| baa {n} (bleating of sheep) | :: 發咩聲, 发咩声 /fā miē sheng/ |
| baaing {n} (bleating of a sheep) | :: 咩 |
| Ba'athism {n} (ideology) | :: 阿拉伯復興社會黨, 阿拉伯复兴社会党 /Ālābó fùxīng shèhuìdǎng/, 復興黨, 复兴党 /fùxīngdǎng/ |
| baba ganoush {n} (Lebanese dish) | :: 茄泥糨糊 /qiéní jiànghu/ |
| Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar) | :: 芭芭雅嘎 /Bābāyǎgā/, 雅加婆婆 /Yǎjiā Pópo/, 巴巴亞加, 巴巴亚加 /Bābāyàjiā/ |
| babble {n} (idle talk) | :: 廢話, 废话 /fèihuà/, 閑話, 闲话 /xiánhuà/ |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| babehood {n} (babyhood) SEE: babyhood | :: |
| babirusa {n} (a member of the genus Babyrousa) | :: 馬魯古鹿豚, 马鲁古鹿豚 /mǎlǔgǔlùtún/, 鹿豚 /lùtún/, 鹿豬, 鹿猪 /lùzhū/, 逐鹿 /zhúlù/ |
| baboon {n} (primate) | :: 狒狒 /fèifèi/ |
| babouche {n} (Turkish or oriental slipper) | :: 平底拖鞋 /píngdǐ tuōxié/ |
| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| babushka {n} (an old woman) | :: 老婆婆 |
| baby {n} (very young human being) | :: 嬰兒, 婴儿 /yīng'ér/, 娃娃 /wáwa/, 小娃娃 /xiǎowáwa/, 宝宝 /bǎobǎo/, 嬰幼兒, 婴幼儿 /yīngyòu'ér/, 嬰孩, 婴孩 /yīnghái/, 嬰, 婴 /yīng/ |
| baby {n} (young animal) | :: 崽 /zǎi/, 毛毛 /máomao/, 小崽子 /xiǎozǎizi/ |
| baby {n} (term of endearment) | :: 寶貝, 宝贝 /bǎobèi/, 小寶寶, 小宝宝 /xiǎobǎobao/, 寵兒, 宠儿 /chǒng'ér/, 心肝 /xīngān/ |
| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive) | :: 親愛的, 亲爱的 /qīn'ài de/ |
| baby blue {adj} (pale blue color) | :: 浅蓝色 /qiǎnlánsè/, 淺藍色 |
| baby boom {n} (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) | :: 嬰兒潮, 婴儿潮 /yīng'ér cháo/, 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期, 第二次世界大战后生育高峰期 /dì'èr cì shìjiè dàzhàn hòu shēngyù gāofēng qī/ |
| baby boom {n} (any increase in the birth rate) | :: 生育高峰期 /shēngyù gāofēng qī/ |
| baby boomer {n} (person born after Second World War) | :: 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期出生的人, 第二次世界大战后生育高峰期出生的人 /dì èr cì shìjiè dàzhàn hòu shēngyù gāofēngqī chūshēng de rén/ |
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) | :: 奶瓶 /nǎipíng/, 嬰兒奶瓶, 婴儿奶瓶 /yīng'ér nǎipíng/ |
| baby buggy {n} (a wheeled chair for the transport of a baby) SEE: stroller | :: |
| baby bump {n} (noticeable abdominal swelling in a pregnant woman) | :: 孕肚 /yùndù/ |
| baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram | :: |
| baby corn {n} (young maize) | :: 玉米筍, 玉米笋 /yùmǐsǔn/, 玉米尖 /yùmǐjiān/, 玉米仔 /yùmǐzǐ/ |
| baby face {n} (face resembling that of a baby) | :: 娃娃臉, 娃娃脸 /wáwaliǎn/ (doll face) |
| baby fat {n} (natural fat of the body of a child) SEE: puppy fat | :: |
| baby fat {n} (bodyfat gained by a woman during pregnancy) | :: 懷孕時增加的體重, 怀孕时增加的体重 /huáiyùn shí zēngjiā de tǐzhòng/ |
| baby food {n} (food designed for babies) | :: 嬰兒食品, 婴儿食品 /yīng'ér shípǐn/ |
| baby formula {n} (artificial substitute for human breast milk) SEE: infant formula | :: |
| baby grand {n} (small grand piano) | :: 小型鋼琴, 小型钢琴 /xiǎoxíng gāngqín/ |
| babyhood {n} (state or period of infancy) | :: 幼兒期, 幼儿期 /yòu'érqī/ |
| Babylon {prop} (capital of Babylonia) | :: 巴比倫, 巴比伦 /Bābǐlún/ |
| Babylonia {prop} (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia) | :: 巴比倫尼亞, 巴比伦尼亚 /Bābǐlúnníyà/ |
| babymaking {n} | :: 造人 /zàorén/ |
| baby powder {n} (astringent powder) | :: 寶寶粉, 宝宝粉 /bǎobǎofěn/ |
| baby's breath {n} (Gypsophila) | :: 石頭花, 石头花 /shítouhuā/ |
| baby seat {n} (child safety seat) SEE: child safety seat | :: |
| baby shower {n} (party) | :: 嬰兒沐浴, 婴儿沐浴 /yīng'ér mùyù/ |
| babysit {v} (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) | :: 代人照看孩子 /dàirén zhàokàn háizi/, 照看嬰兒, 照看婴儿 /zhàokàn yīngér/ |
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) | :: 臨時看孩子的人, 临时看孩子的人 /línshí kān háizi de rén/ |
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth | :: |
| baby weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) SEE: birth weight | :: |
| baby weight {n} (weight gained by a woman during pregnancy) | :: 懷孕時增加的體重, 怀孕时增加的体重 /huáiyùn shí zēngjiā de tǐzhòng/ |
| baccalaureate {n} (bachelor's degree) SEE: bachelor's degree | :: |
| baccarat {n} (card game) | :: 百家樂 |
| Bach {prop} (German composer) | :: 巴赫 /Bāhè/ |
| bachelor {n} (unmarried man) | :: 單身漢, 单身汉 /dānshēnhàn/ |
| bachelor {n} (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) | :: 學士, 学士 /xuéshì/ |
| Bachelor of Arts {n} (collegiate degree) | :: 文學學士, 文学学士 /wénxué xuéwèi/, 文學士, 文学士 /wénxuéshì/ |
| Bachelor of Laws {n} (degree) | :: 法學士, 法学士 /fǎxuéshì/ |
| Bachelor of Science {n} (three- to four-year undergraduate degree) | :: 理學士, 理学士 /lǐxuéshì/ |
| bachelor party {n} (party) | :: 單身派對, 单身派对 /dānshēn pàiduì/ |
| bachelor's degree {n} (first or lowest academic degree) | :: 學士學位, 学士学位 /xuéshì xuéwèi/ |
| bacillus {n} (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus) | :: 桿菌, 杆菌 /gǎnjūn/, 芽孢桿菌, 芽孢杆菌 /yábāo gǎnjùn/ |
| back {adj} (near the rear) | :: 後 |
| back {adj} (not current) | :: 以前的 /yǐqián de/ |
| back {adj} (far from the main area) | :: 偏僻的 /piānpì de/ |
| back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place) | :: 向後, 向后 /xiànghòu/, 後, 后 /hòu/ |
| back {adv} (away from the front or from an edge) | :: 後面的, 后面的 /hóumiàn de/ |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: 背部 /bèibù/, 背 /bèi/, 脊背 /jǐbèi/ |
| back {n} (the reverse side) | :: 後面, 后面 /hóumiàn/ |
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front) | :: 最後, 最后 /zuìhòu/ |
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last) | :: 最後的, 最后的 /zuìhòu de/ |
| back {n} (a position behind most players on the team) | :: 後面的, 后面的 /hòumiàn de/ |
| backache {n} (any pain or ache in the back, see also: lumbago) | :: 背疼 /bèiténg/, 腰痛 /yāotòng/ |
| back and forth {adv} (from one place to another and back again) | :: 來回, 来回 /láihuí/ |
| back and forth {n} (movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position) | :: 往返 /wǎng-fǎn/, 來回, 来回 /láihuí/ |
| backbencher {n} (member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank) | :: 後坐議員, 后坐议员 /hòuzuò yìyuán/, 普通議員, 普通议员 /pǔtōng yìyuán/ |
| backbite {v} (to make defamatory statements about another) | :: 戳脊梁骨 /chuō jǐlianggǔ/, 戳脊梁 /chuō jǐliang/, 誹謗, 诽谤 /fěibàng/ |
| backboard {n} (basketball) | :: 籃板, 篮板 /lánbǎn/ |
| backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) | :: 骨幹, 骨干 /gǔgàn/, 脊骨 /jígǔ/, 背骨 /bèigǔ/, 脊椎 /jǐzhuī/ |
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine | :: |
| backcountry {n} (remote region) | :: 窮鄉僻壤, 穷乡僻壤 /qióngxiāngpìrǎng/ |
| back cover {n} (cover on the opposite side of the front cover) | :: 封底 (fēngdǐ) |
| back door {n} (secret, unprotected means of access) | :: 後門, 后门 /hòumén/ |
| back door {n} (slang: anus) | :: 後庭, 后庭 /hòutíng/ |
| backdoor {n} (backdoor (all definitions)) SEE: back door | :: |
| backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) | :: 背景幕 |
| back end {n} (computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user) | :: 後端, 后端 /hòuduān/ |
| backflip {n} (an act of rotating your body) | :: 後空翻, 后空翻 /hòukōngfān/ |
| backgammon {n} (board game) | :: 雙陸棋, 双陆棋 /shuānglùqí/ |
| background {n} (part of picture) | :: 背景 /bèijǐng/ |
| background {n} (relevant information) | :: 背景 /bèijǐng/ |
| background {n} (less important feature) | :: 背景 /bèijǐng/ |
| background check {n} (report on an individual) | :: 背景调查 |
| background music {n} (music played in a public space) | :: 背景音樂, 背景音乐 /bèijǐng yīnyuè/ |
| background music {n} (music in a film, video game or other medium) | :: 背景音樂, 背景音乐 /bèijǐng yīnyuè/ |
| backlash {n} (violent or abrubt reaction) | :: 反彈, 反弹 /fǎntán/ |
| backlit {adj} (illuminated from behind) | :: 背光的 /bèiguāng de/ |
| backlog {n} (an accumulation or buildup) | :: 積壓, 积压 /jīyā/ |
| backlog {n} (a reserve source or supply) | :: 存貨, 存货 /cúnhuò/, 儲備, 储备 /chúbèi/ |
| backlog {v} (to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog) | :: 積壓, 积压 /jīyā/ |
| back-of-the-envelope {adj} | :: 粗略的 /cūlüè de/ |
| backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) | :: 背包 /bēibāo/, 背囊 /bēináng/ |
| backpacker {n} (a traveler) | :: 背包客 /bēibāokè/ |
| backpackers {n} (hostel) SEE: hostel | :: |
| back page {n} (final page) SEE: back cover | :: |
| back pain {n} (pain felt in the back) | :: 背痛 /bèitòng/ |
| backpay {n} (withheld payment for work) | :: 補薪, 补薪 /bǔxīn/ |
| backrest {n} (back piece of a chair) | :: 靠背 /kàobèi/ |
| backronym {n} | :: 支援頭文字, 支援头文字 /zhīyuántóuwénzì/ |
| backscratcher {n} (rod for scratching one's own back) | :: 抓耙子 /zhuāpázi/ (scratching rake), 癢癢撓, 痒痒挠 /yǎngyangnáo/ (itch scratcher), 笑刷兒, 笑刷儿 /xiàoshuār/ (laughing brush), 爪仗 /zhǎozhàng/ (claw to rely on), 不求人 /bùqiúrén/ (not to seek help from others), 老頭樂, 老头乐 /lǎotóulè/, 搔背爬 /sāobèipá/ |
| back seat {n} (seat) | :: 後座, 后座 /hòuzuò/ |
| backside {n} (back side of something) | :: 後方, 后方 /hòufāng/, 背面 /bèimiàn/ |
| backside {n} (buttocks) | :: 臀部 /túnbù/, 臀 /tún/, 屁股 /pìgu/ |
| backslide {v} (to revert to a previous, worse state) | :: 開倒車 |
| backstab {v} (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly) | :: 背叛 /bèipàn/ |
| backstory {n} (previous life and experiences of a fictional character) | :: 背景故事 /bèijǐng gùshì/ |
