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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
正用 zhèng yòng correct usage
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn
zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good syn
正确 正確 zhèng què correct / sound / right / proper syn
gǎi to change / to alter / to transform / to correct syn
标准 標準 biāo zhǔn standard / norm / criterion / (adjective) standard / good / correct / conforming to a standard syn
rán correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly syn
对了 對了 duì le Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
纠正 糾正 jiū zhèng to correct / to make right syn
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
改正 gǎi zhèng to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
矫正 矯正 jiǎo zhèng to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten syn
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn
改掉 gǎi diào to correct (a bad habit etc) syn
改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors / to mend one's ways syn
更正 gēng zhèng to correct / to make a correction syn
正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn
用量 yòng liàng quantity used / usage / consumption / dose
端正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct syn
灵验 靈驗 líng yàn efficacious / effective / (of a prediction) accurate / correct syn
真意 zhēn yì real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation syn
校正 jiào zhèng to proofread and correct / to edit and rectify / to correct / to calibrate syn
提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting syn
使用权 使用權 shǐ yòng quán usage rights
不以为然 不以為然 bù yǐ wéi rán not to accept as correct (idiom) / to object / to disapprove / to take exception to syn
有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn
好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn
正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course syn
各得其所 gè dé qí suǒ (idiom) each in the correct place / each is provided for syn
沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn
涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid) syn
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
用法 yòng fǎ usage
报时 報時 bào shí to give the correct time
使用量 shǐ yòng liàng volume of use / usage amount
批改 pī gǎi to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing) syn
照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn
纠错 糾錯 jiū cuò to correct an error syn
使用率 usage factor
个体户 個體戶 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage) syn
名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn
改错 改錯 gǎi cuò to correct an error syn
约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
矫治 矯治 jiǎo zhì to correct (e.g. sight or hearing) / to rectify / to cure
拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn
一语道破 一語道破 yī yǔ dào pò one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct syn
正音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation syn
勘误 勘誤 kān wù to correct printing errors syn
对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn
用词 用詞 yòng cí usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing
员外 員外 yuán wài landlord (old usage) syn
对症 對症 duì zhèng correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness syn
目不斜视 目不斜視 mù bù xié shì not to glance sideways (idiom) / to gaze fixedly / to be fully concentrated / to preserve a correct attitude syn
纠偏 糾偏 jiū piān to correct an error syn
正误 正誤 zhèng wù true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document) syn
正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn
jiǎo to correct / to rectify / to redress / strong / brave / to pretend / to feign / affectation syn
jiū to gather together / to investigate / to entangle / to correct syn
惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
端方 duān fāng upright / honest / proper / correct
匡正 kuāng zhèng to correct / to amend / to redress (evils) syn
考订 考訂 kǎo dìng to check and correct syn
wěi correct / right
雪柜 雪櫃 xuě guì icebox / refrigerator (Hong Kong usage)
jiǎo to raise / to lift / to pretend / counterfeit / unyielding / variant of 矯|矫[jiao3] / to correct
寝苫枕块 寢苫枕塊 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
朝闻夕改 朝聞夕改 zhāo wén xī gǎi lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
一字之师 一字之師 yī zì zhī shī one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master
定于一尊 定於一尊 dìng yú yī zūn (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
不标准 不標準 bù biāo zhǔn nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor / woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
全球变暖 全球變暖 quán qiú biàn nuǎn global warming (PRC usage) / written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
使用数量 使用數量 shǐ yòng shù liàng usage (i.e. extent of use)
全球暖化 quán qiú nuǎn huà global warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage) / written 全球變暖|全球变暖 in PRC
国务总理 國務總理 guó wù zǒng lǐ minister of state (old usage)
国务长官 國務長官 guó wù zhǎng guān secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
嫠节 嫠節 lí jié chastity of a widow (old usage)
孀闺 孀閨 shuāng guī a widow's chamber (old usage)
心影儿 心影兒 xīn yǐng ér (Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc)
戴奥辛 戴奧辛 dài ào xīn dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)
未冠 wèi guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
未成冠 wèi chéng guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
相沿成习 相沿成習 xiāng yán chéng xí well established / accepted as a result of long usage syn
韩半岛 韓半島 hán bàn dǎo Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
鼓箧 鼓篋 gǔ qiè beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
吃到饱 吃到飽 chī dào bǎo (Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
国际数字保密商务通用法 General Usage for International Digitally Ensured Commerce
国家频谱使用表 國家頻譜使用表 national spectrum usage table
使用报告 使用報告 usage report
核可的特派团因数 核可的特派團因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor
特派团使用因数 特派團使用因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor
错峰 錯峰 cuò fēng to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
活学活用 活學活用 huó xué huó yòng to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
欧巴 歐巴 ōu bā (female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
欧尼 歐尼 ōu ní (female usage) older sister (loanword from Korean "eonni")
BM B M Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
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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