保龄球 保齡球 bǎo líng qiú ten-pin bowling (loanword) / bowling ball 地滚球 地滾球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball 球道 qiú dào fairway (golf) / lane (ten-pin bowling) 洗沟 洗溝 xǐ gōu to roll a ball into the gutter (ten-pin bowling) 别针 別針 bié zhēn pin / safety pin / clip / brooch / CL:枚[mei2] 销 銷 xiāo to melt (metal) / to cancel / to annul / to sell / to expend / to spend / pin / bolt / to fasten with a pin or bolt syn 保险销 保險銷 bǎo xiǎn xiāo safety pin / arming pin 撞针保险 撞針保險 firing pin lock / firing pin block 十日谈 十日談 shí rì tán Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1] 旬 xún ten days / ten years / full period syn 万儿八千 萬兒八千 wàn r bā qiān ten thousand or almost ten thousand 十几个月 十幾個月 shí jǐ gè yuè ten months or so / about ten months 北汉 北漢 běi hàn Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960) 穆斯林民族迎接21世纪挑战十年行动纲领 穆斯林民族迎接21世紀挑戰十年行動綱領 Ten-year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the Twenty-first Century / Ten-Year Programme of Action 十年行动纲领 十年行動綱領 Ten-year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the Twenty-first Century / Ten-Year Programme of Action 读万卷书，行万里路 讀萬卷書，行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience 助跑 zhù pǎo to run up (pole vault, javelin, bowling etc) / approach / run-up / (aviation) takeoff run 滚球 滾球 gǔn qiú lawn bowls / bocce / pétanque / bowling ball 密码 密碼 mì mǎ cipher / secret code / password / PIN 牵制 牽制 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) syn 引脚 引腳 yǐn jiǎo lead / pin (computer hardware) 难以捉摸 難以捉摸 nán yǐ zhuō mō elusive / hard to pin down / enigmatic 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 品 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 擀面杖 擀麵杖 gǎn miàn zhàng rolling pin syn 撞针 撞針 zhuàng zhēn firing pin 销子 銷子 xiāo zi a peg / a pin / dowel syn 贫 貧 pín poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous syn 频 頻 pín frequency / frequently / repetitious syn 拼 pīn to piece together / to put together / to pool (resources etc) / to share / to risk all / to go all out / to spell (words) syn 聘 pìn to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] syn 钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn 苹 蘋 pín marsiliaceae / clover fern syn 栓 shuān bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin syn 绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn 拚 pīn variant of 拼[pin1] 嫔 嬪 pín imperial concubine 颦 顰 pín to scowl / to knit the brows syn 姘 pīn to be a mistress or lover 牝 pìn (of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley syn 榀 pǐn classifier for roof beams and trusses 大头钉 大頭釘 dà tóu dīng tack / thumbtack / push pin 嚬 pín variant of 顰|颦[pin2] 支承销 支承銷 zhī chéng xiāo fulcrum pin 晾衣夹 晾衣夾 liàng yī jiā clothes pin 朩 xx one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "pin"), an ancient Korean writing system 榫销 榫銷 sǔn xiāo dowel / carpenter's pin 杠头 槓頭 gàng tóu (old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5] 矉 pín to glare angrily / to open the eyes with anger / variant of 顰|颦, to scowl / to knit the brows 轴承销 軸承銷 zhóu chéng xiāo pin bearing 输密码 輸密碼 shū mì mǎ to enter a code / to type a password / to enter an ATM PIN 击针 擊針 jī zhēn firing pin / striker 弹子锁 彈子鎖 dàn zi suǒ pin tumbler lock / spring lock 玭 pín pearl 朩 xx one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "pin"), an ancient Korean writing system 礗 pīn sound of crushed stone 纹胸鹛 紋胸鶥 wén xiōng méi (bird species of China) pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis) 针尾沙锥 針尾沙錐 zhēn wěi shā zhuī (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura) 针尾绿鸠 針尾綠鳩 zhēn wěi lǜ jiū (bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda) 𬞟 蘋 pín clover fern (Marsilea quadrifolia) 捉摸不定 zhuō mō - bù dìng (idiom) unpredictable / elusive / hard to pin down syn 排母 pái mǔ (electronics) pin socket / female header 排针 排針 pái zhēn (electronics) pin header / male header 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman 万分 萬分 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn 十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten / a dozen or more 一万 一萬 yī wàn ten thousand 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 上万 上萬 shàng wàn over ten thousand / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands 十倍 shí bèi tenfold / ten times (sth) 万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn 万户 萬戶 wàn hù ten thousand houses or households 千里马 千里馬 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed syn 十数 十數 shí shù more than ten / a dozen or more 万年历 萬年曆 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 十项 十項 shí xiàng ten items / decathlon (athletics) 甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire 十 shí ten / 10 / numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5] syn 什 shí ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous syn 己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn 万马奔腾 萬馬奔騰 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn 一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn 十恶 十惡 shí è Ten 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 鹏程万里 鵬程萬里 péng chéng wàn lǐ the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant syn 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 辛 xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn 乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 