元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for 工程 gōng chéng engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn 对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn 绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 岩浆 岩漿 yán jiāng (geology) magma 构造 構造 gòu zào structure / composition / tectonic (geology) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 熔岩 róng yán (geology) lava 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 褶皱 褶皺 zhě zhòu fold / crease / wrinkle / (geology) fold syn 线圈 線圈 xiàn quān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil syn 地质 地質 dì zhì geology 工程学 工程學 gōng chéng xué engineering 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 地核 dì hé core of the earth (geology) syn 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 内核 內核 nèi hé core (of a fruit) / (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) / (geology) inner core / (computing) kernel syn 沉积 沉積 chén jī sediment / deposit / sedimentation (geology) syn 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 地质学 地質學 dì zhì xué geology 地层 地層 dì céng stratum (geology) 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 路基 lù jī (civil engineering) roadbed 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán (geology) basalt 理工 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects 地块 地塊 dì kuài parcel of land / (geology) massif 工科 gōng kē engineering as an academic subject 软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 地貌 dì mào (geology) landform / geomorphology syn 工学院 工學院 gōng xué yuàn school of engineering / college of engineering 标定 標定 biāo dìng to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc) / to demarcate / (engineering etc) to calibrate 电学 電學 diàn xué electrical engineering 层状 層狀 céng zhuàng stratified / bedded (geology) 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 孔隙 kǒng xì pore (geology) syn 理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology 工业大学 工業大學 gōng yè dà xué technical university / engineering college 工程设计 gōng chéng shè jì engineering design 轻工 輕工 qīng gōng light engineering 生物工程 shēng wù gōng chéng bioengineering / genetic engineering 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng hydraulic engineering syn 土建 tǔ jiàn civil engineering / same as 土木工程[tu3 mu4 gong1 cheng2] 工学 工學 gōng xué engineering / industrial science 土木工程 tǔ mù gōng chéng civil engineering syn 机械工程 機械工程 jī xiè gōng chéng mechanical engineering 中国工程院 中國工程院 zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn Chinese Academy of Engineering 电气工程 電氣工程 diàn qì gōng chéng electrical engineering 基因工程 jī yīn gōng chéng genetic engineering 内衬 內襯 nèi chèn lining (of a container etc) (engineering) 理工科 lǐ gōng kē science and engineering as academic subjects 信令 xìn lìng signaling (engineering) 化学工程 化學工程 huà xué gōng chéng chemical engineering 补强 補強 bǔ qiáng (engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings 工程处 工程處 Engineering Service 差分 chā fēn (math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential 喀斯特 kā sī tè (geology) karst (loanword) 主材 zhǔ cái principal or main material (engineering) 工程图 工程圖 gōng chéng tú engineering graphics / technical drawing 岩溶 yán róng (geology) karst 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 供水工程 water supply engineering 剥蚀 剝蝕 bō shí to corrode / to expose by corrosion (geology) 重晶石 zhòng jīng shí barite (geology) 向斜 xiàng xié syncline (geology) 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 地幔 dì màn (geology) (the earth's) mantle 宙 zhòu eternity / (geology) eon 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 遗传工程 遺傳工程 yí chuán gōng chéng genetic engineering 矿体 礦體 kuàng tǐ ore body (geology) syn 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 砾岩 礫岩 lì yán conglomerate (geology) 文石 wén shí aragonite (geology) 岩石圈 yán shí quān lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth) 地层学 地層學 dì céng xué stratigraphy (geology) 白云岩 白雲岩 bái yún yán dolomite (geology) 背斜 bèi xié anticline (geology) 裂谷 liè gǔ (geology) rift valley 辉长岩 輝長岩 huī cháng yán gabbro (geology) 斑岩 bān yán porphyry (geology) 水圈 shuǐ quān the earth's ocean / the hydrosphere (geology) 断裂带 斷裂帶 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology) 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 蛇纹石 蛇紋石 shé wén shí serpentine (geology) 核工程 hé gōng chéng nuclear engineering 环境地质学 環境地質學 environmental geology / geo-ecology / eco-geology / geotechnics 生态地质学 生態地質學 environmental geology / geo-ecology / eco-geology / geotechnics 引水工程 yǐn shuǐ gōng chéng water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering 地震工程和工程地震学研究所 Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology 