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机动

jī dòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 機動

机动 (jī dòng) means "locomotive; motorized; power-driven". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 机动 means

1. locomotive
2. motorized
3. power-driven
4. adaptable
5. flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)

The characters in 机动

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

Words starting with 机动

• 机动车jī dòng chēmotor vehicle
• 机动性jī dòng xìngflexibility
• 机动车辆jī dòng chē liàngmotor vehicle

Words containing 机动

• 非机动车fēi jī dòng chēnon-motorized vehicle
• 计算机动画jì suàn jī dòng huàcomputer animation

Sounds the same

Read jī dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 激动to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite
• 鸡冻chicken jelly; (net slang) exciting (pun on 激动

Where 机动 is taught

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

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