筆電

See also: 笔电

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (筆電)		筆	電
simp. (笔电)		笔	电

Etymology

Short for 筆記型電腦／笔记型电脑 (bǐjìxíng diànnǎo) or 筆記本電腦／笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběn diànnǎo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐdiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ din⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐdiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐdiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tien⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biidiann
    • Palladius: бидянь (bidjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ din⁶
    • Yale: bāt dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tiːn²²/

Noun

筆電

1. (computing) laptop computer; notebook (Classifier: 臺／台 m; 個／个 m)

Synonyms

• 便攜式電腦／便携式电脑 (biànxiéshì diànnǎo)
• 手提計算機／手提计算机 (shǒutí jìsuànjī)
• 手提電腦／手提电脑 (shǒutí diànnǎo)
• 掌上電腦／掌上电脑 (zhǎngshàng diànnǎo)
• 本本 (⁵pen-pen) (Wu)
• 筆本／笔本 (bǐběn) (short form)
• 筆記型電腦／笔记型电脑 (bǐjìxíng diànnǎo)
• 筆記本／笔记本 (bǐjìběn) (short form)
• 筆記本式計算機／笔记本式计算机 (bǐjìběnshì jìsuànjī)
• 筆記本電腦／笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběn diànnǎo)
• 膝上型電腦／膝上型电脑 (xīshàngxíng diànnǎo)