平衡 píng héng balance / equilibrium syn 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 克拉 kè lā carat (mass) (loanword) 群众 群眾 qún zhòng mass / multitude / the masses syn 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 大屠杀 大屠殺 dà tú shā massacre / mass slaughter syn 集结 集結 jí jié to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal syn 弥撒 彌撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass syn 算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 权衡 權衡 quán héng to consider / to weigh (a matter) / to balance (pros and cons) syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 平衡木 píng héng mù beam (gymnastics) / balance beam 余额 餘額 yú é balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 借贷 借貸 jiè dài to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 调剂 調劑 tiáo jì to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescription syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 大众化 大眾化 dà zhòng huà mass-oriented / to cater for the masses / popularized 制衡 zhì héng to check and balance (power) / checks and balances 差额 差額 chā é balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 相抵 xiāng dǐ to balance up / to offset / to counterbalance syn 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 气团 氣團 qì tuán air mass 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 分子量 fēn zǐ liàng molecular mass 结余 結餘 jié yú balance / cash surplus syn 借方 jiè fāng borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet) syn 质点 質點 zhì diǎn point mass / particle 陈兵 陳兵 chén bīng to deploy troops / to mass troops 均势 均勢 jūn shì equilibrium of forces / balance of power 贷方 貸方 dài fāng credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender syn 结存 結存 jié cún balance / cash in hand syn 群发 群發 qún fā to send to multiple recipients / mass mailout / to occur in a clustered fashion 算帐 算帳 suàn zhàng to reckon (accounting) / to balance an account / fig. to settle an account / to get one's revenge 量产 量產 liàng chǎn to mass-produce 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 公共交通 gōng gòng jiāo tōng public transport / mass transit 逆差 nì chā adverse trade balance / trade deficit 资产负债表 資產負債表 zī chǎn fù zhài biǎo balance sheet 群众性 群眾性 qún zhòng xìng to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc) 繁花 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers syn 国际收支 國際收支 guó jì shōu zhī balance of payments 人民团体 人民團體 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization 生态平衡 生態平衡 shēng tài píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 群众路线 群衆路線 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 合众 合眾 hé zhòng mass / involving everyone / united / lit. to assemble the multitude 扯平 chě píng to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits syn 群体性事件 群體性事件 qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns) 质谱 質譜 zhì pǔ mass spectrometry 杂沓 雜沓 zá tà small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult syn 杆秤 桿秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance) 民变 民變 mín biàn mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 堆 duī to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount syn 抵 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn 秤 chèng steelyard balance / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 质谱仪 質譜儀 zhì pǔ yí mass spectrometer 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 出超 chū chāo trade surplus / favorable balance of trade 原子量 yuán zǐ liàng atomic weight / atomic mass 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 试算表 試算表 shì suàn biǎo spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy) 弹簧秤 彈簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance 大灭绝 大滅絕 dà miè jué mass extinction 捷运 捷運 jié yùn (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT) / subway 秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm 英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms)) 秤盘 秤槃 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance 特克斯 tè kè sī (textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber (abbr. to 特[te4]) 劳逸结合 勞逸結合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 自然平衡 zì rán píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 生物平衡 shēng wù píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 尾欠 wěi qiàn balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt syn 国际收支与国际投资头寸手册 國際收支與國際投資頭寸手冊 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition / Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual 质量平衡法 mass balance approach 南极冰盖质量平衡和对海平面作用 南極冰蓋質量平衡和對海平面作用 Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea-level Contributions 热电离质谱测定法 rè diàn lí zhì pǔ cè dìng fǎ thermal ionization mass spectrometry / surface ionization mass spectrometry 电子轰击质谱仪 electron bombardment mass spectrometer / electron impact mass spectrometer 扇形磁场质谱仪 扇形磁場質譜儀 magnetic sector mass spectrometer / magnetic mass spectrometer 力量均衡 lì liàng jūn héng balance of power 平衡态 平衡態 píng héng tài balance / (state of) equilibrium 权力平衡 權力平衡 quán lì píng héng balance 付方 fù fāng credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方[shou1 fang1] syn 借入方 jiè rù fāng borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet) 借方差额 借方差額 jiè fāng chā é debit balance (accountancy) 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 台磅 tái bàng platform balance 挹注 yì zhù to shift resources into areas of need / to inject funds / to balance resources 收支相抵 shōu zhī xiāng dǐ to break even / balance between income and expenditure