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"Third World" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn
之一 zhī yī one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) syn
第三 dì sān third / number three syn
下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn
三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third
下方 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) syn
拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn
三月 sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year) syn
海地 hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
电灯泡 電燈泡 diàn dēng pào light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest syn
三流 sān liú third-rate / inferior
三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C
乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn
中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month
罗兹 羅茲 luó zī Łódź, third largest city of Poland
新大陆 新大陸 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia syn
三世 sān shì the Third (of numbered kings)
举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn
大千世界 大韆世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) syn
初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school
下旬 xià xún last third of the month
季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist
其三 qí sān thirdly / the third syn
上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn
永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
上旬 shàng xún first third of a month
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
第三次 dì sān cì third / third time
世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world
第三方 dì sān fāng third party
大三 dà sān third-year university student
三级片 三級片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)
第三代 dì sān dài third generation
世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first
第三季度 dì sān jì dù third quarter (of financial year)
三中全会 三中全會 sān zhōng quán huì third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
第三位 dì sān wèi third place
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn
世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
三度 sān dù third (musical interval)
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
俗世 sú shì the mundane world / the world of mortals
丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
三皇 sān huáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2] syn
下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
丙午 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
丙申 bǐng shēn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
第三人称 第三人稱 dì sān rén chēng third person (grammar)
后汉书 後漢書 hòu hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world syn
人寰 rén huán world / earthly world
王五 wáng wǔ Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
浊世 濁世 zhuó shì the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) syn
元史 yuán shǐ History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
贺子珍 賀子珍 hè zǐ zhēn He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn
伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
金正恩 jīn zhèng ēn Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) syn
祂 tā (third person pronoun for a divine being)
世界 shì jiè world / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn
全世界 quán shì jiè worldwide / entire world syn
全球 quán qiú the whole world / worldwide / global syn
世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn
商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn
时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn
人间 人間 rén jiān the human world / the earth syn
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
环球 環球 huán qiú around the world / worldwide syn
世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn
顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) syn
外界 wài jiè the outside world / external syn
大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) syn
世间 世間 shì jiān world / earth syn
二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II
世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn
世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war
环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn
天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn
人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn
懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
世道 shì dào the ways of the world / the morals of the time syn
世贸 世貿 shì mào World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织
世界杯 shì jiè bēi World Cup
世界级 世界級 shì jiè jí world-class syn
自然界 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world syn
隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn
阴间 陰間 yīn jiān the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable 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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