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"a (calendar) date" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
以 yǐ to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) syn
约会 約會 yuē huì appointment / engagement / date / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] / to arrange to meet syn
日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn
交往 jiāo wǎng to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact syn
提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance syn
日期 rì qī date / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn
过时 過時 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon syn
过期 過期 guò qī to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date) syn
日历 日曆 rì lì calendar / CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]
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
相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn
追溯 zhuī sù lit. to go upstream / to trace sth back to / to date from syn
早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn
老掉牙 lǎo diào yá very old / obsolete / out of date syn
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
预产期 預產期 yù chǎn qī expected date of childbirth / estimated due date (EDD)
为期 為期 wéi qī (to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time) syn
相约 相約 xiāng yuē to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment
迄今 qì jīn so far / to date / until now syn
民国 民國 mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
保质期 保質期 bǎo zhì qī shelf life / expiration date
有效期 yǒu xiào qī period of validity / sell-by date
敲定 qiāo dìng to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc) syn
月历 月曆 yuè lì monthly calendar
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
挂历 掛曆 guà lì wall calendar
阴历 陰曆 yīn lì lunar calendar syn
纪元 紀元 jì yuán calendar era / epoch syn
日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect) / daytime / date syn
开拔 開拔 kāi bá to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition) syn
历法 歷法 lì fǎ variant of 曆法|历法 calendar
先期 xiān qī the time before a certain date / in advance / beforehand / premature / initial period syn
补交 補交 bǔ jiāo to hand in after the deadline / to pay after the due date
闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
年历 年曆 nián lì calendar / diary
灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn
农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar syn
公历 公曆 gōng lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar syn
小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn
台历 檯曆 tái lì desk calendar
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
纪年 紀年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
远期 遠期 yuǎn qī long-term / at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) / abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1]
交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery
阳历 陽曆 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar syn
会期 會期 huì qī the duration of a conference / the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held / session / the date of a meeting
枣树 棗樹 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] syn
跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn
出生日期 chū shēng rì qī date of birth
文号 文號 wén hào document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)
拍拖 pāi tuō (dialect) to date sb
西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
红枣 紅棗 hóng zǎo jujube / red date
元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn
万年历 萬年曆 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
行事历 行事曆 xíng shì lì calendar / schedule
到期日 dào qī rì due date / expiry date / maturity date
择日 擇日 zé rì to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date
初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
地支 dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
酸枣 酸棗 suān zǎo sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)
仲秋 仲鞦 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar syn
闰月 閏月 rùn yuè intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
旧历 舊曆 jiù lì old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4] syn
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
西历 西曆 xī lì Gregorian calendar / Western calendar
夏历 夏曆 xià lì the traditional Chinese lunar calendar syn
腊八粥 臘八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn
保鲜期 保鮮期 bǎo xiān qī shelf life / freshness date
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
新历 新曆 xīn lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar
节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube / Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) syn
闰 閏 rùn intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
校历 校曆 xiào lì school calendar
日戳 rì chuō date stamp
海枣 海棗 hǎi zǎo date palm / date (fruit) syn
椰枣 椰棗 yē zǎo date palm / date (fruit) syn
后会无期 後會無期 hòu huì wú qī to meet again at unspecified date / meeting postponed indefinitely
希吉拉历 希吉拉歷 xī jí lā lì Hegira Calendar / Islamic calendar
伊斯兰教历 伊斯蘭教歷 Hegira Calendar / Islamic calendar syn
四分历 四分曆 sì fēn lì "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warring States period until the early years of the Han dynasty
旧皇历 舊皇曆 jiù huáng li old calendar / out-of-date customs
有效日期 yǒu xiào rì qī expiration date / expiry date
朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
格列高利历 格列高利曆 gé liè gāo lì lì Gregorian calendar
厤 lì to calculate / the calendar
光明节 光明節 guāng míng jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
十二地支 shí èr dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二支 shí èr zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
十天干 shí tiān gān the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
十干 shí gān same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
哈努卡 hā nǔ kǎ Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节
哈努卡节 哈努卡節 hā nǔ kǎ jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar)
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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