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直升机zhí shēng jī
helicopter
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 直升机 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 直升機 | ||
| 直升機 | zhíshēngjī | |
| 1. n. helicopter | ||
| 軍用 直升機 - military helicopter | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| helicopter | ||
| 1. 直升机 | ||
| Components | ||
| 直 | zhí | |
| 1. straight; linear; undeviating | ||
| 直線 - straight line | ||
| Antonyms: 彎, 彎曲, (Cantonese) 攣 | ||
| 2. to straighten | ||
| 3. vertical; upright; erect | ||
| 4. honest; fair | ||
| 5. straightforward; forthright; frank | ||
| 6. directly; straight | ||
| 直去 - to go directly to | ||
| 7. intentionally; deliberately | ||
| Synonyms: 只 | ||
| 8. (Chinese calligraphy) vertical stroke in Chinese characters | ||
| 9. constantly | ||
| 10. (slang) straight; heterosexual | ||
| 直男 - heterosexual man | ||
| Antonyms: 彎, (Cantonese) 攣 | ||
| 11. (historical) Short for 直隸, Zhili | ||
| 直 系 軍閥 - the Zhili faction (of the Beiyang warlords) | ||
| 升 | shēng | |
| 1. to rise; to go up; to soar; to ascend (literally or figuratively) | ||
| 東 升 西 落 - to rise in the east and set in the west | ||
| 升值 - (finance) to appreciate (literally, "to rise in value") | ||
| 2. to raise; to lift; to elevate; to promote | ||
| 升降機 - elevator (literally "raising and lowering mechanism") | ||
| 老闆bǎn 升-了le 你-的de 職。 - The boss gave you a promotion (literally, "promoted your rank"). | ||
| 3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching; ䷭ | ||
| 4. a volume unit of measure: | ||
| 5. (historical) sheng, equal to 10 合 | ||
| 6. litre (unit of measure for volume, chiefly for liquid measure, equal to one thousandth of the cubic metre) | ||
| 7. 常用 容積 單位 升 和 毫升，也 可以 寫 成 L 和 mL。 - Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL. | ||
| 8. Used in 升平 (peaceful) | ||
| 9. (music) sharp (♯) | ||
| 机 | ||
| 1. Variant of 機 | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 几 (small table; stool) | ||
| 機 | jī | |
| 1. weaving machine; spinning machine | ||
| 機杼 - loom | ||
| 2. machine; apparatus; device | ||
| 打字機 - typewriter | ||
| 3. (mostly in compounds) Short for *飛機 (aircraft) | ||
| 4. (mostly in compounds) Short for *手機 (cellphone) | ||
| 5. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for *遊戲機 (video game) | ||
| 6. mechanism; process | ||
| 玄機 - arcane truth; nature's mystery | ||
| 7. cause; reason | ||
| 8. secret; confidential (affair) | ||
| 機密 - top secret | ||
| 9. opportunity; chance; crucial point | ||
| 戰機 - opportunity in battle | ||
| 10. plan; idea | ||
| 神機 - marvellous strategy | ||
| 11. flexible; quick-witted | ||
| 12. organic | ||
| 有機 - organic | ||
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Pronunciation
zhí shēng jī
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