正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) syn 确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn 积极 積極 jī jí active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive syn 能源 néng yuán energy sources / energy 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 阳性 陽性 yáng xìng positive / masculine 寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 眉目 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 节能 節能 jié néng to conserve energy / to minimize energy consumption syn 自命 zì mìng to consider oneself to be (sth positive) syn 气魄 氣魄 qì pò spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude syn 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 正反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 正极 正極 zhèng jí positive pole syn 正数 正數 zhèng shù positive number 利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive 正负 正負 zhèng fù positive and negative syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 阳极 陽極 yáng jí anode / positive electrode / positive pole syn 阳离子 陽離子 yáng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 呈阳性 呈陽性 chéng yáng xìng to test positive 正整数 正整數 zhèng zhěng shù positive integer 熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 褒义 褒義 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation 正离子 正離子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn 能量 néng liàng energy / capabilities syn 精力 jīng lì energy syn 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng solar energy 核能 hé néng nuclear energy syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 红牛 紅牛 hóng niú Red Bull (energy drink) 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 高能 gāo néng high energy 原子能 yuán zǐ néng atomic energy 气力 氣力 qì lì strength / energy / vigor / talent syn 电能 電能 diàn néng electrical energy 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy syn 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 朝气蓬勃 朝氣蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark syn 下工夫 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts syn 动能 動能 dòng néng kinetic energy 精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio syn 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 势能 勢能 shì néng potential energy syn 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 能耗 néng hào energy consumption 能级 能級 néng jí energy level 总能 總能 zǒng néng total energy 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 可再生能源 kě zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy 能效 néng xiào energy efficiency 能源网 néng yuán wǎng Network on Energy 枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain syn 耗能 hào néng to consume energy 内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy 能源安全 néng yuán ān quán energy security 能源消费 能源消費 néng yuán xiāo fèi energy consumption 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 能源需求 néng yuán xū qiú energy requirements 储能 儲能 chǔ néng energy storage 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 劲 勁 jìn strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4] syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 辐射能 輻射能 fú shè néng radiation energy (e.g. solar) 化学能 化學能 huà xué néng chemical energy 正电 正電 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity) syn 能量守恒定律 能量守恆定律 néng liàng shǒu héng dìng lǜ the law of conservation of energy 同化作用 tóng huà zuò yòng assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) 一次能源 yī cì néng yuán primary energy 二次能源 èr cì néng yuán secondary energy 复阳 復陽 fù yáng to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result 阳模 yáng mú positive model / positive 变容真空泵 變容真空泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 容积式泵 容積式泵 róng jī shì bèng positive displacement pump / positive pump 正排量泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 正位移泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 可再生能源和能效伙伴关系 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership 