"need-based system" Chinese-English Dictionary

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需要制 need-based system
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
yào to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important syn
děi to have to / must / ought to / to need to syn
yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn
需要 xū yào to need / to want / to demand / to require / needs syn
不用 bù yòng need not syn
不必 bù bì need not / does not have to / not necessarily syn
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need syn
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need / have no use for syn
必需 bì xū to need / to require / essential / indispensable syn
何必 hé bì there is no need / why should syn
急需 jí xū to urgently need / urgent need syn
音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) syn
务必 務必 wù bì must / to need to / to be sure to syn
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) syn
无须 無須 wú xū need not / not obliged to / not necessarily syn
只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn
留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out
用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff
急用 jí yòng to need sth urgently / urgently required
毋庸 wú yōng no need for syn
雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need syn
舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft)
不消 bù xiāo to not need / needless (to say) syn
亟待 jí dài to need urgently / to need doing without delay syn
何须 何須 hé xū there is no need / why should syn
特需 tè xū special need / particular requirement syn
要有 yào yǒu to need / to require / must have
小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart"
管理信息系统 管理信息系統 guǎn lǐ xìn xī xì tǒng management information system / MI system
不着 不著 bù zháo no need / need not
学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc)
只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need / it only takes
亟需 jí xū to urgently need / urgent need syn
不时之需 不時之需 bù shí zhī xū a possible period of want or need
内急 內急 nèi jí to need to answer the call of nature
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
组合音响 組合音響 zǔ hé yīn xiǎng hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3] syn
官制 guān zhì the civil service system / the bureaucratic system
没有必要 沒有必要 méi yǒu bì yào there is no need to (do sth)
dài to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to syn
zhāi to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need syn
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
xiāo to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take syn
béng (contraction of 不用[bu4yong4]) need not / please don't syn
分封制 fēn fēng zhì the feudal system / system of enfeoffment
根据 根據 gēn jù according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
卡门 卡門 kǎ mén Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn
定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn
专访 專訪 zhuān fǎng to interview (a particular person or on a particular topic) / special interview / special report based on such an interview
劳埃德 勞埃德 láo āi dé Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based / steady / steadfast / to have peace of mind / free from anxiety / Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2] syn
冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
陆上 陸上 lù shàng land-based / on land syn
本着 本著 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle syn
油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn
道家 dào jiā Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC) syn
礼尚往来 禮尚往來 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness syn
豆制品 豆製品 dòu zhì pǐn legume-based product / soybean product
国联 國聯 guó lián abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟[Guo2 ji4 Lian2 meng2], League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN
走马观花 走馬觀花 zǒu mǎ guān huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
股份制 gǔ fèn zhì (a company) based on share-holding
恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
普桑 pǔ sāng a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name)
长荣 長榮 cháng róng Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems)
分则 分則 fēn zé specific provisions (based on general regulations)
计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1]
唐三藏 táng sān zàng Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664)
三岔口 sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
春蚕 春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019
舰载机 艦載機 jiàn zài jī carrier-based aircraft
华容道 華容道 huá róng dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
话本 話本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
汾酒 fén jiǔ Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
歼击 殲擊 jiān jī to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually 殲擊8型|歼击8型 syn
关东煮 關東煮 guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
相面 xiàng miàn fortune telling based on the subject's face syn
蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products
jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn
系统 系統 xì tǒng system / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
shí ten / 10 / numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5] syn
fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn
qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn
装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn
bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn
gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
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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