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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn
其他 qí tā other / (sth or sb) else / the rest syn
别的 別的 bié de else / other
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn
人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn
人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn
否则 否則 fǒu zé otherwise / if not / or (else) syn
不然 bù rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? syn
要不 yào bù otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...) syn
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn
换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into syn
无非 無非 wú fēi only / nothing else syn
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into / to get involved (on sb else's account) syn
改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn
将心比心 將心比心 jiāng xīn bǐ xīn to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom) syn
撞衫 zhuàng shān to wear the same outfit as sb else (in public)
顶罪 頂罪 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
串味 chuàn wèi to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor
擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess syn
更加 gèng jiā more (than sth else) / even more syn
无关 無關 wú guān unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else) syn
他人 tā rén another person / sb else / other people syn
传递 傳遞 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive syn
改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn
假冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) syn
要不然 yào bù rán otherwise / or else / or syn
至上 zhì shàng supreme / paramount / above all else syn
出让 出讓 chū ràng to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else) syn
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
再不 zài bù or else / alternatively syn
代办 代辦 dài bàn to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires syn
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn
枪手 槍手 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
首映 shǒu yìng to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
转而 轉而 zhuǎn ér to turn to (sth else) / to switch to
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
替身 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else syn
离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else)
恩人 ēn rén a benefactor / a person who has significantly helped sb else syn
转交 轉交 zhuǎn jiāo to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else syn
就着 就著 jiù zhe (eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of / using
同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction
不外乎 bù wài hū nothing else but syn
假扮 jiǎ bàn to impersonate / to act the part of sb / to disguise oneself as sb else syn
旁若无人 旁若無人 páng ruò wú rén to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others syn
顺路 順路 shùn lù by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently syn
派生 pài shēng to produce (from sth else) / to derive (from raw material) / derivative
垫付 墊付 diàn fù to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later syn
代劳 代勞 dài láo to do sth in place of sb else syn
转送 轉送 zhuǎn sòng to pass (sth) on (to sb else) / to transfer sb (to another hospital etc) syn
顺带 順帶 shùn dài (do sth) in passing / incidentally (while doing sth else) syn
目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air syn
说情 說情 shuō qíng to intercede / to plead for sb else syn
嘱托 囑託 zhǔ tuō to entrust a task to sb else syn
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute / to shift the blame onto someone else
设身处地 設身處地 shè shēn chǔ dì to put oneself in sb else's shoes syn
亦步亦趋 亦步亦趨 yì bù yì qū to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing syn
抬杠 抬槓 tái gàng to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles syn
借刀杀人 借刀殺人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom) syn
余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn
脱胎 脫胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
代偿 代償 dài cháng (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn
念诵 念誦 niàn sòng to read out / to recite / to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
抱不平 bào bù píng to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else) syn
垫背 墊背 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate
唯利是图 唯利是圖 wéi lì shì tú (idiom) to be bent solely on profit / to put profit before everything else syn
贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn
借尸还魂 借屍還魂 jiè shī huán hún lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom) / fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise syn
假手 jiǎ shǒu to get (sb else) to perform the task / to rely on (sb else) to do it / prosthetic hand
压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
无何 無何 wú hé nothing else / soon / before long
借光 jiè guāng excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige syn
借花献佛 借花獻佛 jiè huā xiàn fó lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom) / fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism syn
包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià to run everything (idiom) / to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in
嫁祸于人 嫁禍於人 jià huò yú rén to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom) / to blame others / to pass the buck syn
鸡犬升天 雞犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it syn
别无他物 別無他物 bié wú tā wù nothing else
反求诸己 反求諸己 fǎn qiú zhū jǐ to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
寄人篱下 寄人籬下 jì rén lí xià to lodge under another person's roof (idiom) / to live relying on sb else's charity syn
彼倡此和 bǐ chàng cǐ hé to chorus sb else's lead (idiom) / to chime in in agreement
彼唱此和 bǐ chàng cǐ hé to chorus sb else's lead (idiom) / to chime in in agreement
从井救人 從井救人 cóng jǐng jiù rén to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom) / fig. to help others at the risk to oneself syn
点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it syn
代人受过 dài rén shòu guò to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
身在曹营心在汉 身在曹營心在漢 shēn zài cáo yíng xīn zài hàn live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
顶名冒姓 頂名冒姓 dǐng míng mào xìng to pretend to be sb else
顶班 頂班 dǐng bān to take over sb else's job / to substitute for syn
体念 體念 tǐ niàn to consider sb else's position / to put oneself in sb else's shoes
一人得道,鸡犬升天 一人得道,雞犬升天 yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
仙气 仙氣 xiān qì ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
代填 dài tián to fill in a form for sb else
代罪 dài zuì to act as a scapegoat / to take the blame for sb else
借箸 jiè zhù lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
借资挹注 借資挹注 jiè zī yì zhù to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
攘羊 rǎng yáng to take home sb else's stray sheep
异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible
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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