测试 測試 cè shì to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software) 机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4] syn 故障 gù zhàng malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software) 软件 軟件 ruǎn jiàn (computer) software 破解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software) 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 幻灯片 幻燈片 huàn dēng piàn slide (photography, presentation software) / filmstrip / transparency 应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 补丁 補丁 bǔ ding patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch 浏览器 瀏覽器 liú lǎn qì browser (software) 搭载 搭載 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 阅读器 閱讀器 yuè dú qì reader (software) 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 预装 預裝 yù zhuāng prefabricated / preinstalled / bundled (software) 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 汉化 漢化 hàn huà to sinicize / sinicization / (software) Chinese localization 插件 chā jiàn plug-in (software or hardware) / to plug in a component 软体 軟體 ruǎn tǐ (of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software 驱动程序 驅動程序 qū dòng chéng xù device driver (computing software) 编辑器 編輯器 biān jí qì editor (software) 杀毒软件 殺毒軟件 shā dú ruǎn jiàn antivirus software 自带 自帶 zì dài to bring one's own / BYO / (of software) preinstalled 序列号 序列號 xù liè hào serial number / product key (software) 卸载 卸載 xiè zài to unload cargo / to uninstall (software) 应用软件 應用軟件 yìng yòng ruǎn jiàn application software 另存为 另存為 lìng cún wéi Save As ... (menu option in a software application) 首款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc) 公测 公測 gōng cè (software development) to do beta testing 工具栏 工具欄 gōng jù lán toolbar (in computer software) 选单 選單 xuǎn dān (software) menu 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 软硬件 軟硬件 ruǎn yìng jiàn software and hardware 软件包 軟件包 ruǎn jiàn bāo software package 工具条 工具條 gōng jù tiáo toolbar (in computer software) 财务软件 財務軟件 cái wù ruǎn jiàn financial software / accounting software 模组 模組 mó zǔ (hardware or software) module (computing) 泡面 泡麵 pào miàn instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software 电脑软件 電腦軟件 diàn nǎo ruǎn jiàn computer software 自由软件 自由軟件 zì yóu ruǎn jiàn free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted) 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 教学软件 教學軟件 courseware / teachware / educational software 防毒软件 防毒軟件 fáng dú ruǎn jiàn anti-virus software 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 大补帖 大補帖 dà bǔ tiě tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software 灌 guàn to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music) syn 软件系统 軟件系統 ruǎn jiàn xì tǒng software system 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn 交流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 社交 shè jiāo interaction / social contact syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 好友 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 交际 交際 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 社保 shè bǎo social insurance (abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险[she4hui4 bao3xian3]) 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 身价 身價 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) syn 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 交谊舞 交誼舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing 门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth / the right social connection syn 风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 社会保险 社會保險 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security (abbr. to 社保[she4bao3]) 条条框框 條條框框 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions syn 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 社会关系 社會關係 shè huì guān xì social relation 低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn 洋相 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4] syn 大潮 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change syn 礼数 禮數 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status syn 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 孔子 kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3] 联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party 分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing 八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) syn 社会科学 社會科學 shè huì kē xué social sciences syn 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 