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"5th Pillar" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
第五支柱 5th Pillar
Chinese Pinyin Translation
子 zǐ 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
支柱 zhī zhù mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone syn
柱子 zhù zi pillar / CL:根[gen1] syn
邮筒 郵筒 yóu tǒng mailbox / pillar box / (old) letter syn
顶梁柱 頂梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar / backbone syn
承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
主心骨 zhǔ xīn gǔ backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment syn
台柱 tái zhù pillar / mainstay / star performer syn
光柱 guāng zhù light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) syn
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn
栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn
端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn
十五大 shí wǔ dà 1 5th Party Congress (of Chinese Communist Party)
立夏 lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May
华表 華表 huá biǎo marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)
柱石 zhù shí pillar syn
午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) syn
柱 zhù pillar / CL:根[gen1] syn
羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn
辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° syn
巳 sì 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
寅 yín 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60° syn
楹 yíng pillar
樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn
樘 chěng a pillar syn
炮烙 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
桓 huán Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi) / big / pillar (old)
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
枋 fāng Santalum album / square wooden pillar
鹇 鷴 xián silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn
五月节 五月節 wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn
拱柱 gǒng zhù pillar of a vault
鷴 xián silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
雕楹碧槛 雕楹碧檻 diāo yíng bì kǎn carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom) / heavily decorated environment
一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
重五 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
重午 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
太阳光柱 太陽光柱 tài yáng guāng zhù solar pillar / sun pillar (atmospheric optics)
小满 小滿 xiǎo mǎn Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June
大明历 大明曆 dà míng lì the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
普密蓬 pǔ mì péng Bhumibol (b.Dec 5th 1927. King of Thailand since June 9th 1946) / (King) Bhumibol (Adulyadej)
育乐 育樂 yù lè (Tw) (abbr. for 教育與娛樂|教育与娱乐[jiao4 yu4 yu3 yu2 le4]) education and entertainment, the 5th and 6th aspects of life beyond the four basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation 食衣住行[shi2 yi1 zhu4 xing2] / (sometimes used to signify edutainment or just recreation)
梲 zhuó club (weapon) / small pillar
拱墩 gǒng dūn pillar of a vault
柱梁 zhù liáng pillar
梁木 liáng mù beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
榰 zhī base of pillar / prop
钢柱 鋼柱 gāng zhù iron pillar / iron rod
第四支柱部门 dì sì zhī zhù bù mén Pillar IV
业绩支柱 業績支柱 yè jì zhī zhù performance pillar
支柱部门 支柱部門 zhī zhù bù mén pillar
界石地点评估勘 界石地點評估勘 pillar site assessment survey / emplacement survey
界石安置勘查 pillar site assessment survey / emplacement survey
经幢 經幢 jīng chuáng Buddhist stone pillar
趸柱 躉柱 dǔn zhù main supporting pillar
炮烙 páo luò form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
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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