机

machine; chance

No. 91 most used

How it's built

• 木tree
• 几small tableGives the sound: jī

A way to remember it

Wood (木) and a small stand (几): a loom, the first machine.

Words

• 机会

  jī huì

  opportunity; chance; occasion
• 飞机

  fēi jī

  airplane; CL:架
• 手机

  shǒu jī

  cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部,台
• 机器

  jī qì

  machine; CL:台,部,个
• 机场

  jī chǎng

  airport; airfield; CL:家,处
• 司机

  sī jī

  chauffeur; driver

Sentences

• 你会用这台相机吗？

  nǐ huì yòng zhè tái xiāng jī ma

  Do you know how to use this camera?
• 我们只有一次机会。

  wǒ men zhǐ yǒu yí cì jī huì

  We've only got one chance.
• 我再给你一次机会。

  wǒ zài gěi nǐ yí cì jī huì

  I'll give you one more chance to do that.
• 我想要一部新手机！

  wǒ xiǎng yào yí bù xīn shǒu jī

  I want a new cellphone!

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.