| back street {n} (small and narrow street) | :: 背街 /bèijiē/ |
| backstroke {n} (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) | :: 仰泳 /yǎngyǒng/, 背泳 /bèiyǒng/ |
| back to square one {adv} (back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure) | :: 回到原點, 回到原点 /huídào yuándiǎn/ |
| back-translate {v} (to translate back to original language) | :: 回譯, 回译 /huíyì/ |
| back-translation {n} (activity) | :: 回譯, 回译 /huíyì/ |
| back-translation {n} (text) | :: 回譯, 回译 /huíyì/ |
| backup {n} (copy of file or record) | :: 備份, 备份 /bèifèn/ |
| back vowel {n} (Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth) | :: 後元音, 后元音 /hòuyuányīn/ |
| backward {adj} (in the direction reverse of normal) | :: 逆向 /nìxiàng/ |
| backward {adv} (in the direction towards the back) | :: 向後, 向后 /xiànghòu/ |
| backward compatibility {n} (compatibility with older systems) | :: 向後兼容, 向后兼容 /xiànghòu jiānróng/ |
| backward compatible {adj} (compatible with older systems) | :: 向下兼容 /xiàngxià jiānróng/ |
| backwater {n} (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.) | :: 窮鄉僻壤, 穷乡僻壤 /qióngxiāngpìrǎng/ |
| backyard {n} (yard to the rear of a house) | :: 後院, 后院 /hòuyuàn/ |
| bacon {n} (cut of meat) | :: 熏鹹肉, 熏咸肉 /xūn xiánròu/, 培根 /péigēn/, 燻肉/熏肉 /xūnròu/, 鹹肉, 咸肉 /xiánròu/ |
| bacon and eggs {n} (a dish consisting of bacon and eggs) | :: 培根雞蛋, 培根鸡蛋 /péigēn jīdàn/ |
| bacteria {n} (bacteria) | :: 細菌, 细菌 /xìjūn/ |
| bacterial {adj} (of or caused by bacteria) | :: 微生物的 /Wéishēngwù de/ |
| bacteriologist {n} (microbiologist) | :: 細菌學家, 细菌学家 /xìjùnxuéjiā/ |
| bacteriology {n} (scientific study of bacteria) | :: 細菌學, 细菌学 /xìjùnxué/ |
| bacteriophage {n} (a virus that infects bacteria) | :: 噬菌體, 噬菌体 /shìjūntǐ, shìjùntǐ/ |
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: 細菌, 细菌 /xìjūn/ |
| Bactria {prop} (Greek name for ancient country) | :: 大夏 /Dàxià/ |
| Bactrian camel {n} (Camelus bactrianus) | :: 雙峰駱駝, 双峰骆驼 /shuāngfēng luòtuo/ |
| baculum {n} (bone found in the penis of some mammals) | :: 陰莖骨, 阴茎骨 /yīnjīnggǔ/ |
| bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative) | :: 壞, 坏 /huài/, 不好 /bùhǎo/ |
| bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting) | :: 不恰當, 不恰当 /bù qiàdàng/, 不合適, 不合适 /bù héshì/ |
| bad {adj} (not appropriate, of manners etc.) | :: 不恰當, 不恰当 /bù qiàdàng/, 不合適, 不合适 /bù héshì/ |
| bad {adj} (tricky; stressful; unpleasant) | :: 困難, 困难 /kùnnan/, 麻煩, 麻烦 /máfan/ |
| bad {adj} (evil, wicked) | :: 邪惡, 邪恶 /xié'è/ |
| bad {adj} (faulty; not functional) | :: 有毛病的 /yǒu máobìng de/, 壞, 坏 /huài/, 故障 /gùzhàng/ |
| bad {adj} (of breath: malodorous) | :: 臭 /chòu/ |
| bad {adj} (bold and daring) | :: 果敢 /guǒgǎn/ |
| bad {adj} (severe; urgent) | :: 嚴重, 严重 /yánzhòng/, 緊急, 紧急 /jǐnjí/ |
| bad {adj} (spoilt, rotten, overripe) SEE: spoilt | :: |
| Badakhshan {prop} (historical region) | :: 巴達赫尚, 巴达赫尚 /Bādáhèshàng/; 巴達克山, 巴达克山 /Bādákèshān/ |
| bad apple {n} (a person who is not wholesome) | :: 害群之馬, 害群之马 /hàiqúnzhīmǎ/, 老鼠屎 /lǎoshǔshǐ/ |
| badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent | :: |
| badass {n} (belligerent or mean person) | :: 混蛋, 痞子 |
| bad breath {n} (unpleasant breath) | :: 口臭 /kǒuchòu/ |
| bad egg {n} (rogue) | :: 壞蛋 |
| Baden {prop} (former state) | :: 巴登 /Bādēng/ |
| Baden-Württemberg {prop} (state of Germany) | :: 巴登-符騰堡, 巴登-符腾堡 /Bādēng-Fúténgbǎo/ |
| badge {n} (distinctive mark) | :: 徽章 /huīzhāng/, 象徵, 象征 /xiàngzhēng/, 徽號, 徽号 /huīhào/ |
| badge {n} (something characteristic) | :: 象徵, 象征 /xiàngzhēng/ |
| badge {n} (carved ornament on the stern of a vessel) | :: 標記, 标记 /biāojì/ |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} (mammal) | :: 獾 /huān/ |
| badger {v} (pester) | :: 糾纏, 纠缠 /jiūchán/, 困擾, 困扰 /kùnrǎo/ |
| bad guy {n} (a villain) | :: 壞人, 坏人 /huàirén/, 壞蛋, 坏蛋 /huàidàn/, 惡人, 恶人 /èrén/ |
| badinage {n} (playful raillery; banter) | :: 打趣 |
| bad luck {n} (misfortune) | :: 運氣不好, 运气不好 /yùnqi bùhǎo/, 壞運氣, 坏运气 /huài yùnqi/, 噩運, 噩运 /èyùn/, 不幸 /bùxìng/, 倒霉 /dǎoméi/, 霉運, 霉运 /méiyùn/ |
| badminton {n} (a racquet sport) | :: 羽毛球 /yǔmáoqiú/ |
| badminton racket {n} (racket used to hit a shuttlecock) | :: 羽毛球拍 /yǔmáoqiúpāi/, 羽球拍 /yǔqiúpāi/ |
| bad money drives out good {proverb} (debased coinage replaces purer coinage) | :: 劣幣驅逐良幣, 劣币驱逐良币 |
| bad news {n} (news of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events) | :: 壞消息, 坏消息 /huài xiāoxi/ |
| Badong {prop} (county in central China) | :: 巴東, 巴东 /Bādōng/ |
| bad-tempered {adj} (having a bad temper) | :: 易怒 /yìnù/, 壞脾氣的, 坏脾气的 /huàipíqì de/ |
| bad things come in threes {proverb} (unfortunate events usually occur more than twice) | :: 禍不單行, 祸不单行 /huòbùdānxíng/ (disasters do not come alone) |
| badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware | :: |
| Baekje {prop} (former Korean kingdom) | :: 百濟, 百济 /Bǎijì/ |
| baffle {v} (to totally bewilder; confuse or perplex) | :: 迷惑 /míhuò/, 使困惑 /shǐ kùnhuò/ |
| bag {n} (flexible container) | :: 包 /bāo/, 袋 /dài/ |
| bag {n} (ugly woman) | :: 醜八怪, 丑八怪 /chǒubāguài/ , 醜姑娘, 丑姑娘 /chǒu gūniáng/ |
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack | :: |
| bagboy {n} (person employed to put clients' purchases in bags) | :: 打包男孩, 打包男孩 /dǎbāonánhái/ |
| bagel {n} (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked) | :: 貝果, 贝果 /bèiguǒ/, 焙果 /bèiguǒ/, 培果 /péiguǒ/, 百吉圈 /bǎijí quān/, 百吉 /bǎijí/, 麵包圈, 面包圈 /miànbāoquān/ |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| baggage carousel {n} (device to deliver luggage) | :: 行李傳送帶, 行李传送带 /xínglǐ chuánsòngdài/ |
| baggage cart {n} (luggage cart) SEE: luggage cart | :: |
| baggage claim {n} (designated location for receiving checked luggage) | :: 行李提取處, 行李提取处 /xínglǐ tíqǔ chù/, 行李領取處, 行李领取处 /xínglǐ lǐngqǔ chù/, 行李認領處, 行李认领处 /xínglǐ rènlǐng chù/, 行李提領處, 行李提领处 /xínglǐ tílǐng chù/ |
| baggage reclaim {n} (designated location for receiving checked luggage) SEE: baggage claim | :: |
| Baghchi {prop} (town in Hotan County, Hotan, Xinjiang, China) | :: 巴格其 /Bāgéqí/ |
| Baghdad {prop} (city) | :: 巴格達, 巴格达 /Bāgédá/ |
| bagna cauda {n} (dip made from anchovies, olive oil and garlic) | :: 香蒜鯷魚熱蘸醬, 香蒜鳀鱼热蘸酱 /xiāngsuàn tíyú rè zhànjiàng/ |
| bag of bones {n} (a skinny person) | :: 骨瘦如柴 /gǔshòurúchái/ |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) | :: 風笛, 风笛 /fēngdí/ |
| bagua {n} (the eight trigrams of the I Ching) | :: 八卦 /bāguà/ |
| baguette {n} (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) | :: 法式長棍麵包, 法式长棍面包 /Fǎshì chánggùn miànbāo/, 法棍麵包, 法棍面包 /Fǎgùn miànbāo/ |
| bah {interj} (expressing contempt) | :: 呸 /pēi/ |
| Bahá'í {adj} (pertaining to Bahá'ís or beliefs held in the Bahá'í Faith) | :: 巴哈伊 /bāhā'ī/ |
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: 巴哈馬, 巴哈马 /Bāhāmǎ/ |
| Bahá'í Faith {prop} (religion) | :: 大同教 /dàtóngjiào/, 巴哈伊信仰 /bāhāyī xìnyǎng/, 巴哈伊教 /bāhāyījiào/ |
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: 巴林 /Bālín/ |
| Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent) | :: 巴林人 (Bālín rén) |
| baht {n} (unit of currency) | :: 泰銖, 泰铢 /Tài zhū/ |
| Bai {n} | :: 白族 /báizú/ |
| Baidu {prop} (technology company) | :: 百度 /Bǎidù/ |
| bai ji {n} (Chinese orchid) | :: 白芨 /báijī/, 白及 /báijí/ |
| baiji {n} (freshwater dolphin) | :: 白鱀豚 /báijìtún/ |
| baijiu {n} (clear Chinese alcoholic beverage) | :: 白酒 /báijiǔ/; 燒酒, 烧酒 /shāojiǔ/ |
| Baikal {prop} (a large lake in Russia) | :: 貝加爾, 贝加尔 /Bèijiā'ěr/ |
| Baikonur {prop} (city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan) | :: 拜科努爾 {m}, 拜科努尔 /Bàikēnǔ'ěr/ |
| bail {n} (security) | :: 保釋金, 保释金 /bǎoshìjīn/ |
| bailiff {n} (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts) | :: 法警 /fǎjǐng/ |
| bailout {n} (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) | :: 救助 /jiùzhù/, 緊急援助, 紧急援助 /jǐnjí yuánzhù/, 企業救濟, 企业救济 /qǐyè jiùjì/ |
| Baily's beads {n} (Baily's beads) | :: 倍里珠, 貝里珠串 |
| bain-marie {n} (pan containing hot water) | :: 水浴器 /shuǐyùqì/, 雙重蒸鍋, 双重蒸锅 /shuāngchóng zhēngguō/ |
| Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii) | :: 白腹滨鹬 /bái fù bīn-yù/ |
| Baisha {prop} (rural township in northern Penghu (the Pescadores)) | :: 白沙 /Báishā/ |
| bait {n} (substance used in catching fish) | :: 誘餌, 诱饵 /yòuěr/, 魚餌, 鱼饵 /yú'ěr/ |
| Baiyang {prop} (town in central China) | :: 白洋 /Báiyáng/ |
| Baiyang {prop} (subdistrict in western China) | :: 柏楊 /Báiyáng/ |
| Bak {prop} (Korean surname) | :: 朴 /Piáo/ |
| Bačka {prop} (historical region divided between Serbia and Hungary) | :: 巴奇卡 /bāqíkǎ/ |
| bake {v} (to cook in an oven) | :: 烤 /kǎo/, 烘 /hōng/, 焙燒, 焙烧 /bèishāo/, 烘烤 /hōngkǎo/ |
| baked {adj} (cooked by baking) | :: 烘烤的 /hōngkǎo de/, 烤的 /kǎo de/ |
| baked Alaska {n} (dessert of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked) | :: 热烤阿拉斯加 |
| baked beans {n} (food) | :: 烘豆 /hōngdòu/, 焗豆 /júdòu/ |
| baked good {n} (baked item with flour as main ingredient) | :: 焙烤食品 /bèikǎo shípǐn/, 麵包, 面包 /miànbāo/ |
| baked goods {n} (bread etc.) | :: 焙烤食品 /bèikǎo shípǐn/, 麵包, 面包 /miànbāo/ |
| baked potato {n} (potato that has been baked) | :: 烤土豆 /kǎotǔdòu/ , 烤馬鈴薯, 烤马铃薯 /kǎomǎlíngshǔ/ |
