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"a city wall" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
城郭 chéng guō a city wall syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
墙壁 牆壁 qiáng bì wall syn
华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall syn
围墙 圍牆 wéi qiáng perimeter wall / fence / CL:道[dao4] syn
顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn
斜眼 xié yǎn to look askance / cross or wall-eyed
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn
蠕动 蠕動 rú dòng to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) syn
护城河 護城河 hù chéng hé moat (surrounding the city wall) syn
固若金汤 固若金湯 gù ruò jīn tāng lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified / invulnerable to attack syn
碰壁 pèng bì to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall / to hit a snag / to have the door slammed in one's face syn
条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
隔断 隔斷 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition syn
挂历 掛曆 guà lì wall calendar
万里长城 萬里長城 wàn lǐ cháng chéng the Great Wall syn
挂钟 掛鐘 guà zhōng wall clock
罗城 羅城 luó chéng a second wall built around a city wall
幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)
土墙 土墻 earth wall
牌匾 pái biǎn board (attached to a wall) syn
墙根 牆根 qiáng gēn foot of a wall
抹灰 mǒ huī to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1] syn
细胞壁 細胞壁 xì bāo bì cell wall
发贴 發貼 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
墙面 牆面 qiáng miàn the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
外墙 外牆 wài qiáng facade / external wall
塞外 sài wài (old) territories beyond the Great Wall syn
挂图 挂圖 guà tú wall chart
山海关 山海關 shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
板砖 板磚 bǎn zhuān (dialect) wall brick
八达岭 八達嶺 bā dá lǐng Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
关山 關山 guān shān fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
外径 外徑 wài jìng external diameter (including thickness of the wall)
人墙 人牆 rén qiáng human barricade / (soccer) defensive wall
面壁 miàn bì to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging
支原体 支原體 zhī yuán tǐ Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall)
蒙恬 méng tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall
壁灯 壁燈 bì dēng wall lamp / bracket light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn
爬墙 爬牆 pá qiáng to climb a wall / (fig.) to be unfaithful
肠蠕动 腸蠕動 cháng rú dòng peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
城垣 chéng yuán city wall syn
腹壁 fù bì abdominal wall
隔离墙 隔離牆 gé lí qiáng separation barrier / barrier / Wall
居庸关 居庸關 jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
粉墙 粉牆 fěn qiáng whitewashed wall / to whitewash a wall
壁立 bì lì (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply syn
长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China)
墙报 牆報 qiáng bào wall newspaper syn
影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn
侧壁 側壁 cè bì side wall
柏林墙 柏林牆 bó lín qiáng Berlin Wall
萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn
墙 牆 qiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) syn
矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn
堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) syn
砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
壁 bì wall / rampart syn
郭 guō outer city wall
廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn
垣 yuán wall syn
壁龛 壁龕 bì kān niche (in a wall)
永定门 永定門 yǒng dìng mén Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005
关税壁垒 關稅壁壘 guān shuì bì lěi tariff wall
壁报 壁報 bì bào wall newspaper syn
墙垣 牆垣 qiáng yuán wall / fence
不到长城非好汉 不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
拆东墙补西墙 拆東牆補西牆 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging)
匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
墉 yōng fortified wall / city wall syn
窬 yú hole in a wall
踰 yú variant of 逾, to exceed / to transcend / to cross over / variant of 窬, slit in wall
埤 pí low wall
城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn
市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall / city government
本市 běn shì this city / our city syn
科林斯 kē lín sī Corinth, a city-state of ancient Greece / Corinth, a modern city in Greece / (name) Collins
奥克兰 奧克蘭 ào kè lán Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city)
市立 shì lì municipal / city / city-run
大田 dà tián Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian / Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1qing1nan2dao4], South Korea syn
环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city
皇城 huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
新庄 新莊 xīn zhuāng Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
新店 xīn diàn Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
土城 tǔ chéng Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
纳杰夫 納傑夫 nà jié fū Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
阿拉尔 阿拉爾 ā lā ěr Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
瓮城 甕城 wèng chéng enceinte of a city gate / barbican entrance to a city
都 dū capital city / metropolis syn
线 線 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn
城市 chéng shì city / town / CL:座[zuo4] 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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