"TAP" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
葡萄牙航空公司 pú tao yá háng kōng gōng sī TAP
水龙头 水龍頭 shuǐ lóng tóu faucet / tap
qiāo to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge syn
to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) syn
龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn
侦听 偵聽 zhēn tīng to eavesdrop / to tap (telephone conversations) / to intercept and investigate
抽头 抽頭 chōu tóu to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling) / tap (in an electromagnetic coil) / drawer (of a desk etc) syn
轻打 輕打 qīng dǎ to tap / to hit lightly
to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of 撲|扑[pu1]
shǔn strike, hit with hand / tap
剥啄 剝啄 bō zhuó (onom.) tap (on a door or window)
触击 觸擊 chù jī to touch / to tap / to contact / (baseball) to bunt
点触 點觸 diǎn chù to tap / to touch (a touchscreen)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
发掘 發掘 fā jué to excavate / to explore / (fig.) to unearth / to tap into syn
自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water
踢踏舞 tī tà wǔ tap dance
to tap lightly
踢蹋舞 tī tà wǔ tap dance / step dance
公用水泵, 社区水管 公用水泵, 社區水管 public water pump / communal tap
半瓶水响叮当 半瓶水響叮噹 bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
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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