IDENTITY
机jīmachine; opportunity
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
machine; opportunity
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.machineHSK1
- 2.opportunityHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 木tree radical (mù)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰木几
- wood (old machines)
- gives the sound jī
USAGE
Common words
飞机fēijīairplane
手机shǒujīcell phone
机会jīhuìopportunity
Graded examples
我的手机没电了。Wǒ de shǒujī méi diàn le.HSK3
My phone is out of battery.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 几
LEARNING
Memory aid
A wooden (木) frame (几) — a machine; the moment the machine turns, the opportunity. (From 機.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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