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引擎

yǐn qíng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 台

引擎 (yǐn qíng) means "engine (loanword)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 引擎 means

1. engine (loanword)

The characters in 引擎

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up

Example sentences

• 请关闭引擎。
  Please turn off your engine.
• 引擎运转良好。
  The engine works well.
• 汤姆发动了引擎。
  Tāngmǔ fādòng le yǐnqíng.
  Tom started the engine.
• 他知道怎幺关掉引擎。
  He knows how to cut the engine.
• 这个引擎耗用最多的油。
  Zhège yǐnqíng hào yòng zuì duō de yóu.
  This engine consumes the most oil.
• 引擎不知哪里发生了故障。
  Yǐnqíng bù zhī nǎlǐ fāshēng le gùzhàng.
  Something's wrong with the engine.

Words starting with 引擎

• 引擎盖yǐn qíng gài(car) hood; bonnet

Words containing 引擎

• 搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
• 搜寻引擎sōu xún yǐn qíng(Tw, HK) search engine
• 人肉搜索引擎rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng(neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine…

Sounds the same

Read yǐn qíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 隐情sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided

Where 引擎 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (2) (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 yǐn qíng correctly.
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