"pause (in speech)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
停顿 停頓 tíng dùn to halt / to break off / pause (in speech) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn
演说 演說 yǎn shuō speech / to deliver a speech syn
语音指令 語音指令 yǔ yīn zhǐ lìng speech command (for computer speech recognition)
暂停 暫停 zàn tíng to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player) syn
歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
dòu comma / phrase marked by pause syn
dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn
ma modal particle indicating that sth is obvious / particle indicating a pause for emphasis syn
dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn
游移不定 遊移不定 yóu yí bù dìng to oscillate without pause (idiom) / to fluctuate / (of thoughts) to wander / to waver
打顿 打頓 dǎ dùn to pause
消停 xiāo tíng to calm down / to stop / to pause / calmly / peaceful / restful
断句 斷句 duàn jù to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate syn
暂停键 暫停鍵 zàn tíng jiàn pause button
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
报告 報告 bào gào to inform / to report / to make known / report / speech / talk / lecture / CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4] syn
兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn
发言 發言 fā yán to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn
讲话 講話 jiǎng huà a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
演讲 演講 yǎn jiǎng to give a lecture / to make a speech syn
深度 shēn dù depth / (of a speech etc) profundity / advanced stage of development syn
言语 言語 yán yǔ words / speech / (spoken) language syn
流畅 流暢 liú chàng flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy syn
话语 話語 huà yǔ words / speech / utterance / discourse syn
口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2]
片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn
比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively syn
长篇 長篇 cháng piān lengthy (report or speech)
口音 kǒu yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds syn
致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn
分寸 fēn cun propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms syn
基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
言谈 言談 yán tán discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech syn
宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) syn
猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn
婉转 婉轉 wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful syn
高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn
偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) syn
发言权 發言權 fā yán quán the right of speech
俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn
有请 有請 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) syn
噱头 噱頭 xué tóu amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2] syn
致词 致詞 zhì cí to make a speech / to make some remarks syn
语无伦次 語無倫次 yǔ wú lún cì incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom) syn
调子 調子 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone syn
异化 異化 yì huà alienation (philosophy) / (of speech) dissimilation
言论自由 言論自由 yán lùn zì yóu freedom of speech
花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric syn
口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn
木讷 木訥 mù nè wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated syn
扭捏 niǔ nie affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered syn
溢于言表 溢於言表 yì yú yán biǎo to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech syn
诸君 諸君 zhū jūn Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen! syn
语意 語意 yǔ yì meaning / content of speech or writing / semantic
后话 後話 hòu huà something to be taken up later in speech or writing
检点 檢點 jiǎn diǎn to examine / to check / to keep a lookout / cautious / restrained (in speech or mannerisms) syn
梦话 夢話 mèng huà talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions syn
落落大方 luò luò dà fāng (of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained syn
语音识别 語音識別 yǔ yīn shí bié speech recognition
讷讷 訥訥 nè nè (of speech) indistinct / mumbling / hesitating syn
词性 詞性 cí xìng part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc) / lexical category
语病 語病 yǔ bìng faulty wording / mispronunciation due to a speech defect
连珠炮 連珠砲 lián zhū pào barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
语言障碍 語言障礙 yǔ yán zhàng ài language barrier / speech impediment
口诛笔伐 口誅筆伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen syn
辞令 辭令 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric syn
悼词 悼詞 dào cí memorial speech / eulogy syn
míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn
陈词 陳詞 chén cí to state one's views / speech / statement / plea
油腔滑调 油腔滑調 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily syn
出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent / articulate syn
噎住 yē zhù to choke (on) / to choke off (in speech)
开幕词 開幕詞 kāi mù cí opening speech (at a conference)
就职演说 就職演說 jiù zhí yǎn shuō inaugural speech
词类 詞類 cí lèi (linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category
语音合成 語音合成 yǔ yīn hé chéng speech synthesis
口德 kǒu dé propriety in speech
yán words / speech / to say / to talk syn
敞口 chǎng kǒu open-mouthed (jar etc) / (of speech) freely / exposure (finance)
脱稿 脫稿 tuō gǎo (of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech) syn
dialect / language / speech syn
大白话 大白話 dà bái huà colloquial speech
jiǎng to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture syn
感叹词 感嘆詞 gǎn tàn cí interjection (part of speech) / exclamation
颂词 頌詞 sòng cí commendation speech / eulogy / ode syn
浮泛 fú fàn to float about / (of a feeling) to show on the face / (of speech, friendship etc) shallow / vague syn
江八点 江八點 jiāng bā diǎn Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2min2] eight propositions on developing relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, presented in a 1995 speech
word / statement / speech / lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3]) syn
qiāng (bound form) cavity / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) syn
mute / dumb / incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse / husky / (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud syn
nāng muttering, indistinct speech
è honest speech
rèn slow in speech
mute, incapable of speech / same as 啞|哑[ya3]
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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