Chinese–English dictionary

人的

(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast. · rén de

人类

(uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group. · rén lèi

人类学

The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework. · rén lèi xué

人群

(figuratively, by extension, usually, in the plural) A large number of people on the move. · rén qún

人臣

The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. · rén chén

人行道

Any set path or trail to be used by people walking. · rén xíng dào

人質

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal. · rén zhì

人质

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal. · rén zhì

人造卫星

(historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957. · rén zào wèi xīng

人造的

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. · rén zào de

人類學

The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework. · rén lèi xué

人马座

(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer. It contains the stars Kaus Australis and Nunki. · Rén mǎ zuò

人體模型

A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes. · rén tǐ mó xíng

人魚

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish. · rén yú

人鱼

A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down. · rén yú

亿万富翁

Somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (109) currency units. · yì wàn fù wēng

什么

A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature. · shén me

什么时候

(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time. · shén me shí hou

什叶派宗教学者等级

(Shi'ism) A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. · shí yè pài zōng jiào xué zhě děng jí

什物

(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms). · shí wù

什麼

(indirect interrogative) Which. · shén me

仁慈

Mild; benign. · rén cí

仅有

Only, simply, merely. · jǐn yǒu

仅有的

Alone; exclusively. · jǐn yǒu de

仆人

One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. · pú rén

仇外

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners. · chóu wài

仇视

(transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate. · chóu shì

今后

(medicine) Immediately; now. · jīn hòu

今天

On the current day or date. · jīn tiān

介紹

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). · jiè shào

介绍

To bring into exercise or use. · jiè shào

介蟲

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods. · jiè chóng

介詞

(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition. · jiè cí

介词

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word. · jiè cí

仍旧

(idiomatic) Up to the present. · réng jiù

仍然

(aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time. · réng rán

从不

(idiomatic, colloquial) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen. · cóng bù

从属

(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. · cóng shǔ

仔

(informal, chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _) A male person. · zǎi

仔細

(psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects. · zǐ xì

仔细

Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness. · zǐ xì

他

(personal, sometimes, _, proscribed, see usage notes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant). · tā

他人

(philosophy, psychoanalysis) Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself. · tā rén

他们

A specified object, thing or person (especially one further away/over there or known or mentioned later). (This entry is a translation hub.) · tā men

他们的

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural). · tā men de

他媽的

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness. · tā mā de

他的

With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.] · tā de

付

(transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place). · fù

付款

(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. · fù kuǎn

仙人掌

(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate. · xiān rén zhǎng

仙人掌果

Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia. · xiān rén zhǎng guǒ

仙后座

(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon. · Xiān hòu zuò

仙女

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism. · xiān nǚ

仙女座

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia. · Xiān nǚ zuò

仙女棒

A hand-held firework that emits sparks. · xiān nǚ bàng

代价

(obsolete) Cost, expenditure. · dài jià

代数

(uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations. · dài shù

代数学

(uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations. · dài shù xué

代替

To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute. · dài tì

代码

A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. · dài mǎ

代碼

A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents. · dài mǎ

代笔作家

(now, offensive) A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child. · dài bǐ zuò jiā

代罪羔羊

(informal, sometimes, derogatory) A scapegoat. · dài zuì gāo yáng

代表

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy. · dài biǎo

代表团

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something). · dài biǎo tuán

代詞

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. · dài cí

代词

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. · dài cí

代达洛斯

(Greek mythology) Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus. · dài dá luò sī

令

A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape. · líng

令人 不快 的

(archaic) Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.

令人垂涎的

That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate. · lìng rén chuí xián de

令人愁悶

(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. · lìng rén chóu mèn

令人痛苦的事

Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. · lìng rén tòng kǔ de shì

以便

So that; used to indicate purpose · yǐ biàn

以內

In the inner part, spatially; physically inside. · yǐ nèi

以其

(conjunctive) Also; in addition. · yǐ qí

以利亞

(Abrahamism, biblical character) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions. · Yǐ lì yà

以利沙

(biblical character) A prophet, a disciple and successor of Elijah. · yǐ lì shā

以刻板印象为特征

(transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype. · yǐ kè bǎn yìn xiàng wéi tè zhēng

