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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
通过 通過 tōng guò to pass through / to get through / to adopt (a resolution) / to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of / through / via syn
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
度过 度過 dù guò to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
流逝 liú shì (of time) to pass / to elapse syn
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn
时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
飞逝 飛逝 fēi shì (of time) to pass quickly / to be fleeting
届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn
定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn
自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn
反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn
推移 tuī yí (of time) to elapse or pass / (of a situation) to develop or evolve syn
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn
限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn
传阅 傳閱 chuán yuè to read and pass on / to pass on for perusal
时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn
消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn
蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn
鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn
盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn
交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery
北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST)
传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
传给 傳給 chuán gěi to pass on to / to transfer to / to hand on to / (in football etc) to pass to
回回 huí huí time and again / every time
空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn
扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems)
到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn
光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn
平型关 平型關 píng xíng guān Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
天时地利人和 天時地利人和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war
传经 傳經 chuán jīng to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
shì (of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away / to die syn
上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time
度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn
费时 費時 fèi shí to take time / time-consuming syn
赶得及 趕得及 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it syn
空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time / free time syn
嫁祸于人 嫁禍於人 jià huò yú rén to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom) / to blame others / to pass the buck syn
guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn
经过 經過 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
chuán to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) syn
高中 gāo zhòng to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion) syn
去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn
jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn
穿过 穿過 chuān guò to pass through syn
判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn
穿越 chuān yuè to pass through / to traverse / to cross syn
路过 路過 lù guò to pass by or through syn
永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) syn
遗传 遺傳 yí chuán heredity / to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring)
过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past / to pass by
传达 傳達 chuán dá to pass on / to convey / to relay / to transmit / transmission syn
传递 傳遞 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive syn
枪手 槍手 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
撒尿 sā niào to pass water / to piss / to urinate / to wee wee syn
通行证 通行證 tōng xíng zhèng a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct 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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