机器人 jīqìrén robot
robot; android
How to remember 机器人: 机 machine + 器 device + 人 person = robot.
Characters
How it is used
- A robot / android - 工业机器人 (gōngyè jīqìrén) industrial robot; also a chatbot: 客服机器人 (kèfú jīqìrén) customer-service bot.
- Literally 'machine-person'. Measure word 个 (gè) for the humanoid sense, 台 (tái) when treated as equipment.
- Distinct from 机器 (the machine) - the 人 makes it agent-like.
Example sentences
- 我怎么可能是机器人呢？机器人不会做梦。 Wǒ zěnme kěnéng shì jīqìrén ne?jīqìrén búhuì zuòmèng.How could I be a robot? Robots can't dream.