"an odd thing" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible
Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
duō adj., v., pron., num., adv. many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu conj. only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
奇怪 qí guài adj. strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled syn
dān adj., adv., n., m.w. bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu v. to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
奇异 奇異 qí yì fantastic / bizarre / odd / exotic / astonished syn
离奇 離奇 lí qí adj. odd / bizarre syn
蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo adj. odd / queer / strange / fishy syn
实体 實體 shí tǐ n. entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) syn
只管 zhǐ guǎn adv. solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn
作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn
打杂 打雜 dǎ zá to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work syn
奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn
单个 單個 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one syn
奇数 奇數 jī shù odd number syn
零工 líng gōng temporary job / odd job syn
零头 零頭 líng tóu odd / scrap / remainder syn
单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn
怪里怪气 怪里怪氣 guài lǐ guài qì eccentric / odd-looking / peculiar syn
工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn
异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape
杂役 雜役 zá yì odd jobs / part-time worker syn
美事 měi shì a fine thing / a wonderful thing syn
奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
杂务 雜務 zá wù odd jobs / miscellaneous tasks
短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn
顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
官差 guān chāi official business / government workmen / odd-job men
好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn
一回事 yī huí shì one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
奇偶 jī ǒu parity / odd and even
真怪 zhēn guài odd / unusual / I can't believe that ...
奇士 qí shì odd person / an eccentric
四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
guài adj., v., adv. odd / strange / uncanny / (bound form) monster / supernatural being / to find strange / to regard as odd / to blame / (coll.) somewhat / rather syn
odd (number) syn
strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually syn
líng num. zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither syn
lopsided / unbalanced / abnormal / irregular / odd fractional remnant syn
杂活 雜活 zá huó odd jobs
勤务员 勤務員 qín wù yuán odd job man / army orderly syn
奇偶性 jī ǒu xìng parity (odd or even)
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn
zuò v. to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
shì n. matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn
那个 那個 nà ge pron. 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
东西 東西 dōng xi n. thing / stuff / person / CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4] syn
事情 shì qing n. affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
名字 míng zi n. name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
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
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù n. interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn
看法 kàn fǎ n. way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn
事物 shì wù n. thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
这项 這項 zhè xiàng this (thing)
怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
名称 名稱 míng chēng n. name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
玩艺 玩藝 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) / variant of 玩意[wan2 yi4] syn
寄托 寄託 jì tuō v. to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn
自觉 自覺 zì jué v., adj. to realize / to be aware of / to feel that / to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible / predisposed to do the right thing / considerate of others syn
必需品 bì xū pǐn necessity / essential (thing) syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō v. to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature syn
异想天开 異想天開 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy syn
稀罕 xī han adj., v. rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn
混为一谈 混為一談 hùn wéi yī tán to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle syn
实物 實物 shí wù n. material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn
命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) / see 命根[ming4 gen1] syn
实事 實事 shí shì fact / actual thing / practical matter syn
清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning / at daybreak syn
言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn
粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn
本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn
希罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] / variant of 稀罕[xi1 han5] syn
锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn
不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn
畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing syn
瑰宝 瑰寶 guī bǎo n. a treasure / a rare and valuable thing syn
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn
移花接木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom) syn
一项 一項 yí xiàng an item / a thing
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc)
所思 suǒ sī what one thinks / person or thing that is on one's mind
小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby
状物 狀物 zhuàng wù ...-shaped thing / to portray sth
真事 zhēn shì reality / veracity / the real thing
物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff
混同 hùn tóng to mix up / to confuse one thing with another syn
张冠李戴 張冠李戴 zhāng guān lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another syn
够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent
人言可畏 rén yán kě wèi gossip is a fearful thing (idiom) syn
shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] / variant of 事[shi4]
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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