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計算機

jìsuànjī

ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧ

Simplified 计算机 · mainland 計算器

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  1. 1computer
  2. 2(Tw) calculator
In Taiwan

In Taiwan a calculator, not a computer — the computer is 電腦. Academic names still use 計算機 (計算機概論), but everyday usage keeps the two apart.

Example

考試可以帶計算機嗎？

kǎoshì kěyǐ dài jìsuànjī ma

Can we bring a calculator to the exam?

Measure word

臺

Keep 計算機 and it comes back until you know it.

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