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 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor / credit / glory / (honorable) reputation / honorary syn 功劳 功勞 gōng láo contribution / meritorious service / credit syn 信用 xìn yòng trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 归功 歸功 guī gōng to give credit / to give sb his due / attribution 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 学分 學分 xué fēn course credit 盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 威信 wēi xìn prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people syn 信贷 信貸 xìn dài credit / borrowed money 额度 額度 é dù quota / (credit) limit 平整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) syn 借贷 借貸 jiè dài to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet syn 欠费 欠費 qiàn fèi to be in arrears / to be out of credit / amount owing 邀功 yāo gōng to take the credit for sb's achievement syn 信用证 信用證 xìn yòng zhèng letter of credit 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 居功 jū gōng to claim credit for oneself syn 信用社 xìn yòng shè credit union syn 赊销 賒銷 shē xiāo credit transaction / to sell on account 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 贷方 貸方 dài fāng credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender syn 加分 jiā fēn bonus point / extra credit / to award bonus points / to earn extra points 刷卡 shuā kǎ to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 授信 shòu xìn to extend credit (finance) / credit syn 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 征信 徵信 zhēng xìn to examine the reliability / reliable / credit reporting 学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc) 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 信用风险 信用風險 xìn yòng fēng xiǎn credit risk 贷记 貸記 dài jì to credit 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China) 找平 zhǎo píng to level (ground) / to make level 放债 放債 fàng zhài to lend money (for interest) / to give credit syn 赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account syn 赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn 水平仪 水平儀 shuǐ píng yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment 赊欠 賒欠 shē qiàn to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account syn 水准仪 水準儀 shuǐ zhǔn yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 贳 貰 shì to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out syn 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 