才 纔 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 数量 數量 shù liàng amount / quantity (CL:個|个[ge4]) / quantitative / (math.) scalar quantity syn 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 独处 獨處 dú chǔ to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other) 含量 hán liàng content / quantity contained 热量 熱量 rè liàng heat / quantity of heat / calorific value syn 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 显著 顯著 xiǎn zhù outstanding / notable / remarkable / statistically significant syn 可观 可觀 kě guān considerable / impressive / significant syn 繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity syn 默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom) / an outsider without any reputation / a nobody / an unknown quantity syn 用量 yòng liàng quantity used / usage / consumption / dose 电量 電量 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 意味深长 意味深長 yì wèi shēn cháng profound / significant / meaningful syn 时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 气量 氣量 qì liàng (lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity syn 位移 wèi yí (geometry) displacement (a vector quantity) syn 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster syn 定量 dìng liàng quantity / fixed amount / ration 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 小量 xiǎo liàng a small quantity syn 水量 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow 降雨量 jiàng yǔ liàng precipitation / quantity of rainfall 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 降水量 jiàng shuǐ liàng precipitation (meteorology) / measured quantity of rain 开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 摄入量 攝入量 shè rù liàng intake (quantity) 隽永 雋永 juàn yǒng meaningful / thought-provoking / significant syn 巨量 jù liàng huge quantity / massive 定数 定數 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny 参量 參量 cān liàng parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.) 零 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither syn 番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves 标量 標量 biāo liàng scalar quantity 隽 雋 juàn meaningful / significant syn 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 烀 hū to cook in a small quantity of water syn 含沙量 hán shā liàng sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river) 口齿生香 口齒生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng eloquence that generates perfume (idiom) / profound and significant text 寓意深长 寓意深長 yù yì shēn cháng to have profound import (idiom) / to be deeply significant 鲤鱼跳龙门 鯉魚跳龍門 lǐ yú tiào lóng mén to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom) / to get one's big break 有统计学意义 有統計學意義 yǒu tǒng jì xué yì yì statistically significant 隽语 雋語 juàn yǔ epigram / meaningful or significant speech 有效数字 有效數字 yǒu xiào shù zì significant figures 重要气象现象预报训练讲习班 Training Workshop on Significant Weather Phenomena Prediction 具有军事意义的放射性微粒沉降地区 area of militarily significant radioactive fallout 有统计意义的 statistically significant 重大损害 重大損害 significant harm 有军事意义的 有軍事意義的 militarily significant 有效生物区 有效生物區 yǒu xiào shēng wù qū significant biota 进化显着单元 進化顯著單元 evolutionarily significant unit 对遗传有显着影响的剂量 對遺傳有顯著影響的劑量 genetically significant dose 要角 yào jiǎo significant role / major figure 一口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence 带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant 厥功至伟 厥功至偉 jué gōng zhì wěi (idiom) to have made significant contributions to a project or cause 情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4]) 资料量 資料量 zī liào liàng quantity of data 物理量 wù lǐ liàng physical quantity 不变量 不變量 bù biàn liàng invariant quantity / invariant (math.) 代数量 代數量 dài shù liàng algebraic quantity 光量 guāng liàng quantity of light / luminosity 升斗 shēng dǒu liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff 几何量 幾何量 jǐ hé liàng geometric quantity 忽微 hū wēi minuscule quantity / minor matter 概数 概數 gài shù approximate number / imprecise indication of quantity (e.g. 十幾|十几[shi2 ji3], 兩三百|两三百[liang3 san1 bai3], 一千多[yi1 qian1 duo1]) syn 海砂屋 hǎi shā wū house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand 补充量 補充量 bǔ chōng liàng complement / complementary quantity 输沙量 輸沙量 shū shā liàng quantity of sand (transported by a river) / sediment content 齐头 齊頭 qí tóu at the same time / simultaneously / (when stating a quantity that is a round number) exactly 影响量 influence quantity 爆炸品净量 爆炸品凈量 net explosive quantity 生态系统的数量 生態系統的數量 ecosystem quantity 价格和数量比较专家组 價格和數量比較專家組 Expert Group on Price and Quantity Comparisons 重量轻质 重量輕質 zhòng liàng qīng zhì to value quantity over quality 煸炒 biān chǎo to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil 差得多 chà de duō to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree) 