| Bakelite {n} (heat-resisting chemically inert resin) | :: 膠木, 胶木 /jiāomù/, 電木, 电木 /diànmù/ |
| baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | :: 麵包師傅, 面包师傅 /miànbāo shīfu/ |
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) | :: 麵包店, 面包店 /miànbāodiàn/, 麵包房, 面包房 /miànbāofáng/ |
| baking {n} (action in which something is baked) | :: 烤 /kǎo/, 烘 /hōng/, 焙燒, 焙烧 /bèishāo/, 烘烤 /hōngkǎo/ |
| baking powder {n} (dry leavening agent used in baking) | :: 發酵粉, 发酵粉 /fājiàofěn/, 焙粉 /bèifěn/, 發粉, 发粉 /fāfěn/, 起子 /qǐzi/ |
| baking soda {n} (common name for sodium bicarbonate) | :: 蘇打粉, 苏打粉 /sūdáfěn/ |
| baking tray {n} (oven-proof tray) | :: 焙烤淺盤, 焙烤浅盘 /bèikǎo qiǎnpán/ |
| baklava {n} (sweet pastry) | :: 果仁蜜餅, 果仁蜜饼 /guǒrénmìbĭng/, 蜜糖果仁千層酥, 蜜糖果仁千层酥 /mìtáng guǒrén qiāncéngsū/, 巴拉瓦餅, 巴拉瓦饼 /bālāwǎ bǐng/ |
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: 巴庫, 巴库 /Bākù/ |
| balaclava {n} (headgear) | :: 巴拉克拉瓦 /bālākèlāwǎ/, 頭套, 头套 /tóutào/ |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: 巴拉萊卡, 巴拉莱卡 /bālāláikǎ/; 巴拉萊卡琴, 巴拉莱卡琴 /bālāláikǎ-qín/; 三角琴 /sānjiǎoqín/ |
| balance {n} (equilibrium) | :: 平衡 /pínghéng/ |
| balance {n} (scales) | :: 天秤 /tiānpíng/ |
| balance {n} (awareness of both viewpoints) | :: 中立 /zhōnglì/ |
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) | :: 結存, 结存 /jiécún/ |
| balance {v} (to estimate) SEE: estimate | :: |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balance of power {n} (situation of equilibrium) | :: 權力平衡, 权力平衡 /quánlì pínghéng/, 均勢, 均势 /jūnshì/, 勢力均衡, 势力均衡 /shìlì jūnhéng/ |
| balance of probabilities {n} (legal standard) | :: 可能差額, 可能差额 /kěnéng chā'é/, 蓋然性權衡, 盖然性权衡 /gàiránxìng quánhéng/ |
| balance of trade {n} (difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time) | :: 貿易差額, 贸易差额 /màoyì chā'é/ |
| balance sheet {n} (summary of assets, liabilities and equity) | :: 資產負債表, 资产负债表 /zīchǎn fùzhaì biaǒ/ |
| balance wheel {n} (timepiece mechanism) | :: 擺輪 / 摆轮 /bǎilún/ |
| balanoposthitis {n} (inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce) | :: 龜頭包皮炎, 龟头包皮炎 /guītóubāopíyán/ |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: 陽臺, 陽台, 阳台 /yángtái/ |
| bald {adj} (having no hair) | :: 禿頭的, 秃头的 /tūtóu de/, 光禿禿的, 光秃秃的 /guāngtūtū de/ |
| bald eagle {n} (species of eagle native to North America) | :: 白頭海雕, 白头海雕 /báitóu hǎidiāo/ |
| balderdash {n} (nonsense) | :: 胡說八道, 胡说八道 /húshuōbādào/ |
| baldness {n} (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) | :: 禿頭, 秃头 /tūtóu/ |
| bald spot {n} (area on the head which has little or no hair) | :: 禿斑, 秃斑 /tūbān/, 秃了一块 /tūleyíkuài/ , 地中海 /dìzhōnghǎi/ |
| Baldwin {prop} (given name) | :: 鮑德溫, 鲍德温 /Bàodéwēn/ |
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail | :: |
| bale {n} (rounded bundle of goods) | :: 捆包 /kǔnbāo/, 包 /bāo/, 捆 /kǔn/ |
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) | :: 巴利阿里群島, 巴利阿里群岛 /Bālì'ālǐ qúndǎo/ |
| baleen {n} (plates in mouth of baleen whale) | :: 鯨鬚, 鲸须 /jīngxū/ |
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder) | :: 鬚鯨, 须鲸 /xūjīng/ |
| Balhae {prop} (kingdom) | :: 渤海國, 渤海国 /Bóhǎiguó/ |
| Bali {prop} (island of Indonesia) | :: 巴厘島, 巴厘岛 /Bālí dǎo/, 巴厘 /Bālí/ |
| Bali {prop} (district in northern Taiwan) | :: 八里 /Bālǐ/ |
| Balkan {adj} (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) | :: 巴爾幹, 巴尔干 /Bā'ěrgàn/ |
| Balkanian {adj} (Balkan) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanic {adj} (of or relating to Balkan peninsula) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanization {n} (fragmentation of a region into several small states) | :: 巴爾幹化, 巴尔干化 /Bā'ěrgànhuà/ |
| Balkanization {n} (any disintegration process) | :: 巴爾幹化, 巴尔干化 /Bā'ěrgànhuà/ |
| Balkan Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in southeastern Europe, see also: Balkans) | :: 巴爾幹半島 |
| Balkans {prop} (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) | :: 巴爾幹, 巴尔干 /Bā'ěrgàn/, 巴爾幹半島, 巴尔干半岛 /Bā'ěrgàn bàndǎo/ |
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere) | :: 球 /qiú/ |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: 球 /qiú/ |
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape) | :: 毛球 /máoqiú/ |
| ball {n} (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone) | :: 壞球, 坏球 /huàiqiú/ |
| ball {n} (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point) | :: 球體 /qiútǐ/, 球体 /qiútǐ/ |
| ball {n} (testicle) | :: 睾丸 /gāowán/ , 蛋 /dàn/ |
| ball {n} (formal dance) | :: 舞會, 舞会 /wǔhuì/ |
| ballad {n} (narrative poem) | :: 民謠, 民谣 /mínyáo/, 歌謠, 歌谣 /gēyáo/, 短歌 /duǎngē/ |
| ballast {n} (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) | :: 壓載, 压载 /yāzài/ |
| ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls) | :: 滾珠軸承, 滚珠轴承 /gǔnzhū zhóuchéng/ |
| ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) | :: 球童 /qiútóng/ |
| ballerina {n} (female ballet dancer) | :: 芭蕾舞演員, 芭蕾舞演员 /bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán/, 芭蕾舞女演員, 芭蕾舞女演员 /bālěiwǔ nǚ yǎnyuán/ |
| ballet {n} (form of dance) | :: 芭蕾舞 /bālěiwǔ/, 舞劇, 舞剧 /wǔjù/ |
| ball game {n} (game played with a ball) | :: 球類運動, 球类运动 /qiúlèi yùndòng/ |
| ball game {n} (specific match) | :: 球賽, 球赛 /qiúsài/ |
| ball game {n} (Mesoamerican ballgame) | :: 中美洲蹴球 /Zhōngměizhōu cùqiú/ |
| ball game {n} (affair, issue) | :: 事情 /shìqing/, 事 /shì/ |
| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game | :: |
| ball girl {n} (female who clears balls) | :: 球童, 球童 /qiútóng/ |
| ballista {n} (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles) | :: 弩炮 /nǔ pào/ |
| ballistic missile {n} (missile) | :: 彈道飛彈, 弹道飞弹 /dàndào fēidàn/, 彈道導彈, 弹道导弹 /dàndào dǎodàn/ |
| ballistics {n} (science of the study of falling objects) | :: 彈道學, 弹道学 /dàndàoxué/ |
| ballistic vest {n} (bulletproof vest) SEE: bulletproof vest | :: |
| ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) | :: 球狀閃電, 球状闪电 /qiúzhuàng shǎndiàn/, 球雷 /qiúléi/ |
| balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob | :: |
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object) | :: 氣球, 气球 /qìqiú/ |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: 氣球, 气球 /qìqiú/ |
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) | :: 氣球, 气球 /qìqiú/, 風船, 风船 /fēngchuán/ |
| balloonfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| ballot {n} (paper used for vote-casting) | :: 選票, 选票 /xuǎnpiào/ |
| ballot {n} (process of voting) | :: 投票 /tóupiào/ |
| ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) | :: 票箱 /piàoxiāng/, 票匭, 票匦 /piàoguǐ/, 投票箱 /tóupiàoxiāng/ |
| ballot paper {n} (voting form) | :: 選票, 选票 /xuǎnpiào/ |
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| ball player {n} (player of a ball game) | :: 球手 /qiúshǒu/ |
| ballplayer {n} (ball player) SEE: ball player | :: |
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen) | :: 圓珠筆, 圆珠笔 /yuánzhūbǐ/ , 原子筆, 原子笔 /yuánzǐbǐ/ |
| ballroom {n} (large room used for dancing) | :: 舞廳, 舞厅 /wǔtīng/ |
| ballroom {n} (type of elegant dance) | :: 交際舞, 交际舞 /jiāojìwǔ/ |
| ballroom dancing {n} (a style of dancing) | :: 社交舞 |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| balls {n} (bravery) | :: 有種, 有种 /yǒuzhǒng/ |
| balm {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (soothing lotion) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (figurative: something soothing) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balmy {adj} (mild and pleasant) | :: 温暖惬意的 |
| balneology {n} (study of baths and bathing) | :: 浴療學, 浴疗学 /yùliáoxué/ , 浴療, 浴疗 /yùliáo/ |
| balneotherapy {n} (treatment of disease by bathing) | :: 浴療法, 浴疗法 /yùliáofǎ/ |
| Balochi {prop} (language) | :: 俾路支語, 俾路支语 /Bǐlùzhī-yǔ/ |
| balsam {n} (soothing ointment) | :: 香脂 /xiāngzhī/, 香膏 /xiānggāo/, 香油 /xiāngyóu/ |
| balsam {n} (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens) | :: 鳳仙花, 凤仙花 /fèngxiānhuā/ |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea | :: |
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) | :: 波羅的海, 波罗的海 /Bōluódì-hǎi/ |
| Baltimore {prop} (city in central Maryland, USA) | :: 巴爾的摩 /Bāěrdìmó/ |
| balun {n} (electronic device) | :: 換衡器 |
| balustrade {n} (row of balusters) | :: 欄杆, 栏杆 /lángān/ |
| balut {n} (embryo food) | :: 毛蛋 /máodàn/ |
| Bamako {prop} (capital of Mali) | :: 巴馬科, 巴马科 /Bāmǎkē/ |
| Bambara {prop} (language) | :: 班巴拉语 |
| Bamberg {prop} (city in south central Germany) | :: 班貝格, 班贝格 /Bānbèigé/ |
| bamboo {n} (plant) | :: 竹子 /zhúzi/ |
| bamboo {n} (wood) | :: 竹子 /zhúzi/, 竹材 /zhúcái/ |
| bamboo {adj} (made of bamboo) | :: 竹製的, 竹製的 /zhú zhì de/ |
| Bamboo Curtain {prop} (political barrier between communist and capitalist in Asia) | :: 竹幕 /zhúmù/ |
| bamboo shoot {n} (edible part of some bamboo types) | :: 竹筍, 竹笋 /zhúsǔn/ |
| ban {v} (forbid) | :: 禁止 /jìnzhǐ/ |
| ban {n} (prohibition) | :: 禁止 /jìnzhǐ/ |
| Banach space {n} (complete normed vector space) | :: 巴拿赫空間, 巴拿赫空间 /Bānáhè kōngjiān/ |
| banal {adj} (common) | :: 平凡 /píngfán/, 平庸 /píngyōng/, 平常 /píngcháng/ |
| banana {n} (fruit) | :: 香蕉 /xiāngjiāo/ |
| banana {n} (plant) | :: 香蕉樹, 香蕉树 /xiāngjiāoshù/ |
| banana {n} (colour) | :: 香蕉顏色, 香蕉颜色 /xiāngjiāo yánsè/ |
