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"midwife (old term)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
稳婆 穩婆 wěn pó midwife (old term)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
词语 詞語 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression syn
圣神 聖神 shèng shén feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
接生婆 jiē shēng pó midwife
助产士 助產士 zhù chǎn shì midwife syn
产婆 產婆 chǎn pó midwife syn
催生婆 cuī shēng pó midwife who induces labor
收生婆 shōu shēng pó midwife syn
辅助助产士 輔助助產士 auxiliary nurse midwife
助产士助理 助產士助理 midwife aid
农村助产士 農村助產士 village midwife
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn
短期 duǎn qī short term / short-term
合称 合稱 hé chēng common term / general term
五常 wǔ cháng the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義|义[yi4], propriety 禮|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4] / alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wu3lun2], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wu3xing2], the five elements syn
足月生 zú yuè shēng birth at term / full-term birth
足月出生 zú yuè chū shēng birth at term / full-term birth
国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies
漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu fǔ - chōng jī lit. to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom) / fig. to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits / shortsighted
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem syn
老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
开学 開學 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term syn
岭南 嶺南 lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
地动 地動 dì dòng earthquake (old term) syn
花子 huā zi beggar (old term) syn
欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union)
黄种人 黃種人 huáng zhǒng rén yellow man / Mongoloid (old term)
话匣子 話匣子 huà xiá zi phonograph or radio (old term) / chatterbox / talkative person syn
化子 huā zi beggar (old term) / same as 花子
欧洲共同体 歐洲共同體 ōu zhōu gòng tóng tǐ European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟[Ou1 meng2]
公使馆 公使館 gōng shǐ guǎn embassy (old term) / foreign mission
馆 館 guǎn building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jia1] syn
抚 撫 fǔ to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor syn
戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs syn
瘙 sào itch / old term for scabies / Taiwan pr. [sao1]
貉 háo old term for northern peoples / silent syn
貉 mò old term for northern peoples / silent syn
磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn
甙 dài old term for 糖苷[tang2 gan1], glycoside
鋍 bó old term for beryllium, now written 鈹|铍[pi2] / variant of 鈸|钹[bo2], cymbals
僮族 zhuàng zú old term for 壯族|壮族, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
南平地区 南平地區 nán píng dì qū Nanping district (old term) / since 1983, Nanping, county-level city, Fujian
印度支那半岛 印度支那半島 yìn dù zhī nà bàn dǎo Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period) / now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3]
张掖地区 張掖地區 zhāng yè dì qū Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term) / Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu)
晋江地区 晉江地區 jìn jiāng dì qū Jinjiang county (old term) / since 1983, Jinjiang, county-level city, Fujian
楞迦 léng jiā Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
楞迦岛 楞迦島 léng jiā dǎo Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
极西 極西 jí xī "the Far West" / old term for Europe
槚 檟 jiǎ Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)
欧洲共同市场 歐洲共同市場 ōu zhōu gòng tóng shì chǎng European common market (old term for EU, European Union)
莆田地区 莆田地區 pú tián dì qū Putian prefecture (old term) / since 1983, Putian, prefecture-level city, Fujian
苏禄 蘇祿 sū lù old term for Sulawesi or Celebes 蘇拉威西|苏拉威西[Su1 la1 wei1 xi1]
蛮子 蠻子 mán zi barbarian / slave servant / (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)
襄阳地区 襄陽地區 xiāng yáng dì qū old term for Xiangyang district of Xiangfan city 襄樊市[Xiang1 fan2 shi4], Hubei
银丝族 銀絲族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
龙岩地区 龍岩地區 lóng yán dì qū Longyan district (old term) / since 1983, Longyan, county-level city, Fujian
老骨头 老骨頭 lǎo gǔ tou weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
家爷 家爺 jiā yé (old) a term servants used to refer to their master
二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
农友 農友 nóng yǒu our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn
州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn
牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn
穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默
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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