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硬件

硬件

Chinese

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

Noun

硬件

(Mainland, Hong Kong, computing) hardware

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 硬體／硬体 (yìngtǐ)

Coordinate terms

軟件／软件 (ruǎnjiàn)

Etymology

Calque of English hardware.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yìngjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ gin⁶, ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): ngǐ-kiǎⁿ / ngī-kiāⁿ / ngēe-kiāⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìngjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqjiann
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìngjiànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqjiall
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaang⁶ gin⁶, ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
  - Yale: ngaahng gihn, ngaahng gín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ gin⁶, ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːŋ²² kiːn²²/, /ŋɑːŋ²² kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-kiǎⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ngǐ-kiǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋi²² kiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-kiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ngī-kiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngixkvia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋi²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-kiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ngēe-kiānn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/