身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 居民 jū mín resident / inhabitant syn 市民 shì mín city resident syn 大使 dà shǐ ambassador / envoy / CL:名[ming2],位[wei4] syn 居住 jū zhù to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in syn 召回 zhào huí to recall (a product, an ambassador etc) syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 常驻 常駐 cháng zhù resident / permanent (representative) 雷德 léi dé Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009 特使 tè shǐ special envoy / special ambassador 主治医师 主治醫師 zhǔ zhì yī shī doctor-in-charge / resident physician 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 伯恩斯 bó ēn sī Burns (name) / Nicholas Burns (1956-), US ambassador to China 2022- 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) 出使 chū shǐ to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission 蒙代尔 蒙代爾 méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996 代言 dài yán to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse 北京人 běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing 形象大使 xíng xiàng dà shǐ person who represents an organization and enhances its image / an ambassador 驻留 駐留 zhù liú to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc) syn 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 黑户 黑戶 hēi hù unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop 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 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 侨居津贴 僑居津貼 qiáo jū jīn tiē non-resident allowance 非居民事务管理局 非居民事務管理局 Administrative Department of Non-resident Affairs 无立管钻探船 non-riser drillship / non-riser drilling vessel / non-riser drilling ship / riserless ship 无损检验 無損檢驗 wú sǔn jiǎn yàn non-destructive assay / non-destructive analysis / non-destructive testing 非破坏性试验 非破坏性試驗 fēi pò huài xìng shì yàn non-destructive assay / non-destructive analysis / non-destructive testing 塞拉凡 sài lā fán (Sonny) Seraphin (Haitian ambassador to Taiwan) 尚慕杰 尚慕傑 shàng mù jié James Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999 维尔容 維爾容 wéi ěr róng (Johannes Lodewikus) Viljoen (South African ambassador to Taiwan) 教廷大使 jiào tíng dà shǐ an ambassador of the church / an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican) 丘尔金 丘爾金 qiū ěr jīn Churkin (name) / Vitaly I. Churkin (1952-), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to UN from 2006 使领官员 使領官員 shǐ lǐng guān yuán ambassador and consul / diplomat 全权大使 全權大使 quán quán dà shǐ plenipotentiary ambassador 加拉罕 jiā lā hǎn Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge 尤德 yóu dé Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986 曾纪泽 曾紀澤 zēng jì zé Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia 洪博培 hóng bó péi Jon Huntsman, Jr. (1960-), US politician, Governor of Utah 2005-2009, Ambassador to China 2009-2011 薄瑞光 bó ruì guāng Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006 郭松焘 郭松燾 guō sōng dào Guo Songdao or Kuo Sun-tao (1818-1891), China's first imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK and France 司徒雷登 sī tú léi dēng John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China 无任所大使 無任所大使 wú rèn suǒ dà shǐ Ambassador at large 巡回大使 xún huí dà shǐ Ambassador at large 亲善大使 親善大使 qīn shàn dà shǐ goodwill ambassador 向大使提问 xiàng dài shǐ tí wèn Ask an Ambassador 废除切割女性生殖器官习俗特别大使 廢除切割女性生殖器官習俗特別大使 Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation 形象代言人 xíng xiàng dài yán rén (brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company) 永久居民 yǒng jiǔ jū mín permanent resident / person with the right to live in a country or territory 