Chinese–English dictionary

日报

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so. · rì bào

日晷

A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks. · rì guǐ

日曆

Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. · rì lì

日期

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. · rì qī

日本

A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo. · Rì běn

日本人

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person living in or originating from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry. · Rì běn rén

日本刀

(weaponry) A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja. · Rì běn dāo

日本动画

(uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries. · rì běn dòng huà

日本汉字

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language. · rì běn Hàn zì

日本酒

(alcohol) Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice. · rì běn jiǔ

日落

The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period. · rì luò

日蚀

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object. · rì shí

日記

(accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts. · rì jì

日語

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture. · Rì yǔ

日语

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture. · Rì yǔ

日野

A city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan. · rì yě

旧书商

A person engaged in the business of selling books. · jiù shū shāng

早

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. · zǎo

早上

The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.] · zǎo shang

早上好

(rather formal in, _, US, Canada) A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon. · zǎo shang hǎo

早飯

(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food. · zǎo fàn

早饭

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. · zǎo fàn

时代

A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. · shí dài

时代精神

The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period. · shí dài jīng shén

时制

(linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. · shí zhì

时尚

A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. · shí shàng

时差

(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body. · shí chā

时有时无

Rare and scattered in occurrence. · shí yǒu shí wú

时期

The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard. · shí qī

时钟

(musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. · shí zhōng

时钟座

(astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado. · Shí zhōng zuò

时间

(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. · shí jiān

时髦的

(slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s] · shí máo de

昂列咖啡

A light coffee colour. · áng liè kā fēi

昂贵

Of high cost; expensive. · áng guì

昆虫

An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. · kūn chóng

明

Bright and pleasant. · míng

明亮

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant. · míng liàng

明信片

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope. · míng xìn piàn

明天

On the day after the present day. · míng tiān

明天见

On the day after the present day. · míng tiān jiàn

明斯克

The capital city of Belarus. · Míng sī kè

明星

A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions. · míng xīng

明显

Lacking concealing elements. · míng xiǎn

明白

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. · míng bai

明石

A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. · míng shí

明确

Clear; effective. · míng què

明确的

pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming · míng què de

明膠

A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc. · míng jiāo

昏厥

(linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable. · hūn jué

昏暗

A person, especially female, with brown hair. · hūn àn

昏迷

A temporary loss of consciousness. · hūn mí

易位构词游戏

(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. · yì wèi gòu cí yóu xì

易北河

An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica. · Yì běi Hé

易懂的

(now, usually, derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy. [from 15th c.] · yì dǒng de

易拉罐

In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread. · yì lā guàn

易接近的

Within easy reach; accessible · yì jiē jìn de

易消化的

A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws. · yì xiāo huà de

昔日

(poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore. · xī rì

星

A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality. · xīng

星云

(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes). · xīng yún

星团

(astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other. · xīng tuán

星座

(constellation) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern). · xīng zuò

星期

A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. · xīng qī

星期一

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday. · Xīng qī yī

星期三

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday. · Xīng qī sān

星期二

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Tuesday. · Xīng qī èr

星期五

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday. · Xīng qī wǔ

星期六

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday. · Xīng qī liù

星期四

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday. · Xīng qī sì

星期天

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Sunday. · Xīng qī tiān

星期日

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Sunday. · Xīng qī rì

星系

(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.] · xīng xì

星號

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol. · xīng hào

春天

A flowering plant of the genus Primula. · chūn tiān

春季

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life. · chūn jì

春藥

Arousing or intensifying sexual desire. · chūn yào

昨天

On the day before today. · zuó tiān

昨天的

(informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol. · zuó tiān de

昨日

On the day before today. · zuó rì

是

A traditional phrase said by each of the prospective spouses during a wedding ceremony in order to accept the marriage. · shì

昴宿星團

(Greek god) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. · Mǎo xiù xīng tuán

昵称

(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names. · nì chēng

显微镜

An optical instrument used for observing small objects. · xiǎn wēi jìng

显现日

(historical) The ancient city of Hama. · xiǎn xiàn rì

显赫的

Noteworthy, remarkable, great. · xiǎn hè de

時母

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu. · shí mǔ

時裝

A fad or fashion style. · shí zhuāng

時鐘

(attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time. · shí zhōng

時間

A temporary split with a romantic partner. · shí jiān

晒黑

A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. · shài hēi

晕

A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. · yūn

晕船

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness. · yùn chuán

晚

After a deadline has passed, past a designated time. · wǎn

晚上

During the night. · wǎn shang

晚礼服

A type of formal attire for women, typically a jacket over a dress, or a jacket and blouse with trousers or a skirt. · wǎn lǐ fú

晚飯

(intransitive) To eat dinner. · wǎn fàn

晚餐

An evening meal. · wǎn cān

晚饭

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper. · wǎn fàn

普京

A surname from Russian. · Pǔ jīng

普什图语

The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. · Pǔ shí tú yǔ

普希金

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́шкин (Púškin). · Pǔ xī jīn

普瓦捷

A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France. · pǔ wǎ jié

普罗旺斯

A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. · Pǔ luó wàng sī

普罗米修斯

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft. · Pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī

普路托

(Greek god, Roman god) The Greco-Roman god of the underworld. · pǔ lù tuō

普通

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. · pǔ tōng

普通潜鸟

(UK, Ireland) A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon. · pǔ tōng qián niǎo

普通话

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu. · pǔ tōng huà

普通鵟

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail. · pǔ tōng kuáng

普魯士

(chiefly, historical) A geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe. · Pǔ lǔ shì

普鲁士

(chiefly, historical) A geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe. · Pǔ lǔ shì

景教

(Christianity) The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human. · Jǐng jiào

景氣

(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade. · jǐng qì

景点

(often, in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad. · jǐng diǎn

景色

The location of an event that attracts attention. · jǐng sè

晴

(archaic) Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured. · qíng

晶体

(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. · jīng tǐ

晶体管

(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions. · jīng tǐ guǎn

晶圓

(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced. · jīng yuán

晶片

(games, gambling) A token used in place of cash. · jīng piàn

智

The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful. [from 16th c.] · zhì

智利

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago. · Zhì lì

智力

(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness. · zhì lì

智天使

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. · zhì tiān shǐ

智能

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. · zhì néng

智能手机

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone. · zhì néng shǒu jī

晾衣架

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry. · liàng yī jià

暈眩

An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness. · yūn xuàn

暖房

A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants · nuǎn fáng

暖氣

(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building. · nuǎn qì

暖炉

A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker. · nuǎn lú

暗中偵察

To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others. · àn zhōng zhēn chá

暗室

A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface. · àn shì

暗指

(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. · àn zhǐ

暗礁

A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water. · àn jiāo

暗示

(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence. · àn shì

暫停

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. · zàn tíng

暴力

Extreme force. · bào lì

暴动

A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap. · bào dòng

暴躁

Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily. · bào zào

暴雨

A sudden heavy rainstorm. · bào yǔ

暴风

(meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm"). · bào fēng

暴风雨的

Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts. · bào fēng yǔ de

暴风雪

Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount. · bào fēng xuě

暴食症

(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting. · bào shí zhèng

暴龍

A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. · bào lóng

暴龍 暴龙

Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.

曙暮光

The close of the day; the coming of night. · shǔ mù guāng

曬衣夾

(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry. · shài yī jiā