比 bì to associate with / to be near 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 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 合体 合體 hé tǐ to combine / combination / composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字[he2 ti3 zi4]) / (of clothes) to be a good fit syn 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 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 薄 bó meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near syn 庞贝 龐貝 páng bèi Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 在即 zài jí near at hand / imminent / within sight syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 邻近 鄰近 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity syn 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 代名词 代名詞 dài míng cí pronoun / synonym / byword 挨着 挨著 āi zhe near syn 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 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 同义词 同義詞 tóng yì cí synonym 阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 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) 终南山 終南山 zhōng nán shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 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 挨近 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to syn 近东 近東 jìn dōng Near East 凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful 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 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 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 濒于 瀕於 bīn yú near to / approaching (collapse) syn 波茨坦 bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany 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 高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles) 苏美尔 蘇美爾 sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East 紧 緊 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten syn 色拉寺 sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet 拢 攏 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair) syn 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 傍 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4] syn 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 迩 邇 ěr recently / near / close 遒 qiú strong / vigorous / robust / to draw near / to come to an end 汔 qì near 徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be syn 遐迩一体 遐邇一體 xiá ěr yī tǐ both near and distant treated alike (idiom) 雪岳山 雪嶽山 xuě yuè shān Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea 楼兰 樓蘭 lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1] 天台 tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang 训读 訓讀 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".) 同义字 同義字 tóng yì zì synonym 促声 促聲 cù shēng entering tone (synonym of 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]) 同义语 同義語 tóng yì yǔ synonym 异形词 異形詞 yì xíng cí variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4] / exact synonym and homonym written with different characters 腻歪 膩歪 nì wai (of a couple) to be sweet to each other / lovey-dovey / tired of / fed up with / sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味[ni4wei5]) 相似词 相似詞 xiāng sì cí synonym 侧锋 側鋒 cè fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1]) 希斯罗机场 希斯羅機場 xī sī luó jī chǎng Heathrow Airport (international airport near London) 平津战役 平津戰役 píng jīn zhàn yì Pingjin 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 刈羽 yì yǔ Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name / Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟 半坡村 bàn pō cūn archaeological site near Xi'an 吉兰丹州 吉蘭丹州 jí lán dān zhōu Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3] 吉兰丹河 吉蘭丹河 jí lán dān hé Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border 喀什噶尔 喀什噶爾 kā shí gá ěr Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan 喀什市 kā shí shì Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan 埃夫伯里 āi fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge) 官渡之战 官渡之戰 guān dù zhī zhàn Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan) 尼雅 ní yǎ Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD 巴里坤草原 bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang 徒有其名 tú yǒu qí míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be 挨边 挨邊 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) 柏崎刈羽 bǎi qí yì yǔ Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟 荣成湾 榮成灣 róng chéng wān Roncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 on north coast of Shandong 死到临头 死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom) 河姆渡遗址 河姆渡遺址 hé mǔ dù yí zhǐ Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 法隆寺 fǎ lōng sì Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 (c. 600) 疏勒国 疏勒國 shū lè guó Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods 眼梢 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple 秦始皇帝陵 qín shǐ huáng dì líng the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an 秦陵 qín líng the tomb of the First Emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 贝利卡登 貝利卡登 bèi lì kǎ dēng Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork / Ballycotton, music band 近古 jìn gǔ near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times) 遐迩皆知 遐邇皆知 xiá ěr jiē zhī well-known far and near (idiom) 