跑步 pǎo bù to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double syn 双重 雙重 shuāng chóng double syn 加倍 jiā bèi to double / to redouble syn 胡言乱语 胡言亂語 hú yán luàn yǔ babbling nonsense (idiom) / crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch syn 替身 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else syn 双人 雙人 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem 双面 雙面 shuāng miàn double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible syn 宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:把[ba3] syn 双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning 双层 雙層 shuāng céng double tier / double decker 两面派 兩面派 liǎng miàn pài two-faced person / double-dealing syn 俏皮话 俏皮話 qiào pi huà witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre 双人床 雙人床 shuāng rén chuáng double bed 翻番 fān fān to double / to increase by a certain number of times syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 倍增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication syn 双簧管 雙簧管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch 对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double 双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon) 双星 雙星 shuāng xīng double star syn 双刃剑 雙刃劍 shuāng rèn jiàn double-edged sword (lit. and fig.) 复式 複式 fù shì double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting) 双眼皮 雙眼皮 shuāng yǎn pí double eyelid 明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 双击 雙擊 shuāng jī (computing) to double-click 双倍 雙倍 shuāng bèi twofold / double 两倍 兩倍 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount 几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 连击 連擊 lián jī to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact 重阳 重陽 chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 兼程 jiān chéng to travel at double speed / to make all haste syn 翻一番 fān yī fān to increase by 100% / to double 双人房 雙人房 shuāng rén fáng double room 三双 三雙 sān shuāng triple-double 双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 双管 雙管 shuāng guǎn double-barreled 二重 èr chóng double / repeated twice 双刃 雙刃 shuāng rèn double-edged blade 中空玻璃 zhōng kōng bō li double glazing 双人间 雙人間 shuāng rén jiān double room (hotel) 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 验算 驗算 yàn suàn to verify a calculation / a double-check 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 双键 雙鍵 shuāng jiàn double bond (chemistry) 双下巴 雙下巴 shuāng xià ba double chin 双 雙 shuāng two / double / pair / both / even (number) syn 倍 bèi (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply syn 兼 jiān double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time syn 番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn 天狼星 tiān láng xīng Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 破折号 破折號 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash) 二重性 èr chóng xìng dualism / two sided / double nature 掬 jū to hold in one's hands / classifier for a double handful / Taiwan pr. [ju2] syn 两面三刀 兩面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing syn 重九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) 龙门刨 龍門刨 lóng mén bào double column surface grinding machine 低音提琴 dī yīn tí qín double bass / contrabass 复视 複視 fù shì double vision / diplopia 篦子 bì zi double-edged fine-toothed comb / grate syn 吃里爬外 吃裡爬外 chī lǐ pá wài to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you syn 双十节 雙十節 shuāng shí jié Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day 重影 chóng yǐng overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision 空城计 空城計 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff 笑不可仰 xiào bù kě yǎng to double up with laughter (idiom) 赔了夫人又折兵 賠了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy 双盲分析 double-blind trial / double-blind study / double-masked trial 双盲程序 shuāng máng chéng xù double-blind trial / double-blind study / double-masked trial 定座率 dìng zuò lǜ occupancy (i.e. proportion of seats occupied) 员额占用期 post occupancy period 横向调动准则 橫向調動準則 Guidelines for determining mobility under ST / AI / 2006 / 3: Lateral moves and maximum post occupancy / Guidelines on Lateral Moves 未经同意占用 未經同意占用 non-consensual use and occupancy of privately owned premises 占用权 占用權 occupancy right 炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 双层滤料滤池 雙層濾料濾池 shuāng céng lǜ liào lǜ chí dual-media filter / double-layer filter / double-bed filter 双脉冲雷 雙脈沖雷 double-impulse mine / double-pressure mine 双压雷 雙壓雷 double-impulse mine / double-pressure mine 一语双关 一語雙關 yī yǔ shuāng guān to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre 双碳 雙碳 shuāng tàn "double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰[tan4 da2 feng1] and carbon neutrality 碳中和[tan4 zhong1 he2] / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 半日制学校 半日制學校 bàn rì zhì xué xiào half-day (or double-shift) school 双周期性 雙週期性 shuāng zhōu qī xìng (math.) double periodicity 囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 双重标准 雙重標準 shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn double standard 丁宠家庭 丁寵家庭 dīng chǒng jiā tíng double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克[ding1 ke4]) 九九重阳 九九重陽 jiǔ jiǔ chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month 九月九日忆山东兄弟 九月九日憶山東兄弟 jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维) 二重下标 二重下標 èr chóng xià biāo double subscript / doubly indexed 二重根 èr chóng gēn a double root of an equation 低音大提琴 dī yīn dà tí qín double bass / contrabass 单链 單鏈 dān liàn single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA 增加两倍 增加兩倍 zēng jiā liǎng bèi to double 夹袄 夾襖 jiá ǎo lined jacket / double layered jacket / CL:件[jian4] 封闭性开局 封閉性開局 fēng bì xìng kāi jú Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局 对幺 對么 duì yāo pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one 复听 複聽 fù tīng double hearing / diplacusis 