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"foreign (non-Chinese)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn
蕃 fān variant of 番[fan1] / foreign (non-Chinese)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn
外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas
华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn
中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn
外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn
汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul
邓小平 鄧小平 dèng xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn
做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
简体中文 簡體中文 jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese
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
外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
华文 華文 huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
本草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
中资 中資 zhōng zī Chinese capital / Chinese enterprise
国共 國共 guó gòng Chinese Nationalist Party 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3] syn
凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
侨务 僑務 qiáo wù matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)
明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn
洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn
柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
简体字 簡體字 jiǎn tǐ zì simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] syn
菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage
楠木 nán mù Phoebe zhennan / Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood
熟地 shú dì cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) syn
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
赵紫阳 趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn
乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
楠 nán Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood syn
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department
中国人民对外友好协会 中國人民對外友好協會 zhōng guó rén mín duì wài yǒu hǎo xié huì Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
娅 婭 yà (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names) syn
夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn
外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn
非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn
爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn
国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn
外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4]
酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn
改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn
旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn
异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn
外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn
踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn
异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn
派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc)
外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange
会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn
约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)
异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn
轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn
异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn
老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn
他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn
洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn
外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn
外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister
留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student
外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn
外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency
外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn
副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn
外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn
外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade
意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation
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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