# cal機
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

| | | to calculate | machine; opportunity; secret |
| trad. (cal機) | trad. (cal機) | cal | 機 |
| simp. (cal机) | simp. (cal机) | cal | 机 |
From clipping of English calculator + 機／机 (gei1, “machine”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): keu$^1$ gei$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keu$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: keu$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɛːu̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

#### Noun

cal機
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) calculator (electronic device) (Classifier: 部 c)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 計算機, 計算器, 電算機, 電子計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 計算器 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 計算機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 計算機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 計算機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 計算器 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 計算機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 計算器 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 計算器 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 計算器 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 計算器 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 計算器 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 計算器 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 計算器 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 計算機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 計算器 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 計算機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 計算器 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 計算機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 計算機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 計算器 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 計算機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 計算器 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 計算器 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 計算機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 計算器 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 計算器 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 計算器 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 計算器 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 計算器, 計算機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 計數機 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 計數機, cal機, caltor |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 計算機 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 計算機 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 計算機 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 計算機 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 計算機 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 計算機 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 計算器 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 計算機 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 計算機 |
| Jin | Datong | 計算機 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 計算機 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 計算機 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 計算器 |
| Jin | Linhe | 計算器 |
| Jin | Jining | 計算機 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 計算器 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 計算機 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 計算機 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 計算器 |
| Jin | Handan | 計算器 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 計算器 |
| Jin | Suide | 計算機 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 電子計算機, 計算機 GT |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 計算機 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 算數機 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 算數機 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |

### Etymology 2

| | | to calibrate | machine; opportunity; secret |
| trad. (cal機) | trad. (cal機) | cal | 機 |
| simp. (cal机) | simp. (cal机) | cal | 机 |

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): keu$^1$ gei$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keu$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: keu$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɛːu̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

#### Verb

cal⫽機 (verb-object)
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to calibrate a machine