Electronics Industry Terms

Posted at October 29, 2008

I was at the Taiwan TPCA tradeshow last week in Taipei, and started to look at the basic electronics terms. I took a quick picture of the show guide to show the characters as they were written on it.

taipei-electronics-trade-show

All of the characters in the first line I’ve had to
learn for class individually, after less than 4 months of study.  Of course these are
basic terms, but it’s nice to see a connection between my classes and
the real world.  Here is a breakdown:

台灣
  1. Tai (2) – Surname
  2. Wan (1) – Bay / Gulf

Together: Taiwan, the
country

電路板
  1. Dian (4) –Electrical
  2. Lu (4) – Street
  3. Ban (3) – Board / Plank

Together: Circuit Board or PCB

電子
  1. Dian (4) – Electrical
  2. Zi (5) – Noun Suffix

Together: Electronics

組裝
  1. Zu (3) – To form, compose
  2. zhuang (1) – To fill, load

Together: Assemble / Install
China, Learning Chinese, Taiwan

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