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黑客

黑客

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	customer; visitor; guest
simp. and trad. (黑客)		黑	客

Noun

黑客

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) hacker

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 駭客／骇客 (hàikè)

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hacker.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hēikè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ haak³, haak¹ haak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hēikè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄎㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heikeh
  - IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: hēikèr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄎㄜˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heikell
  - IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ haak³, haak¹ haak³
  - Yale: hāk haak, hāak haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ haak⁸, haak⁷ haak⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ hɑːk̚³/, /hɑːk̚⁵ hɑːk̚³/