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Chinese Pinyin Translation
仅作参考 僅作參考 jǐn zuò cān kǎo for reference only
仅供参考 僅供參考 jǐn gōng cān kǎo for reference only
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn
非洲统计能力建设参考区域战略框架 非洲統計能力建設參考區域戰略框架 Reference Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa / Reference Regional Strategic Framework
参考区域战略框架 參考區域戰略框架 Reference Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa / Reference Regional Strategic Framework
管理发展方桉谘商小组 管理發展方案諮商小組 Management Development Programme Reference Group / MDP Reference Group
仅仅 僅僅 jǐn jǐn barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) syn
不光 bù guāng not the only one / not only syn
仅次于 僅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ... syn
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique syn
只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need / it only takes
不二法门 不二法門 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take syn
临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment syn
呗 唄 bei modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way syn
业精于勤 業精於勤 yè jīng yú qín mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
略识之无 略識之無 lüè shí zhī wú semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only 之[zhi1] and 無|无[wu2] syn
偷鸡不成蚀把米 偷雞不成蝕把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
仅听到 僅聽到 heard only / H only
非你莫属 非你莫屬 fēi nǐ mò shǔ it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
唯二 wéi èr (slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two / (of two things) the only two
引用 yǐn yòng to quote / to cite / to recommend / to appoint / (computing) reference syn
参考 參考 cān kǎo consultation / reference / to consult / to refer syn
文献 文獻 wén xiàn reference material (used in scholarly study)
当今 當今 dāng jīn the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty syn
参照 參照 cān zhào to consult a reference / to refer to (another document) syn
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn
中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) syn
视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn
小道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) syn
参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
备考 備考 bèi kǎo to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference syn
参考书 參考書 cān kǎo shū reference book
百倍 bǎi bèi a hundredfold / (fig.) markedly / to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes) syn
参考资料 參考資料 cān kǎo zī liào reference material / bibliography
工具书 工具書 gōng jù shū reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
参看 參看 cān kàn to consult for reference / see also / please refer to syn
笑料 xiào liào comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes syn
介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference
备查 備查 bèi chá for future reference
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
下西洋 xià xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
泛指 fàn zhǐ to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn
指称 指稱 zhǐ chēng designation / reference / to refer to
美神 měi shén goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯[Wei2na4si1] or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒[A1fu2luo4di2te4])
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
天府之国 天府之國 tiān fǔ zhī guó land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) syn
参照系 參照系 cān zhào xì frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.)
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
基准点 jī zhǔn diǎn reference point / landmark
基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line
妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn
首善之区 首善之區 shǒu shàn zhī qū (idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
论及 論及 lùn jí to make reference to / to mention syn
参考系 參考系 cān kǎo xì frame of reference syn
参考材料 參考材料 cān kǎo cái liào reference material / source documents
单方决定 單方決定 dān fāng jué dìng to decide without reference to other parties involved / unilateral decision
引征 引徵 yǐn zhēng quotation / citing / to cite / to reference
断背 斷背 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
格雷氏解剖学 格雷氏解剖學 gé léi shì jiě pōu xué Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)
老姥 lǎo mǔ old lady / (old woman's self-reference) I, me
老拙 lǎo zhuō old fart (usually in self-reference) / geezer
讳称 諱稱 huì chēng euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference
鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
黄土不露天 黃土不露天 huáng tǔ bù lù tiān a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China
参考椭球体 參考橢球體 reference spheroid / spheroid
参考点 參考點 cān kǎo diǎn reference point / landmark
职权范围 職權範圍 zhí quán fàn wéi terms of reference
语文参考资料助理 language reference assistant
文件、参考资料和名词科 文件、參考資料和名詞科 Documentation, Reference and Terminology Section
查证股 Reference Checking Unit
大地参考标架 geodetic reference frame
亚洲-太平洋参照框架 Asia-Pacific Reference Frame
人口资料中心 population reference centre
参考资料和通讯中心 Reference and Communication Centre
用户指南和参考手册 User's Guide and Reference Manual
标准物质 biāo zhǔn wù zhì reference material
图书馆和参考资料股 Library and Reference Unit
空间研委会国际参考大气层 COSPAR International Reference Atmospheres
裁军问题参考资料图书馆 Disarmament Reference Library
指标参考点 target reference point
自备标准物质 zì bèi biāo zhǔn wù zhì in-house reference material
参考椭球 reference ellipsoid / ellipsoid
联合国词汇参考系统 United Nations Terminology Reference System
参考历元 reference epoch / epoch date / epoch
参考文件 reference paper
监测和评价咨商小组 Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group
国际土壤参考资料中心 International Soil Reference and Information Centre
马德里框架 mǎ dé lǐ kuàng jià Madrid terms of reference
参照期 reference period
托运专用参考号 Unique Consignment Reference
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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