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司机

sī jī · si ji

Traditional 司機

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. chauffeur; driver
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The talkative bus driver

  1. Dengdeng

    前面(qiánmiàn)那个(nàge)司机(sījī)开(kāi)得(de)真(zhēn)稳(wěn)。

    The driver ahead drives really steadily.

  2. Liangliang

    对(duì)，司机(sījī)师傅(shīfu)开(kāi)了(le)二十(èrshí)年(nián)了(le)。

    Right. The driver has been driving for twenty years.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)知道(zhīdào)？

    How do you know?

  4. Liangliang

    他(tā)刚才(gāngcái)告诉(gàosu)我(wǒ)的(de)，我(wǒ)坐(zuò)在(zài)司机(sījī)后面(hòumian)。

    He told me just now. I sit behind the driver.

  5. Dengdeng

    难怪(nánguài)你(nǐ)一路(yīlù)都(dōu)在(zài)说话(shuōhuà)。

    No wonder you talked all the way.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)是(shì)出(chū)租(zū)车(chē)司(sī)机(jī)吗(ma)？

Is she a taxi driver?

Tatoeba: Chinese by gumblex · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

司(sī)机(jī)把(bǎ)车(chē)停(tíng)在(zài)路(lù)边(biān)等(děng)乘(chéng)客(kè)上(shàng)车(chē)。

The driver stopped the car by the roadside and waited for passengers to get on.

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司
sī

to take charge of; to manage

机
jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft

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