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械

xiè

HSK 6 Character

What 械 means

1. appliance
2. tool
3. weapon
4. shackles
5. also pr. jiè

Example sentences

• 为什幺美国政府让人们持有枪械？
  Why does the US government let people have guns?
• 我们上社会课的时候谈到了枪械管制的问题。
  Wǒmen shàng shèhuì kè de shíhou tándào le qiāngxiè guǎnzhì de wèntí.
  We discussed gun control in social studies class.
• 机械力代替人力, 这是蒸汽机发明的结果。
  Jīxiè lì dàitì rénlì, zhè shì zhēngqìjī fāmíng de jiéguǒ.
  The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.

Words starting with 械

• 械斗xiè dòuarmed confrontation; bust-up between gangs
• 械系xiè xìto arrest and shackle; to clap in irons

Words containing 械

• 机械jī xièmachine; machinery; mechanical
• 器械qì xièapparatus; instrument; equipment
• 机械化jī xiè huàto mechanize
• 枪械qiāng xièfirearm
• 缴械jiǎo xièto disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender
• 持械chí xièarmed (robbery etc)
• 警械jǐng xièpolice gear
• 机械人jī xiè rén(Hong Kong) robot
• 机械工jī xiè gōnga mechanic
• 机械师jī xiè shīmechanic; engineer; machinist
• 机械性jī xiè xìngmechanical
• 机械码jī xiè mǎmachine code
• 机械能jī xiè néngmechanical energy
• 机械表jī xiè biǎomechanical watch
• 机械钟jī xiè zhōngmechanical clock
• 机械工人jī xiè gōng rénmechanic
• 机械工程jī xiè gōng chéngmechanical engineering
• 机械战警Jī xiè Zhàn jǐngRoboCop (movie)
• 机械硬盘jī xiè yìng pán(computing) hard disk drive (HDD)
• 机械翻译jī xiè fān yìmachine translation
• 机械语言jī xiè yǔ yánmachine language
• 农业机械nóng yè jī xièagricultural machinery
• 医疗器械yī liáo qì xièmedical equipment
• 叶轮机械yè lún jī xièturbomachine

Characters that look like 械

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 桃táopeach
• 贼zéithief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked
• 棘jíthorns
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest

Sounds the same

Read xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谢to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse
• 泄(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 卸to unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 屑bits; fragments; crumbs
• 泻to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent
• 蟹crab
• 写used in 写意
• 榭pavilion
• 解acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old); variant of 懈
• 亵obscene; disrespectful
• 懈lax; negligent
• 邂used in 邂逅