件 jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc syn 分 fèn part / share / ingredient / component syn 钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key / CL:把[ba3] syn 关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point / crux / CL:個|个[ge4] / key / crucial / pivotal syn 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 零件 líng jiàn part / component syn 关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn 秘诀 秘訣 mì jué secret know-how / key (to longevity) / secret (of happiness) / recipe (for success) syn 要害 yào hài vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial syn 强项 強項 qiáng xiàng key strength / strong suit / specialty syn 替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement 部件 bù jiàn part / component syn 谐音 諧音 xié yīn homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound) 诀窍 訣竅 jué qiào secret / trick / knack / key syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 回车 回車 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 要素 yào sù essential factor / key constituent syn 配件 pèi jiàn component / part / fitting / accessory / replacement part syn 小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 元件 yuán jiàn element / component syn 按键 按鍵 àn jiàn button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL:個|个[ge4] / to press a button 大调 大調 dà diào major key (in music) 走调 走調 zǒu diào out of tune / off-key 螺栓 luó shuān bolt (male component of nut and bolt) 斯蒂文 sī dì wén Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 组件 組件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly syn 游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) 组成部分 組成部分 zǔ chéng bù fèn part / component / ingredient / constituent syn 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance 零部件 líng bù jiàn spare part / component syn 机件 機件 jī jiàn component (mechanics) syn 螺母 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 要员 要員 yào yuán key participant / VIP syn 轴心 軸心 zhóu xīn axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) syn 琴键 琴鍵 qín jiàn a piano key 变调 變調 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation syn 须知 須知 xū zhī key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind syn 要件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 螺帽 luó mào nut (female component of nut and bolt) 快捷键 快捷鍵 kuài jié jiàn (computer) shortcut key / hotkey 题解 題解 tí jiě notes / key (to exercises) 坎儿 坎兒 kǎn r critical juncture / key moment syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 器件 qì jiàn device / component syn 电子元件 電子元件 diàn zǐ yuán jiàn electronic component syn 回车键 回車鍵 huí chē jiàn (computing) enter key / return key (on a keyboard) 基本点 基本點 jī běn diǎn key point / crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1dian3] syn 攻关 攻關 gōng guān to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem 构件 構件 gòu jiàn member / component / part syn 声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 偏旁 piān páng component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) syn 桥头堡 橋頭堡 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) syn 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 最重要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 插件 chā jiàn plug-in (software or hardware) / to plug in a component 序列号 序列號 xù liè hào serial number / product key (software) 元器件 yuán qì jiàn component syn 分量 fēn liàng (vector) component syn 龙头企业 龍頭企業 lóng tóu qǐ yè key enterprises / leading enterprises 关键时刻 關鍵時刻 guān jiàn shí kè key moment / critical time 键入 鍵入 jiàn rù to key in / to input / to enter (some text) 电子元器件 電子元器件 diàn zǐ yuán qì jiàn electronic component 主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component 要诀 要訣 yào jué the key trick / the secret of success syn 万能钥匙 萬能鑰匙 wàn néng yào shi master key / skeleton key / passkey 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 拼成 pīn chéng to put sth together from component parts 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 牛鼻子 niú bí zi key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious) 锁匙 鎖匙 suǒ chí (dialect) key / Taiwan pr. [suo3 shi5] 敲入 qiāo rù to key in / to input 打码 打碼 dǎ mǎ to pixelate an image / to key in captcha authentication codes 跑调 跑調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial) 蔡锷 蔡鍔 cài è Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor 转调 轉調 zhuǎn diào (music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post syn 箭头键 箭頭鍵 jiàn tóu jiàn arrow key (on keyboard) 旁 páng one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) syn 键 鍵 jiàn key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin 钥 鑰 yào key syn 钥 鑰 yuè key / also pr. [yao4] syn 纲 綱 gāng head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program syn 窍 竅 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) syn 牡 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills syn 要职 要職 yào zhí key job / important position syn 金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule / key principle syn 锁钥 鎖鑰 suǒ yuè key and lock / (fig.) strategic place syn 要津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position syn 配钥匙 配鑰匙 pèi yào shi to make a key 