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洗衣机 xǐyījī “washing machine” in Chinese

Traditional 洗衣機

What 洗衣机 means

  1. washing machine
  2. washer

Measure word 台 tái · 一台洗衣机 yì tái xǐyījī

How to say 洗衣机

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale洗xǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale衣yī1st 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

洗衣机 in a sentence

  1. 你把衣服从洗衣机里拿出来了吗？

    Nǐ bǎ yīfu cóng xǐyījī lǐ ná chūlai le ma?

    Did you take the clothes out of the washing machine?

    Sentence #2300179 from Tatoeba

  2. 这个房子里有没有洗衣机？

    Zhè ge fángzi lǐ yǒu méiyǒu xǐyījī?

    Is there a washing machine in this house?

    Sentence #2879148 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她送给我们一台洗衣机。

    Tā sònggěi wǒmen yì tái xǐyījī.

    She gave us a washing machine.

    Sentence #1586921 from Tatoeba

How 洗衣机 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 洗 (xǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
洗xǐto wash; to bathe
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 先first · xiānSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 先 (xiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xǐ.

The character 衣 (yī) drawn as one shape
衣yīclothes

衣 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a robe, with its collar and sleeves.

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 洗衣机

洗 9 strokes · 衣 6 strokes · 机 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 洗衣机

Words with 洗

洗xǐ · to wash洗澡xǐzǎo · bathe洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet

Words with 衣

衣服yīfu · clothes大衣dàyī · overcoat上衣shàngyī · top雨衣yǔyī · raincoat衣裳yīshang · clothes

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)

More words: Things & Objects

箱子xiāngzi · box耳机ěrjī · headphones上衣shàngyī · top短裤duǎnkù · shorts牙刷yáshuā · toothbrush雨衣yǔyī · raincoat电子书diànzǐshū · e-book银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card

FAQs

洗衣机 (xǐyījī) means “washing machine” or “washer”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xǐyījī: xǐ with a 3rd tone, then yī 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, 洗衣机 is written 洗衣機. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 台 (tái). For example, one washing machine is 一台洗衣机 (yì tái xǐyījī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiyiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 洗衣机 from the suggestions. Typing xiyiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
洗衣机 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.