"essential (thing)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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必需品 bì xū pǐn necessity / essential (thing) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
东西 東西 dōng xi thing / stuff / person / CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] syn
事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
必要 bì yào necessary / essential / indispensable / required syn
玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn
看法 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn
事物 shì wù thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
必需 bì xū to need / to require / essential / indispensable syn
这项 這項 zhè xiàng this (thing)
怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
要点 要點 yào diǎn main point / essential syn
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
实体 實體 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) 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
自觉 自覺 zì jué to realize / to be aware of / to feel that / to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible / predisposed to do the right thing / considerate of others syn
主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn
要素 yào sù essential factor / key constituent syn
必备 必備 bì bèi essential syn
只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature syn
异想天开 異想天開 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy syn
闪光点 閃光點 shǎn guāng diǎn lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point
稀罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn
混为一谈 混為一談 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle syn
必不可少 bì bù kě shǎo absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential syn
实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
实事 實事 shí shì fact / actual thing / practical matter syn
清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning / at daybreak syn
可有可无 可有可無 kě yǒu kě wú not essential / dispensable syn
言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn
粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn
本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn
锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn
不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn
畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing syn
瑰宝 瑰寶 guī bǎo a treasure / a rare and valuable thing syn
美事 měi shì a fine thing / a wonderful thing syn
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
纲要 綱要 gāng yào outline / essential points syn
切切 qiè qiè urgently / eagerly / worried / (urge sb to) be sure to / it is absolutely essential to (follow the above instruction) syn
顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn
因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk syn
移花接木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom) syn
一项 一項 yí xiàng an item / a thing
好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
一回事 yī huí shì one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
精油 jīng yóu essential oil
犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc)
所思 suǒ sī what one thinks / person or thing that is on one's mind
小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
状物 狀物 zhuàng wù ...-shaped thing / to portray sth
真事 zhēn shì reality / veracity / the real thing
物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff
赖氨酸 賴氨酸 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid
蛋氨酸 dàn ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
混同 hùn tóng to mix up / to confuse one thing with another syn
张冠李戴 張冠李戴 zhāng guān lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another syn
够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent
精氨酸 jīng ān suān argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid
色氨酸 sè ān suān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid
人言可畏 rén yán kě wèi gossip is a fearful thing (idiom) syn
shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn
dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn
fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing
xiàng back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc syn
silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn
至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential syn
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing) syn
东东 東東 dōng dōng (coll.) thing / item / stuff
好景不长 好景不長 hǎo jǐng bù cháng a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom) syn
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn
完璧 wán bì flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact
苏氨酸 蘇氨酸 sū ān suān threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
卟啉 bǔ lín porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword)
亮氨酸 liàng ān suān leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid
敝屣 bì xǐ worn-out shoes / a worthless thing
组氨酸 組氨酸 zǔ ān suān histidine (His), an essential amino acid
异亮氨酸 異亮氨酸 yì liàng ān suān isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn
暗渡陈仓 暗渡陳倉 àn dù chén cāng lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago
本性难移 本性難移 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
万不得已 萬不得已 wàn bù dé yǐ only when absolutely essential (idiom) / as a last resort syn
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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