机器人
jīqìrén
robot
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
机desk
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人person
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Examples
- 这家工厂用机器人组装汽车。This factory uses robots to assemble cars.
- 扫地机器人帮我打扫房间。A robot vacuum cleans my room for me.
Collocations
工业机器人机器人技术扫地机器人智能机器人
Mnemonic
机器 "machine" + 人 "person": a machine-person, i.e. a robot. Chinese calques the meaning (机器人 = machine-person) while Korean borrows the loanword ro-bot. The same concept is rendered by Chinese in characters and by Korean in sound, a clear contrast.
Related
机器人工智能自动化智能
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How is the Chinese word 机器人 formed?