"Cetacea (whale family)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
鲸目 鯨目 jīng mù Cetacea (whale family)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group
携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn
携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family)
扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family
复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family
组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family
一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
航空母舰 航空母艦 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like)
鲸鱼 鯨魚 jīng yú whale / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
白鲸 白鯨 bái jīng beluga whale
蓝鲸 藍鯨 lán jīng blue whale
捕鲸 捕鯨 bǔ jīng to whale / to hunt whales
虎鲸 虎鯨 hǔ jīng orca / killer whale (Orcinus orca)
抹香鲸 抹香鯨 mǒ xiāng jīng sperm whale / cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
jīng whale syn
座头鲸 座頭鯨 zuò tóu jīng humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
逆戟鲸 逆戟鯨 nì jǐ jīng orca / killer whale (Orcinus orca)
驼背鲸 駝背鯨 tuó bèi jīng humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
一角鲸科 一角鯨科 yī jiǎo jīng kē monodontid whale
长须鲸 長鬚鯨 cháng xū jīng fin whale
灰鲸 灰鯨 huī jīng gray whale
鲸鲨 鯨鯊 jīng shā whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
小须鲸 小鬚鯨 xiǎo xū jīng minke whale
大翅鲸 大翅鯨 dà chì jīng humpback whale
须鲸 鬚鯨 xū jīng baleen whale / Mysticeti
南极洋鲸鱼保护区 nán jí yáng jīng yú bǎo hù qū Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
特殊许可的南极日本鲸类研究项目 Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit in the Antarctic
特殊许可的北太平洋日本鲸类研究项目 Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit in the North Pacific
北鲸豚 北鯨豚 běi jīng tún Northern right whale dolphin
南极洋鲸和生态系统研究方桉 南極洋鯨和生態系統研究方案 Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research Programme
鲸骸 鯨骸 jīng hái whale fall
喙鲸 喙鯨 beaked whale
南鲸豚 南鯨豚 Southern right whale dolphin
杀人鲸 殺人鯨 shā rén jīng orca / killer whale (Orcinus orca)
蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn
蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn
上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn
门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn
家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn
世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn
大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn
家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn
皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn
家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn
养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family
家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn
良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family
天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn
辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn
寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn
送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn
柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn
入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn
门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn
fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn
包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance
拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn
书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn
养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family
一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family
团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property
故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study
鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼)
重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family
大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group
身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn
家规 家規 jiā guī family rules / family code of conduct
辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] syn
大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn
家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn
人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn
家族 jiā zú family / clan syn
老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn
家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn
家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn
大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn
一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn
出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn
传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn
家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn
养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn
怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn
计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning
全家 quán jiā whole family syn
自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own family syn
家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn
总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward
兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) 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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