Chinese–English dictionary

丝绒饰环

(historical) A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. · sī róng shì huán

丝网

A thin fabric with a loose, open weave. · sī wǎng

丞相

The rank or post of a chancellor. · chéng xiàng

丟

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf. · diū

丢手绢

(baseball, softball) A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly. · diū shǒu juàn

丢脸的事

The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.] · diū liǎn de shì

两

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. · liǎng

两个

Every two; a rate of once every two. · liǎng gè

两栖动物

An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water. · liǎng qī dòng wù

严厉

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly. · yán lì

严格

Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging. · yán gé

丧

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death. · sāng

丧失

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. · sàng shī

丧钟

The tolling of a bell announcing death. · sāng zhōng

个人

(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate · gè rén

个人 的

Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

个人主义

The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought. · gè rén zhǔ yì

个体发生

The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood. · gè tǐ fā shēng

个子

(economics) The growth of the economic output of a country. · gè zi

丫头

A female servant; a maid. · yā tou

中

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.) · zhōng

中世紀

(history) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE. · zhōng shì jì

中亚苦蒿

The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470] · zhōng yà kǔ hāo

中产阶级

(Marxism) The capitalist class. · zhōng chǎn jiē jí

中午

(archaic, except, literary) Relating to midday or noon. · zhōng wǔ

中南半岛

(dated) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia. · Zhōng nán Bàn dǎo

中国

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949. · Zhōng guó

中国人

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent. · Zhōng guó rén

中國

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949. · Zhōng guó

中央

Being in the centre. · zhōng yāng

中子

(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks. · zhōng zǐ

中学

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. · zhōng xué

中尉

A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander. · zhōng wèi

中度

Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. · zhōng dù

中庭

(biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber. · zhōng tíng

中微子

An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect. · zhōng wēi zǐ

中心

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume). · zhōng xīn

中性

(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. · zhōng xìng

中性人

(neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB (“a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary”). [from 9/10/2013] · zhōng xìng rén

中指

Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority. · zhōng zhǐ

中提琴

Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings. · zhōng tí qín

中文

Of, from, or related to the people of China, particularly the Han Chinese and their culture whether in China or overseas. · Zhōng wén

中断

To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.] · zhōng duàn

中暑

(disease, countable, or, uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature. · zhòng shǔ

中校

A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain. · zhōng xiào

中止

(computing) The function used to abort a process. · zhōng zhǐ

中殿

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. · zhōng diàn

中毒

A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma. · zhòng dú

中立

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side. · zhōng lì

中立國

Impartiality. · zhōng lì guó

中等的

Not excessive; acting in moderation · zhōng děng de

中级

An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation. · zhōng jí

中线

(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.] · zhōng xiàn

中華民國

Official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949. · Zhōng huá Mín guó

中西

Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship. · Zhōng Xī

丰富

(literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant. · fēng fù

丰富地

In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] · fēng fù dì

丰满

Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft. · fēng mǎn

丰裕之角

(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions. · fēng yù zhī jiǎo

串

(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. · chuàn

临床

(medicine) Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice#Noun at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine#Noun for more explanation). · lín chuáng

