Learn five words about computers
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| Hello! Welcome to Cantonese Weekly Words! I’m Olivia, and this week we are going to talk about Computer Words. |
| Computer Words. Let’s see what we have. |
| 筆記型電腦 (bat1 gei3 jing4 din6 nou5) |
| 筆記型電腦 (bat1 gei3 jing4 din6 nou5) is “laptop computer” |
| 筆記 (bat1 gei3) is actually “notebook”, so it can be “notebook computer” as well. |
| 我部筆記型電腦係粉紅色嘅。 (ngo5 bou6 bat1 gei3 jing4 din6 nou5 hai6 fan2 hung4 sik1 ge3.) “My laptop computer is pink.” |
| 滑鼠 (waat6 syu2) |
| 滑鼠 (waat6 syu2) “mouse” |
| 鼠 (syu2) is “mouse”; 滑 (waat6) is, like, “slippery”. So a slippery mouse means a mouse for the computer. |
| 無綫嘅滑鼠好方便。(mou4 sin3 ge3 waat6 syu2 hou2 fong1 bin6.) “A wireless mouse is very convenient.” Yeah, I can’t go back to the traditional one after I used the wireless one. |
| 耳筒 (ji5 tung2) |
| 耳 (ji5) means “ears”, and 耳筒 (ji5 tung2) means “earphone” or “headphone” |
| 唔好成日戴住個耳筒，對耳仔唔好。(m4 hou2 sing4 jat6 daai3 zyu6 go3 ji5 tung2, deoi3 ji5 zai2 m4 hou2.) “Don't wear earphones (or headphones) all the time, it's bad for your ears.” |
| 顯示屏 (hin2 si6 ping4) |
| 顯示屏 (hin2 si6 ping4) is “monitor”. |
| Sometimes in Hong Kong we just call it “mon”, “mon” short for “monitor”. We’re lazy. |
| 個電腦顯示屏好似花咗。(go3 din6 nou5 hin2 si6 ping4 hou2 ci5 faa1 zo2.) “The computer monitor looks scratched.” Someone scratched it, maybe? |
| 打印機 (daa2 jan3 gei1) |
| 打印機 (daa2 jan3 gei1) “printer”. |
| Sometimes we just say “printer” in Hong Kong as well. For computer words we use a lot of English in Hong Kong. |
| 打印機喺隔離房，所以啲文件要過去攞。(daa2 jan3 gei1 hai2 gaak3 lei4 fong2, so2 ji3 di1 man4 gin2 jiu3 gwo3 heoi3 lo2.) “The printer is in the next room, so I have to go grab the documents.” |
| So that’s it for today, today we talked about Computer Words. I’ll see you next time at Cantonese Weekly Words. I’m Olivia. Bye! |
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