机械

機械

jīxiè

noun HSK 6 #4,738

Meanings

Machines and instruments - mechanical equipment or a mechanical way of doing things.

HSK 3

这个工厂有很多先进的机械。

Zhège gōngchǎng yǒu hěnduō xiānjìn de jīxiè.

This factory has a lot of advanced machinery.

HSK 4

不要机械地背单词。

Bùyào jīxiè de bèi dāncí.

Don't memorize vocabulary in a mechanical way.

HSK 5

机械工程是一个热门专业。

Jīxiè gōngchéng shì yīgè rèmén zhuānyè.

Mechanical engineering is a popular major.

usage

As an adjective, 机械 means 'mechanical/rigid' in a negative sense - doing something by rote without thinking. 机械地 = mechanically.

机 jī

械 xiè