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引擎

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Chinese

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to pull; to lead to lift up
trad. (引擎)
simp. #(引擎)
alternative forms 因擎 Wu
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Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien via Japanese エンジン (enjin).

Pronunciation

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Note: iăn-jín/iân-jín/ĕn-jín/ian-jín - directly borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

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引擎

  1. engine (mechanical device or part of a car)
    引擎故障  ―  yǐnqíng gùzhàng  ―  engine failure
  2. (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) motorcycle

Synonyms

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  • (engine):
  • (motorcycle):

Derived terms

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