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"wrist- (watch, compass)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
手腕式 shǒu wàn shì wrist- (watch, compass)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
手腕式指北针 手腕式指北針 shǒu wàn shì zhǐ běi zhēn wrist compass
电子表 電子錶 diàn zǐ biǎo electric watch / electronic watch / digital watch
守候 shǒu hòu to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse syn
看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)
看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn
坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted syn
追剧 追劇 zhuī jù to watch a TV series etc regularly / to binge-watch
手腕 shǒu wàn wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill syn
气口 氣口 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
腕子 wàn zi wrist syn
手腕子 shǒu wàn zi wrist syn
腕 wàn wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm syn
蹩 bié to limp / to sprain (an ankle or wrist) / to move carefully, as if evading a danger / to scurry syn
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)
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn
八方 bā fāng the eight points of the compass / all directions syn
方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn
指南针 指南針 zhǐ nán zhēn compass syn
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
罗盘 羅盤 luó pán compass syn
圆规 圓規 yuán guī compass (drafting)
指北针 指北針 zhǐ běi zhēn compass
规 規 guī compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme 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
司南 sī nán ancient Chinese compass syn
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
罗经 羅經 luó jīng compass / same as 羅盤|罗盘
指南车 指南車 zhǐ nán chē a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
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
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
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
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
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
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°
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
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
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
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°
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°
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)
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°
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
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
艮 gèn one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast) syn
巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
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
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
观看 觀看 guān kàn to watch / to view syn
观察 觀察 guān chá to observe / to watch / to survey syn
监视 監視 jiān shì to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance syn
注视 注視 zhù shì to look attentively at / to closely watch / to gaze at syn
观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental syn
收看 shōu kàn to watch (a TV program) syn
察看 chá kàn to watch / to look carefully at syn
观望 觀望 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey syn
提防 dī fáng to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] syn
围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn
收视 收視 shōu shì to watch TV
罗斯 羅斯 luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1])
看守 kān shǒu to guard / to watch over syn
盯住 dīng zhù to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports) syn
守望 shǒu wàng to keep watch syn
伺机 伺機 sì jī to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance syn
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn
看护 看護 kān hù to nurse / to look after / to watch over / (old) hospital nurse syn
坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch / to oversee
名表 名錶 míng biǎo famous watch (i.e. expensive brand of wristwatch)
瞭望 liào wàng to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
提神 tí shén to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic syn
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom) / to look on without lifting a finger syn
发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn
逼视 逼視 bī shì to look at from close up / to watch intently syn
五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
值守 zhí shǒu (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
表带 錶帶 biǎo dài watchband / watch strap
看 kān to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard syn
守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn
望风 望風 wàng fēng to be on the lookout / to keep watch syn
二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
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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