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"Reference Unit" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
参考资料股 參考資料股 Reference Unit
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) syn
引用 yǐn yòng to quote / to cite / to recommend / to appoint / (computing) reference syn
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
参考 參考 cān kǎo consultation / reference / to consult / to refer syn
当今 當今 dāng jīn the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty syn
视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn
小道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) syn
笑料 xiào liào comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes syn
参照 參照 cān zhào to consult a reference / to refer to (another document) syn
文献 文獻 wén xiàn reference material (used in scholarly study)
百倍 bǎi bèi a hundredfold / (fig.) markedly / to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes) syn
膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn
介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference
参考书 參考書 cān kǎo shū reference book
科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
备考 備考 bèi kǎo to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference syn
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
参看 參看 cān kàn to consult for reference / see also / please refer to syn
泛指 fàn zhǐ to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
参照系 參照系 cān zhào xì frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.)
工具书 工具書 gōng jù shū reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn
参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
参考资料 參考資料 cān kǎo zī liào reference material / bibliography
备查 備查 bèi chá for future reference
下西洋 xià xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
指称 指稱 zhǐ chēng designation / reference / to refer to
美神 měi shén goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯[Wei2na4si1] or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒[A1fu2luo4di2te4])
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
天府之国 天府之國 tiān fǔ zhī guó land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) syn
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
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
妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
基准点 jī zhǔn diǎn reference point / landmark
基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line
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
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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