brain (cerebrum)
→
computer
4 realizations
GROUP: Sinitic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51390) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | nou5 zi2 (腦子) | |
| lexeme 2 | din6 nou5 (電腦) | |
| meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | computer | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51389) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Dungan | |
| lexeme 1 | ножин | |
| lexeme 2 | дянно | |
| meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | computer | |
| reference | Olli Salmi 2018: 238 English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 19368) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | 脑子 / nǎozi | |
| lexeme 2 | 电脑 / diànnǎo | |
| meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | computer ("electrical brain") | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | Other forms: 電腦 and 電脳. | |
| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 51391) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Wu Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | 6nau-tsy (腦子) | |
| lexeme 2 | 6di-nau6 (電腦) | |
| meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | computer | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
Coined by Taiwanese computer expert Fan Kuanling (范光陵) in 1965 in his book 《電腦和你》 (Computers and You).