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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn
击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn
笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn
时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn
落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn
定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn
俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn
自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn
落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn
反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn
耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn
时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn
消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn
蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn
盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn
交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery
牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn
放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn
北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST)
倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down
回回 huí huí time and again / every time
空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn
扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems)
到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn
撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down
光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn
天时地利人和 天時地利人和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war
牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn
瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist syn
chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn
liào to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard syn
上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time
度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn
费时 費時 fèi shí to take time / time-consuming syn
赶得及 趕得及 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it syn
空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time / free time syn
奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint syn
下去 xià qù to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw syn
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn
坐下 zuò xia to sit down syn
fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn
关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn
打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn
膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn
封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn
追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down
下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately syn
追捕 zhuī bǔ to pursue / to be after / to hunt down syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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