"internal borrowing" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
nèi inside / inner / internal / within / interior syn
(bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn
内部 內部 nèi bù interior / inside (part, section) / internal syn
体内 體內 tǐ nèi within the body / in vivo (vs in vitro) / internal to
国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn
内在 內在 nèi zài inner / internal / intrinsic / innate
内脏 內臟 nèi zàng internal organs / viscera syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs
内出血 內出血 nèi chū xuè internal bleeding / internal hemorrhage
肿胀 腫脹 zhǒng zhàng swelling / oedema / internal bruising syn
境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn
火气 火氣 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (TCM) syn
内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country)
内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine
内讧 內訌 nèi hòng internal strife syn
内伤 內傷 nèi shāng internal injury / disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) syn
内存 內存 nèi cún internal storage / computer memory / random access memory (RAM) syn
血肿 血腫 xuè zhǒng hematoma / swelling of soft tissue due to internal hemorrhage
内分泌 內分泌 nèi fēn mì endocrine (internal secretion, e.g. hormone)
汽缸 qì gāng cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine)
上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn
窝里斗 窩里鬥 wō li dòu internal strife (family, group, etc) syn
去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM)
脏器 臟器 zàng qì internal organs syn
内乱 內亂 nèi luàn internal disorder / civil strife / civil unrest syn
内燃机 內燃機 nèi rán jī internal combustion engine syn
对内 對內 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy)
大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
倾轧 傾軋 qīng yà conflict / internal strife / dissension syn
内置 內置 nèi zhì built-in / internal syn
清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
声优 聲優 shēng yōu voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū")
内部审计 nèi bù shěn jì internal audit
内丹 內丹 nèi dān Taoist internal alchemy
内装 內裝 nèi zhuāng filled with / internal decoration / installed inside
内部结构 內部結構 nèi bù jié gòu internal structure / internal composition
慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")
内部矛盾 內部矛盾 nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction
内径 內徑 nèi jìng internal diameter
内层 內層 nèi céng internal layer
内码 內碼 nèi mǎ internal code
内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy
内科学 內科學 nèi kē xué internal medicine
内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad syn
虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn
人民内部矛盾 人民內部矛盾 rén mín nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
降火 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization
借入 borrowing
内部事务 內部事務 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs
huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn
hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion
méng (bound form) to sprout / to bud / (coll.) cute / adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character) / (literary) common people (variant of 氓[meng2]) syn
internal organs
续借 續借 xù jiè extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn
败火 敗火 bài huǒ relieve inflammation or internal heat
败毒 敗毒 bài dú (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify
内宾 內賓 nèi bīn guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾)
guǎn internal cavity of stomach
wǎn internal cavity of stomach
灭音器 滅音器 miè yīn qì muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
外御其侮 外禦其侮 wài yù qí wǔ internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
民生主义 民生主義 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
从维和账户借款 borrowing from peacekeeping missions / borrowing from peacekeeping operations / borrowing from peacekeeping
内中子起爆器 內中子起爆器 internal neutron initiator / internal initiator
内部司法制度 內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system;
联合国内部司法制度 聯合國內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system;
垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn
被爆者 bèi bào zhě survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 被爆者 "hibakusha")
味噌 wèi cēng miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso") / also pr. [wei4 zeng1]
鸟居 鳥居 niǎo jū torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 "torii")
民宿 mín sù (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform / guesthouse / bed-and-breakfast / homestay / pension
拿来主义 拿來主義 ná lái zhǔ yì the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
唐扬 唐揚 táng yáng Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 唐揚げ "karaage")
外部商业借款 外部商業借款 outside commercial borrowing
商业借款 商業借款 commercial borrowing
移借 yí jiè to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing
天龙人 天龍人 tiān lóng rén (Tw) (slang) privileged people oblivious to the hardships of others / Taipei residents or urban dwellers who consider themselves superior to others (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天竜人 "Tenryūjin", an arrogant, privileged group in the manga "One Piece")
干物女 乾物女 gān wù nǚ single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")
爱心伞 愛心傘 ài xīn sǎn courtesy umbrella (one made available for borrowing)
出汁 chū zhī dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
视奸 視姦 shì jiān (neologism) to obsessively monitor sb's social media posts (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 視姦 "shikan", ogling / leering)
感性工学 感性工學 gǎn xìng gōng xué kansei engineering (product design that aims to engender specific subjective responses in the consumer) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 感性工学 "kansei kougaku")
手筋 shǒu jīn flexor tendon (coll.) / tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手筋 "tesuji")
森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku")
社畜 shè chù (coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 "shachiku")
少子化 shǎo zǐ huà declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")
断舍离 斷捨離 duàn shě lí (neologism c. 2012) decluttering / minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
结界 結界 jié jiè (Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained / a place so designated / (fantasy fiction) force field / invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai")
制霸 zhì bà to reign supreme / to dominate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 制霸 "seiha")
子供向 zǐ gōng xiàng (of a game, movie etc) intended for children (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 子供向け "kodomo-muke")
暴论 暴論 bào lùn wild remark / outrageous statement (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 暴論 "bōron")
温玉 溫玉 wēn yù onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")
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")
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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