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How do you say "personal computer" in Chinese?
个人电脑
gè rén diàn nǎo
In Chinese, "personal computer" is 个人电脑.
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Pronunciation
Say 'guh' (falling tone) then 'run' (rising tone) then 'dyen' (falling tone) then 'now' (falling tone).
Writing and usage
Four characters. 个 is a classifier (three strokes), 人 means person (two strokes), 电 means electricity, 脑 means brain (ten strokes).
Example sentence
我有一台个人电脑。
I have a personal computer.
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How to remember 个人电脑
个人 means 'personal', and 电脑 means 'computer'. Literally 'personal electric brain'. The description feels poetic.
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Questions about 个人电脑
How do you say "personal computer" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "personal computer" is 个人电脑. It is a noun.
How is 个人电脑 written in Chinese?
Four characters. 个 is a classifier (three strokes), 人 means person (two strokes), 电 means electricity, 脑 means brain (ten strokes).
How is 个人电脑 used in a sentence?
Use 个人电脑 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 我有一台个人电脑。 (I have a personal computer.).
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"Personal computer" in other languages
- Japanese パソコン (pasokon)
- Korean 개인용 컴퓨터 (gaeinyong keompyuteo)
- Spanish el ordenador personal
- Spanish (Latin America) la computadora personal
- French l'ordinateur personnel
- German der Computer
- Italian il computer
- Russian персональный компьютер (personalʹnyj kompʹjuter)
- Greek ο προσωπικός υπολογιστής (o prosopikos ipologistis)
- Arabic كومبيوتر شخصي (kumbyootar shakhsi)
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