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动机 dòngjī

动机 dòngjī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 动机 dòngjī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dòngjī | dong4 ji1
English translation
motor
locomotive
motive
motivation
intention

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About 动机 dòngjī

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Traditional form

動機

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 动机 dòngjī

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dòng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of dòng . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and chóng represents the sound.

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

云力

Number of Strokes

6

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

木几

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 动机 dòngjī

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绳子 shéngzi 轮子 lún zi 缠住, 电动机 diàn dòng jī jiù zhuǎn le .

The rope had twisted itself around the wheel, stopping the motor.

cāi chū de 动机 dòngjī .

I couldn't cipher out his motives.

涡轮 wō lún 喷气 pēn qì 发动机 fā dòng jī 涡轮 wō lún 螺桨 luó jiǎng 发动机 fā dòng jī gēng 适用 shì yòng 飞机 fēijī .

The turbojet and the turboprop are much more satisfactory for airplanes.

涡轮 wō lún 螺桨 luó jiǎng 发动机 fā dòng jī 涡轮发动机十分 shífēn 相似 xiāngsì .

The turboprop engine is very much like the turbojet.

de 戴姆勒豪华轿车 háo huá jiào chē 原地待命发动机 fā dòng jī zài 空转

Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.

动机 dòngjī Decomposition

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动机 dòngjī Compounds

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