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 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 奥运会 奧運會 ào yùn huì Olympic Games / the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4lin2pi3ke4 Yun4dong4hui4]) syn 副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance syn 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 下方 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) syn 电子游戏 電子遊戲 diàn zǐ yóu xì computer and video games 奥运 奧運 ào yùn Olympic Games / the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4lin2pi3ke4 Yun4dong4hui4]) 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 黑桃 hēi táo spade ♠ (in card games) 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 秘籍 mì jí rare book / cheat code (video games) syn 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 博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest syn 举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn 红桃 紅桃 hóng táo heart ♥ (in card games) 球台 球檯 qiú tái table (for games using balls) 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 亚运会 亞運會 yà yùn huì Asian Games 球网 球網 qiú wǎng net (for ball games) 东道主 東道主 dōng dào zhǔ host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) syn 毽子 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first 北京奥运 北京奧運 běi jīng ào yùn the Beijing 2008 Olympic games 封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha) 俗世 sú shì the mundane world / the world of mortals 大运 大運 dà yùn a stroke of luck / World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会[da4 xue2 sheng1 yun4 dong4 hui4]) 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals 亚运 亞運 yà yùn Asian Games 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 封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 忍者神龟 忍者神龜 rěn zhě shén guī Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc 人寰 rén huán world / earthly world 残奥会 殘奧會 cán ào huì Paralympic Games 全国运动会 全國運動會 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 浊世 濁世 zhuó shì the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) syn 叫牌 jiào pái to bid (bridge and similar card games) 农运会 農運會 nóng yùn huì China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988) 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 二次元 èr cì yuán two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games 御宅族 yù zhái zú otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games / see also 宅男[zhai2 nan2] / see also 宅女[zhai2 nu:3] 水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 闹着玩儿 鬧著玩兒 nào zhe wán r to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb syn 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 第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World 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 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world / a faraway place syn 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 市面 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) syn 尘世 塵世 chén shì (religion) this mortal life / the mundane world syn 天长地久 天長地久 tiān cháng dì jiǔ enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal syn 四海 sì hǎi (fig.) the whole world syn 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world 万事大吉 萬事大吉 wàn shì dà jí everything is fine (idiom) / all is well with the world syn 发迹 發跡 fā jì to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune syn 惊天动地 驚天動地 jīng tiān dòng dì world-shaking (idiom) syn 一鸣惊人 一鳴驚人 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity syn 戴高乐 戴高樂 dài gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 世面 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society syn 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 