Chinese–English dictionary

切線

(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound. · qiē xiàn

切除

(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] · qiē chú

刑罰

(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time. · xíng fá

刑讯逼供罪

The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish. · xíng xùn bī gōng zuì

划船

(transitive, or, intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. · huá chuán

列克

The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka. · liè kè

列宁格勒

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991. · Liè níng gé lè

列寧

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician. · Liè níng

列弗

The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki. · liè fú

列支敦士登

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz. · Liè zhī dūn shì dēng

列支敦斯登

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz. · Liè zhī dūn sī dēng

列车

A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. [from 15th c.] · liè chē

刚

(not comparable, degree) Almost not at all. · gāng

刚刚

Moments ago, only very recently. · gāng gang

刚果

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa). · Gāng guǒ

创世记

(religion, book of the bible) The first book in the Hebrew Bible. · Chuàng shì jì

创业

The quality of being an entrepreneur. · chuàng yè

创作

(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.] · chuàng zuò

创造性

(uncountable) The quality of being original or novel. · chuàng zào xìng

初学者

(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner. · chū xué zhě

初次的演出

The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe. · chū cì de yǎn chū

初级的

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something. · chū jí de

删去

(transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off. · shān qù

删节号

(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues. · shān jié hào

判刑

(computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call. · pàn xíng

判斷

The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely. · pàn duàn

判決

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. · pàn jué

判決書 判决书

The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

別墅

A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy. · bié shù

別的

See other (determiner) below. · bié de

刨

(woodworking) A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed. · bào

利他主义

Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness. · lì tā zhǔ yì

利兹

A large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. · Lì zī

利息

(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.] · lì xī

利息率

A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. [from 16th c.] · lì xi lǜ

利未記

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah. · Lì wèi jì

利未记

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah. · Lì wèi jì

利比亚

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity. · Lì bǐ yà

利比亞

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity. · Lì bǐ yà

利比里亚

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia. · Lì bǐ lǐ yà

利润

(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. · lì rùn

利物浦

A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world. · Lì wù pǔ

利珀河

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia. · lì pò hé

利百加

(biblical character) The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau. · lì bǎi jiā

利益

(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. · lì yì

利雅得

A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh. · Lì yǎ dé

利马

The capital city of Peru. · Lì mǎ

刪除

(genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome. · shān chú

刮胡刀

A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor. · guā hú dāo

到

The act of arriving (reaching a certain place). · dào

到创伤

(transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents. · dào chuàng shāng

到处

Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down. [from before 1150] · dào chù

到达

(intransitive, informal, mostly, imperative) To go, to leave; to scram. · dào dá

到達

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place. · dào dá

制作者

A person or company that manufactures. · zhì zuò zhě

制服

A piece of clothing worn for a specific activity; a uniform. · zhì fú

制止

To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. · zhì zhǐ

制药学的

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. · zhì yào xué de

制裁

Agreement; act of agreeing. · zhì cái

制造

(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique. · zhì zào

刷

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair. · shuā

刷子

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair. · shuā zi

刺

A bone from a fish. · cī

刺刀

(military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel. · cì dāo

刺客

(historical, , usually, capitalized) A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period. · cì kè

刺激物

An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour. · cì jī wù

刺猬

Erinaceus europaeus, the hedgehog that inhabits much of Western and Central Europe. · cì wei

刺绣

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework. · cì xiù

刺苞菜蓟

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke. · cì bāo cài jì

刺身

A dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat. · cì shēn

刻

(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour. · kè

刻板

The act or craft of producing a carved object. · kè bǎn

刻板的

Rigid and unrelenting. · kè bǎn de

刻毒

sly and spiteful; marked by malice · kè dú

刻画

To paint or draw the likeness of. · kè huà

刻耳柏洛斯

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon. · kè ěr bǎi luò sī

剃

(transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short. · tì

剃刀

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body. · tì dāo

剃须刷

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool. · tì xū shuā

削尖

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet. · xiāo jiān

削皮

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. · xuē pí

前

(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract. · qián

前一天

The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve. · qián yī tiān

前兆

(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story. · qián zhào

前列腺

The prostate gland. [from 1646] · qián liè xiàn

前天

(This entry is a translation hub.) · qián tiān

前奏曲

(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s] · qián zòu qǔ

前提

A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action. · qián tí

前景

The power or ability to generate an outcome. · qián jǐng

前磨齒

A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth. · qián mó chǐ

前綴

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc. · qián zhuì

前線

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. · qián xiàn

前者

First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun. · qián zhě

前边

At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. · qián bian

前进

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on. · qián jìn

前面的

(anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal. · qián miàn de

前額

(figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence. · qián é

剎車

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.] · shā chē

剑道 劍道

A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.

剑鱼

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius. · jiàn yú

剑鱼座

(constellation) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud. · Jiàn yú zuò

剛度

The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape · gāng dù

剛玉

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive. · gāng yù

剧场

A stir; a fuss or uproar. · jù chǎng

剪刀

The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod. · jiǎn dāo

剪子

(countable, usually, construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed. · jiǎn zi

剪斷

To cut the hair of (a person). · jiǎn duàn

剪贴板

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications. · jiǎn tiē bǎn

副本

(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph). · fù běn

副歌

A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain. · fù gē

副詞

(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. · fù cí

副词

(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. · fù cí

副题

(authorship) A heading below or after a title. · fù tí

副驾驶员

A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft. · fù jià shǐ yuán

割草机

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions. · gē cǎo jī

創世記

(religion, book of the bible) The first book in the Hebrew Bible. · Chuàng shì jì

創作

(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork. · chuàng zuò

創作者

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature. · chuàng zuò zhě

創傷

Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident. · chuāng shāng

創新

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new. · chuàng xīn

創造

(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used. · chuàng zào

創造力

The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product. · chuàng zào lì

剽窃

(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism. · piāo qiè

劇場

Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true. · jù chǎng

劇場版

The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration · jù chǎng bǎn

劇情透露

A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. [from 1970s] · jù qíng tòu lù

劇本

(dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work. · jù běn

劇烈

Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering. · jù liè

劍

A cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus. · jiàn

劑量

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. · jì liàng

力

Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. · lì

力不胜任

Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted. · lì bù shèng rèn

力学

The collective parts of something which allow it to function. · lì xué

力學

(physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass · lì xué

力有能

Quick and neat in action; skillful. · lì yǒu néng

力气

Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress. · lì qi

力氣

(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat. · lì qi

力矩

(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. · lì jǔ

劝告

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. · quàn gào

办

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government. · bàn

办公室

The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent. · bàn gōng shì

办法

An effective, clever or quick way of doing something. · bàn fǎ

办理

(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject. · bàn lǐ

功

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade. · gōng

功利主义

(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories. · gōng lì zhǔ yì

功劳

(uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration. · gōng láo

功率

(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device. · gōng lǜ

加

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition. · jiā

加仑

A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints · jiā lún

加來

A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France. · jiā lái