Chinese software development and computer terms

Chinese software development and computer terms

By devin, 16 September, 2015

I scoured the internet for a cheat sheet list of Chinese vocabulary related to computers/tech work, but I couldn't find one. So here goes nothing!

Development

中文 English pīnyīn  
正式 production zhèngshì I'm not 100% sure if this is an accurate translation yet.
测试 staging cèshì  
开发 development kāifā  
child (node)  
parent (node)  
顶级 root (node) dǐngjí  
分类 category fēnlèi  
代码 code dàimǎ  
名称 name míngchēng (of an object, rather than a person)
行为 action xíngwéi  
描述 description miáoshù  
数据库 database shùjùkù  
排序 sort

ixù

 
字段 field zìduàn e.g. a database column
数据 data shùjù  
重构 refactor chónggòu  
部署 deploy bùshǔ  
数组 array shùzǔ I'm not sure if this is right yet...  www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqtm=2&wdqcha…

 

User Interface

中文 English pīnyīn  
撤销  undo chèxiāo  
复制 copy fùzhì  
你确定吗? Are you sure? Nǐ quèdìng ma?  

 

 

Web Development

中文 English pīnyīn  
域名 domain name yùmíng  
显示/收起 show/hide xiǎnshì/shōuqǐ I was allowed to say 展示 on its own, but once I introduced a toggling function I had to switch to these
新增 create xīnzēng Non-computer version: 创造 (chuàngzào)
返回 back fǎnhuí  
编辑 edit biānjí  
更新 update gēngxīn  
删除 delete shānchú  
权限 permission quánxiàn  
角色 role juésè  
页面 (web) page yèmiàn  
筛选 filter shāixuǎn (the verb)

Hardware

中文 English pīnyīn  
磁盘阵列盒 RAID cípán zhènlièhé  
磁盘 hard drive cípán  
适配器



>转换器
adapter



(or)
shìpèiqì



zhuǎnhuànqì
 
雷电接口 Thunderbolt (Apple's cable) léidiàn jiēkǒu  
热插拔 hot swappable rèchābá  
性能 performance (i.e. speed) xìngnéng  

Git (based on https://git-scm.com/book/zh/v2)

中文 English pīnyīn  
仓库 repository cāngkù  
克隆 clone kèlóng  
提交 commit tíjiāo  
远程 remote yuǎnchéng  
抓取 fetch zhuāqǔ  
拉取 pull lāqǔ  
推送 push tuīsòng  
标签 tag biāoqiān  
检出 checkout jiǎnchū  
分支 branch fēnzhī  
合并 merge hébìng  
储藏 stash chǔcáng  

 

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