HSK 6 · Science

仪器 yíqì “instrument” in Chinese

Traditional 儀器

What 仪器 means

  1. instrument
  2. apparatus

Measure word 台 tái · 一台仪器 yì tái yíqì

How to say 仪器

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale仪yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale器qì4th tone, falling

仪器 in a sentence

  1. 该仪器需要校准。

    Gāi yíqì xūyào jiàozhǔn.

    This instrument needs to be calibrated.

    Sentence #9518553 from Tatoeba

  2. 这个电子仪器肯定在运输途中损坏了。

    Zhè ge diànzǐ yíqì kěndìng zài yùnshū túzhōng sǔnhuài le.

    This electronic device must have been damaged in transit.

    Sentence #1328163 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 仪器 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 仪 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
仪yíapparatus
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 义right conduct · yìSound part
The character 器 (qì) with each of its parts in a different colour
器qìdevice
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 犬dog · quǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 仪器

仪 5 strokes · 器 16 strokes

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

Words related to 仪器

Words with 仪

仪式yíshì · ceremony

Words with 器

机器jīqì · machine乐器yuèqì · musical instrument充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger器官qìguān · organ (of the body)器材qìcái · equipment容器róngqì · container武器wǔqì · weapon

More words: Science & Technology

氧气yǎngqì · oxygen遥控yáokòng · remote control液体yètǐ · liquid音响yīnxiǎng · audio system元素yuánsù · element运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run正负zhèngfù · positive and negative

FAQs

仪器 (yíqì) means “instrument” or “apparatus”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíqì: yí with a 2nd tone, then qì 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, 仪器 is written 儀器. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 台 (tái). For example, one instrument is 一台仪器 (yì tái yíqì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yiqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 仪器 from the suggestions. Typing yiqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
仪器 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.