打印机 dǎyìnjī printer
How to remember 打印机: 打 hit + 印 to print + 机 machine = printer.
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How it is used
- Concrete noun for a printer (the machine), CL 台 - built from 打印 (dǎyìn, to print) + 机 (jī, machine).
- 打印机没墨了 (dǎyìnjī méi mò le) - the printer is out of ink.
- Common in office/school vocabulary alongside 复印机 (fùyìnjī, photocopier) and 扫描仪 (sǎomiáoyí, scanner).
Example sentences
- 她能使用这台打印机。 Tā néng shǐyòng zhè tái dǎyìnjī.She can use this printer.
- 请把打印机里面的空的墨粉鼓换掉。 Qǐng bǎ dǎyìnjī lǐmiàn de kōng de mòfěn gǔ huàndiào.Please replace the empty ink cartridge in the printer.
- 激光打印机一般比喷墨打印机用起来更省钱。 Jīguāngdǎyìnjī yìbān bǐ pēnmò dǎyìnjī yòng qǐlái gèng shěngqián.Laser printers are generally cheaper to maintain than inkjet printers.