从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员 員 yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals syn 节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn 作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn 行为 行為 xíng wéi action / conduct / behavior / activity syn 活动 活動 huó dòng to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 现金 現金 xiàn jīn cash syn 举动 舉動 jǔ dòng act / action / activity / move / movement syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement / (sign of) activity / movement and stillness syn 份子 fèn zi one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift 兑现 兌現 duì xiàn (of a check etc) to cash / to honor a commitment syn 救济 救濟 jiù jì emergency relief / to help the needy with cash or goods syn 不便 bù biàn inconvenient / inappropriate / unsuitable / short of cash syn 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn 起步 qǐ bù to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity) syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 库存 庫存 kù cún property or cash held in reserve / stock / inventory syn 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 活性 huó xìng (chemistry) activity / active / activated 收银机 收銀機 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter 鼓动 鼓動 gǔ dòng to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) / to encourage / to agitate / to instigate / to incite / to beat / to flap (wings, a fan etc) syn 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 保证金 保證金 bǎo zhèng jīn earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading) syn 重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn 现钱 現錢 xiàn qián cash syn 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 周转 週轉 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 拉动 拉動 lā dòng to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth) syn 熙熙攘攘 xī xī rǎng rǎng bustling with activity (idiom) syn 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 积极性 積極性 jī jí xìng zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity syn 健美操 jiàn měi cāo aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity) 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 现款 現款 xiàn kuǎn cash syn 万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire 热火朝天 熱火朝天 rè huǒ cháo tiān in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity syn 捉襟见肘 捉襟見肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet syn 机电 機電 jī diàn machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical 变现 變現 biàn xiàn to realize (an asset) / to liquidate / to sell for cash / to monetize syn 兑付 兌付 duì fù to cash (a check) syn 文风 文風 wén fēng writing style / (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity 结余 結餘 jié yú balance / cash surplus syn 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 小金库 小金庫 xiǎo jīn kù supplementary cash reserve / private fund / private hoard / slush fund 头寸 頭寸 tóu cùn (finance) cash position / position syn 母线 母線 mǔ xiàn generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar 结存 結存 jié cún balance / cash in hand syn 货到付款 貨到付款 huò dào fù kuǎn cash on delivery (COD) 下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn 投注 tóu zhù to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting syn 银行存款 銀行存款 yín háng cún kuǎn a bank account / cash held in bank account (accountancy) 修练 修練 xiū liàn to practice (an activity) / to perform 活动中心 活動中心 huó dòng zhōng xīn activity center / CL:處|处[chu4] 犯罪行为 犯罪行為 fàn zuì xíng wéi criminal activity 体育活动 體育活動 tǐ yù huó dòng sports / sporting activity 现金流量 現金流量 xiàn jīn liú liàng cash flow 现金流 現金流 xiàn jīn liú cash flow 纪念活动 紀念活動 jì niàn huó dòng commemoration / commemorative activity 套现 套現 tào xiàn to convert (an asset) into cash / to cash out 造血干细胞 造血幹細胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 现金流量表 現金流量表 xiàn jīn liú liàng biǎo cash flow statement 把风 把風 bǎ fēng to keep watch (during a clandestine activity) / to be on the lookout syn 无照经营 無照經營 wú zhào jīng yíng unlicensed business activity 五七 wǔ qī memorial activity 35 days after a person's death 周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover 天公不作美 tiān gōng bù zuò měi Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity syn 通 tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) syn 闹 鬧 nào noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke syn 吊 弔 diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] syn 兑 兌 duì to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱ syn 贯 貫 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash syn 性行 xìng xíng sexual activity 包干制 包乾制 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què jué shǔ lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) / fig. hard pressed for cash / on the verge of bankruptcy 太阳活动 太陽活動 tài yáng huó dòng sunspot activity / solar variation 回光反照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 回光返照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 户枢不蠹 戶樞不蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) syn 熙来攘往 熙來攘往 xī lái rǎng wǎng a place buzzing with activity (idiom) syn 一手交钱，一手交货 一手交錢，一手交貨 yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction 定额备用现金 dìng é bèi yòng xiàn jīn petty cash / imprest cash 收付实现制会计 cash-basis accounting / cash accounting 现金和现金等价物 現金和現金等價物 cash and cash equivalents 变现周期 變現周期 cash conversion cycle / cash cycle 商业行为 商業行為 shāng yè xíng wéi business activity / commercial activity 地中海行动计划区域活动中心 地中海行動計劃區域活動中心 MAP Regional Activity Centre / Regional Activity Centre 母函数 母函數 mǔ hán shù generating function (math.) 难民地区创收项目 Income-Generating Project for Refugee Areas 发电能力 發電能力 generating capacity 发电设备修理分队 發電設備修理分隊 power generating equipment repair sub-unit 创造就业机会公共工程方桉 創造就業機會公共工程方案 Employment-Generating Public Works Programme 