電腦

See also: 电脑 and 電脳

Chinese

	electric; electricity; electrical	brain
trad. (電腦)	電	腦
simp. (电脑)	电	脑
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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): diànnǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): дянно (III-II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): din⁶ nou⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ nau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-nó
Min Dong (BUC): diêng-nō̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tiān-náu / tiān-ló

(Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ nao²
Wu (Wiktionary): di nau (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: diànnǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannnao
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (電腦兒／电脑儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: diànnǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannnaol
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ naʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: дянно (III-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ nɔː⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶ nou⁵
  - Yale: dihn nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ nou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ nou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² nou̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: en⁵ nau²
  - IPA ^(key): /en³² ⁿdau⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-nó
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien no`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ no³
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ no³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng-nō̤
  - IPA ^(key): /tieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ nˡo³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-náu
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnnao
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ nãʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ nãʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ nãʊ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-ló
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnloir
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diang⁶ nao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng náu
  - IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ nau⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: di nau (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻i²² nɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

電腦

computer (Classifier: 部; 臺／台 m)

玩電腦 / 玩电脑 ― wán diànnǎo ― to play on the computer

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 this computer's price is over 10,000 yuan, I'm still going to buy it.

Synonyms

計算機／计算机 (jìsuànjī)

Derived terms

個人電腦／个人电脑 (gèrén diànnǎo)
平板電腦／平板电脑 (píngbǎn diànnǎo)
手提電腦／手提电脑 (shǒutí diànnǎo)
桌上型電腦／桌上型电脑 (zhuōshàngxíng diànnǎo)
筆記型電腦／笔记型电脑 (bǐjìxíng diànnǎo)

電腦業者／电脑业者 (diànnǎoyèzhě)
電腦病毒／电脑病毒 (diànnǎo bìngdú)
電腦科學／电脑科学 (diànnǎo kēxué)
電腦程式／电脑程式 (diànnǎo chéngshì)
電腦遊戲／电脑游戏 (diànnǎo yóuxì)

Descendants

→ Atayal: tennaw
→ Bouyei: dianqnaoj
→ Bunun: tinnau
→ Saaroa: tinnau
→ Tibetan: གློག་ཀླད (glog klad) (calque)
→ Taroko: tennaw
→ Yanbian Korean: 뗀노 (ttenno)
→ Zhuang: dennauj

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