"ATM" in Mandarin?

[HedgePig]

What is the Mandarin word for an ATM>

Nciku gives several possibilities

自动提款机 - zìdòngtíkuǎnjī

自动出纳机 -zì dòng chū nà jī

自动柜员机 - zì dòng guì yuánjī

Are all of these used fairly frequently?

Yours, short of cash

HedgePig

[semantic nuance]

自動櫃員機 is used in Taiwan.

Hope it helps!

[rezaf]

取款机 qu3kuan3ji1

[luxj1]

自动取款机 zī dòng qǔ kuǎn jī

[martian2]

取款机 is what is written on pretty much every machine here and what people use, but you could just as easily say ATM and it would be understood by a lot of people and would be perfectly normal。 Chinese is a changing language, and listening to Chinese people speak to foreigners and each other I find the conversation is increasingly littered with English words and sounds, ATM being one of them.

[gougou]

you could just as easily say ATM and it would be understood by a lot of people and would be perfectly normal

With white collar workers, possibly. The security guard at the bank however most likely would not be able to help you (at least they couldn't when I was looking for an ATM the first time I was in China, so not knowing the correct word I had to describe to them what I was looking for)

[HedgePig]

Thanks for all replies, everyone!

HedgePig

[Lugubert]

So, if I were to guess it's a 出块机 in my sloppy pronunciation, it might be sufficiently close to be understood?

[adrianlondon]

My Taiwanese partner said they use 提款机. Maybe their machines are all quite low ...

[leeyah]

出块机

is ok lexically in our minds I guess, but note that 块 on its own means things other than money & 出 implies cash flowing 'out', not 'in' as with 取 or 提, so I'm not sure it'd be understood right. If we should use a self-explanatory colloquial word for 取款机 or 提款机 I think 取币机 is much closer to Chinese language way of thinking. And I must admit I've never seen 自动柜员机

[skylee]

And I must admit I've never seen 自动柜员机

Take a look -> http://www.hsbc.com.hk/1/2/chinese/hk/personal/customer-care/improve/detail#atmcirclek

[jiangping]

just saw a sign next to some ATMs in Taiwan saying 自動化服務區. Although I guess this is referring to the "ATM area" in general rather than the actual machines...

[丽丽_Jinlei]

It's nice to know the others, but I like using 自动出纳机 -zì dòng chū nà jī.