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"word count" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
字数 字數 zì shù number of written characters / number of words / word count syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
指 zhǐ finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end syn
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
数 數 shǔ to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate / to list syn
指望 zhǐ wàng to count on / to hope for / prospect / hope syn
计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn
伯爵 bó jué earl / count / earldom or countship (old) syn
统计 統計 tǒng jì statistics / to count / to add up
忠告 zhōng gào to give sb a word of advice / advice / counsel / a wise word syn
算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn
票数 票數 piào shù number of votes / poll count
计数 計數 jì shù to count / reckoning
不算 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight syn
点数 點數 diǎn shù to count and check / to tally / points (collected in some bonus scheme etc) syn
数不胜数 數不勝數 shǔ bù shèng shǔ (idiom) too many to count / innumerable syn
报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off!
托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí lit. count by fives and tens (idiom) / to narrate systematically and in full detail syn
争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn
语词 語詞 yǔ cí word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
爵位 jué wèi order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2] syn
照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn
首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding syn
寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn
照抄 zhào chāo to copy word for word syn
算不得 suàn bù dé not count as
依仗 yī zhàng to count on / to rely on syn
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
生词 生詞 shēng cí new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
屈指 qū zhǐ to count on one's fingers
倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
倒计时 倒計時 dào jì shí to count down / countdown
数数 數數 shǔ shù to count / to reckon
算不了 suàn bù liǎo does not count for anything / of no account
历数 歷數 lì shǔ to enumerate / to count (one by one) syn
笔画数 筆畫數 bǐ huà shù stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
刨 páo to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract syn
计票 計票 jì piào count of votes
点货 點貨 diǎn huò to do an inventory count
掐算 qiā suàn to count with one's fingers / on the spot calculation syn
屈指一算 qū zhǐ yī suàn to count on one's fingers
呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word syn
字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
总之 總之 zǒng zhī in a word / in short / in brief syn
台词 臺詞 tái cí an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word syn
量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn
打招呼 dǎ zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice syn
单词 單詞 dān cí word / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn
词语 詞語 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression syn
词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn
联想 聯想 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
口令 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
暗语 暗語 àn yǔ code word syn
守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn
一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn
总而言之 總而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī in short / in a word / in brief syn
一言不发 一言不發 yī yán bù fā to not say a word (idiom) syn
搭话 搭話 dā huà to talk / to get into conversation with / to send word syn
变卦 變卦 biàn guà to change one's mind / to go back on one's word syn
感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn
守信用 shǒu xìn yòng to keep one's word / trustworthy syn
重音 zhòng yīn accent (of a word) / stress (on a syllable)
吱声 吱聲 zhī shēng to utter a word / to make a sound / to cheep / to squeak / also pr. [zi1 sheng1] syn
吭声 吭聲 kēng shēng to utter a word syn
点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn
不动声色 不動聲色 bù dòng shēng sè not a word or movement (idiom) / remaining calm and collected / not batting an eyelid syn
简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn
出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent syn
避讳 避諱 bì hui to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from / to avoid syn
守约 守約 shǒu yuē to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
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
词义 詞義 cí yì meaning of a word
一言一行 yī yán yī xíng every word and action (idiom) syn
会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn
进言 進言 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice syn
传扬 傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth) syn
说一不二 說一不二 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom) / to keep one's word syn
引申 yǐn shēn to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation
分词 分詞 fēn cí participle / word segmentation
讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn
语序 語序 yǔ xù word order syn
口诛笔伐 口誅筆伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen syn
一语道破 一語道破 yī yǔ dào pò one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct syn
倒装 倒裝 dào zhuāng (linguistics) to invert (word order)
量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
一句话 一句話 yī jù huà in a word / in short
大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4you3-xi1wang4]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance syn
收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
文字处理 文字處理 word-processing
文字处理 文字處理 wén zì chǔ lǐ word processing
践行 踐行 jiàn xíng to carry out / to implement / to keep (one's word)
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
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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