| banana {n} (pejorative: person of Asian descent) | :: 香蕉 /xiāngjiāo/ |
| banana bread {n} (type of bread made with mashed bananas) | :: 香蕉麵包, 香蕉面包 /xiāngjiāo miànbāo/ |
| banana leaf {n} (leaf of a banana plant) | :: 芭蕉葉, 芭蕉叶 /bājiāoyè/, 蕉葉, 蕉叶 /jiāoyè/ |
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) | :: 香蕉皮 /xiāngjiāo pí/ |
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) | :: 蕉森鶯 |
| banana republic {n} (country) | :: 香蕉共和國, 香蕉共和国 /xiāngjiāo gònghéguó/ |
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel | :: |
| banana split {n} (A dessert containing a banana cut in half) | :: 香蕉船 /xiāngjiāochuán/ |
| banchan {n} (Korean or similar side dish) | :: 飯饌, 饭馔 /fànzhuàn/, 小菜 /xiǎocài/ |
| band {n} (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) | :: 帶, 带 /dài/, 帶子, 带子 /dàizi/ |
| band {n} (part of radio spectrum) | :: 波段 /bōduàn/ |
| band {n} (group of musicians) | :: 樂隊, 乐队 /yuèduì/ |
| band {n} (group of people loosely united for a common purpose) | :: 黨, 党 /dǎng/ |
| bandage {n} (medical binding) | :: 繃帶, 绷带 /bēngdài/, 綁帶, 绑带 /bǎngdài/ |
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) | :: 包紮, 包扎 /bāozā, bāozhā/ |
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| band-aid {n} (adhesive bandage) | :: 創可貼, 创可贴 /chuàngkětiē/, 邦迪 /bāngdí/, OK繃 |
| bandana {n} (large kerchief) | :: 頭巾, 头巾 /tóujīn/, 大手帕 /dàshǒupà/, 印花絲巾, 印花丝巾 /yìnhuā sījīn/ |
| Bandar Seri Begawan {prop} (capital of Brunei) | :: 斯里巴加灣, 斯里巴加湾 /Sīlǐbājiāwān/, 斯里巴卡旺 /Sīlǐbākǎwàng/ |
| band camp {n} (intensive program) | :: 樂隊營, 乐队营 /yuèduìyíng/ |
| banded anteater {n} (numbat) SEE: numbat | :: |
| bandicoot {n} (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) | :: 袋狸 /dàilí/ |
| bandit {n} (one who robs others) | :: 匪徒 /fěitú/, 土匪 /tǔfěi/, 強盜, 强盗 /qiángdào/ |
| bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog | :: |
| bandsaw {n} (a saw whose blade is a continuous band) | :: 帶鋸, 带锯 /dàijù/ |
| Bandung {prop} (capital city of West Java Province) | :: 萬隆, 万隆 /Wànlóng/ |
| bandura {n} (Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument) | :: 班杜拉琴 /bāndùlāqín/ |
| bandwidth {n} (width of a frequency band) | :: 帶寬, 带宽 /dàikuān/, 頻帶, 频带 /píndài/, 頻寬, 频宽 /pínkuān/ |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| bang {v} (slang: to engage in sexual intercourse) | :: 幹, 干 /gàn/ |
| bang {interj} (verbal percussive sound) | :: 砰 /pēng/ |
| Bangalore {prop} (state capital of Karnataka, India) | :: 班加羅爾, 班加罗尔 /Bānjiāluó'ěr/ |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| Bangkok {prop} (the capital of Thailand) | :: 曼谷 /Màngǔ/ |
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali | :: |
| Bangladesh {prop} (country) | :: 孟加拉國, 孟加拉国 /Mèngjiālāguó/, 孟加拉 /Mèngjiālā/ |
| Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent) | :: 孟加拉人 /Mèngjiālā rén/ |
| Bangladeshi {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bangladesh) | :: 孟加拉的 /Mèngjiālā de/ |
| bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead) | :: 劉海, 刘海 /liúhǎi/, 劉海兒, 刘海儿 /liúhǎir/ |
| Bangui {prop} (capital of the Central African Republic) | :: 班吉 /Bānjí/ |
| banish {v} (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) | :: 逐出 /zhúchū/, 驅逐, 驱逐 /qūzhú/ |
| banister {n} (the handrail on the side of a staircase) | :: 欄杆, 栏杆 /lángān/ |
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument) | :: 班卓琴 /bānzhuōqín/ |
| Banjul {prop} (capital of the Gambia) | :: 班珠爾, 班珠尔 /Bānzhū'ěr/, 班竹 /Bānzhú/ |
| bank {n} (institution) | :: 銀行, 银行 /yínháng/ |
| bank {n} (branch office) | :: 銀行, 银行 /yínháng/ |
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake) | :: 岸 /àn/ |
| bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable | :: |
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) | :: 銀行賬戶, 银行账户 /yínháng zhànghù/, 戶頭, 户头 /hùtóu/ |
| bankbook {n} (booklet used to record bank transactions) | :: 存摺 /cúnzhé/ |
| bank card {n} (card issued by a bank) | :: 銀行卡, 银行卡 /yínhángkǎ/ |
| banker {n} (one who conducts the business of banking) | :: 銀行家, 银行家 /yínhángjiā/ |
| banker's lamp {n} (type of lamp) | :: 銀行燈, 银行灯 /yínhángdēng/ |
| Bankhar {n} | :: 藏獒 /Zàng'áo/ |
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: 鈔票, 钞票 /chāopiào/, 莊票, 庄票 /zhuāngpiào/, 紙幣, 纸币 /zhǐbì/ |
| Bank of China {prop} (state-owned publicly-traded commercial bank based in China) | :: 中國銀行, 中国银行 /zhōngguó yínháng/, 中行 /zhōngháng/ |
| Bank of England {prop} (central bank of the United Kingdom) | :: 英格蘭銀行, 英格兰银行 /Yīnggélán Yínháng/, 英倫銀行, 英伦银行 /Yīnglún Yínháng/ |
| Bank of England {prop} (building in Threadneedle Street) | :: 英格蘭銀行, 英格兰银行 /Yīnggélán Yínháng/, 英倫銀行, 英伦银行 /Yīnglún Yínháng/ |
| Bank of England {prop} (organisation which controls the bank of United Kingdom) | :: 英格蘭銀行, 英格兰银行 /Yīnggélán Yínháng/, 英倫銀行, 英伦银行 /Yīnglún Yínháng/ |
| bankrupt {adj} (having been legally declared insolvent) | :: 破產著, 破产着 /pòchǎnzhe/ |
| bankrupt {v} (force into bankruptcy) | :: 破產, 破产 /pòchǎn/ |
| bankruptcy {n} (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency) | :: 破產, 破产 /pòchǎn/ |
| bank statement {n} (statement of transactions and balances) | :: 銀行對帳單, 银行对帐单 /yínháng duìzhàngdān/ |
| banner {n} (flag) | :: 旗子 /qízi/, 旗 /qí/, 旗幟, 旗帜 /qízhì/ |
| banner {n} (large sign) | :: 橫幅, 横幅 /héngfú/ |
| Banqiao {prop} (administrative seat of New Taipei City; towns in central China) | :: 板橋, 板桥 /Bǎnqiáo/ |
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: 宴會, 宴会 /yànhuì/, 筵席 /yánxí/, 盛宴 /shèngyàn/ |
| banshee {n} (in Irish folklore, a female spirit) | :: 報喪女妖, 报丧女妖 /bàosāng nǚyāo/, 喪門神, 丧门神 /sàngménshén/ , 喪門星, 丧门星 /sàngménxīng/ |
| bantamweight {n} (weight in sports) | :: 最輕量級, 最轻量级 /zuìqīngliàngjí/ |
| bantamweight {n} (competitor) | :: 最輕量級拳擊運動員, 最轻量级拳击运动员 /zuìqīngliàngjí quánjī yùndòngyuán/ |
| Bantu {n} (language family) | :: 班圖 /Bāntú/ |
| banyan {n} (Indian trader, merchant) | :: 印度商人 /Yìndù shāngrén/ |
| banyan {n} (tropical Indian fig tree) | :: 榕 /róng/, 榕樹, 榕树 /róngshù/ |
| banyan {n} (type of loose gown worn in India) | :: 睡袍 /shuìpáo/, 晨衣 /chényī/ |
| banzai {interj} (hurrah) SEE: hurrah | :: |
| banzai {interj} (a celebratory cheer) | :: 萬歲, 万岁 /wànsuì/ |
| bao {n} (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) | :: 包子 /bāozi/ |
| baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata) | :: 猴麵包樹, 猴面包树 /hóu miànbāo shù/; 猢猻樹, 猢狲树 /húsūn shù/ |
| Baoding {prop} (a city in China) | :: 保定 /Bǎodìng/ |
| Baoji {prop} (prefecture-level city in western China) | :: 寶雞, 宝鸡 /Bǎojī/ |
| Baokang {prop} (county in central China) | :: 保康 /Bǎokāng/ |
| Baoshan {prop} (prefecture-level city in China) | :: 保山 /Bǎoshān/ |
| Baoshan {prop} (district in China) | :: 寶山, 宝山 /Bǎoshān/ |
| Baotou {prop} (a prefecture-level city in northern China) | :: 包頭, 包头 /Bāotóu/ |
| baozi {n} (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) | :: 包子 /bāozi/ |
| Baphomet {prop} (pagan deity) | :: 巴風特, 巴风特 /bāfēngtè/, 巴弗滅, 巴弗灭 /bāfúmiè/ |
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize | :: |
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) | :: 洗禮, 洗礼 /xǐlǐ/, 浸禮, 浸礼 /jìnlǐ/ |
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) | :: 領洗池 /lǐngxǐchí/ |
| baptism by fire {n} (baptism of fire) SEE: baptism of fire | :: |
| baptism of fire {n} (the first experience of a severe ordeal) | :: 炮火的洗禮, 炮火的洗礼 /pàohuǒ de xǐlǐ/ |
| Baptist {n} (adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity) | :: 浸禮會教友, 浸礼会教友 /jìnlǐhuì jiàoyǒu/ |
| baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) | :: 施洗 /shīxǐ/, 施浸 /shījìn/ |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| bar {n} (soccer: crossbar) SEE: crossbar | :: |
| bar {n} (music: vertical line across a staff) SEE: bar line | :: |
| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages) | :: 酒吧 /jiǔbā/, 酒館, 酒馆 /jiǔguǎn/, 酒店 /jiǔdiàn/ |
| bar {n} (counter of such a premises) | :: 吧檯, 吧台 /bātái/ |
| bar {v} (to obstruct the passage of) | :: 阻碍, 阻止 |
| bar {v} (to prohibit) | :: 禁止 |
| bar {v} (to lock or bolt with a bar) | :: 闩上 |
| Barack {prop} (male given name) | :: 巴拉克 /Bālākè/ |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: 巴巴多斯 /Bābāduōsī/ |
| Barbara {prop} (cognates and transliterations of female given name) | :: 芭芭拉 /Bābālā/, 巴巴拉 /Bābālā/, 白芭蕾 // |
| barbarian {adj} (uncivilized) | :: 野蠻, 野蛮 /yěmán/, 不文明 /bù wénmíng/ |
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person) | :: 野蠻人, 野蛮人 /yěmánrén/, 番子 /fānzi/, 蠻人, 蛮人 /mánrén/ |
| barbarian {n} (derogatory term for someone from a developing country) | :: 落後的人, 落后的人 /luòhòu de rén/ (backward person) |
| barbarian {n} (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories) | :: 野蠻人, 野蛮人 /yěmánrén/ |
| barbaric {adj} (uncivilised) | :: 野蠻, 野蛮 /yěmán/, 殘暴, 残暴 /cánbào/, 粗野 /cūyě/ |
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian | :: |
| barbarous {adj} (barbaric) SEE: barbaric | :: |
| Barbary lion {n} (Panthera leo leo) | :: 巴巴裡獅, 巴巴里狮 /Bābālǐ shī/ |
| barbecue {n} (cooking instrument) | :: 燒烤, 烧烤 /shāokǎo/ |
