機械

See also: 机械

Chinese

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

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts.

Pronunciation


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

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (33)
Final () (20) (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
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
xiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei1 haai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5788 6547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
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

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

Noun

機械 (gigye) (hangeul 기계)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

機械

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