硬件

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	a measure word for thing, clothes, item
simp. and trad. (硬件)		硬	件

Etymology

Calque of English hardware.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ gin⁶ / ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngǐ-kiǎⁿ / ngī-kiāⁿ / ngēe-kiāⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: yìng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqjiann
    • Palladius: инцзянь (inczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngjiànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngjiànr
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-chien⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yìng-jyànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqjiall
    • Palladius: инцзяньр (inczjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ gin⁶ / ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
    • Yale: ngaahng gihn / ngaahng gín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ gin⁶ / ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ gin⁶ / ngang⁶ gin^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² kiːn²²/, /ŋaːŋ²² kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-kiǎⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ngǐ-kiǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² kiã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ngī-kiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngixkvia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ngēe-kiānn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 硬件

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, computing) hardware

   硬件實現／硬件实现  ―  yìngjiàn shíxiàn  ―  hardware implementation

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 硬體／硬体 (yìngtǐ)

Coordinate terms

• 軟件／软件 (ruǎnjiàn)