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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
kàn v. to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn
kān v. to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard syn
dài v., n. band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn
guǎn v., n., m.w. to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn
照顾 照顧 zhào gu v. to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after syn
v. to look after / to take into consideration / to attend to syn
照看 zhào kàn to look after / to attend to / to have in care syn
关照 關照 guān zhào v. to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind syn
看护 看護 kān hù v. to nurse / to look after / to watch over / (old) hospital nurse syn
看管 kān guǎn v. to look after syn
爱抚 愛撫 ài fǔ to caress / to fondle / to look after (tenderly) / affectionate care syn
服侍 fú shi to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4] syn
照应 照應 zhào ying to look after / to take care of / to attend to syn
给养 給養 jǐ yǎng provisions / supplies / victuals / (literary) to support / to provide for / to look after syn
操劳 操勞 cāo láo v. to work hard / to look after syn
照管 zhào guǎn to look after / to provide for syn
保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation syn
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize syn
照护 照護 zhào hù care / treatment (e.g. nursing care) / to look after syn
奉养 奉養 fèng yǎng to look after (elderly parents) / Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4] 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
jiù adv., prep. (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
lái v. to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
v. to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
起来 起來 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] 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
zǒng adv., v., adj. general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān n. (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
不久 bù jiǔ adj. not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly / to look on helplessly / to look on unfeelingly syn
后天 後天 hòu tiān n. the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
仰望 yǎng wàng v. to look up at / to look up to sb hopefully syn
展望 zhǎn wàng v. outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to syn
白眼 bái yǎn to give sb a dirty look / to cast a supercilious glance / a disdainful look syn
张望 張望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at syn
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
看家 kān jiā to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding
菜色 cài sè dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
沆瀣一气 沆瀣一氣 hàng xiè yī qì to act in collusion (idiom) / in cahoots with / villains will look after one another syn
雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn
环视 環視 huán shì to look around (a room etc) / (fig.) to take a comprehensive look at syn
寻访 尋訪 xún fǎng to inquire after / to look for (sb)
尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn
补交 補交 bǔ jiāo to hand in after the deadline / to pay after the due date
豢养 豢養 huàn yǎng to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay syn
解放后 解放後 jiě fàng hòu after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949
补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater
朝天 cháo tiān to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up
外观设计 外觀設計 wài guān shè jì look / external appearance / design / overall brand look or logo that can be patented
海归 海歸 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 chóu méi kǔ liǎn to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable syn
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
相看 xiāng kàn to look at one another / to take a good look at / to look upon
扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn
瞻望 zhān wàng to look far ahead / to look forward (to) syn
v., num. extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me syn
(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look / to anticipate / to look forward to / abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3ye4] / Taiwan pr. [qi4] syn
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me / (literary) I / me / variant of 餘|余[yu2], remainder
xiàng v., adv., n. to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.) syn
看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn
qiú v. to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech 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
shén n., adj. god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn
yǎn n., m.w. eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn
研究 yán jiū v. research / a study / CL:項|项[xiang4] / to research / to look into syn
寻找 尋找 xún zhǎo v. to seek / to look for syn
期待 qī dài v. to look forward to / to await / expectation syn
仔细 仔細 zǐ xì adj. careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn
color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex syn
显得 顯得 xiǎn de v. to seem / to look / to appear syn
xíng to appear / to look / form / shape syn
当心 當心 dāng xīn v. to take care / to look out syn
寻求 尋求 xún qiú v. to seek / to look for syn
回顾 回顧 huí gù v. to look back / to review syn
查看 chá kàn v. to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out syn
参观 參觀 cān guān v. to look around / to tour / to visit syn
搜寻 搜尋 sōu xún v. to search / to look for syn
看待 kàn dài v. to look upon / to regard syn
捣乱 搗亂 dǎo luàn v. to disturb / to look for trouble / to stir up a row / to bother sb intentionally syn
模样 模樣 mú yàng n. look / style / appearance / approximation / about / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [mo2 yang4] syn
脸色 臉色 liǎn sè n. complexion / look syn
目光 mù guāng n. gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn
注视 注視 zhù shì v. to look attentively at / to closely watch / to gaze at syn
找寻 找尋 zhǎo xún to look for / to seek / to find fault syn
eye / (literary) to look / to regard / eye (of a net) / mesh / mesh size / grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item / section / list / catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name / title syn
探望 tàn wàng v. to visit / to call on sb / to look around syn
找麻烦 找麻煩 zhǎo má fan to look for trouble syn
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom) / to look on without lifting a finger syn
看作 kàn zuò v. to look upon as / to regard as syn
查找 chá zhǎo v. to search for / to look up syn
guān to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook syn
当做 當做 dàng zuò to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as syn
盼望 pàn wàng v. to hope for / to look forward to syn
鄙视 鄙視 bǐ shì v. to despise / to disdain / to look down upon syn
藐视 藐視 miǎo shì v. to despise / to look down on syn
探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn
向往 嚮往 xiàng wǎng v. to yearn for / to look forward to syn
钦佩 欽佩 qīn pèi v. to admire / to look up to / to respect sb greatly 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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