地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 平整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) syn 登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn 水平面 shuǐ píng miàn horizontal plane / level surface / water level syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 找平 zhǎo píng to level (ground) / to make level 水平仪 水平儀 shuǐ píng yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 水准仪 水準儀 shuǐ zhǔn yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 环保 環保 huán bǎo environmental protection / environmentally friendly / abbr. for 環境保護|环境保护[huan2 jing4 bao3 hu4] 戈尔 戈爾 gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 环卫 環衛 huán wèi public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation / abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生[huan2 jing4 wei4 sheng1] 环境保护 環境保護 huán jìng bǎo hù environmental protection 环境污染 環境污染 huán jìng wū rǎn environmental pollution 环境卫生 環境衛生 huán jìng wèi shēng environmental sanitation / abbr. to 環衛|环卫[huan2 wei4] 环保型 環保型 huán bǎo xíng environmental / environmentally friendly 环境管理 環境管理 huán jìng guǎn lǐ environmental management 环境质量 環境質量 huán jìng zhí liàng environmental quality 环保设备 環保設備 environmental control equipment 环境工程 環境工程 huán jìng gōng chéng environmental engineer 国家环保总局 國家環保總局 guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú (PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4] 环境温度 環境溫度 huán jìng wēn dù environmental temperature 环评 環評 huán píng environmental impact assessment (EIA) / abbr. for 環境影響評估|环境影响评估 环境治理 環境治理 environmental governance 绿色和平 綠色和平 lǜ sè hé píng Greenpeace (environmental network) 环境法 環境法 huán jìng fǎ environmental law 环境标准 huán jìng biāo zhǔn environmental criteria 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 程度 chéng dù degree / level / extent syn 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn 以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. syn 级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 默契 mò qì tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight 老友 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 层次 層次 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing syn 平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 警戒线 警戒線 jǐng jiè xiàn police cordon / alert level 骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level syn 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 夷为平地 夷為平地 yí wéi píng dì to level / to raze to the ground 入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 升华 升華 shēng huá to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion syn 热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) syn 支持率 zhī chí lǜ support level / popularity rating 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 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 湿度 濕度 shī dù humidity level 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 更上一层楼 更上一層樓 gèng shàng yī céng lóu to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level syn 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 平坦 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat syn 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 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 轻轨 輕軌 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1]) 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 价位 價位 jià wèi price level syn 水位 shuǐ wèi water level 优先级 優先級 yōu xiān jí (computing) priority level / (computing) precedence (of operators) 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 国家级 國家級 guó jiā jí (administrative) national-level 造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn 拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out syn 传销 傳銷 chuán xiāo multi-level marketing 海平面 hǎi píng miàn sea level syn 基层 基層 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer 跌进 跌進 diē jìn to fall into / to dip below a certain level syn 中级 中級 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) syn 持平 chí píng to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased syn 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 梯队 梯隊 tī duì echelon (military) / (of an organisation) group of persons of one level or grade syn 同级 同級 tóng jí on the same level / ranking equally syn 灵敏度 靈敏度 líng mǐn dù (level of) sensitivity 坦荡 坦蕩 tǎn dàng magnanimous / broad and level syn 平缓 平緩 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate / mild-mannered / gentle syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 师长 師長 shī zhǎng military division level commander / teacher syn 层级 層級 céng jí level / hierarchy 