地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 平整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) syn 群落 qún luò community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community syn 登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn 水平面 shuǐ píng miàn horizontal plane / level surface / water level syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 找平 zhǎo píng to level (ground) / to make level 水平仪 水平儀 shuǐ píng yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 水准仪 水準儀 shuǐ zhǔn yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 社区 社區 shè qū community / neighborhood 群体 群體 qún tǐ community / colony syn 败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community / degenerate syn 小区 小區 xiǎo qū housing estate / community / neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 族群 zú qún ethnic group / community 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it syn 共同体 共同體 gòng tóng tǐ community syn 警民 jǐng mín the police and the community 欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) 网民 網民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member 生活区 生活區 shēng huó qū living community 国际社会 國際社會 guó jì shè huì the international community 社会团体 社會團體 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization 社区服务 社區服務 shè qū fù wù community service 社群 shè qún community / social grouping 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 虚拟社区 虛擬社區 xū nǐ shè qū virtual community 公益金 gōng yì jīn public welfare funds / community chest 共同财产 共同財產 gòng tóng cái chǎn community property 书坛 書壇 shū tán the calligraphic community syn 僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk 新市镇 新市鎮 xīn shì zhèn new town / planned community 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 程度 chéng dù degree / level / extent syn 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn 以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. syn 级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 默契 mò qì tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight 老友 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 层次 層次 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing syn 平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 警戒线 警戒線 jǐng jiè xiàn police cordon / alert level 骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level syn 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 夷为平地 夷為平地 yí wéi píng dì to level / to raze to the ground 入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 升华 升華 shēng huá to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion syn 热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) syn 支持率 zhī chí lǜ support level / popularity rating 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 湿度 濕度 shī dù humidity level 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 更上一层楼 更上一層樓 gèng shàng yī céng lóu to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level syn 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 平坦 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 轻轨 輕軌 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1]) 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 价位 價位 jià wèi price level syn 水位 shuǐ wèi water level 优先级 優先級 yōu xiān jí (computing) priority level / (computing) precedence (of operators) 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 国家级 國家級 guó jiā jí (administrative) national-level 造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn 拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out syn 传销 傳銷 chuán xiāo multi-level marketing 海平面 hǎi píng miàn sea level syn 基层 基層 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer 跌进 跌進 diē jìn to fall into / to dip below a certain level syn 中级 中級 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) syn 持平 chí píng to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased syn 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 梯队 梯隊 tī duì echelon (military) / (of an organisation) group of persons of one level or grade syn 同级 同級 tóng jí on the same level / ranking equally syn 