信号 信號 xìn hào signal 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 提名 tí míng to nominate 噪音 zào yīn rumble / noise / static (in a signal) syn 接收 jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate syn 举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal) 手势 手勢 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 暗号 暗號 àn hào secret signal (sign) / countersign / password 讯号 訊號 xùn hào signal 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 信号灯 信號燈 xìn hào dēng signal light / car indicator 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn 红绿灯 紅綠燈 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light / traffic signal 号子 號子 hào zi work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm syn 电信号 電信號 diàn xìn hào electrical signal 旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn 颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy syn 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion syn 警号 警號 jǐng hào alarm / alert / warning signal 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 题名 題名 tí míng autograph / to sign one's name syn 时效性 時效性 shí xiào xìng sensitivity to timing / time-sensitive / timeliness 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 烽烟 烽煙 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) syn 时序 時序 shí xù timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course 分配器 fēn pèi qì dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc) 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge 数字信号 數字信號 shù zì xìn hào digital signal 信号处理 信號處理 xìn hào chǔ lǐ signal processing 劈腿 pī tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / two-timing (in romantic relationships) 正时 正時 zhèng shí timing (of an engine) 狼烟 狼煙 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces syn 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud syn 毫米波 háo mǐ bō millimeter wave (radio signal) 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 信噪比 xìn zào bǐ signal-to-noise ratio 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 麾 huī signal flag / to signal syn 定时钟 定時鐘 dìng shí zhōng timer / timing clock / alarm clock 颐指风使 頤指風使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy 更改正时 更改正時 timing modification 延迟点火定时 延遲點火定時 yán chí diǎn huǒ dìng shí retarded spark timing 来得早不如来得巧 來得早不如來得巧 lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing 劈腿 pǐ tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships) / Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3] 争取时效 爭取時效 zhēng qǔ shí xiào to strive to get sth done while the timing is right 电话信号 電話信號 diàn huà xìn hào telephone signal 光信号 光信號 guāng xìn hào optical signal 授时 授時 shòu shí to broadcast a time signal 数位信号 數位信號 shù wèi xìn hào digital signal 信号台 信號臺 xìn hào tái signal station 语音信号 語音信號 yǔ yīn xìn hào voice signal 模拟信号 模擬信號 mó nǐ xìn hào analog signal 讯息传递 訊息傳遞 xùn xī chuán dì signal 信标 信標 xìn biāo a signal 手式 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 眼风 眼風 yǎn fēng eye signal / meaningful glance 转向信号 轉向信號 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator 遇险信号 distress signal 被掩信号 obscured signal 响应信号 response signal 载波信号 carrier signal 反射信号 reflectivity signal 记录信号 記錄信號 recorded signal 通信部队 通信部隊 tòng xìn bù duì signal troop 通信作业程序 通信作業程序 tòng xìn zuò yè chéng xù signal operating instructions 通信营 通信營 tòng xìn yíng signals battalion / signal battalion 现行通信规程 現行通信規程 signal operating instructions / standing signals instructions 信号中断 信號中斷 signal black-out / black-out 接收信号 接收信號 received signal 震源信号 source signal 地震信号 地震信號 seismic signal 通信指令 signals directives / signal directives 捕捉信号 捕捉信號 acquisition of signal 通信队 通信隊 signals unit / signal unit 肌电信号调节器 肌電信號調節器 electromyogram signal conditioner 锥形地雷标志 錐形地雷標誌 mine-marking cone / signal cone 削波 xuē bō clipping (signal processing) 泵灯 泵燈 bèng dēng lamp / turn signal 忙音 máng yīn busy signal (telephony) 号志 號誌 hào zhì signal / sign (traffic control etc) 暗哨儿 暗哨兒 àn shào r whistle given as a secret signal 响箭 響箭 xiǎng jiàn whistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal) syn 满格 滿格 mǎn gé (of battery level, signal level etc) at full capacity / at maximum strength 