相机
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
相机 (xiàngjī) · camera
相机 (xiàngjī) means “camera”. It is written with 2 characters: 相 (mutual) + 机 (machine). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 相机 is built
The characters
相 xiāng · mutual
What 相 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: To stare 目 at a tree 木, meaning to observe (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
机 jī · machine
What 机 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 几jǐ — how many
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
Origin hint: A table 几 made of wood 木; 几 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的相机是新的。Wǒ de xiàngjī shì xīn de.My camera is new.
你带相机了吗？Nǐ dài xiàngjī le ma?Did you bring a camera?
Questions about 相机
What does 相机 mean?
相机 (xiàngjī) means “camera”.
How do you pronounce 相机?
相机 is pronounced xiàngjī.
Which HSK level is 相机?
相机 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 相同xiāngtóngidentical
- 相信xiāngxìnto believe
- 照相zhàoxiàngto take a photo
- 互相hùxiāngeach other
- 相比xiāngbǐto compare
- 相当xiāngdāngquite
- 相关xiāngguānrelated
- 相互xiānghùeach other
- 相似xiāngsìsimilar
- 相处xiāngchǔto get along (with sb)
Learn 相机 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 54: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.