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司机

sī jī

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 司機

司机 (sī jī) means "chauffeur; driver". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 司机 means

1. chauffeur; driver

The characters in 司机

• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Example sentences

• 司机加了速。
  The driver increased his speed.
• 她是出租车司机。
  She is a taxi driver.
• 他们都不是司机。
  None of them are drivers.
• 汤姆是一个司机。
  Tom is a chauffeur.
• 司机被控超速驾驶。
  Sījī bèikòng chāosù jiàshǐ.
  The driver was charged with speeding.
• 司机应该系安全带。
  Drivers should wear seat belts.

Words containing 司机

• 老司机lǎo sī jī(colloquial) an old hand at sth
• 出租司机chū zū sī jītaxi driver

Where 司机 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Extended Family (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī jī correctly.
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