把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 将 將 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn 比 bì to associate with / to be near syn 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 反对 反對 fǎn duì to oppose / to be against / to object to syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 对象 對象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 事物 shì wù thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 物体 物體 wù tǐ object / body / substance syn 大地 dà dì earth / mother earth syn 背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 挨着 挨著 āi zhe near syn 视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 笑柄 xiào bǐng a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 符咒 fú zhòu charm / amulet (religious object conferring blessing) syn 走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece / collector's item / precious object 物件 wù jiàn object 重塑 chóng sù to reconstruct (an art object) / to remodel 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 亮光 liàng guāng light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object syn 邻近 鄰近 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity syn 尖顶 尖頂 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 仿制品 仿製品 fǎng zhì pǐn counterfeit object / fake syn 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 铺天盖地 鋪天蓋地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance syn 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 珍品 zhēn pǐn valuable object / curio syn 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 扑通 撲通 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop syn 凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful 波茨坦 bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany 在即 zài jí near at hand / imminent / within sight syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 不以为然 不以為然 bù yǐ wéi rán not to accept as correct (idiom) / to object / to disapprove / to take exception to syn 本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) 器物 qì wù implement / utensil / article / object syn 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 美术品 美術品 měi shù pǐn an art object 挨近 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to syn 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object syn 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 笑谈 笑談 xiào tán object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat syn 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 近东 近東 jìn dōng Near East 濒于 瀕於 bīn yú near to / approaching (collapse) syn 宾语 賓語 bīn yǔ object (grammar) 神器 shén qì magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool 远端 遠端 yuǎn duān the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal 不厌 不厭 bù yàn not to tire of / not to object to 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 客体 客體 kè tǐ object (philosophy) syn 地藏 dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology) 遐迩 遐邇 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 秦始皇陵 qín shǐ huáng líng the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 端面 duān miàn end face / end surface of a cylindrical object syn 终南山 終南山 zhōng nán shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains 尖细 尖細 jiān xì (of an object) tapered / (of a voice) high-pitched 骊山 驪山 lí shān Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 终南 終南 zhōng nán Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an 近义词 近義詞 jìn yì cí near-synonym 大器 dà qì very capable person / precious object syn 傍边 傍邊 bàng biān near / beside 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi 虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn 奇货可居 奇貨可居 qí huò kě jū rare commodity worth hoarding / object for profiteering syn 切近 qiè jìn close / near / similar to syn 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 拿 ná to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) syn 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 