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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
后援 後援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn
huán to pay back / to return syn
què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn
支持 zhī chí to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
后面 後面 hòu miàn rear / back / behind / later / afterwards / also pr. [hou4 mian5] syn
保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn
反馈 反饋 fǎn kuì to send back information / feedback syn
回报 回報 huí bào (in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate syn
回顾 回顧 huí gù to look back / to review syn
屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn
支援 zhī yuán to provide assistance / to support / to back syn
回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn
反思 fǎn sī to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment syn
复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn
徘徊 pái huái to pace back and forth / to dither / to hesitate / (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate syn
收缩 收縮 shōu suō to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole syn
挫折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue syn
往返 wǎng fǎn to go back and forth / to go to and fro / to do a round trip syn
遏制 è zhì to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain syn
迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn
还款 還款 huán kuǎn repayment / to pay back money syn
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn
倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn
夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn
吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back syn
力挺 lì tǐng to support / to back
扳回 bān huí to pull back / to regain (one's dignity etc) / to recover from (an adverse situation) / to turn the tables syn
归位 歸位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
归路 歸路 guī lù the way back / return route
自讨苦吃 自討苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back syn
拉稀 lā xī (coll.) to have diarrhea / to shrink back / to cower syn
长跪 長跪 cháng guì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) syn
封三 fēng sān inside back cover
弓背 gōng bèi to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward)
xiàng back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc syn
dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn
追本溯源 zhuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin
bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn
bēi to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder syn
腰杆子 腰桿子 yāo gǎn zi waist / small of the back / (fig.) backing syn
号衣 號衣 hào yī jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation
yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn
biē to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath) syn
回来 回來 huí lai to return / to come back syn
返回 fǎn huí to return to / to come (or go) back syn
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn
回去 huí qu to return / to go back syn
背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn
来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
反弹 反彈 fǎn tán to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions syn
收回 shōu huí to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke syn
后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn
背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn
归来 歸來 guī lái to return / to come back syn
来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly syn
反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn
回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn
往来 往來 wǎng lái dealings / contacts / to go back and forth syn
后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back
抵挡 抵擋 dǐ dǎng to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand syn
回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn
穿梭 chuān suō to travel back and forth / to shuttle syn
退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn
回想 huí xiǎng to recall / to recollect / to think back syn
复出 復出 fù chū to come back out of retirement / to get involved again after having withdrawn syn
后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn
背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn
背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn
游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
回放 huí fàng to replay / to play back
背负 背負 bēi fù to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder syn
退还 退還 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc) / to send back / to refund / to rebate syn
回馈 回饋 huí kuì to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
逆转 逆轉 nì zhuǎn to turn back / to reverse 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
腰部 yāo bù waist / small of the back syn
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
回信 huí xìn to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:封[feng1] syn
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out / to turn back syn
接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn
倒退 dào tuì to fall back / to go in reverse syn
脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind
摆动 擺動 bǎi dòng to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate syn
退缩 退縮 tuì suō to shrink back / to cower syn
彷徨 páng huáng to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn / to hesitate / to waver syn
紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn
后头 後頭 hòu tou behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future syn
追忆 追憶 zhuī yì to recollect / to recall (past times) / to look back syn
回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
回购 回購 huí gòu buyback / repurchase / to buy back
退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn
回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn
反手 fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
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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