"pairs" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
jiān m.w., n. between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn
搭配 dā pèi v., adj. to pair up / to match / to arrange in pairs / to add sth into a group syn
m.w., adj. secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions syn
v. to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things syn
v. to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of 褡[da1] syn
jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms / variant of 間|间[jian1]
双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome
无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn
结对子 結對子 jié duì zǐ to form pairs / to twin
尿嘧啶 niào mì dìng uracil nucleotide (U, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in RNA)
成双作对 成雙作對 chéng shuāng zuò duì to form pairs / to be in couples / see 成雙成對|成双成对[cheng2 shuang1 cheng2 dui4]
福无双至 福無雙至 fú wú shuāng zhì (idiom) blessings never come in pairs
对刺 對刺 duì cì bayonet practice in pairs
胞嘧啶 bāo mì dìng cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鳥嘌呤|鸟嘌呤 in DNA and RNA)
胸腺嘧啶 xiōng xiàn mì dìng thymine nucleotide (T, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in DNA)
腺嘌呤 xiàn piào lìng adenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)
鸟嘌呤 鳥嘌呤 niǎo piào lìng guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
碱基互补配对 鹼基互補配對 jiǎn jī hù bǔ pèi duì complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA
碱基配对 鹼基配對 jiǎn jī pèi duì base pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA) / base pair
成双成对 成雙成對 chéng shuāng chéng duì to form pairs / to be in couples
福无双降,祸不单行 fú wú shuāng jiàng,huò bù dān xíng (idiom) Good fortune does not come in pairs, while misfortunes may arrive one after another. It emphasizes a succession of setbacks.
鸷鸟不双 zhì niǎo bù shuāng (idiom) Birds of prey do not form pairs. Metaphorically, it describes an upright person who refuses to go along with worldly conventions or mix with the crowd.
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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