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"high society" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society
Chinese Pinyin Translation
高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn
高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn
高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn
三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China
高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn
高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn
高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn
束之高阁 束之高閣 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority syn
高科技 gāo kē jì high tech / high technology
高新技术 高新技朮 gāo xīn jì shù high tech / high technology syn
高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school
奴隶社会 奴隸社會 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
高清 gāo qīng high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio)
高分 gāo fēn high marks / high score
高技术 高技術 gāo jì shù high technology / high tech syn
偏高 piān gāo to be on the high side / to be unusually high
高清晰度 gāo qīng xī dù high definition (instruments) / high resolution
治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study
高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content
昂 áng to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive syn
轩 軒 xuān pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old) syn
高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
社会 社會 shè huì society / CL:個|个[ge4]
学会 學會 xué huì to learn / to master / institute / learned society / (scholarly) association
协会 協會 xié huì an association / a society / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1]
党 黨 dǎng party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
秩序 zhì xù order / orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn
社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization
联谊会 聯誼會 lián yì huì association / club / society / party / get-together
帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang
底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn
入会 入會 rù huì to join a society, association etc
阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn
体质 體質 tǐ zhì (a person's) constitution / underlying physical condition / physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness
隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn
世面 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society syn
处世 處世 chǔ shì to conduct oneself in society syn
红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn
功勋 功勛 gōng xūn achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society) syn
领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy
公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society
入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn
社员 社員 shè yuán commune member (PRC, 1958-1985) / member of a society (or other organization)
肌体 肌體 jī tǐ the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity) syn
大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people
封地 fēng dì feudal fiefdom / land held as a vassal in feudal society / enfeoffment syn
白莲教 白蓮教 bái lián jiào White Lotus society
白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教
原始社会 原始社會 yuán shǐ shè huì primitive society
你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general)
小康社会 小康社會 xiǎo kāng shè huì society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met
人类社会 人類社會 rén lèi shè huì human society
封建社会 封建社會 fēng jiàn shè huì feudal society
人渣 rén zhā dregs of society / scum
涉世 shè shì to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience syn
礼乐 禮樂 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
外场 外場 wài cháng outside world / society syn
九三学社 九三學社 jiǔ sān xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn
杜月笙 dù yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot syn
上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel
快速 kuài sù fast / high-speed / rapid syn
高度 gāo dù height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
高速 gāo sù high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1su4 gong1lu4]) syn
发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular syn
高跟鞋 gāo gēn xié high-heeled shoes
占有 佔有 zhàn yǒu to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc) syn
大钱 大錢 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination syn
快感 kuài gǎn pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high
敬意 jìng yì respect / esteem / high regard syn
高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
高档 高檔 gāo dàng superior quality / high grade / top grade syn
飞车 飛車 fēi chē fast-moving vehicle / to drive or ride a vehicle at high speed
超速 chāo sù to exceed the speed limit / to speed / high-speed
天线 天線 tiān xiàn antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials
击掌 擊掌 jī zhǎng to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five syn
发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat syn
高音 gāo yīn high pitch / soprano / treble
初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2]) syn
高空 gāo kōng high altitude syn
敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn
高温 高溫 gāo wēn high temperature
高涨 高漲 gāo zhǎng to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high syn
音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn
上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places syn
高利贷 高利貸 gāo lì dài high-interest loan / usury syn
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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