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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn
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
r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn
fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn
lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn
特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn
具体 具體 jù tǐ concrete / specific / detailed syn
专题 專題 zhuān tí specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
特定 tè dìng special / specific / designated / particular syn
比重 bǐ zhòng proportion / specific gravity syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
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
股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan
冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment
yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison syn
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
fān variant of 番[fan1] / foreign (non-Chinese)
hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn
站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc)
爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
调用 調用 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous
上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group
独有 獨有 dú yǒu to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only
老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur 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
定点 定點 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) syn
具体情况 具體情況 jù tǐ qíng kuàng specific circumstances / actual situation
有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)
专人 專人 zhuān rén specialist / person appointed for specific task syn
不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition
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
阶段性 階段性 jiē duàn xìng specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased
不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly
有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn
确诊 確診 què zhěn to make a definite diagnosis / confirmed (case of a specific disease) syn
特有 tè yǒu specific (to) / characteristic (of) / distinctive syn
旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn
无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self")
直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...)
国别 國別 guó bié nationality / country-specific (history, report etc)
具体措施 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure
副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn
特异性 特異性 tè yì xìng specific / specificity / idiosyncrasy
特来 特來 tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) syn
专任 專任 zhuān rèn full-time / to appoint sb to a specific task
非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream
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
副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn
特为 特為 tè wèi for a specific purpose / specially syn
分则 分則 fēn zé specific provisions (based on general regulations)
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
专管 專管 zhuān guǎn to be in charge of something specific
异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn
平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn
法家 fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist syn
专责 專責 zhuān zé specific responsibility syn
空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty 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
做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn
细目 細目 xì mù detailed listing / specific item syn
荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn
东夷 東夷 dōng yí Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn
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
比热 比熱 bǐ rè specific heat
tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn
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)
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn
bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze syn
眉毛胡子一把抓 眉毛鬍子一把抓 méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
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
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
旱鸭子 旱鴨子 hàn yā zi non-swimmer
具体内部控制程序 具體內部控制程序 jù tǐ nèi bù kòng zhì chéng xù specific control procedures / specific controls
具体控制程序 具體控制程序 jù tǐ kòng zhì chéng xù specific control procedures / specific controls
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
非法定 fēi fǎ dìng non-statutory / non-governmental 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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