"Chinese-English parallel texts" Chinese-English Dictionary

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中英文对照 中英文對照 zhōng yīng wén duì zhào Chinese-English parallel texts
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
中英对照 中英對照 zhōng yīng duì zhào Chinese English parallel texts
英汉对译 英漢對譯 yīng hàn duì yì English-Chinese parallel text
对照 對照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check syn
平行组试验 parallel group trial / parallel trial / independent group design
骈俪 駢儷 pián lì parallel (sentences) / parallel prose
英语教学 英語教學 yīng yǔ jiāo xué English Language Teaching (ELT) / studying and teaching English
英语角 英語角 yīng yǔ jiǎo English corner / spoken English practice group
líng character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2] / character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2]
专八 專八 zhuān bā TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试[Ying1 yu3 Zhuan1 ye4 Ba1 ji2 Kao3 shi4])
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
尔雅 爾雅 ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
索国 索國 suǒ guó Somalia / Somaliland / (Tw) Solomon Islands / Suoguo, a state recorded in the Chinese historical texts, said to have been established by the ancestors of the Göktürks
尚书经 尚書經 shàng shū jīng Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
周髀算经 周髀算經 zhōu bì suàn jīng Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics
中英 zhōng yīng Sino-British / Chinese-English
英汉 英漢 yīng hàn English-Chinese
中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
译成 譯成 yì chéng to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
汉英 漢英 hàn yīng Chinese-English
英华 英華 yīng huá English-Chinese syn
汉英互译 漢英互譯 hàn yīng hù yì Chinese and English two-way translation
理雅各 lǐ yǎ gè James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish Protestant missionary in Qing China and translator of the Chinese classics into English
语数外 語數外 yǔ shù wài Chinese, math & English (school subjects)
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
华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
峇峇娘惹 bā bā niáng rě Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)
二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn
书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
读经 讀經 dú jīng to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
释文 釋文 shì wén interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
训诂 訓詁 xùn gǔ to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts syn
训诂学 訓詁學 xùn gǔ xué study of classic texts, including interpretation, glossaries and commentaries
xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn
animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros)
guān (herb mentioned in ancient texts)
今古文 jīn gǔ wén Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
(archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts
王肃 王肅 wáng sù Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
稽古 jī gǔ to learn from the ancients / to study the classic texts
竺书 竺書 zhú shū Buddhist texts (archaic) / scripture
圣经贤传 聖經賢傳 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts
释读 釋讀 shì dú to read and interpret ancient texts / to decipher
鸠摩罗什 鳩摩羅什 jiū mó luó shí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
鹍鸡 鵾雞 kūn jī bird mentioned in ancient texts, resembling a crane
梵书 梵書 fàn shū Brahmana, ancient Hindu texts
贸易法委员会法规的判例法 Case law on UNCITRAL texts
笺注 箋注 jiān zhù to annotate (ancient texts) / commentaries syn
顾野王 顧野王 gù yě wáng Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1]
参详 參詳 cān xiáng to collate and examine critically (texts etc)
泰阿 tài ē name of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts
集录 集錄 jí lù to compile (various texts) into book form / a compilation
平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn
比拟 比擬 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison syn
并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn
并口 並口 bìng kǒu parallel port (computing)
并联 並聯 bìng lián parallel connection
平行线 平行線 píng xíng xiàn parallel lines
三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
双杠 雙槓 shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event)
双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system)
挽联 挽聯 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
并行口 並行口 bìng xíng kǒu parallel port (computing)
纬线 緯線 wěi xiàn woof / line of latitude / parallel
并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict
独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit
pián (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style) syn
并激 並激 bìng jī parallel excitation / shunt excitation / shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator)
并行程序 並行程序 bìng xíng chéng xù parallel program
并行计算 並行計算 bìng xíng jì suàn parallel computing / (Tw) concurrent computing
三十八度线 三十八度線 sān shí bā dù xiàn 38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
三江并流 三江並流 sān jiāng bìng liú Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[Nu4 jiang1] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1] or Mekong
卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)
平行公设 平行公設 píng xíng gōng shè the parallel postulate (geometry) / Euclid's fifth postulate
排偶 pái ǒu parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device) syn
横断山脉 橫斷山脈 héng duàn shān mài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
纬圈 緯圈 wěi quān line of latitude / parallel
纬线圈 緯線圈 wěi xiàn quān line of latitude / parallel
骈体 駢體 pián tǐ parallel prose (ancient literary style)
平行进口 平行進口 píng xíng jìn kǒu parallel import
并行处理 parallel processing
并行海洋模拟程序 Parallel Ocean Programme
平行活动 平行活動 parallel event
复制线 复制線 fù zhì xiàn replica line / tracé parallèle / trace parallel
标准纬线 標準緯線 standard parallel
并行供资 並行供資 parallel funding
备份办法 備份辦法 parallel sourcing
并行国家 並行國家 parallel State
特别平行关系协定 特別平行關系協定 Special Parallel Relationship Agreement
并行许诺 並行許諾 parallel undertakings
平行时空 平行時空 píng xíng shí kōng parallel universe
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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