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 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 结构 結構 jié gòu structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4] syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 构思 構思 gòu sī to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition syn 构造 構造 gòu zào structure / composition / tectonic (geology) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 作文 zuò wén to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1] syn 布局 佈局 bù jú arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon) syn 乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative syn 诗篇 詩篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms syn 构图 構圖 gòu tú (art) composition 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse 笔力 筆力 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition syn 内部结构 內部結構 nèi bù jié gòu internal structure / internal composition 化学成分 化學成分 huà xué chéng fèn chemical composition 成章 chéng zhāng to form a coherent composition 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 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 构 構 gòu to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) 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 流明 liú míng lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword) 编入 編入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) 市辖区 市轄區 shì xiá qū city district (county-level administrative unit) 单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 单产 單產 dān chǎn yield per unit area 包销 包銷 bāo xiāo to have exclusive selling rights / to be the sole agent for a production unit or firm 人民币元 人民幣元 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit 禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit) 中央处理器 中央處理器 zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ qì central processing unit 基本单位 基本單位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 牵引车 牽引車 qiān yǐn chē tractor unit / tractor truck / prime mover 市斤 shì jīn Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg 振动器 振動器 zhèn dòng qì vibration thruster / shaker unit 洗手台 xǐ shǒu tái vanity unit 证卷 證卷 zhèng juàn a bond (banking) / a share certificate / a unit trust 钱 錢 qián coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] syn 米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn 室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn 