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特定含义 特定含義 tè dìng hán yì specific meaning
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn
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
zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn
意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn
特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn
意义 意義 yì yì sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn
lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn
文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4] syn
具体 具體 jù tǐ concrete / specific / detailed syn
意味 yì wèi meaning / implication / flavor / overtone / to mean / to imply / (Tw) to get a sense of syn
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
含义 含義 hán yì meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation syn
特定 tè dìng special / specific / designated / particular syn
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn
确诊 確診 què zhěn to make a definite diagnosis / confirmed (case of a specific disease) syn
特有 tè yǒu specific (to) / characteristic (of) / distinctive syn
真谛 真諦 zhēn dì the real meaning / the true essence syn
原意 yuán yì original meaning / original intention syn
站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc)
双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
专题 專題 zhuān tí specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
定点 定點 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) syn
手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn
走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn
口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn
独有 獨有 dú yǒu to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn
专人 專人 zhuān rén specialist / person appointed for specific task syn
真意 zhēn yì real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation syn
调用 調用 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn
涵义 涵義 hán yì content / meaning / connotation / implication
含意 hán yì meaning syn
言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn
言外之意 yán wài zhī yì (idiom) unspoken implication / the actual meaning of what was said syn
释义 釋義 shì yì the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
何谓 何謂 hé wèi (literary) what is? / what is the meaning of? syn
如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
消受 xiāo shòu to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy) 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
比重 bǐ zhòng proportion / specific gravity syn
字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations syn
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) syn
词义 詞義 cí yì meaning of a word
阶段性 階段性 jiē duàn xìng specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased
水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate
语义 語義 yǔ yì meaning of words / semantic
意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation
引申 yǐn shēn to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation
苦口婆心 kǔ kǒu pó xīn earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) / to persuade patiently syn
低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn
深长 深長 shēn cháng profound (meaning, implications etc) syn
语意 語意 yǔ yì meaning / content of speech or writing / semantic
特为 特為 tè wèi for a specific purpose / specially syn
空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty syn
细目 細目 xì mù detailed listing / specific item syn
歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn
国别 國別 guó bié nationality / country-specific (history, report etc)
题意 題意 tí yì meaning of a title / implication / theme
字义 字義 zì yì meaning of a character
专责 專責 zhuān zé specific responsibility syn
转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group
有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
具体情况 具體情況 jù tǐ qíng kuàng specific circumstances / actual situation
具体措施 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure
特异性 特異性 tè yì xìng specific / specificity / idiosyncrasy
特来 特來 tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind
菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
专任 專任 zhuān rèn full-time / to appoint sb to a specific task
弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
分则 分則 fēn zé specific provisions (based on general regulations)
专管 專管 zhuān guǎn to be in charge of something specific
意蕴 意蘊 yì yùn inner meaning / implication / connotation syn
法家 fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist syn
无义 無義 wú yì without meaning / nonsense / immoral / faithless
意谓 意謂 yì wèi to mean / meaning
词意 詞意 cí yì meaning of word / sense
词不达意 詞不達意 cí bù dá yì words do not convey the meaning / poorly expressed / senseless / inarticulate
音义 音義 yīn yì sound and meaning
话里有话 話裡有話 huà lǐ yǒu huà one's words carry an implicit meaning syn
释文 釋文 shì wén interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
含蕴 含蘊 hán yùn to contain / to hold / content / (of a poem etc) full of implicit meaning
yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison 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
lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) syn
bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1ying5], 答理[da1li5] etc syn
táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn
fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn
wèi to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense 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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