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"sometimes" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
偶尔 偶爾 ǒu ěr occasionally / once in a while / sometimes syn
有时 有時 yǒu shí sometimes / now and then syn
有时候 有時候 yǒu shí hou sometimes syn
有的时候 有的時候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes / at times
Chinese Pinyin Translation
革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn
弊端 bì duān systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) syn
打口 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) syn
理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology
前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn
异类 異類 yì lèi different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity) syn
盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
论调 論調 lùn diào argument / view (sometimes derogatory) syn
岛国 島國 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
勾践 勾踐 gōu jiàn King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
阿比 ā bǐ Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
押韵 押韻 yā yùn to rhyme / sometimes written 壓韻|压韵
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
老几 老幾 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
清史稿 qīng shǐ gǎo Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[Zhao4 Er3 xun4] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit
筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn
千虑一得 千慮一得 qiān lǜ yī dé a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.) / Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
时大时小 時大時小 shí dà shí xiǎo sometimes big, sometimes small / varying
时好时坏 時好時壞 shí hǎo shí huài sometimes good, sometimes bad
原发性进行性失语 原發性進行性失語 yuán fā xìng jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
吴王阖闾 吳王闔閭 wú wáng hé lǘ King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 / also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出 yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
宋襄公 sòng xiāng gōng Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
新元史 xīn yuán shǐ New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[Ke1 Shao4 min2] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
秦穆公 qín mù gōng Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
越王勾践 越王勾踐 yuè wáng gōu jiàn King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
转注 轉注 zhuǎn zhù transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
转注字 轉注字 zhuǎn zhù zì transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
纱支 紗支 shā zhī (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
颜厚有忸怩 顏厚有忸怩 yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)
人有失手，马有失蹄 人有失手，馬有失蹄 rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes
公知 gōng zhī public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) (abbr. for 公共知識分子|公共知识分子[gong1 gong4 zhi1 shi5 fen4 zi3])
公共知识分子 公共知識分子 gōng gòng zhī shi fèn zǐ public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
封里 封裡 fēng lǐ inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)
浑小子 渾小子 hún xiǎo zi (derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest)
仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)
育乐 育樂 yù lè (Tw) (abbr. for 教育與娛樂|教育与娱乐[jiao4 yu4 yu3 yu2 le4]) education and entertainment, the 5th and 6th aspects of life beyond the four basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation 食衣住行[shi2 yi1 zhu4 xing2] / (sometimes used to signify edutainment or just recreation)
拍谢 拍謝 pāi xiè (Tw) excuse me / to be sorry / apologetic / embarrassed / shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
工棚 gōng péng temporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation)
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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