机器 jīqì machine
How to remember 机器: 机 machine + 器 device = machine.
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How it is used
- The general word for a machine - 机器坏了 (jīqì huài le) the machine broke down.
- Measure word is 台 (tái): 一台机器. Contrast 机械 (jīxiè), which leans toward machinery/mechanical as a field or adjective.
- Figurative: 像机器一样 (xiàng jīqì yíyàng) mechanically, without feeling.
Example sentences
- 他在修理机器。 Tā zài xiūlǐ jīqì.He's repairing the machine.
- 电脑是个复杂的机器。 Diànnǎo shì gè fùzá de jīqì.A computer is a complex machine.
- 这些机器目前不运转。 Zhèxiē jīqì mùqián bú yùnzhuàn.These machines aren't working now.