HSK 5 · Science

硬件 yìngjiàn “hardware” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 硬件 means

  1. hardware

How to say 硬件

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale硬yìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

硬件 in a sentence

  1. 这台电脑的硬件很好，可是软件太旧了。

    Zhè tái diànnǎo de yìngjiàn hěn hǎo, kěshì ruǎnjiàn tài jiù le.

    This computer’s hardware is good, but its software is too old.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在一家电脑硬件公司工作。

    Tā zài yì jiā diànnǎo yìngjiàn gōngsī gōngzuò.

    He works at a computer hardware company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 硬件 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 硬 (yìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
硬yìnghard; stiff; solid
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 更more · gēngSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 更 (gēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yìng.

The character 件 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
件jiànitem
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidAn old explanation: a person 亻 dividing an ox 牛 into pieces: an item, one of many.

How to write 硬件

硬 12 strokes · 件 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

硬件 (yìngjiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 硬件 (yìngjiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 硬件

Words with 硬

硬yìng · hard僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff坚硬jiānyìng · hard

Words with 件

件jiàn · measure word for clothes邮件yóujiàn · mail电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email条件tiáojiàn · condition文件wénjiàn · document证件zhèngjiàn · certificate软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software零件língjiàn · part案件ànjiàn · legal case稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

More words: Science & Technology

物质wùzhì · matter下载xiàzài · to download信号xìnhào · signal学术xuéshù · academic预报yùbào · forecast注册zhùcè · to register饱和bǎohé · saturated备份bèifèn · to back up

FAQs

硬件 (yìngjiàn) means “hardware”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yìngjiàn: yìng with a 4th tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 硬件 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 硬件 from the suggestions. Typing yingjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
硬件 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.