商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn 大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 小型 xiǎo xíng small scale / small size syn 规模 規模 guī mó scale / scope / extent / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 比例 bǐ lì proportion / scale syn 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale syn 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 攀登 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger syn 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 尺度 chǐ dù scale / yardstick syn 小打小闹 小打小鬧 xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào small-scale syn 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 摊子 攤子 tān zi booth / vendor's stall / (fig.) organizational structure / scale of operations syn 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 配额 配額 pèi é quota / ration 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 刻度 kè dù marked scale / graduated scale 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 口粮 口糧 kǒu liáng ration 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale syn 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1] 里氏 lǐ shì (seismology) Richter (scale) 定量 dìng liàng quantity / fixed amount / ration 攀越 pān yuè to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount 震级 震級 zhèn jí degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale) 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 比例尺 bǐ lì chǐ scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale syn 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 规模化 規模化 guī mó huà going to scale 配售 pèi shòu to ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages) 会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn 天秤 tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2] 按比例 àn bǐ lì to scale (adj.) 粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale syn 量表 liáng biǎo gauge / meter / scale 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale syn 规模经济 規模經濟 guī mó jīng jì economies of scale 小水电 xiǎo shuǐ diàn small-scale hydropower 过磅 過磅 guò bàng to weigh (on a scale) syn 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 采办 採辦 cǎi bàn to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up syn 扩大再生产 擴大再生產 kuò dà zài shēng chǎn to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale 约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale syn 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 配给 配給 pèi jǐ to ration / to allocate 羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale syn 徵 zhēng 4th note in pentatonic scale 徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 温标 溫標 wēn biāo temperature scale 一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn 饩 餼 xì grain ration / sacrificial victim syn 里克特 lǐ kè tè Richter (name) / Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named 小惩大诫 小懲大誡 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition 摄氏温标 攝氏溫標 shè shì wēn biāo Celsius (centigrade) temperature scale 作战口粮 作戰口糧 zuò zhàn kǒu liáng combat ration / field ration / composite ration 复合给养 複合給養 combat ration / field ration / composite ration 口粮分销员 口糧分銷員 retail ration agent / ration agent 每日口粮费用 每日口糧費用 daily ration food basket cost / ration cost 台秤 檯秤 tái chèng platform scale / (dialect) counter scale / bench scale syn 联合国口粮表 lián hé guó kǒu liáng biǎo United Nations ration scale 小规模渔业 xiǎo guī mú yú yè small-scale commercial fisheries / small-scale fisheries 图解比例尺 圖解比例尺 linear scale / graphical scale (of a map or chart) 案秤 àn chèng counter scale / bench scale syn 交粮本 交糧本 jiāo liáng běn to hand in one's ration cards / to die 等额比基金 等額比基金 děng é bǐ jī jīn equality ration fund, a charitable investment fund that can be drawn down in proportion to further donations 救急口粮 救急口糧 jiù jí kǒu liáng survival ration 口粮篮 口糧籃 kǒu liáng lán ration basket / food basket 人道主义每日配给口粮 人道主義每日配給口糧 humanitarian daily ration 口粮卡 口糧卡 ration card 给养卡 給養卡 ration card 口粮盒 口糧盒 kǒu liáng hé ration pack / RatPak 盒装口粮 盒裝口糧 hé zhuāng kǒu liáng ration pack / RatPak 压缩口粮 壓縮口糧 dense ration 压缩食品 壓縮食品 dense ration 给养订单 給養訂單 ration indent 每人每日给养定量 每人每日給養定量 man-day ration 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) 案称 案稱 àn chèng counter scale 八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker 八级工资制 八級工資制 bā jí gōng zī zhì eight grade wage scale (system) 大范围 大範圍 dà fàn wéi large-scale 百团大战 百團大戰 bǎi tuán dà zhàn Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists 体重计 體重計 tǐ zhòng jì weighing scale 