自动 zìdòng automatic
automatic; voluntarily
How to remember 自动: 自 self + 动 move = automatic.
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How it is used
- Automatic (machine acts by itself) - 自动门 (zìdòng mén) automatic door, 自动扣款 auto-deduct payment.
- Also 'of one's own accord, voluntarily': 自动放弃 (zìdòng fàngqì) to give up voluntarily.
- So it covers both a machine running itself and a person acting without prompting.
Example sentences
- 大家自动来帮忙。 Dàjiā zìdòng lái bāngmáng.Everybody voluntarily came to help.
- 自动售货机在那边。 Zìdòngshòuhuòjī zài nàbiān.The vending machines are over there.