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"snacks between meals" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
零嘴 líng zuǐ nibbles / snacks between meals syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
夹 夾 jiā to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2] syn
炒货 炒貨 chǎo huò roasted snacks (peanuts, chestnuts etc)
杂食 雜食 zá shí omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet
茶叙 茶敘 chá xù to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks
塔帕斯 tǎ pà sī tapas, small Spanish snacks (loanword)
粄 bǎn (Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)
膳食 shàn shí meals / food syn
伙食 huǒ shí food / meals syn
吃住 chī zhù food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn
废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work syn
包饭 包飯 bāo fàn to get or supply meals for a monthly rate / to board / to provide board syn
搭伙 dā huǒ to join up with sb / to become partner / to take meals regularly in cafeteria syn
掌厨 掌廚 zhǎng chú to prepare meals / chef
顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn
餐 cān meal / to eat / classifier for meals syn
三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 jǐn yī yù shí brocade garments, jade meals (idiom) / a life of luxury / extravagance syn
发愤忘食 發憤忘食 fā fèn wàng shí so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom) syn
饱食终日无所用心 飽食終日無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn eat three square meals a day and do no work / be sated with food and remain idle
分餐 fēn cān to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
忘餐 wàng cān to forget one's meals
一日三餐 yī rì sān cān to have three meals a day
饱食终日，无所用心 飽食終日，無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
分灶吃饭 分竈吃飯 fēn zào chī fàn "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn - wàng shí (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work syn
断顿 斷頓 duàn dùn to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity)
月子中心 yuè zi zhōng xīn postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn
居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered syn
间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events syn
介于 介於 jiè yú between / intermediate / to lie between syn
空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
居间 居間 jū jiān positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between syn
间 間 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
分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn
做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn
介 jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor syn
三十八度线 三十八度線 sān shí bā dù xiàn 38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
保媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn
两清 兩清 liǎng qīng to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
1900年条约 1900年條約 Treaty between Italy and Ethiopia, for the Delimitation of the Frontier between Eritrea and Ethiopia / 1900 Treaty
帝汶沟条约 帝汶溝條約 Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the Zone of Cooperation in an Area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia / Timor Gap Treaty
1908年条约 1908年條約 Convention between Italy and Ethiopia for the Settlement of the Frontier Between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the Provinces of the Ethiopian Empire / 1908 Treaty / 1908 Treaty relating to the Eastern Sector
1908年东段条约 1908年東段條約 Convention between Italy and Ethiopia for the Settlement of the Frontier Between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the Provinces of the Ethiopian Empire / 1908 Treaty / 1908 Treaty relating to the Eastern Sector
路氹 lù dàng Cotai, portmanteau term referring to the islands of 路環|路环[Lu4 huan2] (Coloane) and 氹仔[Dang4 zai3] (Taipa) in Macau / the strip of reclaimed land between Coloane and Taipa / the island formed by Coloane, Taipa and the reclaimed land between them
夹心饼干 夾心餅乾 jiā xīn bǐng gān sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties / sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
印堂 yìn táng the part of the forehead between the eyebrows / yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows syn
命门 命門 mìng mén (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
感情 gǎn qíng emotion / sentiment / affection / feelings between two persons syn
中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn
黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn
专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2]
其间 其間 qí jiān in between / within that interval / in the meantime syn
中人 zhōng rén go-between / mediator / intermediary syn
哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn
回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn
口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn
网关 網關 wǎng guān network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
换乘 換乘 huàn chéng to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
劳动合同 勞動合同 láo dòng hé tong labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
较差 較差 jiào chā range (the difference between the lowest and highest values)
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
车次 車次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth syn
哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears syn
对接 對接 duì jiē to join up / to dock / a joint (between components) syn
牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn
渤海 bó hǎi Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926
德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals)
国大 國大 guó dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn
分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear
总长 總長 zǒng zhǎng name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3] syn
长白山 長白山 cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
眉心 méi xīn (the space) between the eyebrows syn
五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
虎口 hǔ kǒu tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand syn
淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]
跨度 kuà dù span / horizontal distance between vertical supports
邀请赛 邀請賽 yāo qǐng sài invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn
隔断 隔斷 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition syn
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
来 來 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
辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears syn
正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn
楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
对抗赛 對抗賽 duì kàng sài duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries
贫富差距 貧富差距 pín fù chā jù disparity between rich and poor
折算 zhé suàn to convert (between currencies) 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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