Chinese–English dictionary

合法的

(legal) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society. · hé fǎ de

合理化

(now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms. · hé lǐ huà

合約

An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. · hé yuē

合适

(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably · hé shì

合金

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal. · hé jīn

吉他

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). · jí tā

吉娃娃

The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears. · jí wá wa

吉字节

(computing, formal) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes. · jí zì jié

吉普賽人

(sometimes, offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). · Jí pǔ sài rén

吉爾伽美什

A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh. · jí ěr jiā měi shí

吉祥天

The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rāma (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini). · jí xiáng tiān

吉萨

A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza. · jí sà

吊床

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. · diào chuáng

吊灯

A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling. · diào dēng

同一

(emphatic) She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person . · tóng yī

同义词

(taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda. · tóng yì cí

同乡

Somebody from one's own country. · tóng xiāng

同事

Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague. · tóng shì

同伴

(chiefly, in the plural) One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another. · tóng bàn

同位素

(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number. · tóng wèi sù

同化

The state of being accepted. · tóng huà

同化作用

The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism. · tóng huà zuò yòng

同名

A person with the same name as another. · tóng míng

同学

A boy attending school. · tóng xué

同志

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. · tóng zhì

同性恋

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.) · tóng xìng liàn

同性恋恐惧症

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971] · tóng xìng liàn kǒng jù zhèng

同性恋者

A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum). · tóng xìng liàn zhě

同性戀

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897] · tóng xìng liàn

同性戀的

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.) · tóng xìng liàn de

同情

(by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion. · tóng qíng

同情心

The ability to share the feelings of another. · tóng qíng xīn

同意

(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner. · tóng yì

同时

Overlapping or coinciding in duration. · tóng shí

同时代

Of the same age or era; contemporary. · tóng shí dài

同時

(idiomatic) For the entire duration that; while; since. · tóng shí

同期

The state or property of being synchronized. · tóng qī

同源词

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language. · tóng yuán cí

同理心

Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person. · tóng lǐ xīn

同盟国

The countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and China. · tóng méng guó

同盟的

Joined as allies. · tóng méng de

同类的

(geometry, of a space equipped with a group action) Informally: Everywhere the same, uniform, in the sense that any point can be moved to any other (via the group action) while respecting the structure of the space. Formally: Such that the group action is transitively and acts by automorphisms on the space (some authors also require that the action be faithful). · tóng lèi de

同类相食

The act of eating another of one's own species. · tóng lèi xiāng shí

同音

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin. · tóng yīn

同音异义词

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology. · tóng yīn yì yì cí

同龄人

One who is the same age as another. · tóng líng rén

名

(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation. · míng

名单

A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600] · míng dān

名字

(Christianity) A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism. · míng zi

名望

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large. · míng wàng

名祖

A person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc. · míng zǔ

名称

A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences. · míng chēng

名詞

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. · míng cí

名譽

The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive. · míng yù

名词

The date on which a pregnant female is expected to give birth, which is determined by the term for the species. · míng cí

后

In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing. · hòu

后卫

(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. · hòu wèi

后天

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

后悔

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. · hòu huǐ

后来

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that; · hòu lái

后来的

Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). · hòu lái de

后缀

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. · hòu zhuì

后者

Relating to or being the second of two items. · hòu zhě

后边

(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.] · hòu bian

吐

(ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs. · tǔ

吐痰

To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing. · tǔ tán

向內捲曲

(intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble. · xiàng nèi juǎn qū

向日葵

A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals. · xiàng rì kuí

向量

(mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. · xiàng liàng

吒

To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull. · zhā

吗

(informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question. · má

君主

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy. · jūn zhǔ

君主制

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler). · jūn zhǔ zhì

君士坦丁堡

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that. · Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo

吝嗇

(by extension) Someone who does not give freely. · lìn sè

吝嗇的

(informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal. · lìn sè de

吞食

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. · tūn shí

吟游诗人

(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment. · yín yóu shī rén

吠

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). · fèi

吠陀

(Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. · fèi tuó

否

A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval. · fǒu

否决权

A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. · fǒu jué quán

否定

(logic) The negation in logic. · fǒu dìng

否認

(transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid. · fǒu rèn

吧

(idiomatic) No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation. · bā

吨

(chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois. · dūn

含义

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. · hán yì

含意

(pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail. · hán yì

含盐的

To which salt has been added. · hán yán de

含矿物质的

of, related to, or containing minerals · hán kuàng wù zhì de

含糊 的

Vague or imprecise.

听

Of or pertaining to sound or hearing. · yǐn

听众

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast. · tīng zhòng

听写

To order, command, control. · tīng xiě

听到

To eavesdrop; to listen secretly. · tīng dào

听见

(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.] · tīng jiàn

听觉

An act of hearing; being heard. · tīng jué

听诊器

(medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde. · tīng zhěn qì

启发式

(of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one. [from 1821] · qǐ fā shì

启发法

A heuristic method. [from 1860] · qǐ fā fǎ

启示录

(countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet. · Qǐ shì lù

吳

A Chinese surname from Hokkien. · Wú

吴

A Chinese surname from Hokkien. · Wú

吴语

(historic) The kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty. · Wú yǔ

吵架

(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel. · chǎo jià

吵闹鬼

(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about. · chǎo nào guǐ

吸

(transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction. · xī

吸入

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.] · xī rù

吸引人的

Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing. · xī yǐn rén de

吸收

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, · xī shōu

吸煙

(transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. · xī yān

吸煙者

A person who smokes tobacco habitually. · xī yān zhě

吸盤

(archaic, medicine) A glass vessel used in cupping. · xī pán

吸管

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. · xī guǎn

吸血鬼

A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732] · xī xuè guǐ

吹

(idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise. · chuī

吹口

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak). · chuī kǒu

吹口哨

(team sports) To make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game. · chuī kǒu shào

吹嘘

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself. · chuī xū

吹毛求疵的

(psychology, also vulgar informal) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · chuī máo qiú cī de

吹牛

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself. · chuī niú

吹风机

Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger. · chuī fēng jī

吻

(slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse. · wěn

吼

To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. · hǒu

呂底亞

(historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. · Lǚ dǐ yà

呆

(tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve. · dāi

告别

A departure; the act of leaving. · gào bié

告发

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. · gào fā

告白

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation. · gào bái

告知

To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up"). · gào zhī

告知收到

(transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse. · gào zhī shōu dào

告解室

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. · gào jiě shì

告訴

According to rumour or gossip. · gào sù

告诉

(transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation. · gào sù

呕吐

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit. · ǒu tù

员工

Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc. · yuán gōng

周

To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges. · zhōu

周六

The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday. · Zhōu liù

周围

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence. · zhōu wéi

周年

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years. · zhōu nián

周日

Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship. · zhōu rì

周末

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. · zhōu mò

周邊

(mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. · zhōu biān

周长

The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. · zhōu cháng

呱呱

The sound made by a duck. · gū gū

味道

A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc). · wèi dao

呵责

To make a groan. · hē zé

呸

(euphemistic) An interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent. · pēi

呻吟声

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. · shēn yín shēng

呼吸

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. · hū xī