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Chinese Pinyin Translation
渴望 kě wàng v. to thirst for / to long for syn
思念 sī niàn v. to think of / to long for / to miss syn
巴不得 bā bu de v. (coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to syn
渴求 kě qiú to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire syn
憧憬 chōng jǐng v. to long for / to look forward to syn
神往 shén wǎng to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of syn
眷恋 眷戀 juàn liàn to miss / to long for / to remember with longing / yearning syn
心驰神往 心馳神往 xīn chí shén wǎng one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated syn
思恋 思戀 sī liàn to miss / to long for syn
巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn
恋 戀 liàn to feel attached to / to long for / to love syn
盼 pàn v. to hope for / to long for / to expect syn
憧 chōng to long for / to look forward to / (of light, shadows) swaying / moving about / dancing / used in 憧憬[chong1jing3] / used in 憧憧[chong1chong1]
觊 覬 jì to covet / to long for
翘望 翹望 qiáo wàng to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
谂 諗 shěn to know / to reprimand / to urge / to long for / to tell / to inform syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
不久 bù jiǔ adj. not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn
长期 長期 cháng qī n., adj. long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ adj. long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
早已 zǎo yǐ adv. for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn
远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng adj. remote / long distance / long range syn
长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn adj. long-term / long-range syn
长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn
长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2]
长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt
远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi v. (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc)
任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn
久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn
万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn
多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn
远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view
长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn
老 lǎo adj., pref., adv. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
条 條 tiáo m.w., n. strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn
长 長 cháng adj. length / long / forever / always / constantly syn
只要 zhǐ yào conj. so long as / provided / if syn
案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn
道 dào n., m.w. road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
根 gēn n., m.w. root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn
想念 xiǎng niàn v. to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again syn
整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn
总算 總算 zǒng suàn adv. at long last / finally / on the whole syn
使命 shǐ mìng n. mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn
漫长 漫長 màn cháng adj. very long / endless syn
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn
成天 chéng tiān adv. (coll.) all day long / all the time syn
久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time
梦寐以求 夢寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for / to covet syn
长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom)
不久前 bù jiǔ qián not long ago syn
大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair
漫漫 màn màn long / endless / boundless syn
持久 chí jiǔ adj. lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn
半天 bàn tiān num.-m.w. half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn
长途 長途 cháng tú adj. long distance syn
冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4]
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
罗嗦 羅嗦 luō suo long-winded / wordy / troublesome / pesky / to talk endlessly / to go on and on / also pr. [luo1suo1] / erroneous variant of 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1suo5]
久仰 jiǔ yǎng v. honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn
整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn
终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long syn
悠久 yōu jiǔ adj. long (tradition, history etc) syn
累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì adj., v., n. superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] syn
已然 yǐ rán already / to be already so / to have long been the case syn
长寿 長壽 cháng shòu adj. longevity / long-lived syn
披肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders syn
离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey) / to part from sb syn
投掷 投擲 tóu zhì v. to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin) syn
许久 許久 xǔ jiǔ for a long time / for ages syn
深远 深遠 shēn yuǎn adj. far-reaching / profound and long-lasting syn
远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey / far from home syn
冗长 冗長 rǒng cháng adj. long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing) syn
遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin syn
长假 長假 cháng jià long vacation
远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
长途跋涉 長途跋涉 cháng tú bá shè long and difficult trek syn
高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn
探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn
长线 長線 cháng xiàn long term
长跑 長跑 cháng pǎo long-distance running
久留 jiǔ liú to stay for a long time
曾几何时 曾幾何時 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when.. syn
长存 長存 cháng cún to last for a long time / to endure / to exist forever syn
大宗 dà zōng adj., n. large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn
长裙 長裙 cháng qún long skirt / full-length skirt
法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn
窟窿 kū long n. hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn
长途电话 長途電話 cháng tú diàn huà long-distance call
老早 lǎo zǎo a long time ago
征途 zhēng tú long journey / trek / course of an expedition syn
尘封 塵封 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
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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