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Chinese Pinyin Translation
奉还 奉還 fèng huán to return with thanks / to give back (honorific) syn
送还 送還 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate syn
回馈 回饋 huí kuì to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
Chinese Pinyin Translation
后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn
退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn
后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn
后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn
反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn
回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn
分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn
施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) syn
归功 歸功 guī gōng to give credit / to give sb his due / attribution
退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back syn
如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn
回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts 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
背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back
回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn
投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn
点拨 點撥 diǎn bō to give instructions / to give advice syn
开绿灯 開綠燈 kāi lǜ dēng to give the green light / to give the go-ahead syn
回返 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back syn
脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind
夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn
转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn
追缴 追繳 zhuī jiǎo to recover (stolen property) / to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils syn
委身 wěi shēn to give oneself wholly to / to put oneself at sb's service / (of a woman) to give one's body to / to marry
逡巡 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant
回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back
背对背 背對背 bèi duì bèi back to back
背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn
归 歸 guī to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor syn
负 負 fù to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) syn
开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn
翻悔 fān huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
还 還 huán to pay back / to return syn
给 給 gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) syn
看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn
不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
回来 回來 huí lai to return / to come back syn
意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn
肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) syn
与 與 yǔ and / to give / together with syn
却 卻 què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn
回去 huí qu to return / to go back syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn
加 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
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce / to abandon / to give up syn
支持 zhī chí to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
介绍 介紹 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction syn
交给 交給 jiāo gěi to give / to deliver / to hand over syn
引起 yǐn qǐ to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse syn
电 電 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc syn
产生 產生 chǎn shēng to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate syn
放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand syn
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send / to give as a present
任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn
保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn
回报 回報 huí bào (in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate syn
演讲 演講 yǎn jiǎng to give a lecture / to make a speech syn
绝望 絕望 jué wàng to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation syn
宣传 宣傳 xuān chuán to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
支援 zhī yuán to provide assistance / to support / to back syn
收回 shōu huí to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke syn
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out / to turn back syn
后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn
汇报 彙報 huì bào to report / to give an account of / report syn
回顾 回顧 huí gù to look back / to review syn
返回 fǎn huí to return to / to come (or go) back syn
给予 給予 jǐ yǔ (literary) to give / to accord / to render syn
复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn
生产 生產 shēng chǎn to produce / to manufacture / to give birth to a child syn
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn
来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn
发泄 發洩 fā xiè to give vent to (one's feelings) syn
急救 jí jiù to give emergency treatment / first aid syn
命名 mìng míng to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming syn
回想 huí xiǎng to recall / to recollect / to think back syn
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] syn
迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn
前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
打招呼 dǎ zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice syn
专注 專注 zhuān zhù to focus / to concentrate / to give one's full attention syn
赋予 賦予 fù yǔ to assign / to entrust (a task) / to give / to bestow syn
回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn
自首 zì shǒu to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities) syn
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) 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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