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"Taiwan pr. [tan4]" Chinese-English Dictionary

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赕 賧 dǎn (old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement / river / Taiwan pr. [tan4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
探头探脑儿 探頭探腦兒 tàn tóu tàn nǎo r erhua variant of 探頭探腦|探头探脑[tan4 tou2 tan4 nao3]
双碳 雙碳 shuāng tàn "double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰[tan4 da2 feng1] and carbon neutrality 碳中和[tan4 zhong1 he2] / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn
纵 縱 zòng vertical / north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back / longitudinal / lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if syn
噶玛兰 噶瑪蘭 gá mǎ lán Kavalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan / old name of Yilan 宜蘭|宜兰[Yi2 lan2] County, Taiwan / Kavalan, a brand of single malt whisky from Taiwan
探头探脑 探頭探腦 tàn tóu tàn nǎo to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) syn
叹 歎 tàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4] syn
一唱三叹 一唱三嘆 yī chàng sān tàn see 一倡三歎|一倡三叹[yi1 chang4 san1 tan4]
探口气 探口氣 tàn kǒu qì to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1] syn
探雷犬嗅探 tàn léi quǎn xiù tàn mine dog detection / dog detection
台湾 臺灣 tái wān Taiwan
台独 臺獨 tái dú Taiwan independence / (of Taiwan) to declare independence
新竹 xīn zhú Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
琉球 liú qiú Ryūkyū / refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan / Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
听 聽 tīng to listen to / to hear / to heed / to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be / to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer / to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) syn
供 gòng to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession / statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) syn
台胞证 台胞證 tái bāo zhèng Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证[Tai2 wan1 Ju1 min2 Lai2 wang3 Da4 lu4 Tong1 xing2 zheng4]
粩 lāo a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3]
中山区 中山區 zhōng shān qū Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Zhongshan District of Dalian 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 shi4], Liaoning / Chungshan District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
中华台北 中華臺北 zhōng huá tái běi Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
信义区 信義區 xìn yì qū Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
去台 去臺 qù tái to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
大安 dà ān Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan / Da'an, county-level city in Baicheng 白城[Bai2 cheng2], Jilin
大安区 大安區 dà ān qū Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Da'an District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan / Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan
太鲁阁 太魯閣 tài lǔ gé Taroko National Park in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], Taiwan / Taroko ethnic group Taiwan
本省人 běn shěng rén people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
○ líng character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2] / character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2]
台湾鹪鹛 臺灣鷦鶥 tái wān jiāo méi (bird species of China) Taiwan cupwing / Taiwan wren-babbler (Pnoepyga formosana)
美丽岛事件 美麗島事件 měi lì dǎo shì jiàn Kaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period
高接梨 gāo jiē lí (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or high-latitude regions onto local rootstocks, adapting them to Taiwan's subtropical climate)
探索 tàn suǒ to explore / to probe syn
探讨 探討 tàn tǎo to investigate / to probe syn
煤炭 méi tàn coal syn
叹息 嘆息 tàn xī to sigh / to gasp (in admiration) syn
感叹 感嘆 gǎn tàn to sigh (with feeling) / to lament syn
探测 探測 tàn cè to probe / to survey
侦探 偵探 zhēn tàn detective / to do detective work syn
探究 tàn jiū to investigate / to delve / to probe / to enquire into / to look into syn
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn
赞叹 贊嘆 zàn tàn to exclaim in admiration syn
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
惊叹 驚嘆 jīng tàn to exclaim in admiration / a gasp of surprise syn
探险 探險 tàn xiǎn to explore / to go on an expedition / adventure
探测器 探測器 tàn cè qì detector / probe
长叹 長嘆 cháng tàn long sigh / deep sigh syn
叹气 嘆氣 tàn qì to sigh / to heave a sigh syn
探望 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around syn
探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit
勘探 kān tàn to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting syn
二氧化碳 èr yǎng huà tàn carbon dioxide CO2 syn
探访 探訪 tàn fǎng to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit syn
探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn
打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries / to scout out syn
木炭 mù tàn charcoal syn
探秘 探祕 tàn mì to explore a mystery / to probe the unknown
探寻 探尋 tàn xún to search / to seek / to explore syn
叹为观止 嘆為觀止 tàn wéi guān zhǐ (idiom) to gasp in amazement / to acclaim as the peak of perfection syn
神探 shén tàn master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2]
焦炭 jiāo tàn coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) syn
碳酸 tàn suān carbonic acid / carbonate
碳水化合物 tàn shuǐ huà hé wù carbohydrate
一氧化碳 yī yǎng huà tàn carbon monoxide CO
窥探 窺探 kuī tàn to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of syn
活性炭 huó xìng tàn activated carbon
探明 tàn míng to ascertain / to verify syn
探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn
探戈 tàn gē tango (dance) (loanword)
探求 tàn qiú to seek / to pursue / to investigate syn
探针 探針 tàn zhēn probe
探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
探路 tàn lù to find a path syn
慨叹 慨嘆 kǎi tàn to sigh with regret / lament syn
密探 mì tàn secret agent / detective / covert investigator syn
探听 探聽 tàn tīng to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry syn
探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn
哀叹 哀嘆 āi tàn to sigh / to lament / to bewail syn
探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around syn
碳粉 tàn fěn toner (for a laser printer)
探险家 探險家 tàn xiǎn jiā explorer
警探 jǐng tàn police detective syn
可叹 可嘆 kě tàn lamentable / sad(ly) syn
叹服 嘆服 tàn fú (to gasp) with admiration syn
碳纤维 碳纖維 tàn xiān wéi carbon fiber
探询 探詢 tàn xún to inquire into / to ask after syn
刺探 cì tàn to pry into / to spy on / to probe into syn
金属探测器 金屬探測器 jīn shǔ tàn cè qì mine detector / mine locator
碳酸钙 碳酸鈣 tàn suān gài calcium carbonate
钻探 鑽探 zuān tàn to conduct exploratory drilling syn
探知 tàn zhī to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need syn
唉声叹气 唉聲嘆氣 āi shēng tàn qì sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair syn
探察 tàn chá to investigate / to observe / to scout / to seek out and examine / to explore syn
探照灯 探照燈 tàn zhào dēng searchlight
碳钢 tàn gāng carbon steel
探长 探長 tàn zhǎng (police) detective syn
碳化 tàn huà to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
探问 探問 tàn wèn to inquire into / to ask after syn
碳化硅 tàn huà guī silicon carbide / carborundum
炭疽 tàn jū (medicine) anthrax / (horticulture) anthracnose / canker
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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