难 難 nàn disaster / distress / to scold syn 信号 信號 xìn hào signal 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 噪音 zào yīn rumble / noise / static (in a signal) syn 接收 jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate syn 求救 qiú jiù to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties) syn 举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal) 手势 手勢 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 暗号 暗號 àn hào secret signal (sign) / countersign / password 讯号 訊號 xùn hào signal 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 受难 受難 shòu nàn to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress 哀伤 哀傷 āi shāng grief / distress / bereavement / grieved / heartbroken / dejected syn 信号灯 信號燈 xìn hào dēng signal light / car indicator 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn 红绿灯 紅綠燈 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light / traffic signal 阵痛 陣痛 zhèn tòng labor pains / (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change 号子 號子 hào zi work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm syn 电信号 電信號 diàn xìn hào electrical signal 落汤鸡 落湯雞 luò tāng jī a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress syn 旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn 颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy syn 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion syn 警号 警號 jǐng hào alarm / alert / warning signal 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 呼号 呼號 hū háo to wail / to cry out in distress syn 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 受难者 受難者 shòu nàn zhě sufferer / a victim of a calamity / a person in distress syn 烽烟 烽煙 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) syn 愁苦 chóu kǔ anxiety / distress syn 时序 時序 shí xù timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course 分配器 fēn pèi qì dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc) 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge 胸闷 胸悶 xiōng mēn chest pain / chest distress 数字信号 數字信號 shù zì xìn hào digital signal 信号处理 信號處理 xìn hào chǔ lǐ signal processing 狼烟 狼煙 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces syn 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud syn 苦处 苦處 kǔ chu suffering / distress syn 涂炭 塗炭 tú tàn extreme distress / in utter misery 毫米波 háo mǐ bō millimeter wave (radio signal) 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress syn 信噪比 xìn zào bǐ signal-to-noise ratio 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 麾 huī signal flag / to signal syn 阨 è defile / pass / in distress 瘼 mò distress / sickness syn 扶危济困 扶危濟困 fú wēi jì kùn to help those in distress (idiom) 济困扶危 濟困扶危 jì kùn fú wēi to help those in distress (idiom) syn 芝焚蕙叹 芝焚蕙歎 zhī fén huì tàn lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress 颐指风使 頤指風使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy 时间基准信号 time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal 定时信号 time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal 儜 níng weak / wearied / in distress 呼嚎 hū háo to roar (of animals) / to wail / to cry out in distress / see also 呼號|呼号[hu1 hao2] 扶危 fú wēi to help those in distress 赈捐 賑捐 zhèn juān money donation to relieve distress or famine 英雄救美 yīng xióng jiù měi heroic rescue of a damsel in distress 全球海难和安全系统 全球海難和安全系統 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 急性呼吸道窘迫综合征 急性呼吸道窘迫綜合征 acute respiratory distress syndrome 未来全球海难和安全系统 未來全球海難和安全系統 Future Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 无线电遇险呼救系统 無線電遇險呼救系統 Distress Radio Call System 济危 濟危 jì wēi to help people in distress 做旧 做舊 zuò jiù to give (sth) an antique look / to artificially age / to distress 电话信号 電話信號 diàn huà xìn hào telephone signal 光信号 光信號 guāng xìn hào optical signal 授时 授時 shòu shí to broadcast a time signal 数位信号 數位信號 shù wèi xìn hào digital signal 信号台 信號臺 xìn hào tái signal station 语音信号 語音信號 yǔ yīn xìn hào voice signal 模拟信号 模擬信號 mó nǐ xìn hào analog signal 讯息传递 訊息傳遞 xùn xī chuán dì signal 信标 信標 xìn biāo a signal 手式 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 眼风 眼風 yǎn fēng eye signal / meaningful glance 转向信号 轉向信號 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator 被掩信号 obscured signal 响应信号 response signal 载波信号 carrier signal 反射信号 reflectivity signal 记录信号 記錄信號 recorded signal 通信部队 通信部隊 tòng xìn bù duì signal troop 通信作业程序 通信作業程序 tòng xìn zuò yè chéng xù signal operating instructions 通信营 通信營 tòng xìn yíng signals battalion / signal battalion 现行通信规程 現行通信規程 signal operating instructions / standing signals instructions 信号中断 信號中斷 signal black-out / black-out 接收信号 接收信號 received signal 震源信号 source signal 地震信号 地震信號 seismic signal 通信指令 signals directives / signal directives 捕捉信号 捕捉信號 acquisition of signal 通信队 通信隊 signals unit / signal unit 肌电信号调节器 肌電信號調節器 electromyogram signal conditioner 锥形地雷标志 錐形地雷標誌 mine-marking cone / signal cone 削波 xuē bō clipping (signal processing) 