Chinese–English dictionary

阵列

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices. · zhèn liè

阵雨

A heavy rain. · zhèn yǔ

阻塞

Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally · zǔ sè

阻抗

(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities. · zǔ kàng

阻礙

An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something. · zǔ ài

阿亞圖拉

(Shi'ism) A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. · ā yà tú lā

阿佛洛狄忒

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. · ā fú luò dí tè

阿克里州

A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith. · ā kè lǐ zhōu

阿努比斯

(Egyptian god) In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal. · ā nǔ bǐ sī

阿勒颇

The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria. · ā lè pō

阿卜杜拉

A en given name. · ā bǔ dù lā

阿卡迪亚

(historical) A former French colony in North America in the 17th and early 18th centuries, spanning over what are now the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and part of the state of Maine in the United States. · ā kǎ dí yà

阿司匹林

(uncountable, carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid · ā sī pǐ lín

阿喀琉斯

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. · ā kā liú sī

阿基米德

(astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium. · ā jī mǐ dé

阿多尼斯

(Greek mythology) A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite. · ā duō ní sī

阿姆斯特丹

A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands. · ā mǔ sī tè dān

阿姨

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. · ā yí

阿富汗

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768] · ā fù hàn

阿富汗人

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.] · ā fù hàn rén

阿富汗尼

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul. · ā fù hàn ní

阿富汗的

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan. · ā fù hàn de

阿尔卑斯山

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres. · ā ěr bēi sī shān

阿尔及利亚

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575] · ā ěr jí lì yà

阿尔及尔

The capital and largest city of Algeria. · ā ěr jí ěr

阿尔巴尼亚

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503] · ā ěr bā ní yà

阿尔巴尼亚人

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?] · ā ěr bā ní yà rén

阿尔巴尼亚的

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593] · ā ěr bā ní yà de

阿尔巴尼亚语

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593] · ā ěr bā ní yà yǔ

阿尔萨斯

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history. · ā ěr sà sī

阿帝安

A en given name. · ā dì ān

阿托品

(poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils). · ā tuō pǐn

阿拉伯

A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. · ā lā bó

阿拉伯人

A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula. · ā lā bó rén

阿拉伯語

The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others. · ā lā bó yǔ

阿拉伯语

Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective). · ā lā bó yǔ

阿拉斯加

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK. · ā lā sī jiā

阿提卡

A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located. · ā tí kǎ

阿摩司书

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. · ā mó sī shū

阿斯泰利克斯

A series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo about an Ancient Gaul named Asterix. · ā sī Tài lì kè sī

阿曼

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat. · ā màn

阿曼苏丹国

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat. · ā màn Sū dān guó

阿根廷

A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires. · ā gēn tíng

阿比西尼亚

(historical) Former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century. · ā bǐ xī ní yà

阿波

A city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. · ā bō

阿波罗

(astronomy) An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU. · ā bō luó

阿爾及利亞

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575] · ā ěr jí lì yà

阿爾巴尼亞

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503] · ā ěr bā ní yà

阿爾巴尼亞語

The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. [from 1786] · ā ěr bā ní yà yǔ

阿爾諾河

A en given name occasionally used in English. · ā ěr nuò hé

阿瑞斯

(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos. · ā ruì sī

阿登省

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Charleville-Mézières (INSEE code 08). · ā dēng shěng

阿纳斯塔西娅

A en given name. · ā nà sī tǎ xī yà

阿耳忒弥斯

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.) · ā ěr tè mí sī

阿肯色

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock. · ā kěn sè

阿訇

(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor. · ā hōng

阿迦

An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries. · ā jiā

阿里

A Papuan language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. · ā lǐ

阿门

(biblical) Certainly; verily. · ā mén

阿雷纳

An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America). · ā léi nà

阿魯巴

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea. · ā lǔ bā

阿鲁巴

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea. · ā lǔ bā

陀螺儀

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady. · tuó luó yí

附件

(countable) Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package. · fù jiàn

