Chinese–English dictionary

稳定

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed. · wěn dìng

稻

(countable) A specific variety of this plant. · dào

稻草

(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching. · dào cǎo

稻草人

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s] · dào cǎo rén

穆尔德河

(geography) A small valley between mountains. · mù ěr dé hé

穆斯塔法

A en given name used by Muslims. · mù sī tǎ fǎ

穆斯林

Being or relating to a believer of Islam. · Mù sī lín

穆罕默德

(Islam, uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. · Mù hǎn mò dé

穗

(biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes. · suì

穫

(transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine · huò

穴居

A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman. · xué jū

穷

Subject to deprivation; poor. · qióng

穷光蛋

One who is extremely poor. · qióng guāng dàn

空

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. · kōng

空头支票

(slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account. · kōng tóu zhī piào

空想性错视

(psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music. · kōng xiǎng xìng cuò shì

空手道

An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting. · kōng shǒu dào

空气

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.] · kōng qì

空气动力学

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere. · kōng qì dòng lì xué

空氣

(historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. · kōng qì

空閑

Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly. · kōng xián

空間的

Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft. · kōng jiān de

空间

A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something). [from 14thc.] · kōng jiān

穿

(transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire. · chuān

穿山甲属

Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia. · chuān shān jiǎ shǔ

突变

(genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material. · tū biàn

突尼斯

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956. · Tū ní sī

突尼斯市

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital. · Tū ní sī shì

突尼西亞

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956. · Tū ní xī yà

突然

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.] · tū rán

窃听器

(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). · qiè tīng qì

窄

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. · zhǎi

窒息

Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen. · zhì xī

窗

An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle. · chuāng

窗口

(graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system. · chuāng kǒu

窗台

(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window. · chuāng tái

窗帘

(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape. · chuāng lián

窗户

An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle. · chuāng hu

窗臺

(architectural element) The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame. · chuāng tái

窝

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. · wō

立交橋

A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts. · lì jiāo qiáo

立刻

(archaic) Straight away; at once. · lì kè

立方

A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure. · lì fāng

立方體

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. · lì fāng tǐ

立陶宛

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. · Lì táo wǎn

立陶宛語

(uncountable) The main language of Lithuania. · lì táo wǎn yǔ

立陶宛语

Of or relating to Lithuania. · lì táo wǎn yǔ

竖琴

(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument. · shù qín

竖的

Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular. · shù de

竖直

In a vertical direction or position. · shù zhí

站

(US) A bus station or railway station. · zhàn

站長

(rail) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads. · zhàn zhǎng

竞争

(uncountable) The action of competing. · jìng zhēng

竞走

(countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. · jìng zǒu

竞选

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. · jìng xuǎn

章

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts. · zhāng

章句

The symbol §, used to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code. · zhāng jù

章程

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. · zhāng chéng

章鱼

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus. · zhāng yú

童子军

A male member of the Scout Movement. · tóng zǐ jūn

童貞

The state or characteristic of being a virgin. · tóng zhēn

童軍活動

The Scout Movement. · tóng jūn huó dòng

童黨

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves. · tóng dǎng

端子

(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. · duān zi

競爭

To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend. · jìng zhēng

競賽

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. · jìng sài

競賽馬

A horse that competes in races. · jìng sài mǎ

竹

(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc. · zhú

竹子

(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc. · zhú zi

笌

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

笑

To laugh. · xiào

笑死

(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used) · xiào sǐ

笑話

An amusing story. · xiào hua

笑话

(informal) A joke. · xiào hua

笔

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). · bǐ

笔记

(arts) An artist's preliminary sketch. · bǐ jì

笔记本

(computing) A laptop computer. · bǐ jì běn

笛

(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.] · dí

符号

(rare) A mark or another symbol used to represent something. · fú hào

符尾

(sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. · fú wěi

符干

The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin. · fú gān

符杠

(structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building. · fú gàng

符號

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. · fú hào

符號學

Semiotics, the study of signs. · fú hào xué

笨

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person. · bèn

笨蛋

(slang) A painfully boorish person. · bèn dàn

第一

Of or belonging to a first family. · dì yī

第七

The ordinal form of the number seven. · dì qī

第三

One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement. · dì sān

第九

The ordinal form of the number nine. · dì jiǔ

第二

Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two. · dì èr

第二十

The ordinal form of the number twenty. · dì èr shí

第五

The ordinal form of the number five. · dì wǔ

第八

The ordinal form of the number eight. · dì bā

第十

The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. · dì shí

第十九

The ordinal form of the number nineteen. · dì shí jiǔ

第四

The ordinal form of the number four. · dì sì

第四紀

(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs. · dì sì jì

第四纪

Of fourth rank or order. · dì sì jì

第戎

The capital city of Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. · Dì róng

笼头

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them. · lóng tou

筆

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper. · bǐ

等

(intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain. · děng

等于

Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal. · děng yú

等价

(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal. · děng jià

等离子体

(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons. · děng lí zǐ tǐ

等級

(type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator. · děng jí

等級制度

A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks. · děng jí zhì dù

筋

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles. · jīn

筋斗

Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head. · jīn dǒu

筒仓

(agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage. · tǒng cāng

筒倉

A granary; a store of grain. · tǒng cāng

答案

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe. · dá àn

筛

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta. · shāi

筷子

(usually, in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length. · kuài zi

签名

A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract. · qiān míng

签证

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. · qiān zhèng

简介

A collection laid out to be viewed in full. · jiǎn jiè

简化

The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified. · jiǎn huà

简单

Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential. · jiǎn dān

简洁

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. · jiǎn jié

简陋

Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate. · jiǎn lòu

算术

(arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition. · suàn shù

算法

(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps. · suàn fǎ

算盘

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.] · suàn pán

算盤

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.] · suàn pán

算術

(countable) Reckoning, estimate. · suàn shù

箙

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. · fú

管

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. · guǎn

管子

(especially in, _, informal, _, contexts) A water pipe. · guǎn zi

管家

A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. · guǎn jiā

管弦樂團

(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group. · guǎn xián yuè tuán

管路系統

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building. · guǎn lù xì tǒng

管道

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc. · guǎn dào

箭

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. · jiàn

箭袋

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. · jiàn dài

箱

A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture. · xiāng

箱子

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. · xiāng zi

箴言

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims. · zhēn yán

節

(mathematics) an operation that takes a differentiable function f and produces a polynomial, the Taylor polynomial (truncated Taylor series) of f, at each point of its domain. · jiē

節奏

The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event. · jié zòu

節省

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance). · jié shěng

節約

(countable, usually, in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future. · jié yuē

篮

(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. · lán

篮球

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. · lán qiú

簍

Twelve dozen = 144. · lǒu

簧片

(countable, music) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it. · huáng piàn

簽名

A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract. · qiān míng

簾

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. · lián

籃子

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. · lán zi