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 gin^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngī-kiāⁿ / ngǐ-kiǎⁿ / ngēe-kiāⁿ

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 gin^6-2
  - Yale: ngaahng gín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ gin^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ gin^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-kiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ngī-kiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngixkvia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-kiǎⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ngǐ-kiǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² kiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-kiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ngēe-kiānn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/

Noun

硬件

(Mainland China, Hong Kong, computing) hardware
硬件實現／硬件实现 ― yìngjiàn shíxiàn ― hardware implementation
(Mainland China, Hong Kong, figurative) infrastructure

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
Mandarin	Singapore	硬件
Cantonese	Hong Kong	硬件
Southern Min	Xiamen	硬件
	Quanzhou	硬件
	Zhangzhou	硬件

Coordinate terms

軟件／软件 (ruǎnjiàn)

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