讯息 訊息 xùn xī information / news / message / text message / SMS syn 启发 啟發 qǐ fā to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 原文 yuán wén original text syn 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 宝典 寶典 bǎo diǎn canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom) 疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text) syn 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author 上文 shàng wén preceding part of the text 涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid) syn 短讯 短訊 duǎn xùn SMS / text message 错字 錯字 cuò zì incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text) 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 删节 刪節 shān jié to abridge / to cut a text down to size for publication syn 全文 quán wén entire text / full text syn 译文 譯文 yì wén translated text 正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) syn 课文 課文 kè wén text / CL:篇[pian1] 专著 專著 zhuān zhù monograph / specialized text 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 要旨 yào zhǐ the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points syn 审校 審校 shěn jiào to proof-read / to review (a text) syn 三藏 sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries 拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn 短信 duǎn xìn text message / SMS 本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book syn 控件 kòng jiàn (computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc) 发短信 發短信 fā duǎn xìn to text / to send SMS messages 键入 鍵入 jiàn rù to key in / to input / to enter (some text) 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 文本框 wén běn kuàng (computing) text box 换行 換行 huàn háng to wrap (text) / line feed (computing) 纯文字 純文字 chún wén zì text-only (webpage, slide etc) 读经 讀經 dú jīng to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 加粗 jiā cū to make text bold 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD) 词话 詞話 cí huà form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn 经籍 經籍 jīng jí religious text syn 栏 欄 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data) syn 祷文 禱文 dǎo wén litany (text of a prayer) syn 括 kuò (bound form) to tie up / to tighten up / (bound form) to include / to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1] syn 顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 祷词 禱詞 dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer) 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream 明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn 蛮夷 蠻夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian 无生命 無生命 wú shēng mìng non-living / inanimate / lifeless 东夷 東夷 dōng yí Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC 奶精 nǎi jīng non-dairy creamer 不干预 不幹預 non-intervention 十六国 十六國 shí liù guó Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 夷狄 yí dí non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians 赵紫阳 趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then 番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 夷 yí non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze syn 荤 葷 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn 非政府 fēi zhèng fǔ non-governmental 连轴转 連軸轉 lián zhóu zhuàn (coll.) to work non-stop / to work around the clock syn 