HSK 6 · Society

机构 jīgòu “organisation” in Chinese

Traditional 機構

What 机构 means

  1. organisation
  2. institution
  3. agency
  4. mechanism
  5. structure

Measure word 所 suǒ · 一所机构 yì suǒ jīgòu

How to say 机构

  • 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构gòu4th tone, falling

机构 in a sentence

  1. 我一得到一大笔钱就捐一部分给慈善机构。

    Wǒ yì dédào yí dàbǐ qián jiù juān yíbùfen gěi císhànjīgòu.

    Whenever I get a large sum of money, I donate part of it to charity.

    Sentence #2367587 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 机构 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 构 (gòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
构gòuvariant of 够
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 勾to hook · gōuSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 勾 (gōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with gòu.

How to write 机构

机 6 strokes · 构 8 strokes

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

Words related to 机构

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 构

构成gòuchéng · to constitute结构jiégòu · structure构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)

More words: Society & Law

将军jiāngjūn · general (military rank)监狱jiānyù · prison阶层jiēcéng · social class解放jiěfàng · to liberate忌讳jìhuì · taboo竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office纠纷jiūfēn · dispute救济jiùjì · to give relief to

FAQs

机构 (jīgòu) means “organisation” or “institution”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīgòu: jī with a 1st tone, then gòu 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, 机构 is written 機構. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 所 (suǒ). For example, one organisation is 一所机构 (yì suǒ jīgòu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jigou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 机构 from the suggestions. Typing jigou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
机构 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.