"pot-shaped thing" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
东西 東西 dōng xi thing / stuff / person / CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] syn
事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn
看法 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn
事物 shì wù thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
橄榄球 橄欖球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn
罐子 guàn zi jar / pitcher / pot syn
这项 這項 zhè xiàng this (thing)
怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn
马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe syn
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
实体 實體 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) syn
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
自觉 自覺 zì jué to realize / to be aware of / to feel that / to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible / predisposed to do the right thing / considerate of others syn
杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid
拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn
红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn
必需品 bì xū pǐn necessity / essential (thing) syn
只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature syn
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling / pot-sticker / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn
异想天开 異想天開 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy syn
稀罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn
混为一谈 混為一談 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle syn
咖啡壶 咖啡壺 kā fēi hú coffee pot / coffee maker
成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed
盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped
实事 實事 shí shì fact / actual thing / practical matter syn
砂锅 砂鍋 shā guō casserole / earthenware pot
环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus
花盆 huā pén flower pot
清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning / at daybreak syn
匀称 勻稱 yún chèn well proportioned / well shaped syn
翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage syn
言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn
方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix
粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn
琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
球形 qiú xíng spherical / ball-shaped
一锅粥 一鍋粥 yī guō zhōu (lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess syn
本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake
奇形怪状 奇形怪狀 qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) / grotesquely shaped syn
环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like
命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn
不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn
畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing syn
酒壶 酒壺 jiǔ hú wine pot / wine cup
筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn
盆景 pén jǐng bonsai / landscape in a pot
瑰宝 瑰寶 guī bǎo a treasure / a rare and valuable thing syn
笔筒 筆筒 bǐ tǒng pen container / brush pot
美事 měi shì a fine thing / a wonderful thing syn
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
拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn
夜壶 夜壺 yè hú chamber pot syn
梯形 tī xíng trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced
铁锅 鐵鍋 tiě guō iron cooking pot
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn
移花接木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom) syn
一项 一項 yí xiàng an item / a thing
好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
一回事 yī huí shì one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn
加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn
犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc)
牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
所思 suǒ sī what one thinks / person or thing that is on one's mind
飞镖 飛鏢 fēi biāo darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead)
小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
状物 狀物 zhuàng wù ...-shaped thing / to portray sth
真事 zhēn shì reality / veracity / the real thing
物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff
冠状 冠狀 guān zhuàng coronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins) / crown-shaped
丁字 dīng zì T-shaped
槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar
大锅饭 大鍋飯 dà guō fàn meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit syn
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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