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机械工人jī xiè gōng rén
mechanic
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
机械工人 | ||
1. Simplified form of 機械工人 | ||
機械工人 | jīxiè gōngrén | |
1. n. mechanic | ||
English > Chinese | ||
mechanic | ||
1. 机械工 | ||
2. 机械修理工 | ||
3. 职工 | ||
4. 工匠 | ||
5. 机械技师 | ||
6. 技工 | ||
Components | ||
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 | ||
械 | xiè | |
1. weapons | ||
2. implements; instruments | ||
工 | gōng | |
1. labour; work | ||
工作 - work | ||
罷工 - to strike | ||
偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials | ||
2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession | ||
你 做 什麼 工? - What is your job? | ||
你 失業\失 咗 失業\業 咁 耐,仲 唔 快 啲 搵 返 份 工! - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon! | ||
3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours) | ||
4. worker; labourer | ||
女工 - female worker | ||
礦工 - miner | ||
陶瓷工 - potter | ||
工農 - workers and peasants | ||
5. man-day | ||
6. construction | ||
工地 - construction site | ||
竣工 - to finish construction | ||
7. industry | ||
化工 - chemical industry | ||
8. engineer | ||
9. skill; technique | ||
10. to be good at; to be skilled in | ||
11. delicate; exquisite; fine | ||
工巧 - delicate; exquisite | ||
12. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3). | ||
13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3). | ||
人 | rén | |
1. man; person; people | ||
人類 (rénlèi) - humans | ||
那 人 是 誰? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | ||
嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎? - Who is that person? | ||
有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | ||
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | ||
北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | ||
香港人 - Hongkonger | ||
3. body | ||
人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | ||
這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | ||
今天 上午 你 人 在 哪? (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | ||
4. everybody; everyone | ||
人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | ||
人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | ||
5. other people; others | ||
人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | ||
害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | ||
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
就我所知,他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | ||
我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | ||
佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he? | ||
7. manpower; worker; employee | ||
我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | ||
8. talent; person of talent | ||
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | ||
10. adult; grown-up | ||
長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | ||
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | ||
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | ||
?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | ||
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | ||
人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | ||
人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | ||
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | ||
15. artificial; man-made | ||
人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | ||
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | ||
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | ||
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | ||
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | ||
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | ||
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | ||
別 磨蹭ceng 啦,人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢! (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | ||
哎呀,人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦,多 出息xi 呀! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | ||
人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r,就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | ||
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother | ||
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jī xiè gōng rén
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