"lift" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn
解除 jiě chú to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement) syn
掀起 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) syn
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed syn
提升 提昇 tí shēng to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve syn
提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn
举起 舉起 jǔ qǐ to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold syn
起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
升降机 升降機 shēng jiàng jī aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator syn
掀动 掀動 xiān dòng to stir / to lift / to set sth in motion syn
áng to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive syn
xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn
qiào to lift / to pry open / to lever open syn
qiè to raise / to lift / to take along (e.g. one's family) syn
qiān to lift (clothes, sheets) / lower garments syn
to lift / to raise syn
jiǎo to raise / to lift / to pretend / counterfeit / unyielding / variant of 矯|矫[jiao3] / to correct
lǎo round-bottomed wicker basket / (dialect) to lift / to carry on one's shoulder
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn
抬举 抬舉 tái jǔ to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly syn
货梯 貨梯 huò tī freight elevator / goods lift
客梯 kè tī passenger elevator / passenger lift
抬起 tái qǐ to lift up
高举 高舉 gāo jǔ to lift up / to hold high syn
送去 sòng qù to send to / to deliver to / to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car)
掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open syn
翻新 fān xīn to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging syn
升空 昇空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
搭车 搭車 dā chē to ride (in a vehicle) / to get a lift / to hitch-hike
解禁 jiě jìn to lift a prohibition syn
解围 解圍 jiě wéi to lift a siege / to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment
打车 打車 dǎ chē to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
高歌 gāo gē to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song syn
举重 舉重 jǔ zhòng to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports)
撩起 liāo qǐ to raise / to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty
抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn
拦车 攔車 lán chē to thumb a lift / to hitchhike
开禁 開禁 kāi jìn to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
qíng to raise / to hold up / to lift up syn
līn to lift up / to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1] syn
liāo to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands) syn
kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn
xuàn stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
举案齐眉 舉案齊眉 jǔ àn qí méi lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom) / mutual respect in a marriage syn
纲举目张 綱舉目張 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
取消禁令 qǔ xiāo jìn lìng to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban
拖牵索道 拖牽索道 tuō qiān suǒ dào anchor lift (ski-lift)
液压管提升系统 hydraulic pipe lift system / hydraulic lift
防起雷装置 防起雷裝置 fáng qǐ léi zhuāng zhì anti-lift device / anti-lifting device / anti-lift fuse
气升系统 氣升系統 air-assisted lift system / air-lift system
jié lift up a dress
扳罾 bān zēng to lift the fishnet
拿不动 拿不動 ná bu dòng to be unable to lift (sth) / to find (sth) too heavy
搭肩 dā jiān to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
qiān variant of 褰, to hold up the hem of clothes / to lift up the skirts
滑雪索道 huá xuě suǒ dào ski-lift
缆索吊椅 纜索吊椅 lǎn suǒ diào yǐ ski-lift
解严 解嚴 jiě yán to lift restrictions (such as curfew or martial law)
解封 jiě fēng to lift a ban / to end a lockdown
马尾穿豆腐,提不起来 馬尾穿豆腐,提不起來 mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu , tí bu qǐ lai lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[ti2])
拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
提升管 提昇管 tí shēng guǎn uptake pipe / lift pipe
运输能力 運輸能力 yùn shū néng lì lift capacity / lifting capacity
扳罾网 lift net
重型运载火箭 heavy lift launch vehicle
中等运输能力 中等運輸能力 medium-lift capacity
两栖运输能力 兩栖運輸能力 liǎng qī yùn shū néng lì amphibious lift
空运和总部能力 空運和總部能力 lift and headquarters capabilities
中型通用直升机 中型通用直升機 medium utility helicopter / medium lift helicopter
战略运输 戰略運輸 zhàn lüè yùn shū strategic lift
战略重负载直升机 戰略重負載直升機 strategic heavy lift rotary wing
四柱举升机 四柱舉升機 four-post lift
引擎起重机 引擎起重機 engine lift / engine hoist
国际电梯管理委员会 國際電梯管理委員會 International Committee for Lift Regulations
揭举 揭舉 jiē jǔ to lift up / (fig.) to put on display / to set forth / to expound
躺赢 躺贏 tǎng yíng to win without needing to even lift a finger / victory presented on a platter
抬秤 tái chèng large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight
无利不起早 無利不起早 wú lì bù qǐ zǎo (saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
堆高车 堆高車 duī gāo chē high-lift pallet truck / pallet stacker
托举 托舉 tuō jǔ to lift and support / to hold up (physically) / (fig.) to support sb (or sth) so that they can grow, develop or succeed 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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