里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 视觉 視覺 shì jué sight / vision / visual 录音带 錄音帶 lù yīn dài audio tape / CL:盤|盘[pan2],盒[he2] 录制 錄製 lù zhì to record (video or audio) 音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) syn 剪辑 剪輯 jiǎn jí to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / edited version syn 视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn 音频 音頻 yīn pín audio / sound / audio frequency / sound frequency syn 音像 yīn xiàng audio and video / audiovisual syn 剪接 jiǎn jiē to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / (genetics) to splice syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 杜比 dù bǐ Dolby (audio technology) 影音 yǐng yīn (Tw) audio and video / audiovisual 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 目测 目測 mù cè to estimate visually / to gauge / visual assessment 声频 聲頻 shēng pín audio frequency 音带 音帶 yīn dài audio tape syn 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn 声像 聲像 shēng xiàng audio-visual / (ultrasonography etc) acoustic image syn 录放 錄放 lù fàng to record and play (audio, video) 玩家 wán jiā player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) 高清 gāo qīng high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio) 效果图 效果圖 xiào guǒ tú rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out) 窗体 窗體 chuāng tǐ form (used in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Delphi to create a GUI window) 混音 hùn yīn (audio) mixing 音频文件 音頻文件 yīn pín wén jiàn audio file (computer) 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 导览 導覽 dǎo lǎn (visitor, tour, audio etc) guide / guided tour / (site) navigator / to guide 均衡器 jūn héng qì equalizer (electronics, audio) 视觉艺术 視覺藝術 shì jué yì shù visual 造型艺术 造型藝術 zào xíng yì shù visual arts 灌录 灌錄 guàn lù to record (audio) 音频设备 音頻設備 yīn pín shè bèi audio equipment 秒 miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 剪 jiǎn (bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out / to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc) syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn 英里 yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon 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 英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 马克 馬克 mǎ kè mark (monetary unit) 英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 贝克 貝克 bèi kè becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3]) 突击队 突擊隊 tū jī duì commando unit 市里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 里拉 lǐ lā lira (monetary unit) (loanword) 归队 歸隊 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life 推进器 推進器 tuī jìn qì propeller / propulsion unit / thruster 日元 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2] 牛顿 牛頓 niú dùn newton (SI unit of force) 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 烛光 燭光 zhú guāng candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) 机组 機組 jī zǔ flight crew (on a plane) / unit (apparatus) 敢死队 敢死隊 gǎn sǐ duì suicide squad / kamikaze unit 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 比索 bǐ suǒ (loanword) peso (monetary unit) 公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn 探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 冷藏室 lěng cáng shì walk-in refrigeration unit 蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn 组件 組件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly syn 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 基层 基層 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer 赫兹 赫茲 hè zī hertz (Hz), unit of frequency 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 拉德 lā dé rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 法拉 fǎ lā farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword) 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 单价 單價 dān jià unit price 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 高斯 gāo sī gauss, unit of magnetic induction 番号 番號 fān hào number of military unit 华里 華里 huá lǐ li (Chinese unit of distance) 立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume) 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 配属 配屬 pèi shǔ troops attached to a unit syn 库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge) 下调 下調 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit 日圆 日圓 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4] 施工单位 施工單位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 