海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 弃权 棄權 qì quán to waive a right / to abstain (from voting) / (sports) to forfeit (a game) / to voluntarily withdraw from a match 机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down 订书机 訂書機 dìng shū jī stapler / stapling machine / bookbinding machine / CL:臺|台[tai2] 数控机床 數控機床 shù kòng jī chuáng computer numerical control machine tool (CNC machine tool) 平衡机 平衡機 centrifugal balancing machine / balancing machine 心电图机 xīn diàn tú jī ECG machine / EKG machine / electrocardiograph 支票打印机 支票打印機 cheque imprinting machine / cheque printing machine 工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 车 車 chē car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159 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 机器 機器 jī qì machine / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4] syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 启动 啟動 qǐ dòng to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan) 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 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming 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 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 洗衣机 洗衣機 xǐ yī jī washing machine / washer / CL:臺|台[tai2] 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 录音机 錄音機 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL:臺|台[tai2] 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 机枪 機槍 jī qiāng machine gun syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 扳手 bān shǒu spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine) syn 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 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 机关枪 機關槍 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 割草机 割草機 gē cǎo jī lawn mower (machine) 传真机 傳真機 chuán zhēn jī fax machine 机身 機身 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane 机械师 機械師 jī xiè shī mechanic / engineer / machinist / machine operator / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 计算器 計算器 jì suàn qì calculator / calculating machine 老虎机 老虎機 lǎo hǔ jī slot machine syn 机子 機子 jī zi machine / device syn 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine) syn 机房 機房 jī fáng machine room / engine room / computer room 缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine / CL:架[jia4] 铭牌 銘牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 磨床 mó chuáng grinding machine / grinder 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 重启 重啟 chóng qǐ to restart (a machine etc) / to reactivate (a postponed project etc) 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 联动 聯動 lián dòng (of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination / to be coupled / linkage 提花 tí huā Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern) 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 机床 機床 jī chuáng machine tool / a lathe / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 备品 備品 bèi pǐn machine parts or tools kept in reserve / spare parts 轻机枪 輕機槍 qīng jī qiāng light machine gun 母机 母機 mǔ jī machine tool / mother ship syn 包装机 包裝機 bāo zhuāng jī packing machine 刨床 bào chuáng planer / planing machine 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) 虚拟机 虛擬機 xū nǐ jī virtual machine 铣床 銑床 xǐ chuáng milling machine 进料 進料 jìn liào to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料) 跑步机 跑步機 pǎo bù jī treadmill / running machine 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 钻床 鑽床 zuàn chuáng drilling machine / drill press 扭蛋 niǔ dàn toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine) 立轴 立軸 lì zhóu vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine) 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 答录机 答錄機 dá lù jī answering machine 激光切割机 激光切割機 laser cutting machine 压铸机 壓鑄機 yā zhù jī die-casting machine 压片机 壓片機 tableting machine 铆钉机 鉚釘機 riveting machine 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 投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn 壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn 透析机 透析機 tòu xī jī dialysis machine 装料 裝料 zhuāng liào to load / to charge / to feed (esp. a machine) 钻探机 鑽探機 zuān tàn jī drilling machine syn 打谷机 打穀機 dǎ gǔ jī threshing machine 挤奶机 擠奶機 jǐ nǎi jī milking machine 永动机 永動機 yǒng dòng jī perpetual motion machine 铣工 銑工 xǐ gōng milling (machining) / milling machine operator 龙门刨 龍門刨 lóng mén bào double column surface grinding machine 麻醉机 má zuì jī anaesthesia machine 脱粒机 脫粒機 tuō lì jī threshing machine 碾米机 碾米機 niǎn mǐ jī rice milling machine 机器翻译 機器翻譯 jī qì fān yì machine translation 操纵自如 操縱自如 cāo zòng zì rú to operate (a machine etc) with ease 重机关枪 重機關槍 zhòng jī guān qiāng also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun 直接记录电子投票系统 direct recording electronic voting system / DRE voting system e投票 étou piào e-voting / Internet voting 因特网投票 因特網投票 e-voting / Internet voting 电子投票机 電子投票機 electronic voting machine 触摸屏投票机 觸摸屏投票機 touch-screen voting machine 分装机 分裝機 fēn zhuāng jī racking machine / filling machine 机关炮 機關炮 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon 洗涤机 洗滌機 xǐ dí jī washer / washing machine / rinsing machine 长纤维卷绕机 filament winding machine / winding machine / filament winder 