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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn
(literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn
輿 (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
(literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause
rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn
làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up
léi (literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner
斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
(literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn
(literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn
liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
(literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn
(literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled
sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect
婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved
guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden
(literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest
shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious
庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn
遏制 è zhì to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain syn
忍耐 rěn nài to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance syn
克制 kè zhì to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control syn
压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
拘束 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent syn
羁绊 羈絆 jī bàn trammels / fetters / yoke / to restrain / to hinder / restraint syn
怒不可遏 nù bù kě è unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage syn
忍俊不禁 rěn jùn bù jīn cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile syn
按捺 àn nà to restrain / to control syn
抑止 yì zhǐ to supress / to restrain syn
扼制 è zhì to control / to restrain
shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn
àn to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment syn
rěn to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself syn
to restrain / to restrict / to keep down / or syn
to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible syn
è to restrain / to check / to hold back syn
biē to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath) syn
qián pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag syn
jiā cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
obstinate disease / to restrain / to stop syn
è to block / to restrain / to control
to restrain oneself / to collect / to hoard / to store up / to cease
zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain syn
zhěn to restrain anger
克己复礼 克己復禮 kè jǐ fù lǐ restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects) / to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
扶弱抑强 扶弱抑強 fú ruò yì qiáng to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom) / robbing the rich to help the poor
节哀顺变 節哀順變 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
隐忍不发 隱忍不發 yǐn rěn bù fā to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
隐忍不言 隱忍不言 yǐn rěn bù yán to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
yīn to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound
镣锁 鐐鎖 liào suǒ fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock
鬼扯腿 guǐ chě tuǐ unable to restrain oneself / pulling and tugging at each other
遏抑 è yì to suppress / to restrain
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn
所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view
文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn
窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn
达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist
文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn
他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn
眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn
污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn
东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn
名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn
先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn
惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever
顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn
惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn
周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified
彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn
整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn
睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn
羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land
shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn
shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn
(literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn
sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn
zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach
guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn
jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn
(bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn
yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn
fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade
(literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn
dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn
kuāng (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate syn
xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted
àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant
yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1]
guǐ (literary) shelf / (literary) to store / to keep / to preserve
piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric
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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