電腦

See also: 电脑 and 電脳

Chinese

electric; electricity; electrical brain
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


Note:
  • diêng6 nao2 - Chaozhou;
  • diang6 nao2 - Jieyang.

Noun

電腦

  1. (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. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    Even if the price of this computer is over 10,000 yuan, I'm still going to buy it.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (電腦):
  • → Japanese: 電脳(でんのう) (dennō)
  • → Vietnamese: điện não (電腦)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電 腦
でん
Grade: 2
のう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 電腦 – see the following entry.
【電脳でんのう】
[noun] (uncommon) computer
[noun] (uncommon) cybernetic brain
(This term, 電腦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
電腦

Noun

電腦

  1. (Fangcheng) chữ Hán form of điện não (“computer”).
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