"Official Languages Act" Chinese-English Dictionary

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正式承认土着语言委员会 正式承認土著語言委員會 Commission for the Official Recognition of Indigenous Languages / Official Recognition Commission
外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department)
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn
私行 sī xíng to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest
朱绂 朱紱 zhū fú (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
同时分发所有正式语文文件 同時分發所有正式語文文件 simultaneous distribution of documents in all official languages
普通话水平测试 普通話水平測試 pǔ tōng huà shuǐ píng cè shì Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy syn
代办 代辦 dài bàn to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires syn
撒娇 撒嬌 sā jiāo to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly syn
作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn
量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can.
代行 dài xíng to act as a substitute / to act on sb's behalf
蛮干 蠻幹 mán gàn to act rashly / to act precipitously regardless of the consequences / reckless / foolhardy / daredevil syn
便宜行事 biàn yí xíng shì act at one's discretion / act as one sees fit syn
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed syn
chōng sufficient / full / to fill / to serve as / to act as / to act falsely as / to pose as syn
见机行事 見機行事 jiàn jī xíng shì see the opportunity and act (idiom) / to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion syn
量力而为 量力而為 liàng lì ér wéi to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom) / to act on one's own initiative syn
自专 自專 zì zhuān to act arbitrarily / to act for oneself
戈马承诺协定 戈馬承諾協定 gē mǎ chéng nuò xié dìng Goma act of engagement / act of engagement
承诺协定 承諾協定 chéng nuò xié dìng Goma act of engagement / act of engagement
尼亚美条约 尼亞美條約 Act regarding navigation and economic cooperation between the States of the Niger Basin / Act of Niamey
关于中美洲和平与合作的孔塔多拉文件 關於中美洲和平與合作的孔塔多拉文件 Contadora Act on Peace and Co-operation in Central America / Contadora Act
保护外国官员和美国官方客人法 保護外國官員和美國官方客人法 Act for the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official Guests of the United States
街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn
冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn
乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn
guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)
diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn
高级官员 高級官員 gāo jí guān yuán high ranking official / high level official
关文 關文 guān wén official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
联合国指定的安全官员 聯合國指定的安全官員 United Nations Designated Security Official / Designated Official
轩冕 軒冕 xuān miǎn (literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official) / (fig.) dignitaries / (literary) to hold an official post
驻节 駐節 zhù jié (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting
贬官 貶官 biǎn guān to demote an official / a demoted official
从吏 從吏 cóng lì minor official / to be an official
檄文 xí wén (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation syn
檄书 檄書 xí shū (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation syn
白手套 bái shǒu tào white glove / (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations / proxy who acts on behalf of an official in corrupt dealings (to keep the official's involvement secret)
窗体 窗體 chuāng tǐ form (used in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Delphi to create a GUI window)
西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
尾音 wěi yīn final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
敬语 敬語 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
不可数名词 不可數名詞 bù kě shǔ míng cí uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
九声六调 九聲六調 jiǔ shēng liù diào nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
元音和谐 元音和諧 yuán yīn hé xié vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
印欧语系 印歐語系 yìn ōu yǔ xì Indo-European family of languages
可数名词 可數名詞 kě shǔ míng cí countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
外国话 外國話 wài guó huà foreign languages
普什图语 普什圖語 pǔ shí tú yǔ Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)
粘着性 粘著性 zhān zhuó xìng agglutinative (in linguistics, a characteristic of Altaic languages)
达罗毗荼 達羅毗荼 dá luó pí tú Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
闪含语系 閃含語系 shǎn hán yǔ xì Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
教科文组织濒临消亡语言红皮书 UNESCO Red Book of Languages in Danger of Disappearing
土着语言问题国际专家组会议 土著語言問題國際專家組會議 International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
濒危语言计划 Endangered Languages Programme
欧洲区域或少数民族语言宪章 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
语文处 語文處 Languages Service
欧洲语言共同参考框架 歐洲語言共同參考框架 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
国际语文年 國際語文年 International Year of Languages
世界濒临消亡语言分布图 世界瀕臨消亡語言分布圖 Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
莫斯科外语教育学院 莫斯科外語教育學院 Moscow Pedagogical Institute for Foreign Languages
非洲语言年 非洲語言年 Year of African Languages
非洲语言学院 非洲語言學院 African Academy of Languages
危地马拉马雅语言学院 危地馬拉馬雅語言學院 Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages
突厥语 突厥語 Turkic languages
语文文件司 語文文件司 Languages and Documentation Division
大连外国语大学 大連外國語大學 dà lián wài guó yǔ dà xué Dalian University of Foreign Languages
洋学堂 洋學堂 yáng xué táng school after the Western model, teaching subjects such as foreign languages, math, physics, chemistry etc (old)
不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn
作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn
动作 動作 dòng zuò movement / motion / action (CL:個|个[ge4]) / to act / to move syn
节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn
表演 biǎo yǎn play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL:場|场[chang3] syn
中介 zhōng jiè to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent syn
演出 yǎn chū to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] syn
自主 zì zhǔ independent / to act for oneself / autonomous syn
扮演 bàn yǎn to play the role of / to act syn
联手 聯手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands / to act together syn
举动 舉動 jǔ dòng act / action / activity / move / movement syn
做为 做為 zuò wéi to act as / used erroneously for 作為|作为
饰演 飾演 shì yǎn to act / to play a part syn
举措 舉措 jǔ cuò move / act / measure syn
充当 充當 chōng dāng to serve as / to act as / to play the role of syn
联动 聯動 lián dòng (of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination / to be coupled / linkage
偷窥 偷窺 tōu kuī to peep / to peek / to act as voyeur syn
玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn
装作 裝作 zhuāng zuò to pretend / to feign / to act a part syn
不得已 bù dé yǐ to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must syn
任凭 任憑 rèn píng no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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