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"front desk" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
总台 總台 zǒng tái front desk / reception desk
Chinese Pinyin Translation
桌子 zhuō zi table / desk / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4] syn
前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn
书桌 書桌 shū zhuō desk / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
控制台 控制臺 kòng zhì tái control desk / console
台灯 檯燈 tái dēng desk lamp / table lamp syn
讲台 講臺 jiǎng tái platform / podium / rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk syn
前院 qián yuàn front courtyard / front yard
前端 qián duān front / front end / forward part of sth syn
服务台 服務臺 fú wù tái service desk / information desk / reception desk
前边 前邊 qián bian front / the front side / in front of syn
写字台 寫字檯 xiě zì tái writing desk syn
课桌 課桌 kè zhuō school desk
债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt syn
同桌 tóng zhuō desk-mate / seat-mate syn
案头 案頭 àn tóu on one's desk
台历 檯曆 tái lì desk calendar
操作台 cāo zuò tái operating desk / control panel / console
铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn
座钟 座鐘 zuò zhōng desk clock syn
跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn
收银台 收銀台 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk
前部 qián bù front part / front section
换证 換證 huàn zhèng to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance
公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn
伏案 fú àn to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
书案 書案 shū àn writing desk / official record syn
班台 班檯 bān tái office desk
抽头 抽頭 chōu tóu to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling) / tap (in an electromagnetic coil) / drawer (of a desk etc) syn
急救站 jí jiù zhàn emergency desk / first aid office
桌灯 桌燈 zhuō dēng desk lamp syn
收款台 收款臺 shōu kuǎn tái checkout counter / cashier's desk
前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn
面前 miàn qián in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of) syn
前面 qián miàn ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5] syn
拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn
对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn
领先 領先 lǐng xiān to lead / to be in front syn
前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
一流 yī liú top quality / front ranking syn
正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn
前方 qián fāng ahead / the front syn
颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door
头版 頭版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page syn
前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear syn
一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn
战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn
当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of / in the presence of syn
当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn
池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn
后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn
阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn
前头 前頭 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above syn
龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn
前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn
阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn
遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin syn
门牙 門牙 mén yá front tooth / incisor syn
前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
前哨 qián shào outpost / (fig.) front line
店面 diàn miàn shop front
门面 門面 mén mian shop front / facade / CL:間|间[jian1] / prestige syn
外场 外場 wài chǎng outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage syn
先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others syn
前列 qián liè the very front
机头 機頭 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc
统一战线 統一戰線 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn united front
前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel
前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn
第一线 第一線 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront
准星 準星 zhǔn xīng front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard syn
双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
前庭 qián tíng front courtyard / vestibule
铲车 鏟車 chǎn chē front loader (vehicle) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn
香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn
假面具 jiǎ miàn jù mask / fig. false façade / deceptive front syn
眼底 yǎn dǐ fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama syn
纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear) / depth (into a territory) / span (of time) / (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) syn
拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front syn
腹背受敌 腹背受敵 fù bèi shòu dí (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear syn
冷锋 冷鋒 lěng fēng cold front (meteorology)
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel syn
门庭若市 門庭若市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors syn
首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
反转 反轉 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) syn
作揖 zuò yī to bow with hands held in front
近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front
统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4]
前端总线 前端總線 qián duān zǒng xiàn (computing) front-side bus (FSB)
统战 統戰 tǒng zhàn united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线[tong3 yi1 zhan4 xian4])
临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line
追尾 zhuī wěi to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
眼皮底下 yǎn pí dǐ xia in front of one's eyes
轮距 輪距 lún jù tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle)
副驾驶 副駕駛 fù jià shǐ copilot (abbr. for 副駕駛員|副驾驶员[fu4jia4shi3yuan2]) / front passenger seat (abbr. for 副駕駛座|副驾驶座[fu4jia4shi3zuo4])
领先者 領先者 lǐng xiān zhě front-runner
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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