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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn
lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn
cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn
dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn
刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn
fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn
一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng just as in the past (idiom) / as before / continuing as always syn
恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right syn
正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn
公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
此前 cǐ qián before this / before then / previously syn
曾几何时 曾幾何時 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when.. syn
临别 臨別 lín bié just before parting
临战 臨戰 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war
临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line
因循 yīn xún to continue the same old routine / to carry on just as before / to procrastinate syn
够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent
适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn
yóu as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet syn
(classical) barely / just / just now syn
zài to exist / to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) syn
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn
to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn
dàn but / yet / however / still / merely / only / just syn
zài again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur syn
cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like syn
就是 jiù shì exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if syn
qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn
jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn
只是 zhǐ shì merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however syn
还是 還是 hái shi still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or syn
zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
de -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct syn
xiàng variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly syn
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
之前 zhī qián before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand syn
以前 yǐ qián before / formerly / previous / ago syn
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
(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
刚才 剛纔 gāng cái just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]) syn
yóu to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... syn
曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn
jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
仍然 réng rán still / as before / yet syn
只不过 祇不過 zhǐ bù guò it's just that ... syn
尊敬 zūn jìng to respect / to revere / to esteem / honorable / distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) syn
不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn
万一 萬一 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency syn
眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes / now / at present syn
依然 yī rán still / as before syn
不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn
展现 展現 zhǎn xiàn to unfold before one's eyes / to emerge / to reveal / to display syn
正义 正義 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous syn
刚好 剛好 gāng hǎo just / exactly / to happen to be syn
公正 gōng zhèng just / fair / equitable syn
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn
之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1suo3yi3 tao3yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" syn
事先 shì xiān in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior syn
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
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously
好比 hǎo bǐ to be just like / can be compared to syn
恰好 qià hǎo as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right syn
依旧 依舊 yī jiù as before / still / to remain the same syn
按时 按時 àn shí on time / before deadline / on schedule syn
恰恰 qià qià exactly / just / precisely syn
先前 xiān qián before / previously syn
正要 zhèng yào to be just about to / to be on the point of syn
花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn
个别 個別 gè bié individually / one by one / just one or two / exceptional / rare syn
照样 照樣 zhào yàng as before / (same) as usual / in the same manner / still / nevertheless syn
原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape / the same as before syn
恰恰相反 qià qià xiāng fǎn just the opposite syn
前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday syn
单单 單單 dān dān only / merely / just syn
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad syn
前夜 qián yè the eve / the night before syn
加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn
便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as syn
早先 zǎo xiān previously / before syn
事前 shì qián in advance / before the event syn
敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by syn
以防 yǐ fáng (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case syn
只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn
下不为例 下不為例 xià bù wéi lì not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
前夕 qián xī eve / the day before syn
一二 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit syn
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) syn
前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn
退步 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback syn
先行 xiān xíng to start off before the others / to precede / to proceed in advance 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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