商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn 策划 策劃 cè huà to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner syn 大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 小型 xiǎo xíng small scale / small size syn 工程师 工程師 gōng chéng shī engineer / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 规模 規模 guī mó scale / scope / extent / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 比例 bǐ lì proportion / scale syn 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 攀登 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 机械师 機械師 jī xiè shī mechanic / engineer / machinist / machine operator / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 尺度 chǐ dù scale / yardstick syn 小打小闹 小打小鬧 xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào small-scale syn 斯蒂文 sī dì wén Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 摊子 攤子 tān zi booth / vendor's stall / (fig.) organizational structure / scale of operations syn 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 刻度 kè dù marked scale / graduated scale 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 工兵 gōng bīng military engineer syn 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale syn 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1] 里氏 lǐ shì (seismology) Richter (scale) 攀越 pān yuè to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount 震级 震級 zhèn jí degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale) 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 规模化 規模化 guī mó huà going to scale 会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 环境工程 環境工程 huán jìng gōng chéng environmental engineer 按比例 àn bǐ lì to scale (adj.) 粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale syn 吴邦国 吳邦國 wú bāng guó Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale syn 规模经济 規模經濟 guī mó jīng jì economies of scale 小水电 xiǎo shuǐ diàn small-scale hydropower 李冰 lǐ bīng Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan 过磅 過磅 guò bàng to weigh (on a scale) syn 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 周永康 zhōu yǒng kāng Zhou Yongkang (1942-), PRC petroleum engineer and politician 詹天佑 zhān tiān yòu Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 扩大再生产 擴大再生產 kuò dà zài shēng chǎn to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn 胡佛 hú fó Hoover (name) / Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933) 徵 zhēng 4th note in pentatonic scale 徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 马苏德 馬蘇德 mǎ sū dé Massoud (name) / Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader 水暖工 shuǐ nuǎn gōng plumber / heating engineer 伦琴 倫琴 lún qín Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 工兵营 工兵營 engineer battalion 茅以升 máo yǐ shēng Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist 西门豹 西門豹 xī mén bào Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2] 温标 溫標 wēn biāo temperature scale 一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn 里克特 lǐ kè tè Richter (name) / Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named 小惩大诫 小懲大誡 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition 摄氏温标 攝氏溫標 shè shì wēn biāo Celsius (centigrade) temperature scale 台秤 檯秤 tái chèng platform scale / (dialect) counter scale / bench scale syn 横向工兵 horizontal engineer / road engineer 战斗工程车 戰鬥工程車 combat engineer vehicle / armoured engineer vehicle 装甲工程车 裝甲工程車 combat engineer vehicle / armoured engineer vehicle 小规模渔业 xiǎo guī mú yú yè small-scale commercial fisheries / small-scale fisheries 给养发放表 給養發放表 ration scale / ration scales / scale of issue for rations 图解比例尺 圖解比例尺 linear scale / graphical scale (of a map or chart) 案秤 àn chèng counter scale / bench scale syn 灰领 灰領 huī lǐng gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer 水利家 shuǐ lì jiā water manager / hydraulic engineer 钱学森 錢學森 qián xué sēn Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer 阿不来提·阿不都热西提 阿不來提·阿不都熱西提 AbulaitiAbudurexiti Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 维修工程师 維修工程師 wéi xiū gōng chéng shī maintenance engineer 电信工程师 diàn xìn gōng chéng shī Telecommunications Engineer 工程规划和联络小组 Engineer Planning and Liaison Cell 电气和电子工程师 electrical and electronic engineer 农业工程师 nóng yè gōng chéng shī agricultural engineer 突击工兵 tū jī gōng bīng assault engineer 突击工兵队 tū jī gōng bīng duì assault engineer unit / sapper unit