以前

In front of; before (a background). · yǐ qián

以及

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.] · yǐ jí

以后

Behind; later in time; following. · yǐ hòu

以太网

A computer network that complies with this set of standards. · yǐ tài wǎng

以往

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. · yǐ wǎng

以後

(idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress. · yǐ hòu

以撒

(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent. · Yǐ sā

以斯帖記

A en given name. · Yǐ sī tiě jì

以斯帖记

A en given name. · Yǐ sī tiě jì

以斯拉

(book of the bible) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh. · yǐ sī lā

以色列

(Biblical) A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. · Yǐ sè liè

以色列人

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent. · Yǐ sè liè rén

以色列的

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people. · yǐ sè liè de

以西結

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible. · yǐ xī jié

以訛傳訛

(games, mostly, UK) A game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbor, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase. · yǐ é chuán é

以諾

(biblical character) First son of Cain. · yǐ nuò

以賽亞書

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh. · Yǐ sài yà shū

以资金供给

(transitive) To pay or provide money for. · yǐ zī jīn gōng gěi

以赛亚书

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh. · Yǐ sài yà shū

仪式

A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. · yí shì

件

(grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause · jiàn

价值

(dated) Degree of importance or station in society. · jià zhí

价格

The amount of money levied for a service. · jià gé

任人唯贤

Rule by merit and talent. · rèn rén wéi xián

任何人

(informal) A person of some consideration or standing. · rèn hé rén

任务

(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. · rèn wu

任天堂

(video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo. · Rèn tiān táng

任性

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness. · rèn xìng

任期

The time during which one is president; a president's term of office. · rèn qī

份

A portion of something. · fèn

仿真

(computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device · fǎng zhēn

仿製

Fake or artificial. · fǎng zhì

仿製品

An exact copy. · fǎng zhì pǐn

企鵝

Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.] · qǐ é

企鹅

Having no arms. · qǐ é

伊兹密尔

A major port city, the capital of İzmir Province, Turkey, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna. · Yī zī mì ěr

伊利湖

Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes of North America. · Yī lì Hú

伊利諾州

A state of the United States, named for the people. · Yī lì nuò zhōu

伊勢

A city in Mie Prefecture, Japan. · Yī shì

伊多语

A constructed language; a reform of Esperanto and Idiom Neutral. · Yī duō yǔ

伊夫

(Abrahamism, biblical character) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife. · Yī fū

伊拉克

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad. · Yī lā kè

伊拉克人

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent. · Yī lā kè rén

伊斯兰堡

The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory. · Yī sī lán bǎo

伊斯兰教的

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam. · Yī sī lán jiào de

伊斯坦堡

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). · Yī sī tǎn bǎo

伊斯特拉半島

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula. · Yī sī tè lā bàn dǎo

伊斯蘭教法

(Islam) A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith. · Yī sī lán jiào fǎ

伊朗

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran. · Yī lǎng

伊東

A city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. · Yī dōng

伊比鳩魯學派

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Synonym of hedonism, general pursuit of pleasure, particularly refined and knowledgeable enjoyment of good food, drink, and similar sensual pleasures. · Yī bǐ jiū lǔ xué pài

伊甸園

(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia. · Yī diàn yuán

伊维萨岛

An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain. · Yī wéi sà dǎo

伊罗欣

(Judaism) God; the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures, and used for the Father by Latter-day Saints. · Yī luó xīn

伊賀

A city in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. · Yī hè

伊迪丝

A en given name. · Yī dí sī

伏地挺身

(now, _, chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station. · fú dì tǐng shēn

伏尔加河

A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea. · Fú ěr jiā Hé

伏特

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V · fú tè

伏特加

A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. · fú tè jiā

伏都教

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. · Fú dū jiào

伐那法斯

(biblical character) An early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem · fá nà fǎ sī

休假

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century] · xiū jià

休息

(intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset. · xiū xi

休战

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary). · xiū zhàn

优势

Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence. · yōu shì

优厚

(, of a person) Inclined to be generous. · yōu hòu

优柔寡断

The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist. · yōu róu guǎ duàn

优秀

Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively. · yōu xiù

优秀的

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid. · yōu xiù de

优美

Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. · yōu měi