造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 能源 néng yuán energy sources / energy 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop syn 寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 作物 zuò wù crop syn 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn 节能 節能 jié néng to conserve energy / to minimize energy consumption syn 霜冻 霜凍 shuāng dòng frost / frost damage (to crop) 稻米 dào mǐ rice (crop) syn 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred / cream of the crop syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 丰产 豐產 fēng chǎn high yield / bumper crop syn 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 秋播 qiū bō sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) 蟊贼 蟊賊 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people syn 岁 歲, 𡻕 suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 茬 chá stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned syn 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 冒头 冒頭 mào tóu to emerge / to crop up / a little more than syn 嗉 膆 sù the crop of a bird 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 丰登 豐登 fēng dēng plentiful harvest / bumper crop syn 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 稼 jià to sow grain / (farm) crop syn 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn 能量 néng liàng energy / capabilities syn 精力 jīng lì energy syn 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng solar energy 核能 hé néng nuclear energy syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 红牛 紅牛 hóng niú Red Bull (energy drink) 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 高能 gāo néng high energy 原子能 yuán zǐ néng atomic energy 气力 氣力 qì lì strength / energy / vigor / talent syn 电能 電能 diàn néng electrical energy 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy syn 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 朝气蓬勃 朝氣蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark syn 下工夫 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts syn 动能 動能 dòng néng kinetic energy 精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio syn 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 势能 勢能 shì néng potential energy syn 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 能耗 néng hào energy consumption 能级 能級 néng jí energy level 总能 總能 zǒng néng total energy 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 可再生能源 kě zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy 能效 néng xiào energy efficiency 能源网 néng yuán wǎng Network on Energy 枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain syn 耗能 hào néng to consume energy 内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy 能源安全 néng yuán ān quán energy security 能源消费 能源消費 néng yuán xiāo fèi energy consumption 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 能源需求 néng yuán xū qiú energy requirements 储能 儲能 chǔ néng energy storage 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 劲 勁 jìn strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4] syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 辐射能 輻射能 fú shè néng radiation energy (e.g. solar) 化学能 化學能 huà xué néng chemical energy 长势 長勢 zhǎng shì how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth syn 能量守恒定律 能量守恆定律 néng liàng shǒu héng dìng lǜ the law of conservation of energy 稙 zhí early-planted crop 大田作物 dài tián zuò wù field crop 膆 sù (literary) fat / the crop of a bird (variant of 嗉[su4]) 同化作用 tóng huà zuò yòng assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) 