"to tan (leather)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
xiāo saltpeter / to tan (leather)
鞣制 鞣製 róu zhì to tan (leather) / tanning
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
皮带 皮帶 pí dài strap / leather belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn
皮革 pí gé leather / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
皮鞋 pí xié leather shoes syn
动弹 動彈 dòng tan to budge syn
皮箱 pí xiāng leather suitcase
真皮 zhēn pí (anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
舒坦 shū tan comfortable / at ease syn
牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk syn
皮球 pí qiú ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
皮囊 pí náng leather bag
麂皮 jǐ pí suede / chamois leather
皮具 pí jù leather products / CL:件[jian4]
黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny
人造革 rén zào gé artificial leather
皮袋 pí dài leather bag / leather pouch (for liquid)
驼色 駝色 tuó sè light tan (color) / camel-hair color syn
动弹不得 動彈不得 dòng tan bu dé to be unable to move a single step
革履 gé lǚ leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress syn
晒黑 曬黑 shài hēi to sunbathe / to tan / to get sunburnt / to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
皮条 皮條 pí tiáo thong / leather strap / pimp / procurer
陈嘉庚 陳嘉庚 chén jiā gēng Tan
tán to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss syn
tàn to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward syn
leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty syn
tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
tàn carbon (chemistry)
tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn
tān to spread out / vendor's stand syn
tán variant of 談|谈[tan2]
tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn
tǎn blanket / rug syn
wéi soft leather syn
tán phlegm / spittle syn
tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn
tàn wood charcoal / coal syn
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) syn
tān paralyzed syn
to incline (one's torso) / to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up / to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2] syn
tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn
tán earthen jar syn
tàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4] syn
tǎn old variant of 袒[tan3] syn
tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red syn
tān to collapse syn
tán surname Tan
tán deep syn
róu suede / chamois / tannin / to tan
tǎn tantalum (chemistry)
谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
tǎn used in 忐忑[tan3te4]
(phonetic) / dressed leather
tán dark clouds
tán surname Tan / name of an ancient city
tán long spear
tán surname Tan
leather shoes
皮筏 pí fá leather float / inflatable raft
仿皮 fǎng pí imitation leather
皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn
tǎn to bare
leather ball
leather ball / Taiwan pr. [ju2]
tán bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored
tiáo reins of leather
qiū crupper / leather strap / (dialect) to draw back / to shrink
tán earthen jar
tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning
zhǎng patch of leather
tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover
páo to work hides / leather bag
韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed
tán black, dark / unclear / private
工发组织皮革和皮革制品业协商 UNIDO Consultation on the Leather and Leather Products Industry
皮革和皮革制品工业小组 Leather and Leather Products Industry Panel
qín leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips
kuò leather
leather top of a cart
xiǎn leather girth on horse
均湿 均濕 jūn shī to moisten evenly (e.g. in tanning leather)
揉制 róu zhì to knead (leather)
浑脱 渾脫 hún tuō leather float / inflatable raft
猖猖狂狂 chāng chāng kuáng kuáng wild / hurried and confused / hell-for-leather
皮带传动 皮帶傳動 pí dài chuán dòng a leather drive belt
皮制品 皮製品 pí zhì pǐn leather goods
羔皮 gāo pí lambskin / kid leather
革囊 gé náng leather purse / fig. human body
革制品 革製品 gé zhì pǐn leather goods
皮张和皮革产品业常设委员会 皮張和皮革產品業常設委員會 Standing Committee on the Hides, Skins, and Leather Products Industry
非洲区域皮革与鞋类工业计划 非洲區域皮革與鞋類工業計劃 Regional African Leather and Footwear Industry Scheme
吉莫 jí mò (old) name of a kind of leather
漆皮鞋 qī pí xié patent leather shoes
合成革 hé chéng gé synthetic leather
乌拉 烏拉 wù la leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4la5cao3], worn in northeastern China during winter 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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