Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
自动
zìdòng
Description
"自动"的意思是不用人去做，机器或系统就能自己完成。
"自动" means something that can be done by a machine or system itself without human help.
我们常说自动门、自动付款，也可以说事情自动发生了。
We often say automatic doors, automatic payment, and also that things happen automatically.
Meanings
自动zìdòng
automatic; done by a machine or system
这个门是自动的。
This door is automatic.
自动zìdòng
of one's own accord; voluntarily
他自动帮我们打扫了房间。
He automatically helped us clean the room.
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Notes
- Etymology
自 (self) + 动 (move/act), literally "move by itself."
- Nuance
as "voluntarily" it stresses acting without being asked, close to 主动.
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