| barbecue {v} (to cook food on a barbecue, see also: ) | :: 燒烤, 烧烤 /shāokǎo/ |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce) | :: 燒烤醬, 烧烤酱 /shāokǎojiàng/, 燒烤汁, 烧烤汁 /shāokǎozhī/, 烤肉醬, 烤肉酱 /kǎoròujiàng/, 燒烤調味汁, 烧烤调味汁 /shāokǎo tiáowèizhī/ |
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) | :: 鐵絲網, 铁丝网 /tiěsīwǎng/, 有刺的鐵絲網, 有刺的铁丝网 /yǒu cì de tiěsīwǎng/, 鐵刺絲, 铁刺丝 /tiěcìsī/ |
| barbell {n} (wide steel bar with premeasured weights) | :: 槓鈴, 杠铃 /gànglíng/ |
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: 理髮師, 理发师 /lǐfǎshī/ |
| barberry {n} (Berberis) | :: 小檗 /xiǎobò/ |
| barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop | :: |
| barbershop {n} (barber's shop) | :: 理髮店, 理发店 /lǐfàdiàn, lǐfǎdiàn/ |
| Barbie {n} (doll) | :: 芭比娃娃 /Bābǐ wáwá/, 芭比 /Bābǐ/ |
| barbiturate {n} (salt or ester of barbituric acid) | :: 巴比妥酸鹽, 巴比妥酸盐 /bābǐtuǒ suānyán/, 巴比妥酸酯 /bābǐtuǒ suānzhǐ/ |
| barbiturate {n} (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system) | :: 巴比妥類藥物, 巴比妥类药物 /bābǐtuǒlèi yàowù/ |
| barbituric acid {n} (heterocyclic compound) | :: 巴比妥酸 /bābǐtuǒsuān/, 丙二醯脲, 丙二酰脲 /bǐngèrxiānniào/ |
| barcarole {n} (Venetian folk song) | :: 船歌 /chuángē/ |
| Barcelona {prop} (capital of Catalonia) | :: 巴塞羅那, 巴塞罗那 /Basèluōnà/ , 巴塞隆納, 巴塞隆纳 |
| barchan {n} (arc-shaped sand ridge) | :: 新月形沙丘 /xīnyuèxíng shāqiū/ |
| bar chart {n} (graph in the form of boxes of different heights) | :: 條形圖, 条形图 /tiáoxíngtú/ |
| barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars) | :: 條形碼, 条形码 /tiáoxíngmǎ/, 條碼, 条码 /tiáomǎ/ |
| barcode reader {n} (electronic device) | :: 條碼掃描器, 条码扫瞄器 /tiáomǎ sǎomiáoqì/, 條形碼閱讀器, 条形码阅读器 /tiáoxíngmǎ yuèdúqì/, 條碼槍, 条码枪 /tiáomǎqiāng/ |
| barcode scanner {n} (barcode reader) SEE: barcode reader | :: |
| bard {n} (professional poet and singer) | :: 詩人, 诗人 /shīrén/, 吟遊詩人, 吟游诗人 /yínyóu shīrén/ |
| bard {n} (fat bacon) | :: 熏肉片 /xūnròupiàn/ |
| bardo {n} (state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation) | :: 中有 /zhōngyǒu/, 中陰, 中阴 /zhōngyīn/ |
| bare {adj} (naked, uncovered) | :: 裸, 赤裸 |
| bare {adv} (barely) SEE: barely | :: |
| barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: 赤腳, 赤脚 /chìjiǎo/, 光腳, 光脚 /guāngjiǎo/ |
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: 赤腳, 赤脚 /chìjiǎo/ |
| barefoot doctor {n} (farmer with basic medical training) | :: 赤腳醫生, 赤脚医生 /chìjiǎo yīshēng/ |
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barely {adv} (by a small margin) | :: 僅僅, 仅仅 /jǐnjǐn/ |
| barely {adv} (merely) SEE: merely | :: |
| Barents Sea {prop} (part of the Arctic Ocean) | :: 巴倫支海, 巴伦支海 /Bālúnzhī hǎi/ |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barfly {n} (person who spends much time in a bar) | :: 酒吧的常客 |
| bargain {n} (agreement or contract concerning sale of property) | :: 契約, 契约 /qìyuē/, 合同 /hétóng/ |
| bargain {n} (item bought at a low price) | :: 便宜货, 廉价品 |
| bargain {v} (to make a bargain) | :: 議價, 议价 /yìjià/, 侃價, 侃价 /kǎnjià/, 砍价 |
| barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) | :: 駁船, 驳船 /bóchuán/ |
| bar graph {n} (bar chart) SEE: bar chart | :: |
| barista {n} (person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers) | :: 咖啡師, 咖啡师 /kāfēishī/ |
| baritone {n} (male voice) | :: 男中音 /nánzhōngyīn/ |
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone | :: |
| barium {n} (chemical element) | :: 鋇 /bèi/ |
| bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs)) | :: 汪汪叫 /wāngwāng jiào/, 吠 /fèi/ |
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) | :: 吠 /fèi/ |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: 樹皮, 树皮 /shùpí/ |
| bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle | :: |
| barking deer {n} (muntjac) SEE: muntjac | :: |
| barking dogs seldom bite {proverb} (people who make threats rarely carry them out) | :: 刀子嘴豆腐心 /dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn/, 善吠的狗很少咬人 /shàn fèi-de gǒu hěn shǎo yǎo rén/ |
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: 大麥, 大麦 /dàmài/ |
| bar line {n} (vertical line across a staff) | :: 小節線 /xiaǒjíexiàn/, 小节线 /xiaǒjíexiàn/ |
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender | :: |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| barn {n} (building) | :: 穀倉, 谷仓 /gǔcāng/, 糧倉, 粮仓 /liángcāng/ |
| barnacle {n} (instrument to fix on the nose of a vicious horse) SEE: twitch | :: |
| barnacle {n} (marine crustacean) | :: 藤壺, 藤壶 /ténghú/ |
| Barnaul {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 巴爾瑙爾, 巴尔瑙尔 /Bā'ěrnǎo'ěr/ |
| bar none {adv} (without exception) | :: 無例外, 无例外 /wú lìwài/ |
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) | :: 倉鴞, 仓鸮 /cāngxiāo/ |
| barnstar {n} (image posted on personal page) | :: 星章 /xīngzhāng/ |
| barn swallow {n} (species of swallow) | :: 家燕 /jiāyàn/ |
| bar of chocolate {n} (chocolate bar) SEE: chocolate bar | :: |
| bar of chocolate {n} (slab of chocolate) | :: 巧克力塊, 巧克力块 /qiǎokèlì kuài/ |
| Barolo {n} (wine made from Nebbiolo grapes) | :: 巴羅洛, 巴罗洛 /bāluóluò/ |
| barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) | :: 氣壓表, 气压表 /qìyābiǎo/, 氣壓計, 气压计 /qìyājì/ |
| barometz {n} (half-animal and half-plant said to grow in the form of a sheep, see also: vegetable lamb) | :: 植物羊 /zhíwùyáng/ |
| barometz {n} (Cibotium barometz) | :: 金狗毛蕨 /jīngǒumáojué/ |
| baron {n} (male ruler of a barony) | :: 男爵 /nánjué/ |
| baroness {n} (female ruler of a barony) | :: 男爵夫人 /nánjué fūrén/, 女性男爵 /nǚxìng nánjué/ |
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| barrack {n} (a building for soldiers) | :: 營房, 营房 /yíngfáng/, 兵營, 兵营 /bīngyíng/ |
| barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack | :: |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barracuda {n} (marine fish) | :: 梭子魚, 梭子鱼 /suōziyú/, 梭魚, 梭鱼 /suōyú/ |
| barrage {n} (heavy curtain of artillery fire) | :: 彈幕, 弹幕 /dànmù/ |
| barramundi {n} (species of diadromous fish) | :: 尖吻鱸, 尖吻鲈 /jiānwěnlú/, 巴拉曼底魚, 巴拉曼底鱼 /bālāmàndǐyú/, 盲鰽, 盲鰽 /mángqiú or mángcáo/ |
| barred spiral galaxy {n} (spiral galaxy) | :: 棒旋星系 /tòujìngzhuàng xīngxì/ |
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube | :: |
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar | :: |
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: 桶 /tǒng/ |
| barrel {n} (quantity) | :: 桶 /tǒng/ |
| barrel {n} (metallic tube of a gun) | :: 炮管 /pàoguǎn/, 枪管, 槍管 /qiāngguǎn/ |
| barrel bomb {n} | :: 桶裝炸彈 /tǒng zhuāng zhà dàn/ |
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel) | :: 手搖風琴, 手摇风琴 /shǒuyáo fēngqín/ |
| barren {adj} (infertile) | :: 贫瘠 |
| barren {adj} (bleak) | :: 荒芜 |
| barricade {n} (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) | :: 路障 /lùzhàng/ |
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) | :: 障, 栅栏 |
| barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment) | :: 障 /zhàng/, 障碍 /zhàng'ài/ |
| barrier {n} (boundary or limit) | :: 障, 边界 |
| barrier reef {n} (reef separated from the adjacent coast) | :: 堡礁 /bǎojiāo/ |
| barrister {n} (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) | :: 律師, 律师 /lǜshī/ |
| barrow {n} (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave) | :: 墳塚, 坟冢 /fénzhǒng/, 古墓 /gǔmù/ |
| barrow {n} (castrated boar) | :: 阉公猪 |
| Barry {prop} (a name) | :: 貝瑞, 贝瑞 /Bèiruì/ |
| bar stool {n} (stool used for sitting) | :: 酒吧椅 /jiǔbāyǐ/ |
| barstool {n} (bar stool) SEE: bar stool | :: |
| bartender {n} (person who works in a bar) | :: 酒吧的服務人員, 酒吧的服务人员 /jiǔbā de fúwù rényuán/, 酒保 /jiǔbǎo/, 調酒師, 調酒師 /tiáojiǔshī/ |
| barter {n} (exchange of goods or services) | :: 以物易物 /yǐwùyìwù/, 物物交換, 物物交换 /wùwù jiāohuàn/, 以物換物, 以物换物 /yǐwùhuànwù/, 實物交易, 实物交易 /shíwù jiāoyì/ |
| barter {n} (goods or services) | :: 易貨貿易, 易货贸易 /yìhuò màoyì/ |
| barter {v} (exchange goods or services without involving money) | :: 以物易物 /yǐwùyìwù/, 物物交換, 物物交换 /wùwù jiāohuàn/, 以物換物, 以物换物 /yǐwùhuànwù/, 實物交易, 实物交易 /shíwù jiāoyì/ |
| Bartholin's gland {n} (gland on the vaginal orifice that secretes mucus) | :: 前庭大腺 /qiántíng dàxiàn/ |
| Bartholomew {prop} (the Apostle) | :: 巴爾多祿茂, 巴尔多禄茂 /Bā'ěrduōlùmào/, 巴多罗买, 巴多羅買 /Bāduōluómǎi/ |
| baryon {n} (heavy subatomic particle) | :: 重子 /zhòngzǐ/ |
| basalt {n} (hard rock) | :: 玄武岩 /xuánwǔyán/ |
| base {n} (something from which other things extend) | :: 基礎, 基础 /jīchǔ/ |
| base {n} (starting point of thought) | :: 基礎, 基础 /jīchǔ/ |
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) | :: 基地 /jīdì/ |
| base {n} (headquarters) | :: 總部, 总部 /zǒngbù/ |
| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) | :: 鹼性, 碱性 /jiǎn xìng/ |
| base {n} (safe zone in children's game) | :: 壘, 垒 /lěi/ |
| base {n} (bass) SEE: bass | :: |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| base {n} (radix) SEE: radix | :: |
| baseball {n} (ball game) | :: 棒球 /bàngqiú/ |
| baseball cap {n} (cap) | :: 鸭舌帽, 鴨舌帽 /yāshémào/, 太陽帽, 太阳帽 /tàiyángmào/, 棒球帽 /bàngqiúmào/ |
| baseball player {n} (a person who plays baseball) | :: 棒球運動員, 棒球运动员 /bàngqiú yùndòngyuán/ |
| baseboard {n} (panel or molding between floor and interior wall) SEE: skirting board | :: |
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) | :: 巴塞爾, 巴塞尔 /Bāsài'ěr/ |
