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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
粗话 粗話 cū huà vulgar language / coarse language syn
交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn
普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn
母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
不同凡响 不同凡響 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom) / outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run syn
同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn
口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2]
会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn
通病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing syn
粗口 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language
百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name
藏文 zàng wén Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn
公约数 公約數 gōng yuē shù common factor / common divisor
最大公约数 最大公約數 zuì dà gōng yuē shù highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data
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
一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general syn
cháng always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant syn
普通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average syn
gòng common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party syn
英语 英語 yīng yǔ English (language)
语言 語言 yǔ yán language / CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3] syn
wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn
共同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative syn
法语 法語 fǎ yǔ French (language)
公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn
西班牙语 西班牙語 xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language
平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily syn
寻常 尋常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary syn
gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold / (common) cold / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand syn
共同点 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn common ground
民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people syn
文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
英文 yīng wén English (language)
常规 常規 cháng guī code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc) syn
德语 德語 dé yǔ German (language)
常见 常見 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently syn
俄语 俄語 é yǔ Russian (language)
脏话 髒話 zāng huà profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely syn
共识 共識 gòng shí common understanding / consensus
满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) syn
常识 常識 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2]
中文 zhōng wén Chinese language syn
百姓 bǎi xìng common people syn
葡萄牙语 葡萄牙語 pú táo yá yǔ Portuguese (language)
日语 日語 rì yǔ Japanese language
同感 tóng gǎn (have the) same feeling / similar impression / common feeling syn
拉丁语 拉丁語 lā dīng yǔ Latin (language)
普遍 pǔ biàn universal / general / widespread / common syn
词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn
拉丁文 lā dīng wén Latin (language)
常理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals syn
齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn
公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
出类拔萃 出類拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding syn
黑猩猩 hēi xīng xing common chimpanzee
交集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection syn
外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn
公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) syn
同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn
手语 手語 shǒu yǔ sign language
隔阂 隔閡 gé hé misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier syn
阿拉伯语 阿拉伯語 ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language)
德文 dé wén German (language)
荷兰语 荷蘭語 hé lán yǔ Dutch (language)
比划 比劃 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows syn
平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn
紫罗兰 紫羅蘭 zǐ luó lán (botany) common stock / gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet
行话 行話 háng huà jargon / language of the trade
汉语 漢語 hàn yǔ Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
通俗 tōng sú common / everyday / average syn
俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn
志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause / to be like-minded syn
手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn
鹤立鸡群 鶴立雞群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior syn
俗称 俗稱 sú chēng commonly referred to as / common term syn
日文 rì wén Japanese (language)
法文 fǎ wén French language
司空见惯 司空見慣 sī kōng jiàn guàn a common occurrence (idiom) syn
市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn
合用 hé yòng to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable syn
俗话 俗話 sú huà common saying / proverb syn
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
瑞典语 瑞典語 ruì diǎn yǔ Swedish (language)
风气 風氣 fēng qì general mood / atmosphere / common practice syn
凡响 凡響 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord
俄文 é wén Russian language
白话 白話 bái huà spoken language / vernacular syn
公有 gōng yǒu publicly owned / communal / held in common syn
同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse syn
简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn
凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk syn
古语 古語 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression syn
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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