More techie terms/slang in Cantonese
Tags: chinese, cantonese, terminology
Published: 2020-09-03 17:23:23

Ok, I got great feedback on my previous post asking if people have more tech terms or slang in Cantonese. So thank you to all who read and responded with your translations. 🙌

This is a follow up on the ones I was asking about, and thanks to all who replied in the comments. I also checked jyutping myself on some so folks can pronounce them as well if they can't read Chinese. I used the following site to do my translation (word by word, pretty time consuming, but worth it):-

👉 http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/

I also found terms from [cantoneseclass101.com](https://www.cantoneseclass101.com/), great way to learn Canto for those interested. I've signed up to their useful newsletters.

There might be repeats of some from previous post, that's because I want to put alternatives alongside it as well as Simplified with its Traditional Chinese from a response I received. It may or may not makes sense in Canto, but it's there anyway. 

And the previous post in not in alphabetical order, when I get a chance, I will create a big post with all I have found so far and keep that post updated.

### Airplane mode
* 飛行模式 (fei1 hang4 mou4 sik1)

### Application
*  應用程式 (jing3 jung6 cing4 sik1) - application
* 流動應用程式(lau4 dung6 jing3 jung6 cing4 sik1) - Mobile application

### Augmented reality
* 擴張實境 (kwong3 zoeng1 sat6 ging2) 
* 增强现实/增強現實 (zang1 koeng4/koeng5/goeng6 jin6 sat6)

### Battery Life
*  電池壽命 (din6 ci4 sau6 ming6)

### Blog-related
* 網絡日誌 (mong5 lok3 jat6 zi3) - blog
* 網誌 (mong5 zi3) - blog
*  讀我的網誌讀我的網誌 (duk6 ngo5 dik1 mong5 zi3) - Read my blog

### BDD
* 行为驱动开发/行為驅動開發 (hang4/haang4/hong4/hang6 wai4/wai6 keoi1 dung6 hoi1 faat3)

### Charger
* 充電器 (cung1 din6 hei3)

### Crash
* 當機 (dong1 gei1)
* 死機 (sei2 gei1)
* Hang機 (Hang gei1) - HKers tend to say this "Computer's hung"

### Data engineer
* 数据工程师/數據工程師 (sou3/sou2/sok3 geoi3 gung1 cing4 si1)

### Data scientist
* 数据科学家/數據科學家 (sou3/sou2/sok3 geoi3 fo1 hok6 gaa1)

### Developer
* 開發者 (hoi1 faat3 ze2) - Developer
* 電腦業者 (din6 nou5 jip6 ze2) - software Developer
* 軟件開發人員 (jyun5 gin6*2 hoi1 faat3 jan4 jyun4) - software Developer

### Digital Assistant
*  個人數碼助理個人數碼助理 (go3 jan4 sou3 maa5 zo6 lei5)

### Digital Wallet
*  電子錢包 (din6 zi2 cin4 baau1)

### Download-related
* 下載 (haa6 zoi3) - download
*  你可唔可以下載呢個文件？ (nei5 ho2 m4 ho2 ji3 haa6 zoi3 ni1 go3 man4 gin2?)- Can I download this file

### Ecosystem
* 生态系统/生態系统 (saang1/sang1 taai3 hai tung2)

### Facebook-related
* 面書 (min6 syu1) - Facebook
* 上Facebook (soeng6 soeng5 Facebook) - visit Facebook
* 睇Facebook (tai2 Facebook) - reading the posts on Facebook

### Flash
* 閃 (sim2) - flash (from a camera)

### GPS
* 全球定位系統 (cyun4 kau4 deng6 wai2 hai6 tung2)

### Home Screen
*  主螢幕 (zyu2 jing4 mok6) - home screen on smartphone

### Icon
* 圖示 (tou4 si6)

### Indie 
* 獨立製作 (duk6 laap6/lap6 zai3 zok3)

### Indie developers
* 獨立製作人 (duk6 laap6/lap6 zai3 zok3  jan4)

### Indie game developers 
* 整呢隻Game嘅係Indie (zing2 ni1/ne1/nei1/nei4 zek3 Game ge3/ge2 hai6 Indie) - who made these games are indie developers
* 独立开发者/獨立開發者 (duk6 laap6 hoi1 faat3 ze2)

