白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 马克笔 馬克筆 mǎ kè bǐ marker (loanword) / felt marker 彩色笔 彩色筆 cǎi sè bǐ colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker 两性平等政策标志 liǎng xìng píng děng zhèng cè biāo zhì gender equality policy marker / gender marker 拨弦乐器 撥弦樂器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument 臭氧计 臭氧計 ozonometer / ozone meter / ozone instrument / ozone measuring device / ozone measuring instrument 臭氧测量仪器 臭氧測量儀器 ozonometer / ozone meter / ozone instrument / ozone measuring device / ozone measuring instrument 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 写法 寫法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 应用文 應用文 yìng yòng wén applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) syn 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 润色 潤色 rùn sè to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc) syn 笔锋 筆鋒 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch 翰 hàn writing brush / writing / pen syn 屠毒笔墨 屠毒筆墨 tú dú bǐ mò poisonous writing / disparaging writing / calumny 倒写 倒寫 dào xiě mirror writing / upside down writing 扶乩 fú jī planchette writing / to do planchette writing 绮语 綺語 qǐ yǔ flowery writing / writing concerning love and sex 辍笔 輟筆 chuò bǐ to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway 毛锥 毛錐 máo zhuī writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals syn 过 過 guo (experienced action marker) syn 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 记号笔 記號筆 jì hao bǐ (permanent) marker (pen) 曾 céng once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 喔 wo (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder syn 规矩绳墨 規矩繩墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 带标识 帶標識 dài biāo shí marker 标柱 標柱 biāo zhù distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack 标砖 標磚 biāo zhuān marker brick (in building) / keystone 绳墨 繩墨 shéng mò lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations syn 警标 警標 jǐng biāo buoy / navigation marker 里约标志 Rio marker 反光标志 fǎn guāng biāo zhì reflectorized marker 简易雷场标志 jiǎn yì léi chǎng biāo zhì improvised minefield marker / local warning sign 雷场周边标志 léi chǎng zhōu bian biāo zhì minefield perimeter marker 微卫星标记 wēi wèi xīng biāo jì microsatellite marker / microsatellite 危险标志 wēi xiǎn biāo zhì hazard marker 通道标志 通道標志 tòng dào biāo zhì lane marker 军事分界线标志 軍事分界線標誌 MDL marker 双行标志 雙行標誌 strip marker 替代终点 替代終點 tì dài zhōng diǎn surrogate endpoint / surrogate marker / surrogate outcome 替代指标 替代指標 tì dài zhǐ biāo surrogate endpoint / surrogate marker / surrogate outcome 标志层 標志層 biāo zhì céng marker 雷标 雷標 léi biāo mine marker 无源反射跑道系统 無源反射跑道系統 wú yuán fǎn shè pǎo dào xì tǒng passive-reflective runway system / reflective marker 行标 行標 row marker 行首尾标志 行首尾標誌 row marker 中间标志 中間標誌 intermediate marker 间隙标志 間隙標誌 gap marker 测量标志 測量標誌 survey marker 转弯点标志 轉彎點標誌 turning point marker 标准地雷标志 標準地雷標誌 standard mine marker 雷场标志 雷場標誌 minefield marker 终点标志 終點標誌 end point marker 雷场安全通道标志 雷場安全通道標誌 minefield safe-lane marker 麦克笔 麥克筆 mài kè bǐ marker pen (loanword) 板沟 板溝 bǎn gōu chalkboard ledge / whiteboard ledge / chalk tray (at the foot of a blackboard) / whiteboard marker tray 敖包 áo bāo (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits 工具 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) syn 仪器 儀器 yí qì instrument / apparatus / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 喇叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4] syn 票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument) 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 弹琴 彈琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument 琴弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 弹唱 彈唱 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument) 尺子 chǐ zi ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[ba3] syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 光学仪器 光學儀器 guāng xué yí qì optical instrument 金融工具 jīn róng gōng jù financial instrument 分度 fēn dù graduation (of a measuring instrument) 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 颤音 顫音 chàn yīn vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics) 葫芦丝 葫蘆絲 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 打击乐器 打擊樂器 dǎ jī yuè qì percussion instrument syn