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"role model" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn
人师 人師 rén shī mentor / role model
Chinese Pinyin Translation
任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn
角色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]
扮演 bàn yǎn to play the role of / to act syn
主角 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist syn
诠释 詮釋 quán shì to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation syn
一席之地 yī xí zhī dì (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
充当 充當 chōng dāng to serve as / to act as / to play the role of syn
行当 行當 háng dang profession / role (acting) syn
客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for
配角 pèi jué supporting role / minor role / (of actors) to perform together syn
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom syn
小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
斯蒂文 sī dì wén Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn
重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn
跑龙套 跑龍套 pǎo lóng tào to play a small role syn
接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn
职能 職能 zhí néng function / role syn
片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
功臣 gōng chén meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role syn
领衔 領銜 lǐng xián leading (role) / heading list of signatories / leading actors (in a show) / starring syn
上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn
挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn
丑角 醜角 chǒu jué clown role in opera / clown / buffoon syn
台式 tái shì (of an appliance) tabletop model / (of a computer) desktop model syn
周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
能动性 能動性 néng dòng xìng initiative / active role
花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera syn
依傍 yī bàng to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model) syn
主演 zhǔ yǎn to play the leading role / to star / lead actor
不分 bù fēn not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
建模 jiàn mó to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc)
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn
起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
车模 車模 chē mó model car / auto show model
担纲 擔綱 dān gāng to play the leading role syn
出镜 出鏡 chū jìng to appear on camera / to play a role in a film
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
主导权 主導權 zhǔ dǎo quán leadership (role)
织田信长 織田信長 zhī tián xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan
角色扮演游戏 角色扮演遊戲 jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì role-playing game (RPG)
武生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera
顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
荣毅仁 榮毅仁 róng yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
白崇禧 bái chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
装 裝 zhuāng adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack syn
脚 腳 jué role (variant of 角[jue2]) syn
角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn
扮 bàn to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression) syn
宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn
末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn
净 淨 jìng clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role syn
饰 飾 shì decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate syn
旦 dàn (literary) dawn / daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn
打下手 dǎ xià shǒu to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle syn
唱红脸 唱紅臉 chàng hóng liǎn to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop
吃重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity syn
老旦 lǎo dàn old woman role in Chinese opera
正旦 zhèng dàn starring female role in a Chinese opera syn
照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhào māo huà hǔ lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation syn
谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
样子 樣子 yàng zi appearance / manner / pattern / model syn
模特 mó tè (fashion) model (loanword) syn
师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn
模仿 mó fǎng to imitate / to copy / to emulate / to mimic / model syn
造型 zào xíng to model / to shape / appearance / style / design / form / pose syn
模型 mó xíng model / mold / matrix / pattern syn
典型 diǎn xíng model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative syn
模式 mó shì mode / pattern / model
空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate syn
示范 示範 shì fàn to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example syn
型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn
模范 模範 mó fàn model / fine example syn
法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model
原型 yuán xíng model / prototype / archetype
实体 實體 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) syn
小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn
名模 míng mó top fashion model
典范 典範 diǎn fàn model / example / paragon syn
新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn
风范 風範 fēng fàn air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor syn
崇尚 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate syn
样板 樣板 yàng bǎn template / prototype / model / example syn
车型 車型 chē xíng vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc)
楷模 kǎi mó model / example syn
转型 轉型 zhuǎn xíng to undergo fundamental change / to transition / to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
小牛 xiǎo niú calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini syn
字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn
仿制 仿製 fǎng zhì to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model syn
仿造 fǎng zào to copy / to produce sth after a model / to counterfeit syn
范例 範例 fàn lì example / model case
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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