| baseless {adj} (based on something that is not true) SEE: unfounded | :: |
| baseline {n} (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play) | :: 底线 /dǐxiàn/ |
| basement {n} (floor below ground level) | :: 地下室 /dìxiàshì/ |
| bash {v} (to strike) | :: 揍 /zòu/ |
| bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide | :: |
| bashful {adj} (inclined to avoid notice) | :: 害羞 /hàixiū/ |
| Bashi Channel {prop} (the channel of water between Luzon and Taiwan) | :: 巴士海峽, 巴士海峡 /Bāshì Hǎixiá/ |
| Bashkir {n} (a Bashkir person) | :: 巴什基爾人, 巴什基尔人 /Bāshíjīěr’rén/ |
| Bashkir {prop} (language) | :: 巴什基爾語, 巴什基尔语 /Bāshíjī'ěr yǔ/ |
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan | :: |
| Bashkortostan {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: 巴什科爾托斯坦, 巴什科尔托斯坦 /Bāshíkē'ěrtuōsītǎn/ |
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| bash the bishop {v} (slang for masturbate (male)) | :: 打飛機, 打飞机 /dǎ fēijī/ (to beat the aeroplane) |
| bash up {v} (assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury) | :: 猛擊, 猛击 /měngjī/, 打傷, 打伤 /dǎshāng/ |
| basic {adj} (necessary, essential for life or some process) | :: 基本的 /jīběn de/ |
| basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional) | :: 基本的 /jīběn de/, 基礎的, 基础的 /jīchǔ de/ |
| basic {adj} (chemistry: of a base) | :: 鹼性 /jiǎnxìng/, 碱性 /jiǎnxìng/ |
| basic education {n} (education) | :: 基礎教育, 基础教育 /jīchǔ jiàoyù/ |
| basic research {n} (type of research) | :: 基礎研究, 基础研究 /jīchǔ yánjiū/ |
| basic training {n} (standard training regime for introducing new recruits) | :: 基本功 /jīběngōng/ |
| basil {n} (plant) | :: 羅勒, 罗勒 /luólè/ |
| basil {n} (herb) | :: 羅勒, 罗勒 /luólè/ |
| Basil {prop} (male given name) | :: 巴賽爾, 巴赛尔 /Bāsài'ěr/ |
| basilica {n} (Christian church building having a nave) | :: 大圣堂 |
| basilisk {n} (snake-like dragon type) | :: 巴西利斯克 /bāxīlìsīkè/ |
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) | :: 洗滌槽, 洗涤槽 /xǐdícáo/ |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) | :: 流域 /liúyù/ |
| basis {n} (underlying condition) | :: 基礎, 基础 /jīchǔ/ |
| basis point {n} (one hundredth of one percentage point) | :: 基點, 基点 /jīdiǎn/ |
| basket {n} (container) | :: 籃子, 篮子 /lánzi/ |
| basket {n} (notional place to store items before ordering them online) | :: 購物籃, 购物篮 /gòuwùlán/ |
| basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended) | :: 籃子, 篮子 /lánzi/ |
| basket {n} (in basketball) | :: 籃圈, 篮圈 /lánquān/ |
| basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket) | :: 得分, 得分 /dé fēn/ |
| basketball {n} (the sport) | :: 籃球, 篮球 /lánqiú/ |
| basketball {n} (the ball used in the sport) | :: 籃球, 篮球 /lánqiú/ |
| basketball hoop {n} (a hoop use in basketball) | :: 籃球框, 篮球框 /lánqiú kuàng/, 籃框, 篮框 /lánkuàng/ |
| basketball player {n} (person who plays basketball) | :: 籃球運動員, 篮球运动员 /lánqiú yùndòngyuán/ |
| basket case {n} (one made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress) | :: 废人 |
| basket case {n} (in a bad condition) | :: 糟糕 |
| Basmachi {prop} (a rebel against the Russian or Soviet rule in Central Asia) | :: 巴斯瑪奇, 巴斯玛奇 /bāsīmǎqí/ |
| Basque {n} (language) | :: 巴斯克語, 巴斯克语 /Bāsīkè yǔ/ |
| Basque {n} (member of a people) | :: 巴斯克人 /Bāsīkèrén/ |
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language) | :: 巴斯克的 /Bāsīkè de/ |
| Basque Country {prop} (geographical region in Spain and France) | :: 巴斯克地區, 巴斯克地区 /Bāsīkè dìqū/ |
| Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain) | :: 巴斯克自治區, 巴斯克自治区 /Bāsīkè zìzhìqū/ |
| Basra {prop} (city in Iraq) | :: 巴士拉 /Bāshìlā/ |
| bas-relief {n} (a low or mostly-flat sculpture) | :: 浮雕 /fúdīao/ |
| bass {n} (low spectrum of sound) | :: 低音 /dīyīn/ |
| bass {n} (singer) | :: 男低音 /nándīyīn/, 低音 /dīyīn/ |
| bass {n} (musical instrument) | :: 貝斯, 贝斯 /bèisī/ |
| bass {n} (perch) | :: 鱸魚, 鲈鱼 /lúyú/ |
| bass bar {n} (long wooden strip) | :: 低音樑, 低音梁 /dīyīnliáng/ |
| bass clef {n} (music symbol) | :: 低音譜號, 低音谱号 /dīyīn pǔhào/ |
| bass drum {n} (large drum with a low pitch) | :: 大鼓 /dàgǔ/ |
| Basseterre {prop} (capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis) | :: 巴斯特爾, 巴斯特尔 /Bāsītè'ěr/ |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: 巴斯特尔 |
| bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass guitar {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: 電貝斯, 电贝斯 /diànbèisī/, 貝斯吉他, 贝斯吉他 /bèisī jítā/, 低音吉他 /dīyīn jítā/, 貝斯 /bèisī/ |
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: 低音管 /dīyīnguǎn/, 巴松管 /bāsōngguǎn/, 大管 /dàguǎn/ |
| bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bast {n} (fibre made from the phloem of certain plants) | :: 韌皮, 韧皮 /rènpí/ |
| bastard {n} (longsword) SEE: longsword | :: |
| bastard {n} (person born to unmarried parents) | :: 私生子 /sīshēngzǐ/ |
| bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person) | :: 王八蛋 /wángbadàn/ |
| bastard {n} | :: 王八蛋 /wángbadàn/, 雜種, 杂种 /zázhǒng/ |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress | :: |
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel | :: |
| bastille {n} (castle tower, or fortified building; small citadel or fortress) | :: 城堡 /chéngbǎo/ |
| Bastille {prop} (a prison in France) | :: 巴士底獄, 巴士底狱 /Bāshìdǐ yù/ |
| Bastille Day {prop} (French national holiday) | :: 巴士底日 /Bāshìdǐ Rì/ |
| bat {n} (small flying mammal) | :: 蝙蝠 /biānfú/, 飛鼠, 飞鼠 /fēishǔ/, 伏翼 /fúyì/, 服翼 /fúyì/, 仙鼠 /xiānshǔ/, 夜燕 /yèyàn/ |
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports) | :: 球棒 /qiúbàng/, 球拍 /qiúpāi/ |
| bat an eyelid {v} (to react in any slight way) | :: 眨眼 |
| batch {n} (quantity of anything produced in one operation) | :: 批次 /pīcì/, 批 /pī/, 批量 /pīliàng/ |
| batch {n} (computing) | :: 程序組, 程序组 /chéngxù zǔ/ |
| batch file {n} (file containing instructions for OS) | :: 批處理文件, 批处理文件 /pīchǔlǐ wénjiàn/, 批處理, 批处理 /pīchǔlǐ/ |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| bat-eared fox {n} (Otocyon megalotis) | :: 蝠耳狐 /fú'ěrhú/, 大耳狐 /dà'ěrhú/, 好望狐 /Hǎowàng hú/ |
| Batesian mimicry {n} (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) | :: 貝氏擬態, 贝氏拟态 /bèishìnǐtài/ |
| bath {n} (tub) | :: 浴缸 /yùgāng/, 浴盆 /yùpén/, 澡盆 /zǎopén/ |
| bath {n} (room) | :: 浴室 /yùshì/ |
| bath {n} (act of bathing) | :: 沐浴 /mùyù/, 洗澡 /xǐzǎo/ |
| Bath {prop} (City in England) | :: 巴斯 /Bā sī/ |
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water) | :: 沐浴 /mùyù/, 洗浴 /xǐyù/ |
| bathe {v} (to sunbathe) SEE: sunbathe | :: |
| bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use) | :: 澡堂 /zǎotáng/, 浴堂 /yùtáng/, 浴池 /yùchí/ |
| bathing {n} (act of bathing) | :: 洗澡 /xǐzǎo/ |
| bathing cap {n} (cap worn by swimmers) SEE: swim cap | :: |
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks | :: |
| bath mat {n} (mat used next to a bathtub) | :: 浴室地墊, 浴室地垫 /yùshì dìdiàn/, 防滑墊, 防滑垫 /fánghuádiàn/ |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir | :: |
| bathrobe {n} (terrycloth robe) | :: 浴衣 /yùyī/ |
| bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub) | :: 浴室 /yùshì/ |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| bathroom scales {n} (flat floor-mounted scales) | :: 體重秤, 体重秤 /tǐzhòngchèng/, 浴室秤 /yùshìchèng/ |
| Bathsheba {prop} (biblical character) | :: 巴特舍巴 /Bātèshèbā/, 拔示巴 /Báshìbā/ |
| bath towel {n} (towel for drying the body) | :: 浴巾 /yùjīn/ |
| bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe) | :: 浴缸 /yùgāng/, 浴盆 /yùpén/, 澡盆 /zǎopén/ |
| bathyscaphe {n} (self-propelled deep-sea submersible) | :: 深潛器, 深潜器 /shēnqiánqì/ |
| bathysphere {n} (diving chamber) | :: 潛水球, 潜水球 /qiánshuǐqiú/ |
| batik {n} (A method of dyeing fabric) | :: 蠟染, 蜡染 /làrǎn/, 蠟纈, 蜡缬 /làxié/ |
| Batman {prop} (the bat-themed hero) | :: 蝙蝠俠 /biānfúxiá/ |
| baton {n} (military staff of office) | :: 警棍 /jǐnggùn/, 棒 /bàng/, 棒子 /bàngzi/ |
| baton {n} (music: conductor's stick) | :: 指揮棒, 指挥棒 /zhǐhuībàng/ |
| baton {n} (club of the police) | :: 警棍 /jǐnggùn/ |
| battalion {n} (army unit) | :: 營, 营 /yíng/, 大隊, 大队 /dàduì/ |
| Battambang {prop} (city in Cambodia) | :: 馬德望, 马德望 /Mǎdéwàng/ |
| batter {n} (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) | :: 麵糊, 面糊 /miànhù/ |
| batter {n} (player attempting to hit the ball) | :: 击球手 |
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) | :: 破城槌 /pòchéngchuí/, 攻城槌 /gōngchéngchuí/ |
| battery {n} (device storing electricity) | :: 電池, 电池 /diànchí/ |
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence) | :: 毆打, 殴打 /ōudǎ/, 蓄意傷害, 蓄意伤害 /xùyì shānghài/ |
| battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery) | :: 砲兵連, 炮兵连 /pàobīng lián/, 砲兵營, 炮兵营 /pàobīng yíng/ |
| battery {n} (array of similar things) | :: 一群 /yī qún/, 一組, 一組 /yī zǔ/, 一系列 /yī xìliè/ |
| battery {n} (set of cages for hens) | :: 雞籠, 鸡笼 /jīlóng/, 籠, 笼 /lóng/ |
| battery electric vehicle {n} (electric vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs) | :: 純電動車, 纯电动车 /chúndiàndòngchē/, 電瓶車, 电瓶车 /diànpíngchē/, 電池電動車, 电池电动车 /diànchí diàndòngchē/, 蓄電池電動機車, 蓄电池电动机车 /xùdiànchí diàndòngjīchē/ |
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: 戰役, 战役 /zhànyì/, 戰鬥, 战斗 /zhàndòu/ |
