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"intentionally or otherwise" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
有意无意 有意無意 yǒu yì wú yì intentionally or otherwise syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
有意 yǒu yì to intend / intentionally / interested in syn
刻意 kè yì intentionally / deliberately / purposely / painstakingly / meticulously syn
特意 tè yì specially / intentionally syn
捣乱 搗亂 dǎo luàn to disturb / to look for trouble / to stir up a row / to bother sb intentionally syn
成心 chéng xīn intentionally / deliberately / on purpose syn
玄虚 玄虛 xuán xū (intentionally) mysterious / arcane
放话 放話 fàng huà to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
瘦身 shòu shēn to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business)
空耳 kōng ěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")
否则 否則 fǒu zé otherwise / if not / or (else) syn
不然 bù rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? syn
要不 yào bù otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...) syn
除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn
要不然 yào bù rán otherwise / or else / or syn
际遇 際遇 jì yù circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity syn
气量 氣量 qì liàng (lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity syn
咬字 yǎo zì to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate
大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) syn
不然的话 不然的話 bù rán de huà otherwise
要部然 yào bu rán otherwise
除另有约定 除另有約定 chú lìng yǒu yuē dìng unless otherwise agreed
占压 佔壓 zhàn yā to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
除条约表示不同意思，或另经确定外 除條約表示不同意思，或另經確定外 unless it appears from the treaty or is otherwise established
未被涉及的个人索赔要求的处理标准 未被涉及的個人索賠要求的處理標準 Criteria for Processing of Claims of Individuals not Otherwise Covered
除条约另有规定外 除條約另有規定外 unless the treaty otherwise provides
除另有协议外 除另有協議外 unless it is otherwise agreed
北京咳 běi jīng ké "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems
水能载舟，亦能覆舟 水能載舟，亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
连麦 連麥 lián mài (of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
得便宜卖乖 得便宜賣乖 dé pián yi mài guāi to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise / to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited
再不然 zài bu rán otherwise / alternatively / or else
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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