时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 雨季 yǔ jì rainy season 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 发展趋势 發展趨勢 fā zhǎn qū shì growing trend 汛期 xùn qī flood season 方兴未艾 方興未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up syn 养花 養花 yǎng huā growing flowers 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 产粮 產糧 chǎn liáng to grow crops / food growing 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 蘖 櫱 niè new shoot growing from cut branch or stump syn 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 顶芽 頂芽 dǐng yá terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant) 根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 福田 fú tián field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism) 长势 長勢 zhǎng shì how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth syn 方滋未艾 fāng zī wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 方兴未已 方興未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 不违农时 不違農時 bù wéi nóng shí not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season syn 反季 fǎn jì off-season / out-of-season 反季节 反季節 fǎn jì jié off-season / out-of-season 当季 當季 dāng jì this season / the current season 嫩苗龟 嫩苗龜 nèn miáo guī Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head 混作 hùn zuò mixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together) 产粮区 產糧區 chǎn liáng qū food growing area 直根 zhí gēn taproot (main root growing vertically down) 腋芽 yè yá axillary bud / bud growing from axil of plant syn 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 快速发展城市水资源管理北京会议 Beijing Conference on Managing Water Resources in Rapidly Growing Cities 特许种植区 licensed growing area 区域应对行动计划 Regional Action Plan to Address the Growing Problem of Illicit Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Drug Abuse in West Africa / Regional Response Action Plan 扶持可持续企业 扶持可持續企業 fú chí kě chí xù qǐ yè Growing Sustainable Business 培育包容性市场 培育包容性市場 péi yù bāo róng xìng shì chǎng Growing Inclusive Markets 快速增长城市可持续发展环境和都市地质 快速增長城市可持續發展環境和都市地質 Environmental and Urban Geology for Sustainable Development of Fast-growing Cities 更长的生长季节 更長的生長季節 longer growing seasons 小时了了，大未必佳 小時了了，大未必佳 xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo , dà wèi bì jiā being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb) 转作 轉作 zhuǎn zuò (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop 茽 zhòng vegetation growing thickly 动情期 動情期 dòng qíng qī estrus / the rutting season / on heat 令节 令節 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle 季候 jì hòu season 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom) 收冬 shōu dōng harvest season / autumn 旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period 月令 yuè lìng typical weather in a given season syn 果期 guǒ qī the fruiting season 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 岁时 歲時 suì shí season / time of the year syn 岁阑 歲闌 suì lán late season of a year 洪水期 hóng shuǐ qī flood season 洪汛期 hóng xùn qī flood season 渔汛 漁汛 yú xùn fishing season 渔汛期 漁汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season 球季 qiú jì season (of baseball, football etc) 瓜代 guā dài a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season 盛季 shèng jì peak season / a flourishing period 节候 節候 jié hòu season / time of year 节期 節期 jié qī festival season 