硬體

See also: 硬体

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (硬體)		硬	體
simp. (硬体)		硬	体

Etymology

Calque of English hardware.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ tai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngē-thé / ngī-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: yìng-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqtii
    • Palladius: инти (inti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ tai²
    • Yale: ngaahng tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngē-thé
    • Tâi-lô: ngē-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngextea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋẽ³³⁻²¹ tʰe⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-thé
    • Tâi-lô: ngī-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngixtea
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋĩ³³⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/

Noun

硬體

1. (Taiwan, computing) hardware

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 硬件 (“hardware”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硬件 Mainland China, 硬體 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	硬體
	Singapore	硬件
Cantonese	Hong Kong	硬件
Southern Min	Xiamen	硬件
	Quanzhou	硬件
	Zhangzhou	硬件

Coordinate terms

• 軟體／软体 (ruǎntǐ)