格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive 让步 讓步 ràng bù to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive syn 命案 mìng àn homicide case / murder case syn 案情 àn qíng details of a case / case 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 杀人案 殺人案 shā rén àn murder case / homicide case syn 名词 名詞 míng cí (linguistics) noun / term (name for a concept) 同音 tóng yīn (music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous / homonymic 韵律 韻律 yùn lǜ cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 语言学 語言學 yǔ yán xué linguistics 个案 個案 gè àn individual case / special case 复数 複數 fù shù (linguistics) plural / (math.) complex number 映射 yìng shè to shine on / (math., linguistics etc) mapping syn 音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn 后缀 後綴 hòu zhuì suffix (linguistics) 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 映衬 映襯 yìng chèn to set off by contrast / antithesis / analogy parallelism (linguistics) syn 呼应 呼應 hū yìng to conform (with) / to echo / to correlate well / (linguistics) agreement syn 前缀 前綴 qián zhuì prefix (linguistics) 然则 然則 rán zé that being the case / then / in that case syn 形态学 形態學 xíng tài xué morphology (in biology or linguistics) 日化 rì huà household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品[ri4 yong4 hua4 xue2 zhi4 pin3]) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic 倒装 倒裝 dào zhuāng (linguistics) to invert (word order) 转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape 口音 kǒu yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds syn 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 情态 情態 qíng tài spirit / mood / (linguistics) modal syn 虚词 虛詞 xū cí (linguistics) function word 多退少补 多退少補 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment) 词法 詞法 cí fǎ morphology (linguistics) / word formation and inflection 实词 實詞 shí cí (linguistics) content word 多义 多義 duō yì polysemy / polysemous / ambiguity (linguistics) 词类 詞類 cí lèi (linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category 模态 模態 mó tài modal (computing, linguistics) 情事 qíng shì circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair syn 升调 昇調 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 喉音 hóu yīn guttural sound / (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant 词缀 詞綴 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics) 词汇学 詞彙學 cí huì xué lexicology (linguistics) 语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 那 nà (specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn 也 yě also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] syn 如果 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn 既然 jì rán since / as / this being the case syn 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn 便 biàn plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards syn 案件 àn jiàn case / instance / CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3] syn 箱子 xiāng zi suitcase / chest / box / case / trunk / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] syn 盒子 hé zi box / case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines syn 无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn 谋杀案 謀殺案 móu shā àn murder case syn 万一 萬一 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency syn 经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn 典型 diǎn xíng model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative syn 神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case syn 例子 lì zi case / (for) instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 结案 結案 jié àn to conclude a case / to wind up 上诉 上訴 shàng sù to appeal (a judicial case) / appeal syn 破案 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table 病例 bìng lì (medical) case / occurrence of illness 凶杀案 兇殺案 xiōng shā àn murder case syn 罪案 zuì àn a criminal case 办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a case syn 案例 àn lì case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc) / instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4] 病历 病歷 bìng lì medical record / case history syn 弹壳 彈殼 dàn ké ammunition case syn 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 审理 審理 shěn lǐ to hear (a case) syn 报案 報案 bào àn to report a case to the authorities syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 公文包 gōng wén bāo briefcase / attaché case 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever syn 确诊 確診 què zhěn to make a definite diagnosis / confirmed (case of a specific disease) syn 外壳 外殼 wài ké envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case syn 立案 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation) 胜诉 勝訴 shèng sù to win a court case 以防 yǐ fáng (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case syn 悬案 懸案 xuán àn unresolved question / unresolved case syn 可见 可見 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible syn 已然 yǐ rán already / to be already so / to have long been the case syn 受理 shòu lǐ to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service) 套子 tào zi sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom syn 特例 tè lì special case / isolated example 倘若 tǎng ruò if / supposing / in case syn 血案 xuè àn murder case syn 涉案 shè àn (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case 有备无患 有備無患 yǒu bèi wú huàn Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom) 