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计算器jì suàn qì
calculator
Definitions
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| 计算器 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 計算器 | ||
| 計算器 | jìsuànqì | |
| 1. n. calculator | ||
| 2. n. calculating machine | ||
| 3. n. any calculating device | ||
| Components | ||
| 计 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 計 | ||
| 計 | jì | |
| 1. to calculate; to count | ||
| 計 起 條 數 - | ||
| 數 以 百 計 - to number in the hundreds | ||
| 計 下haa5 呢nei 個 月 用 咗 幾多 錢cin4-2 - to calculate how much was spent this month | ||
| 2. to amount to | ||
| 全 校 計 有 學生 @520 人。 - The school has 520 students in total. | ||
| 3. (usually in the negative) to consider; to be concerned with | ||
| 不 計 後果 - to not be concerned about consequences | ||
| 4. to plan; to plot | ||
| 5. plan; plot; scheme | ||
| 中zhòng計 - to fall into a trap | ||
| 反間jiàn計 - stratagem of letting the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp | ||
| 6. (Cantonese) solution; way to deal with something | ||
| 諗計gai3-2 - to think of a way to deal with something | ||
| 冇計gai3-2 - one can't do anything about it | ||
| 7. gauge | ||
| 安培計 - ammeter | ||
| 8. (Hokkien) all | ||
| 算 | suàn | |
| 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 | qì | |
| 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 | ||
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Pronunciation
jì suàn qì
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