年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 平衡 píng héng balance / equilibrium syn 粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule 算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn 谷物 穀物 gǔ wù cereal / grain syn 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 权衡 權衡 quán héng to consider / to weigh (a matter) / to balance (pros and cons) syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 平衡木 píng héng mù beam (gymnastics) / balance beam 余额 餘額 yú é balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 借贷 借貸 jiè dài to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 调剂 調劑 tiáo jì to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescription syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn 制衡 zhì héng to check and balance (power) / checks and balances 差额 差額 chā é balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference 相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up / to offset / to counterbalance syn 粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn 结余 結餘 jié yú balance / cash surplus syn 借方 jiè fāng borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet) syn 均势 均勢 jūn shì equilibrium of forces / balance of power 五谷丰登 五穀豐登 wǔ gǔ fēng dēng abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest syn 社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn 钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) syn 储备粮 儲備糧 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves 贷方 貸方 dài fāng credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender syn 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 酒糟 jiǔ zāo distiller's grain / wine lees 结存 結存 jié cún balance / cash in hand syn 粒子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain 算帐 算帳 suàn zhàng to reckon (accounting) / to balance an account / fig. to settle an account / to get one's revenge 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 逆差 nì chā adverse trade balance / trade deficit 资产负债表 資產負債表 zī chǎn fù zhài biǎo balance sheet 国际收支 國際收支 guó jì shōu zhī balance of payments 生态平衡 生態平衡 shēng tài píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 谷类 穀類 gǔ lèi cereal / grain syn 沙粒 shā lì grain of sand 粮农 糧農 liáng nóng food and agriculture / grain farmer 粮库 糧庫 liáng kù grain depot syn 灌浆 灌漿 guàn jiāng grouting / (of grain) to be in the milk / to form a vesicle (medicine) 谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May 粒径 粒徑 lì jìng grain size 粮食作物 糧食作物 liáng shi zuò wù grain crops / cereals syn 研磨机 硏磨機 yán mó jī grain mill 扯平 chě píng to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits syn 余粮 餘糧 yú liáng surplus grain 漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]) 漕运 漕運 cáo yùn (old) to transport by water / to ship grain as tax syn 商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) 禾苗 hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1] 秋粮 秋糧 qiū liáng autumn grain crops 粮站 糧站 liáng zhàn grain supply station 粮店 糧店 liáng diàn grain store 芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June 公粮 公糧 gōng liáng grain collected by the government as tax 杆秤 桿秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance) 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 料 liào material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess syn 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 粒 lì grain / granule / pellet / particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc) syn 稿 gǎo manuscript / draft / stalk of grain syn 抵 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn 粮 糧 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain syn 芒 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan 秤 chèng steelyard balance / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 出超 chū chāo trade surplus / favorable balance of trade 颖 穎 yǐng head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding syn 稔 rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn 穗 suì ear of grain / fringe / tassel syn 粟 sù millet / (metonym) grain syn 禾 hé cereal / grain syn 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 囤 dùn bin for grain syn 蟊 máo Spanish fly / grain-eating grub 谷粒 穀粒 gǔ lì grain (of cereal) 秆 稈 gǎn stalks of grain syn 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 漕 cáo to transport (esp. grain) by water / (literary) watercourse / canal 扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 试算表 試算表 shì suàn biǎo spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy) 弹簧秤 彈簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance 