了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals syn 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole syn 填补 填補 tián bǔ to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency syn 差距 chā jù disparity / gap syn 裂痕 liè hén crack / gap / split syn 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 间断 間斷 jiàn duàn disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break syn 缺口 quē kǒu nick / jag / gap / shortfall syn 突破口 tū pò kǒu breach / gap / breakthrough point 亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between syn 空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn 间隙 間隙 jiàn xì interval / gap / clearance syn 死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end 空子 kòng zi gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole syn 牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 代沟 代溝 dài gōu generation gap 空当 空當 kòng dāng gap / interval syn 间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events syn 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 落差 luò chā drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity 裂隙 liè xì gap / slit / crack / crevice / fracture syn 罅隙 xià xì gap / crack / rift syn 补足 補足 bǔ zú to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc) 见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn 无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn 空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc) 过 過 guo (experienced action marker) syn 充填 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled syn 空白点 空白點 kòng bái diǎn gap / empty space syn 喔 wo (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder syn 曾 céng once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 垫 墊 diàn pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money) syn 隙 xì crack / crevice / gap or interval / loophole / discord / rift syn 囟 xìn fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 囟门 囟門 xìn mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 记号笔 記號筆 jì hao bǐ (permanent) marker (pen) 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 补白 補白 bǔ bái to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine) 马克笔 馬克筆 mǎ kè bǐ marker (loanword) / felt marker 齾 yà dented / chipped / gap-toothed / toothless 警标 警標 jǐng biāo buoy / navigation marker 规矩绳墨 規矩繩墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 不啻天渊 不啻天淵 bù chì tiān yuān no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger 侯门似海 侯門似海 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) 权宜之策 權宜之策 quán yí zhī cè stratagem of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step 触发式放电器 triggered spark gap / spark gap / flash gap 彩色笔 彩色筆 cǎi sè bǐ colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker 两性平等政策标志 liǎng xìng píng děng zhèng cè biāo zhì gender equality policy marker / gender marker 数据空白 數據空白 gap in coverage / data gap 乒间空白 乒間空白 interping gap / ping to ping gap 覆盖遗漏 覆蓋遺漏 fù gài yí lòu interping gap / ping to ping gap 贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 带标识 帶標識 dài biāo shí marker 奇异笔 奇異筆 qí yì bǐ marker (writing instrument) 标柱 標柱 biāo zhù distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack 标砖 標磚 biāo zhuān marker brick (in building) / keystone 绳墨 繩墨 shéng mò lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations syn 里约标志 Rio marker 反光标志 fǎn guāng biāo zhì reflectorized marker 简易雷场标志 jiǎn yì léi chǎng biāo zhì improvised minefield marker / local warning sign 雷场周边标志 léi chǎng zhōu bian biāo zhì minefield perimeter marker 微卫星标记 wēi wèi xīng biāo jì microsatellite marker / microsatellite 危险标志 wēi xiǎn biāo zhì hazard marker 通道标志 通道標志 tòng dào biāo zhì lane marker 军事分界线标志 軍事分界線標誌 MDL marker 双行标志 雙行標誌 strip marker 替代终点 替代終點 tì dài zhōng diǎn surrogate endpoint / surrogate marker / surrogate outcome 替代指标 替代指標 tì dài zhǐ biāo surrogate endpoint / surrogate marker / surrogate outcome 标志层 標志層 biāo zhì céng marker 雷标 雷標 léi biāo mine marker 无源反射跑道系统 無源反射跑道系統 wú yuán fǎn shè pǎo dào xì tǒng passive-reflective runway system / reflective marker 行标 行標 row marker 行首尾标志 行首尾標誌 row marker 中间标志 中間標誌 intermediate marker 测量标志 測量標誌 survey marker 转弯点标志 轉彎點標誌 turning point marker 标准地雷标志 標準地雷標誌 standard mine marker 雷场标志 雷場標誌 minefield marker 终点标志 終點標誌 end point marker 雷场安全通道标志 雷場安全通道標誌 minefield safe-lane marker 麦克笔 麥克筆 mài kè bǐ marker pen (loanword) 板沟 板溝 bǎn gōu chalkboard ledge / whiteboard ledge / chalk tray (at the foot of a blackboard) / whiteboard marker tray 敖包 áo bāo (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits 囟脑门 囟腦門 xìn nǎo mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 少间 少間 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) 气隙 氣隙 qì xì air vent / air gap 