HSK 6 · Transport

引擎 yǐnqíng “engine” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 引擎 means

  1. engine

Measure word 台 tái · 一台引擎 yì tái yǐnqíng

How to say 引擎

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale引yǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale擎qíng2nd tone, rising

引擎 in a sentence

  1. 请关闭引擎。

    Qǐng guānbì yǐnqíng.

    Please turn off the engine.

    Sentence #957652 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 引擎不知哪里发生了故障。

    Yǐnqíng bùzhī nǎlǐ fāshēng le gùzhàng.

    Something’s wrong with the engine.

    Sentence #602923 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他不情愿地启动引擎开车走了。

    Tā bù qíngyuàn de qǐdòng yǐnqíng kāichē zǒu le.

    Reluctantly, he started the engine and drove off.

    Sentence #4757600 from Tatoeba

How 引擎 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 引 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
引yǐnto draw
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 丨line · gǔn
The character 擎 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
  • 敬to respect · jìngSound part
  • 手hand · shǒuMeaning part

手 hints at the meaning (hand); 敬 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

How to write 引擎

引 4 strokes · 擎 16 strokes

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

Words related to 引擎

Words with 引

吸引xīyǐn · to attract引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to引用yǐnyòng · to quote引导yǐndǎo · to guide

More words: Everyday Things

隧道suìdào · tunnel停泊tíngbó · to anchor托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)向导xiàngdǎo · guide滞留zhìliú · to be stranded终点zhōngdiǎn · finish line舟zhōu · boat专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)

FAQs

引擎 (yǐnqíng) means “engine”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐnqíng: yǐn with a 3rd tone, then qíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 引擎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 台 (tái). For example, one engine is 一台引擎 (yì tái yǐnqíng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinqing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 引擎 from the suggestions. Typing yinqing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
引擎 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.