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"shallow orthography" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
浅层文字 淺層文字 qiǎn céng wén zì shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
浅层正字法 淺層正字法 qiǎn céng zhèng zì fǎ shallow orthography
Chinese Pinyin Translation
肤浅 膚淺 fū qiǎn skin-deep / superficial / shallow syn
浅水 淺水 qiǎn shuǐ shallow water syn
深浅 深淺 shēn qiǎn deep or shallow / depth (of the sea) / limits of decorum syn
浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn
短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow
粗陋 cū lòu crude / coarse / unsophisticated / shallow syn
粗浅 粗淺 cū qiǎn shallow / superficial syn
空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty syn
浅见 淺見 qiǎn jiàn shallow opinion / humble opinion syn
才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,... syn
不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom) / only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding syn
浅 淺 qiǎn shallow / light (color) syn
踩水 cǎi shuǐ to tread water / to paddle or tramp in shallow water
鄙陋 bǐ lòu superficial / shallow syn
碛 磧 qì (bound form) moraine / rocks in shallow water syn
浮浅 浮淺 fú qiǎn skin-deep / superficial / shallow syn
浮泛 fú fàn to float about / (of a feeling) to show on the face / (of speech, friendship etc) shallow / vague syn
匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn
皿 mǐn (bound form) dish / vessel / shallow container / radical no. 108
谫 譾 jiǎn shallow / superficial syn
半间不界 半間不界 bàn gān bù gà shallow / not thorough / superficial
浅水探测器 淺水探測器 shallow-water multibeam sonar / SWMB system / shallow-water sounder
浅水方式 淺水方式 shallow-water multibeam sonar / SWMB system / shallow-water sounder
浅管井 淺管井 shallow tube well / shallow cased well
不一致字 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
深层文字 深層文字 shēn céng wén zì deep orthography (not governed by simple rules)
深层正字法 深層正字法 shēn céng zhèng zì fǎ deep orthography
一致字 yī zhì zì (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2], 遙|遥[yao2] and 謠|谣[yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
正字法 zhèng zì fǎ orthography
正词法 正詞法 zhèng cí fǎ orthography (linguistics)
隔音符号 隔音符號 gé yīn fú hào apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案|档案[dang4 an4])
俴 jiàn short / shallow / thin plate
冬烘 dōng hōng shallow / uneducated
名重识暗 名重識暗 míng zhòng shí àn of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
浅学 淺學 qiǎn xué shallow study / superficial / scant knowledge syn
浅源地震 淺源地震 qiǎn yuán dì zhèn shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
浅短 淺短 qiǎn duǎn narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
浅礁 淺礁 qiǎn jiāo shallow reef / shoal
浅耕 淺耕 qiǎn gēng to scratch / shallow plowing
浅陋 淺陋 qiǎn lòu shallow and crude / meager (knowledge or skill) syn
空疏 kōng shū shallow / empty syn
骈偶文风 駢偶文風 pián ǒu wén fēng early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
陆地浅坑掩埋 shallow land burial
浅水颜色 shallow-water tint
开发浅层油气资源国际会议 International Conference on the Development of Shallow Oil and Gas Resources
浅地震 淺地震 shallow earthquake
表层一体化 表層一体化 biǎo céng yī tǐ huà shallow integration
叕 zhuó to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow
水浅养不住大鱼 水淺養不住大魚 shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization
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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