"kilometer (old) (loanword)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
公里 gōng lǐ kilometer
平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer
千米 qiān mǐ kilometer
起价 起價 qǐ jià initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
lùn opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc) syn
qiān kilometer
公里时 公里時 gōng lǐ shí kilometer per hour
吨公里 噸公里 dūn gōng lǐ ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
平方千米 píng fāng qiān mǐ square kilometer
Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem syn
摩托 mó tuō (loanword) motor / (loanword) motorbike / motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托車|摩托车[mo2tuo1che1]) syn
苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink / soft drink
卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card")
曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
hāi oh alas / hey! / hi! (loanword) / a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) syn
沙士 shā shì (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
噶霏 gá fēi coffee (loanword) (old)
德律风 德律風 dé lǜ fēng (old) (loanword) telephone
巴力门 巴力門 bā lì mén parliament (loanword) (old)
仆欧 僕歐 pú ōu (old) waiter (loanword from "boy") / attendant
士敏土 shì mǐn tǔ cement (loanword) (old) syn
德谟克拉西 德謨克拉西 dé mó kè lā xī democracy (loanword) (old)
淡巴菰 dàn bā gū tobacco (loanword) (old)
米突 mǐ tū meter (unit of length) (loanword) (old)
罗预 羅預 luó yù (old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit)
a kind of eating utensil / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / livermorium (chemistry)
𬍛 brilliance (pearls) / livermorium (chemistry) / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / (archaic) type of food vessel used in Funan 扶南[Fu2 nan2]
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part 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
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn
老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn
zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn
to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn
solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默
(old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy
kǎi old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3] syn
lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn
zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn
móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn
zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
sǒu old gentleman / old man syn
yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full
yōng city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1]
wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old)
three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old)
hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger syn
一改故辙 一改故轍 yī gǎi gù zhé complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices
新愁旧恨 新愁舊恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
白头到老 白頭到老 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
老马恋栈 老馬戀棧 lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn lit. the old horse loves his stable / fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
旧愁新恨 舊愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
旧调重弹 舊調重彈 jiù diào chóng tán replaying the same old tunes (idiom) / conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff syn
老骥伏枥志在千里 老驥伏櫪志在千里 lǎo jì fú lì zhì zài qiān lǐ (lit.) an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 li / (fig.) old people may still cherish high aspirations
component in Chinese characters / old variant of 毫[hao2] / old variant of 乙[yi3]
冻容 凍容 dòng róng "youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
earthern goblet stand also known as 反坫[fan3 dian4] (old) / old variant of 序
娣姒 dì sì sisters-in-law (old) / various concubines of a husband (old)
推陈布新 推陳佈新 tuī chén bù xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
故伎重演 gù jì chóng yǎn to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks syn
故典 gù diǎn old classics / old customs / cause
书会 書會 shū huì calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old)
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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