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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
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
shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn
(of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by syn
guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn
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
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn
kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn
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
zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn
děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn
xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
and / to reach / up to / in time for syn
zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn
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
guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time syn
qiě and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...) syn
jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn
chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control syn
bàn to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
同时 同時 tóng shí at the same time / simultaneously syn
目前 mù qián at the present time / currently syn
今天 jīn tiān today / the present time / now syn
经营 經營 jīng yíng to engage in (business etc) / to run / to operate syn
运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn
当前 當前 dāng qián the present time / to be faced with syn
执行 執行 zhí xíng to implement / to carry out / to execute / to run syn
当时 當時 dāng shí then / at that time / while syn
人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth)
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
及时 及時 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay syn
遇到 yù dào to meet / to run into / to come across syn
暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being syn
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn
黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time) syn
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance syn
正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time / originally syn
临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn
自从 自從 zì cóng since (a time) / ever since syn
岁月 歲月 suì yuè years / time syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 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
季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
之际 之際 zhī jì during / at the time of syn
打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
从前 從前 cóng qián previously / formerly / once upon a time syn
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) syn
片刻 piàn kè short period of time / a moment syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
度过 度過 dù guò to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through syn
业余 業餘 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc) syn
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
奔驰 奔馳 bēn chí to run quickly / to speed / to gallop syn
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn
过期 過期 guò qī to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date) syn
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn
为期 為期 wéi qī (to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time) syn
按时 按時 àn shí on time / before deadline / on schedule syn
准时 準時 zhǔn shí on time / punctual / on schedule syn
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn
折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) syn
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn
碰上 pèng shàng to run into / to come upon / to meet syn
高涨 高漲 gāo zhǎng to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high syn
竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office
跑步 pǎo bù to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double syn
留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn
空闲 空閒 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare syn
多时 多時 duō shí long time syn
重叠 重疊 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll) syn
今次 jīn cì this / the present (meeting etc) / this time / this once
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn
暂且 暫且 zàn qiě for now / for the time being / temporarily syn
及早 jí zǎo at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible syn
期房 qī fáng forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
屡次 屢次 lǚ cì repeatedly / time and again syn
姑且 gū qiě for the time being / tentatively syn
公办 公辦 gōng bàn state-run 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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