軟體

See also: 软体

Chinese

		soft; flexible	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (軟體)		軟	體
simp. (软体)		软	体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎntǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ tai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nńg-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎntǐ [Phonetic: ruántǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎntǐ
    • Wade–Giles: juan³-tʻi³
    • Yale: rwǎn-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roantii
    • Palladius: жуаньти (žuanʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ tai²
    • Yale: yúhn tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg-thé
    • Tâi-lô: nńg-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngftea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/

Etymology 1

Adjective

軟體

1. soft-bodied

   軟體動物／软体动物  ―  ruǎntǐ dòngwù  ―  mollusc

Derived terms

• 軟體動物 / 软体动物 (ruǎntǐ dòngwù)

 

Etymology 2

Calque of English software.

Noun

軟體

1. (Taiwan, computing) software (Classifier: 個／个 m; 套 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 軟件 (“software”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		軟件 Mainland China, 軟體 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	軟體
	Singapore	軟件
Cantonese	Hong Kong	軟件
Southern Min	Xiamen	軟件
	Quanzhou	軟件
	Zhangzhou	軟件

Coordinate terms

• 硬體／硬体 (yìngtǐ)

Derived terms

• 惡意軟體 / 恶意软体 (èyì ruǎntǐ)
• 軟體工程師 / 软体工程师 (ruǎntǐ gōngchéngshī)