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"working non-paper" Chinese-English Dictionary

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非正式工作文件 working non-paper
Chinese Pinyin Translation
张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn
令 lǐng classifier for a ream of paper syn
论文 論文 lùn wén paper / treatise / thesis / CL:篇[pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) syn
条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn
纸条 紙條 zhǐ tiáo slip of paper
钞票 鈔票 chāo piào paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1] syn
纸巾 紙巾 zhǐ jīn paper towel / napkin / facial tissue / CL:張|张[zhang1],包[bao1]
纸杯 紙杯 zhǐ bēi paper cup
图纸 圖紙 tú zhǐ blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper syn
文件夹 文件夾 wén jiàn jiā folder / file (paper)
有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn
纸张 紙張 zhǐ zhāng paper syn
记事本 記事本 jì shì běn notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer
卫生纸 衛生紙 wèi shēng zhǐ toilet paper / bathroom tissue syn
试卷 試卷 shì juàn examination paper / test paper / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1] syn
包装纸 包裝紙 bāo zhuāng zhǐ wrapping paper
纸袋 紙袋 zhǐ dài paper bag syn
纸币 紙幣 zhǐ bì bank notes / paper currency / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
手纸 手紙 shǒu zhǐ toilet paper syn
纸片 紙片 zhǐ piàn a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
餐巾纸 餐巾紙 cān jīn zhǐ paper napkin / serviette
废纸 廢紙 fèi zhǐ waste paper syn
考卷 kǎo juàn exam paper syn
卷子 juàn zi test paper / examination paper syn
纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn
猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn
信纸 信紙 xìn zhǐ letter paper / writing paper syn
剪纸 剪紙 jiǎn zhǐ papercutting (Chinese folk art) / to make paper cutouts
答卷 dá juàn completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
剪影 jiǎn yǐng paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch syn
纸质 紙質 zhǐ zhì (attributive) paper / hard-copy / printed / paper quality
信笺 信箋 xìn jiān letter / letter paper syn
笔试 筆試 bǐ shì written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
纸浆 紙漿 zhǐ jiāng paper pulp
复印纸 複印紙 fù yìn zhǐ photocopier paper
纸醉金迷 紙醉金迷 zhǐ zuì jīn mí lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom) / fig. indulging in a life of luxury syn
纸老虎 紙老虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ paper tiger syn
草纸 草紙 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper syn
纸花 紙花 zhǐ huā paper flower
白皮书 白皮書 bái pí shū white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
下笔 下筆 xià bǐ to put pen to paper syn
扉页 扉頁 fēi yè title page / flyleaf / end paper
填空 tián kòng to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper) syn
牛皮纸 牛皮紙 niú pí zhǐ kraft paper
稿纸 稿紙 gǎo zhǐ draft paper syn
纸鹤 紙鶴 zhǐ hè paper crane
跃然纸上 躍然紙上 yuè rán zhǐ shàng to appear vividly on paper (idiom) / to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly syn
蜡纸 蠟紙 là zhǐ wax paper / stencil paper
白卷 bái juàn blank exam paper
高帽子 gāo mào zi tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery syn
纸带 紙帶 zhǐ dài paper tape / ticker tape / paper streamer
复写纸 複寫紙 fù xiě zhǐ carbon paper
烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
审稿 審稿 shěn gǎo to review (a paper or manuscript)
落笔 落筆 luò bǐ to put pen to paper / to start to write or draw syn
薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc)
平装 平裝 píng zhuāng paperback / paper-cover
相纸 相紙 xiàng zhǐ photographic paper
走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
挥毫 揮毫 huī háo to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write syn
滤纸 濾紙 lǜ zhǐ filter paper
一纸空文 一紙空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén a worthless piece of paper (idiom) syn
打包机 打包機 dǎ bāo jī paper baler
烧钱 燒錢 shāo qián to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
考试卷 考試卷 kǎo shì juàn exam paper / test paper / CL:張|张[zhang1]
纸品 紙品 zhǐ pǐn paper products / stationery
宣纸 宣紙 xuān zhǐ fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui syn
碎纸机 碎紙機 suì zhǐ jī paper shredder
纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
折纸 摺紙 zhé zhǐ to fold paper (to make origami articles) / origami
碟仙 dié xiān form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
窗花 chuāng huā paper cutting
描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
纸黄金 紙黃金 zhǐ huáng jīn gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance)
刀 dāo knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs syn
卷 juàn scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll syn
纸 紙 zhǐ paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]) / classifier for documents, letters etc syn
钞 鈔 chāo money / paper money / variant of 抄[chao1] syn
构 構 gòu to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) syn
裱 biǎo to hang (paper) / to mount (painting) syn
回形针 回形針 huí xíng zhēn paper clip
哧 chī (onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc syn
笺 箋 jiān letter / note-paper syn
箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn
活页夹 活頁夾 huó yè jiá paper binder
纸婚 紙婚 zhǐ hūn paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
和稀泥 huò xī ní to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over syn
潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll
连写 連寫 lián xiě to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
纸包不住火 紙包不住火 zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ lit. paper can't wrap fire / fig. the truth will out syn
纸型 紙型 zhǐ xíng paper matrix in which type is set syn
馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn
竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn
褙 bèi paper or cloth pasted together
儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn
非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn
爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) 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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