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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
这会儿 這會兒 zhè huì r (coll.) now / this moment / also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn
现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays syn
cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn
今天 jīn tiān today / the present time / now syn
xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
来说 來說 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... syn
刚才 剛纔 gāng cái just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]) syn
这次 這次 zhè cì present / now / current
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment / a while / in a moment / now...now... / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] syn
有时 有時 yǒu shí sometimes / now and then syn
jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn
失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now. syn
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn
眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes / now / at present syn
xiàn to appear / present / now / existing / current syn
如今 rú jīn nowadays / now syn
此刻 cǐ kè this moment / now / at present syn
至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now syn
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on / since then / henceforth syn
此时 此時 cǐ shí now / this moment syn
今后 今後 jīn hòu hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on syn
往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on / in the future / time to come syn
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn
眼下 yǎn xià now / at present / (anatomy) subocular syn
从今 從今 cóng jīn from now on syn
奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
至此 zhì cǐ up until now / so far syn
现今 現今 xiàn jīn now / nowadays / modern syn
里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families syn
而今 ér jīn now / at the present (time) syn
暂且 暫且 zàn qiě for now / for the time being / temporarily syn
时下 時下 shí xià at present / right now syn
迄今 qì jīn so far / to date / until now syn
今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn
素来 素來 sù lái consistently / always (in the past and now) syn
神经衰弱 神經衰弱 shén jīng shuāi ruò nervous exhaustion / neurasthenia / mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression) syn
方才 fāng cái just now / then syn
大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn
分晓 分曉 fēn xiǎo the result (becomes apparent) / now one understands syn
间或 間或 jiàn huò occasionally / now and then syn
滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3])
古今 gǔ jīn then and now / ancient and modern
长安 長安 cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] / now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an
一直以来 一直以來 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always / for a long time now / until now
适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn
现下 現下 xiàn xià now / at this moment syn
中南海 zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
忽而 hū ér suddenly / now (..., now...) syn
从今以后 從今以後 cóng jīn yǐ hòu from now on / henceforward
大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
大公报 大公報 dà gōng bào Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn
南苑 nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly
汴京 biàn jīng Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
交趾 jiāo zhǐ former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam
生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) syn
gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn
léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn
zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn
xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn
now / here / this / time / year syn
dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn
zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn
shào surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province syn
迄今为止 迄今為止 qì jīn wéi zhǐ so far / up to now / still (not) syn
sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn
安格斯 ān gé sī Angus, a traditional county of Scotland, now a "council area"
shì to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue syn
zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn
青瓦台 青瓦臺 qīng wǎ tái the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park
(classical) barely / just / just now syn
时至今日 時至今日 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour syn
shǔ short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn
盐井 鹽井 yán jǐng Yanjing, common place name / former county 1983-1999, now part of Markam county 芒康縣|芒康县[Mang2 kang1 xian4] in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet
寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn
七国集团 七國集團 qī guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
在眼前 zài yǎn qián now / at the present
瀛台 瀛臺 yíng tái Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1nan2hai3], now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn
zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn
gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn
dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn
看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn
爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn
真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn
guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn
shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn
案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn
小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn
shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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