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"wrist compass" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
手腕式指北针 手腕式指北針 shǒu wàn shì zhǐ běi zhēn wrist compass
Chinese Pinyin Translation
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn
手腕 shǒu wàn wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill syn
方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn
规 規 guī compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme syn
指南针 指南針 zhǐ nán zhēn compass syn
罗盘 羅盤 luó pán compass syn
圆规 圓規 yuán guī compass (drafting)
八方 bā fāng the eight points of the compass / all directions syn
腕子 wàn zi wrist syn
气口 氣口 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
指北针 指北針 zhǐ běi zhēn compass
司南 sī nán ancient Chinese compass syn
丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
辛 xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn
腕 wàn wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm syn
午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) syn
乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention syn
申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° syn
艮 gèn one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast) syn
亥 hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° syn
巳 sì 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
壬 rén ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
罗经 羅經 luó jīng compass / same as 羅盤|罗盘
庚 gēng age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta syn
手腕子 shǒu wàn zi wrist syn
寅 yín 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60° syn
酉 yǒu 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
蹩 bié to limp / to sprain (an ankle or wrist) / to move carefully, as if evading a danger / to scurry syn
戌 xū 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
癸 guǐ tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / tenth in order / letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 15° / deca
梦溪笔谈 夢溪筆談 mèng xī bǐ tán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
指南车 指南車 zhǐ nán chē a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
手腕式 shǒu wàn shì wrist- (watch, compass)
虚腕 虛腕 xū wàn empty wrist (method of painting)
捥 wàn to bend the wrist
寸口 cùn kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM syn
寸口脉 寸口脈 cùn kǒu mài pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
寸脉 寸脈 cùn mài pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
脉口 脈口 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
脉门 脈門 mài mén inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt
腕隧道症候群 wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) / median neuropathy at the wrist
手脖子 shǒu bó zi wrist (dialect)
三手病 sān shǒu bìng repetitive strain injury (resulting from frequent use of one's thumb, wrist etc)
手颈 手頸 shǒu jǐng (dialect) wrist
经穴 經穴 jīng xué acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
向盘 向盤 xiàng pán compass
四大发明 四大發明 sì dà fā míng the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
尺规 尺規 chǐ guī ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
尺规作图 尺規作圖 chǐ guī zuò tú ruler and compass construction (geometry)
规行矩步 規行矩步 guī xíng jǔ bù to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention syn
磁偏角 cí piān jiǎo magnetic declination / declination / magnetic variation / variation of compass syn
罗盘方位 compass bearing / bearing
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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