好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn 到 dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn 上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 弥补 彌補 mí bǔ to complement / to make up for a deficiency syn 上来 上來 shàng lái to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success) syn 补充 補充 bǔ chōng to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 修饰 修飾 xiū shì to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar) syn 语法 語法 yǔ fǎ grammar 重叠 重疊 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 满员 滿員 mǎn yuán full complement / at full strength / no vacancies syn 短语 短語 duǎn yǔ phrase (grammar) syn 全套 quán tào an entire set / full complement syn 文法 wén fǎ grammar 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly / continuously / constantly syn 互补 互補 hù bǔ complementary / to complement each other syn 语词 語詞 yǔ cí word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate 词组 詞組 cí zǔ phrase (grammar) syn 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 过去时 過去時 guò qù shí past tense (grammar) 疑问句 疑問句 yí wèn jù question (grammar) / interrogative sentence 主语 主語 zhǔ yǔ subject (in grammar) 递补 遞補 dì bǔ to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively 敬语 敬語 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages) 相辅相成 相輔相成 xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng to complement one another (idiom) syn 相得益彰 xiāng dé yì zhāng to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well syn 病句 bìng jù defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic) 不定式 bù dìng shì infinitive (grammar) 句型 jù xíng sentence pattern (in grammar) 宾语 賓語 bīn yǔ object (grammar) 换防 換防 huàn fáng to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement syn 量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word 不懂 bù dǒng not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension 后加 後加 hòu jiā postposition (grammar) 充填 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled syn 后置 後置 hòu zhì to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition 子句 zǐ jù clause (grammar) 第三人称 第三人稱 dì sān rén chēng third person (grammar) 语态 語態 yǔ tài voice (grammar) 定员 定員 dìng yuán fixed complement (of crew, passengers etc) 冠词 冠詞 guàn cí article (in grammar) 补体 補體 bǔ tǐ complement (in blood serum) 单句 單句 dān jù simple sentence (grammar) 跑 pǎo to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off syn 宾 賓 bīn visitor / guest / object (in grammar) syn 辅 輔 fǔ to assist / to complement / auxiliary syn 态 態 tài (bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice syn 主格 zhǔ gé nominative case (grammar) 谓词 謂詞 wèi cí predicate (in logic and grammar) 修饰语 修飾語 xiū shì yǔ (grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct 找补 找補 zhǎo bu to compensate / to make up / to complement / to add syn 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 限定词 限定詞 xiàn dìng cí determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc) 分句 fēn jù clause (grammar) 宾格 賓格 bīn gé accusative case (grammar) 所有格 suǒ yǒu gé possessive case (grammar) 附加物 fù jiā wù complement 充氧 chōng yǎng to oxygenate / to provide oxygen complement 相承 xiāng chéng to complement one another 补充量 補充量 bǔ chōng liàng complement / complementary quantity 补足物 補足物 bǔ zú wù complement / complementary material 补足额 補足額 bǔ zú é complement / complementary sum 补集 補集 bǔ jí complement of a set 余集 餘集 yú jí complement of a set S (math.) / the set of all x not in set S 截长补短 截長補短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other syn 相辅相成 相輔相成 xiāng fǔ - xiāng chéng (idiom) to complement one another syn 得起 de qǐ (verb complement indicating ability to afford or bear the cost or consequences of doing sth) 及物 jí wù transitive (grammar) 三人口气 三人口氣 sān rén kǒu qì third person (grammar) 不可数名词 不可數名詞 bù kě shǔ míng cí uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages) 中缀 中綴 zhōng zhuì infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression 主谓宾 主謂賓 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar) 主宾谓 主賓謂 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar) 修饰话 修飾話 xiū shì huà modifier (grammar) 传统词类 傳統詞類 chuán tǒng cí lèi traditional parts of speech (grammar) 冠形词 冠形詞 guān xíng cí article (in grammar) 动量词 動量詞 dòng liàng cí verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to verbs 可数名词 可數名詞 kě shǔ míng cí countable noun (in grammar of European languages) 名数 名數 míng shù (grammar) number plus classifier / household (in census) 名量词 名量詞 míng liàng cí nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to nouns 垂悬分词 垂懸分詞 chuí xuán fēn cí dangling participle (grammar) 完成时 完成時 wán chéng shí perfect tense (grammar) 定冠词 定冠詞 dìng guàn cí definite article (grammar) 屈折语 屈折語 qū zhé yǔ to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate 属格 屬格 shǔ gé genitive case (in grammar) 引叙 引敘 yǐn xù reported speech (in grammar) 普通名词 普通名詞 pǔ tōng míng cí common noun (grammar) 物主限定词 物主限定詞 wù zhǔ xiàn dìng cí possessive (in grammar) 现在分词 現在分詞 xiàn zài fēn cí present participle (in English grammar) 直接宾语 直接賓語 zhí jiē bīn yǔ direct object (grammar) 缩约 縮約 suō yuē contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation 习惯用语 習慣用語 xí guàn yòng yǔ idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar) 语尾 語尾 yǔ wěi (grammar) suffix 语法书 語法書 yǔ fǎ shū grammar book 谦词 謙詞 qiān cí modest word (grammar) 