印刷机

印刷機

yìnshuājī

noun #32,455

Measure Word

一台印刷机 tái

Meanings

1 printing press
2 printing machine

Characters

to brush; to print

Examples

HSK 4

这家工厂有十台大型印刷机。

Zhè jiā gōngchǎng yǒu shí tái dàxíng yìnshuājī.

This factory has ten large printing presses.

HSK 7-9

印刷机出问题了，今天的报纸延迟了。

Yìnshuājī chū wèntí le, jīntiān de bàozhǐ yánchí le.

The printing press broke down - today's newspaper is delayed.

Tips

history

China's woodblock printing tradition predates Gutenberg by several centuries - 毕昇 (Bi Sheng) invented movable clay type around 1040 CE during the Song dynasty. The modern term 印刷机, however, refers to mechanized presses introduced in the 19th century.

Stroke Order

印 yìn

刷 shuā

机 jī