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 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 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 肢解 zhī jiě to dismember / (fig.) to break into parts syn 里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families syn 分为 分為 fēn wéi to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide syn 连续剧 連續劇 lián xù jù serialized drama / dramatic series / show in parts 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo from distant parts syn 远门 遠門 yuǎn mén (to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 联动 聯動 lián dòng (of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination / to be coupled / linkage 备件 備件 bèi jiàn spare parts syn 花果山 huā guǒ shān Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination / (also the name of mountains in other parts of China) 组分 組分 zǔ fèn components / individual parts making up a compound 等分 děng fēn to divide into equal parts syn 五湖四海 wǔ hú sì hǎi all parts of the country syn 备品 備品 bèi pǐn machine parts or tools kept in reserve / spare parts 分列 fēn liè to divide into rows / to identify subcategories / to break down into constituent parts / breakdown / disaggregation 八股 bā gǔ an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing syn 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world 上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above 汽配 qì pèi auto parts 大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas 私处 私處 sī chù private parts / genitalia 西夏 xī xià Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols 拆分 chāi fēn to break up into parts 淮海 huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces 散件 sǎn jiàn spare parts / odds and ends 拼成 pīn chéng to put sth together from component parts 五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn 分租 fēn zū (of a landlord) to rent out one or more parts of a property / (of a tenant) to sublet one or more parts of a property / (agriculture) sharecropping 武侯祠 wǔ hóu cí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.) 脱胶 脫膠 tuō jiāo (of parts glued together) to come apart syn 大沙河 dà shā hé Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China) 垧 shǎng unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China) 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 业余 業餘 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc) syn 休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 加工 jiā gōng to process / processing / working (of machinery) 轮班 輪班 lún bān shift working syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order / to keep to the working routine (idiom) syn 工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 工作组 工作組 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 一把手 yī bǎ shǒu working hand / member of a work team / participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3]) syn 工作队 工作隊 gōng zuò duì a working group / a task force 工序 gōng xù working procedure / process 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 工作报告 工作報告 gōng zuò bào gào working report / operating report 工委 gōng wěi working committee 工作委员会 工作委員會 gōng zuò wěi yuán huì working committee 上班时间 上班時間 shàng bān shí jiān working hours / office hours 当机 當機 dàng jī to crash (of a computer) / to stop working / (loanword from English "down") 劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past 高就 gāo jiù to take up a prestigious position / (courteous) to work (as in 您在哪高就[nin2 zai4 na3 gao1jiu4] "where are you working?") 工作时间 工作時間 gōng zuò shí jiān working hours 工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece) syn 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 当掉 當掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working 周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover 粉领 粉領 fěn lǐng pink collar / woman working in the service industry 齐心合力 齊心合力 qí xīn hé lì to work as one (idiom) / united in a concerted effort / working hard together syn 工作餐 gōng zuò cān working meal 十亿分之一 十億分之一 parts per billion 格斯塔 gé sī tǎ Gestalt (loanword) / coherent whole / technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts / holistic / integrated / total / also written 格式塔 双职工 雙職工 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed) 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 桴鼓相应 桴鼓相應 fú gǔ xiāng yìng lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom) / appropriate relation between the different parts / closely interrelated 刻苦耐劳 刻苦耐勞 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity syn 吃粮不管事 吃糧不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest 善自为谋 善自為謀 shàn zì wéi móu to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom) 农业统计工作组 nóng yè tǒng jì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI) / FAO Working Group on Agricultural Statistics / Working Group on Agricultural Statistics 技术合作主任工作组 Technical Cooperation Administrator Working Group / TCA Working Group 欧盟理事会恐怖主义问题工作组 European Union Council Working Party on Terrorism / Council Working Party on Terrorism 两性平等和人道主义行动工作分组 Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action / Gender Sub-Working Group 全球指标技术工作组 Technical Working Group on Global Indicators for resolution 1325 (2000) / Technical Working Group on Global Indicators 执行委员会工作方法问题工作组 Working Group on Executive Committee Working Methods 安全理事会儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 根据任择议定书提出的来文工作组 根據任擇議定書提出的來文工作組 Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol 下落不明人员问题工作组 Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 失踪人员问题工作组 shī zōng rén yuán wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 普遍定期审议机制工作组 普遍定期審議机制工作組 pǔ biàn dìng qī shěn yì jī zhì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism / Working group on the universal periodic review mechanism 侵略罪特别工作组 侵略罪特別工作組 Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression / Special Working Group of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression 妇女地位来文工作组 婦女地位來文工作組 Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women / Working Group on Communications 手工开采砂矿钻石问题工作组 手工開采砂礦鉆石問題工作組 Working Group on Artisanal Alluvial Production / Working Group of Artisanal Alluvial Producers; 人道主义问题工作组 人道主義問題工作組 rén dào zhǔ yì wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Humanitarian Issues / Humanitarian Issues Working Group 工作方法问题工作组 工作方法問題工作組 gōng zuò fāng fǎ wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Working Methods 准备和应急规划工作分组 準備和應急規劃工作分組 Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning / IASC Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning 全球化对国民账户的影响问题联合工作组 全球化對國民賬戶的影響問題聯合工作組 Working Group on Impact of Globalisation on National Accounts / Joint Working Group on Impact of Globalisation on National Accounts 