Chinese symbol for “prototype”
样机
yàng jī
Traditional: 樣機
prototype
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prototype is 样机 (yàng jī), defined as: prototype.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prototype”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原型 | yuán xíng | model; prototype |
| 样板 (樣板) | yàng bǎn | template; prototype |
| 试制 (試製) | shì zhì | to try out a new product (or manufacturing process); prototype |
| 雏形产品 (雛形產品) | chú xíng chǎn pǐn | prototype |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 样机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 这样 (這樣) | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 怎样 (怎樣) | zěn yàng | how; what kind |
| 怎么样 (怎麼樣) | zěn me yàng | how?; how about? |
| 同样 (同樣) | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too |
| 那样 (那樣) | nà yàng | that kind; that sort |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prototype”.
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.