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原貌 yuán mào the original form syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhè (pronoun) this / these / (bound form) this / the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this / these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) syn
cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn
děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn
běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn
yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals syn
chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn
本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn
qíng (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition syn
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
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn
(bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn
yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn
qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn
yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn
(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
(bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn
lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn
jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn
原本 yuán běn originally / original syn
最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn
pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn
原始 yuán shǐ first / original / primitive / original (document etc) syn
原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn
lián (bound form) to ally oneself with / to unite / to combine / to join / (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet syn
原先 yuán xiān originally / original / former syn
本意 běn yì original idea / real intention / etymon syn
原样 原樣 yuán yàng original shape / the same as before syn
填写 填寫 tián xiě to fill in a form / to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form) syn
还原 還原 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) syn
原意 yuán yì original meaning / original intention syn
混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn
初衷 chū zhōng original intention syn
原形 yuán xíng original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character syn
原状 原狀 yuán zhuàng previous condition / original state syn
原件 yuán jiàn the original / original document / master copy
原有 yuán yǒu original / former syn
原文 yuán wén original text syn
独到 獨到 dú dào original syn
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn
原罪 yuán zuì original sin
实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
原著 yuán zhù original work (not translation or abridged)
娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn
原稿 yuán gǎo manuscript / original copy syn
原封不动 原封不動 yuán fēng bù dòng sticking unmoving to the original (idiom) / not an iota changed / untouched syn
返还 返還 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
标新立异 標新立異 biāo xīn lì yì to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom) syn
复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset
原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
原处 原處 yuán chù original spot / previous place / where it was before
墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn
原装 原裝 yuán zhuāng genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn
报名表 報名表 bào míng biǎo application form / registration form / CL:張|张[zhang1]
原名 yuán míng original name
原生 yuán shēng original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author
偷梁换柱 偷梁換柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom) syn
原产地 原產地 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance
结疤 結疤 jié bā to form a scar / to form a scab
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
原址 yuán zhǐ original location
别出心裁 別出心裁 bié chū xīn cái to hit on sth new (idiom) / to display originality / to adopt an original approach syn
道地 dào dì authentic / original syn
手迹 手跡 shǒu jì sb's original handwriting or painting syn
改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment / to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score
繁体 繁體 fán tǐ traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3] syn
祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) syn
正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book) syn
本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name
石破天惊 石破天驚 shí pò tiān jīng earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work syn
创见 創見 chuàng jiàn an original idea syn
本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
万变不离其宗 萬變不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose syn
原创 原創 yuán chuàng to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
简体 簡體 jiǎn tǐ simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3]
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
原产 原產 yuán chǎn original production / native to (of species)
代工 dài gōng OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn
太虚 太虛 tài xū great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos syn
zuō (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person) syn
独具匠心 獨具匠心 dú jù jiàng xīn original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity syn
俗家 sú jiā layman / layperson / original home of a monk
归位 歸位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
故我 gù wǒ one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back
原性 yuán xìng original nature
匠心独运 匠心獨運 jiàng xīn dú yùn original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity syn
祖居 zǔ jū former residence / one's original home syn
zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn
xiè to thank / (bound form) to apologize / (bound form) to decline / to refuse / (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither syn
xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears 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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