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洗衣机

xǐ yī jī

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 3-character word Traditional 洗衣機 Measure word 台

洗衣机 (xǐ yī jī) means "washing machine; washer". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 洗衣机 means

1. washing machine; washer

The characters in 洗衣机

• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Example sentences

• 我在修洗衣机。
  I am repairing the washing machine.
• 洗衣机有些不对劲。
  Xǐyījī yǒuxiē bù duìjìn.
  Something is wrong with the washing machine.
• 这是台前装式洗衣机。
  Zhè shì táiqián zhuāng shì xǐyījī.
  This is a front-loading washing machine.
• 你不能用这台洗衣机。
  You can't use this washing machine.
• 告诉我洗衣机怎么用。
  Tell me how to use the washing machine.
• 我们买了个新的洗衣机。
  Wǒmen mǎi le gè xīn de xǐyījī.
  We've bought a new washing machine.

Where 洗衣机 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Home & household objects (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xǐ yī jī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.