去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn 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 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] syn 时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn 随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn 时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn 期 qī a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / 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 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 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people / the poor syn 虚弱 虛弱 xū ruò weak / in poor health syn 时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn 恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn 贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor / impoverished syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 涂鸦 塗鴉 tú yā graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble syn 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn 施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey 一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn 俗气 俗氣 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag 低俗 dī sú vulgar / poor taste syn 劣质 劣質 liè zhì shoddy / of poor quality syn 届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn 定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc) 贫民 貧民 pín mín poor people syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn 反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes syn 劣等 liè děng poor-quality / inferior syn 截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn 历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn 限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn 万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom) / the people united syn 民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 匈奴 xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties 耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time) 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn 稀松 稀鬆 xī sōng poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous syn 贫富 貧富 pín fù poor and rich 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) 贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren / infertile / poor syn 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn 民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around syn 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn 深入人心 shēn rù rén xīn to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom) 长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs syn 清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn 贫贱 貧賤 pín jiàn poor and lowly syn 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn 嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn 消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn 穷国 窮國 qióng guó poor country 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn 抱病 bào bìng to be ill / to be in poor health syn 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery 贫农 貧農 pín nóng poor peasant 万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 