生日 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 圣诞 聖誕 shèng dàn Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card 身份证 身份證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card / ID 卡片 kǎ piàn card syn 名片 míng piàn (business) card syn 王牌 wáng pái trump card syn 贺卡 賀卡 hè kǎ greeting card / congratulation card 纸牌 紙牌 zhǐ pái playing card syn 通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 请柬 請柬 qǐng jiǎn invitation card / written invitation syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 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 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 请帖 請帖 qǐng tiě invitation card / written invitation syn 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate syn 圣诞卡 聖誕卡 shèng dàn kǎ Christmas card 黑桃 hēi táo spade ♠ (in card games) 庆生 慶生 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú to plan in advance (idiom) / a card up one's sleeve / forewarned is forearmed syn 学生证 學生證 xué sheng zhèng student identity card 红牌 紅牌 hóng pái red card (sports) 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) 红桃 紅桃 hóng táo heart ♥ (in card games) 借书证 借書證 jiè shū zhèng library card 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 教师节 教師節 jiào shī jié Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan) 生辰 shēng chén birthday syn 黄牌 黃牌 huáng pái (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment 祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn 网卡 網卡 wǎng kǎ network adapter card (computing) 诞辰 誕辰 dàn chén birthday syn 梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") 贺年卡 賀年卡 hè nián kǎ New Year greeting card 帖子 tiě zi card / invitation / message / (forum) post 显卡 顯卡 xiǎn kǎ video card / display card (computer) 声卡 聲卡 shēng kǎ sound card 生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday 充值 chōng zhí to recharge (money onto a card) 银行卡 銀行卡 yín háng kǎ bank card / ATM card 刷卡 shuā kǎ to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 存储卡 存儲卡 cún chǔ kǎ memory card 过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn 读卡器 讀卡器 dú kǎ qì card reader 显示卡 顯示卡 xiǎn shì kǎ graphics card 充值卡 chōng zhí kǎ rechargeable card / to recharge a card 电话卡 電話卡 diàn huà kǎ telephone card 斗地主 鬥地主 dòu dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game) 智能卡 zhì néng kǎ smart card 一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit syn 身份证明 身份證明 shēn fèn zhèng míng ID card / proof of identity 发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn 记忆卡 記憶卡 jì yì kǎ memory card 生日蛋糕 shēng rì dàn gāo birthday cake 杀手锏 殺手鐧 shā shǒu jiǎn (fig.) trump card syn 借记卡 借記卡 jiè jì kǎ debit card 换证 換證 huàn zhèng to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance 手机充值卡 手機充值卡 shǒu jī chōng zhí kǎ phone recharge card 华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn 身分证 身分證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card / also written 身份證|身份证[shen1 fen4 zheng4] 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) 卡纸 卡紙 kǎ zhǐ cardboard / card stock 储蓄卡 儲蓄卡 chǔ xù kǎ debit card 卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card") 中国银联 中國銀聯 zhōng guó yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 储值卡 儲值卡 chǔ zhí kǎ stored-value card / prepaid card (telephone, transport etc) 寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) syn 胸牌 xiōng pái badge / name tag / ID card (worn on the chest) 外卡 wài kǎ (sports) wild card (loanword) 长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China) 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn 交通卡 jiāo tōng kǎ public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass 寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift 撒手锏 撒手鐧 sā shǒu jiǎn (fig.) trump card 叫牌 jiào pái to bid (bridge and similar card games) 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] 提款卡 tí kuǎn kǎ debit card / ATM card 祝 zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn 卡 kǎ to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 刷 shuā a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 帖 tiě invitation card / notice syn 诞 誕 dàn birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase 满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success syn 做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn 二十一点 二十一點 èr shí yī diǎn blackjack (card game) 