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 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 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 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise 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 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece 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 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 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 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen syn 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 厚脸皮 厚臉皮 hòu liǎn pí brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned 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 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 麻木不仁 má mù bù rén numbed / insensitive / apathetic / thick-skinned 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 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 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) 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 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 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc 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 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 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 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 皙 xī (literary) fair-skinned / of light complexion 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 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 刀枪不入 刀槍不入 dāo qiāng bù rù lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism 无装甲车辆 無裝甲車輛 soft-skinned vehicle / thin-skinned vehicle 脸厚 臉厚 liǎn hòu thick-skinned / brazen 黄脸 黃臉 huáng liǎn yellow face (due to sickness etc) / yellow-skinned people 轻装甲车 輕裝甲車 hard-skinned vehicle 神经大条 神經大條 shén jīng dà tiáo thick-skinned / insensitive 白富美 bái fù měi "Ms Perfect" (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful) (Internet slang) 细皮嫩肉 細皮嫩肉 xì pí nèn ròu soft skin and tender flesh (idiom) / smooth-skinned 俴 jiàn short / shallow / thin plate 筎 rú thin outside skin of bamboo 澥 xiè (of porridge etc) to become watery / (dialect) to thin (porridge etc) by adding water etc 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 薄膜沉积 薄膜沉積 bó mó chén jī thin-film 切片检查 切片檢查 qiē piàn jiǎn chá slide examination / microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy 可共患难 可共患難 kě gòng huàn nàn to go through thick and thin together (idiom) 清癯 qīng qú lean / thin / spare syn 疏淡 shū dàn sparse / thin / distant 癯瘦 qú shòu thin / emaciated 祸福与共 禍福與共 huò fú yǔ gòng to stick together through thick and thin (idiom) 箧箧 篋篋 qiè qiè long and thin / slender 经历风雨 經歷風雨 jīng lì fēng yǔ to go through thick and thin (idiom) 叶片状 葉片狀 yè piàn zhuàng foliated / striated into thin leaves 薄透镜 薄透鏡 báo tòu jìng thin lens (optics) 轴索 軸索 zhóu suǒ axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) 镴箔 鑞箔 là bó thin foil to make paper money for the dead 高矮胖瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature 蛋饼 蛋餅 dàn bǐng egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish) 云消雾散 雲消霧散 yún xiāo wù sàn the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air syn 薄膜光伏单元 薄膜光伏單元 thin-film photovoltaic module 瘦客户机程序 瘦客戶机程序 shòu kè hù jī chéng xù thin client 薄层色谱法 薄層色譜法 thin-layer chromatography 超薄热致发光剂量计玻片 超薄熱致發光劑量計玻片 ultra-thin thermoluminescent dosimeter slide 薄膜技术 薄膜技術 thin-film technique 薄膜光伏电池 薄膜光伏電池 thin film cell device 稀里光当 稀里光當 xī li guāng dāng thin / diluted 揻 wēi (dialect) to bend (a long and thin object) 柴鱼片 柴魚片 chái yú piàn katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna) 秦椒 qín jiāo (dialect) hot pepper (long and thin) / same as 花椒[hua1 jiao1] 穿一条裤子 穿一條褲子 chuān yī tiáo kù zi (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things 靲 qín leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips 瘦巴巴 shòu bā bā thin / scrawny / emaciated 