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Chinese
Etymology
Coined by Taiwanese computer expert Fan Kuanling (范光陵) in 1965 in his book 《電腦和你》 (Computers and You).
Pronunciation
Note:
- diêng6 nao2 - Chaozhou;
- diang6 nao2 - Jieyang.
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.]
电脑屏幕上有一层灰。 [MSC, simp.]- Diànnǎo píngmù shàng yǒu yī céng huī.
- There's a layer of dust on the computer screen.
他修電視屏幕和電腦屏幕。 [MSC, trad.]
他修电视屏幕和电脑屏幕。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā xiū diànshì píngmù hé diànnǎo píngmù.
- He repairs television screens and computer screens.
就是這臺電腦價格上萬，我也會買。 [MSC, trad.]
就是这台电脑价格上万，我也会买。 [MSC, simp.]- Jiùshì zhè tái diànnǎo jiàgé shàng wàn, wǒ yě huì mǎi.
- Even if the price of this computer is over 10,000 yuan, I'm still going to buy it.
Synonyms
- 計算機／计算机 (jìsuànjī) (chiefly mainland China)
- 電子計算機／电子计算机 (diànzǐ jìsuànjī) (somewhat dated)
- 電算機／电算机 (diànsuànjī) (rare)
Dialectal synonyms of
電腦 (“computer”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 電腦 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 電腦, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Vietnamese
Noun
電腦
- (Fangcheng) chữ Hán form of điện não (“computer”).
