乌云 烏雲 wū yún black cloud syn 云层 雲層 yún céng the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank 云彩 雲彩 yún cai (coll.) cloud / CL:朵[duo3] syn 白云 白雲 bái yún white cloud 云端 雲端 yún duān high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud 云朵 雲朵 yún duǒ a cloud syn 阴云 陰雲 yīn yún dark cloud syn 蘑菇云 蘑菇雲 mó gū yún mushroom cloud 雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn 火烧云 火燒雲 huǒ shāo yún nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash syn 云雨 雲雨 yún yù lit. cloud and rain / fig. sexual intercourse syn 祥云 祥雲 xiáng yún magic cloud syn 云头 雲頭 yún tóu cloud 层云 層雲 céng yún stratus (cloud) 卷云 卷雲 juǎn yún cirrus (cloud) 尘雾 塵霧 chén wù cloud of dust / smog 筋斗云 筋斗雲 jīn dǒu yún Sun Wukong's magical cloud 抹 mǒ to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc syn 云 雲 yún cloud / CL:朵[duo3] syn 积云 積雲 jī yún cumulus / heap cloud 积雨云 積雨雲 jī yǔ yún cumulonimbus (cloud) 泱 yāng agitated (wind, cloud) / boundless 云量 雲量 yún liàng cloud cover 能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) syn 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 极 極 jí extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top syn 符合 fú hé in accordance with / to agree with / to conform to / to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence syn 电子 電子 diàn zǐ electronic / electron (particle physics) 干扰 干擾 gān rǎo to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics) syn 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 物理 wù lǐ physics syn 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 激发 激發 jī fā to arouse / to stimulate / (physics) to excite syn 压迫 壓迫 yā pò to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics) syn 脉冲 脈衝 mài chōng pulse (physics) 共鸣 共鳴 gòng míng (physics) to resonate / resonance / sympathetic response syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 俘获 俘獲 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) syn 真空 zhēn kōng (physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear 物理学 物理學 wù lǐ xué physics 等离子 等離子 děng lí zǐ (physics) plasma syn 升华 升華 shēng huá to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion syn 相干 xiāng gān relevant / to have to do with / (physics) (of light etc) coherent syn 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 聚变 聚變 jù biàn (physics) to undergo fusion 惯性 慣性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 光子 guāng zǐ photon (particle physics) 吸力 xī lì (physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking) syn 合力 hé lì to join forces / concerted effort / (physics) resultant force syn 裂变 裂變 liè biàn (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment 湮没 湮沒 yān mò to bury / to submerge / to pass into oblivion / to obliterate / to annihilate (physics) syn 静态 靜態 jìng tài static / sedate / quiet / passive / (physics) static / steady-state / (electronics) quiescent 固态 固態 gù tài solid state (physics) 气态 氣態 qì tài gaseous state (physics) / manner / air / bearing 偏转 偏轉 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line) 共振 gòng zhèn resonance (physics) syn 等离子体 等離子體 děng lí zǐ tǐ plasma (physics) syn 介子 jiè zǐ meson / mesotron (physics) 耦合 ǒu hé coupling (physics) / copula (statistics) / to be coupled (with sth) 作用力 zuò yòng lì (physics) action force 应力 應力 yìng lì stress (physics) 核物理 hé wù lǐ nuclear physics 尔格 爾格 ěr gé erg (physics) (loanword) 反作用力 fǎn zuò yòng lì (physics) reaction force syn 散射 sǎn shè (physics) to scatter 压强 壓強 yā qiáng pressure (physics) 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 单极 單極 dān jí unipolar / monopole (physics) 嬗变 嬗變 shàn biàn (literary) to evolve / to change / (physics) transmutation syn 周波 zhōu bō cycle (physics) 自由度 zì yóu dù (number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics) 超导 超導 chāo dǎo (physics) superconduction / superconductivity syn 衍射 yǎn shè (physics) to diffract 理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn 负离子 負離子 fù lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics) 阳离子 陽離子 yáng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 压电 壓電 yā diàn piezoelectricity (physics) 绝热 絕熱 jué rè to insulate thermally / (physics) adiabatic 黏度 nián dù (physics) viscosity 阴离子 陰離子 yīn lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics) 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 自旋 zì xuán (physics) spin (of a particle) 空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics) 过热 過熱 guò rè too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 常量 cháng liàng a constant (physics, math.) syn 两相 兩相 liǎng xiàng two-phase (physics) 照度 zhào dù level of illumination / (physics) illuminance 流线 流線 liú xiàn streamline (physics) 数理化 數理化 shù lǐ huà abbr. for mathematics 數學|数学[shu4 xue2], physics 物理[wu4 li3] and chemistry 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] 力场 力場 lì chǎng force field (physics) 夸克 kuā kè (particle physics) (loanword) quark 共轭 共軛 gòng è (math., physics, chemistry) to be conjugate 丁肇中 dīng zhào zhōng Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics 凝聚态 凝聚態 níng jù tài condensed matter (physics) 场论 場論 chǎng lùn field theory (physics) 