会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 聚会 聚會 jù huì party / gathering / to meet / to get together syn 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming syn 对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn 场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place / public venue syn 阀门 閥門 fá mén valve (mechanical) syn 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 做礼拜 做禮拜 zuò lǐ bài to worship / to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque) 轴承 軸承 zhóu chéng (mechanical) bearing syn 刻板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing syn 联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party 起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means 抓手 zhuā shǒu starting point / mechanical hand / gripper syn 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 减速器 減速器 jiǎn sù qì moderator / reducer (mechanical gearbox) 机械工程 機械工程 jī xiè gōng chéng mechanical engineering 群英会 群英會 qún yīng huì distinguished gathering / a meeting of heroes 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 邀集 yāo jí to invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering) syn 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 同乐会 同樂會 tóng lè huì social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc) 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 伦琴 倫琴 lún qín Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer 渊薮 淵藪 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 薮 藪 sǒu marsh / gathering place 指南车 指南車 zhǐ nán chē a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 万智牌 萬智牌 wàn zhì pái Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling) 自动铅笔 自動鉛筆 zì dòng qiān bǐ mechanical pencil / propelling pencil 筒夹 筒夾 mechanical drum snatcher / mechanical drum grip 合吃族 hé chī zú lit. joint eaters / a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers 夜色苍茫 夜色蒼茫 yè sè cāng máng gathering dusk 纠合 糾合 jiū hé gathering / a get-together syn 鸾翔凤集 鸞翔鳳集 luán xiáng fèng jí lit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom) / fig. a gathering of eminent people syn 贮水池 貯水池 zhǔ shuǐ chí catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 集页机操作员 集頁机操作員 jí yè jī cào zuò yuán Gathering Machine Operator 亚太区域青年友好会议 亞太區域青年友好會議 Friendly Gathering of Youth of the Asia and Pacific Region 捡柴 撿柴 firewood-gathering 收集和分析实况材料报告员 收集和分析實況材料報告員 Rapporteur on the Gathering and Analysis of Facts 近距离收集数据 近距離收集數據 close-in data gathering 解放与和解集会党 解放與和解集會黨 Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering 布里斯托尔集团 布里斯托爾集團 Bristol Gathering / Bristol Group 信息收集巡逻 信息收集巡邏 information-gathering patrol 轰趴 轟趴 hōng pā (loanword) party (social gathering) / (Tw) party (typically associated with sex and drugs) 情蒐 qíng sōu intelligence gathering 茶叙 茶敘 chá xù to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks 捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 茶聚 chá jù informal gathering with refreshments provided 相亲角 xiāng qīn jiǎo "matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details 情搜 情蒐 qíng sōu intelligence gathering 力传递 力傳遞 lì chuán dì mechanical transmission 力学传递 力學傳遞 lì xué chuán dì mechanical transmission 力学波 力學波 lì xué bō mechanical wave 卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects) 扫除机 掃除機 sǎo chú jī mechanical sweeper 栽种机 栽種機 zāi zhòng jī a mechanical planter (for rice, plants) 机械性 機械性 jī xiè xìng mechanical 机械钟 機械鐘 jī xiè zhōng mechanical clock 火犁 huǒ lí mechanical plow 零点能 零點能 líng diǎn néng zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect) 机械旋镜照相机 mechanical rotating mirror camera 机械布雷器 jī xiè bù léi qì mechanical minelayer / minelayer 供暖通风空调和机械股 HVAC / Mechanical Unit 机电股 jī diàn gǔ Electro-Mechanical Unit 机械扫描 mechanical scan 国际机械科学中心 國際機械科學中心 International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 机械震动传感器 機械震動傳感器 mechanical vibration sensor 机械粉末喷射器 機械粉末噴射器 mechanical powder dispenser 机械销毁 機械銷毀 mechanical destruction 机械拆除 機械拆除 mechanical disassembly 电子机修工 電子機修工 electro-mechanical technician 机电管道基础设施 機電管道基礎設施 mechanical, electrical, plumbing infrastructure 机电维修分队 機電維修分隊 electro-mechanical repair sub-unit 欧洲机械装卸联合会 歐洲機械裝卸聯合會 European Mechanical Handling Confederation 装甲车机械工程师 裝甲車機械工程師 mechanical engineer, armoured vehicles 机械排雷 機械排雷 mechanical mine clearance / mechanized clearance 机械排雷开道 機械排雷開道 mechanical breaching 削铅笔机 削鉛筆機 xiāo qiān bǐ jī pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric) 培林 péi lín (mechanical) bearing (loanword) (Tw) 机械表 機械錶 jī xiè biǎo mechanical watch 止点 止點 zhǐ diǎn (mechanical engineering) dead point / dead center 齿轮齿条 齒輪齒條 chǐ lún - chǐ tiáo (mechanical engineering) rack and pinion