标准 標準 biāo zhǔn standard / norm / criterion / (adjective) standard / good / correct / conforming to a standard syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 配置 pèi zhì to deploy / to allocate / configuration / allocation syn 国标 國標 guó biāo national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准[guo2 jia1 biao1 zhun3]) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞|国际标准舞[guo2 ji4 biao1 zhun3 wu3]) 户型 戶型 hù xíng configuration of rooms in a residence (e.g. 3BR 2 Bath) 标准间 標準間 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1] 配置管理 pèi zhì guǎn lǐ configuration management 构型 構型 gòu xíng structure / (spatial) configuration / arrangement / (chemistry) configuration (molecular, electron etc) 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 合格 hé gé to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) syn 准则 準則 zhǔn zé norm / standard / criterion syn 及格 jí gé to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard syn 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) 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 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad 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 规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn 国标舞 國標舞 guó biāo wǔ international standard ballroom dancing 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 规格 規格 guī gé standard / norm / specification syn 达标 達標 dá biāo to reach a set standard syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) 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 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 基准 基準 jī zhǔn (surveying) datum / standard / criterion / benchmark 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 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 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 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 审美观 審美觀 shěn měi guān esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard 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 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn 为准 為準 wéi zhǔn to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) 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 ...) 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 标准时 標準時 biāo zhǔn shí standard time 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 正音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation syn 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) 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 国际标准 國際標準 guó jì biāo zhǔn international standard 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 技术标准 技術標準 jì shù biāo zhǔn technology standard 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 不规范 不規範 bù guī fàn not standard / abnormal / irregular 规范性 規範性 guī fàn xìng normal / standard 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 排放标准 排放標準 emission standard / emission requirement 行为准则 行為準則 xíng wéi zhǔn zé code of conduct / standard of conduct 差事 chà shì poor / not up to standard syn 非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream 标准普尔 標準普爾 biāo zhǔn pǔ ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index 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 标准差 標準差 biāo zhǔn chā (statistics) standard deviation 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 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 风纪 風紀 fēng jì standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline 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 正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn 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 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn 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 典 diǎn canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn 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 剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash 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 吕 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 非政府 fēi zhèng fǔ non-governmental 