机 (jī) means Machine (airplane - opportunity). Below are 24 of the 180 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
复印 机 在二楼。
Fùyìnjī zài èr lóu.
The photocopier is on the second floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 复印
我家离 机 场很远。
Wǒ jiā lí jīchǎng hěn yuǎn.
My home is far from the airport.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 远
我去 机 场接朋友。
Wǒ qù jīchǎng jiē péngyou.
I'm going to the airport to pick up a friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 接
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From the graded readers
上个星期，我的手 机 丢了。
shànggexīngqī, wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī diū le / liǎo / liào.
Last week I lost my phone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
到家以后我才发现手 机 不见了。
dào jiā yǐhòu wǒ cái fāxiàn shǒujī bùjiàn le / liǎo / liào.
It wasn't until I got home that I noticed it was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
我的手 机 没电了，也没有地图。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méi diàn le / liǎo / liào, yě méiyǒu dìtú.
My phone was dead and I had no map.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
我的手 机 没有响，我七点五十才醒。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méiyǒu xiǎng, wǒ qī diǎn wǔshí cái xǐng.
My phone didn't go off and I didn't wake until ten to eight.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
她把手 机 交给了图书馆的工作人员。
tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.
She'd handed it in to the library staff.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
妈妈把手 机 举起来，让我看他们那边的月亮。
māma bǎshǒu jī jǔ qǐlai, ràng wǒ kàn / kān tāmen nàbian de / dì yuèliàng.
Mum lifted the phone so I could see the moon from their side.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
走出大楼的时候，我以为自己肯定没有 机 会了。
zǒu chū dà lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěndìng méiyǒu jīhuì le / liǎo / liào.
Walking out of the building, I was sure I'd blown it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
第二天我去拿回了手 机 ，还带了一盒巧克力去感谢她。
dì'èr tiān wǒ qù ná huí le / liǎo / liào shǒujī, hái / huán dài le / liǎo / liào yī hé qiǎokèlì qù gǎnxiè tā.
The next day I went to collect it, and took a box of chocolates to thank her.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
我要转 机 去上海。
Wǒ yào zhuǎnjī qù Shànghǎi.
I'm transferring to Shanghai.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
请问几号登 机 口？
Qǐngwèn jǐ hào dēngjīkǒu?
Which gate, please?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
附近有取款 机 吗？
Fùjìn yǒu qǔkuǎnjī ma?
Is there an ATM nearby?
Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment
From the grammar library
我是坐飞 机 来的。
Wǒ shì zuò fēijī lái de.
I came by plane.
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
坐飞 机 比坐火车快。
Zuò fēijī bǐ zuò huǒchē kuài.
Flying is faster than taking the train.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons
机 appears in 180 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 机
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 机
How is 机 used in a sentence?
This page shows 180 sentences using 机 (jī, "Machine (airplane - opportunity)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 机 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 机 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 机?
The dictionary page for 机 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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