Instrument in Chinese
instrument · HSK 5
工具
- 工 work
- 具 tool
Counted with 个: 一个工具
修车需要什么工具？ What tools do you need to fix the car?
Other ways to say instrument
More words with 工 or 具
How do you say instrument in Chinese?
Instrument in Chinese is 工具 (gōng jù). You can also say 仪器 (yí qì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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