工程 gōng chéng engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn 绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 线圈 線圈 xiàn quān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil syn 工程学 工程學 gōng chéng xué engineering 面值 miàn zhí face value / par value 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 增值 zēng zhí to appreciate (financially) / to increase in value / value-added (accountancy) syn 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn 路基 lù jī (civil engineering) roadbed 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 理工 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects 产值 產值 chǎn zhí value of output / output value 工科 gōng kē engineering as an academic subject 工学院 工學院 gōng xué yuàn school of engineering / college of engineering 标定 標定 biāo dìng to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc) / to demarcate / (engineering etc) to calibrate 电学 電學 diàn xué electrical engineering 理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology 工业大学 工業大學 gōng yè dà xué technical university / engineering college 工程设计 gōng chéng shè jì engineering design 轻工 輕工 qīng gōng light engineering 生物工程 shēng wù gōng chéng bioengineering / genetic engineering 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng hydraulic engineering syn 土建 tǔ jiàn civil engineering / same as 土木工程[tu3 mu4 gong1 cheng2] 工学 工學 gōng xué engineering / industrial science 土木工程 tǔ mù gōng chéng civil engineering syn 机械工程 機械工程 jī xiè gōng chéng mechanical engineering 中国工程院 中國工程院 zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn Chinese Academy of Engineering 电气工程 電氣工程 diàn qì gōng chéng electrical engineering 基因工程 jī yīn gōng chéng genetic engineering 内衬 內襯 nèi chèn lining (of a container etc) (engineering) 理工科 lǐ gōng kē science and engineering as academic subjects 信令 xìn lìng signaling (engineering) 化学工程 化學工程 huà xué gōng chéng chemical engineering 补强 補強 bǔ qiáng (engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings 工程处 工程處 Engineering Service 差分 chā fēn (math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential 主材 zhǔ cái principal or main material (engineering) 工程图 工程圖 gōng chéng tú engineering graphics / technical drawing 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 供水工程 water supply engineering 价值量 價值量 jià zhí liàng magnitude of value / labor value (in economics, the labor inherent in a commodity) 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 遗传工程 遺傳工程 yí chuán gōng chéng genetic engineering 敝帚自珍 bì zhǒu zì zhēn to value the broom as one's own (idiom) / to attach value to sth because it is one's own / a sentimental attachment syn 尊重 zūn zhòng to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper syn 价值 價值 jià zhí value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 价 價 jià price / value / (chemistry) valence syn 宝贵 寶貴 bǎo guì valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by syn 珍惜 zhēn xī to treasure / to value / to cherish syn 重视 重視 zhòng shì to attach importance to sth / to value syn 热量 熱量 rè liàng heat / quantity of heat / calorific value syn 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value syn 金额 金額 jīn é sum of money / monetary value 身价 身價 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 杂物 雜物 zá wù junk / items of no value / various bits and bobs syn 估价 估價 gū jià to value / to appraise / to be valued at / estimate / valuation syn 稀罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn 峰值 fēng zhí peak value 数值 數值 shù zhí numerical value 总额 總額 zǒng é total (amount or value) syn 涨价 漲價 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value) / to increase in price syn 期望值 qī wàng zhí expectations / (math) expected value 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 市值 shì zhí market capitalization / market value 升值 昇值 shēng zhí to rise in value / to appreciate syn 市价 市價 shì jià market value 打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated syn 被套 bèi tào duvet cover / quilt cover / (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase syn 绝对值 絕對值 jué duì zhí absolute value 净值 淨值 jìng zhí net value / net worth 暴跌 bào diē (economics) to slump / steep fall (in value etc) syn 生产总值 生產總值 shēng chǎn zǒng zhí gross domestic production (GDP) / total output value 明珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 平均值 píng jūn zhí average value 总值 總值 zǒng zhí total value 增值税 增值稅 zēng zhí shuì value-added tax (VAT) 正常值 zhèng cháng zhí regular value / the norm 等价 等價 děng jià equal / equal in value / equivalent syn 等值 děng zhí of equal value 钱物 錢物 qián wù money and things of value syn 币值 幣值 bì zhí value of a currency 附加值 fù jiā zhí added-value (accountancy) 鸡肋 雞肋 jī lèi chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak 银票 銀票 yín piào (in former times) banknote with a value in silver 剩余价值 剩餘價值 shèng yú jià zhí (economics) surplus value 长物 長物 cháng wù (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4] syn 约合 約合 yuē hé approximately / about (some numerical value) 赋值 賦值 assigned value 均值 jūn zhí average value 实数 實數 shí shù real number (math.) / actual value 负值 負值 fù zhí negative value (math.) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 