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"lit. Martian language" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
火星文 huǒ xīng wén lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand
Chinese Pinyin Translation
语言誓约 語言誓約 yǔ yán shì yuē language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)
火星人 huǒ xīng rén Martian
索杰纳 索傑納 suǒ jié nà Sojourner (Martian land rover)
月球和火星术语工作组 月球和火星術語工作組 Working Group on Lunar and Martian Nomenclature
口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2]
普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn
会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn
母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
粗口 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language
粗话 粗話 cū huà vulgar language / coarse language syn
藏文 zàng wén Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn
语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data
北京语言学院 北京語言學院 běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn Beijing Language Institute / former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
电脑语言 電腦語言 diàn nǎo yǔ yán programming language / computer language
人造语言 人造語言 rén zào yǔ yán artificial language / constructed language / conlang
祖语 祖語 zǔ yǔ proto-language / parent language (linguistics)
阿富汗语 阿富汗語 ā fù hàn yǔ Afghan (language) / Pashto language
语文资格考试 Language Proficiency Examination / Language Proficiency Exam
国家汉办 國家漢辦 guó jiā hàn bàn Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院[Kong3 zi3 Xue2 yuan4] internationally / abbr. to 漢辦|汉办[Han4 ban4]
西语 西語 xī yǔ western language / Spanish (language)
台山话 台山話 tái shān huà Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group 粵語|粤语[Yue4 yu3] spoken in Jiangmen 江門|江门[Jiang1 men2] and in the Chinatowns of North America
空耳 kōng ěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")
手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn
Ｋ书 Ｋ書 K shū to cram (Taiwan, from Taiwanese khè su 齧書, lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] / (Tw) to cram (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1]
中文 zhōng wén Chinese language syn
语言 語言 yǔ yán language / CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3] syn
英语 英語 yīng yǔ English (language)
文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
英文 yīng wén English (language)
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
中文版 zhōng wén bǎn Chinese (language) version
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
中文网 中文網 zhōng wén wǎng Chinese language network
言语 言語 yán yǔ words / speech / (spoken) language syn
粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language
日语 日語 rì yǔ Japanese language
词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn
语种 語種 yǔ zhòng language type (in a classification)
语种 語種 yǔ zhǒng language type (in a classification)
汉语 漢語 hàn yǔ Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
华语 華語 huá yǔ Chinese language syn
法语 法語 fǎ yǔ French (language)
韩语 韓語 hán yǔ Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
日文 rì wén Japanese (language)
雅思 yǎ sī IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn
德语 德語 dé yǔ German (language)
外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn
华文 華文 huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn
中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college)
语系 語系 yǔ xì language family
韩文 韓文 hán wén hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language
满口 滿口 mǎn kǒu a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
英语教学 英語教學 yīng yǔ jiāo xué English Language Teaching (ELT) / studying and teaching English
俄语 俄語 é yǔ Russian (language)
比划 比劃 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
中国日报 中國日報 zhōng guó rì bào China Daily (an English language newspaper)
脏话 髒話 zāng huà profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely syn
潮汕 cháo shàn Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture
西班牙语 西班牙語 xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language
隔阂 隔閡 gé hé misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier syn
深入浅出 深入淺出 shēn rù qiǎn chū to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand syn
法文 fǎ wén French language
满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) syn
语声 語聲 yǔ shēng spoken language / sound of speaking
单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn
中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
断背山 斷背山 duàn bèi shān Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn
白话 白話 bái huà spoken language / vernacular syn
德文 dé wén German (language)
腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn
语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher
广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language
汇编语言 匯編語言 huì biān yǔ yán assembly language
手语 手語 shǒu yǔ sign language
语文教师 語文教師 language teacher
意大利语 意大利語 yì dà lì yǔ Italian (language)
密语 密語 mì yǔ code word / coded language / to communicate in private
阿拉伯语 阿拉伯語 ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language)
语感 語感 yǔ gǎn instinctive feel for the language
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
藏语 藏語 zàng yǔ Tibetan language
察言观色 察言觀色 chá yán guān sè to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language syn
拉丁文 lā dīng wén Latin (language)
古语 古語 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression syn
简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn
秽语 穢語 huì yǔ obscene language
中国话 中國話 zhōng guó huà (spoken) Chinese language
韩国语 韓國語 hán guó yǔ Korean language
俄文 é wén Russian language
巴利 bā lì Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon / Barry (name) / Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer
行话 行話 háng huà jargon / language of the trade
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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