械 (haai6 | xie4) : tool; weapons

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械

haai6

xie4

[1] tool; instrument
[2] weapons
[3] fetters; shackles

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

械

This word has been viewed 6330 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2010 14:59

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機械 gei1 haai6 ji1 xie4 = machine; mechanical; inflexible

器械 hei3 haai6 qi4 xie4 = apparatus; (precision or specialty) equipment

槍械 coeng1 haai6 = firearms

機械人 gei1 haai6 jan4 ji1 xie4 ren2 = robot

械劫 haai6 gip3 = a "stick up", (an armed) robbery 粵

械劫案 haai6 gip3 on3 xie4 jie2 an4 = armed robbery

機械化 gei1 haai6 faa3 ji1 xie4 hua4 = mechanize

機械裝置 gei1 haai6 zong1 zi3 ji1 xie4 zhuang1 zhi4 = machinery

機械能 gei1 haai6 nang4 ji1 xie4 neng2 = mechanical energy

建築機械 gin3 zuk1 gei1 haai6 jian4 zhu4 ji1 xie4 = building machines
See all 31 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together

嗰個黐線佬喺度周街露械。粵
That freak is flashing everyone all over the place.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 械
Unicode code for this character: U+68b0 (off-site link)

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