### Internet
*  互聯網 互聯網(wu6 lyun4 mong5)

### Image
*  圖片 (tou4 pin2)

### Link
*  鏈接 鏈接(lin4 zip3)

### Network coverage
*  網絡覆蓋 (mong5 lok6 fuk1 koi3)

### Provider
* 供應商(gung1 jing3 soeng1)

### QR code
* 二维码/二維碼 (ji6 wai4 maa5)

### Remote working
* 遙距工作 (jiu4 keoi5 gung1 zok3)
* 远程工作/遠程工作 (jyun5/jyun6 cing4 gung1 zok3)

### Repo
* 仓库(庫) (cong1 fu3)

### Retina display
* 视网膜显示屏/視網膜顯示屏 (si6 mong5 mok6*2/mou4 hin2 si6 ping4/bing2/beng3)

### Roaming
*  漫遊 (maan6 jau4)

### Sandbox (programming)
* 沙盒 (saa1 hap6/hap6*2)

### Scan
* 掃描 (sou3 miu4) - scan a code
* 指紋掃描儀指紋掃描儀 (zi2 man4 sou3 miu4 ji4) - scan finger

### Screenshot
* 截圖 (zit6 tou4) 
* Cap圖 (Cap tou4)

### Search
* 搜尋 (vsau2 cam4) - search
* 網絡調查 (mong5 lok3 diu6 caa4) - web search

### Selfie
* 自拍 (zi6 paak3)

### Settings
* 設定 (cit3 ding6)

### Silent mode
*  靜音模式靜音模式 (zing6 jam1 mou4 sik1)

### SIM card
* SIM卡 (SIM kaat1)

### Social Media
*  社交媒體 社交媒體(se5 gaau1 mui4 tai2)

### Source control
* 源代码(碼)管理 (jyun4 doi6 maa5 gun2 lei5)

### Spam
*  垃圾郵件垃圾郵件 (laap6 saap3 jau4 gin2)

### Startup
* 創業 (cong3/cong1 jip6)
* 初創企業 Startup (co1 cong3/cong1 kei5/kei5*2 jip6)
* 初創 (co1 cong3/cong1)
* 启动/啟動 (kai2 dung6)
* 创业公司/創業公司 (cong3/cong1 jip6 gung1 si1)

### TDD
* 测试驱动开发/測試驅動開發 (cak1/caak1 si3/si5 keoi1 dung6 hoi1 faat3)

### Text editor (coding)
* 文本编辑器/文本編輯器 (man4/man4*1/man6 bun2 pin1 cap1 hei3)

### Touchscreen
* 輕觸式熒幕 (hing1 zuk1 sik1 jing4 mok6)
* 触摸屏/觸摸屏 (zuk1 mo2 ping4/bing2/beng3)

### Tweet
* 推特 (teoi1 dak6)

### Unlock
*  解鎖 (gaai2 so2)

### Virtual environment
* 虚拟环境/虚拟環境 (heoi1 ji5 waan4 ging2)

### Virtual reality
* 虛擬實境 (heoi1 ji4 sat6 ging2) 
* 虚拟现实/虚擬現實 (heoi1 ji4 jin6 sat6)

### Virus
*  病毒 (beng6 duk6)

### Visualisation/Visualization (data)
* 數據視覺化 (sou3 geoi3 si6 gaau3 faa3) - data visualisation
* 視覺化 (si6 gaau3 faa3) - visualisation
* 虚拟化/虛擬化 (heoi1 ji5 faa3) - visualisation

### Website-related
*  你最鍾意邊個網站？你最鍾意邊個網站？ (nei5 zeoi3 zung1 ji3 bin1 go3 mong5 zaam6?) - What's your favourite website?

### Wi-Fi
* 無線網絡 (mou4 sin3 mong5 lok3)
* 無線上網 (mou4 sin3 soeng5 mong5)

### Wi-Fi router
* 無線網絡接受器 (mou4 sin3 mong5 lok6 zip3 sau6 hei3)