"paying" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
有偿 有償 yǒu cháng paying / paid (not free)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
卖座 賣座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public / high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
顶罪 頂罪 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
会见 會見 huì jiàn to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) / CL:次[ci4] syn
不经意 不經意 bù jīng yì not paying attention / carelessly / by accident syn
信访 信訪 xìn fǎng to make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit
白吃 bái chī to eat without paying / to eat for free
遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn
加意 jiā yì paying special care / with particular attention syn
不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
无所用心 無所用心 wú suǒ yòng xīn not paying attention to anything (idiom) / to idle time away syn
百鸟朝凤 百鳥朝鳳 bǎi niǎo cháo fèng lit. all birds paying looking up to the phoenix / fig. peace under a wise ruler
保人 bǎo rén guarantor / person paying bail syn
杏林 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
白嫖 bái piáo to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying
吃白食 chī bái shí to eat without paying / to freeload
吃霸王餐 chī bà wáng cān to dine and dash / to leave without paying
宽免 寬免 kuān miǎn to reduce payment / to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) / to let sb off paying
逃漏 táo lòu to evade (paying tax) / (tax) evasion
重色轻友 重色輕友 zhòng sè qīng yǒu paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
非杠杆化 非槓桿化 fēi gàng gǎn huà deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
失信被执行人 失信被執行人 shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger
公交卡 gōng jiāo kǎ IC card used for paying fares on public transportation systems such as buses and subways
逃单 逃單 táo dān to dine and dash / (by extension) to avoid paying a bill
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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