How to say “technology” in Chinese
technology, technique
“Technology” in Chinese is 技术, jì shù: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
技术 is read jì shù: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 扌 “hand”: skill lies in the hands.
Looks like 木 “tree”, but with a dot at the top right.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “技术”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 技术. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这种新技术很安全并且很便宜zhèzhǒngxīnjìshùhěnānquán,bìngqiěhěnpiányiThis new technology is safe, and cheap too.
- 这是一种新技术zhèshìyìzhǒngxīnjìshùThis is a new technology.
- 最近出现了很多新技术。zuìjìnchūxiànlehěnduōxīnjìshùLately a lot of new technologies have appeared.
- 这家公司引进了新技术zhèjiāgōngsīyǐnjìnlexīnjìshùThis company has introduced a new technology.
- 农业现代化需要新技术nóngyèxiàndàihuàxūyàoxīnjìshùModernizing agriculture requires new technology.
- 我们要不断改进技术wǒmenyàobúduàngǎijìnjìshùWe need to keep improving our technology.
More words from the lesson “Science and technology”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “technology” in Chinese?
“Technology” in Chinese is 技术, pinyin jìshù.
What does 技术 mean?
技术 (jìshù) means “technology, technique”.
How do you write 技术?
技术 is 2 characters: 技 (jì) — skill, craft; 术 (shù) — skill, technique. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 技术?
技术 is read jìshù. Tones: jì — fourth tone, shù — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“technology” in the lesson “Science and technology”
This word is from the topic “Ecology and technology” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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