"sense" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
意义 意義 yì yì sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
感受 gǎn shòu to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience syn
味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn
观念 觀念 guān niàn notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions syn
道理 dào li reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
情理 qíng lǐ reason / sense syn
情味 qíng wèi feeling / flavor / sense
感到 gǎn dào to feel / to sense / to perceive syn
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel / to sense / to detect / to perceive / to become aware syn
察觉 察覺 chá jué to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect syn
感知 gǎn zhī perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses) / to sense / to feel / to detect / to be aware of
感官 gǎn guān sense / sense organ syn
觉察 覺察 jué chá to sense / to perceive / to come to realize / to be aware syn
侦测 偵測 zhēn cè to detect / to sense
意会 意會 yì huì to sense / to grasp intuitively syn
官能 guān néng organic function / physical faculty / sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc)
词意 詞意 cí yì meaning of word / sense
测知 測知 cè zhī to detect / to sense
wèi taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription syn
wèi to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense syn
义项 義項 yì xiàng sense (of a word)
正意 zhēng yì sense (in DNA)
正意 zhèng yì sense (in DNA)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhè (pronoun) this / these / (bound form) this / the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this / these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) syn
xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn
gǎn to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~ syn
外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance syn
纪录 紀錄 jì lù variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") syn
常识 常識 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2]
华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn
无耻 無恥 wú chǐ without any sense of shame / unembarrassed / shameless syn
搞不懂 gǎo bu dǒng unable to make sense of (sth)
肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness syn
嗅觉 嗅覺 xiù jué sense of smell
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry / to feel anxious / to feel a sense of urgency / to be in a hurry / Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2] syn
说得过去 說得過去 shuō de guò qù acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense syn
贬义 貶義 biǎn yì derogatory sense / negative connotation
知耻 知恥 zhī chǐ to have a sense of shame
嘴尖 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food syn
xiù sense of smell / smell bad syn
动感 動感 dòng gǎn sense of movement (often in a static work of art) / dynamic / vivid / lifelike syn
失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense / reasonable
有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
责任感 責任感 zé rèn gǎn sense of responsibility
意味 yì wèi meaning / implication / flavor / overtone / to mean / to imply / (Tw) to get a sense of syn
质感 質感 zhì gǎn realism (in art) / sense of reality / texture / tactile quality
不通 bù tōng to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical syn
安全感 ān quán gǎn sense of security
看不懂 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at
美感 měi gǎn sense of beauty / aesthetic perception
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing
五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
听觉 聽覺 tīng jué sense of hearing / auditory
成就感 chéng jiù gǎn sense of achievement syn
责任心 責任心 zé rèn xīn sense of responsibility
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame / shameless syn
捉摸 zhuō mō to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp syn
折射 zhé shè to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) syn
广义 廣義 guǎng yì broad sense / general sense
进退 進退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
良知 liáng zhī innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend syn
常理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals syn
变心 變心 biàn xīn to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb
瓜果 guā guǒ fruit (plural sense) / melons and fruit syn
幽默感 yōu mò gǎn sense of humor
触觉 觸覺 chù jué sense of touch / tactile sensation
狭义 狹義 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense
味觉 味覺 wèi jué sense of taste / gustation
得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn
弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
真实感 真實感 zhēn shí gǎn the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
令人发指 令人髮指 lìng rén fà zhǐ (idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion / abhorrent / heinous / deeply disturbing syn
廉耻 廉恥 lián chǐ honor and shame / sense of honor
泛指 fàn zhǐ to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable syn
生意经 生意經 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense
弄到手 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand / to get (one's) hands on / to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)
冤大头 冤大頭 yuān dà tóu spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense syn
本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn
方向感 fāng xiàng gǎn sense of direction
对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn
恬不知耻 恬不知恥 tián bù zhī chǐ to have no sense of shame syn
感觉器官 感覺器官 gǎn jué qì guān sense organs / the five senses syn
丧志 喪志 sàng zhì to become demoralized / to lose one's sense of purpose syn
褒义 褒義 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation
to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn
hàn regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction) syn
无情无义 無情無義 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless syn
良知良能 liáng zhī liáng néng instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
不知轻重 不知輕重 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
不知进退 不知進退 bù zhī jìn tuì not knowing when to come or leave (idiom) / with no sense of propriety syn
摸不着头脑 摸不著頭腦 mō bu zháo tóu nǎo to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss
礼义廉耻 禮義廉恥 lǐ yì lián chǐ sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
缓急轻重 緩急輕重 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急
轻重倒置 輕重倒置 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse syn
义正辞严 義正辭嚴 yì zhèng cí yán (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness syn
归属感 歸屬感 guī shǔ gǎn sense of belonging
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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