qián
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
gēng
to change or replace
to experience
one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
dēng
to scale (a height)
to ascend
to mount
to publish or record
to enter (e.g. in a register)
to press down with the foot
to step or tread on
to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
zhuǎn zài
to forward (a shipment)
to reproduce (e.g. a printed work)
qi lai
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾[shou1 shi5])
(after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgement
zǎi
to record in writing
to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
Taiwan pr. [zai4]
year
tiē
to stick
to paste
to post (e.g. on a blog)
to keep close to
to fit snugly
to subsidize
allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)
sticker
classifier for sticking plaster: strip
yǐn
to draw (e.g. a bow)
to pull
to stretch sth
to extend
to lengthen
to involve or implicate in
to attract
to lead
to guide
to leave
to provide evidence or justification for
old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
chá
to research
to check
to investigate
to examine
to refer to
to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
bāng
to help
to assist
to support
for sb (i.e. as a help)
hired (as worker)
side (of pail, boat etc)
outer layer
upper (of a shoe)
group
gang
clique
party
secret society
lín
woods
forest
CL:片[pian4]
circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
a collection (of similar things)
nián dài
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
age
era
period
CL:個|个[ge4]
pù guāng
exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material)
to expose (a scandal to the public)
yào
medicine
drug
substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
to poison
fù
to go
to visit (e.g. another country)
to attend (a banquet etc)
shé
to break (e.g. stick or bone)
a loss
xuān dú
to read out loud to an audience
a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
tōng xíng zhèng
a pass (authorization through a checkpoint)
a laissez-passer or safe conduct
to authenticate
to confirm name and password on a website
fig. a condition giving access to benefits (e.g. a diploma as a pass to a career)
kuàng
frame (e.g. door frame)
casing
fig. framework
template
to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth)
to frame
to restrict
Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
shòu pìn
hired (for employment)
invited (e.g. to lecture)
engaged (for a task)
(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
zhōng gǔ
medieval
Middle Ages
Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties
Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English)
used
second-hand
pào
bubble
foam
blister (i.e. skin bubble)
to soak
to steep
to infuse
to dawdle
to shilly-shally
to hang about
to pick up (a girl)
to get off with (a sexual partner)
classifier for occurrences of an action
classifier for number of infusions
dìng shù
constant (math.)
quota
fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus)
fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck)
destiny
tōng xùn shè
a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
wǎng fù
to go and come back
to make a return trip
backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action)
to reciprocate (of machine part)
liáng yào
good medicine
panacea
fig. a good solution
a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
qiān tóu
to lead (an animal by the head)
to take the lead
to coordinate (a combined operation)
to mediate
a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
chóng dié
to overlap
to superimpose
to telescope
to run together
to duplicate
one over another
superposition
an overlap
redundancy
reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)
dà qián
high denomination of banknotes or coins
lots of money
a big sum (e.g. a bribe)
bǎn miàn
page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website)
printing space (reserved for some content)
page layout
fù hé
to reconsider
to reexamine
to review (e.g. a report prior to accepting it)
jùn
to deepen (e.g. a ditch)
to extract
to manage
ladle (old)
hóng liú
a powerful current
a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
quán shì
to interpret
to comment and explain
to annotate
to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role)
to decode
interpretation
annotation
fǎn shè
to reflect
reflection (from a mirror etc)
reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
xuàn yūn
vertigo
dizziness
fainting
feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke)
dōng dào zhǔ
host
official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
jiē shōu
reception (of transmitted signal)
to receive
to accept
to admit
to take over (e.g. a factory)
to expropriate
xià hǎi
to go out to sea
to enter the sea (to swim etc)
(fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
shòu nàn
to suffer a calamity
to suffer (e.g. under torture)
distress
jīn bì huī huáng
gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom)
fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace)
zuàn jǐng
to drill (e.g. for oil)
a borehole
màn xìng
slow and patient
chronic (disease)
slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
lit. to throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)
yīng
tassel
sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc)
ribbon
dà guó
a power (i.e. a dominant country)
chóng yǎn
a repeat performance
repeat occurrence (e.g. of a disaster)
mǎn kǒu
a mouthful
(of speech) pure: perfect accent
substance of speech all of a kind (e.g. all lies)
unreservedly (accept, agree, promise etc)
qiān lǐ
a thousand miles
a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
a long distance
shī yǔ
to let slip
loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage)
aphasia