像 xiàng to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.) syn 相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) syn 神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 画像 畫像 huà xiàng portrait / to do a portrait of sb syn 肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness syn 头像 頭像 tóu xiàng portrait / bust / (computing) profile picture / avatar 写真 寫真 xiě zhēn portrait / to describe sth accurately syn 批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing 自画像 自畫像 zì huà xiàng self-portrait 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 遗像 遺像 yí xiàng portrait of the deceased syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 像章 xiàng zhāng badge / insignia / lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader) 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn 官 guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 相图 相圖 xiàng tú phase diagram (math.) / phase portrait 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 发送 發送 fā sòng to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) syn 官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government) / administrator syn 官方 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority) syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 文书 文書 wén shū document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 立案 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation) 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) syn 行人 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor syn 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position syn 弹劾 彈劾 tán hé to impeach (an official) syn 高官 gāo guān high official 外传 外傳 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) 官邸 guān dǐ official residence syn 公文 gōng wén official document syn 议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business syn 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 太保 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents 公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business / official work syn 礼宾 禮賓 lǐ bīn protocol / official etiquette 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 功臣 gōng chén meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role syn 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 忠臣 zhōng chén faithful official syn 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) syn 恩泽 恩澤 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official syn 官阶 官階 guān jiē official rank 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 官衔 官銜 guān xián title / official rank 留职 留職 liú zhí to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job 门将 門將 mén jiàng official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc) 中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn 青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn 出访 出訪 chū fǎng to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation 臣子 chén zǐ official in feudal court / subject syn 咨文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state syn 公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association 奉公守法 fèng gōng shǒu fǎ to carry out official duties and observe the law syn 贪官 貪官 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin syn 官吏 guān lì bureaucrat / official syn 达官贵人 達官貴人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom) / the great and the good syn 喝道 hè dào to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way syn 福娃 fú wá Fuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots) 清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional) syn 达官 達官 dá guān high-ranking official syn 乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire syn 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 官府 guān fǔ authorities / feudal official syn 考官 kǎo guān an examiner / an official conducting an exam 官职 官職 guān zhí an official position / a job in the bureaucracy syn 东道主 東道主 dōng dào zhǔ host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 武官 wǔ guān military official / military attaché syn 奸臣 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state syn 大员 大員 dà yuán high official syn 俸禄 俸祿 fèng lù official's salary (in feudal times) syn 官宦 guān huàn functionary / official syn 官差 guān chāi official business / government workmen / odd-job men 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 上官 shàng guān high-ranking official / superior 行文 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication syn 