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

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.

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