打字机 (dǎzìjī): typewriter

Measure Word

一台打字机 tái

Meanings

1 typewriter

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 7-9

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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to disturb / to bother

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to deal with / to have contact with / to interact with