器械

Chinese

		device; tool; utensil	tools
trad. (器械)		器	械
simp. #(器械)		器	械

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ haai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì-hâi / khì-hāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìxiè → qìxie (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ → ㄑㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìsie̊
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsieh⁵
    • Yale: chì-sye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih.shieh
    • Palladius: цисе (cise)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ haai⁶
    • Yale: hei haaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ haai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ hai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ haːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hâi
    • Tâi-lô: khì-hâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'haai
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hai¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ hai²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: khì-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'hai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki³ hai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì hăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai³⁵/

Noun

器械

1. apparatus; equipment
2. weapon; arm
3. (literary, archaic) various kinds of ritual objects and armor

Synonyms

• (apparatus):

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• 裝備／装备 (zhuāngbèi)
• 裝置／装置 (zhuāngzhì)
• 設備／设备 (shèbèi)
• 配備／配备 (pèibèi)

 

• (weapon):

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• 兵刃 (bīngrèn) (literary, figuratively)
• 兵器 (bīngqì)
• 兵戈 (bīnggē) (literary)
• 兵戎 (bīngróng) (literary)
• 凶器 (xiōngqì) (archaic)
• 戰具／战具 (zhànjù) (literary)
• 槍支／枪支 (qiāngzhī) (firearm)
• 槍械／枪械 (qiāngxiè) (firearm)
• 武器 (wǔqì)
• 火器 (huǒqì) (firearm)
• 火槍／火枪 (huǒqiāng) (firearm)

 

Derived terms

• 器械體操／器械体操

 

Related terms

• 器材 (qìcái)
• 器具 (qìjù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
器	械
き Grade: 4	かい Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spellings
器械 (kyūjitai) 機械

Etymology

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 器械 (MC khijH heajH, “apparatus; weapon”, literally “utensil; tool + weapon; implement”).

First appears in Japanese in a text from 718 CE with the 器械 spelling and a sense of weapon.

Later appears in a text from 1520 as 機械 (kikai) with a sense of apparatus, device, machine, mechanism, replacing 器 (ki, “utensil; tool”) with 機 (ki, “weaving loom; apparatus”) and reflecting changes in usage and meaning. This spelling may be a Japanese innovation, and it only becomes prominent from around 1874. Prior to that, this term was more commonly written with the original 器械 spelling.

In modern Japanese, some definitions distinguish the 機械 and 器械 spellings with 機械 used for those machines that include their own motive power, and 器械 for those that have no power of their own. General usage appears to be broader, differentiating the two spellings by the size of the item, with 器械 used for a smaller apparatus or device, and 機械 used for a larger apparatus or equipment. These broad distinctions generally also hold true for the suffixes 器 (-ki) and 機 (-ki).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きかい [kìkáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥ka̠i]

Noun

器(き)械(かい) • (kikai) 

1. 機械, 器械: [from 1850s] any powered mechanical device for performing work

   Sometimes more specifically distinguished such that a 機械 (kikai) comprises a motive power source, a means of transmitting that force, and a component that performs the work, whereas any mechanism that does not have all three would be a 器械 (kikai).

   1. 器械: a device, an appliance, a mechanism

      Synonym: (“device, equipment, apparatus”; general term) 装置 (sōchi)

   2. 機械: a machine, equipment, an apparatus

      Synonyms: (“device, equipment, apparatus”; general term) 装置 (sōchi), (“equipment, machine, facilities”; something bigger that must often be installed) 設備 (setsubi)

      • 1999 March 27, “ホログラー [Holograr]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

        様(さま)々(ざま)な幻(げん)想(そう)を見(み)せ、そのスキをついて攻(こう)撃(げき)してくる機(き)械(かい)。

        Samazama na gensō o mise, sono suki o tsuite kōgeki shite kuru kikai.

        This machine generates illusions that open a window for its attacks.

2. 器械: [from 1868] a utensil, a tool, an instrument

   Synonyms: (“utensil”) 器具 (kigu), (“tool”) 道具 (dōgu)

3. 器械: [from 1872] a tool for conducting a test or experiment or for measurement

   Synonym: (“gauge, measurement device”) 測定器 (sokuteiki)

4. 機械, 器械: [from 1520] (archaic) a clockwork, a mechanism, especially one using strings and pulleys

   Synonym: からくり (karakuri)

5. 機械: [from 1862] (uncommon, biology) an internal organ, biological machinery

   Synonyms: (“an organ” in general) 器官 (kikan), (“an internal organ” more specifically) 臓器 (sōki), (“internal organ”, often in the aggregate) 内臓 (naizō)

6. 機械: [from 1899] (uncommon) a means for accomplishing a goal

   Synonym: (a means in general) 手段 (shudan)

7. 器械: [from 1886] (rare) manipulation or control of another person's behavior to act according to one's own will; a person so controlled

   Synonym: (“marionette, puppet”) 操り人形 (ayatsuri ningyō)

8. 器械: [718–???] (obsolete) a weapon

   Synonym: (modern term) 武器 (buki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
器	械

Noun

器械 • (gigye) (hangeul 기계)

1. hanja form^? of 기계 (“instrument”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
器	械

Noun

器械

1. chữ Hán form of khí giới (“weapon; arm”).