| battle {n} ((obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion) | :: 斗争 |
| battle {n} | :: 爭鬥, 戰鬥 |
| battle-ax {n} (battle axe) SEE: battle axe | :: |
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar | :: |
| battle axe {n} (ancient military weapon) | :: 戰斧, 战斧 /zhànfǔ/, 斧鉞, 斧钺 /fǔyuè/, 大斧子 /dàfǔzi/, 戚揚, 戚扬 /qīyáng/ |
| battle axe {n} (belligerent woman) | :: 老潑婦, 老泼妇 /lǎopōfù/ |
| battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) | :: 喊殺聲, 喊杀声 /hǎnshāshēng/, 吶喊聲, 呐喊声 /nàhǎnshēng/ |
| battle cry {n} (motto or personal statement) | :: 口號, 口号 /kǒuhào/ |
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) | :: 戰場, 战场 /zhànchǎng/, 沙場, 沙场 /shāchǎng/ |
| battlefront {n} (line along which opposing armies engage in combat) | :: 前線 /qiánxiàn/ |
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| battleground {n} (subject of dispute) | :: 戰場, 战场 /zhànchǎng/ |
| battlement {n} (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) | :: 防衛牆, 防卫墙 /fángwèiqiáng/, 城垛 /chéngduǒ/ |
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) | :: 不列顛戰役, 不列颠战役 /Bùlièdiān zhànyì/ |
| battleship {n} (warship) | :: 戰艦, 戰列艦, 战舰 /zhànjiàn/, 战列舰 /zhànlièjiàn/ |
| battleship {n} (guessing game) | :: 海戰, 海战 /hǎizhàn/ |
| baud {n} (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) | :: 波特 /bōtè/, 鮑, 鲍 /bāo/ |
| Bauhaus {prop} (modernist style) | :: 包豪斯 /Bāoháosī/ |
| bauxite {n} (ore) | :: 鋁土礦, 铝土矿 /lǚtǔkuàng/ |
| Bavaria {prop} (state) | :: 拜恩 /Bái'ēn/ |
| Bavarian {prop} (German dialect) | :: 巴伐利亚语 (Bāfálìyà yǔ) |
| ba-wan {n} (Taiwanese snack food) | :: 肉圓, 肉圆 /ròuyuán/ |
| bay {n} (herb) | :: 月桂 /yuèguì/ |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: 海灣, 海湾 /hǎiwān/, 灣, 湾 /wān/ |
| bay {n} (brown colour/color) | :: 紅褐色, 红褐色 /hónghésè/ |
| Bay {prop} (area) | :: 灣區, 湾区 /Wānqū/ |
| bayan {n} (a Russian accordion) | :: 手風琴, 手风琴 /shǒufēngqín/ , 鍵鈕式手風琴, 键钮式手风琴 /jiàn niǔ shì shǒufēngqín/ |
| Bayer designation {n} (stellar designation) | :: 拜耳命名法, 巴耶恆星命名法 |
| Bayingolin {prop} (an autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang) | :: 巴音郭楞 /Bāyīnguōléng/ |
| bay leaf {n} (herb) | :: 月桂 /yuèguì/ |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: 孟加拉灣, 孟加拉湾 /Mèngjiālā wān/ |
| bayonet {n} (weapon) | :: 刺刀 /cìdāo/ |
| Bayonne {prop} (city and commune of southwest France) | :: 巴约讷 /Bāyuēnè/ |
| bazaar {n} (marketplace) | :: 市場, 市场 /shìchǎng/, 巴扎 /bāzhā/, 巴剎, 巴刹 /bāshā/, 街市 /jiēshì/, 集市 /jíshì/ |
| Bazhong {prop} (prefecture-level city in China) | :: 巴中 /Bāzhōng/ |
| bazooka {n} (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: 巴祖卡 /bāzǔkǎ/, 火箭筒 /huǒjiàntǒng/ |
| BB cream {n} (facial cosmetic product) | :: BB霜 /BB shuāng/ |
| BBS {n} (bulletin board system) | :: 論壇, 论坛 /lùntán/, 揭示板 /jiēshìbǎn/ |
| BC {adv} (before Christ) | :: 公元前 /gōngyuánqián/, 主前 /zhǔqián/ |
| BCE {adv} (before the common era) | :: 公元前 /gōngyuán qián/ |
| BCG {n} (Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin) | :: 卡介苗 /kǎjièmiáo/ |
| béchamel sauce {n} (white sauce made with butter, flour and milk) | :: 貝夏梅爾調味醬, 贝夏梅尔调味酱 /bèixiàméi'ěr tiáowèijiàng/, 白汁 /báizhī/, 白醬, 白酱 /báijiàng/, 貝夏媚醬, 贝夏媚酱 /bèixiàmèijiàng/ |
| Béchamp {prop} (Francophone surname) | :: 貝尚, 贝尚 /Bèishàng/ |
| Bắc Kạn {prop} (province of Vietnam) | :: 北𣴓 /Běijiàn/ |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: 在 /zài/ |
| be {v} (occur, take place) | :: 在 /zài/, 有 /yǒu/ |
| be {v} (exist) | :: 是 /shì/, 有 /yǒu/ |
| be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar) | :: 是 /shì/, 有 /yǒu/, 在 /zài/, 來, 来 /lái/ |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) | :: Literary: 唯 /wéi/ , 也 /yě/; 是 /shì/ |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same) | :: 是 /shì/ |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal) | :: 是 /shì/, |
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) | :: Not used in Chinese |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase) | :: 是 /shì/ |
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice) | :: 被/為(为)/遭 /bèi/ + verb, or implied |
| be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) | :: 在 /zài/, 正在 /zhèngzài/, verb + 著, 着 /zhe/ |
| be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs) | :: Not used in Chinese |
| be {v} (used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive) | :: Not used in Chinese |
| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) | :: Not used in Chinese |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: 能 /néng/, 能夠, 能够 /nénggòu/, 會, 会 /huì/ |
| beach {n} (sandy shore) | :: 海灘, 海滩 /hǎitān/ |
| beach ball {n} (a large light inflatable ball used in beach games) | :: 海灘球, 海滩球 /hǎitān qiú/ |
| beach soccer {n} (variant of soccer) | :: 沙灘足球, 沙滩足球 /shātān zúqiú/ |
| beach towel {n} (towel used at the beach) | :: 沙灘毛巾, 沙滩毛巾 /shātān máojīn/ |
| beach volleyball {n} (sport) | :: 沙灘排球, 沙滩排球 /shātān páiqiú/ |
| beach volleyball {n} (ball) | :: 沙灘排球, 沙滩排球 /shātān páiqiú/ |
| beacon {n} (signal fire) | :: 烽 /fēng/, 狼烟 /láng yān/ |
| bead {n} (rosary ball) | :: 念珠 /niànzhū/, 珠 /zhū/ |
| bead {n} (pierced small round object) | :: 珠子 /zhūzi/ |
| bead {n} (small drop of liquid) | :: 小滴 /xiǎodī/ |
| beads {n} (beaded necklace) | :: 念珠 /niànzhū/, 珠 /zhū/ |
| bead tree {n} (Melia azedarach) | :: 楝樹, 楝树 /liànshù/ |
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: 鳥嘴, 鸟嘴 /niǎozuǐ/, 嘴 /zuǐ/, 喙 /huì/ |
| beam {n} (large piece of timber or iron) | :: 梁 /liáng/, 橫梁, 横梁 /héngliáng/ |
| beam {n} (ray) | :: 光束 /guāngshù/, 光線, 光线 /guāngxiàn/, 射線, 射线 /shèxiàn/ |
| beam {n} (connector of notes) | :: 符槓 /fúgàng/, 符杠 /fúgàng/ |
| bean {n} (seed) | :: 豆 /dòu/ |
| bean {n} (guinea coin) SEE: guinea | :: |
| beanbag {n} (piece of furniture) | :: 豆袋沙發, 豆袋沙发 /dòudài shāfā/, 懶人沙發, 懒人沙发 /lǎnrén shāfā/ |
| beanbag {n} (small cloth bag) | :: 豆袋 |
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu | :: |
| bean goose {n} (Anser fabalis) | :: 豆雁 /dòuyàn/ |
| beanie {n} (cap that fits the head closely) | :: 毛線帽, 毛线帽 /máoxiànmào/ |
| bean sprout {n} (a sprout grown out of a bean) | :: 綠豆芽, 绿豆芽 /lǜdòuyá/, 豆芽 /dòuyá/ |
| bean sprout {n} (the vegetarian food) | :: 芽菜 /yácài/, 豆芽 /dòuyá/, 豆芽菜 /dòuyácài/ |
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| bear {v} (to carry) | :: 攜帶, 携带 /xiédài/, 攜, 携 /xié/, 帶, 带 /dài/, 運, 运 /yùn/ |
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) | :: 忍受 /rěnshòu/, 忍耐 /rěnnài/ |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: 熊 /xióng/, 魋 /tuí/ |
| bear {n} (large hairy man) | :: 熊 /xióng/ |
| bearcat {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda | :: |
| bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda | :: |
| bear cub {n} (young bear) | :: 熊崽 /xióngzǎi/, 小熊 /xiǎoxióng/ |
| beard {n} (facial hair) | :: 鬍子, 胡子 /húzi/, 鬍鬚, 胡须 /húxū/ |
| bearded tit {n} (Panurus biarmicus) | :: 文須雀, 文须雀 /wénxūquè/ |
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| bear fruit {v} (succeed in some task) | :: 見效, 见效 /jiànxiào/, 結實, 结实 /jiēshí/ |
| bear hug {n} (any especially large hug, usually friendly) | :: 熊抱 /xióngbào/ |
| bearing {n} (mechanical device) | :: 軸承, 轴承 /zhóuchéng/ |
| bearing {n} (nautical sense) | :: 方位 /fāngwèi/, 方向 /fāngxiàng/ |
| bearing {n} (relevance) | :: 關係, 关系 /guānxi/ |
| bearing {n} (posture) | :: 舉止, 举止 /jǔzhǐ/ |
| bear in mind {v} (remember, consider) | :: 注意 /zhùyì/, 記住, 记住 /jìzhù/ |
| bear market {n} (state of stock market) | :: 熊市 /xióngshì/ |
| bear meat {n} (meat from a bear) | :: 熊肉 /xióngròu/ |
| be ashamed {v} (feel ashamed) | :: （感到）慚愧, （感到）惭愧 /(gǎndào) cánkuì/ |
| beast {n} (non-human animal) | :: 四足獸, 四足兽 /sì zú shòu/, 獸, 兽 /shòu/, 野獸, 野兽 /yěshòu/ |
| beast {n} (violent/antisocial person) | :: 畜生 /chùshēng/, 兇暴而殘忍的人, 凶暴而残忍的人 /xiōngbào ér cánrěn de rén/, 禽獸, 禽兽 /qínshòu/ |
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load) | :: 馱畜, 驮畜 /tuóchù/ |
| beast of burden {n} (domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans) | :: 馴養動物, 驯养动物 /xùnyǎng dòngwù/ |
| beast of prey {n} (animal) | :: 食肉動物, 食肉动物 /shíròu dòngwù/, 猛獸, 猛兽 /měngshòu/ |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: 打擊, 打击 /dǎjī/, 打 /dǎ/ |
| beat {v} (to strike or pound repeatedly) | :: 打 /dǎ/ |
| beat {v} (to win against) | :: 贏, 赢 /yíng/, 勝利, 胜利 /shènglì/ |
| beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop | :: |
| beat around the bush {v} (to treat a topic but omit its main points) | :: 拐彎抹角, 拐弯抹角 /guǎiwānmòjiǎo/, 轉彎抹角, 转弯抹角 /zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo/, 兜圈子 /dōuquānzi/, 繞圈子, 绕圈子 /ràoquānzi/ |
| beaten {adj} (defeated) SEE: defeated | :: |
| beater {n} (a kitchen implement for mixing) | :: 攪拌器, 搅拌器 /jiǎobànqì/, 攪打器, 搅打器 /jiǎodǎqì/ |
| beatification {n} (the act of beatifying) | :: 宣福禮, 宣福礼 /xuānfúlǐ/ |
| beat it {v} (to go away) | :: 滾！, 滚！ /gǔn!/, 走開！, 走开！ /zǒukāi!/, 滾開！, 滚开！ /gǔnkāi/ |
| beat it {v} (vulgar: to masturbate) | :: 打飛機, 打飞机 /dǎ fēijī/ |
| Beatles {prop} (rock music quartet) | :: 披頭士, 披头士 /Pītóushì/, 披頭四, 披头四 /Pītóusì/ |
