How to say "android" in Japanese

• アンドロイドCommon
  nounThe direct loanword for a robot made to resemble a human being; this is the common word for the concept and the natural first choice when you mean 'android', especially in science fiction.
  ふふっ・・・その子こ、人間にんげんじゃないの。ロボットなのよ。ア・ン・ド・ロ・イ・ド。↗

  Ha-ha ... She isn't human. She's a robot; A-n-d-r-o-i-d.
• 人造人間じんぞうにんげん
  nounLiterally 'artificial human', it stresses that the being was made, not born; it covers the android sense but also artificial humans and robots generally, and is the less common choice for 'android'.
• 人型ロボットひとがたロボット
  nounLiterally 'human-shaped robot'; its main sense is 'humanoid robot', and it fits 'android' when the emphasis is on a robot in human form, the machine itself, though it is the less common choice.
  彼かれは今いままでに９体たいの人型ひとがたロボットを製造せいぞうしていたが、その全すべてはデモンストレーションモデルだった。↗

  Up to now he had made nine humanoid robots but they were all demonstration models.

Choose 「アンドロイド」 for the straightforward loanword sense of 'android'; use 人造人間 when you mean an artificially created human, and 「人型ロボット」 when you mean a robot in human form, that is, a humanoid robot.

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• アンドロイドandroid
• 人造人間じんぞうにんげんandroid
• 人型ロボットひとがたロボットhumanoid robot
• 泥どろAndroid (mobile operating system)