土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 当地 當地 dāng dì local syn 本地 běn dì local / this locality syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 局部 jú bù part / local syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product / (regional) specialty 地痞 dì pǐ bully / local ruffian syn 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 组胺 組胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty syn 地头蛇 地頭蛇 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss syn 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 风土人情 風土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs (idiom) syn 地区性 地區性 dì qū xìng regional / local 局域网 局域網 jú yù wǎng local area network (LAN) 土产 土產 tǔ chǎn produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) syn 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand 随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn 德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals) 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances syn 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2]) 采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn 乡音 鄉音 xiāng yīn local accent / accent of one's native place syn 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant syn 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 在地 zài dì (Tw) local / native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) 地方政府 dì fāng zhèng fǔ local government 民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated syn 当地时间 當地時間 dāng dì shí jiān local time 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 发展目标 發展目標 development objective / development goal 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 地方性 dì fāng xìng local 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 接入网 接入網 access network / local loop 无线接入 無線接入 wú xiàn jiē rù wireless access / wireless local loop 方志 fāng zhì local chronicles / district records syn 风土 風土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions syn 黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) 本币 本幣 běn bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币 小气候 小氣候 xiǎo qì hòu microclimate / fig. local situation syn 地方戏 地方戲 dì fāng xì local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc 发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 开发 開發 kāi fā to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop syn 深度 shēn dù depth / (of a speech etc) profundity / advanced stage of development syn 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 发育 發育 fā yù to develop / to mature / growth / development / (sexually) mature syn 动态 動態 dòng tài movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science) 研发 研發 yán fā research and development / to develop 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 住宅区 住宅區 zhù zhái qū residential area / housing development 里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc) 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn 辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn 苗头 苗頭 miáo tou first signs / development (of a situation) syn 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do 地方官 dì fāng guān local official syn 发扬光大 發揚光大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development syn 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn 冲力 衝力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) 前因后果 前因後果 qián yīn hòu guǒ cause and effects (idiom) / entire process of development syn 开发区 開發區 kāi fā qū development zone 成虫 成蟲 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) 法拉第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity 纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear) / depth (into a territory) / span (of time) / (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) syn 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 新村 xīn cūn new housing development 跨越式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development 发育期 發育期 fā yù qī puberty / period of development 豪绅 豪紳 háo shēn local despot syn 土货 土貨 tǔ huò local produce syn 土音 tǔ yīn local accent syn 经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development 可持续发展 可持續發展 kě chí xù fā zhǎn sustainable development 发改委 發改委 fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 科学发展观 科學發展觀 kē xué fā zhǎn guān Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007 发展战略 development strategy 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 大力发展 大力發展 dà lì fā zhǎn vigorous expansion / rapid development 公测 公測 gōng cè (software development) to do beta testing 产品开发 產品開發 product development 技术发展 技術發展 jì shù fā zhǎn technological development 泰达 泰達 tài dá TEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area) 