件 jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc syn 分 fèn part / share / ingredient / component syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 零件 líng jiàn part / component syn 替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement 部件 bù jiàn part / component syn 谐音 諧音 xié yīn homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound) 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 配件 pèi jiàn component / part / fitting / accessory / replacement part syn 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 元件 yuán jiàn element / component syn 螺栓 luó shuān bolt (male component of nut and bolt) 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 组件 組件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly syn 游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) 组成部分 組成部分 zǔ chéng bù fèn part / component / ingredient / constituent syn 高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance 零部件 líng bù jiàn spare part / component syn 机件 機件 jī jiàn component (mechanics) syn 螺母 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 螺帽 luó mào nut (female component of nut and bolt) 器件 qì jiàn device / component syn 电子元件 電子元件 diàn zǐ yuán jiàn electronic component syn 构件 構件 gòu jiàn member / component / part syn 声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 偏旁 piān páng component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) syn 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 插件 chā jiàn plug-in (software or hardware) / to plug in a component 元器件 yuán qì jiàn component syn 分量 fēn liàng (vector) component syn 电子元器件 電子元器件 diàn zǐ yuán qì jiàn electronic component 主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component 多肽 duō tài polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein 拼成 pīn chéng to put sth together from component parts 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 旁 páng one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) syn 乇 zhé "blade of grass" component in Chinese characters 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 蕃 fān variant of 番[fan1] / foreign (non-Chinese) 旱鸭子 旱鴨子 hàn yā zi non-swimmer 螺丝帽 螺絲帽 luó sī mào nut (female component of nut and bolt) 冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment 互不侵犯条约 Non-Aggression Pact 不结盟运动 不結盟運動 bù jié méng yùn dòng Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 凭轼结辙 憑軾結轍 píng shì jié zhé to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom) 杀鸡焉用牛刀 殺雞焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam 缓急轻重 緩急輕重 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 等额选举 等額選舉 děng é xuǎn jǔ non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election 不计养恤金津贴 不計養恤金津貼 non-pensionable allowance 形旁 xíng páng semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4]) 意符 yì fú semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4]) 文职人员 文職人員 wén zhí rén yuán civilian component / civil component 文职部分 文職部分 civilian component / civil component 