械 (xiè): appliance, tool, weapon
械 (xiè) is a Chinese character meaning “appliance.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 戒 (phonetic). It ranks #1645 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 械 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- appliance
- tool
- weapon
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 械
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枪械 | qiāng xiè | firearm |
| 器械 | qì xiè | apparatus |
| 持械 | chí xiè | armed (robbery etc) |
| 机械师 | jī xiè shī | mechanic |
| 机械化 | jī xiè huà | to mechanize |
| 缴械 | jiǎo xiè | to disarm |
| 械斗 | xiè dòu | armed confrontation |
| 中国精密机械进出口公司 | zhōng guó jīng mì jī xiè jìn chū kǒu gōng sī | China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC) |
| 机械工人 | jī xiè gōng rén | mechanic |
| 机械工程 | jī xiè gōng chéng | mechanical engineering |
| 机械能 | jī xiè néng | mechanical energy |
| 机械工 | jī xiè gōng | a mechanic |
| 机械性 | jī xiè xìng | mechanical |
| 上海振华港口机械 | shàng hǎi zhèn huá gǎng kǒu jī xiè | Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company |
| 机械战警 | jī xiè zhàn jǐng | RoboCop (movie) |
械 appears in 29 compound words: 7 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 55 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 械 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
春天来了，院子里的械木开始发芽抽枝。
chūn tiān lái le , yuàn zǐ lǐ de xiè mù kāi shǐ fā yá chōu zhī .
Spring has arrived, and the trees in the yard are beginning to sprout buds and unfurl their branches.
...:黑爵推出 AK820 V2“智慧屏”机械键盘
. . . : hēi jué tuī chū A K 8 2 0 V 2 zhì huì bǐng jī xiè jiàn pán
...: Heijue launches AK820 V2 "smart screen" mechanical keyboard
默茨访华|率团参观机械人企业 宇树科技王兴兴:共推产业发展
mò 茨 fǎng huá lǜ tuán cān guàn jī xiè rén qǐ yè yǔ shù kē jì wáng xīng xīng : gòng tuī chǎn yè fā zhǎn
Mertz visited China|Led a delegation to visit the robot company Wang Xingxing of Yushu Technology: jointly promote industrial development
宇树科技“Unitree As2”四足机械人 上山下海任劳任怨
yǔ shù kē jì U n i t r e e A s 2 sì zú jī xiè rén shàng shān xià hǎi rèn láo rèn yuàn
Unitree Technology's "Unitree As2" quadruped robot works hard and complains
三一将在2026年美国工程机械展上展示新设备、智能技术与服务
sān yī jiāng zài 2 0 2 6 nián měi guó gōng chéng jī xiè zhǎn shàng zhǎn shì xīn shè bèi , zhì néng jì shù yǔ fú wù
Sany will showcase new equipment, intelligent technologies and services at the 2026 American Construction Machinery Show
全台首座! 桃园灯会13米机械飞马 科技互动新体验
quán tái shǒu zuò ! táo yuán dēng huì 1 3 mǐ jī xiè fēi mǎ kē jì hù dòng xīn tǐ yàn
The first in Taiwan! Taoyuan Lantern Festival 13-meter mechanical Pegasus new experience of technology interaction
为什么美国政府让人们持有枪械？
Wèishénme Měiguó zhèngfǔ ràng rénmen chíyǒu qiāngxiè?
Why does the US government let people have guns?
机械力代替人力, 这是蒸汽机发明的结果。
Jīxiè lì dàitì rénlì, zhè shì zhēngqìjī fāmíng de jiéguǒ.
The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.
我们上社会课的时候谈到了枪械管制的问题。
Wǒmen shàng shèhuì kè de shíhou tándào le qiāngxiè guǎnzhì de wèntí.
We discussed gun control in social studies class.
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