| | bad; harmful; unhealthy / (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty | HSK 5 |
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| | to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film | HSK 2 |
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| | to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess | HSK 6 |
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| | key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin | HSK 5 |
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| | (electrical) appliance / device | HSK 6 |
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| | to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device | HSK 4 |
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| | to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc) / (computing) to enable (a feature) / (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate / to open (sth that has been sealed) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone) | |
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| | Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013 | |
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| | display device; monitor | HSK 7-9 |
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| | tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies | |
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| | nuclear device | |
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| | to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc) | |
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| | transponder / electronic device that responds to a radio code | |
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| | parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device) | |
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| | to press / to extract (juice) / device for extracting juice, oils etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle / (fig.) medium; platform; vector / (Tw) (Taiwan pr. [zai3 ju4]) a consumer's device (smart card or mobile app barcode etc) that can be scanned at checkout to save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to a cloud account | |
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| | voice recorder (handheld digital device) | |
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| | (coll.) to factory-reset a phone (or other device) | |
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| | tracker (device) | |
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| | scanner (device) | |
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| | to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | entry-level (car, device etc) (Tw) | |
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| | to destroy one's (reputation etc) / (of a device etc) to self-destruct | |
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| | jack (mechanical lifting device) | |
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| | device / component | |
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| | imitation / to simulate / to imitate / analog (device, as opposed to digital) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale | |
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| | (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) | |
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| | (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge | |
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| | a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills | |
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| | night vision device | |
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| | foreshadowing (literary device) | |
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| | button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL: 個|个 / to press a button | HSK 7-9 |
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| | blender (device) / juicer | |
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| | sighting device / sight (for a firearm etc) | |
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| | Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand | |
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| | night vision device | |
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| | to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (computing) to mirror one's screen (to another device) / screen sharing / screen mirroring | |
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| | machine / device | |
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| | level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level | |
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| | to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) | |
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| | to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc | |
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| | Android (operating system for mobile devices) | |
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| | measuring device | |
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| | (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device) | |
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| | to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role | |
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| | (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式) (loanword from "card") | |
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| | device / tool / utensil / CL: 臺|台 | |
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| | testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter | |
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| | sound device | |
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| | adapter (device) | |
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| | (military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times) | |
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| | to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset | |
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| | lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard | |
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| | fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle | |
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| | tapping device / bug | |
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| | hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription | |
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| | paired phrases (poetic device) | |
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| | pointing device (computing) | |
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| | fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce) | |
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| | orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices | |
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| | fast charging / to fast charge (a device) | |
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| | dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse | |
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| | to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby | |
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| | to replace firmware (on a mobile device) | |
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| | (of an object or device) designed to stand vertically; upright / (of an action) performed in a standing posture (e.g. shooting or exercise) | |
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| | (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) | |
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| | electrical lead; connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection / (congressional) caucus | |
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| | gaming device / controller (for computer or console) | |
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| | Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016) | |
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| | airplane mode (on an electronic device) | |
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| | muzzle (device) | |
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| | (of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged | |
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| | mobile device (Tw) | |
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| | tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device | |
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| | online / network / to connect online / to connect an electronic device to another device | |
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| | photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell) | |
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| | to unbrick; to restore (an electronic device) to a functional state | |
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| | assistive device (walking frame, hearing aid etc) | |
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| | inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa | |
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| | (of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position / (of an action) performed lying down | |
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| | reduplication of words or syllables (as a stylistic device in Chinese) | |
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| | alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device | |
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| | intrauterine device (IUD) | |
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| | improvised explosive device (IED) | |
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| | reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers) | |
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| | storage device (computing) | |
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| | to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device) | |
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| | mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc) | |
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| | charge-coupled device (CCD) (electronics) | |
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| | a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) | |
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| | device driver (computing software) | |
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| | fire bomb / incendiary device | |
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| | (of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable | |
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| | foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) | |
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| | (of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted | |
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| | nuclear explosion device | |
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| | input device (computer) | |
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