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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
下星期 xià xīng qī next week
下周 下週 xià zhōu next week
下个星期 下個星期 xià gè xīng qī next week
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary syn
星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday syn
下面 xià mian below / under / next / the following syn
下次 xià cì next time
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] syn
上周 shàng zhōu last week
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn
接下来 接下來 jiē xià lái to accept / to take / next / following syn
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn
下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn
每周 每週 měi zhōu every week
隔壁 gé bì next door / neighbor syn
明年 míng nián next year syn
其次 qí cì next / secondly syn
上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week
换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc)
下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn
下辈子 下輩子 xià bèi zi the next life syn
切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn
下回 xià huí next chapter / next time syn
陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn
续集 續集 xù jí sequel / next episode (of TV series etc)
来世 來世 lái shì afterlife / next life syn
后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn
微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) syn
进而 進而 jìn ér and then (what follows next) syn
其后 其後 qí hòu next / later / after that syn
直系亲属 直系親屬 zhí xì qīn shǔ next of kin / immediate dependant
次日 cì rì next day / the morrow syn
下月 xià yuè next month
来生 來生 lái shēng next life syn
近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn
至亲 至親 zhì qīn next of kin / closely related
下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve
来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn
出线 出線 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
升学 升學 shēng xué to enter the next grade school
翌日 yì rì next day syn
前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
即日 jí rì this or that very day / in the next few days syn
交班 jiāo bān to hand over to the next workshift syn
前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) syn
下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn
比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn
登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn
紧邻 緊鄰 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor syn
左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
后年 後年 hòu nián the year after next
本周 本週 běn zhōu this week
弥勒佛 彌勒佛 mí lè fó Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha syn
下一页 下一頁 xià yī yè next page
第二天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow
一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one
下一步 xià yī bù the next step
黄金周 黃金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
下页 下頁 xià yè next page
传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month
隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days
紧靠 緊靠 jǐn kào to be right next to / to lean closely against syn
来日 來日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days syn
不日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time syn
翌年 yì nián the following year / the next year syn
后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
成语接龙 成語接龍 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
邻接 鄰接 lín jiē adjacent / next to syn
月光族 yuè guāng zú people who spend all their monthly earnings before the next payday
邻舍 鄰舍 lín shè neighbor / person next door syn
zhōu week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1] syn
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn
下任 xià rèn next office holder / next to serve syn
压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax
传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation)
寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn
重译 重譯 chóng yì to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors) syn
下世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation syn
传代 傳代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation syn
大后年 大後年 dà hòu nián three years from now / year after year after next year
天涯若比邻 天涯若比鄰 tiān yá ruò bǐ lín far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
澡身浴德 zǎo shēn yù dé to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness
爽然若失 shuǎng rán ruò shī at a loss / confused / not know what to do next
这山望着那山高 這山望著那山高 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
六周规定 六周規定 liù zhōu guī dìng six-week documentation rule / six-week rule / 6-week rule
神圣周 神聖週 shén shèng zhōu Holy week / Easter week (esp. Catholic)
联合国全球道路安全周 聯合國全球道路安全周 lián hé guó quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week
全球道路安全周 quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week
下个 下個 xià ge second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
下期 xià qī next period (week, month or quarter etc)
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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