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"catty-corner" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
斜对 斜對 xié duì catty-corner / to be diagonally opposite to
Chinese Pinyin Translation
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
角落 jiǎo luò corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook syn
将至 將至 jiāng zhì to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
口角 kǒu jiǎo corner of the mouth syn
衣角 yī jiǎo corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wān to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction syn
向隅 xiàng yú (lit.) to face the corner / (fig.) to miss out on sth syn
角 jiǎo angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji
嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo corner of the mouth syn
眼角 yǎn jiǎo outer or inner corner of the eye / canthus syn
墙角 牆角 qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls)
转弯 轉彎 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner syn
棱角 稜角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner syn
拐角 guǎi jiǎo to turn a corner / corner syn
角球 jiǎo qiú corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
囤积 囤積 tún jī to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth syn
在望 zài wàng within view / visible / (fig.) in the offing / around the corner / soon to materialize syn
转角 轉角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner syn
指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom) syn
流窜 流竄 liú cuàn to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner / to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run / to flee and try to hide syn
旮旯 gā lá corner / nook / recess / out-of-the-way place syn
英语角 英語角 yīng yǔ jiǎo English corner / spoken English practice group
睥睨 bì nì to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
拐弯处 拐彎處 guǎi wān chù corner / bend
无路可逃 無路可逃 wú lù kě táo no way out / nowhere to go / trapped beyond hope of rescue / painted into a corner
角楼 角樓 jiǎo lóu corner (between walls) syn
眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn
角门 角門 jiǎo mén corner gate syn
内眼角 內眼角 nèi yǎn jiǎo inner corner of the eye
斤 jīn catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
隅 yú corner syn
睚 yá (literary) corner of the eye / canthus
陬 zōu corner / foot of mountain syn
稜 léng corner / square beam
眵 chī (bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn
窔 yǎo dark / deep / southeast corner of room
余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
角钉 角釘 jiǎo dīng corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
角标 角標 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages)
台斤 臺斤 tái jīn Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)
宧 yí northeastern corner of a room
兜捕 dōu bǔ to round up (fugitives) / to corner and arrest
凯达格兰 凱達格蘭 kǎi dá gé lán Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
凯达格兰族 凱達格蘭族 kǎi dá gé lán zú Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
四角号码 四角號碼 sì jiǎo hào mǎ four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
外眼角 wài yǎn jiǎo outer corner of the eye
大眼角 dà yǎn jiǎo inner corner of the eye
小眼角 xiǎo yǎn jiǎo outer corner of the eye
局促一隅 jú cù yī yú to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
书角 書角 shū jiǎo corner of a page
眼尾 yǎn wěi outer corner of the eye
眼梢 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple
眼眵 yǎn chī sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn
角椅 jiǎo yǐ chair designed to fit in corner of a room
角砧 jiǎo zhēn beck iron (corner of anvil)
阿鲁巴 阿魯巴 ā lǔ bā (Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
角点 角點 jiǎo diǎn corner point / summit
弯角 彎角 wān jiǎo corner / bend / curve
人权角 人權角 Human Rights Corner
唇角 chún jiǎo corner of the mouth / labial angle
犄角旮旯 jī jiǎo gā lá corner / nook
面壁思过 面壁思過 miàn bì sī guò to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds / to stand in the corner (punishment) / (fig.) to examine one's conscience
折角 zhé jiǎo to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
眵目糊 chī mu hū (dialect) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
缺角 quē jiǎo (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
四出文钱 四出文錢 sì chū wén qián coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
边角案例 邊角案例 biān jiǎo àn lì (engineering) corner case
相亲角 xiāng qīn jiǎo "matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details
内眦 內眥 nèi zì (anatomy) medial canthus / inner corner of the eye
圆角 圓角 yuán jiǎo rounded corner / fillet
壁咚 bì dōng (slang) to kabedon / to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン "kabedon")
外眦 外眥 wài zì (anatomy) lateral canthus / outer corner of the eye
拐角处 拐角處 guǎi jiǎo chù street corner
睥睨 pì nì (literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye / to look askance at
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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