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140+ Technical Terms in Chinese to Sound Like a Tech-savvy Native Speaker
Do you know how to say “tweet” in Chinese?
How about “email” or “blogger”?
Do you know the Chinese counterparts to YouTube, Google and Facebook?
Trust me when I say these terms will come in handy.
Once I reached a certain level of Chinese—enough to have general conversations with native speakers—I found myself unexpectedly searching for all kinds of social media and technology terms to get my point across.
So in this post, I’ll give you a list of over 140 technical terms in Chinese so you already have these words up your sleeve.
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Types of Internet People
English Chinese Pinyin
Blogger 博主
bó zhŭ
Male tech geek who stays home all the time 宅男
zhái nán
Female tech geek who stays home all the time 宅女
zhái nǚ
Internet friend 网友
wǎng yǒu
Netizen 网络公民
wăng luò gōng mín
Human flesh search engine (not a person but the phenomenon) 人肉搜索
rén ròu sōu suŏ
Hacker 黑客
hēi kè
Venture capital (not a person, but venture capital itself) 风险投资
fēng xiǎn tóu zī
User 用户
yòng hù
Administrator 管理员
guăn lĭ yuán
Moderator 版主
bǎn zhǔ
Programmer 程序设计师
chéng xù shè jì shī
Computer programming (the activity not the person) 电脑编程
diàn năo biān chéng
Developer 开发人员
kāi fā rén yuán
Famous Computer / Internet People
English Chinese Pinyin
Alibaba founder 马云
mă yún
Baidu (China’s most populous search engine) founder 李彦红
lĭ yàn hóng
Former Microsoft and Google China CEO 李开复
lĭ kāi fù
Foxconn CEO 郭台铭
guō tái míng
Lenovo founder 柳传志
liŭ chuán zhì
Tencent CEO 马化腾
mǎ huà téng
Internet sites
English Chinese Pinyin
The internet 互联网
hù lián wăng
Baidu (Chinese Google - most popular search engine) 百度
băi dù
Sina (Chinese Yahoo) 新浪网
xīn làng wǎng
Google 谷歌
gǔ gē
Kaixinwang (social networking site, mainly for professionals) 开心网
kāi xīn wăng
Renrenwang (social networking site, mainly for students) 人人网
rén rén wǎng
Weibo (means "microblogging" and is like Chinese Twitter) 微博
wēi bó
Youku (Chinese Youtube) 优酷
yōu kù
QQ (Chinese instant messaging program) QQ
Taobao (Chinese eBay - site for online shopping) 淘宝
táo băo
Search engine 搜索引擎
sōu suŏ yĭn qíng
Things to Do and Types of Sites
English Chinese Pinyin
Social network 社交网络
shè jiāo wăng luò
E-commerce 电子商务
diàn zĭ shāng wù
Podcast 播客
bō kè
Blog 博客
bó kè
Webpage 网页
wăng yè
Chartroom 聊天室
liáo tiān shì
Internet cafe 网吧
wăng bā
BBS 论坛
lùn tán
Computer game 电脑游戏
diàn năo yóu xì
Video game 电玩
diàn wán
Internet game 网游(网络游戏)
wǎng yóu
Internet shopping 网购(网上购物)
wǎng gòu
Internet “Verbs”
English Chinese Pinyin
Tweet (from Weibo, China's Twitter) 发微博
fā wēi bó
A post (on a blog) 帖子
tiě zi
Online 上线
shàng xiàn
Offline 离线
lí xiàn
Comment 评论
píng lùn
Reply 回复
huí fù
Accept 接收
jiē shōu
Decline 拒绝
jù jué
Register 注册
zhù cè
Login /sign in 登录
dēng lù
Download 下载
xià zăi
Upload 上传
shàng chuán
Click 点击
diăn jī
Double-click 双击
shuāng jī
Email
English Chinese Pinyin
Inbox 邮箱
yóu xiāng
An email 邮件
yóu jiàn
To send an email 发邮件
fā yóu jiàn
To forward 转发
