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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
竟然 jìng rán unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
说法 說法 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation syn
一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn
对了 對了 duì le Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
上路 shàng lù to start on a journey / to be on one's way syn
时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn
转向 轉向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost / to lose one's way syn
得逞 dé chěng to prevail / to have one's way / to get away with it syn
口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
一次性 yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods)
风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn
带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn
时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing syn
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn
车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) syn
退路 tuì lù a way out / a way to retreat / leeway syn
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn
没辙 沒轍 méi zhé at one's wit's end / unable to find a way out syn
届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn
定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
迷途 mí tú to lose one's way syn
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
单程 單程 dān chéng one-way (ticket)
穿行 chuān xíng to go through / to pass through / to thread one's way through syn
事与愿违 事與願違 shì yǔ yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) syn
自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc)
霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn
一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
超前 chāo qián to be ahead of one's time / to surpass or outdo one's predecessors / to be ahead of the pack / to take the lead / advanced syn
我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù to continue in one's own way (idiom) syn
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn
自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn
反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn
自得其乐 自得其樂 zì dé qí lè to find amusement in one's own way / to enjoy oneself quietly syn
爱莫能助 愛莫能助 ài mò néng zhù unable to help however much one would like to (idiom) / Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied. syn
百般 bǎi bān in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means syn
按兵不动 按兵不動 àn bīng bù dòng to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom) / to bide one's time
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment syn
逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation
闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn
限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn
瞑目 míng mù to close one's eyes / (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.) syn
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
去路 qù lù the way one is following / outlet
双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn
吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
待人接物 dài rén jiē wù the way one treats people syn
天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn
归途 歸途 guī tú the way back / one's journey home
望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn
南辕北辙 南轅北轍 nán yuán běi zhé to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom) syn
量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can.
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn
消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn
一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight 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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