技 (jì): skill, technique
技 (jì) is a Chinese character meaning “skill, technique.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 支 (phonetic). It ranks #422 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 技 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- skill, technique
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 技
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 技术noun | jì shù | technology | 4 |
| 技巧noun | jì qiǎo | skill | 6 |
| 科技noun | kē jì | science and technology | 4 |
| 技能noun | jì néng | technical ability | 5 |
| 技艺noun | jì yì | skill | 6 |
| 高科技noun | gāo kē jì | high tech | 5 |
| 高新技术adjective | gāo xīn jì shù | high tech | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特技noun | tè jì | special effect |
| 演技noun | yǎn jì | acting |
| 竞技noun | jìng jì | competition of skill (e.g. sports) |
| 技师noun | jì shī | senior technician |
| 杂技noun | zá jì | acrobatics |
| 竞技场noun | jìng jì chǎng | arena |
| 口技noun | kǒu jì | beat boxing |
| 技术员noun | jì shù yuán | technician |
| 技工noun | jì gōng | skilled worker |
| 舞技 | wǔ jì | dancing skill |
| 绝技noun | jué jì | consummate skill |
| 车技noun | chē jì | driving skills |
| 黔驴技穷phrase | qián lǘ jì qióng | to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom) |
| 技术性noun | jì shù xìng | technical |
| 雕虫小技phrase | diāo chóng xiǎo jì | insignificant talent |
技 appears in 100 compound words: 31 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 技 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
这项技术已经申请了专利，其他公司不能使用。
Zhè xiàng jìshù yǐjīng shēnqǐng le zhuānlì, qítā gōngsī bùnéng shǐyòng.
This technology has already been patented; other companies cannot use it.
自由式滑雪男子U型场地技巧预赛结束 4名中国选手均..
zì yóu shì huá xuě nán zǐ U xíng chǎng dì jì qiǎo yù sài jié shù 4 míng zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu jūn . .
Freestyle skiing men's halfpipe skills preliminaries ended with 4 Chinese athletes:
新春走基层|网球传奇齐聚上海,精彩球技点燃新春佳节
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng wǎng qiú chuán qí qí jù shàng hǎi , jīng cǎi qiú jì diǎn rán xīn chūn jiā jié
Tennis legends gathered in Shanghai, and their wonderful skills ignited the Spring Festival
北京海淀:春晚同款机器人返场,硬核科技“打开”庙会
běi jīng hǎi diàn : chūn wǎn tóng kuǎn jī qì rén fǎn chǎng , yìng hé kē jì dǎ kāi miào huì
Beijing Haidian: The same robot returns to the Spring Festival Gala, and hard-core technology "opens" the temple fair
湖北文旅集团AI守岁人护新春 科技赋能年味浓
hú běi wén lǚ jí tuán shǒu suì rén hù xīn chūn kē jì fù néng nián wèi nóng
Hubei Culture and Tourism Group AI year-keeper to protect the New Year Technology empowers the flavor of the year
宇树科技王兴兴:今年宇树科技的目标出货量在1-2...
yǔ shù kē jì wáng xīng xīng jīn nián yǔ shù kē jì de mù biāo chū huò liáng zài . . .
Wang Xingxing of Yushu Technology: This year, Yushu Technology's target shipment volume is 1-2...
她骑摩托车的技术不错！
Tā qí mótuōchē de jìshù bù cuò!
She rides a motorcycle well.
巫师问年轻人：「你懂什么技艺？」
Wūshī wèn niánqīngrén:「 nǐ dǒng shénme jìyì?」
"What craft do you know?" the wizard asked the youth.
她的演技堪比专业人士。
Tā de yǎnjì kān bǐ zhuānyèrénshì.
Her acting is on the level of a professional.
萨米刚去找了技工。
Sà mǐ gāng qù zhǎo le jìgōng.
Sami has just been to the mechanic.
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