HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Things

相机 xiàngjī “camera” in Chinese

Traditional 相機

What 相机 means

  1. camera
  2. camera (abbr. for 照相机)
  3. at the opportune moment
  4. as the circumstances allow

How to say 相机

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale相xiàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level

相机 in a sentence

  1. 这部相机多少钱？

    Zhè bù xiàngjī duōshǎo qián?

    How much is this camera?

    Sentence #5096459 from Tatoeba

  2. 这个相机很便宜。

    Zhè ge xiàngjī hěn piányi.

    This camera is cheap.

    Sentence #8795147 from Tatoeba

  3. 你是带着相机去吗？

    Nǐ shì dài zhe xiàngjī qù ma?

    Are you taking your camera with you?

    Sentence #352945 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 相机 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiàngappearance
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

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 相机

相 9 strokes · 机 6 strokes

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

Words related to 相机

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

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耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera

More words: Things & Objects

电diàn · electricity鞋xié · shoe纸zhǐ · paper名单míngdān · list of names大衣dàyī · overcoat箱子xiāngzi · box耳机ěrjī · headphones上衣shàngyī · top

FAQs

相机 (xiàngjī) means “camera” or “camera (abbr. for 照相机)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xiàngjī: xiàng with a 4th 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, 相机 is written 相機. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相机 from the suggestions. Typing xiangji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相机 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.