陈旧

(idiomatic) Overcome; consumed by an emotion. · chén jiù

陈述

(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully. · chén shù

陌生人

(figuratively) A subject or area about which one is uninformed or misinformed, often because of a prejudice or lack of appreciation. · mò shēng rén

降

(music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note. · jiàng

降低

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470] · jiàng dī

降神会

A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium. · jiàng shén huì

降落伞

(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling. · jiàng luò sǎn

降雪

An instance of falling of snow. · jiàng xuě

降音符

(music, note) Lowered by one semitone. · jiàng yīn fú

限制

(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. · xiàn zhì

院长

In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it. · yuàn zhǎng

除了

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart. · chú le

除去

(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away. · chú qù

除非

Except on a specified condition; if not. · chú fēi

险恶

Portending evil; ominous. · xiǎn è

陰極

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). · yīn jí

陰謀破壞

(legal) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage. · yīn móu pò huài

陰道

(anatomy) A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals. · yīn dào

陵墓

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs. · líng mù

陶人

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares. · táo rén

陶器

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals. · táo qì

陶片放逐制

(historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.] · táo piàn fàng zhú zhì

陶瓷

(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature. · táo cí

陶瓷材料

The art or science of making ceramic objects. · táo cí cái liào

陷入險境

(intransitive) To become weaker or worse. · xiàn rù xiǎn jìng

陷阱

(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. · xiàn jǐng

陸軍

The governmental agency in charge of a state's army. · lù jūn

陽極

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). · yáng jí

階

A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder. · jiē

階乘

(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120. · jiē chéng

階段

(astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of a body's illuminated disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase. · jiē duàn

随机

(informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected. · suí jī

随笔

(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. · suí bǐ

隐含

Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed. · yǐn hán

隐喻

(uncountable, figure of speech) The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used. · yǐn yù

隐士

A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite. · yǐn shì

隐藏

(transitive) To disguise or conceal something. · yǐn cáng

隐藏的

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent. · yǐn cáng de

隐语

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. · yǐn yǔ

隕星

A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid. · yǔn xīng

障

A structure that bars passage. · zhàng

障礙

(figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains. · zhàng ài

隧道

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature. · suì dào

隨

To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent. · suí

隮

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. · jī

隱含

Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed. · yǐn hán

隼

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle. · sǔn

难

Difficult, hard to do. · nán

难以置信的

Of or relating to fable, myth or legend. · nán yǐ zhì xìn de

难受

Not well; imperfectly, badly · nán shòu

难民

Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment. · nàn mín

难过

In a doleful manner · nán guò

难题

An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail. · nán tí

雀斑

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. · què bān

雄

(mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool. · xióng

雄蕊

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament. · xióng ruǐ

雄蜂

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen. · xióng fēng

雄鹿

A male roe deer. · xióng lù

雅典

The capital city of Greece. · Yǎ diǎn

雅典娜

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva. · Yǎ diǎn nà

雅加达

A province and capital city of Indonesia. · Yǎ jiā dá

雅威

Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (also IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe). · Yǎ wēi

集

A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.) · jí

集中

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] · jí zhōng

集会

The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements. · jí huì

集装箱

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods. · jí zhuāng xiāng

雇佣兵

(historical) A medieval mercenary. · gù yōng bīng

雇傭

(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. · gù yōng

雌

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.] · cí

雌激素

(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones. · cí jī sù

雕

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. · diāo

雕像

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. · diāo xiàng

雕刻

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. · diāo kè

雕刻家

A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture. · diāo kè jiā

雕塑

(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). · diāo sù

雙

Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. · shuāng

雙打

(sports, plurale tantum) a game between pairs of players · shuāng dǎ

雛

A young chicken. · chú

雛菊

A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals · chú jú

雜技

The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. · zá jì

雜貨店

(New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart. · zá huò diàn

雞

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food. · jī

雞尾酒

A mixed alcoholic beverage. · jī wěi jiǔ

雞眼

A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use. · jī yǎn

雞舍

Synonym of hencoop. · jī shè

離

From the time that. · lí