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"length" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
长 長 cháng adj. length / long / forever / always / constantly syn
上下 shàng xià n. up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn
长度 長度 cháng dù n. length syn
长短 長短 cháng duǎn n. length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits syn
片长 片長 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film
篇幅 piān fu n. length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page syn
截 jié v., m.w. to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length syn
袤 mào length / distance from north to south
梴 chān length (of a tree or beam) / long
Chinese Pinyin Translation
里 lǐ n. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn
分 fēn m.w., v., n. to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
时候 時候 shí hou n. time / length of time / moment / period syn
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng adj., v. lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
总长 總長 zǒng cháng total length syn
长片 長片 cháng piàn feature-length film
从长计议 從長計議 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision / to consider at length
费话 費話 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4]
米 mǐ m.w. uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn
市分 shì fēn fen (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ centimeter)
军龄 軍齡 jūn líng length of military service
寸 cùn m.w. a unit of length / inch / thumb syn
英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn
全长 全長 quán cháng overall length / span
焦距 jiāo jù focal length / focal distance
英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
英里 yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
长裙 長裙 cháng qún long skirt / full-length skirt
学制 學制 xué zhì educational system / length of schooling
市里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
娓娓 wěi wěi (to speak) at length / engagingly / captivatingly syn
身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn
工龄 工齡 gōng líng length of service / seniority
见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn
体长 體長 tǐ cháng body length
边长 邊長 biān cháng (geometry) side length
铺陈 鋪陳 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate syn
梆子 bāng zi watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1] syn
从长计议 從長計議 cōng cháng jì yì to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length
松紧带 鬆緊帶 sōng jǐn dài (a length of) elastic
河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age
半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust
破折号 破折號 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
不即不离 不即不離 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length syn
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
码 碼 mǎ m.w., v. weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc syn
龄 齡 líng age / length of experience, membership etc syn
链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn
娓 wěi (to speak) at length / engagingly / captivatingly / used in 娓娓[wei3wei3]
咫 zhǐ 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
仞 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]
庹 tuǒ length of 2 outstretched arms
襕 襴 lán full length gown (old)
鍊 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain / to refine / to smelt / variant of 鏈|链 / a chain / variant of 煉|炼 / to smelt / to refine
齢 líng age / length of experience, membership etc / Japanese variant of 齡|龄
斤斤较量 斤斤較量 jīn jīn jiào liàng to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom)
襽 lán full length gown (old) / brocade / old variant of 襴|襕[lan2]
弧线长 弧線長 hú xiàn cháng arc length / length of a curve segment
弧长 弧長 hú cháng arc length (the length of a curve segment)
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì - mǎi lǘ (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point
刨程 bào chéng planing length
长度指示符 長度指示符 cháng dù zhǐ shì fú length indicator
呎 chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺[ying1 chi3]
词长效应 詞長效應 cí cháng xiào yìng word length effect
游程编码 游程編碼 yóu chéng biān mǎ run-length
噜苏 嚕蘇 lū su long-winded (dialect) / to talk at length syn
寿数 壽數 shòu shu predestined length of life syn
寿限 壽限 shòu xiàn lifetime / length of life
多幕剧 多幕劇 duō mù jù play in several acts / full-length drama
年寿 年壽 nián shòu length of life / life span
弧长参数 弧長參數 hú cháng cān shù parametrization by arc length (of a space curve)
秀发垂肩 秀髮垂肩 xiù fà chuí jiān beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)
箍节儿 箍節兒 gū jie r short length / small section or portion
长度单位 長度單位 cháng dù dān wèi unit of length
音长 音長 yīn cháng sound duration / length of a musical note
驾龄 駕齡 jià líng length of experience as a driver
拖地 tuō dì to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length
非正常交易 non-arm's length transaction
长波辐射 長波輻射 zhǎng bō fú shè long-wave (length) radiation
土着工人雇佣契约最长期限公约 土著工人雇傭契約最長期限公約 Convention concerning the Maximum Length of Contracts of Employment of Indigenous Workers
伸缩式枪托 伸縮式槍托 shēn suō shì qiāng tuō adjustable length buttstock / adjustable stock
伸缩托 伸縮托 shēn suō tuō adjustable length buttstock / adjustable stock
正常交易原则 正常交易原則 arm's length principle
正常交易 arm's-length transaction
拃 zhǎ span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand)
市丈 shì zhàng zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)
市尺 shì chǐ chi (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter)
米突 mǐ tū meter (unit of length) (loanword) (old)
发脚 髮腳 fà jiǎo a length of hair
齐膝 齊膝 qí xī level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc)
市厘 shì lí li (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ millimeter)
市寸 shì cùn cun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ decimeter)
丈八蛇矛 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
山本头 山本頭 shān běn tóu (Tw) "Yamamoto haircut", similar to a butch cut, but with even length (no tapering on the sides and back), said to be named after Admiral Yamamoto 山本五十六[Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4]
英哩 yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) / variant of 英里[ying1 li3]
以老卖老 以老賣老 yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority / to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others / variant of 倚老賣老|倚老卖老[yi3lao3-mai4lao3]
倚老卖老 倚老賣老 yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority / to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others syn
全身镜 全身鏡 quán shēn jìng full-length mirror
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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