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"upper mid-latitude" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
北半球中纬度 northern middle latitude / upper mid-latitude
Chinese Pinyin Translation
上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn
上衣 shàng yī jacket / upper outer garment / CL:件[jian4] syn
参议院 參議院 cān yì yuàn senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body syn
上方 shàng fāng place above (it) / upper part (of it) syn
上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
上流 shàng liú upper class syn
上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn
塔利班 tǎ lì bān the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
北纬 北緯 běi wěi north latitude
上限 shàng xiàn upper bound
纬度 緯度 wěi dù latitude
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
膀子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing syn
占上风 佔上風 zhàn shàng fēng to take the lead / to gain the upper hand syn
贵妇 貴婦 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) syn
限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit
帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn
上装 上裝 shàng zhuāng upper garment syn
高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn
上部 shàng bù upper section
上肢 shàng zhī upper limb syn
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
至多 zhì duō up to the maximum / upper limit / at most syn
左上 zuǒ shàng upper left
上颌 上頜 shàng hé maxilla (upper jaw) syn
中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period syn
中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn
栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
先声夺人 先聲奪人 xiān shēng duó rén to gain the upper hand by a show of strength syn
上臂 shàng bì upper arm syn
近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn
脚背 腳背 jiǎo bèi instep (upper surface of the foot) syn
中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn
月饼 月餅 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
经纬 經緯 jīng wěi warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points syn
参院 參院 cān yuàn abbr. for 參議院|参议院[can1 yi4 yuan4], senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
中秋节 中秋節 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month syn
中盘 中盤 zhōng pán middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor / wholesaler / middleman
脚面 腳面 jiǎo miàn instep (upper surface of the foot) syn
褂子 guà zi unlined upper garment syn
华西 華西 huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year
上半身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body syn
契丹 qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society
涨停板 漲停板 zhǎng tíng bǎn daily upper limit on the price of a stock
右上 yòu shàng upper right
澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia
新文化运动 新文化運動 xīn wén huà yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
上唇 shàng chún upper lip / (entomology) labrum
五花大绑 五花大綁 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up syn
元老院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August syn
瞿塘峡 瞿塘峽 qū táng xiá Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]
上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube
帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn
趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn
眉 méi eyebrow / upper margin syn
先下手为强 先下手為強 xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand syn
纬 緯 wěi latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft syn
上议院 上議院 shàng yì yuàn Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate
肱 gōng upper arm / arm syn
南纬 南緯 nán wěi south latitude
膊 bó shoulder / upper arm syn
膀臂 bǎng bì upper arm / arm / reliable helper / right-hand man syn
纬线 緯線 wěi xiàn woof / line of latitude / parallel
回归线 回歸線 huí guī xiàn tropic / one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer
高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
小褂 xiǎo guà close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment syn
老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
龙羊峡 龍羊峽 lóng yáng xiá Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县[Gong4 he2 xian4] in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
中纬度 mid-latitudes / middle latitudes syn
裉 kèn side seam in an upper garment
裼 xī to bare the upper body
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices syn
上院 shàng yuàn upper house
皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn
经纬线 經緯線 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof
阘 闒 tà door or window in an upper story
腄 chuí callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
闒 tà door or window in an upper story
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn
联合国扫盲十年中期审查 聯合國掃盲十年中期審查 UNLD Mid-Decade Review / Mid-Decade Review
扩张洋脊 擴張洋脊 kuò zhāng yáng jǐ mid-oceanic ridge / mid-ocean ridge
双节 雙節 shuāng jié combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节[Zhong1 qiu1 jie2] falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section
中端 zhōng duān mid-range / mid-tier / middle segment / the middle part
海洋上层 海洋上層 upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean
回旋余地 回旋餘地 huí xuán yú dì room to maneuver / leeway / latitude
地心纬度 地心緯度 dì xīn wěi dù geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)
纬圈 緯圈 wěi quān line of latitude / parallel
纬线圈 緯線圈 wěi xiàn quān line of latitude / parallel
大地纬度 大地緯度 geodetic latitude
纬度圈 緯度圈 circle of latitude
地理纬度 地理緯度 dì lǐ wěi dù geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)
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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