案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 桌子 zhuō zi table / desk / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4] syn 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn 表格 biǎo gé form / table / CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4] syn 破案 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table 目录 目錄 mù lù catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents syn 餐桌 cān zhuō dining table / dinner table / CL:張|张[zhang1] 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 开诚布公 開誠布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table syn 列表 liè biǎo to tabulate / to list / table / list 橱柜 櫥櫃 chú guì cupboard / cupboard that can also be used as a table / sideboard syn 排行榜 pái háng bǎng the charts (of best-sellers) / table of ranking 手术台 手術檯 shǒu shù tái operating table 乒乓球 pīng pāng qiú table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 摊牌 攤牌 tān pái to lay one's cards on the table 台灯 檯燈 tái dēng desk lamp / table lamp syn 转台 轉台 zhuàn tái rotating stage / swivel table 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 乒乓 pīng pāng (onom.) rattle / clatter / (sports) ping-pong / table tennis syn 大腕 dà wàn (coll.) big shot / big name / bigwig / heavyweight syn 圆桌 圓桌 yuán zhuō round table syn 梳妆台 梳妝檯 shū zhuāng tái dressing table syn 饭桌 飯桌 fàn zhuō dining table 台球桌 tái qiú zhuō billiards table 茶几 chá jī small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea) 外场 外場 wài chǎng outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage syn 球台 球檯 qiú tái table (for games using balls) 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 谈判桌 談判桌 tán pàn zhuō conference table 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 偌大 ruò dà so big / such a big syn 一览表 一覽錶 yī lǎn biǎo table / schedule / list 统计表 統計表 tǒng jì biǎo statistical table / chart 拍案叫绝 拍案叫絕 pāi àn jiào jué lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom) / fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great! syn 圆桌会议 圓桌會議 yuán zhuō huì yì round table conference 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 对照表 對照表 duì zhào biǎo comparison table 磊落 lěi luò big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated syn 多大 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much 波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2] 积分榜 積分榜 jī fēn bǎng table of scores (in exams or sports league) 连击 連擊 lián jī to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 汇总表 匯總表 huì zǒng biǎo summary table 桌球 zhuō qiú table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia) 拍案 pāi àn lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc 订位 訂位 dìng wèi to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 食醋 shí cù table vinegar 码表 碼表 mǎ biǎo speedometer / stopwatch / cyclocomputer / (computing) code table 篇目 piān mù table of contents 交底 jiāo dǐ to fill sb in (on the details of sth) / to put all one's cards on the table 八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people syn 香案 xiāng àn incense burner table 邓亚萍 鄧亞萍 dèng yà píng Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner 地下水位 water table / groundwater level 窗明几净 窗明几淨 chuāng míng jī jìng lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean syn 总目 總目 zǒng mù superorder (taxonomy) / catalog / table of contents 桌案 zhuō àn table syn 内场 內場 nèi chǎng inner area (of a place that has an outer area) / the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area) / infield (baseball etc) / (Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage 奖牌榜 獎牌榜 jiǎng pái bǎng medal table / tally of trophies / list of prizewinners 案 àn (legal) case / incident / record / file / table syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) syn 周期表 週期表 zhōu qī biǎo periodic table (chemistry) / abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表[yuan2 su4 zhou1 qi1 biao3], periodic table of the elements 乘法表 chéng fǎ biǎo multiplication table 门捷列夫 門捷列夫 mén jié liè fū Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table 餐刀 cān dāo table knife / dinner knife 折迭桌 折叠桌 folding table 条案 條案 tiáo àn long narrow table syn 字根表 zì gēn biǎo table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 强大 強大 qiáng dà big and strong / formidable / powerful syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 拇指 mǔ zhǐ thumb / big toe syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn 大亨 dà hēng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP syn 特大 tè dà exceptionally big syn 冲刺 衝刺 chōng cì (sports) to sprint / to spurt / to dash / to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches syn 闹翻 鬧翻 nào fān to have a falling out / to have a big argument syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous 巨龙 巨龍 jù lóng gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍|泰坦巨龙[tai4 tan3 ju4 long2]) / (slang) big dick / schlong 大幅 dà fú a big margin / substantially 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 大肚子 dà dù zi pregnant / potbelly / big eater syn 硕大 碩大 shuò dà big / huge / massive syn 牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk syn 夸夸其谈 誇誇其談 kuā kuā qí tán to talk big / to sound off / bombastic / grandiloquent syn 大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn 耍嘴皮子 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk syn 