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"polite and amiable" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
和和气气 和和氣氣 hé hé qì qì polite and amiable syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
和气 和氣 hé qi friendly / polite / amiable syn
家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father
平易近人 píng yì jìn rén amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand syn
亲切 親切 qīn qiè amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar syn
慈霭 慈靄 cí ǎi kindly and amiable
和蔼 和藹 hé ǎi kindly / nice / amiable syn
随和 隨和 suí hé amiable / easygoing syn
可亲 可親 kě qīn kindly / nice / amiable syn
亲和 親和 qīn hé to connect intimately (with) / amiable / affable syn
谦和 謙和 qiān hé meek / modest / amiable syn
和颜悦色 和顏悅色 hé yán yuè sè amiable manner / pleasant countenance syn
平易 píng yì amiable (manner) / unassuming / written in plain language / easy to take in syn
易 yì easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" syn
蔼然 藹然 ǎi rán amicable / amiable
慈眉善目 cí méi shàn mù kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / amiable looking / benign-faced syn
慈眉善眼 cí méi shàn yǎn kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / amiable looking / benign-faced
春风和气 春風和氣 chūn fēng hé qì (idiom) amiable as a spring breeze
慈和 cí hé kindly / amiable syn
小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
小姐姐 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
慈眉善目 cí méi - shàn mù lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / fig. amiable looking / benign-faced syn
谦恭 謙恭 qiān gōng polite and modest syn
唱喏 chàng rě (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) syn
㧑挹 撝挹 huī yì to be extremely modest and polite
大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn
您好 nín hǎo hello (polite)
客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn
老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn
大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn
礼貌 禮貌 lǐ mào courtesy / politeness / manners / courteous / polite syn
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me syn
斯文 sī wén refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle syn
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male syn
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn
大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn
托福 tuō fú (old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries) syn
老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn
大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate syn
有礼貌 有禮貌 yǒu lǐ mào courteous / polite
难为 難為 nán wei to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) syn
伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
小可 xiǎo kě small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence
家父 jiā fù (polite) my father
客套 kè tào polite greeting / civilities / to exchange pleasantries syn
大驾 大駕 dà jià imperial chariot / (fig.) emperor / (polite) you
欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo (polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one) syn
客官 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc) syn
嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn
礼遇 禮遇 lǐ yù courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception syn
套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
拜读 拜讀 bài dú (polite) to read (sth)
费神 費神 fèi shén to spend effort / to take trouble / May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request) / Please would you mind...? syn
洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn
此致 cǐ zhì (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
多礼 多禮 duō lǐ too polite / overcourteous syn
客套话 客套話 kè tào huà conventional greeting / polite formula syn
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor syn
套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother syn
辞令 辭令 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric syn
老大娘 lǎo dà niáng old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:位[wei4] syn
斧正 fǔ zhèng (polite) please amend my writing syn
外子 wài zǐ (polite) my husband
敢 gǎn to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture syn
家严 家嚴 jiā yán (polite) my father
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
驾 駕 jià to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2]) syn
拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] syn
敝 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated syn
感同身受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor syn
久闻大名 久聞大名 jiǔ wén dà míng your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
奉申贺敬 奉申賀敬 fèng shēn hè jìng polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
套语 套語 tào yǔ polite set phrases syn
探口气 探口氣 tàn kǒu qì to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1] syn
探口风 探口風 tàn kǒu fēng to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning
教安 jiào ān teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher)
敬词 敬詞 jìng cí term of respect / polite expression
敬辞 敬辭 jìng cí term of respect / polite expression syn
老伯伯 lǎo bó bo grandpa (polite form of address for old man)
来示 來示 lái shì (polite) your letter
家兄 jiā xiōng (polite) my elder brother syn
家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
家姐 jiā jiě (polite) my older sister
家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters
家嫂 jiā sǎo (polite) my sister-in-law
家弟 jiā dì (polite) my younger brother
家慈 jiā cí (polite) my mother
家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather
家舅 jiā jiù (polite) my maternal uncle
寒喧语 寒喧語 hán xuān yǔ polite set phrase / salutation / pleasantries
寒荆 寒荊 hán jīng (polite) my wife (old)
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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