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 重 chóng to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer 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 层次 層次 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing syn 上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 云层 雲層 yún céng the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank 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 深层 深層 shēn céng deep layer / deep / deep-seated / underlying 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 表层 表層 biǎo céng surface layer syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 层层 層層 céng céng layer upon layer 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 夹层 夾層 jiā céng hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine 臭氧层 臭氧層 chòu yǎng céng ozone layer 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 外层 外層 wài céng outer layer / outer shell syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 基层 基層 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 叠加 疊加 dié jiā to superimpose / to layer / to overlay / to superpose syn 涂层 塗層 tú céng protective layer / coating 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 层叠 層疊 céng dié layer upon layer / tiered 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 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 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) 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") 一层 一層 yī céng layer 重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer / one after another syn 图层 圖層 tú céng layer (imaging) 第一层 dì yī céng layer one / layer 1 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 内层 內層 nèi céng internal layer 角质层 角質層 jiǎo zhì céng stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin) 应用层 應用層 yìng yòng céng application layer (computing) 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 物理层 物理層 wù lǐ céng physical layer 链路层 鏈路層 liàn lù céng link layer 色谱法 色譜法 sè pǔ fǎ chromatography 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society 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 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive 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 叠 疊 dié to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 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 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 瘦客户机 瘦客戶机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 冻土层 凍土層 dòng tǔ céng permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil 边界层 邊界層 biān jiè céng boundary layer 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 鍱 yè thin plates of metal 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn 表面边界层 biǎo miàn bian jiè céng surface boundary layer / ground layer / atmospheric boundary layer 低温色谱法 low-temperature chromatography / sub-ambient chromatography 超临界色谱法 supercritical chromatography / hyperpressure chromatography 反相色谱法 反相色譜法 reversed-phase chromatography / RP chromatography 高效液相色谱法 高效液相色譜法 high-performance liquid chromatography / high-efficiency liquid chromatography 上向流色谱法 上向流色譜法 upward flow chromatography / ascending chromatography 上行色谱法 上行色譜法 upward flow chromatography / ascending chromatography 胚层 胚層 pēi céng germ layer / layer of tissue in embryology 积叠 積疊 jī dié to pile up layer upon layer 摩擦层 mó cā céng friction layer / planetary boundary layer 大气边界层 大气邊界層 dài qì bian jiè céng atmospheric boundary layer / surface boundary layer 堆叠 duī dié to pile up / to put layer upon layer / (Tw) (computing) stack 