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 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 不同 bù tóng different / distinct / not the same / not alike syn 所在 suǒ zài place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 流动 流動 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid syn 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 会场 會場 huì chǎng meeting place / place where people gather / CL:個|个[ge4] 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn 容纳 容納 róng nà to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions) syn 会诊 會診 huì zhěn consultation (medical) / to meet for diagnosis / (by extension) consultation of different specialists 分道扬镳 分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways syn 退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave 分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear 安放 ān fàng to lay / to place / to put in a certain place syn 分派 fēn pài to assign (a task to different people) / to allocate syn 爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 异类 異類 yì lèi different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity) syn 大相径庭 大相徑庭 dà xiāng jìng tíng as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart syn 改用 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different) 变通 變通 biàn tōng pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances syn 两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 如出一辙 如出一轍 rú chū yī zhé to be precisely the same / to be no different syn 调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 形形色色 xíng xíng sè sè all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of syn 悬殊 懸殊 xuán shū vastly different / poles apart syn 原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ 异族 異族 yì zú different tribe syn 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 迥异 迥異 jiǒng yì totally different syn 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn 翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 游动 游動 yóu dòng to move about / to go from place to place / roving / mobile 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 异口同声 異口同聲 yì kǒu tóng shēng different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom) syn 各异 各異 gè yì all different / each unto his own syn 有别 有別 yǒu bié different / distinct / unequal / variable syn 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 同期 tóng qī the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous 迥然不同 jiǒng rán bù tóng widely different / utterly different syn 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 各样 各樣 gè yàng many different types syn 判若两人 判若兩人 pàn ruò liǎng rén to be a different person / not to be one's usual self 殊途同归 殊途同歸 shū tú tóng guī different routes to the same destination (idiom) / fig. different means of achieve the same end syn 套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn 籍贯 籍貫 jí guàn one's native place / place of ancestry / registered birthplace syn 发案 發案 fā àn occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act) / to take place / to occur / to advertise freelance work 见异思迁 見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom) / loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has syn 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn 联运 聯運 lián yùn through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises 一概而论 一概而論 yī gài ér lùn to lump different matters together (idiom) syn 各别 各別 gè bié distinct / different / separately / individually / unusual / novel / (pejorative) eccentric / bizarre syn 同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn 着眼点 著眼點 zhuó yǎn diǎn place of interest / a place one has one's eye on syn 千姿百态 千姿百態 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms syn 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 别有洞天 別有洞天 bié yǒu dòng tiān place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world syn 杂居 雜居 zá jū cohabitation (of different populations or races) / to coexist 新异 新異 xīn yì new and different / novelty syn 其所 qí suǒ its place / one's appointed place / the place for that 两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same / different syn 别样 別樣 bié yàng different kind of / another sort of / special / unusual syn 北平 běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) 特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 四溢 sì yì (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place / (of grease etc) dripping everywhere / flowing all over the place 另行通知 lìng xíng tōng zhī to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice 异曲同工 異曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome syn 变声 變聲 biàn shēng voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc) 燕京 yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods 夜游 夜遊 yè yóu to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk 别论 別論 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection 吴国 吳國 wú guó Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms 流离 流離 liú lí homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee 异母 異母 yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers 诸般 諸般 zhū bān various / many different kinds of 外派 wài pài to send sb to work abroad or in a different location syn 蜀国 蜀國 shǔ guó Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms 腾挪 騰挪 téng nuó to move / to shift / to move out of the way / to divert (money etc) to a different purpose syn 相异 相異 xiāng yì different / dissimilar 吃错药 吃錯藥 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal 隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 转诊 轉診 zhuǎn zhěn to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital) 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 迥然 jiǒng rán vastly (different) syn 异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother) 劳燕分飞 勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other syn 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 杂说 雜說 zá shuō scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking syn 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 旁 páng one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) syn 