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 证据 證據 zhèng jù evidence / proof / testimony syn 作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness / to testify / to serve as evidence 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 见证 見證 jiàn zhèng to be witness to / witness / evidence syn 物证 物證 wù zhèng material evidence 取证 取證 qǔ zhèng to collect evidence 诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn 猜谜 猜謎 cāi mí to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence) syn 铁证 鐵證 tiě zhèng ironclad evidence / conclusive proof syn 抹杀 抹殺 mǒ shā to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress syn 拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn 印证 印證 yìn zhèng to confirm / to corroborate / to verify / proof / evidence syn 旁证 旁證 páng zhèng circumstantial evidence 捕风捉影 捕風捉影 bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom) / fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence syn 凭据 憑據 píng jù evidence syn 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 实证 實證 shí zhèng actual proof / concrete evidence / empirical syn 佐证 佐證 zuǒ zhèng evidence / proof / to confirm / corroboration 引证 引證 yǐn zhèng to cite / to quote / to cite as evidence syn 这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) 举证 舉證 jǔ zhèng to offer evidence 小辫子 小辮子 xiǎo biàn zi pigtail / (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others syn 质证 質證 zhì zhèng examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law 书证 書證 shū zhèng written evidence 真凭实据 真憑實據 zhēn píng shí jù reliable evidence (idiom) / conclusive proof / definitive evidence syn 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 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters 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 征 徵 zhēng to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence syn 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain 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 