機: machine

 

機 [机] jī

noun
: machine
: crucial point; opportunity
: be quick-witted

Kun Reading

機 | はた hata

noun
: loom

机 | つくえ tsukue

noun
: desk

 Usage:

機場 [机场] ji1chang3: airport

飛機場 [飞机场] fei1ji1chang3: airport; (slang) flat chest
國際機場 [国际机场] guo2 ji4 ji1 chang3: international airport

機[机]器 ji1qi4: machine [きき kiki: machinery and tools]

機會[机会] ji1hui4: opportunity; chance
[機会 | きかい kikai]

機密 [机密] ji1mi4: secret; highly classified (information)
[きみつ kimitsu]

機靈 [机灵] ji1ling: clever; quick-witted

機巧 ji1qiao3: cunning; dexterous; ingenious
[きこう kikou: trick; contrivance; cleverness]

機動性 [机动性] ji1 dong4 xing4: flexibility
[きどうせい kidousei: cavalry; mobility; maneuverability]

機車 [机车] ji1che1: locomotive; scooter; hard to get along with (Taiwan slang)

機關 [机关] ji1guan1: mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
[機関 | きかん kikan: engine;
: agency; organization; institution; organ; body
: system; facility; facilities]

OR からくり karakuri: mechanism; trick

機械 ji1xie4: machine; machinery; (old) cunning; scheming
[きかい kikai: machine; mechanism
: instrument; appliance; apparatus]

天機 tian1ji1: mystery known only to heaven; inscrutable twist of fate; fig. top secret
[てんき tenki: profound secret
: disposition; character; nature
: emperor’s health; emperor’s well-being]

飛機 [飞机] fei1ji1: airplane [飛行機 | ひこうき hikouki]

打飛機 [飞机] da3 fei1 ji1: to masturbate (slang)
放飛機 [飞机] fang4 fei1 ji1: to ditch somebody (slang)

班機 ban1ji1: airplane

手機 shou3 ji1: cell phone
[てばた tebata: handloom]

[携帯 | けいたい keitai: something carried (in the hand); handheld
: mobile / cell phone]

智能手機 zhi4 neng2 shou3 ji1: smartphone
[高機能携帯電話 | こうきのうけいたいでんわ koukinou keitaidenwa: smartphone]

危機 [机] wei1ji1: crisis [きき kiki]

司機 si1ji1: chauffeur; driver

收音機 shou1 yin1 ji1: radio

洗衣機 xi3yi1 ji1: washing machine

照相機 zhao4xiang4 ji1: camera
[写真機 | しゃしんき shashinki]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
御機嫌 | ごきげん gokigen
: (honorific or respectful language) (polite language) humor; temper; mood; spirits
: (honorific or respectful language) (polite language) safety; health; well-being; one’s situation
: in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

御機嫌よう | ごきげんよう gokigenyou
: (used in Kyoto & Osaka formal greeting for females) hello & goodbye; good day; good evening

机上の空論 | きじょうのくうろん kishou no kuuron
: academic gossip; empty theory

危機一髪 | ききいっぱつ kiki ippatsu
: by a hair’s breath; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

危機を脱する | ききをだっする kiki o dassuru
: to escape danger

機に乗じる | きにじょうじる ki ni joujiru: to take advantage of an opportunity

機嫌の悪い | きげんのわるい kigen no warui: bad-tempered
OR
機嫌が悪い | きげんがわるい kigen ga warui: bad-tempered

機嫌がいい | きげんがいい kigen ga ii: in a good mood
OR
機嫌が良い | きげんがよい kigen ga yoi: in a good mood

機嫌を直す | きげんをなおす kigen o naosu
: to put back in a good mood; to cheer up

機知に富む | きちにとむ kichi ni tomu
: to be quick-witted; to be resourceful

ウンコ製造機 | ウンコせいぞうき unko seizouki
: (slang) (derogatory term) someone who does not contribute anything to society; poop-producing machine

機が熟すのを待つ | きがじゅくすのをまつ ki ga juku suno o matsu
: to wait for a ripe moment

Chinese chengyu 成語 | idiom
危機四伏 wei1 ji1 si4 fu2: danger lurks on every side

泄漏天機 xie4 lou4 tian1 ji1
: to divulge the will of heaven: to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

天機不可泄漏 tian1 ji1 bu4 ke3 xie4 lou4
: lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed

費盡心機 [费尽心机] fei4 jin4 xin1 ji1
: to rack one’s brains for schemes: to beat one’s brains out

機會帶來成功 [机会带来成功] ji1 hui4 dai4 lai2 cheng2 gong1
: Opportunity brings success