Chinese symbol for “mechanic”
机械师
jī xiè shī
Traditional: 機械師
mechanic; engineer; machinist; machine operator
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mechanic is 机械师 (jī xiè shī), defined as: mechanic; engineer; machinist; machine operator; 个 (gè),位 (wèi).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mechanic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机械工人 (機械工人) | jī xiè gōng rén | mechanic |
| 机械工 (機械工) | jī xiè gōng | a mechanic |
| 黑手 | hēi shǒu | (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 机械师.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 机关 (機關) | jī guān | mechanism; gear; machine-operated |
| 飞机 (飛機) | fēi jī | airplane; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 机场 (機場) | jī chǎng | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 机械 (機械) | jī xiè | machine; machinery |
| 机械化 (機械化) | jī xiè huà | to mechanize |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mechanic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.