起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 缉毒 緝毒 jī dú to counter narcotics trafficking / drug enforcement 恐怖主义 恐怖主義 kǒng bù zhǔ yì terrorism 收银机 收銀機 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with / to vie with / to counter syn 背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn 货柜 貨櫃 huò guì counter for the display of goods / (Tw) container (for freight transport) syn 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") syn 计数器 計數器 jì shù qì counter / register 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 展台 展臺 zhǎn tái display counter / stand / booth 柜员 櫃員 guì yuán teller / counter clerk 专柜 專櫃 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) 访问量 訪問量 fǎng wèn liàng (web counter) hits 反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 反恐精英 fǎn kǒng jīng yīng Counter-Strike 收银台 收銀台 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 吧台 bā tái counter of a bar (pub) 非处方药 非處方藥 fēi chǔ fāng yào over-the-counter drug 反恐战争 反恐戰爭 fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng war on terrorism 非处方 非處方 fēi chǔ fāng over-the-counter (adj.) 拂 fú to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to syn 开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn 核反击 核反擊 hé fǎn jī nuclear counter strike 收款台 收款臺 shōu kuǎn tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 局长 局長 jú zhǎng bureau chief / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 首席 shǒu xí chief (representative, correspondent etc) syn 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head / boss / chief syn 上将 上將 shàng jiàng general / admiral / air chief marshal 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head / chief syn 主编 主編 zhǔ biān editor in chief 执政官 執政官 zhí zhèng guān consul (of the Roman Republic) / magistrate (chief administrator) 村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal / commander-in-chief syn 元凶 yuán xiōng chief offender / main culprit syn 统帅 統帥 tǒng shuài command / commander-in-chief syn 科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief / CL:個|个[ge4] 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 总编 總編 zǒng biān chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑 syn 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 次长 次長 cì zhǎng deputy chief 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon 区长 區長 qū zhǎng district chief 司长 司長 sī zhǎng bureau chief 包工头 包工頭 bāo gōng tóu chief labor contractor 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 总编辑 總編輯 zǒng biān jí chief editor (of newspaper) syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 祸首 禍首 huò shǒu chief offender / main culprit syn 西皮 xī pí one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2] 罪魁 zuì kuí criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem syn 主帅 主帥 zhǔ shuài (military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach syn 中心主任 Chief of Centre 办公室主任 辦公室主任 bàn gōng shì zhǔ rèn Chief of Office 首席执行官 首席執行官 shǒu xí zhí xíng guān chief executive officer (CEO) 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 副处长 副處長 Deputy Chief of Branch 行政长官 行政長官 xíng zhèng zhǎng guān chief executive / magistrate 副厅长 副廳長 fù tīng zhǎng Deputy Chief of Office 业务主管 業務主管 chief operating officer 副司长 副司長 fù sī cháng Deputy Chief of Division 乡长 鄉長 xiāng zhǎng village chief / mayor (of village or township) 将帅 將帥 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess syn 董建华 董建華 dǒng jiàn huá Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005 执行长 執行長 zhí xíng zhǎng (Tw) chief executive 党主席 黨主席 dǎng zhǔ xí party chief 特首 tè shǒu chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 syn 首席代表 shǒu xí dài biǎo chief representative 魁首 kuí shǒu chief / first / brightest and best syn 副科长 副科長 fù kē cháng Deputy Chief of Section 何厚铧 何厚鏵 hé hòu huá He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009 酋长国 酋長國 qiú zhǎng guó Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn 魁 kuí chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart syn 酋 qiú tribal chief syn 莫迪 mò dí Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014 