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"river plain" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
河畔 hé pàn riverside / river plain
Chinese Pinyin Translation
白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn
便 biàn plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards syn
质 質 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] syn
坦诚 坦誠 tǎn chéng candid / frank / plain dealing syn
明了 明瞭 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear syn
开诚布公 開誠布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table syn
平原 píng yuán field / plain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
便衣 biàn yī civilian clothes / plain clothes / plainclothesman syn
一帆风顺 一帆風順 yī fān fēng shùn propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip! syn
台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn
朴素 樸素 pǔ sù plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous syn
原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn
白水 bái shuǐ plain water syn
朴实 樸實 pǔ shí plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest syn
平易近人 píng yì jìn rén amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand syn
大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River)
简朴 簡樸 jiǎn pǔ simple and unadorned / plain syn
河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn
质朴 質樸 zhì pǔ simple / plain / unadorned / unaffected / unsophisticated / rustic / earthy syn
白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
河滩 河灘 hé tān river bank / river shore / strand
干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
白布 bái bù plain white cloth / calico
白开水 白開水 bái kāi shuǐ plain boiled water syn
平实 平實 píng shí simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even syn
白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn
黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
平顺 平順 píng shùn smooth / smooth-going / plain sailing syn
粗茶淡饭 粗茶淡飯 cū chá dàn fàn plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water syn
布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people syn
原味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
沿江 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river
关中 關中 guān zhōng Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]
契丹 qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
秦岭 秦嶺 qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
微服 wēi fú (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
光面 光麵 guāng miàn plain noodles in broth
渭河 wèi hé Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
江流 jiāng liú river / river flow / current syn
澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia
可掬 kě jū conspicuous / plain to see
白醋 bái cù white vinegar / plain vinegar syn
平易 píng yì amiable (manner) / unassuming / written in plain language / easy to take in syn
渭水 wèi shuǐ Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
平纹 平紋 píng wén plain weave
三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River
河工 hé gōng river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker syn
开河 開河 kāi hé to open a river / to dig a canal / to thaw (of river) syn
河 hé river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3] syn
野 yě field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral syn
素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn
朴 樸 pǔ plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2] syn
川 chuān (bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country syn
浦 pǔ river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old)
赤裸裸 chì luǒ luǒ bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned syn
泷 瀧 shuāng Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)
坪 píng a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) syn
汶 wèn Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
汨 mì name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]
陋 lòu low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar syn
内陆河 內陸河 nèi lù hé inland river / river draining to inland sea
渭 wèi the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
沣 灃 fēng rainy / place name in Shaanxi / Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]
缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
缟 縞 gǎo plain white silk syn
岙 嶴 ào plain in the middle of the mountains / used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4]
条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn
水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn
治 zhì to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research syn
南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn
爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
河边 河邊 hé biān river bank
下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn
河流 hé liú river / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
水流 shuǐ liú river / stream syn
济 濟 jì to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help syn
水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn
河水 hé shuǐ river water syn
主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn
上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn
分支 fēn zhī branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide syn
西岸 xī àn the west bank / West Bank of Jordan River
汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn
水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn
河岸 hé àn riverside / river bank
河谷 hé gǔ river valley syn
下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn
尼罗河 尼羅河 ní luó hé Nile (river)
沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
上行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities syn
同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn
分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn
下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom 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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