商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn 大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 小型 xiǎo xíng small scale / small size syn 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 规模 規模 guī mó scale / scope / extent / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 比例 bǐ lì proportion / scale syn 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn 中等 zhōng děng medium syn 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) syn 攀登 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger syn 精选 精選 jīng xuǎn carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 出产 出產 chū chǎn to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) / to yield / to turn out / produce / products syn 媒介 méi jiè intermediary / vehicle / vector / medium / media syn 尺度 chǐ dù scale / yardstick syn 小打小闹 小打小鬧 xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào small-scale syn 采矿 採礦 cǎi kuàng mining syn 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 摊子 攤子 tān zi booth / vendor's stall / (fig.) organizational structure / scale of operations syn 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 中型 zhōng xíng medium sized syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 刻度 kè dù marked scale / graduated scale 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 载体 載體 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry) / vector (epidemiology) / vehicle or medium 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 矿区 礦區 kuàng qū mining site / mining area 矿业 礦業 kuàng yè mining industry 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale syn 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1] 里氏 lǐ shì (seismology) Richter (scale) 中号 中號 zhōng hào medium-sized 攀越 pān yuè to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount 介质 介質 jiè zhì medium / media 震级 震級 zhèn jí degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale) 透射 tòu shè to transmit / transmission (of radiation through a medium) / passage 采煤 採煤 cǎi méi coal mining / coal extraction / coal cutting 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 黑炭 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining) 矿渣 礦渣 kuàng zhā slag (mining) 竖井 豎井 shù jǐng vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc) syn 改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 培养基 培養基 péi yǎng jī culture medium 比例尺 bǐ lì chǐ scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale syn 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale 中程 zhōng chéng medium-range 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 中小企业 中小企業 zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè small and medium enterprise 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 矿难 礦難 kuàng nàn mining disaster 规模化 規模化 guī mó huà going to scale 井下 jǐng xià underground / in the pit (mining) 会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 中小型企业 中小型企業 zhōng xiǎo xíng qǐ yè small or medium size enterprise (SME) 工矿 工礦 gōng kuàng industry and mining syn 按比例 àn bǐ lì to scale (adj.) 粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale syn 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 以太 yǐ tài (loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves) 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale syn 矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau 可采 可採 kě cǎi (mining) recoverable / workable 数据挖掘 數據挖掘 shù jù wā jué data mining 规模经济 規模經濟 guī mó jīng jì economies of scale 小水电 xiǎo shuǐ diàn small-scale hydropower 工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece) syn 过磅 過磅 guò bàng to weigh (on a scale) syn 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 煤矸石 méi gān shí (mining) coal gangue 黑曜石 hēi yào shí obsidian (mining) 尾矿 尾礦 wěi kuàng mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings 中波 zhōng bō medium wave (radio frequency range) 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 扩大再生产 擴大再生產 kuò dà zài shēng chǎn to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale 采矿业 採礦業 cǎi kuàng yè mining 矿灯 礦燈 kuàng dēng miner's lamp / mining light 灵媒 靈媒 líng méi spirit medium 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 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 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 渣 zhā slag (in mining or smelting) / dregs syn 媒 méi medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media syn 羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn 胡佛 hú fó Hoover (name) / Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933) 徵 zhēng 4th note in pentatonic scale 徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 