Mandarin Software Vocabulary - Week 3

chong2fu4

to repeat / to duplicate

dao3ru4

to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data)

tong2xun4lu4

address book

xian3shi4

to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate

zeng1

to increase / to expand / to add

guang1biao1

cursor (computing)

shan1chu2

to delete / to cancel

nei4cun2

internal storage / computer memory / random access memory (RAM)

wang3ye4

web page

wei4

not yet / did not / have not / not

tui1 song4 xiao1xi

push notification

zhu4ce4

to register / to enroll

ge2shi4

form / specification / format

chang2du4

length

bao3cun2

 to keep / to save (a file etc) (computing)

shua1xin1

to refresh (computer window) / to refurbish

diao4

to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair)

ping2guo3 shang1dian4

Apple Store

zhi3xiang4

to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated

• 云端
• yun2duan1 = fig. high in the clouds

• 硬盘
• ying4pan2 = hard drive

Google Drive

tu1ran2

sudden / abrupt / unexpected

zhong1duan4

to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt

shi1bai4

to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure

shu4ju4

data / numbers / digital

an4shi2jian1xian1hou4 pai2xu4

chronological order

liu2lan3qi4

browser (software)

dui4qi2

to line up in correct order / to align

li4shi3

history

shun4xu4

sequence / order

dui4hua4kuang4

dialog box