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收音机shōu yīn jī
radio
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 收音机 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 收音機 | ||
| 收音機 | shōuyīnjī | |
| 1. n. radio (set) | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| radio | ||
| 1. 名词. 无线电广播，无线电广播节目 | ||
| 2. 名词. 无线电，无线电传送，无线电通讯 | ||
| 3. 名词. 收音机 | ||
| 4. 名词. 无线电收发报机 | ||
| 5. 动词. （用无线电）发送，传送 | ||
| Components | ||
| 收 | shōu | |
| 1. to arrest; to detain | ||
| 2. to receive; to be given | ||
| 3. to accept; to take in; to admit into | ||
| 4. to accept | ||
| 對唔住，我哋 唔 收 信用卡kaat1。 - Sorry, we don't accept credit cards. | ||
| 5. to put something away | ||
| 6. to collect; to gather | ||
| 7. Short for 收購; to buy; to purchase | ||
| 8. to harvest; to reap | ||
| 9. to stop; to put an end to | ||
| 10. to restrain; to control | ||
| 11. to withdraw; to take back | ||
| 就嚟 收 太陽。 - The Sun is about to go down. | ||
| 12. (colloquial) to finish (someone); to make (someone) a possession of oneself | ||
| 13. (Cantonese, of shops) to close | ||
| 今日 做冬，啲 舖 全部 早 收。 - Today is winter solstice, so the shops are all closing early. | ||
| 14. (Cantonese) Short for 收皮 | ||
| 15. (Cantonese) to punish | ||
| 等天收 | ||
| 音 | yīn | |
| 1. sound; voice; tone | ||
| 蘿莉-音 - loli voice | ||
| 2. news; tidings | ||
| 3. (music) pitch; note | ||
| 4. (phonetics) pronunciation; syllable | ||
| 京音 - Beijing pronunciation | ||
| 潮音 - Teochew pronunciation | ||
| 中古音 - Middle Chinese pronunciation | ||
| 方音 - dialectal pronunciation | ||
| 陽江 音 - Yangjiang pronunciation | ||
| 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
shōu yīn jī
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