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
• Min Nan (POJ): ngē-thé / ngī-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìngtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqtii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ying4-tʻi3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ tai²
    • Yale: ngaahng tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋäːŋ²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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
2. (Taiwan, figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Synonyms

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

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

Coordinate terms

• 軟體／软体 (ruǎntǐ)