心机

心機
xīnjī
  1. thinking
  2. scheme

CEDICT

scheme; machination; cunning

Wiktionary

心思、计谋。

重編國語辭典

  1. 心思，计谋
  2. 耐心

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 心 xīn
  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. intention
  4. center
  5. core

classifiers: 顆, 個
2 机 jī
  1. (bound form) machine; mechanism
  2. (bound form) aircraft
  3. (bound form) an opportunity
  4. (bound form) crucial point; pivot
  5. (bound form) quick-witted; flexible
  6. (bound form) organic

Containing this entry

用尽心机 yòngjìnxīnjī to tax one's ingenuity

Related entries

思想 sīxiǎng
  1. thought
  2. thinking
  3. idea
  4. ideology

classifier: 個

思想的碎片散落一地。

The shards of thought were scattered on the ground.

Source: Tatoeba

思维 sīwéi
  1. (line of) thought
  2. thinking
他的思維方式很幼稚。

His way of thinking is very childish.

Source: Tatoeba

觉 jué
  1. to feel
  2. to find that
  3. thinking
  4. awake
  5. aware
吸血鬼有味觉吗？

Do vampires have a sense of taste?

Source: Tatoeba

心路 xīnlù
  1. scheme
  2. artifice
  3. tolerance
  4. intention
  5. motive
  6. train of thought
  7. brains
  8. wit
  9. ideas
概形 gàixíng scheme (in algebraic geometry)
巧计 qiǎojì
  1. maneuver
  2. scheme
机谋 jīmóu
  1. stratagem
  2. scheme
  3. shrewdness
缪巧 miùqiǎo
  1. plan
  2. scheme
  3. intelligent
  4. quick-witted
谞 xū
  1. (literary) ability and wisdom
  2. scheme
  3. stratagem
套儿 tàor
  1. (coll.) loop of rope
  2. noose
  3. scheme
  4. ploy
  5. condom
小九九 xiǎojiǔjiǔ
  1. multiplication tables
  2. (fig.) plan
  3. scheme
策 cè
  1. policy
  2. plan
  3. scheme
  4. bamboo slip for writing (old)
  5. to whip (a horse)
  6. to encourage
  7. riding crop with sharp spines (old)
  8. essay written for the imperial examinations (old)
  9. upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
週五上午，美國勞工統計局公佈的數據顯示，美國經濟原本預計為正在快速擴張，但 4 月僅新增了 26.6 萬個工作崗位，這令美國的經濟學家和政策制定者感到震驚。

Economists and policymakers in the U.S. were stunned Friday morning when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy, thought to be expanding at a rapid pace, added only 266,000 jobs in April.

Source: Tatoeba

谋 móu
  1. to plan
  2. to seek
  3. scheme
招数 zhāoshù
  1. move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
  2. gambit
  3. trick
  4. scheme
  5. movement
  6. same as 着数 zhāoshù
不管我用什么招数，儿子就是不肯吃青菜。

I can never make my son to eat any vegetables.

Source: Tatoeba

算盘 suànpán
  1. abacus
  2. plan
  3. scheme

classifier: 把
着数 zhāoshù
  1. move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
  2. gambit
  3. trick
  4. scheme
  5. movement
  6. same as 招数 zhāoshù