生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]) syn 商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn 大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 特征 特徵 tè zhēng characteristic / diagnostic property / distinctive feature / trait syn 小型 xiǎo xíng small scale / small size syn 带有 帶有 dài yǒu to have as a feature or characteristic / to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc) / to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc) syn 特色 tè sè characteristic / distinguishing feature or quality syn 特点 特點 tè diǎn characteristic (feature) / trait / feature / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 规模 規模 guī mó scale / scope / extent / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 特质 特質 tè zhì characteristic / special quality 比例 bǐ lì proportion / scale syn 性质 性質 xìng zhì nature / characteristic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn 特有 tè yǒu specific (to) / characteristic (of) / distinctive syn 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 特性 tè xìng property / characteristic syn 攀登 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 尺度 chǐ dù scale / yardstick syn 小打小闹 小打小鬧 xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào small-scale syn 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 摊子 攤子 tān zi booth / vendor's stall / (fig.) organizational structure / scale of operations syn 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 刻度 kè dù marked scale / graduated scale 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 品性 pǐn xìng nature / characteristic / moral character syn 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale syn 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1] 里氏 lǐ shì (seismology) Richter (scale) 攀越 pān yuè to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount 思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn 震级 震級 zhèn jí degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale) 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 比例尺 bǐ lì chǐ scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale syn 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 规模化 規模化 guī mó huà going to scale 会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 按比例 àn bǐ lì to scale (adj.) 粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale syn 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale syn 规模经济 規模經濟 guī mó jīng jì economies of scale 小水电 xiǎo shuǐ diàn small-scale hydropower 过磅 過磅 guò bàng to weigh (on a scale) syn 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 扩大再生产 擴大再生產 kuò dà zài shēng chǎn to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 虫 蟲 chóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn 征 徵 zhēng to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence syn 徵 zhēng 4th note in pentatonic scale 徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 温标 溫標 wēn biāo temperature scale 一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn 里克特 lǐ kè tè Richter (name) / Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named 小惩大诫 小懲大誡 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition 摄氏温标 攝氏溫標 shè shì wēn biāo Celsius (centigrade) temperature scale 台秤 檯秤 tái chèng platform scale / (dialect) counter scale / bench scale syn 小规模渔业 xiǎo guī mú yú yè small-scale commercial fisheries / small-scale fisheries 给养发放表 給養發放表 ration scale / ration scales / scale of issue for rations 图解比例尺 圖解比例尺 linear scale / graphical scale (of a map or chart) 案秤 àn chèng counter scale / bench scale syn 特徵联合 特徵聯合 tè zhēng lián hé characteristic binding 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 性征 性徵 xìng zhēng sexual characteristic 特征联合 特徵聯合 tè zhēng lián hé characteristic binding 示性类 示性類 shì xìng lèi characteristic class (math.) 种差 種差 zhǒng chā determinant (characteristic of a species) 粘着性 粘著性 zhān zhuó xìng agglutinative (in linguistics, a characteristic of Altaic languages) 临床特征 臨床特徵 lín chuáng tè zhēng clinical characteristic / diagnostic trait 叶脉序 葉脈序 yè mài xù leaf venation (botany) / the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species 重眼皮 chóng yǎn pí double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 重眼皮儿 重眼皮兒 chóng yǎn pí r double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 无线电路径特征 無線電路徑特征 radiowave-path characteristic 后天性 後天性 hòu tiān xìng acquired (characteristic etc) 中二病 zhōng èr bìng (neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō") 案称 案稱 àn chèng counter scale 八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker 八级工资制 八級工資制 bā jí gōng zī zhì eight grade wage scale (system) 