"Western style" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
西式	xī shì	Western style
洋气洋氣	yáng qì	Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable	syn
洋味	yáng wèi	Western taste / Western style
洋式	yáng shì	Western style

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
西装西裝	xī zhuāng	suit / Western-style clothes / CL:套[tao4]	syn
作风作風	zuò fēng	style / style of work / way	syn
西服	xī fú	suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage)	syn
格调格調	gé diào	style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character	syn
西点西點	xī diǎn	Western-style pastry
洋装洋裝	yáng zhuāng	Western-style dress	syn
手笔手筆	shǒu bǐ	sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale	syn
写法寫法	xiě fǎ	style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling
西医西醫	xī yī	Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
西餐	xī cān	Western-style food / CL:份[fen4],頓\|顿[dun4]	syn
中西医中西醫	zhōng xī yī	Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
铜鼓銅鼓	tóng gǔ	bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
星座运势星座運勢	xīng zuò yùn shì	(Western-style) horoscope
白描	bái miáo	line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing
刘毅劉毅	liú yì	Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉\|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉\|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
西装革履西裝革履	xī zhuāng gé lǚ	dressed in Western-style clothes / impeccably attired	syn
洋服	yáng fú	Western-style clothes	syn
将將	jiàng	(bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)	syn
头頭	tóu	head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
马馬	mǎ	horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess	syn
方式	fāng shì	way / manner / style / mode / pattern / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
字	zì	letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個\|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China	syn
风風	fēng	wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣\|阵[zhen4],絲\|丝[si1]	syn
格	gé	square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively	syn
风格風格	fēng gé	style	syn
式	shì	type / form / pattern / style	syn
体體	tǐ	body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)	syn
打扮	dǎ ban	to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress	syn
流行	liú xíng	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable	syn
造型	zào xíng	to model / to shape / appearance / style / design / form / pose	syn
西部	xī bù	western part	syn
花样花樣	huā yàng	pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰\|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)	syn
模样模樣	mú yàng	look / style / appearance / approximation / about / CL:個\|个[ge4] / also pr. [mo2 yang4]	syn
文字	wén zì	character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
咪咪	mī mī	oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts)	syn
西方	xī fāng	the West / the Occident / Western countries	syn
歌剧歌劇	gē jù	Western opera / CL:場\|场[chang3],齣\|出[chu1]	syn
西边西邊	xī biān	west / west side / western part / to the west of	syn
洋娃娃	yáng wá wa	doll (of Western appearance)
本子	běn zi	book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition	syn
风味風味	fēng wèi	distinctive flavor / distinctive style	syn
海地	hǎi dì	Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
袍子	páo zi	Chinese-style gown	syn
字体字體	zì tǐ	calligraphic style / typeface / font	syn
复古復古	fù gǔ	to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)	syn
样式樣式	yàng shì	type / style	syn
新款	xīn kuǎn	new style / latest fashion / new model	syn
新式	xīn shì	new style / latest type	syn
家常便饭家常便飯	jiā cháng biàn fàn	simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary	syn
西天	xī tiān	the Western Paradise (Buddhism)	syn
老牌	lǎo pái	old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran	syn
长笛長笛	cháng dí	(Western) concert flute
式样式樣	shì yàng	style	syn
旧式舊式	jiù shì	old style
含蓄	hán xù	to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)	syn
西欧西歐	xī ōu	Western Europe
西部片	xī bù piàn	Western (film)
归西歸西	guī xī	to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)	syn
欧式歐式	ōu shì	in the European style / Euclidean
流派	liú pài	tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style	syn
启蒙啟蒙	qǐ méng	to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty	syn
谈吐談吐	tán tǔ	style of conversation	syn
臃肿臃腫	yōng zhǒng	obese / bloated / swollen (style) / (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed	syn
派头派頭	pài tóu	manner / style / panache	syn
文笔文筆	wén bǐ	writings / writing style	syn
花式	huā shì	fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰\|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating)
和风和風	hé fēng	breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc)	syn
挥洒揮灑	huī sǎ	to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style	syn
净土淨土	jìng tǔ	(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)	syn
交椅	jiāo yǐ	old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy	syn
天马行空天馬行空	tiān mǎ xíng kōng	like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style	syn
开篇開篇	kāi piān	start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞\|弹词[tan2 ci2]	syn
绿林綠林	lù lín	place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]	syn
排场排場	pái chang	ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape	syn
西半球	xī bàn qiú	Western Hemisphere
毛遂自荐毛遂自薦	máo suì zì jiàn	Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)	syn
风貌風貌	fēng mào	style / manner / ethos
行云流水行雲流水	xíng yún liú shuǐ	lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced	syn
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
别具一格別具一格	bié jù yī gé	having a unique or distinctive style	syn
唱法	chàng fǎ	singing style / singing method
干涩乾澀	gān sè	dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)	syn
朋克	péng kè	punk (music style) (loanword)
帕斯	pà sī	Perth, capital of Western Australia
中原	zhōng yuán	Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei	syn
中国式中國式	zhōng guó shì	Chinese style / à la chinoise
套用	tào yòng	to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)	syn
体裁體裁	tǐ cái	genre / style / form of writing	syn
钱庄錢莊	qián zhuāng	old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal	syn
笔触筆觸	bǐ chù	brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing	syn
文体文體	wén tǐ	genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
周公	zhōu gōng	Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
笔力筆力	bǐ lì	vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition	syn
铡刀鍘刀	zhá dāo	lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc)	syn
西域	xī yù	Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關\|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
旗袍	qí páo	Chinese-style dress / cheongsam

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