Chinese Notes

机 (機) jī

jī noun a machine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Technology
Notes: For example, 打字机 typewriter (Guoyu '機' n 2; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 54; Unihan '機'; XHZD '机' 3, p. 307)
jī noun impulse; stimulus; motion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 动机 (Guoyu '機' n 5; Kroll 2015 '機' 3, p. 181; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 54)
jī noun opportunity; chance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '機' n 4; Kroll 2015 '機' 2a, p. 181; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 54; Unihan '機')
jī noun a turning point; an important affair
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '機' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '機' 2, p. 181; XHZD '机' 1, p. 306)
jī adjective adaptable; flexible
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '机' 2, p. 307)
jī noun opportunity; chance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In traditional Chinese text the use of the present simplified form 机 is actually an archaic use.
jī noun crossbow trigger
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '機' 1, p. 181)
jī noun a latch; a trigger
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '機' 1a, p. 181; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 54)
jī noun a mechanism
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '機' 1b, p. 181; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 54)
jī adjective efficient; effective
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '機' 3b, p. 181)
jī noun skill
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '機' 4, p. 181; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 55)
jī noun a loom [weaving]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '機' n 1; Kroll 2015 '機' 5, p. 181; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 54)
jī noun an airplane
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Short for 飞机 (Guoyu '機' n 3)
jī noun a plan; a scheme
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 心机 (Guoyu '機' n 6; ; Mathews 1931 '機', p. 55)

Contained in

信贷危机(信貸危機) credit crisis
联合收割机(聯合收割機) combine; harvester
矿机(礦機) (cryptocurrency) mining machine
收报机(收報機) telegraph receiver
无机化学(無機化學) inorganic chemistry
急机(急機) nimble-minded
挂机(掛機) to hang up (a phone)
山寨机(山寨機) knockoff cell phone; counterfeit phone
下飞机(下飛機) to get off a plane; to deplane
轧机(軋機) steel rolling mill
机妇(機婦) a female weaver
随机(隨機) according to the situation; pragmatic ; random
工业机器人(工業機器人) an industrial robot
悬挂式滑翔机(懸掛式滑翔機) hang-glider
可摺叠式智能手机(可摺疊式智能手機) foldable smartphone
摄影机(攝影機) camera; movie camera
机钮(機鈕) trigger
执行机关(執行機關) administrative division
干燥机(乾燥機) a drier
传动机构(傳動機構) transmission mechanism
机匠(機匠) a technician; a weaver
机密大事(機密大事) a confidential matter
绞肉机(絞肉機) meat grinder
机械工程(機械工程) mechanical engineering
随机数生成器(隨機數生成器) Random number generator
公安机关(公安機關) public security bureau
传呼机(傳呼機) pager; beeper
出租司机(出租司機) taxi driver
脱粒机(脫粒機) threshing machine
机会(機會) opportunity; chance; occasion ; vital; crucial
错失时机(錯失時機) miss an opportunity
喷气发动机(噴氣發動機) jet engine
无线电接收机(無線電接收機) receiver (radio)
机密(機密) confidential; secret; classified ; a confidential matter; a secret ; director of affairs
有机合成(有機合成) organic composition
护贝机(護貝機) laminating machine; laminator
登机口(登機口) departure gate (aviation)
交换机(交換機) switch
打火机(打火機) a lighter; a cigarette lighter
单镜反光相机(單鏡反光相機) single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
公家机关(公家機關) civil service
机缘(機緣) a chance and opportunity; destiny
血液透析机(血液透析機) hemodialysis machine
蒸汽机车(蒸汽機車) steam locomotive
机先(機先) a sign of an emerging issue

Also contained in

异频雷达收发机、虚机、人机界面、光盘刻录机、数控机床、单板机

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Truncated for common words

卷五十四列傳第二十四陸機陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 61
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卷二百十七列傳第一百〇五王家屏陳于陛沈鯉于慎行李廷機吳道南 Volume 217 Biographies 105: Wang Jiabing, Chen Yubi, Shen Li, Yu Shenxing, Li Tingji, Wu Daonan History of Ming 明史 — count: 29
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卷三百十四列傳第二百〇二雲南土司二 Volume 314 Biographies 202: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
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卷四十六 Scroll 46 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
卷六十四　列傳第五十二:　韋孝寬韋瑱柳虯 Volume 64 Biographies 52: Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Zhen, Liu Qiu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 17

Collocations

万机 (萬機) 故事或見一利而喪萬機 — New Discussions 新語, 卷下　資質第七　至德第八　懷慮第九　本行第十　明誡第十一　思務第十二　Scroll 2 — count: 32
机数 (機數) 存乎明於機數 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 7
发机 (髮機) 節如發機 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 7
机发 (機髮) 引機發梁 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 6
璇机 (璇機) 莫不據璇機玉衡 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五孝安帝紀 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Xiao'an — count: 4
机衡 (機衡) 故運機衡 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十九申屠剛鮑永郅惲列傳 Volume 29: Biographies of Shentu Gang; Bao Yong; Zhi Yun — count: 4
机藉 (機藉) 技機藉之 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備高臨 Book 14 - Defense against Attack from an Elevation — count: 3
琁机 (琁機) 妙盡琁機之正 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 3
御机 (禦機) 審御機數 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 3
机利 (機利) 仰機利而食 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《太史公自序》 Biographies of Usurers — count: 3