mixed into the various Chinese languages spoken in Mainland China and nearby regions, where it is not pronounced as a single syllable but is instead pronounced letter by letter (/eɪ-pi-pi/) in the manner that acronyms are normally read in English, as is typical of short English words code-mixed into Chinese. Etymology 2 Abbreviation. Noun APP (countable and uncountable, plural APPs) (countable, biochemistry, immunology) Initialism of acute-phase protein. (countable, biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid precursor protein. (uncountable) Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate. (finance) Initialism of authorized push payment. Anagrams PAP, PPA, pap Chinese Etymology Borrowed from English app. Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): ēipīpī (Zhuyin): ㄟㄆㄧㄆㄧ Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ pi¹ pi¹, ep¹ Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): êi¹ pi¹ pi¹ Mandarin (Standard Chinese)⁺ Hanyu Pinyin: APP Zhuyin: ㄟㄆㄧㄆㄧ Tongyong Pinyin: eipipi Wade–Giles: ei¹-pʻi¹-pʻi¹ Yale: ēi-pī-pī Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eipipi Palladius: эйпипи (ejpipi) Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺ Jyutping: ei¹ pi¹ pi¹, ep¹ Yale: ēi pī pī, colloquial sounds not defined Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ pi¹ pi¹, ep⁷ Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ pi¹ pi¹, éb¹ Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/, /ɛːp̚⁵/ Min Nan (Teochew) Peng'im: êi¹ pi¹ pi¹ Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ei1 phi phi Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei³³⁻²³ pʰi³³⁻²³ pʰi³³/ In mainland China and Taiwan, it is more often pronounced ēipīpī (letter by letter, A-P-P). Some speakers may pronounce it like English app (IPA^(key): /æp/). Noun APP (computing, mobile telephony) app (Classifier: 個／个; 款) Synonym: 應用／应用 (yìngyòng) 以前你是不是也為了找個APP來提醒你，而四處下載，還浪費不少冤枉錢？ [MSC, trad.] 以前你是不是也为了找个APP来提醒你，而四处下载，还浪费不少冤枉钱？ [MSC, simp.] From: 2011, 許明元, iPhone 4S無禁忌活用術 X iOS 5升級即戰力, page 60 Yǐqián nǐ shìbùshì yě wèi le zhǎo ge APP* lái tíxǐng nǐ, ér sìchù xiàzǎi, hái làngfèi bùshào yuānwǎngqián?* [Pinyin] Before, were you looking for an app that would give you reminders, and were you downloading all sorts of apps and wasting a lot of money for no good reason? 那些APP好用的祕密 [MSC, trad.] 那些APP好用的秘密 [MSC, simp.] From: 2013, 彭其捷 and 楊淑涵, 那些APP好用的祕密, title nàxiē APP* hǎo yòng de bìmì* [Pinyin] the useful secrets of those apps 還打造了四十多個APP [MSC, trad.] 还打造了四十多个APP [MSC, simp.] From: 2016, 魏巍, Swift自學力！, page v hái dǎzào le sìshí duō ge APP [Pinyin] and also developed more than forty apps 當然，新增的APP中，是不會有資料的。 [MSC, trad.] 当然，新增的APP中，是不会有资料的。 [MSC, simp.] From: 2018, 申潤五, 實戰Firebase: APP開發者的最佳雲端服務平台, page 216 Dāngrán, xīnzēng de APP* zhōng, shì bùhuì yǒu zīliào de.* [Pinyin] There would of course be no data in newly-added apps. 它封禁中國APP有著眾所周知的兩大原因，一是以此就邊境衝突洩憤，二是通過打壓中國APP來給印度本土產品騰空間，行保護主義之實。 [MSC, trad.] 它封禁中国APP有着众所周知的两大原因，一是以此就边境冲突泄愤，二是通过打压中国APP来给印度本土产品腾空间，行保护主义之实。 [MSC, simp.] From: 2021 January 27, 《要求印度赔偿中国企业莫逆来顺受》, in Global Times, ISSN 2095-2678, issue 5276, page 15 Tā fēngjìn Zhōngguó APP yǒuzhe zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī de liǎng dà yuányīn, yī shì yǐ cǐ jiù biānjìng chōngtū xièfèn, èr shì tōngguò dǎyā Zhōngguó APP lái gěi Yìndù běntǔ chǎnpǐn téng kōngjiān, xíng bǎohù zhǔyì zhī shí. [Pinyin] There are two well-known big reasons for banning Chinese apps. The first is to vent its anger on border conflicts, and the second is to make space for Indian products by suppressing Chinese apps in a protectionist manner. Usage notes Chinese language users often consider 'APP' and other phrases which are written only in letters from the Roman alphabet and not rendered into Chinese characters to be English language words rather than loan words.
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