Donate

"to refer" Chinese-English Dictionary

LOADING the writing area ...
(may take time at 1st time)

First write the character here with your mouse *

* Please pay attention to the strokes order.

Chinese Pinyin Translation
参考 參考 cān kǎo consultation / reference / to consult / to refer syn
提交 tí jiāo to submit (a report etc) / to refer (a problem) to sb syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
指 zhǐ finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end syn
提到 tí dào to mention / to raise (a subject) / to refer to syn
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child / kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn
书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) syn
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to syn
参照 參照 cān zhào to consult a reference / to refer to (another document) syn
影射 yǐng shè to refer obliquely to / to insinuate / innuendo syn
特指 tè zhǐ to refer in particular to
白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn
端点 端點 duān diǎn end point (may refer to either end of sth with a start and an end) / (math.) endpoint
谈到 談到 tán dào to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
参阅 參閱 cān yuè to consult / to refer to / to read (instructions) syn
参看 參看 cān kàn to consult for reference / see also / please refer to syn
详见 詳見 xiáng jiàn for further details, refer to syn
小编 小編 xiǎo biān editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer)
中国特色社会主义 中國特色社會主義 zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
言说 言說 yán shuō to speak of / to refer to
指称 指稱 zhǐ chēng designation / reference / to refer to
指代 zhǐ dài to refer to / to be used in place of syn
阿嬷 阿嬤 ā mā (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
查 chá to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) syn
按 àn to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment syn
汶 wèn Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
泛称 泛稱 fàn chēng to refer broadly to / general term
吉卜赛 吉卜賽 jí bǔ sài gypsy (may refer to Roma people, or to Bohemian lifestyle)
名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
自我解嘲 zì wǒ jiě cháo to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor
乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
借指 jiè zhǐ to refer to / metaphor
土邦 tǔ bāng native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
提述 tí shù to refer to
敬称 敬稱 jìng chēng to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...) / respectful term of address / honorific title
汶上 wèn shàng Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong / classically, upper reaches of Wen River in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2]
海东 海東 hǎi dōng see 海東市|海东市[Hai3dong1 Shi4] / (also can refer to Liaodong, the Korean Peninsula, Bohai or Japan, depending on the historical context)
犁靬 lí jiān Han dynasty name for countries in far West / may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire
南海子 nán hǎi zi Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海[Cao3 hai3], 南苑[Nan2 yuan4] and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
家爷 家爺 jiā yé (old) a term servants used to refer to their master
老头乐 老頭樂 lǎo tóu lè backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
自喻 zì yù to refer to oneself as
贬称 貶稱 biǎn chēng derogatory term / to refer to disparagingly (as)
转介 轉介 zhuǎn jiè to refer sb to an agency (or hospital etc) / referral
塑料王 sù liào wáng "super plastic" (term used to refer to Teflon)
隔壁老王 gé bì lǎo wáng Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
东亚病夫 東亞病夫 dōng yà bìng fū (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)
糖弹 糖彈 táng dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈|糖衣炮弹[tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4]) syn
糖衣炮弹 糖衣炮彈 táng yī pào dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences syn
功夫流感 gōng fu liú gǎn Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease
超限战 超限戰 chāo xiàn zhàn unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc)
仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)
伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
背称 背稱 bèi chēng term used to refer to a person who is not present (e.g. 小姨子[xiao3 yi2 zi5]) (contrasted with 面稱|面称[mian4 cheng1])
政法委 zhèng fǎ wěi Political and Legal Affairs Commission (may refer to the national-level Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, responsible for overseeing law enforcement, judicial affairs and domestic security, or a corresponding body at a lower administrative level)
普埃布拉 pǔ āi bù lā Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City / term used to refer to plants whose specific epithet is pueblensis, such as Tillandsia pueblensis (an air plant) and Echeveria pueblensis (a succulent)
为夫 為夫 wéi fū (archaic) term used by a husband to refer to himself when speaking to his wife
为师 為師 wéi shī term used by a teacher or master to refer to themself when speaking to their student
为父 為父 wéi fù term used by a father to refer to himself when speaking to his child
乙女 yǐ nǚ (slang) maiden / young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to refer to romantic media and games aimed at women)
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

Share this page