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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
片面 piàn miàn adj. unilateral / one-sided syn
Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
de part. of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
num. one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn
v. to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds) syn
háng n., m.w. row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn
chéng m.w. to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth syn
yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout syn
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
běn m.w., adv., pron. (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn
zhī m.w. classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn
zhě part. (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
diǎn m.w., n., v. point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
xiāng each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) syn
shēn n., m.w. body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn
gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn
bié adv., v. to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn
jiē v. to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn
jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
v. to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn
gān adj., n. (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn
qīn adj., v. parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn
qìng parents-in-law of one's offspring syn
zhuǎi to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2] / see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2] syn
liú v. to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn
shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn
v. to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn
自己 zì jǐ pron. oneself / one's own 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
以上 yǐ shàng n. that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. 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
作为 作為 zuò wéi v., prep., n. one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn
运行 運行 yùn xíng v. (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn
留言 liú yán v., n. to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message
第一 dì yī first / number one / primary syn
身体 身體 shēn tǐ n. the body / one's health syn
时代 時代 shí dài n. age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
人生 rén shēng n. life (one's time on earth)
身边 身邊 shēn biān n. at one's side / on hand
身份 shēn fèn n. identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn
开放 開放 kāi fàng v., adj. to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn
竟然 jìng rán adv. unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to syn
一边 一邊 yī biān adv. one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while syn
表情 biǎo qíng n. (facial) expression / to express one's feelings syn
人家 rén jia pron. other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn
居然 jū rán adv. unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to syn
升级 升級 shēng jí v. to go up by one grade / to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade syn
相应 相應 xiāng yìng v. to correspond / answering (one another) / to agree (among the part) / corresponding / relevant / appropriate / (modify) accordingly syn
日子 rì zi n. day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn
眼前 yǎn qián n. before one's eyes / now / at present syn
节目 節目 jié mù n. (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
报名 報名 bào míng v. to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist syn
自身 zì shēn n. itself / oneself / one's own syn
登记 登記 dēng jì v. to register (one's name) syn
一生 yī shēng n. all one's life / throughout one's life syn
扩大 擴大 kuò dà v. to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope syn
主动 主動 zhǔ dòng adj. to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn
一旦 yī dàn adv. in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn
以为 以為 yǐ wéi v. to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) syn
目光 mù guāng n. gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn
满意 滿意 mǎn yì v. satisfied / pleased / to one's satisfaction syn
或是 huò shì adv., conj. or / either one or the other syn
老人 lǎo rén n. old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn
光临 光臨 guāng lín v. (formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend syn
各个 各個 gè gè pron., adv. every / various / separately, one by one syn
纷纷 紛紛 fēn fēn adj., adv. one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / diverse / in profusion / numerous and confused / pell-mell 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
怀疑 懷疑 huái yí v. to doubt (sth) / to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts / to harbor suspicions / to suspect that syn
眼神 yǎn shén n. expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn
听说 聽說 tīng shuō v. to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking syn
千万 千萬 qiān wàn adv. ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn
签名 簽名 qiān míng v., n. to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature syn
印象 yìn xiàng n. impression (sth that stays in one's mind) / a memory syn
随便 隨便 suí biàn v., adj., conj. as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton syn
彼此 bǐ cǐ pron. each other / one another syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
先后 先後 xiān hòu n., adv. early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn
口气 口氣 kǒu qì n. tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn
回头 回頭 huí tóu v., adv., conj. to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn
随意 隨意 suí yì adj. as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious syn
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì adv. one breath / in one breath / at a stretch syn
认定 認定 rèn dìng v. to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with syn
上门 上門 shàng mén v. to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn
倒是 dào shi adv. contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you syn
私人 sī rén n. private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn
展现 展現 zhǎn xiàn v. to unfold before one's eyes / to emerge / to reveal / to display syn
心态 心態 xīn tài n. attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn
单独 單獨 dān dú adv. alone / by oneself / on one's own syn
更换 更換 gēng huàn v. to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc) syn
全力 quán lì n., adv. with all one's strength / full strength / all-out (effort) / fully (support) syn
成分 chéng fèn n. composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn
履行 lǚ xíng v. to fulfill (one's obligations) / to carry out (a task) / to implement (an agreement) / to perform syn
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
锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn v. to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn
心得 xīn dé n. what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
决心 決心 jué xīn n., v. determination / resolution / determined / firm and resolute / to make up one's mind / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
转向 轉向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance syn
一一 yī yī adv. one by one / one after another syn
牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng v. to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice 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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