引擎 yǐnqíng engine (loanword)
How to remember 引擎: 引 pull + 擎 to lift = engine (loanword).
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How it is used
- Engine, a loanword - 汽车引擎 (qìchē yǐnqíng) a car engine; also figurative: 经济增长的引擎 (jīngjì zēngzhǎng de yǐnqíng) the engine of economic growth.
- Interchangeable with native 发动机 (fādòngjī) for machines, but 引擎 is preferred in tech metaphors and terms like 搜索引擎 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng, search engine).
- Measure word 台 (tái).