"short letter" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
字帖 zì tiě piece of paper with short note / short letter syn
字帖儿 字帖兒 zì tiě r piece of paper with short note / short letter
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
xìn letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random syn
shū book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write syn
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc) syn
字母 zì mǔ letter (of the alphabet) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter syn
来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter / to send us a letter syn
通信 tōng xìn to correspond (by letter etc) / to communicate / communication syn
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn
信件 xìn jiàn letter (sent by mail) syn
上报 上報 shàng bào to report to one's superiors / to appear in the news / to reply to a letter syn
短期 duǎn qī short term / short-term
回信 huí xìn to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:封[feng1] syn
推荐信 推薦信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter
情书 情書 qíng shū love letter
邀请函 邀請函 yāo qǐng hán invitation letter / CL:封[feng1] syn
字谜 字謎 zì mí letter puzzle
发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn
阿尔法 阿爾法 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα)
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn
启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn
赤字 chì zì (financial) deficit / red letter 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
邮筒 郵筒 yóu tǒng mailbox / pillar box / (old) letter syn
书信 書信 shū xìn letter / epistle syn
短袖 duǎn xiù short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt
介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference
挂号信 掛號信 guà hào xìn registered letter
空头 空頭 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) syn
信纸 信紙 xìn zhǐ letter paper / writing paper syn
信函 xìn hán letter / piece of correspondence (incl. email)
照会 照會 zhào huì a diplomatic note / letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments syn
西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics)
信笺 信箋 xìn jiān letter / letter paper syn
一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn
此致 cǐ zhì (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
上书 上書 shàng shū to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition syn
事由 shì yóu main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) syn
家信 jiā xìn letter (to or from) home syn
信用证 信用證 xìn yòng zhèng letter of credit syn
意向书 意向書 yì xiàng shū letter of intent (LOI) (commerce)
公开信 公開信 gōng kāi xìn open letter
聘书 聘書 pìn shū letter of appointment / contract syn
贝塔 貝塔 bèi tǎ beta (Greek letter Ββ)
短衣 duǎn yī short garment / short jacket
伽马 伽馬 gā mǎ gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
血书 血書 xuè shū letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc
手书 手書 shǒu shū to write personally / personal letter syn
致函 zhì hán to send a letter syn
贺信 賀信 hè xìn congratulatory letter or message syn
公函 gōng hán official letter syn
复信 復信 fù xìn to reply to a letter syn
首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
回覆 huí fù to reply (by letter, email etc) / reply / answer
信访 信訪 xìn fǎng to make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit
来函 來函 lái hán incoming letter / letter from afar / same as 來信|来信[lai2 xin4] syn
短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term / short time
求职信 求職信 qiú zhí xìn cover letter / job application
送信 sòng xìn to send word / to deliver a letter
转寄 轉寄 zhuǎn jì to forward (a letter, email, package etc)
三字经 三字經 sān zì jīng (slang) swearword / four-letter word syn
商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well!
敬上 jìng shàng yours truly / yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)
手札 手劄 shǒu zhá (literary) personal letter
泽塔 澤塔 zé tǎ zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)
收悉 shōu xī (literary) to receive and understand the contents of (a letter)
头文字 頭文字 tóu wén zì initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)
推荐书 推薦書 tuī jiàn shū recommendation letter
密函 mì hán secret letter
投书 投書 tóu shū to submit a written piece (letter, article, opinion piece etc) syn
目不识丁 目不識丁 mù bù shí dīng lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom) / totally illiterate syn
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) syn
tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn
jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
kǎi (bound form) triumphal music / (Tw) (coll.) generous with money / lavish in spending / chi (Greek letter Χχ) syn
zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn
xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn
variant of 復|复[fu4] / to reply to a letter syn
niǔ to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν) syn
róu soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ) syn
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
miù (bound form) false / erroneous / absurd / mu (Greek letter Μμ) syn
zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
卡帕 kǎ pà kappa (Greek letter Κκ)
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
艾塔 ài tǎ eta (Greek letter Ηη)
jiān letter / note-paper syn
rén ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
gēng age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta syn
敬祝 jìng zhù to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status) / your humble servant
jiǎn card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3] 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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