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 审判 審判 shěn pàn a trial / to try sb syn 审讯 審訊 shěn xùn inquest / trial / interrogation / to try / to interrogate syn 考验 考驗 kǎo yàn to test / to put to the test / trial / ordeal 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 受审 受審 shòu shěn to stand trial / to be on trial (for a crime) 磨难 磨難 mó nàn a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried syn 试穿 試穿 shì chuān to try wearing clothes / fitting trial syn 试用期 試用期 shì yòng qī trial period / probationary period 候审 候審 hòu shěn awaiting trial 试点 試點 shì diǎn test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme 试映 試映 shì yìng preview (of a movie) / trial screening 试车 試車 shì chē to test drive / a trial run 提审 提審 tí shěn to commit sb for trial / to bring sb for interrogation syn 初审 初審 chū shěn preliminary trial 公审 公審 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law) 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 试航 試航 shì háng test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship) 被控 bèi kòng the accused (in a trial) 临床试验 臨床試驗 lín chuáng shì yàn clinical trial / therapeutic trial / intervention study 试制 試製 shì zhì to try out a new product (or manufacturing process) / prototype / trial product 被上诉人 被上訴人 bèi shàng sù rén appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) syn 试办 試辦 shì bàn to try sth out / trial / pilot scheme syn 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 试销 試銷 shì xiāo trial sale / test marketing 试婚 試婚 shì hūn trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry 试播 試播 shì bō trial broadcast 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 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 受试者 受試者 shòu shì zhě subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc) 公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 试算表 試算表 shì suàn biǎo spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy) 试错 試錯 shì cuò trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4 fa3]) / to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't) 听审 聽審 tīng shěn to attend court / to take part in a trial 提讯 提訊 tí xùn to bring sb to trial 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 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 流明 liú míng lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword) 编入 編入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) 市辖区 市轄區 shì xiá qū city district (county-level administrative unit) 单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 单产 單產 dān chǎn yield per unit area 