时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 倾斜 傾斜 qīng xié to incline / to lean / to slant / to slope / to tilt syn 雨季 yǔ jì rainy season 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 俯身 fǔ shēn to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow 倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair syn 凑近 湊近 còu jìn to approach / to lean close to syn 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 菜色 cài sè dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 瘦肉 shòu ròu lean meat 开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 凭栏 憑欄 píng lán to lean on a parapet 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 倚仗 yǐ zhàng to lean on / to rely on syn 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 紧靠 緊靠 jǐn kào to be right next to / to lean closely against syn 前倾 前傾 qián qīng to lean forward 汛期 xùn qī flood season 探身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 凭 憑 píng to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 侧 側 cè the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side syn 侧 側 zhāi lean on one side syn 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn 偏 piān to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations syn 伏 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 倾 傾 qīng to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out syn 隐 隱 yìn to lean upon syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 乐安 樂安 lè ān Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 拄 zhǔ to lean on / to prop on syn 倚 yǐ to lean on / to rely upon syn 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 羸 léi entangled / lean 厦 廈 shà (bound form) tall building / mansion / (bound form) rear annex / lean-to / Taiwan pr. [xia4] syn 倾侧 傾側 qīng cè to lean to one side / slanting 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 瘠 jí barren / lean syn 东倒西歪 東倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle syn 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 无库存生产 無庫存生產 wú kù cún shēng chǎn stockless production / lean production / lean manufacturing 精益生产 精益生產 jīng yì shēng chǎn stockless production / lean production / lean manufacturing 不违农时 不違農時 bù wéi nóng shí not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season syn 生长季节 生長季節 shēng zhǎng jì jié growing season / vegetative season 反季 fǎn jì off-season / out-of-season 反季节 反季節 fǎn jì jié off-season / out-of-season 当季 當季 dāng jì this season / the current season 白体 白體 bái tǐ lean type 一致字 yī zhì zì (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2], 遙|遥[yao2] and 謠|谣[yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo) 倚栏望月 倚欄望月 yǐ lán wàng yuè to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom) 偏厦 偏廈 piān shà side annex / lean-to 恶岁 惡歲 è suì lean year / year of bad harvest 凭眺 憑眺 píng tiào to lean on sth and gaze into the distance syn 探身子 tàn shēn zi to bend forward / to lean out 清癯 qīng qú lean / thin / spare syn 精益六西格玛 精益六西格瑪 jīng yì liù xī gé mǎ Lean Six Sigma 高压缩比稀溷合气发动机 高壓縮比稀混合氣發動機 high-compression lean burn engine 稀薄燃烧技术 稀薄燃燒技術 lean-burn technology 背倚 bèi yǐ to have one's back against / to lean against / to be backed up by (a mountain etc) 精瘦 jīng shòu (coll.) lean (figure, meat etc) / slender syn 削瘦 xuē shòu thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow 精肉 jīng ròu (dialect) lean meat 动情期 動情期 dòng qíng qī estrus / the rutting season / on heat 令节 令節 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle 季候 jì hòu season 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom) 收冬 shōu dōng harvest season / autumn 