方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 表 錶 biǎo watch (timepiece) / meter / gauge syn 电台 電臺 diàn tái transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] syn 计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn 读数 讀數 dú shù reading / data from meter 节拍 節拍 jié pāi beat (music) / meter syn 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn 韵律 韻律 yùn lǜ cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody syn 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 平方米 píng fāng mǐ square meter 度数 度數 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc) 微米 wēi mǐ micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter) 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 电表 電表 diàn biǎo power meter / ammeter / amperemeter / wattmeter / kilowatt-hour meter syn 平米 píng mǐ square meter / short for 平方米 计价器 計價器 jì jià qì fare meter / taximeter 立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume) 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 广播电台 廣播電臺 guǎng bō diàn tái radio station / broadcasting station / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] 水表 shuǐ biǎo water meter / indicator of water level 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 照度计 照度計 zhào dù jì lux meter / light meter 测速仪 測速儀 cè sù yí velocimeter / sound velocity meter 米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 传 傳 zhuàn biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station syn 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters syn 车站 車站 chē zhàn rail station / bus stop / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4] syn 加油站 jiā yóu zhàn gas station 火车站 火車站 huǒ chē zhàn train station 站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website syn 归队 歸隊 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life 地铁站 地鐵站 dì tiě zhàn subway station 驻扎 駐紮 zhù zhā to station / to garrison (troops) syn 空间站 空間站 kōng jiān zhàn space station 汽车站 汽車站 qì chē zhàn bus stop / bus station 局子 jú zi police station syn 工作台 工作檯 gōng zuò tái workbench / work station 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 投票站 tóu piào zhàn polling station (for a vote) 发电站 發電站 fā diàn zhàn power station syn 驻地 駐地 zhù dì station / encampment syn 太空站 tài kōng zhàn space station 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) 驻军 駐軍 zhù jūn to station or garrison troops / garrison 闸口 閘口 zhá kǒu open sluice gate / (toll) station / boarding gate (airport etc) / (fig.) gateway (access point) 基站 jī zhàn base station 天宫 天宮 tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program syn 站长 站長 zhàn zhǎng person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc 试验场 試驗場 shì yàn chǎng experimental station 泵站 bèng zhàn pumping station 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) syn 边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 站牌 zhàn pái bus stop sign / train station sign syn 林场 林場 lín chǎng forestry station / forest management area 管理站 guǎn lǐ zhàn management station 发电量 發電量 fā diàn liàng (power station, solar panel etc) output / capacity 运营商 運營商 yùn yíng shāng operator (of a power station, transport network etc) / carrier (telecommunications etc) 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 主站 zhǔ zhàn hub Earth station 北京站 běi jīng zhàn Beijing railway station 警局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 记者站 記者站 jì zhě zhàn correspondent post / correspondent station 本台 本臺 běn tái this radio station 气象站 氣象站 qì xiàng zhàn weather station 兵站 bīng zhàn army service station / military depot syn 公共汽车站 公共汽車站 gōng gòng qì chē zhàn bus stop / bus station 粮站 糧站 liáng zhàn grain supply station 地面站 earth station 站 zhàn station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website syn 卡 qiǎ to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3] syn 铺 鋪 pù plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station syn 中继站 中繼站 zhōng jì zhàn relay station 屯 tún to station (soldiers) / to store up / village syn 警察署 jǐng chá shǔ police station syn 驿 驛 yì post horse / relay station 曝光表 bào guāng biǎo light meter / exposure meter 卫生站 衛生站 health station syn 辐射仪 輻射儀 fú shè yí radiation meter 边防站 邊防站 biān fáng zhàn border station / frontier post 监测站 監測站 monitoring station 自动气象站 自動氣象站 Automatic Weather Station 卫星地面站 衛星地面站 satellite earth station 湿球黑球温度仪 濕球黑球溫度儀 shī qiú hēi qiú wēn duó yí wet bulb globe temperature meter / WBGT index meter / heat stress meter 湿球黑球温度指数仪 濕球黑球溫度指數儀 wet bulb globe temperature meter / WBGT index meter / heat stress meter 营急救站 營急救站 yíng jí jiù zhàn battalion dressing station / battalion aid station / aid station / aid post 营绷扎所 營繃紮所 battalion dressing station / battalion aid station / aid station / aid post 无线电网控制台 無線電网控制台 wú xiàn diàn wǎng kòng zhì tái net control station / network control station 无线电通讯网主台 無線電通訊网主台 wú xiàn diàn tòng xùn wǎng zhǔ tái net control station / network control station 化石燃料电站 化石燃料電站 huà shí rán liào diàn zhàn fossil-fired power station / fossil-fuel power station 原始数据用户站 原始數據用戶站 Primary Data Users Station / primary data receiving station 战地包扎所 戰地包紮所 field dressing station / holding station 开播 開播 kāi bō (agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program) 百米赛跑 百米賽跑 bǎi mǐ sài pǎo 100-meter dash 巡测仪 巡測儀 xún cè yí survey meter 