The Chinese word for calculator is
计算器
jì suàn qì
Chinese Definition
| Components | |
| 计 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 計 | |
| 算 | |
| 1. to count; to calculate; to figure | |
| 2. to plan; to arrange; to design | |
| 3. to guess; to estimate; to approximate | |
| 4. to regard as; to consider | |
| 5. to count; to be of significance | |
| 6. to let it pass; to give up | |
| 7. finally; eventually | |
| 8. Alternative form of 筭 (ancient device for counting numbers) | |
| 9. (Guanzhong, Mandarin) while | |
| 伢 算 說 算 笑 - tr=niǎ suān shě suān xiāo, He speaks as he laughs, M-GZ | |
| 10. (Hong Kong) ratio between two currencies, expressed with only the first significant figure | |
| 日元 兌 港元 跌 穿 六 算。 - The exchange rate between Japanese Yen and Hong Kong Dollars has dropped below the ratio of 1 JPY to 0.06 HKD literally: …below the ratio of 6. | |
| 器 | |
| 1. device; tool; utensil; ware | |
| 器具 - utensil | |
| 2. (medicine, biology) organ | |
| 器官 - organ | |
| 3. capacity; tolerance | |
| 器量 - tolerance | |
| 4. talent; ability | |
| 大器晚成 - idiom A great talent takes time to mature. | |
| 器重 - to regard highly |
Translations for 器 and their definitions
| 計算器 | |
| 1. n. calculator | |
| 2. n. calculating machine | |
| 3. n. any calculating device |
| 计算器 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 計算器 |
| 計算機 | |
| 1. n. (chiefly Mainland) computer (electronic device) | |
| 製造 計算機 - to make computers | |
| 這 一代 的 計算機 改變 了 我們 創建 媒體 的 方法。 - This generation of computers changed the way we create media. | |
| 2. n. (chiefly Taiwan Singapore Malaysia) calculator (electronic device) |
| 计算机 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 計算機 |
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