手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 尊敬 zūn jìng to respect / to revere / to esteem / honorable / distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) syn 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn 光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend syn 广播 廣播 guǎng bō broadcast / CL:個|个[ge4] / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) syn 极限 極限 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary syn 前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 界限 jiè xiàn boundary syn 少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 境界 jìng jiè boundary / state / realm syn 聚餐 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group syn 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 无边 無邊 wú biān without boundary / not bordered syn 礼帽 禮帽 lǐ mào hat that goes with formal dress / top hat 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 莅临 蒞臨 lì lín to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2]) syn 端倪 duān ní boundary / clue / indication / to obtain clues / to infer syn 止境 zhǐ jìng limit / boundary / end syn 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 临界 臨界 lín jiè critical / boundary syn 见外 見外 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest syn 对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal) syn 条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn 正方 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) syn 呈交 chéng jiāo (formal and deferential) to present / to submit syn 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) syn 哭丧 哭喪 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed syn 边际 邊際 biān jì limit / bound / boundary / (economics) marginal syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 卸妆 卸妝 xiè zhuāng to remove makeup / (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments syn 老妪 老嫗 lǎo yù old woman (formal writing) syn 照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn 须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 行文 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication syn 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 拜别 拜別 bài bié (formal) to take leave of sb / to bid farewell syn 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5] syn 所幸 suǒ xìng fortunately (formal writing) 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 务请 務請 wù qǐng please (formal) 华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn 笙歌 shēng gē music and song (formal writing) 玉成 yù chéng please help achieve something (formal) syn 拜谒 拜謁 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc) syn 分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn 划界 劃界 huà jiè boundary delimitation 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 切腹 qiē fù harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling 免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying 雅乐 雅樂 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku 省界 shěng jiè provincial boundary 野 yě field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral syn 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 谨 謹 jǐn cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal) syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 茫 máng vast, with no clear boundary / fig. hazy / indistinct / unclear / confused 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 怙 hù to rely on / father (formal) syn 定界 dìng jiè demarcation / boundary / delimited / bound (math.) 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 边界层 邊界層 biān jiè céng boundary layer 圻 qí boundary / a border 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 垓 gāi boundary syn 徼 jiào boundary / to go around 埏 yán boundary 孀居 shuāng jū to live in widowhood (formal) syn 敬贺 敬賀 jìng hè to offer one's congratulations (formal) 三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) 增生板块边界 增生板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 离散板块边界 離散板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 地壳边界 地殼邊界 continent / ocean boundary / oceanic / continental crust boundary / crust boundary 表面边界层 biǎo miàn bian jiè céng surface boundary layer / ground layer / atmospheric boundary layer 大气边界层 大气邊界層 dài qì bian jiè céng atmospheric boundary layer / surface boundary layer 岩层不整合界限 巖層不整合界限 lithostratigraphic unconformity boundary / unconformity boundary 声请 聲請 shēng qǐng to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law) 第三纪 第三紀 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago) 堮 è a boundary / a border 勘界 kān jiè boundary survey 圉限 yǔ xiàn boundary / limit 大陆坡 大陸坡 dà lù pō continental slope (boundary of continental shelf) syn 底界 dǐ jiè lower boundary 标界 標界 biāo jiè to demarcate a boundary / dividing line 