Chinese–English dictionary

核聚变

(cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure. · hé jù biàn

根

The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. · gēn

根特

The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. · Gēn tè

根除

(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot. · gēn chú

格

An actual event, situation, or fact. · gē

格但斯克

Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany). · Gé dàn sī kè

格勒诺布尔

A commune in the French Alps in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. · Gé lè nuò bù ěr

格式

The layout of a publication or document. · gé shì

格扎维埃

Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552). · gé zhā wéi āi

格拉斯哥

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland. · Gé lā sī gē

格拉纳达

A city in Andalusia, Spain. · Gé lā nà dá

格林纳达

An island and country in the Caribbean. · Gé lín nà dá

格言

A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. · gé yán

格陵兰

A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America. · Gé líng lán

格魯吉亞人

A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. · Gé lǔ jí yà rén

格鲁吉亚

A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi. · Gé lǔ jí yà

格鲁吉亚人

A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. · Gé lǔ jí yà rén

格鲁吉亚的

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language. · gé lǔ jí yà de

格鲁吉亚语

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language. · gé lǔ jí yà yǔ

栽培種

To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities. · zāi péi zhǒng

桂皮

The aromatic inner bark of Canella winterana, used as a spice with properties similar to cinnamon. · guì pí

桃

(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. · táo

桃子

(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. · táo zi

桃红葡萄酒

(countable) A serving of such wine. · táo hóng pú tao jiǔ

桃金娘

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa. · táo jīn niáng

框

A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material. · kuàng

桉树

A tree of the genus Fraxinus, with compound leaves and a tough, flexible wood. · ān shù

桌上足球

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK) · zhuō shàng zú qiú

桌子

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. · zhuō zi

桌布

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table. · zhuō bù

桑巴舞

(dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style. · sāng bā wǔ

桑戈語

The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic. · sāng gē yǔ

桑拿

A room or a house designed for heat sessions. · sāng ná

桑格利亞酒

A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit. · sāng gé lì yà jiǔ

桑椹

(countable) The fruit of this tree. · sāng shèn

桑给巴尔

An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. · Sāng jǐ bā ěr

桑葚胚

(embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula · sāng shèn pēi

桔槔

An ancient device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it. · jié gāo

桥

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. · qiáo

桨叉

(slang, derogatory) Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair. · jiǎng chā

桶

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. · tǒng

梅

Japanese apricot, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume. · méi

梅乾

The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. · méi gān

梅利莎

A en given name. · méi lì shā

梅毒

(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. · méi dú

梅花

(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards. · méi huā

梅菲斯托费勒斯

The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend. · méi fēi sī tuō fèi lè sī

梗犬

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier). · gěng quǎn

條件

A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan. · tiáo jiàn

梦

(countable, figurative) A hope or wish. · mèng

梦游症

The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep. · mèng yóu zhèng

梦魇

(medieval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. · mèng yǎn

梨

(informal, sometimes, derogatory) One who is gullible and easily duped. · lí

梨果

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments. · lí guǒ

梭子

The vessel that holds incense before it is put into a censer. · suō zi

梯子

A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). · tī zi

梯形

A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists. · tī xíng

梳

(transitive) To backcomb. · shū

梳子

A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. · shū zi

梵天

(Hindu god) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. · Fàn tiān

梵文

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism. · Fàn wén

梵蒂冈

A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. · Fàn dì gāng

梵語

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism. · Fàn yǔ

检察院

(American, law) The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals. · jiǎn chá yuàn

检查

A control; a limit or stop. · jiǎn chá

检疫

(historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations. · jiǎn yì

棉布

Made of cotton. · mián bù

棉花

(uncountable) A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium. · mián hua

棋盘

A pattern of squares of alternating colours. · qí pán

棍棒

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office. · gùn bàng

棒

Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement. · bàng

棒棒糖

(motorsport) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop. · bàng bàng táng

棒球

The ball used to play the sport of baseball. · bàng qiú

棕榈

The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. · zōng lǘ

棕色

Having a brown colour. · zōng sè

棘手的問題

(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems. · jí shǒu de wèn tí

棚屋

(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. · péng wū

森林

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods. · sēn lín

森林大火

A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland. · sēn lín dà huǒ

棱柱

(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. · léng zhù

棱锥

An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica. · léng zhuī

棲息地

A place in which a person lives. · qī xī dì

棲身之地

(countable) Any place of shelter. · qī shēn zhī dì

棺材

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. · guān cai

椅子

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. · yǐ zi

椊

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. · zuó

椋鳥

A bird of the species Sturnus vulgaris. · liáng niǎo

植物

(biology) Something that grows or has grown. · zhí wù

植物学

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants. · zhí wù xué

植物学家

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants. · zhí wù xué jiā

植物牛油

A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter. · zhí wù niú yóu

植物群

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. · zhí wù qún

植被

(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively. · zhí bèi

椎骨

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord. · zhuī gǔ

椎骨的

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine. · zhuī gǔ de

椒

(North America, Philippines) Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World. · jiāo

椒盐卷饼

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot. · jiāo yán juǎn bǐng

椭圆

(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone. · tuǒ yuán

椰子

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories. · yē zi

椰枣

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.] · yē zǎo

椴树属

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood. · duàn shù shǔ

椽

(terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used. · chuán

楊樹

Any of species Populus nigra of poplars found in Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa. · yáng shù

楔

Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling. · xiē

楔子

(heraldiccharge) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost. · xiē zi

業

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth. · yè

極度的

Excessive, or far beyond the norm. · jí dù de

極權主義

A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship. · jí quán zhǔ yì

楼

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one. · lóu

楼梯

A series of steps; a staircase. · lóu tī

楼道

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. · lóu dào

概念

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept). · gài niàn

概率

The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable. · gài lǜ

榆屬

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers. · yú shǔ

榛子

The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially. · zhēn zi

榫

A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support. · sǔn

榲桲

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia. · wēn po

榴弹炮

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers. · liú dàn pào

榴梿

The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor. · liú lián

榿

Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. · qī

構

(transitive) To arrange in order or formation. · gòu

槌

(music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments. · chuí

槍魚

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw. · qiāng yú

槎

A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. · chá

槓桿

(This entry is a translation hub.) · gàng gǎn

槲寄生

(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum). · hú jì shēng

槳

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat. · jiǎng

槽

A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay. · cáo

樂曲

A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.] · yuè qǔ

樓梯

A flight of stairs; a stairway. · lóu tī

樓道

A corridor; a hallway. · lóu dào

標本

An individual instance that represents a class; an example. · biāo běn

標槍

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon. · biāo qiāng

標誌

(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen. · biāo zhì

標題

(by extension) A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book. · biāo tí

樞機

(Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. · shū jī

樞機團團長

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). · shū jī tuán tuán cháng

樟腦

(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor. · zhāng nǎo

模仿

The act of imitating. · mó fǎng

模具

The mould used to make cast objects. · mú jù

模块

A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. · mó kuài

模型

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture. · mó xíng

模式

(grammar) A type of the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. · mó shì

模拟

(of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial). · mó nǐ

模控学

Capable of operating without external control or intervention. · mó kòng xué

模擬

To emulate, copy, imitate · mó nǐ

模版

A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects. · mú bǎn

模糊

Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms. · mó hu

模糊的

In a vague manner. · mó hú de

樣品

A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen. · yàng pǐn