HSK 6 · Objects

收音机 shōuyīnjī “radio” in Chinese

Traditional 收音機

What 收音机 means

  1. radio

Measure word 台 tái · 一台收音机 yì tái shōuyīnjī

How to say 收音机

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale收shōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale音yīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level

收音机 in a sentence

  1. 他正在听收音机。

    Tā zhèngzài tīng shōuyīnjī.

    He is listening to the radio.

    Sentence #12685980 from Tatoeba

  2. 收音机的声音有点响。

    Shōuyīnjī de shēngyīn yǒudiǎn xiǎng.

    The radio is a bit loud.

    Sentence #785993 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 电视代替了收音机。

    Diànshì dàitì le shōuyīnjī.

    Television has replaced the radio.

    Sentence #2437271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 收音机 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 收 (shōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
收shōuto receive
  • 丩to connect · jiūSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 丩 (jiū) hints at the sound. Compare it with shōu.

The character 音 (yīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
音yīnsound
  • 立stand · lì
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidOnce written as 言 “speech” with a mark in the mouth: a sound, a note.

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.

How to write 收音机

收 6 strokes · 音 9 strokes · 机 6 strokes

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

Words related to 收音机

Words with 收

收到shōudào · to receive收shōu · to receive收拾shōushi · to put in order收入shōurù · income吸收xīshōu · to absorb收据shōujù · receipt收获shōuhuò · harvest收藏shōucáng · to collect收缩shōusuō · to shrink验收yànshōu · to check and accept

Words with 音

音乐yīnyuè · music声音shēngyīn · sound拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)录音lùyīn · to record (sound)口音kǒuyīn · accent音响yīnxiǎng · audio system噪音zàoyīn · noise

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)

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旗帜qízhì · flag容器róngqì · container哨shào · whistle生锈shēngxiù · to rust水龙头shuǐlóngtóu · tap水泥shuǐní · cement陶瓷táocí · ceramics铜tóng · copper

FAQs

收音机 (shōuyīnjī) means “radio”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shōuyīnjī: shōu with a 1st tone, then yīn with a 1st tone, then jī with a 1st 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, 收音机 is written 收音機. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 台 (tái). For example, one radio is 一台收音机 (yì tái shōuyīnjī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shouyinji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 收音机 from the suggestions. Typing shouyinji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
收音机 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.