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"(old) pay" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
致敬 zhì jìng to salute / to pay one's respects to / to pay tribute to / to pay homage to syn
付清 fù qīng to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off syn
开销 開銷 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee) syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran 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
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
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
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
报怨 報怨 bào yuàn to pay back a score / to get revenge / to requite / (old) variant of 抱怨[bao4 yuan4]
补税 補稅 bǔ shuì to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax
甲 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
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
赕 賧 dǎn (old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement / river / Taiwan pr. [tan4]
还 還 huán to pay back / to return syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
注意 zhù yì to take note of / to pay attention to syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn
理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn
付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn
关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn
拜访 拜訪 bài fǎng to pay a visit / to call on syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
工资 工資 gōng zī wages / pay / CL:份[fen4] syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
支付 zhī fù to pay (money) syn
留意 liú yì to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of syn
道别 道別 dào bié to say goodbye / to bid farewell / to pay a farewell call syn
付给 付給 fù gěi to deliver / to pay syn
待遇 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
密切 mì qiè close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention syn
理会 理會 lǐ huì to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of syn
来访 來訪 lái fǎng to pay a visit
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn
付费 付費 fù fèi to pay / to cover the costs syn
看望 kàn wàng to pay a visit to / to see (sb) syn
留心 liú xīn to be careful / to pay attention to syn
付款 fù kuǎn to pay a sum of money / payment syn
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures / expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages syn
注重 zhù zhòng to pay attention to / to emphasize syn
退休金 tuì xiū jīn retirement pay / pension
置之不理 zhì zhī bù lǐ to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside syn
支出 zhī chū to spend / to pay out / expenses / expenditure syn
理睬 lǐ cǎi to heed / to pay attention to syn
只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù to focus solely on / to pay attention only to / to be preoccupied with syn
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to / carefully selected for quality / tastefully chosen syn
预付 預付 yù fù to pay in advance / prepaid
纳税 納稅 nà shuì to pay taxes syn
不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
结账 結賬 jié zhàng to settle accounts / to pay the bill
造访 造訪 zào fǎng to visit / to pay a visit syn
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to syn
付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money syn
缴税 繳稅 jiǎo shuì to pay tax syn
上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) syn
赔钱 賠錢 péi qián to lose money / to pay for damages syn
分期付款 fēn qī fù kuǎn to pay in installments / payment in installments
加班费 加班費 jiā bān fèi overtime pay
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
预支 預支 yù zhī to pay in advance / to get payment in advance
到访 到訪 dào fǎng to pay a visit
掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket / to pay out of pocket / to foot the bill syn
还款 還款 huán kuǎn repayment / to pay back money syn
追悼 zhuī dào to mourn / to pay last respects syn
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life syn
缴费 繳費 jiǎo fèi to pay a fee syn
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
不问 不問 bù wèn to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
优厚 優厚 yōu hòu generous, liberal (pay, compensation) syn
熟视无睹 熟視無睹 shú shì wú dǔ to pay no attention to a familiar sight / to ignore syn
造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn
赔付 賠付 péi fù to pay out / to compensate / (insurance) payment syn
赔款 賠款 péi kuǎn reparations / to pay reparations syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
缴纳 繳納 jiǎo nà to pay (taxes etc) syn
交费 交費 jiāo fèi to pay a fee syn
吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn
参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb syn
拜会 拜會 bài huì (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with / to pay a visit to / to call on syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn
不吝 bù lìn not to stint / to be generous (with praise etc) / to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc) syn
进贡 進貢 jìn gòng to offer tribute / to pay tribute that a vassal owes to his suzerain syn
暖房 nuǎn fáng heating / central heating / greenhouse / hothouse / to pay a house-warming visit syn
倒贴 倒貼 dào tiē to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
交纳 交納 jiāo nà to pay (taxes or dues) syn
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) syn
军饷 軍餉 jūn xiǎng a soldier's pay and provisions syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) 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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