提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 绞死 絞死 jiǎo sǐ to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) / to strangle 绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 吊灯 吊燈 diào dēng hanging lamp 岗哨 崗哨 gǎng shào lookout post / sentry post / sentry syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging syn 吊钩 吊鉤 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen syn 吊牌 弔牌 diào pái hangtag / swing tag / hanging sign 壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging 调职 調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 吊篮 吊籃 diào lán hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 撩 liāo to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands) syn 绞索 絞索 jiǎo suǒ a noose for hanging criminals 吊杆 diào gān a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) 冕 miǎn crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown syn 揄 yú to draw out / to let hanging 缢 縊 yì (literary) to die by hanging or strangulation 悬河 懸河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words 不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn 官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post 缢死 縊死 yì sǐ to execute by hanging / to hang oneself 壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging) 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 邮汇 郵匯 yóu huì to remit by post / remittance sent by post syn 幛 zhàng hanging scroll syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 邮件 郵件 yóu jiàn mail / post / email 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 公告 gōng gào post / announcement 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 复职 復職 fù zhí to resume a post 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 邮报 郵報 yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper) 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 邮寄 郵寄 yóu jì to mail / to send by post syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 在职 在職 zài zhí to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 梵高 fán gāo Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter 出任 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 离队 離隊 lí duì to leave one's post 邮递 郵遞 yóu dì to mail / to deliver (through the post) syn 叶利钦 葉利欽 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) 免职 免職 miǎn zhí to relieve sb of his post / to sack / to demote / dismissal / sacking syn 调任 調任 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post 晨报 晨報 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post 标杆 標杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark 兼任 jiān rèn to hold a concurrent post / part-time / (in academia) adjunct syn 后怕 後怕 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress syn 首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post syn 罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post / to dismiss syn 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 走马上任 走馬上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn (idiom) to take office / to assume a post syn 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 在岗 在崗 zài gǎng to be at one's post 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 哨所 shào suǒ watchhouse / sentry post syn 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 副教授 fù jiào shòu associate professor (university post) 寄出 jì chū to mail / to send by post 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post syn 挂职 掛職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post 官位 guān wèi official post 