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Chinese Pinyin Translation
环节 環節 huán jié n. (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn
交通大学 交通大學 jiāo tōng dà xué Shanghai Jiao Tong University / abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
诸如此类 諸如此類 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
作用 zuò yòng n., v. to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn
意思 yì si n. idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn
专题 專題 zhuān tí n. specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
站长 站長 zhàn zhǎng person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
风情 風情 fēng qíng n. mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn
亮相 liàng xiàng v. to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
抬头 抬頭 tái tóu v. to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn
参展 參展 cān zhǎn v. to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc
神仙 shén xiān n. Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn
会长 會長 huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc
感慨 gǎn kǎi v. to sigh with sorrow, regret etc / rueful / deeply moved syn
钢材 鋼材 gāng cái steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc syn
开本 開本 kāi běn book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2liu4-kai1] is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开[kai1])
法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn
挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
所长 所長 suǒ zhǎng head of an institute etc
无缘 無緣 wú yuán v., adv. to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn
同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn
两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu n. one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn
慰问 慰問 wèi wèn v. to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc syn
车门 車門 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
首款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
前台 前臺 qián tái n. stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
包包 bāo bāo bag or purse etc / small bump or pimple / hillock
悬念 懸念 xuán niàn n. suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare syn
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng v. to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show / to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of syn
千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn
嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn
插曲 chā qǔ n. music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
管线 管線 guǎn xiàn pipeline / general term for pipes, cables etc
流露 liú lù v. to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
鼓楼 鼓樓 gǔ lóu a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn
石狮 石獅 shí shī guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc / see 石獅子|石狮子[shi2 shi1 zi5]
开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn
咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn
变脸 變臉 biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc syn
入场 入場 rù chǎng v. to enter the venue for a meeting / to enter into an examination / to enter a stadium, arena etc
坐车 坐車 zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc
学报 學報 xué bào a scholarly journal / Journal, Bulletin etc
拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) syn
入会 入會 rù huì to join a society, association etc
洗牌 xǐ pái to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle / to reorganize / to shake up / to restructure
合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative / workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc syn
受害 shòu hài v. to suffer damage, injury etc / damaged / injured / killed / robbed syn
瓜子 guā zǐ n. melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
场次 場次 chǎng cì n. the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance
冷暖 lěng nuǎn lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc syn
龙华 龍華 lóng huá Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[Long2 hua2 Si4] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[Long2 hua2 Qu1] of Shenzhen, Guangdong
大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn
唧唧 jī jī (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc
出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn
几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc
铜牌 銅牌 tóng pái n. bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:枚[mei2]
画图 畫圖 huà tú to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city) syn
衣角 yī jiǎo corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn
钟楼 鐘樓 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn
阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
压榨 壓榨 yā zhà v. to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing syn
毒害 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence syn
下榻 xià tà to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip) syn
荷包 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc / purse / pocket (in clothing) syn
注音 zhù yīn to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation / (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])
主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài v. to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn
家丁 jiā dīng (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc syn
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn
鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn
遏止 è zhǐ to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc syn
冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced syn
集散 jí sàn to assemble (goods, passengers etc from various locations) and dispatch (them)
倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn
面食 麵食 miàn shí food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
凯蒂 凱蒂 kǎi dì (name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc
倒车 倒車 dǎo chē v. to change buses, trains etc syn
出 齣 chū v. to go out / to come out / to arise / to occur / to produce / to yield / to go beyond / to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc syn
环比 環比 huán bǐ v. (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc syn
自由软件 自由軟件 zì yóu ruǎn jiàn free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn
脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn
呱呱 guā guā (onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc syn
和平共处 和平共處 hé píng gòng chǔ v. peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn
街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
得 de part. structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn
乘务员 乘務員 chéng wù yuán n. attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc 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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