Dictionary › 自动
自动
zì dòng
自动 (zì dòng) means "automatic". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.
What 自动 means
- automatic
- voluntarily
The characters in 自动
- 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
Example sentences
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门自动上锁。The door locks automatically.
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自动售货机在那边。Zìdòng shòuhuòjī zài nàbian.The vending machines are over there.
Words starting with 自动
- 自动化zì dòng huàto automate
- 自动扶梯zì dòng fú tīescalator
- 自动控制zì dòng kòng zhìautomatic control
- 自动自发zì dòng zì fā(to act) on one's own initiative
- 自动车zì dòng chēautomobile
- 自动化技术zì dòng huà jì shùautomation
- 自动取款机zì dòng qǔ kuǎn jīautomated teller machine (ATM)
- 自动提款机zì dòng tí kuǎn jībank autoteller; ATM
- 自动离合zì dòng lí héautomatic clutch
- 自动步道zì dòng bù dàomoving walkway; travelator
- 自动付款机zì dòng fù kuǎn jīcash dispenser; auto-teller; ATM
- 自动售货机zì dòng shòu huò jīvending machine
- 自动装箱zì dòng zhuāng xiāngautoboxing (computing)
- 自动贩卖机zì dòng fàn mài jīvending machine
- 自动换刀装置zì dòng huàn dāo zhuāng zhìautomatic tool changer (ATC)
- 自动点唱机zì dòng diǎn chàng jījukebox; nickelodeon
- 自动楼梯zì dòng lóu tīescalator
- 自动免疫zì dòng miǎn yìactive immunity
- 自动柜员机zì dòng guì yuán jīautomated teller machine (ATM)
- 自动挡zì dòng dǎngautomatic transmission; auto gear shift
- 自动挂挡zì dòng guà dǎngautomatic gear change
- 自动铅笔zì dòng qiān bǐmechanical pencil; propelling pencil
- 自动体外除颤器zì dòng tǐ wài chú chàn qìAED (automated external defibrillator)
Words containing 自动
- 办公自动化bàn gōng zì dòng huàoffice automation
- 亲自动手qīn zì dòng shǒuto do the job oneself
- 半自动bàn zì dòngsemiautomatic
- 通讯自动化tōng xùn zì dòng huàcommunications automation
- 元胞自动机yuán bāo zì dòng jīcellular automaton
Where 自动 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Expectation & Time Spans (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zì dòng correctly.
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