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Chinese Pinyin Translation
成形 chéng xíng to take shape / shaping / forming syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
成套 chéng tào forming a complete set / complementing one another syn
一气 一氣 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang 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
翰林 hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
秦岭 秦嶺 qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd syn
裂变 裂變 liè biàn (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment
鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
连片 連片 lián piàn forming a continuous sheet / continuous / contiguous / closely grouped syn
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
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
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
方解石 fāng jiě shí calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
喀斯特地貌 kā sī tè dì mào karst landform (weathered limestone, often forming caves)
形声 形聲 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn
辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
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
具体而微 具體而微 jù tǐ ér wēi miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm syn
垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn
承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
霜花 shuāng huā frost forming a pattern on a surface / rime
指事 zhǐ shì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
滚压成形 滾壓成形 flow-forming / flow-turning / power roll forming
会意字 會意字 huì yì zì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound
假借字 jiǎ jiè zì loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
角蛋白 jiǎo dàn bái keratin (protein forming nails and feathers etc)
指事字 zhǐ shì zì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
怒江 nù jiāng see 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4jiang1 Li4su4zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1] / Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand
丁字步 dīng zì bù T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
函谷关 函谷關 hán gǔ guān Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
卯榫 mǎo sǔn mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)
安南山脉 安南山脈 ān nán shān mài Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos
斜长石 斜長石 xié cháng shí plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
新朝 xīn cháo the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han
普通角闪石 普通角閃石 pǔ tōng jiǎo shǎn shí hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
正长石 正長石 zhēng cháng shí orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
渰 yǎn (of cloud) forming or rising
秦岭山脉 秦嶺山脈 qín lǐng shān mài Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi, forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
肽聚糖 tài jù táng peptidoglycan (PG) or murein (polymer of sugars and amino acids forming cell wall)
良图 良圖 liáng tú good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision
角闪石 角閃石 jiǎo shǎn shí hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole) syn
豆满江 豆滿江 dòu mǎn jiāng Dumangang, Korean name of Tumen river 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1] in Jilin province, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
转注 轉注 zhuǎn zhù transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
转注字 轉注字 zhuǎn zhù zì transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
造岩矿物 造岩礦物 zào yán kuàng wù rock-forming mineral
长山山脉 長山山脈 cháng shān shān mài Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos
闪石 閃石 shǎn shí amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral) syn
阿姆河 ā mǔ hé Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan / formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
产生臭氧物质 ozone-forming species
真空成型 vacuum forming
滚压成形机床 flow-forming machine / flow-turning machine
自锻破片 自鍛破片 self-forming fragment / self-forging fragment
致瘾药物 致癮藥物 habit-forming drug
旋压成形机床 旋壓成形機床 spin-forming machine
乌压压 烏壓壓 wū yā yā forming a dense mass
正长石 正長石 zhèng cháng shí orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
稠浊 稠濁 chóu zhuó numerous and confused / forming a confused mass
奔现 奔現 bēn xiàn (neologism) to meet sb in real life after forming a relationship online
成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún - jié duì (idiom) making up a group / forming a troupe / in large numbers / as a large crowd 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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