比 bì to associate with / to be near syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 东边 東邊 dōng bian east / east side / eastern part / to the east of syn 挨着 挨著 āi zhe near syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 邻近 鄰近 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity syn 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 东侧 東側 dōng cè east side / east face syn 凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful 波茨坦 bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 在即 zài jí near at hand / imminent / within sight syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 东西方 東西方 dōng xī fāng east and west / east to west 挨近 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to syn 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 濒于 瀕於 bīn yú near to / approaching (collapse) syn 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 遐迩 遐邇 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 秦始皇陵 qín shǐ huáng líng the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 终南山 終南山 zhōng nán shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains 骊山 驪山 lí shān Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 终南 終南 zhōng nán Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an 近义词 近義詞 jìn yì cí near-synonym 傍边 傍邊 bàng biān near / beside 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi 切近 qiè jìn close / near / similar to syn 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 紧 緊 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten syn 薄 bó meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near syn 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 傍 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4] syn 庞贝 龐貝 páng bèi Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy 拢 攏 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair) syn 苏美尔 蘇美爾 sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East 高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles) 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 色拉寺 sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet 迩 邇 ěr recently / near / close 遒 qiú strong / vigorous / robust / to draw near / to come to an end 汔 qì near 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 东部 東部 dōng bù the east / eastern part 东方 東方 dōng fāng east syn 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 东面 東面 dōng miàn east side (of sth) syn 莱斯特 萊斯特 lái sī tè Lester or Leicester (name) / Leicester, English city in East Midlands 远东 遠東 yuǎn dōng Far East (loanword) 能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn 东亚 東亞 dōng yà East Asia 关东 關東 guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō region of Japan 东德 東德 dōng dé East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2] 以东 以東 yǐ dōng to the east of (suffix) 东经 東經 dōng jīng east longitude 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 东非 東非 dōng fēi East Africa 孟加拉国 孟加拉國 mèng jiā lā guó Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) 早操 zǎo cāo morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 马拉加 馬拉加 mǎ lā jiā Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan 东洋 東洋 dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 东西 東西 dōng xī east and west syn 华东 華東 huá dōng East China 潮州 cháo zhōu see 潮州市[Chao2zhou1 Shi4] / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2zhou1 Zhen4] / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3nan2yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 花莲 花蓮 huā lián Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 潮汕 cháo shàn Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture 启明 啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 神农架 神農架 shén nóng jià Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei 苍龙 蒼龍 cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) syn 东南西北 東南西北 dōng nán xī běi east, south, west and north / all directions syn 东征 東征 dōng zhēng punitive expedition to the east 