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"Sino-foreign" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn
外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4]
中意 zhōng yì Sino-Italian syn
结汇 結匯 jié huì foreign exchange settlement
异邦 異邦 yì bāng foreign country syn
他乡遇故知 他鄉遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn
蕃 fān variant of 番[fan1] / foreign (non-Chinese)
国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn
对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn
外资 外資 wài zī foreign investment
外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade
外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange
外商 wài shāng foreign businessman
内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn
领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group
外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn
留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student
独资 獨資 dú zī wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment
外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
对外贸易 對外貿易 duì wài mào yì foreign trade
涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs
外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn
异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn
外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas
外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn
鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn
中英 zhōng yīng Sino-British / Chinese-English
听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere
外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn
外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency
他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn
异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn
八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn
酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn
直接投资 直接投資 zhí jiē tóu zī Foreign
外汇储备 外匯儲備 wài huì chǔ bèi foreign-exchange reserves
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
本地化 běn dì huà localization / adaptation (to foreign environment)
创汇 創匯 chuàng huì to earn foreign exchange syn
中日关系 中日關係 zhōng rì guān xì Sino-Japanese relations
异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn
大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn
外电 外電 wài diàn reports from foreign news agencies
外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
中法 zhōng fǎ China-France (cooperation) / Sino-French
外汇市场 外匯市場 wài huì shì chǎng foreign currency market
中土 zhōng tǔ Sino-Turkish
单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn
中越 zhōng yuè Sino-Vietnam (relations)
派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc)
西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
李肇星 lǐ zhào xīng Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)
海外版 hǎi wài bǎn foreign edition (of a newspaper)
外交政策 wài jiāo zhèng cè foreign policy
境内外 境內外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad
外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt
陈毅 陳毅 chén yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
进料 進料 jìn liào to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料)
外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor
租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn
中朝 zhōng cháo Sino-Korean / China and North Korea
踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn
域外 yù wài outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial syn
国家外汇管理局 國家外匯管理局 guó jiā wài huì guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)
卢沟桥 盧溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
外交关系 外交關係 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations
三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn
洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn
外务省 外務省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
结汇 結匯 jiē huì foreign exchange settlement
洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn
甲午战争 甲午戰爭 jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
崇洋 chóng yáng to idolize foreign things
洋妞 yáng niū young foreign girl
北京外国语大学 北京外國語大學 běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
洋行 yáng háng (old) foreign firm syn
外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4]
外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister
媚外 mèi wài to fawn on foreigners / to pander to foreign powers
外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn
收汇 收匯 shōu huì foreign exchange collection (finance)
客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn
巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) syn
外国投资 外國投資 wài guó tóu zī foreign investment
炒汇 炒匯 chǎo huì to speculate in foreign currency
意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation
舶来品 舶來品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods syn
汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
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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