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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-tiān

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: pit-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitdien
  - IPA (Kinmen): /pit̚³²⁻⁵⁴ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛn³³/

Noun

筆電

(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)

Dialectal synonyms of 手提電腦 (“laptop computer; notebook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	筆記型電腦, 筆電, 手提電腦
Cantonese	Hong Kong	手提電腦, notebook, laptop
Southern Min	Kinmen	筆電
Wu	Shanghai	筆記本, 本本