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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
东东 東東 dōng dōng (coll.) thing / item / stuff
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
东西 東西 dōng xi thing / stuff / person / CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] syn
事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn
看法 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn
坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn
事物 shì wù thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
这项 這項 zhè xiàng this (thing)
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
怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
实体 實體 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) syn
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn
自觉 自覺 zì jué to realize / to be aware of / to feel that / to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible / predisposed to do the right thing / considerate of others syn
必需品 bì xū pǐn necessity / essential (thing) syn
只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature syn
异想天开 異想天開 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy syn
稀罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn
混为一谈 混為一談 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle syn
实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
实事 實事 shí shì fact / actual thing / practical matter syn
清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning / at daybreak syn
言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn
粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn
本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn
锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn
不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn
畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing syn
瑰宝 瑰寶 guī bǎo a treasure / a rare and valuable thing syn
美事 měi shì a fine thing / a wonderful thing syn
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn
滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3])
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn
移花接木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom) syn
一项 一項 yí xiàng an item / a thing
好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
一回事 yī huí shì one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc)
所思 suǒ sī what one thinks / person or thing that is on one's mind
大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
状物 狀物 zhuàng wù ...-shaped thing / to portray sth
真事 zhēn shì reality / veracity / the real thing
物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff
促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly
混同 hùn tóng to mix up / to confuse one thing with another syn
张冠李戴 張冠李戴 zhāng guān lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another syn
够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent
人言可畏 rén yán kě wèi gossip is a fearful thing (idiom) syn
gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn
shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc 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
dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn
fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing
xiàng back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc syn
silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc 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
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
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 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
guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing) 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
zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn
好景不长 好景不長 hǎo jǐng bù cháng a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom) syn
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn
完璧 wán bì flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact
敝屣 bì xǐ worn-out shoes / a worthless thing
zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn
huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] 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
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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