技术
technology; technique; skill
HSK level
- Pinyin
- jìshù
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- HSK 4
- Strokes
- 12
- Register
- neutral
- Measure word
- 项 / 门
- In episodes
- 4
Stroke order for 技术
技术 is written with 12 strokes (技: 7, 术: 5). The animation replays automatically.
What does 技术 mean?
技术 (jìshù) is a noun meaning 'technology,' 'technique,' or 'skill.'
It spans a wider range than any single English word: at one end it means high-tech industry and applied science (信息技术, information technology), and at the other it means a person's practical, hands-on ability (他的技术很好, his technique/skill is very good). Context decides which. When talking about a craftsman, driver, or surgeon, 技术 refers to their acquired manual or professional skill; when talking about industry or engineering, it means technology.
Unlike English, where 'technology' and 'skill' are separate words, Chinese folds both into 技术, so a good mechanic and a semiconductor firm can both be described with it. It commonly attaches to fields as a suffix (科学技术, 生物技术). For abstract know-how or artistry, 技巧 (jìqiǎo) is the finer-grained cousin.
Character by character
Memory hook: 技 (skill) + 术 (method) — the methods and skills to make things work: technology.
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这件事的难点在组织，不在技术：犬用狂犬疫苗便宜且成熟，难的是跨部门、跨年度、覆盖到最偏远的山村，并且十几年不间断。
The difficulty here lies in organisation, not technology: canine rabies vaccine is cheap and mature, and the hard part is doing it across departments, across years, out to the remotest mountain villages, without a break for over a decade.
Bhutan Has Gone Three Years Without a Single Rabies Death — Because It Stopped Only Treating People and Started Vaccinating DogsAdvanced
这不是技术不够好，这是数学上做不到的事。
This is not a matter of technology being insufficient — it is mathematically impossible.
The UN Voted to Change the World Map — Because It Has Been Shrinking Africa for 450 Years
学校里在用的每一个技术产品，都要重新审一遍。
Every technology product in use in the schools gets reviewed again.
New York Banned AI for 600,000 Schoolchildren — and the Loudest Critics Say It Didn't Go Far Enough
苹果的做法是：等别人先去踩坑，等技术成熟，然后自己做一个更好用的。
Apple's approach is: let other people fall into the holes first, wait for the technology to mature, then build a better version.
Apple's First Folding iPhone Lands September 9 — the New CEO's First Test, Eight Days Into the Job
Example sentences
他修车的技术很好。
Tā xiū chē de jìshù hěn hǎo.
He's very skilled at fixing cars.
spoken
这家公司的技术很先进。
Zhè jiā gōngsī de jìshù hěn xiānjìn.
This company's technology is very advanced.
neutral
学好一门技术不容易。
Xué hǎo yì mén jìshù bù róngyì.
It's not easy to master a technical skill.
neutral
现代科学技术发展得非常快。
Xiàndài kēxué jìshù fāzhǎn de fēicháng kuài.
Modern science and technology develop extremely fast.
written
Common phrases with 技术
Synonyms
技巧 means 'technique / knack' — the refined, artful skill of doing something well (说话的技巧, conversational technique). 技术 is broader and covers technology and professional competence; 技巧 is narrower, about finesse and method.
科技 (a blend of 科学技术) means 'science and technology' as a domain — 科技公司, tech company. Use 科技 for the sector at large; 技术 for a specific technology or a person's skill.
Don't confuse 技术 with
艺术 means 'art' in the aesthetic sense (painting, music). It shares the character 术 but points to creative expression, whereas 技术 points to practical skill and technology.
技能 means 'a (job) skill' — a concrete competency one is trained in (职业技能, vocational skills). 技术 can mean technology or skill; 技能 specifically means an individual's learned ability, often used in HR and training contexts.
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