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 工程 gōng chéng engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] 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 开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn 绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 线圈 線圈 xiàn quān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil syn 工程学 工程學 gōng chéng xué engineering 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 路基 lù jī (civil engineering) roadbed 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 理工 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects 工科 gōng kē engineering as an academic subject 工学院 工學院 gōng xué yuàn school of engineering / college of engineering 标定 標定 biāo dìng to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc) / to demarcate / (engineering etc) to calibrate 电学 電學 diàn xué electrical engineering 理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology 工业大学 工業大學 gōng yè dà xué technical university / engineering college 工程设计 gōng chéng shè jì engineering design 轻工 輕工 qīng gōng light engineering 生物工程 shēng wù gōng chéng bioengineering / genetic engineering 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng hydraulic engineering syn 土建 tǔ jiàn civil engineering / same as 土木工程[tu3 mu4 gong1 cheng2] 工学 工學 gōng xué engineering / industrial science 土木工程 tǔ mù gōng chéng civil engineering syn 机械工程 機械工程 jī xiè gōng chéng mechanical engineering 中国工程院 中國工程院 zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn Chinese Academy of Engineering 电气工程 電氣工程 diàn qì gōng chéng electrical engineering 基因工程 jī yīn gōng chéng genetic engineering 内衬 內襯 nèi chèn lining (of a container etc) (engineering) 理工科 lǐ gōng kē science and engineering as academic subjects 信令 xìn lìng signaling (engineering) 化学工程 化學工程 huà xué gōng chéng chemical engineering 补强 補強 bǔ qiáng (engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings 工程处 工程處 Engineering Service 差分 chā fēn (math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential 主材 zhǔ cái principal or main material (engineering) 工程图 工程圖 gōng chéng tú engineering graphics / technical drawing 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 供水工程 water supply engineering 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 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 遗传工程 遺傳工程 yí chuán gōng chéng genetic engineering 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 