位

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷrɯbs): semantic 亻 (“man”) + phonetic 立 (OC *rɯb, “stand”). Often simply written as 立 in idiomatic expressions such as 即位 (jíwèi) in Western Zhou inscriptions.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp (“to stand”). Derived from 立 (OC *rɯb). Mei (2012) lists it among the possible nasal-prefixed verb forms (Old Chinese *N-k- > Middle Chinese *ɦ-, possibly forming a stative). Suffixed with a nominalizing *-s, it takes the sense "the place/rank/status one holds".

inh

(information theory) bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer)


熵

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 商 (shāng, “quotient”)
Coined by Chinese physical scientist Hu Gangfu in 1923 to translate the concept of entropy in thermodynamics, where 商 (shāng, “quotient”) represents the quotient of heat and temperature, and 火 (huǒ, “fire”) represents its relation to thermodynamics.

coinage

(physics, information theory, etc.) entropy


位元

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/wɐi̯²² jyːn²¹/

/ui²²⁻²¹ ɡuan²⁴/

/ui⁴¹⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/

/ui²²⁻²¹ ɡuan¹³/

/ui³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/

/ui³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/wɐi̯²² jyːn²¹/

/ui²²⁻²¹ ɡuan²⁴/

/ui⁴¹⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/

/ui²²⁻²¹ ɡuan¹³/

/ui³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/

/ui³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/

(information theory, Taiwan) bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer)


比特

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/


互信息

/xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/

/xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/

(information theory, chiefly Mainland China) mutual information


互資訊

/xu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕyn⁵¹/

/xu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕyn⁵¹/

(information theory, chiefly Taiwan) mutual information


信息熵

/ɕin⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕin⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

(information theory, chiefly Mainland China) information entropy


資訊熵

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕyn⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕyn⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

(information theory, chiefly Taiwan) information entropy


信源

/ɕin⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/ɕin⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/