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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
札记 札記 zhá jì reading notes / CL:篇[pian1] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
阅读 閱讀 yuè dú to read / reading syn
笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn
简历 簡歷 jiǎn lì curriculum vitae (CV) / résumé / biographical notes
读数 讀數 dú shù reading / data from meter
笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn
读物 讀物 dú wù reading material
备注 備註 bèi zhù remarks column (abbr. for 備註欄|备注栏[bei4 zhu4 lan2]) / remarks / notes (written in such a column) syn
纸币 紙幣 zhǐ bì bank notes / paper currency / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
心得 xīn dé what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
看头 看頭 kàn tou qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading) syn
注解 註解 zhù jiě to annotate / annotation / comment / interpretation / to explain with notes / explanatory note syn
上口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud syn
游记 遊記 yóu jì travel notes syn
提纲 提綱 tí gāng outline / synopsis / notes syn
切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes / to learn from one another syn
度数 度數 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn
夹带 夾帶 jiā dài to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam
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]
读法 讀法 dú fǎ pronunciation / reading (of a Chinese character)
阅览室 閱覽室 yuè lǎn shì reading room / CL:間|间[jian1]
题解 題解 tí jiě notes / key (to exercises)
看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features syn
闲书 閒書 xián shū light reading syn
手记 手記 shǒu jì to take notes / one's notes syn
精读 精讀 jīng dú to read carefully and thoroughly / intensive reading
散记 散記 sǎn jì random jottings / travel notes syn
陪读 陪讀 péi dú to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together
百家姓 bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames syn
读写 讀寫 dú xiě reading and writing
看懂 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching
二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
阅读理解 閱讀理解 yuè dú lǐ jiě reading comprehension
书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
简谱 簡譜 jiǎn pǔ music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7
杂记 雜記 zá jì various notes or records / a miscellany / scattered jottings syn
速读 速讀 sù dú speed reading
读图 map reading
自序 zì xù author's preface / autobiographical notes as introduction to a book
课外读物 課外讀物 kè wài dú wù extracurricular reading material
泛读 泛讀 fàn dú (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
千字文 qiān zì wén Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
笔谈 筆談 bǐ tán to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking) / to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue) / (in book titles) essays / sketches syn
lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds syn
yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn
身临其境 身臨其境 shēn lín qí jìng (idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc) syn
脱稿 脫稿 tuō gǎo (of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech) syn
作笔记 作筆記 zuò bǐ jì to take notes
百读不厌 百讀不厭 bǎi dú bù yàn to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom) syn
凡例 fán lì notes on the use of a book / guide to the reader syn
摘记 摘記 zhāi jì to take notes / to excerpt syn
断句 斷句 duàn jù to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate syn
折节读书 折節讀書 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
训读 訓讀 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
音读 音讀 yīn dú reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
Lotus Notes 客户机 Lotus Notes 客戶機 Lotus Notes kè hù jī Lotus Notes client / Notes client
Lotus Notes 共享资源 Lotus Notes 共享資源 Shared Resources on Lotus Notes
共读 共讀 gòng dú shared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc) / to engage in shared reading
合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
宫商角徵羽 宮商角徵羽 gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
琐记 瑣記 suǒ jì fragmentary recollections / miscellaneous notes
纪昀 紀昀 jì yún Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记
诠注 詮註 quán zhù notes and commentary / exegesis syn
过庭录 過庭錄 guò tíng lù lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fan4 Gong1 cheng1], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
阅微草堂笔记 閱微草堂筆記 yuè wēi cǎo táng bǐ jì Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
音名 yīn míng names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
简要说明 簡要說明 jiǎn yào shuō míng concise notes
联合国国际汇票和国际本票公约 United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes / UNCITRAL Convention
贸易法委员会公约 United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes / UNCITRAL Convention
方桉咨询说明 方案咨詢說明 Programme Advisory Notes
国家发展战略政策说明 國家發展戰略政策說明 National Development Strategies Policy Notes
国际汇票和国际期票统一法 國際匯票和國際期票統一法 Uniform Law on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes
统一汇票和本票法及统一条例公约 統一匯票和本票法及統一條例公約 Convention on the Unification of the Law relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, and Uniform Regulations
财务报表的附注 財務報表的附註 notes to the financial statements
解决汇票和本票的某些法律抵触公约 解決匯票和本票的某些法律抵觸公約 Convention for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes
汇票和本票印花税法公约 匯票和本票印花稅法公約 Convention on the Stamp Laws in connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes
军事观察员准则说明 軍事觀察員準則說明 Notes for the Guidance of military observers
部队派遣国准则的说明 部隊派遣國準則的說明 Notes for Guidance of Troop Contributors
发言者参考要点 發言者參考要點 notes for speakers
统一汇票和本票法公约 統一匯票和本票法公約 Convention providing a Uniform Law for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes
工尺谱 工尺譜 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes
粉板 fěn bǎn blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
批点 批點 pī diǎn to add critical marks or notes to a text / (fig.) to criticize
诗话 詩話 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chě gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
琤𪻐 琤瑽 chēng cōng (literary) (onom.) tinkling of jade pendants / plashing of flowing water / musical notes of a zither
阅读广度 閱讀廣度 yuè dú guǎng dù reading span
阅读广度测验 閱讀廣度測驗 yuè dú guǎng dù cè yàn reading span test
精读课 精讀課 jīng dú kè intensive reading course
dǎo variant of 島|岛[dao3], island / used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima
有声读物 有聲讀物 yǒu shēng dú wù audiobook / recording of a person reading the text of a book
残卷 殘卷 cán juàn surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
异读 異讀 yì dú variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)
破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
行万里路胜读万卷书 行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
读心术 讀心術 dú xīn shù mind reading (in psychology or Western magic)
读破 讀破 dú pò to read extensively and thoroughly / nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] rather than the usual [hao3]
读破句 讀破句 dú pò jù incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
读头 讀頭 dú tóu reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
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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