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"generally speaking" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大抵 dà dǐ generally speaking / by and large / for the most part syn
一般来说 一般來說 yī bān lái shuō generally speaking syn
总的来说 總的來說 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short syn
一般说来 一般說來 yī bān shuō lái generally speaking / in general syn
一般而言 yī bān ér yán generally speaking syn
一般来讲 一般來講 yī bān lái jiǎng generally speaking
Chinese Pinyin Translation
听说 聽說 tīng shuō to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking syn
一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general syn
而言 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned / speaking in terms of ...
说法 說法 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation syn
语气 語氣 yǔ qì tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL:個|个[ge4] 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
说唱 說唱 shuō chàng speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲|相声[xiang4 sheng5] / (music) rapping
脏话 髒話 zāng huà profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely syn
开诚布公 開誠布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table syn
冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off syn
默默 mò mò in silence / not speaking syn
无声无息 無聲無息 wú shēng wú xī wordless and uncommunicative (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn / not providing any news syn
插话 插話 chā huà to interrupt (sb speaking) / interruption / digression syn
谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) syn
话音 話音 huà yīn one's speaking voice / tone / implication syn
齐声 齊聲 qí shēng all speaking together / in chorus syn
不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng bù xiǎng wordless and silent (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn 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)
平心而论 平心而論 píng xīn ér lùn (idiom) in all fairness / objectively speaking
支那 zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory syn
心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài frank and outspoken (idiom) / straight speaking / to say what one thinks syn
开腔 開腔 kāi qiāng to speak out / to start speaking syn
通称 通稱 tōng chēng to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
口头语 口頭語 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking syn
插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in syn
声泪俱下 聲淚俱下 shēng lèi jù xià to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice syn
略略 lüè lüè slightly / roughly / briefly / very generally syn
大凡 dà fán generally / in general syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
还说 還說 hái shuō to add (in speaking) / to also say
原则上 原則上 yuán zé shang in principle / generally
写真集 寫真集 xiě zhēn jí photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
老实说 老實說 lǎo shí shuō honestly speaking / to be frank, ...
语声 語聲 yǔ shēng spoken language / sound of speaking
天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up syn
翻印 fān yìn to reprint (generally without authorization)
花厅 花廳 huā tīng reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)
笔谈 筆談 bǐ tán to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking) / to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue) / (in book titles) essays / sketches syn
杂说 雜說 zá shuō scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking syn
率 shuài to lead / to command / rash / hasty / frank / straightforward / generally / usually syn
舍 shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn
涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) syn
报道说 報道說 bào dào shuō to report (speaking)
侉子 kuǎ zi person speaking with a foreign accent
嗫 囁 niè move the mouth as in speaking
姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother / (more broadly) grandaunt / sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt syn
四大 sì dà the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
照说 照說 zhào shuō normally / ordinarily speaking syn
字正腔圆 字正腔圓 zì zhèng qiāng yuán to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom) syn
心直嘴快 xīn zhí zuǐ kuài frank and outspoken / straight speaking / to say what one thinks
笨嘴笨舌 bèn zuǐ bèn shé clumsy in speaking / awkward / inarticulate
相对而言 相對而言 xiāng duì ér yán relatively speaking / comparatively speaking syn
吴越曲 吳越曲 wú yuè qū folk song from Wu or from south China more generally
流理台 liú lǐ tái kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw)
红股 紅股 hóng gǔ (economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis
纵言 縱言 zòng yán to theorize generally
通用汉字标准交换码 通用漢字標準交換碼 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3]
通用码 通用碼 tōng yòng mǎ Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard (abbr. for 通用漢字標準交換碼|通用汉字标准交换码[Tong1 yong4 Han4 zi4 Biao1 zhun3 Jiao1 huan4 ma3])
王粲 wáng càn Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安[Jian4 an1]
公认政府审计准则 公認政府審計準則 generally accepted government audit standards
公认政府审计标准 公認政府審計標準 generally accepted government audit standards
公认审计准则 公認審計準則 generally accepted audit standards
公认审计标准 公認審計標準 generally accepted audit standards
公认会计原则 公認會計原則 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
� gīng uptight / to awkwardly force oneself to do sth / (Note: This word has no generally accepted hanzi form. It is typically written as ㄍㄧㄥ.
□ gīng uptight / obstinate / to awkwardly force oneself to do sth (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [king], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form)
电访 電訪 diàn fǎng (Tw) to make a telephone call (generally as a representative of a company, school or agency etc, to an individual, often for the purpose of conducting a survey) (abbr. for 電話訪問|电话访问)
定说 定說 dìng shuō to assert categorically / generally accepted view
温酒 溫酒 wēn jiǔ to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒|黄酒[huang2jiu3] or 白酒[bai2jiu3]
比较而言 比較而言 bǐ jiào ér yán comparatively speaking
樸实 樸實 pǔ shí (adj) simple / unadorned / (adj) honest / plain speaking
史观 史觀 shǐ guān historical point of view / historically speaking
严格来说 嚴格來說 yán gé lái shuō strictly speaking
严格来讲 嚴格來講 yán gé lái jiǎng strictly speaking
小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child / the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I / me / my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
怪声怪气 怪聲怪氣 guài shēng guài qì strange voice / affected manner of speaking syn
磕磕巴巴 kē kē bā bā stammering / stuttering / not speaking fluently
鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other
瓦隆 wǎ lōng Walloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium
葡萄牙语国家共同体 葡萄牙語國家共同體 Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries
葡语国家青年事务部长会议 Conference of Youth Ministers of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries
英语联合会国际理事会 English-Speaking Union International Council, The
国际法语议员协会 International Association of French-Speaking Parliamentarians
国际法语世界大会 International Assembly of the French-Speaking World
国际法语议员大会 International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians
国际法语市长协会 International Association of French-speaking Mayors
葡语国家共同体打击国际恐怖主义宣言 Declaration of the Community of Portuguese-speaking countries on the fight against international terrorism
英语非洲工业产权组织 英語非洲工業產權組織 Industrial Property Organization for English-speaking Africa
荷兰语和德语分部 荷蘭語和德語分部 Dutch- and German-speaking Division
突厥语国家元首峰会 突厥語國家元首峰會 Summit of the Heads of the Turkic-speaking Countries
法语国家常设理事会 法語國家常設理事會 Permanent Council of French-speaking Countries
非洲法语最不发达国家专家级筹备会议 非洲法語最不發達國家專家級籌備會議 Expert-level preparatory meeting for the French-speaking African LDCs
国际法语人口统计学家联合会 國際法語人口統計學家聯合會 International Association of French-Speaking Demographers
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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