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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
收词 收詞 shōu cí to collect words / to harvest entries for a dictionary
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode syn
shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn
luō gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to sift syn
luó gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to sift syn
收集 shōu jí to gather / to collect syn
采访 採訪 cǎi fǎng to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover syn
收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn
提取 tí qǔ to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine syn
采集 採集 cǎi jí to gather / to collect / to harvest syn
募捐 mù juān to solicit contributions / to collect donations
遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn
筹集 籌集 chóu jí to collect money / to raise funds syn
募集 mù jí to raise / to collect syn
取证 取證 qǔ zhèng to collect evidence
收取 shōu qǔ to receive / to collect syn
珍藏 zhēn cáng a collection of rare and valuable items / to collect (such items) syn
汇集 彙集 huì jí to collect / to compile / to converge syn
口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn
藏书 藏書 cáng shū to collect books / library collection
积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn
收税 收稅 shōu shuì to collect tax syn
征集 徵集 zhēng jí to collect / to recruit syn
收款 shōu kuǎn to receive payment / to collect money syn
取材 qǔ cái to collect material
前言 qián yán preface / foreword / introduction / preamble / earlier remarks / earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers syn
搜罗 搜羅 sōu luó to gather / to collect / to bring together syn
收拢 收攏 shōu lǒng to draw to oneself / to gather up / to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people) syn
聚积 聚積 jù jī to accumulate / to collect / to build up syn
花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric syn
拾荒 shí huāng to glean / to collect scraps / to eke out a meager living syn
凭单 憑單 píng dān bill of warrant (certificate, allowing one to collect money or valuables) syn
拾取 shí qǔ to pick up / to collect syn
总合 總合 zǒng hé to collect together / to add up / altogether
采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn
收罗 收羅 shōu luó to gather (people) / to collect (talent) / to come to an end syn
馆藏 館藏 guǎn cáng to collect in a museum or library / museum collection / library holdings syn
字词 字詞 zì cí letters or words / words or phrase
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
凑齐 湊齊 còu qí to collect all the bits to make a whole
拾得 shí dé to find / to pick up / to collect
虚言 虛言 xū yán empty words / false words
辑录 輯錄 jí lù to compile / to collect syn
释文 釋文 shì wén interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
cáng to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect syn
jiǎn to pick up / to collect / to gather syn
còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity syn
zǎn to collect / to hoard / to accumulate / to save syn
lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair) syn
to gather up / to collect / to edit / to compile syn
to canvass for contributions / to collect / to raise / to recruit / to enlist syn
cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn
cuì collect / collection / dense / grassy / thick / assemble / gather syn
liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn
yùn to accumulate / to hold in store / to contain / to gather together / to collect / depth / inner strength / profundity syn
筹募 籌募 chóu mù to raise funds / to collect money syn
duō to pick up / to collect / to gather up
qiú collect / to match syn
xié to collect / Taiwan pr. [jie2] syn
拾零 shí líng to pick up bits / to collect scrap material / tidbits / gleanings (used as gossip)
采录 採錄 cǎi lù collect and record syn
募化 mù huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms syn
to restrain oneself / to collect / to hoard / to store up / to cease
yùn variant of 蘊|蕴, to accumulate / to hold in store / to contain / to gather together / to collect / depth / inner strength / profundity
sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect
póu collect syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation 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
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
为止 為止 wéi zhǐ until / (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) syn
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) syn
也就是说 也就是說 yě jiù shì shuō in other words / that is to say / so / thus
yán words / speech / to say / to talk syn
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
鬼话 鬼話 guǐ huà lie / false words / nonsense / CL:篇[pian1] syn
坏话 壞話 huài huà unpleasant talk / malicious words
换句话说 換句話說 huàn jù huà shuō in other words
塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn
字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
话语 話語 huà yǔ words / speech / utterance / discourse syn
词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words / that is syn
双关 雙關 shuāng guān pun / play on words
言行 yán xíng words and actions / what one says and what one does
甜言蜜语 甜言蜜語 tián yán mì yǔ (idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery syn
言辞 言辭 yán cí words / expression / what one says syn
用语 用語 yòng yǔ choice of words / wording / phraseology / term syn
双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
滔滔不绝 滔滔不絕 tāo tāo bù jué (idiom) to produce a torrent of words / to talk on and on
致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn
抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn
口误 口誤 kǒu wù to misspeak / to get one's words mixed up / a slip of the tongue
含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn
千言万语 千言萬語 qiān yán wàn yǔ thousands of words (idiom) / having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
话别 話別 huà bié to say a few parting words / to bid goodbye syn
直言不讳 直言不諱 zhí yán bù huì to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words syn
言谈 言談 yán tán discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech syn
危言耸听 危言聳聽 wēi yán sǒng tīng frightening words to scare people (idiom) / alarmist talk / reds under the beds 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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