"to apply (ointment)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
涂敷 塗敷 tú fū to smear / to daub / to plaster / to apply (ointment)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn
申请 申請 shēn qǐng to apply for sth / application form (CL:份[fen4]) syn
yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn
zhé to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn
zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn
报名 報名 bào míng to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist syn
应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn
加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
实用 實用 shí yòng to apply in practice / practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science) syn
药膏 藥膏 yào gāo ointment syn
付诸 付諸 fù zhū to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc) syn
报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn
应聘 應聘 yìng pìn to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position
予以 yǔ yǐ to give / to impose / to apply syn
应征 應徵 yìng zhēng to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement syn
生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically syn
软膏 軟膏 ruǎn gāo ointment / paste
涂抹 塗抹 tú mǒ to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate syn
着色 著色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint syn
眼药 眼藥 yǎn yào eye drops / eye ointment
浓妆艳抹 濃妝艷抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup syn
美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment
油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn
画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) syn
学以致用 學以致用 xué yǐ zhì yòng to study sth in order to apply it
万金油 萬金油 wàn jīn yóu Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains / (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades syn
施肥 shī féi to spread manure / to apply fertilizer syn
套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn
习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
冷敷 lěng fū to apply a cold compress
热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress
投考 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position) syn
外敷 wài fū to apply externally syn
申办 申辦 shēn bàn to apply for / to bid for
申领 申領 shēn lǐng to apply (for license, visa etc)
活用 huó yòng to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective) syn
打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
施治 shī zhì to apply a treatment / to undertake a therapy
涂饰 塗飾 tú shì to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer syn
报帐 報帳 bào zhàng to render an account / to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement syn
yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning syn
to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) syn
shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn
to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn
gào to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink syn
gāo ointment / paste / CL:帖[tie3] syn
chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn
(bound form) instructor / (literary) to instruct / to attach / to apply (makeup etc) syn
巧干 巧幹 qiǎo gàn to work resourcefully / to apply intelligence
清凉油 清涼油 qīng liáng yóu soothing ointment / balm
ǎn to apply (medicinal powder to a wound) / to cover up / to conceal
仁言利博 rén yán lì bó Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
敷贴 敷貼 fū tiē to smear / to apply glue or ointment to a surface
每一个人都有美中不足的地方 每一個人都有美中不足的地方 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
抗生素油膏 antibiotic ointment
八宝眼药 八寶眼藥 bā bǎo yǎn yào eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
报户口 報戶口 bào hù kǒu to apply for residence / to register a birth
应徵 應徵 yìng zhēng apply (for a job) / respond to an employment notice
儿化 兒化 ér huà (Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final / to apply r-coloring to the final of a syllable
搬用 bān yòng to apply mechanically / to copy and use
声押 聲押 shēng yā to apply to a court for an arrest warrant
铆劲儿 鉚勁兒 mǎo jìn r to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
活学活用 活學活用 huó xué huó yòng to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
现炒现卖 現炒現賣 xiàn chǎo xiàn mài lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
具体到 具體到 jù tǐ dào to embody into / to apply to / to take the shape of / specific to
请领 請領 qǐng lǐng to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
家法 jiā fǎ the rules and discipline that apply within a family / stick used for punishing children or servants / traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil
推而广之 推而廣之 tuī ér guǎng zhī to apply sth more broadly / by logical extension / and, by extension, syn
锁喉 鎖喉 suǒ hóu to apply a chokehold
上眼药 上眼藥 shàng yǎn yào to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
施以 shī yǐ to inflict (punishment) / to provide (training etc) / to apply (pressure etc)
脸上贴金 臉上貼金 liǎn shàng tiē jīn lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom) / fig. to talk up / to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)
发力 發力 fā lì to exert oneself / to apply force / (of an enterprise etc) to gain momentum / to perform strongly
申遗 申遺 shēn yí to apply for UNESCO World Heritage status
脸上贴金 臉上貼金 liǎn shàng - tiē jīn lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom) / fig. to talk up / to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)
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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