电脑 diànnǎo computer
How to remember 电脑: 电 electricity + 脑 brain = computer.
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How it is used
- Computer - 用电脑工作 (yòng diànnǎo gōngzuò) work on a computer.
- Literally 'electric brain'; a laptop is 笔记本电脑, a desktop 台式电脑.
- Part of the big 电- family: 电话 phone, 电视 TV, 电影 film.
Example sentences
- 对于电脑我一点也不懂。 Duìyú diànnǎo wǒ yìdiǎn yě bù dǒng.I know nothing about computers.
- 电脑的用途很广。 Diànnǎo de yòngtú hěn guǎng.Computers have many uses.
- 他正在检查电脑的服务系统。 Tā zhèng zài jiǎnchá diànnǎo de fúwù xìtǒng.He's checking the computer's service system.
- 电脑记录证明了我的想法是对的。 Diànnǎo jìlù zhèngmíngle wǒ de xiǎngfa shì duì de.The computer records prove that my ideas were correct.