Chinese–English dictionary

側室

A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife. · cè shì

側面

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. · cè miàn

偵探

The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information. · zhēn tàn

偶

An equal in character, power, rank, etc.; a peer. · ǒu

偶像崇拜

A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body. · ǒu xiàng Chóng bài

偶尔

(idiomatic) On occasion, sometimes. · ǒu ěr

偶然

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.] · ǒu rán

偶然性

Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate. · ǒu rán xìng

偶见的

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial. · ǒu jiàn de

偶蹄目

(zoology) Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla. [from 19th c.] · ǒu tí mù

偷

(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.] · tōu

偷听

(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building. · tōu tīng

偷渡者

A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport. · tōu dù zhě

偷獵者

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild. · tōu liè zhě

偷窃

(transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost. · tōu qiè

偷袭

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering. · tōu xí

偽裝

An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc. · wěi zhuāng

傑作

A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career. · jié zuò

催产素

(hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding. · cuī chǎn sù

催化

(chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst. · cuī huà

催化剂

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions. · cuī huà jì

催眠

A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced. · cuī mián

催眠曲

(music) A composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time. · cuī mián qǔ

催眠术

The art of inducing hypnosis. · cuī mián shù

傲慢

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others. · ào màn

傲然

Full of pride. · ào rán

傳染

The spread or transmission of such a disease. · chuán rǎn

傳真機

A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. · chuán zhēn jī

傳統

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays. · chuán tǒng

傳統的

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition. · chuán tǒng de

傳記

A person's life story, especially one published. · zhuàn jì

傳遞

(transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint). · chuán dì

債權人

(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed. · zhài quán rén

傷口

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests. · shāng kǒu

傻

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy. · shǎ

傻子

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all,‎ there. · shǎ zi

傻笑的

That smiles or has a smile. · shǎ xiào de

僅

Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16th c.] · jǐn

像

Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns). · xiàng

像素

One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. · xiàng sù

僕人

A servant, especially a domestic servant. · pú rén

僥倖

It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. · jiǎo xìng

僧

(idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization. · sēng

僱傭

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person. · gù yōng

價值

(uncountable) The degree of importance given to something. · jià zhí

價錢

Praise; accolades. · jià qian

儀式

A ritual, with religious or cultural significance. · yí shì

儀式 仪式

A religious custom.

優生學

(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means. · yōu shēng xué

儿子

Abbreviation of junior, a title used after a son's name when his father has the same name. · ér zi

儿科

(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents. · ér kē

儿童

(Scotland, and parts of, _, Northern England) A child or baby. · ér tóng

儿童期

The state or period of infancy. · r tóng qī

允許

(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). · yǔn xǔ

元

Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $. · yuán

元件

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device. · yuán jiàn

元宇宙

(science fiction, Internet, computing) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space. · yuán yǔ zhòu

元帅

(military ranks) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now mostly disused, being reserved for wartime or post-wartime use, and having become ceremonial in some countries. · yuán shuài

元月

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. · Yuán yuè

元素

(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons. · yuán sù

元音

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. · yuán yīn

兄弟

(by extension) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally. · xiōng dì

兄弟会

The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively). · xiōng dì huì

充實

Significant; substantial. · chōng shí

充电器

A device that charges or recharges. · chōng diàn qì

充電器

A device that charges or recharges. · chōng diàn qì

兇手

(countable) A person who kills another. · xiōng shǒu

先

(idiomatic, transitive) To carry out an action before another person is able to do so. · xiān

先例

Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding. [from 14th c.] · xiān lì

先头部队

(obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force. · xiān tóu bù duì

先生

(North America, Philippines, formerly or traditionally UK) Abbreviation of Mister. · xiān sheng

先知

(informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. · xiān zhī

先见者

A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses · xiān jiàn zhě

光

(painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated. · guāng

光剑

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.] · guāng jiàn

光合作用

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy. · guāng hé zuò yòng

光子

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson. · guāng zǐ

光学

(physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science. · guāng xué

光学 [guāngxué]

(relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.

光度

The perceived luminance of an object. · guāng dù

光果甘草

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota. · guāng guǒ gān cǎo

光泽

The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc. · guāng zé

光盘刻录器

A device for recording audio, or saving data, onto a compact disc. · guāng pán kè lù qì

光碟柜

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939] · guāng dié guì

光线

(nautical) Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship. · guāng xiàn

光谱

A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes. · guāng pǔ

光谱仪

(analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure. · guāng pǔ yí

克

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g. · kè

克什米尔

A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China. · Kè shí mǐ ěr

克利俄

(Greek god) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. · kè lì é

克拉

A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls. · kè lā

克拉科夫

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole. · Kè lā kē fū

克文

A en given name. · Kè wén

克林貢語

An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. · kè lín gòng yǔ

克罗地亚

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991. · Kè luó dì yà

克罗地亚语

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language. · Kè luó dì yà yǔ

克羅地亞語

A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats. · Kè luó dì yà yǔ

克莱奥帕特拉

A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line. · kè lái ào Pà tè lā

克里姆林

The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. · kè lǐ mǔ lín

克里斯托弗

A en given name. · Kè lǐ sī tuō fú

克里斯蒂

A en given name and of its variant forms; fairly common as a formal female given name in the 20th century. · kè lǐ sī dì

克里特

An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece. · Kè lǐ tè

克隆

A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. · kè lóng

免費

(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. · miǎn fèi

免費的

Without paying; free. · miǎn fèi de

兒子

(US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A close friend; especially used as a form of address. · ér zi

兒科醫師 儿科医师

(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

兔

A Eurasian hare species (Lepus europaeus or Lepus capensis). · tù

兔子

A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. · tù zi

党

(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support. [from 1880] · dǎng

党哥

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin. · dǎng gē

入

(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent. · rù

入仓

(transitive) To achieve something. · rù cāng

入侵

An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion. · rù qīn

入口

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal. · rù kǒu

入境

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently. · rù jìng

入籍

The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship. · rù jí

入閘機

A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid. · rù zhá jī

內卷

Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy. · nèi juǎn

內含

(transitive) To hold inside. · nèi hán

內疚

(law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings. · nèi jiù

內華達

A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas. · Nèi huá dá

內褲

Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel. · nèi kù

內閣

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch. · nèi gé

全

Abounding, amply provided. · quán

全休止符

A short break; a rest or respite. · quán xiū zhǐ fú

全体职员

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. · quán tǐ zhí yuán

全国

Extending throughout an entire nation. · quán guó

全球化

The process of becoming a more interconnected world. · quán qiú huà

全神贯注

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider. · quán shén guàn zhù

全站仪

A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles. · quán zhàn yí

全能的

Having unlimited power; omnipotent. · quán néng de

全身

(physiology) Pertaining to an entire organism. · quán shēn

全部

Providing all amenities, benefits or perquisites in a single package. · quán bù

全部的

Whole, not divided into parts. · quán bù de

全音符

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard. · quán yīn fú

兩棲

Capable of functioning on land or in water. · liǎng qī

兩棲動物

An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water. · liǎng qī dòng wù

兩親

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents · liǎng qīn

八

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine. · bā

八分音符

Dishonest. · bā fēn yīn fú

八十

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80. · bā shí

八月

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September. · Bā yuè

八角

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. · bā jiǎo

八边形

(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles. · bā biān xíng

公主

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.] · gōng zhǔ

公义

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right". · gōng yì

公交车

(road transport, dated) A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses. · gōng jiāo chē

公亩

(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a. · gōng mǔ

公元

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord. · gōng yuán