機械

See also: 机械

Chinese

machine; opportunity; secret tools
trad. (機械) 機 械
simp. (机械) 机 械

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ki-hāi - literary;
  • ki-hâi - colloquial variant.

Rime
Character 機 械
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 微 (20) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 居依切 胡介切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨi/ /ɦˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨi/ /ɦᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəi/ /ɣɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨj/ /ɦəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kiəi/ /ɣɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kĭəi/ /ɣɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ke̯i/ /ɣăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jī xiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei1 haai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 機 械
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jī xiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjɨj › ‹ hɛjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*kəj/ /*[m-k]ˁrək-s/
English mechanism fetters; weapon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 機 械
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5788 6547
Phonetic
component
幾 戒
Rime
group
微 代
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
機 械
Old
Chinese
/*kɯl/ /*ɡrɯːɡs/

Noun

機械

  1. machine; machinery
    機械製造業/机械制造业  ―  jīxiè zhìzàoyè  ―  machinery manufacturing industry
    Synonym: 機器/机器 (jīqì)
  2. (Classical Chinese) machination

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (機械):

Adjective

機械

  1. (figuratively) stiff; inflexible

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機 械
き
Grade: 4
かい
Grade: 4
kan’on
For pronunciation and definitions of 機械 – see the following entry.
【器械きかい】
[noun] 機械, 器械: [from 1850s] any powered mechanical device for performing work
[noun] 機械: a machine, equipment, an apparatus
[noun] 機械, 器械: [from 1520] (archaic) a clockwork, a mechanism, especially one using strings and pulleys
[noun] 機械: [from 1862] (uncommon, biology) an internal organ, biological machinery
[noun] 機械: [from 1899] (uncommon) a means for accomplishing a goal
(This term, 機械, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
機械

Noun

機械 • (gigye) (hangeul 기계)

  1. Hanja form? of 기계 (“machinery or heavy equipment”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
機械

Noun

機械

  1. chữ Hán form of cơ giới (“machine; motor”).
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