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son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn
fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn
yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] syn
单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
下调 下調 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
敢死队 敢死隊 gǎn sǐ duì suicide squad / kamikaze unit
编入 編入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
单产 單產 dān chǎn yield per unit area
禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit)
推进器 推進器 tuī jìn qì propeller / propulsion unit / thruster
市斤 shì jīn Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg
洗手台 xǐ shǒu tái vanity unit
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn
qián coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] syn
máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) syn
市分 shì fēn fen (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ centimeter)
jiǎo angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
号衣 號衣 hào yī jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn
miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly
pén basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn
部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn
基层 基層 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
模块 模塊 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part
英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
组件 組件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly syn
总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn
机组 機組 jī zǔ flight crew (on a plane) / unit (apparatus)
单价 單價 dān jià unit price
分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau
日元 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2]
立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume)
马克 馬克 mǎ kè mark (monetary unit)
兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army
科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn
探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit
烛光 燭光 zhú guāng candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn
日圆 日圓 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4]
英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
英里 yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
施工单位 施工單位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder
市里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
牛顿 牛頓 niú dùn newton (SI unit of force)
贝克 貝克 bèi kè becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3])
方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn
千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn
计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure
方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn
流明 liú míng lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
归队 歸隊 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life
突击队 突擊隊 tū jī duì commando unit
本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn
高斯 gāo sī gauss, unit of magnetic induction
分项 分項 fēn xiàng sub-item (of program)
市辖区 市轄區 shì xiá qū city district (county-level administrative unit)
拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn
土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn
里拉 lǐ lā lira (monetary unit) (loanword)
拉德 lā dé rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
包销 包銷 bāo xiāo to have exclusive selling rights / to be the sole agent for a production unit or firm
分会场 分會場 fēn huì chǎng sub-venues
人民币元 人民幣元 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
法拉 fǎ lā farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
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
番号 番號 fān hào number of military unit
赫兹 赫茲 hè zī hertz (Hz), unit of frequency
华里 華里 huá lǐ li (Chinese unit of distance)
中央处理器 中央處理器 zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ qì central processing unit
课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department)
蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn
基本单位 基本單位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block
飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
比索 bǐ suǒ (loanword) peso (monetary unit)
副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)
同知 tóng zhī government sub-prefect (old)
牵引车 牽引車 qiān yǐn chē tractor unit / tractor truck / prime mover
振动器 振動器 zhèn dòng qì vibration thruster / shaker unit
配属 配屬 pèi shǔ troops attached to a unit syn
证卷 證卷 zhèng juàn a bond (banking) / a share certificate / a unit trust
冷藏室 lěng cáng shì walk-in refrigeration unit
库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge)
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters syn
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn
thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions 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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