HSK 6 · Adjectives

机动 jīdòng “motorised” in Chinese

Traditional 機動

What 机动 means

  1. motorised
  2. flexible
  3. mobile
  4. locomotive
  5. power-driven
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • adaptable
  • flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)

How to say 机动

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling

机动 in a sentence

  1. 城市里的机动车数量增加了。

    Chéngshì lǐ de jīdòngchē shùliàng zēngjiā le.

    The number of motor vehicles in the city has increased.

    Sentence #5234825 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 机动 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

The character 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

How to write 机动

机 6 strokes · 动 6 strokes

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机动 (jīdòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 机动 (jīdòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 机动

Words with 机

飞机fēijī · aeroplane机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement

More words: Adjectives

坚硬jiānyìng · hard娇气jiāoqì · fragile侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky家喻户晓jiāyùhùxiǎo · known to everyone极端jíduān · extreme杰出jiéchū · outstanding寂静jìjìng · quiet急剧jíjù · sharp

FAQs

机动 (jīdòng) means “motorised” or “flexible”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīdòng: jī with a 1st tone, then dòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 机动 is written 機動. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jidong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 机动 from the suggestions. Typing jidong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
机动 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.