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"reference period" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
参照期 reference period
Chinese Pinyin Translation
期 qī a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) syn
引用 yǐn yòng to quote / to cite / to recommend / to appoint / (computing) reference syn
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
参考 參考 cān kǎo consultation / reference / to consult / to refer syn
当今 當今 dāng jīn the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty syn
视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn
小道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) syn
笑料 xiào liào comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes syn
参照 參照 cān zhào to consult a reference / to refer to (another document) syn
文献 文獻 wén xiàn reference material (used in scholarly study)
试用期 試用期 shì yòng qī trial period / probationary period
百倍 bǎi bèi a hundredfold / (fig.) markedly / to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes) syn
膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn
介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference
盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn
参考书 參考書 cān kǎo shū reference book
备考 備考 bèi kǎo to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference syn
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
参看 參看 cān kàn to consult for reference / see also / please refer to syn
泛指 fàn zhǐ to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
保修期 bǎo xiū qī guarantee period / warranty period
类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
参照系 參照系 cān zhào xì frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.)
工具书 工具書 gōng jù shū reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn
参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
参考资料 參考資料 cān kǎo zī liào reference material / bibliography
环比 環比 huán bǐ (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
战国时代 戰國時代 zhàn guó shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
备查 備查 bèi chá for future reference
下西洋 xià xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
指称 指稱 zhǐ chēng designation / reference / to refer to
美神 měi shén goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯[Wei2na4si1] or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒[A1fu2luo4di2te4])
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
参考消息 參考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
天府之国 天府之國 tiān fǔ zhī guó land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) syn
第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
宽限期 寬限期 kuān xiàn qī grace period / period of grace
妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
产褥期 產褥期 chǎn rù qī postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth)
基准点 jī zhǔn diǎn reference point / landmark
基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn
阶段 階段 jiē duàn stage / section / phase / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
时期 時期 shí qī period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn
东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst / a fit / a peal / a spell (period of time) syn
季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
片刻 piàn kè short period of time / a moment syn
早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn
候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn
月经 月經 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period syn
时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term syn
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
周期 週期 zhōu qī period / cycle
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period syn
游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn
句号 句號 jù hào full stop / period (punct.) syn
后期 後期 hòu qī late stage / later period syn
任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office)
晚期 wǎn qī later period / end stage / terminal syn
中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) syn
曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn
长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) syn
前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn
例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn
进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
末期 mò qī end (of a period) / last part / final phase syn
先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4tian1]) / inborn / innate / natural syn
高峰期 gāo fēng qī peak period / rush hour
昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn
蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn
无期 無期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) syn
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time 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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