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"reference point" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
基准点 jī zhǔn diǎn reference point / landmark
参考点 參考點 cān kǎo diǎn reference point / landmark
Chinese Pinyin Translation
到 dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn
点子 點子 diǎn zi spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer 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
点评 點評 diǎn píng to comment / a point by point commentary
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn
转折点 轉折點 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point / breaking point 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
闪光点 閃光點 shǎn guāng diǎn lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point
定点 定點 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) 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)
症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn
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
最低点 最低點 zuì dī diǎn lowest point / minimum (point)
临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point
交点 交點 jiāo diǎn meeting point / point of intersection
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
燃点 燃點 rán diǎn to ignite / to set fire to / to light / (chemistry) ignition point / combustion point syn
参看 參看 cān kàn to consult for reference / see also / please refer to syn
小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
泛指 fàn zhǐ to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
画龙点睛 畫龍點睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point syn
基点 基點 jī diǎn base / centre / basis / point of departure / starting point / (finance) basis point syn
基本点 基本點 jī běn diǎn key point / crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1dian3] syn
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)
评点 評點 píng diǎn to comment / a point by point commentary syn
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
拐点 拐點 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
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
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)
指指点点 指指點點 zhǐ zhǐ diǎn diǎn to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame syn
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)
基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line
条分缕析 條分縷析 tiáo fēn lǚ xī to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom) syn
着火点 著火點 zháo huǒ diǎn ignition point (temperature) / combustion point syn
铓 鋩 máng sharp point / point of sword
再 zài again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit / a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3zhong1]) syn
来说 來說 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... syn
指 zhǐ finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end syn
处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn
分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
子 zǐ 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
眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn
未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn
机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point / crux / CL:個|个[ge4] / key / crucial / pivotal syn
角度 jiǎo dù angle / point of view syn
即将 即將 jí jiāng about to / on the point of / soon syn
观点 觀點 guān diǎn point of view / viewpoint / standpoint / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
心中 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart syn
快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth) / about to (do sth) syn
得分 dé fēn to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score / rating / grade
指示 zhǐ shì to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn
提示 tí shì to point out / to remind (sb of sth) / to suggest / suggestion / tip / reminder / notice syn
弱点 弱點 ruò diǎn weak point / failing syn
指出 zhǐ chū to indicate / to point out
终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
指引 zhǐ yǐn to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines syn
焦点 焦點 jiāo diǎn (lit. and fig.) focal point / focus syn
指向 zhǐ xiàng to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated syn
缺点 缺點 quē diǎn weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
优点 優點 yōu diǎn merit / benefit / strong point / advantage / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] syn
就此 jiù cǐ at this point / thus / from then on syn
对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn
来看 來看 lái kàn to come and see / to see a topic from a certain point of view syn
一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point / everything about it is wrong syn
正要 zhèng yào to be just about to / to be on the point of syn
辩解 辯解 biàn jiě to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself syn
关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn
起点 起點 qǐ diǎn starting point
观 觀 guān to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook 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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