标准 標準 biāo zhǔn standard / norm / criterion / (adjective) standard / good / correct / conforming to a standard syn 旗帜 旗幟 qí zhì ensign / flag syn 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 忽悠 hū you to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con syn 旗子 qí zi flag / banner / CL:面[mian4] syn 白旗 bái qí white flag 旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn 国标 國標 guó biāo national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准[guo2 jia1 biao1 zhun3]) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞|国际标准舞[guo2 ji4 biao1 zhun3 wu3]) 红旗 紅旗 hóng qí red flag / CL:面[mian4] syn 花旗 huā qí the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行 升旗 shēng qí to raise a flag / to hoist a flag 旗手 qí shǒu a flag carrier (army) / ensign 战旗 戰旗 zhàn qí a war flag / an army banner 旗开得胜 旗開得勝 qí kāi dé shèng lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom) / fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move syn 彩旗 cǎi qí colored flag 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom) / fig. to cease / to give in syn 挂起 掛起 guà qǐ to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation) 标准间 標準間 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1] 党旗 黨旗 dǎng qí party flag 升旗仪式 升旗儀式 shēng qí yí shì flag raising ceremony 菖蒲 chāng pú Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag 黑旗军 黑旗軍 hēi qí jūn Black Flag Army 拦 攔 lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) syn 旗 qí banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4] syn 星条旗 星條旗 xīng tiáo qí Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States 旗语 旗語 qí yǔ flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units) / semaphore 帜 幟 zhì flag syn 降旗 jiàng qí to lower a flag / to strike the colors 旗标 旗標 qí biāo flag 麾 huī signal flag / to signal syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 合格 hé gé to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) syn 准则 準則 zhǔn zé norm / standard / criterion syn 及格 jí gé to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard syn 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn 国标舞 國標舞 guó biāo wǔ international standard ballroom dancing 过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 规格 規格 guī gé standard / norm / specification syn 达标 達標 dá biāo to reach a set standard syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 基准 基準 jī zhǔn (surveying) datum / standard / criterion / benchmark syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 审美观 審美觀 shěn měi guān esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn 为准 為準 wéi zhǔn to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 标准时 標準時 biāo zhǔn shí standard time 正音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation syn 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) 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 国际标准 國際標準 guó jì biāo zhǔn international standard 技术标准 技術標準 jì shù biāo zhǔn technology standard 不规范 不規範 bù guī fàn not standard / abnormal / irregular 规范性 規範性 guī fàn xìng normal / standard 排放标准 排放標準 emission standard / emission requirement 行为准则 行為準則 xíng wéi zhǔn zé code of conduct / standard of conduct 差事 chà shì poor / not up to standard syn 标准普尔 標準普爾 biāo zhǔn pǔ ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index 标准差 標準差 biāo zhǔn chā (statistics) standard deviation 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 风纪 風紀 fēng jì standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline 正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn 典 diǎn canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn syn 剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 吕 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 区旗 區旗 qū qí district flag 正体 正體 zhèng tǐ standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters syn 通例 tōng lì general rule / standard practice 标准语 標準語 biāo zhǔn yǔ standard language syn 金本位 jīn běn wèi gold standard 坎德拉 kǎn dé lā candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle 臬 niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old) syn 五星红旗 五星紅旗 wǔ xīng hóng qí five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) 规矩准绳 規矩準繩 guī ju zhǔn shéng compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 规矩绳墨 規矩繩墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 标配 標配 biāo pèi to provide as a standard feature / standard feature / standard equipment / standard configuration / (abbr. for 標準配置|标准配置[biao1 zhun3 pei4 zhi4]) 通用汉字标准交换码 通用漢字標準交換碼 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3] 通用码 通用碼 tōng yòng mǎ Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard (abbr. for 通用漢字標準交換碼|通用汉字标准交换码[Tong1 yong4 Han4 zi4 Biao1 zhun3 Jiao1 huan4 ma3]) 彩虹旗 cǎi hóng qí rainbow flag, aka LGBT pride flag 联合国旗典与规则 聯合國旗典與規則 United Nations Flag Code and Regulations / Flag Code 旗典 United Nations Flag Code and Regulations / Flag Code 标准音 標準音 biāo zhǔn yīn standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz) syn 银本位 銀本位 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard) 银本位制 銀本位制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard)