接 jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn 认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart syn 冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks / to take chances / foray / adventure syn 留言 liú yán to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not syn 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 离职 離職 lí zhí to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job / to resign syn 告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye / to take one's leave syn 退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 跳槽 tiào cáo to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere 绕行 繞行 rào xíng to take a circular (or circuitous) route / to do a circuit / (of a planet) to orbit / (of a sailor) to circumnavigate / to take a detour / to bypass 别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of / to leave / separation syn 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 乘机 乘機 chéng jī to take the opportunity / to take a plane syn 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn 安于现状 安於現狀 ān yú xiàn zhuàng to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo syn 出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 遗落 遺落 yí luò to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders 亲征 親征 qīn zhēng to take to the field oneself (of emperor) / to take part in person in an expedition 拜别 拜別 bài bié (formal) to take leave of sb / to bid farewell syn 自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie 下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn 当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office) 留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free 放在心上 fàng zài xīn shàng to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart syn 闪人 閃人 shǎn rén (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down syn 作别 作別 zuò bié to take one's leave / to bid farewell syn 言听计从 言聽計從 yán tīng jì cóng to see, hear and obey (idiom) / to take advice / to take sb at his word syn 吃豆腐 chī dòu fu to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb 吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences 下逐客令 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave 坐 zuò to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4] syn 落 là to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind syn 夺 奪 duó to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose syn 占 zhàn to take possession of / to occupy / to take up syn 考 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father syn 慢慢来 慢慢來 màn màn lái take your time / take it easy 摘 zhāi to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need syn 揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize / to seize / to take into one's arms / to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc) / to canvass syn 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 留余地 留餘地 liú yú dì to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error syn 黄袍加身 黃袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown syn 听其自然 聽其自然 tīng qí zì rán to let things take their course / to take things as they come syn 抄小路 chāo xiǎo lù to take the back roads / to take the side streets / to take the small paths syn 乘人不备 乘人不備 chéng rén bù bèi to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise 到 dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 离开 離開 lí kāi to depart / to leave syn 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 留下 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port syn 前往 qián wǎng to leave for / to proceed towards / to go to syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue syn 告别 告別 gào bié to leave / to part from / to bid farewell to / to say goodbye to syn 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 离去 離去 lí qù to leave / to exit syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 走人 zǒu rén (coll.) to leave / to beat it syn 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 遗弃 遺棄 yí qì to leave / to abandon syn 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 出院 chū yuàn to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey / to leave syn 请假 請假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence syn 病假 bìng jià sick leave 存放 cún fàng to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 遗失 遺失 yí shī to lose / to leave behind (inadvertently) syn 完美无缺 完美無缺 wán měi wú quē perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired syn 起身 qǐ shēn to get up / to leave / to set forth syn 撤出 chè chū to withdraw / to leave / to retreat / to pull out syn 残余 殘餘 cán yú remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus syn 遗留 遺留 yí liú to leave behind / to hand down syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 留恋 留戀 liú liàn reluctant to leave / to hate to have to go / to recall fondly syn 半途而废 半途而廢 bàn tú ér fèi to give up halfway (idiom) / leave sth unfinished syn 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 撇开 撇開 piē kāi to disregard / to leave aside syn 离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey) / to part from sb syn 烙印 lào yìn to brand (cattle etc) / brand / (fig.) to leave a lasting mark / to stigmatize / mark / stamp / stigma 省略 shěng lüè to leave out / an omission syn 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 不辞而别 不辭而別 bù cí ér bié to leave without saying good-bye syn 产假 產假 chǎn jià maternity leave 