zhuǎn fā
To CC 抄送
chāo sòng
Spam 垃圾邮件
lā jī yóu jiàn
File 文件
wén jiàn
Document 文件
wén jiàn
Access 接入
jiē rù
Attachment 附件
fù jiàn
Chart 表格
biăo gé
Virus 病毒
bìng dú
Computer Hardware
English Chinese Pinyin
Hardware 硬件
yìng jiàn
Computer 电脑
diàn năo
Screen 屏幕
píng mù
Keyboard 键盘
jiàn pán
Key (on a keyboard) 键
jiàn
Desktop computer 台式机
tái shì jī
Mouse 鼠标
shŭ biāo
Monitor 显示器
xiǎn shì qì
CPU CPU
Design 设计
shè jì
Computer Hardware Accessories
English Chinese Pinyin
Software 软件
ruăn jiàn
Speakers 音响
yīn xiăng
Microphone 话筒
huà tŏng
AC adapter AC适配器
AC shì pèi qì
Disc 碟
dié
Printer 打印机
dă yìn jī
Button 按钮
àn niǔ
Fax 传真
chuán zhēn
Scanner 扫描仪
săo miáo yí
External hard drive 移动硬盘
yí dòng yìng pán
USB drive U盘
U pán
Mobile Computer Hardware
English Chinese Pinyin
Laptop 笔记本
bǐ jì běn
Touchpad 触摸板
chù mō băn
USB Interfaces USB接口
USB jiē kǒu
Mobile Devices
English Chinese Pinyin
Mobile device 移动设备
yí dòng shè bèi
Device 设备
shè bèi
Smartphone 智能手机
zhì néng shŏu jī
Touchscreen 触摸屏
chù mō píng
Camera 摄像头
shè xiàng tóu
Earphones 耳机
ěr jī
Headphones 头戴式耳机
tóu dài shì ěr jī
Battery 电池
diàn chí
Charger 充电器
chōng diàn qì
Data cable 数据线
shù jù xiàn
Memory card 存储卡
cún chŭ kă
Slots 插槽
chā cáo
Mobile Device Related
English Chinese Pinyin
Text message 短信
duǎn xìn
To send a text message 发短信
fā duǎn xìn
Signal 信号
xìn hào
Power 电源
diàn yuán
Wireless 无线
wú xiàn
Data 数据
shù jù
WiFi 无线局域网
wú xiàn jú yù wăng
Bluetooth 蓝牙
lán yá
iPhone
English Chinese Pinyin
Swipe (on a iphone) 滑动
huá dòng
iPhone app iPhone 应用程序
iPhone yìng yòng chéng xù
iPhone app (another way to say it) iPhone 应用软件
iPhone yìng yòng ruǎn jiàn
App store 应用商店
yìng yòng shāng diàn
Apple store 苹果零售店
píng guŏ líng shòu diàn
Case 保护壳
băo hù ké
Unlock 解锁
jiě suǒ
Browser Interface Terms
English Chinese Pinyin
Desktop 桌面
zhuō miàn
Homepage 主页
zhŭ yè
Menu bar 菜单栏
cài dān lán
Link 链接
liàn jiē
Internet address 网址
wăng zhĭ
Address 地址
dì zhĭ
Bookmark 书签
shū qiān
Keyword 关键字
guān jiàn zì
Pixel 像素
xiàng sù
Bookmark 收藏夹
shōu cáng jiā
Backup 备份
bèi fèn
Image 图片
tú piàn
Video 视频
shì pín
Technical Internet Terms
English Chinese Pinyin
System 系统
xì tŏng
Network 网络
wăng luò
Firewall 防火墙
fáng huŏ qiáng
Cloud computing 云计算
yún jì suàn
Digital 数码的
shù mă de
Broadband 宽带
kuān dài
Memory 内存
nèi cún
Meg (short for megabyte) 兆
(short for 兆字节
) zhào (short for zhào zì jié)
Gig (short for gigabyte) 千
(short for 千兆字节
) qiān (short for qiān zhào zì jié)
I hope you find these technical terms in Chinese helpful when you need vocabulary words for computers, the Internet, social media and the like!
Practice them on your own by creating sentences or journal entries, and immerse yourself in authentic Chinese media, like the videos on FluentU .
The videos on FluentU let you hover over words in the subtitles you don’t know so you can learn them in context. This is especially helpful for learning Internet slang and other niche technology terms.
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can take anywhere.
Click here to get a copy. (Download)
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