打字机 (dǎzìjī): typewriter

Measure Word

一台打字机 tái

Meanings

1 typewriter

Characters

Examples

在电脑发明之前，人们用打字机写文件。

Zài diànnǎo fāmíng zhīqián, rénmen yòng dǎzìjī xiě wénjiàn.

Before computers were invented, people used typewriters to write documents.

博物馆里展出了一台老式打字机。

Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū le yī tái lǎoshì dǎzìjī.

An old-fashioned typewriter is on display in the museum.

Tips

memory

打 (hit/strike) + 字 (character) + 机 (machine) — a machine that strikes characters. The verb 打字 (to type) is still used today for typing on keyboards.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

字 zì

机 jī

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