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"to shadow" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
跟踪 跟蹤 gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking syn
盯梢 dīng shāo to follow sb / to tail / to shadow syn
钉梢 釘梢 dīng shāo to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢[ding1 shao1]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn
阴影 陰影 yīn yǐng (lit. and fig.) shadow syn
影子 yǐng zi shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
阴暗 陰暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) syn
形影不离 形影不離 xíng yǐng bù lí inseparable (as form and shadow) syn
人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn
暗影 àn yǐng shadow / umbra syn
如影随形 如影隨形 rú yǐng suí xíng lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other / inseparable / to follow relentlessly syn
黑影 hēi yǐng shadow / darkness / twilight syn
光影 guāng yǐng light and shadow / sunlight and shade
立竿见影 立竿見影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results syn
皮影戏 皮影戲 pí yǐng xì shadow play syn
眼影 yǎn yǐng eye shadow (cosmetics)
影儿 影兒 yǐng r shadow
投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn
形影相吊 形影相弔 xíng yǐng xiāng diào with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely syn
手影 shǒu yǐng hand shadow drama
影子内阁 影子內閣 yǐng zi nèi gé shadow cabinet
来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace
孤身只影 孤身隻影 gū shēn zhī yǐng lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
形影相随 形影相隨 xíng yǐng xiāng suí lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / fig. inseparable syn
顾影自怜 顧影自憐 gù yǐng zì lián lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected syn
来无影，去无踪 來無影，去無蹤 lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace
全影 quán yǐng total shadow / umbra
立杆见影 立杆見影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / to expect instant results
跟屁虫 跟屁蟲 gēn pì chóng lit. bum beetle / sb who tags along / shadow / sycophant
龛影 龕影 kān yǐng (radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
不成样子 不成樣子 bù chéng yàng zi shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
影子报告 影子報告 shadow report / alternative report
非正式报告 非正式報告 shadow report / alternative report
地下经济 地下經濟 shadow economy / non-observed economy
效率价格 效率價格 efficiency price / shadow price
影子价格 影子價格 efficiency price / shadow price
寸阴 寸陰 cùn yīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
身正不怕影子斜 shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (idiom) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think / a clean hand wants no washing
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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