人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 种族 種族 zhǒng zú race / ethnicity syn 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 赛跑 賽跑 sài pǎo race (running) / to race (running) 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 人种 人種 rén zhǒng race (of people) syn 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running / the start of a race syn 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 接力赛 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race / CL:場|场[chang3] 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 短跑 duǎn pǎo sprint (race) syn 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 结业 結業 jié yè to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations syn 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 灭种 滅種 miè zhǒng to commit genocide / to become extinct / extinction of a race syn 拉力赛 拉力賽 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword) 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán hurdles / hurdle race (athletics) 必修课 必修課 bì xiū kè required course / compulsory course 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 领跑 領跑 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace 马拉松赛 馬拉松賽 mǎ lā sōng sài marathon race 环法 環法 huán fǎ Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛 原种 原種 yuán zhǒng land race / native breed 速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course / crash course 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 赛龙舟 賽龍舟 sài lóng zhōu to race dragon boats 棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 黄种 黃種 huáng zhǒng the yellow race / the Mongoloid race 追逐赛 追逐賽 zhuī zhú sài pursuit race / chase 白种 白種 bái zhǒng the white race 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 经过 經過 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 过程 過程 guò chéng course of events / process / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 采取 採取 cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take syn 课程 課程 kè chéng course / academic program / CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2],門|门[men2] syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn 行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 理所当然 理所當然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right syn 进程 進程 jìn chéng course of events / process syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 疗程 療程 liáo chéng course of treatment 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 航向 háng xiàng course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) 高尔夫球场 高爾夫球場 gāo ěr fū qiú chǎng golf course 历程 歷程 lì chéng course / process syn 预科 預科 yù kē preparatory course (in college) 里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn 风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 自生自灭 自生自滅 zì shēng zì miè to emerge and perish on its own / to run its course (idiom) 学分 學分 xué fēn course credit 主菜 zhǔ cài main course 正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course 何去何从 何去何從 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take syn 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc) 学科 學科 xué kē subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline syn 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic syn 适时 適時 shì shí timely / apt to the occasion / in due course syn 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 无所适从 無所適從 wú suǒ shì cóng not knowing which course to follow (idiom) / at a loss what to do syn 进修 進修 jìn xiū to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course syn 诉诸 訴諸 sù zhū to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc) / to resort to (a course of action) 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 征途 zhēng tú long journey / trek / course of an expedition syn 制导 制導 zhì dǎo to control (the course of sth) / to guide (a missile) 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 敢情 gǎn qing actually / as it turns out / indeed / of course syn 奉行 fèng xíng to pursue (a course, a policy) syn 教程 jiào chéng course of study (commonly used in book titles) syn 本科 běn kē undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive) 速成 sù chéng crash (course) / accelerated (process) / quick (fix) / instant (success) / to achieve in a short time syn 开课 開課 kāi kè school begins / give a course / teach a subject syn 河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to syn 正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course syn 按说 按說 àn shuō in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally syn 按理 àn lǐ according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally syn 选修课 選修課 xuǎn xiū kè optional course (in school) 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 