的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn 车 車 chē car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159 syn 工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 机器 機器 jī qì machine / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4] syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 机子 機子 jī zi machine / device syn 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn 现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made / readily available syn 跑步机 跑步機 pǎo bù jī treadmill / running machine 煲汤 煲湯 bāo tāng to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time 扭蛋 niǔ dàn toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine) 黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence 虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn 维纶 維綸 wéi lún vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword) 龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert 竹器 zhú qì utensil made of bamboo 黄袍加身 黃袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown syn 面塑 麵塑 miàn sù (figurines) made of dough / dough modeling 骨瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) 取景框 qǔ jǐng kuàng rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers) / viewfinder / viewing frame 挺 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn 启动 啟動 qǐ dòng to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan) syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 法制 法製 fǎ zhì made in France syn 定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 机身 機身 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 机房 機房 jī fáng machine room / engine room / computer room 洗衣机 洗衣機 xǐ yī jī washing machine / washer / CL:臺|台[tai2] 机床 機床 jī chuáng machine tool / a lathe / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 自制 自製 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade syn 重启 重啟 chóng qǐ to restart (a machine etc) / to reactivate (a postponed project etc) 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 行货 行貨 háng huò authorized goods / genuine goods / crudely-made goods 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 联动 聯動 lián dòng (of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination / to be coupled / linkage 计算器 計算器 jì suàn qì calculator / calculating machine 定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn 特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made 建模 jiàn mó to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc) 飞刀 飛刀 fēi dāo a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool) 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine) syn 增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received 雷锋 雷鋒 léi fēng Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards 传真机 傳真機 chuán zhēn jī fax machine 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 皮球 pí qiú ball (made of rubber, leather etc) 订做 訂做 dìng zuò to make to order / to have sth made to order 包装机 包裝機 bāo zhuāng jī packing machine 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 录音机 錄音機 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL:臺|台[tai2] 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 中国制造 中國製造 zhōng guó zhì zào made in China 老虎机 老虎機 lǎo hǔ jī slot machine syn 天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven 机枪 機槍 jī qiāng machine gun syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 数控机床 數控機床 shù kòng jī chuáng computer numerical control machine tool (CNC machine tool) 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 成衣 chéng yī ready-made clothes syn 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down 缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine / CL:架[jia4] 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 钢制 鋼製 gāng zhì made of steel / steel (bar, screw, product etc) 扳手 bān shǒu spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine) syn 耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 面食 麵食 miàn shí food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc 麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) syn 虚拟机 虛擬機 xū nǐ jī virtual machine 铣床 銑床 xǐ chuáng milling machine 病友 bìng yǒu a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate 提花 tí huā Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern) 磨床 mó chuáng grinding machine / grinder 年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 往复 往復 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) syn 进料 進料 jìn liào to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料) 咖啡机 咖啡機 kā fēi jī coffee machine / coffee maker 突突 tū tū (onom.) beating of the heart / pitapat / pulsation of a machine syn 机关枪 機關槍 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] syn 铁打 鐵打 tiě dǎ made of iron / strong as iron 铭牌 銘牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn 天灾人祸 天災人禍 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) syn 粉条 粉條 fěn tiáo vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 