丹吉尔

A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar. · dān jí ěr

丹心

Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler. · dān xīn

丹麥

A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name. · Dān mài

丹麦

A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name. · Dān mài

丹麦人

A person of Danish descent. · dān mài rén

丹麦的

Of or pertaining to Denmark. · dān mài de

丹麦语

Of or pertaining to Denmark. · dān mài yǔ

为了看的

A set of clothing (with accessories). · wéi le kàn de

主人

The owner of an animal or slave. · zhǔ rén

主動

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. · zhǔ dòng

主動脈

(anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. · zhǔ dòng mài

主席席位

The office or role of president. · zhǔ xí xí wèi

主意

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.] · zhǔ yi

主持人

One who makes announcements. · zhǔ chí rén

主教

(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory. · zhǔ jiào

主权

Self-confidence; poise; composure. · zhǔ quán

主板

(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices. · zhǔ bǎn

主權

(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities. · zhǔ quán

主要

Primary; principal. · zhǔ yào

主要地

Chiefly; for the most part. [from 17th c.] · zhǔ yào dì

主观的

Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment. · zhǔ guān de

主角

(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama. · zhǔ jué

主音

A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate. · zhǔ yīn

主題

The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic. · zhǔ tí

主麻

Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship. · zhǔ má

举

(transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit. · jǔ

举止

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally. · jǔ zhǐ

举行

(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon. · jǔ xíng

义务

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially: · yì wù

义务伦理学

(specifically) The normative ethical theory that the morality of an action is based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules, rather than on its inherent goodness, consequences, etc. [from 1930] · yì wù lún lǐ xué

义愤

An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice. · yì fèn

之

The edible fruit of the hawthorn. · zhī

之前

(historical) A medieval European tribal union who lived north of the lower Danube and the Black Sea (on the territory of modern Moldova and Ukraine) in the 6th and 7th century AD. · zhī qián

乌克兰

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv. · Wū kè lán

乌克兰的

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language. · wū kè lán de

乌克兰语

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language. · wū kè lán yǔ

乌兹别克

A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent. · Wū zī bié kè

乌兹别克斯坦

A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent. · Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn

乌干达

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda. · Wū gān dá

乌托邦

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony. · wū tuō bāng

乌拉圭

A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo. · Wū lā guī

乌拉诺斯

(Greek god) The Greek god who personified the sky and heavens and fathered the Titans. Roman counterpart: Caelus. · wū lā nuò sī

乌普萨拉

A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country. · Wū pǔ sà lā

乌鸦

A large all-black passerine bird in the crow family, Corvus corax. · wū yā

乌鸫

A bird of the species Turdus merula · wū dōng

乌龙面

A Japanese wheat noodle. · wū lóng miàn

乌龟

(derogatory, slang) A weakling. · wū guī

乍得

A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad. · Zhà dé

乐器

(legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will. · yuè qì

乐园

(religion) Heaven. · lè yuán

乐意

In a glad manner; happily. · lè yì

乐章

(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another. · yuè zhāng

乐观

Expecting the best in all possible ways. · lè guān

乐观主义

a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome · lè guān zhǔ yì

乐趣

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything. · lè qù

乐队指挥

(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting. · lè duì zhǐ huī

乔木

(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour. · qiáo mù

乔治

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e). · Qiáo zhì

乔治亚

A state in the Southern United States. Capital: Atlanta. It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760). · Qiáo zhì yà

乔迁宴

(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home. · Qiáo qiān yàn

乖乖

Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious. · guāi guāi

乖僻

A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. · guāi pì

乖巧

Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing. · guāi qiǎo

乘以

(mathematics) Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time). · chéng yǐ

乘客

(countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi. · chéng kè

乘法

(countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication. · chéng fǎ

乘积

Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element. · chéng jī

乙炔

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight. · yǐ quē

乙醇

(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH. · yǐ chún

乙醚

(organic compound) A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic. · yǐ mí

九

The digit or figure 9. · jiǔ

九十

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90. · jiǔ shí

九月

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox. · Jiǔ yuè

乞丐

A person who begs. · qǐ gài

乞討

(intransitive, US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person. · qǐ tǎo

也

(colloquial) An indication of approximation or uncertainty. · yě

也許

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement). · yě xǔ

也许

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty. · yě xǔ

也門

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa. · Yě mén

也门

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa. · Yě mén

习俗

Custom or established practice. · xí sú

习惯

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving. · xí guàn

乡土的

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom. · xiāng tǔ de

乡巴佬

A yokel, country bumpkin. · xiāng ba lǎo

书

The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree. · shū

书包

A folder in which punched pieces of paper may be held by means of clamps running through the holes in the paper. · shū bāo

书名

The right or ground of demanding. · shū míng

书呆子

Any of various insects that infest books. · shū dāi zi

书局

A business that sells books. · shū jú