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动机

dòng jī

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 動機

动机 (dòng jī) means "motive; motivation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 动机 means

1. motive; motivation

The characters in 动机

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Example sentences

• 发动机坏掉了。
  The engine died.
• 请把发动机关掉。
  Qǐng bǎ fādòngjī guāndiào.
  Please turn off your engine.
• 嫉妒是谋杀的动机。
  Jídù shì móushā de dòngjī.
  Jealousy was the motive for the murder.
• 发动机出问题了吗？
  Is there a problem with the motor?
• 他那样做有什么动机？
  Tā nàyàng zuò yǒu shénme dòngjī?
  What was his motive for doing it?
• 他杀人的动机是什么？
  Tāshā rén de dòngjī shì shénme?
  What's his motive for committing murder?

Words containing 动机

• 发动机fā dòng jīengine; motor
• 电动机diàn dòng jīelectric motor
• 传动机构chuán dòng jī gòutransmission mechanism
• 永动机yǒng dòng jīperpetual motion machine
• 元胞自动机yuán bāo zì dòng jīcellular automaton
• 喷气发动机pēn qì fā dòng jījet engine
• 柴油发动机chái yóu fā dòng jīdiesel engine
• 涡轮轴发动机wō lún zhóu fā dòng jīturboshaft
• 涡轮喷气发动机wō lún pēn qì fā dòng jīturbojet

Where 动机 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dīng–dōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dòng jī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.