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Chinese Pinyin Translation
为例 為例 wèi lì as an example / e.g.
Chinese Pinyin Translation
起来 起來 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
贷款 貸款 dài kuǎn a loan / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) syn
锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
部位 bù wèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc) syn
师范 師範 shī fàn teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) syn
时报 時報 shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
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
编织 編織 biān zhī to weave / to knit / to plait / to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc) syn
内分泌 內分泌 nèi fēn mì endocrine (internal secretion, e.g. hormone)
重叠 重疊 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll) syn
滞留 滯留 zhì liú (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving) / to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain / to linger syn
酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills)
闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn
太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) syn
五谷 五穀 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley syn
洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) syn
中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
倒挂 倒掛 dào guà lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay syn
集权 集權 jí quán centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
两院 兩院 liǎng yuàn two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
萨克 薩克 sà kè sax / saxophone / (used as phonetic for za-ke or sack, e.g. in Saxon, Isaac)
甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS
辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042
癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043
癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
戊午 wù wǔ fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
丁亥 dīng hài twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
辛巳 xīn sì eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
己巳 jǐ sì sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
乙亥 yǐ hài twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055
甲辰 jiǎ chén 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
庚寅 gēng yín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
乙卯 yǐ mǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
丙午 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")
庚戌 gēng xū forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
己未 jǐ wèi fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
戊子 wù zǐ twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
丁巳 dīng sì fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
癸丑 guǐ chǒu fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
壬辰 rén chén twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
壬子 rén zǐ forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032
丙申 bǐng shēn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
戊申 wù shēn forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
己丑 jǐ chǒu twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
国花 國花 guó huā national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China) syn
辛卯 xīn mǎo twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071
己酉 jǐ yǒu forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
癸卯 guǐ mǎo fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
癸巳 guǐ sì thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
己亥 jǐ hài thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
壬寅 rén yín thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
银鱼 銀魚 yín yú oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon
熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn
根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn
轧轧 軋軋 yà yà (onom.) sound of machinery, e.g. squeaking
阶乘 階乘 jiē chéng the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
唯 wéi only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism) syn
祺 qí auspicious / propitious / good luck / felicity / euphoria / used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress syn
爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
呋 fū used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃[fu1 nan2], furan or 呋喃西林[fu1 nan2 xi1 lin2], furacilinum / old variant of 趺[fu1]
替古人担忧 替古人擔憂 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
替古人耽忧 替古人耽憂 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
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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