Chinese Word of the Day

司机
sī jī

driver

Definitions

Chinese > English
司机
1. Simplified form of 司機
司機	sījī
1. n. driver; chauffeur
出租車司機 - taxi driver
包車的司機 - chauffeur of a charter car
那司機為什麼對我閃車燈？ - Why is the driver flashing his lights at me?
雖然他所有的家人都是卡車司機，他卻是一個的dí士司機。 - Although his whole family are truck drivers, he is a taxi driver.
English > Chinese
driver
1. 名词. 司機
Components
司	sī
1. to take charge of; to control; to manage
2. officer; official
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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