機動

See also: 机动

Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (機動)		機	動
simp. (机动)		机	动
anagram		動機／动机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ dung⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ki-tǒng / ki-tōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jidòng
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-tung⁴
    • Yale: jī-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jidonq
    • Palladius: цзидун (czidun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 機動／机动 激動／激动

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ dung⁶
    • Yale: gēi duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: ki-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Longyan): /ki³³⁴ toŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: ki-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'dong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi¹ dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³⁻²³ toŋ³⁵/

Adjective

機動

1. (attributive) machine-driven; motorized
2. (attributive) mobile
3. flexible; adaptable

   • 把什麼東西統統都集中在中央或省市，不給工廠一點權力，一點機動的餘地，一點利益，恐怕不妥。 [MSC, trad.]
     把什么东西统统都集中在中央或省市，不给工厂一点权力，一点机动的余地，一点利益，恐怕不妥。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Bǎ shénme dōngxi tǒngtǒng dōu jízhōng zài zhōngyāng huò shěngshì, bù gěi gōngchǎng yīdiǎn quánlì, yīdiǎn jīdòng de yúdì, yīdiǎn lìyì, kǒngpà bùtuǒ. [Pinyin]

     It's not right, I'm afraid, to place everything in the hands of the central or the provincial and municipal authorities without leaving the factories any power of their own, any room for independent action, any benefits.

Synonyms

• (mobile): 行動／行动 (xíngdòng), 移動／移动 (yídòng)
• (flexible):

• 便利 (biànlì) (literary)
• 便捷 (biànjié)
• 利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
• 利落 (lìluo)
• 快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 手快 (shǒukuài)
• 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
• 緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
• 緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
• 輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài)
• 靈便／灵便 (língbiàn)
• 靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
• 靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
• 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
• 靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
• 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

 

Verb

機動

1. (military) to maneuver; to make a planned tactical movement of forces

Derived terms

• 機動性／机动性 (jīdòngxìng)
• 機動車／机动车 (jīdòngchē)
• 機動遊戲／机动游戏 (jīdòng yóuxì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機	動
き Grade: 4	どう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

機(き)動(どう) • (kidō) 

1. rapid military maneuver

Derived terms

• 機動的

Korean

Hanja in this term
機	動

Noun

機動 • (gidong) (hangeul 기동)

1. Hanja form^? of 기동 (“maneuver, move”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
機	動

Noun

機動

1. chữ Hán form of cơ động (“mobility”).