时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 最佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) syn 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 高峰 gāo fēng peak / summit / height syn 顶端 頂端 dǐng duān summit / peak syn 顶峰 頂峰 dǐng fēng peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece syn 巅峰 巔峰 diān fēng summit / apex / pinnacle (of one's career etc) / peak (of a civilization etc) syn 尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn 极致 極致 jí zhì peak / pinnacle / ultimate syn 雨季 yǔ jì rainy season 绝顶 絕頂 jué dǐng (lit. and fig.) summit / peak / extremely / utterly syn 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 山峰 shān fēng (mountain) peak syn 叹为观止 嘆為觀止 tàn wéi guān zhǐ (idiom) to gasp in amazement / to acclaim as the peak of perfection syn 峰值 fēng zhí peak value 高峰期 gāo fēng qī peak period / rush hour 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 顶点 頂點 dǐng diǎn summit / peak / (math.) vertex syn 尖峰 jiān fēng sharp peak (landform) / (fig.) peak / spike syn 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 全盛 quán shèng flourishing / at the peak / in full bloom syn 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 拉练 拉練 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 洪峰 hóng fēng flood peak syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 险峰 險峰 xiǎn fēng perilous peak / the lofty heights syn 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 主峰 zhǔ fēng main peak (of a mountain range) syn 雪峰 xuě fēng snowy peak syn 汛期 xùn qī flood season 孤山 gū shān isolated peak 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 神女峰 shén nǚ fēng name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2] 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 峰 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge syn 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn 岌 jí lofty peak / perilous 玉皇顶 玉皇頂 yù huáng dǐng Jade Emperor Peak on Mt Tai in Shandong 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī golden age / heyday / period of peak prosperity 崛 jué towering as a peak 岫 xiù cave / mountain peak 峤 嶠 jiào highest peak 嵝 嶁 lǒu mountain peak 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 塔尖 tǎ jiān spire / peak of a pagoda 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 及锋而试 及鋒而試 jí fēng ér shì lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom) / to have a go when at one's peak 友谊峰 友誼峰 yǒu yì fēng Friendship Peak or Khüiten Peak (4,356 m), the highest peak of the Altai mountains 不违农时 不違農時 bù wéi nóng shí not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season syn 生长季节 生長季節 shēng zhǎng jì jié growing season / vegetative season 反季 fǎn jì off-season / out-of-season 反季节 反季節 fǎn jì jié off-season / out-of-season 当季 當季 dāng jì this season / the current season 托木尔峰 托木爾峰 tuō mù ěr fēng Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan 双碳 雙碳 shuāng tàn "double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰[tan4 da2 feng1] and carbon neutrality 碳中和[tan4 zhong1 he2] / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 动情期 動情期 dòng qíng qī estrus / the rutting season / on heat 令节 令節 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle 季候 jì hòu season 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom) 收冬 shōu dōng harvest season / autumn 旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period 月令 yuè lìng typical weather in a given season syn 果期 guǒ qī the fruiting season 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 岁时 歲時 suì shí season / time of the year syn 岁阑 歲闌 suì lán late season of a year 洪水期 hóng shuǐ qī flood season 