条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 丝巾 絲巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 丝线 絲線 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) syn 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 真丝 真絲 zhēn sī silk / pure silk 绸缎 綢緞 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric syn 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk syn 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 精练 精練 jīng liàn (textiles) to scour / to degum (silk) / variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4] syn 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 绸子 綢子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress 丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 浣纱 浣紗 huàn shā to wash silk 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 吐丝 吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk 化干戈为玉帛 化幹戈為玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship syn 丝织品 絲織品 sī zhī pǐn item made from woven silk or rayon syn 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 生丝 生絲 shēng sī raw silk syn 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn 练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 伞 傘 sǎn damask silk / variant of 傘|伞[san3] syn 币 幣 bì money / coins / currency / silk syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 缇 緹 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric syn 绸 綢 chóu (light) silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 绮 綺 qǐ beautiful / open-work silk syn 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 绵里藏针 綿裡藏針 mián lǐ cáng zhēn lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove syn 绎 繹 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old) 帛 bó silk syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 缯 繒 zēng silk fabrics syn 缟素 縞素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress syn 瘦客户机 瘦客戶机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 缂丝 緙絲 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn 纶 綸 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 缫 繅 sāo to reel silk from cocoons 绌 絀 chù crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch syn 缙 縉 jìn red silk syn 