電腦
See also: 电脑 and 電脳
Chinese
electric; electricity; electrical | brain | ||
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trad. (電腦) | 電 | 腦 | |
simp. (电脑) | 电 | 脑 | |
2nd round simp. | 电㐫 | ||
Literally: “electric brain”. |
Etymology
Coined by Taiwanese computer expert Fan Kuanling (范光陵) in 1965 in his book 《電腦和你》 (Computers and You).
Pronunciation
Noun
電腦
- (countable) computer (electronic device) (Classifier: 部 m c; 臺/台 m mn w)
- 玩電腦/玩电脑 ― wán diànnǎo ― to play on the computer
- 我試用新電腦。/我试用新电脑。 ― Wǒ shìyòng xīn diànnǎo. ― I tried out the new computer.
- 電腦屏幕上有一層灰。 [MSC, trad.]
- Diànnǎo píngmù shàng yǒu yī céng huī. [Pinyin]
- There's a layer of dust on the computer screen.
电脑屏幕上有一层灰。 [MSC, simp.]- 他修電視屏幕和電腦屏幕。 [MSC, trad.]
- Tā xiū diànshì píngmù hé diànnǎo píngmù. [Pinyin]
- He repairs television screens and computer screens.
他修电视屏幕和电脑屏幕。 [MSC, simp.]- 就是這臺電腦價格上萬,我也會買。 [MSC, trad.]
- Jiùshì zhè tái diànnǎo jiàgé shàng wàn, wǒ yě huì mǎi. [Pinyin]
- Even if the price of this computer is over 10,000 yuan, I'm still going to buy it.
就是这台电脑价格上万,我也会买。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 電腦 (“computer”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 電腦, 電子計算機, 計算機, 電算機, 電算 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 電腦 |
Guilin | 電腦 | |
Malaysia | 電腦 | |
Singapore | 電腦 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 電腦, 康比龍特 | |
Dagudi (Maliba) | 電腦 | |
Reshuitang (Longling) | 電腦 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 電腦 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 電腦 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 電腦 |
Hong Kong | 電腦, 腦 | |
Taishan | 電腦 | |
Taishan (Guanghai) | 電腦 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 電腦 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 電腦 | |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 電腦 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 電腦 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 電腦 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 電腦 | |
Móng Cái | 電腦 | |
Yangon (Taishan) | 電腦 | |
Mandalay (Taishan) | 電腦 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 電腦 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 電腦 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 電腦 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 電腦 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 電腦 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 電腦 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 電腦 | |
Min Dong | Matsu | 電腦 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 電腦 |
Quanzhou | 電腦 | |
Zhangzhou | 電腦 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 電腦 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 電腦 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 電腦 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 電腦 | |
Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 電腦 | |
Hat Yai (Teochew) | 電腦 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 電腦 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 電腦 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 電腦 |
Xiang | Changsha | 電子計算機, 電腦 |
Derived terms
Derived terms from 電腦
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (電腦):
- → Japanese: 電脳 (dennō)
- → Vietnamese: điện não (電腦)
Others:
Descendants
- → Amis: tingnaw
- → Atayal: tennaw
- → Sakizaya: tingnaw
- → Kanakanabu: tennau
- → Bunun: tinnau
- → Rukai: tingnau
- → Saaroa: tinnau
- → Paiwan: tinnaw
- → Puyuma: tinnaw
- → Saisiyat: tiyaenaw
- → Thao: tian-nau
- → Taroko: tennaw
- → Yami: tiannaw
- → Kavalan: tiannaw
- → Bouyei: dianqnaoj
- → Guiqiong: diɐnnə
- → Tibetan: གློག་ཀླད (glog klad) (calque)
- → Wutunhua: dianno
- → Yanbian Korean: 뗀노 (ttenno)
- → Zhuang: dennauj
- → Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦓᧁ (ṫaen¹naw), ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦓᦱᧁ (ṫaen¹naaw)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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電 | 腦 |
でん Grade: 2 | のう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 電腦 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 電腦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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電 | 腦 |
Noun
電腦
- (Fangcheng) chữ Hán form of điện não (“computer”).