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"sub-word regularity" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
亚词规则 亞詞規則 yà cí guī zé sub-word regularity
Chinese Pinyin Translation
次 cì 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
分 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
子 zǐ 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
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
亚 亞 yà second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] syn
忠告 zhōng gào to give sb a word of advice / advice / counsel / a wise word syn
分局 fēn jú branch office / sub-bureau
条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn
语词 語詞 yǔ cí word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn
照抄 zhào chāo to copy word for word syn
生词 生詞 shēng cí new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
分项 分項 fēn xiàng sub-item (of program)
分会场 分會場 fēn huì chǎng sub-venues
副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)
同知 tóng zhī government sub-prefect (old)
呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word syn
字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
总之 總之 zǒng zhī in a word / in short / in brief syn
台词 臺詞 tái cí an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word syn
量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn
打招呼 dǎ zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice syn
单词 單詞 dān cí word / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn
词语 詞語 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression syn
词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn
联想 聯想 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
口令 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
暗语 暗語 àn yǔ code word syn
守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn
一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn
总而言之 總而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī in short / in a word / in brief syn
一言不发 一言不發 yī yán bù fā to not say a word (idiom) syn
搭话 搭話 dā huà to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word syn
变卦 變卦 biàn guà to change one's mind / to go back on one's word syn
感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn
守信用 shǒu xìn yòng to keep one's word / trustworthy syn
重音 zhòng yīn accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)
吱声 吱聲 zhī shēng to utter a word / to make a sound / to cheep / to squeak / also pr. [zi1 sheng1] syn
吭声 吭聲 kēng shēng to utter a word syn
点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn
不动声色 不動聲色 bù dòng shēng sè not a word or movement (idiom) / remaining calm and collected / not batting an eyelid syn
简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn
出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent syn
避讳 避諱 bì hui to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from / to avoid syn
守约 守約 shǒu yuē to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
词义 詞義 cí yì meaning of a word
一言一行 yī yán yī xíng every word and action (idiom) syn
字数 字數 zì shù number of written characters / number of words / word count syn
会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn
进言 進言 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice syn
传扬 傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth) syn
说一不二 說一不二 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom) / to keep one's word syn
引申 yǐn shēn to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation
分词 分詞 fēn cí participle / word segmentation
讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn
语序 語序 yǔ xù word order syn
口诛笔伐 口誅筆伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen syn
一语道破 一語道破 yī yǔ dào pò one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct syn
倒装 倒裝 dào zhuāng (linguistics) to invert (word order)
量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
一句话 一句話 yī jù huà in a word / in short
大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4you3-xi1wang4]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance syn
收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
文字处理 文字處理 word-processing
文字处理 文字處理 wén zì chǔ lǐ word processing
践行 踐行 jiàn xíng to carry out / to implement / to keep (one's word)
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
页首 頁首 yè shǒu the top of the page / (word processing) page header
词库 詞庫 cí kù word stock / lexicon
活用 huó yòng to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective) syn
送信 sòng xìn to send word / to deliver a letter
密语 密語 mì yǔ code word / coded language / to communicate in private
三字经 三字經 sān zì jīng (slang) swearword / four-letter word syn
转口 轉口 zhuǎn kǒu entrepot / transit (of goods) / (coll.) to deny / to go back on one's word
福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife
不做声 不做聲 bù zuò shēng keep silent / not say a word syn
言听计从 言聽計從 yán tīng jì cóng to see, hear and obey (idiom) / to take advice / to take sb at his word syn
字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon
小鸡鸡 小雞雞 xiǎo jī jī penis (child's word)
组词 組詞 zǔ cí to combine words / word formation
暗合 àn hé to agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
成语接龙 成語接龍 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
虚词 虛詞 xū cí (linguistics) function word
言而无信 言而無信 yán ér wú xìn untrustworthy / not true to one's word syn
头文字 頭文字 tóu wén zì initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)
一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell syn
词意 詞意 cí yì meaning of word / sense
铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
词法 詞法 cí fǎ morphology (linguistics) / word formation and inflection
实词 實詞 shí cí (linguistics) content word
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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