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手提電腦

简手提电脑 · 繁手提電腦

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu tí diàn nǎo

portable computer

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手: shǒu · hand
提: tí · hold in hand; lift in hand
電: Look up this written character
腦: Look up this written character
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
脑: nǎo · brain

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3–2–4–3 · shou3 ti2 dian4 nao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 tai4 din6 nou5

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noun

(computing) laptop computer; notebook (Classifier: 臺／台 m; 個／个 m)

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