"third period" Chinese-English Dictionary

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第三纪 第三紀 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn
之一 zhī yī one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) syn
第三 dì sān third / number three syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third
拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn
三月 sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year) syn
海地 hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World syn
电灯泡 電燈泡 diàn dēng pào light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest syn
三流 sān liú third-rate / inferior
三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn
试用期 試用期 shì yòng qī trial period / probationary period
中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month
罗兹 羅茲 luó zī Łódź, third largest city of Poland
三世 sān shì the Third (of numbered kings)
盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn
初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school
下旬 xià xún last third of the month
季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist
保修期 bǎo xiū qī guarantee period / warranty period
其三 qí sān thirdly / the third syn
上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn
永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
上旬 shàng xún first third of a month
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
第三次 dì sān cì third / third time
第三方 dì sān fāng third party
大三 dà sān third-year university student
三级片 三級片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)
第三代 dì sān dài third generation
第三季度 dì sān jì dù third quarter (of financial year)
三中全会 三中全會 sān zhōng quán huì third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
第三位 dì sān wèi third place
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn
三度 sān dù third (musical interval)
探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
环比 環比 huán bǐ (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
战国时代 戰國時代 zhàn guó shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
三皇 sān huáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2] syn
丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
丙午 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
丙申 bǐng shēn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
第三人称 第三人稱 dì sān rén chēng third person (grammar)
后汉书 後漢書 hòu hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
王五 wáng wǔ Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
宽限期 寬限期 kuān xiàn qī grace period / period of grace
元史 yuán shǐ History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
贺子珍 賀子珍 hè zǐ zhēn He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
金正恩 jīn zhèng ēn Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
产褥期 產褥期 chǎn rù qī postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth)
外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) syn
(third person pronoun for a divine being)
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn
阶段 階段 jiē duàn stage / section / phase / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
时期 時期 shí qī period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn
东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst / a fit / a peal / a spell (period of time) syn
季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
片刻 piàn kè short period of time / a moment syn
早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn
hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn
月经 月經 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period syn
时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term syn
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
周期 週期 zhōu qī period / cycle
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period syn
游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn
句号 句號 jù hào full stop / period (punct.) syn
后期 後期 hòu qī late stage / later period 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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