| beat one's brains out {v} (rack one's brain) SEE: rack one's brain | :: |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) | :: 蒲福氏風級 /púfúshìfēngjí/ |
| beautician {n} (one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments) | :: 美容師, 美容师 /měiróngshī/ |
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) | :: 漂亮 /piàoliang/, 美 /měi/, 好看 /hǎokàn/, 美麗, 美丽 /měilì/ |
| beautiful {adj} (of weather: pleasant, clear) | :: 好天 /hǎotiān/ |
| beautifully {adv} (In a beautiful manner) | :: 美麗地, 美丽地 /měilì de/ |
| beautify {v} (to make beautiful or more beautiful) | :: 美化 /měihuà/ |
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: 美麗, 美丽 /měilì/, 漂亮 /piàoliang/, 美 /měi/ |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: male) | :: 帥哥, 帅哥 /shuàigē/ |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female) | :: 美人 /měirén/, 美女 /měinǚ/ |
| beauty {n} (something particularly good or pleasing) | :: 美 /mĕi/ |
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder {proverb} (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) | :: 情人眼裡出西施, 情人眼里出西施 /qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xī Shī/, 情人眼中出西施 /qíngrén yǎnzhōng chū Xīshī/ |
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) | :: 選美比賽, 选美比赛 /xuǎnměi bǐsài/, 選美, 选美 /xuǎnměi/, 選美活動, 选美活动 /xuǎnměi huódòng/ |
| beauty parlor {n} (salon with hairdressers and beauticians) | :: 美容院 /měiróngyuàn/ |
| beauty salon {n} (beauty salon) SEE: beauty parlor | :: |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) | :: 海狸 /hǎilí/, 河狸 /hélí/ |
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake | :: |
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up | :: |
| be awake {v} (to not sleep) | :: 醒 /xǐng/ |
| beazle {n} (bezel) SEE: bezel | :: |
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) | :: 出生 /chūshēng/, 出世 /chūshì/ |
| becak {n} (cycle rickshaw) SEE: cycle rickshaw | :: |
| be called {v} (to have a specific name) | :: 叫 /jiào/, 稱為, 称为 /chēngwéi/ |
| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution) | :: 小心 /xiǎoxīn/ |
| because {adv} (on account) | :: 因為, 因为 /yīnwèi/ |
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) | :: 因為, 因为 /yīnwèi/, 由於, 由于 /yóuyú/ |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: 由於, 由于 /yóuyú/, 基於, 基于 /jīyú/, 為了, 为了 /wèile/ |
| become {v} (to begin to be) | :: 成 /chéng/, 成為, 成为 /chéngwéi/, ...了 /...le/ |
| becquerel {n} (unit of radioactive activity) | :: 貝克勒爾, 贝克勒尔 /bèikèlè'ěr/ |
| bed {n} (shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear) SEE: pallet | :: |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: 床 /chuáng/, 床鋪, 床铺 /chuángpù/, 睡鋪, 睡铺 /shuìpù/, 臥榻, 卧榻 /wòtà/ |
| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) | :: 河床 /héchuáng/ |
| bed {n} (deposit of ore, coal etc.) | :: 矿床 /kuàngchuáng/ |
| bed and breakfast {n} (guesthouse providing breakfast) | :: 提供住宿與早餐的旅館, 提供住宿与早餐的旅馆 /tígōng zhùsù yǔ zǎocān de lǚguǎn/, 住宿加早餐酒店 /zhùsù jiā zǎocān jiǔdiàn/, 民宿 /mínsù/ |
| bedboard {n} (part of bed) | :: 床板, 铺板 |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: 臭蟲, 臭虫 /chòuchóng/, 壁蝨, 壁虱 /bìshī/, 蜰蟲, 蜰虫 /féichóng/, 床蝨, 床虱 /chuángshī/ |
| bedclothes {n} (sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed) | :: 床上用品 /chuángshàng yòngpǐn/ |
| bedcover {n} (decorative cover for a bed) SEE: bedspread | :: |
| bedouin {n} (desert-dweller) | :: 貝都因人, 贝都因人 /bèidōuyīn rén/ |
| bedpan {n} (chamber pot used while still in bed) | :: 便盆 /biànpén/ |
| bedraggled {adj} (unkempt) | :: 全身湿透的, 满身泥污的 |
| bedrock {n} (underground solid rock) | :: 基岩 /jīyán/ |
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: 臥室, 卧室 /wòshì/, 寢室, 寝室 /qǐnshì/ |
| bed sheet {n} (sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: 床單, 床单 /chuángdān/ |
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: 床單, 床单 /chuángdān/ |
| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand | :: |
| bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure) | :: 褥瘡 /rǔchuāng/, 褥疮 |
| bedspread {n} (coverlet) SEE: coverlet | :: |
| bedspread {n} (topmost covering of a bed) | :: 床罩 /chuángzhào/ |
| bedtime {n} (time when one goes to bed to sleep) | :: 就寢時間, 就寝时间 /jiùqǐn shíjiān/ |
| bedtime story {n} (story read to children before they sleep) | :: 睡前故事 /shuìqián gùshì/ |
| bedwetter {n} (person who (habitually) urinates in his bed (during sleep)) | :: 尿床的人 /niàochuáng de rén/, 遺尿症患者, 遗尿症患者 /yíniàozhèng huànzhě/ |
| bedwetter {n} (coward (pejorative)) | :: 膽小鬼, 胆小鬼 /dǎnxiǎoguǐ/ |
| bedwetting {n} (involuntary urination while asleep) | :: 尿床 /niàochuáng/, 遺尿, 遗尿 /yíniào/, 夜遺尿, 夜遗尿 /yèyíniào/ |
| bee {n} (insect) | :: 蜜蜂 /mìfēng/ |
| bee {n} (name of the letter B, b) | :: |
| beebread {n} (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions) | :: 蜂花粉 /fēnghuāfěn/ |
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) | :: 山毛櫸, 山毛榉 /shānmáojǔ/, 水青岡 /shuǐqīnggāng/ |
| bee-eater {n} (bird in the family Meropidae) | :: 食蜂鳥, 食蜂鸟 /shífēngniǎo/, 蜂虎科 /fēnghǔ-kē/ (family) |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: 牛肉 /niúròu/ |
| beef jerky {n} | :: 牛肉干 |
| beefsteak {n} (steak) | :: 牛排 /niúpái/ |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beehive {n} (home of bees) | :: 蜂箱 /fēngxiāng/, 蜂巢 /fēngcháo/ |
| beekeeper {n} (someone who keeps bees) | :: 養蜂人, 养蜂人 /yǎngfēngrén/ |
| beekeeping {n} (raising bees) | :: 養蜂, 养蜂 /yǎngfēng/, 養蜂業, 养蜂业 /yǎngfēngyè/ |
| Beelzebub {prop} (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) | :: 别西卜 /Biéxībǔ/, 巴力西卜 /Bālìxībǔ/, 貝爾則步, 贝尔则步 /Bèiěrzébù/ |
| been there, done that {phrase} (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) | :: 曾經滄海難為水, 曾经沧海难为水 /céngjīngcānghǎi nánwéi shuǐ/ |
| beep {n} (the sound of a the horn of a car) | :: 嘟嘟響, 嘟嘟响 /dūdū xiǎng/, 嘟嘟聲, 嘟嘟声 /dūdū shēng/, 嘟 /dū/, 嘟嘟 /dūdū/ |
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: 啤酒 /píjiǔ/ |
| beer bar {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour | :: |
| beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen) | :: 將軍肚, 将军肚 /jiāngjūndù/, 啤酒肚 /píjiǔdù/ |
| beer bottle {n} (a bottle designed to contain beer) | :: 啤酒瓶 /píjiǔpíng/ |
| beer can {n} (can containing beer) | :: 啤酒罐 /píjiǔguàn/ |
| beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly | :: |
| beer mat {n} (mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, to rest one's glass) | :: 啤酒杯墊, 啤酒杯垫 /píjiǔ bēidiàn/ |
| beer parlor {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour | :: |
| beer parlour {n} (a bar, selling beers, that has tables) | :: 啤酒客廳, 啤酒客厅 /píjiǔ kètīng/, 啤酒館, 啤酒馆 /píjiǔguǎn/ |
| bee sting {n} (puncture from a bee) | :: 蜂蜇傷, 蜂蜇伤 /fēngzhēshāng/ |
| bee sting {n} (very small breasts) | :: 飛機場, 飞机场 /fēijīchǎng/ |
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum | :: |
| beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees) | :: 蜜蠟, 蜜蜡 /mìlà/ |
| beet {n} (Beta vulgaris) | :: 甜菜 /tiáncài/ |
| Beethoven {prop} (German surname) | :: 貝多芬, 贝多芬 /Bèiduōfēn/ |
| beetle {n} (insect) | :: 甲蟲, 甲虫 /jiǎchóng/, 甲殼蟲, 甲壳虫 /jiǎqiàochóng, jiǎkéchóng/ |
| Beetle {n} (Volkswagen car) | :: 甲殼蟲, 甲壳虫 /Jiǎqiàochóng/ |
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) | :: 紅菜頭, 红菜头 /hóngcàitóu/, 甜菜根 /tiáncàigēn/, 甜菜 /tiáncài/ |
| before {prep} (earlier than) | :: ...以前 /...yǐqián/, ...之前 /...zhīqián/ |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: ...以前 /...yǐqián/, ...之前 /...zhīqián/ |
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) | :: ...以前 /...yǐqián/, ...之前 /...zhīqián/ |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: 以前 /yǐqián/ |
| before dark {prep} (before night begins to fall) | :: 在黃昏之前, 在黄昏之前 /zài huánghūn zhīqián/ |
| beforehand {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: 提前 /tíqián/, 事先 /shìxiān/, 先行 /xiānxíng/, 預先, 预先 /yùxiān/, 頭裡, 头里 /tóuli/ |
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| befoul {v} (to make foul, to soil) | :: 弄脏 |
| befriend {v} (make friends) SEE: make friends | :: |
| befuddle {v} (perplex or confuse) | :: 使困惑, 使迷惑 |
| beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) | :: 央求 /yāngqiú/, 求 /qiú/, 乞討, 乞讨 /qǐtǎo/ |
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) | :: 央求 /yāngqiú/, 求 /qiú/ |
| beget {v} (to beget) SEE: procreate | :: |
| beget {v} (to cause, to produce) | :: 招致 /zhāozhì/ |
| beget {v} (to procreate) | :: 生育 /shēngyù/, 生殖 /shēngzhí/, 產生, 产生 /chǎnshēng/ |
| beggar {n} (person who begs) | :: 乞丐 /qǐgài/, 叫花子 /jiàohuāzi/, 花子 /huāzi/ |
| beggar {n} (person suffering poverty) | :: 窮人, 穷人 /qióngrén/ |
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: 開始, 开始 /kāishǐ/ |
| beginner {n} (someone who just recently started) | :: 初學者, 初学者 /chūxuézhě/ |
| beginner's luck {n} (beginner's luck) | :: 新手的運氣, 新手的运气 /xīnshǒu de yùnqì/ |
| beginning {n} (act of doing that which begins anything) | :: 開始, 开始 /kāishǐ/ |
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something) | :: 起源 |
| begrudge {v} (give reluctantly) | :: 勉強(給), 勉强(给) (miǎnqiǎng ), 不愿(給), 不愿(给) (bùyuàn ), 吝惜 /lìnxī/ |
| begrudge {v} (be envious or covetous) | :: 妒忌 /dùjì/ |
| beg to differ {v} (offer an opposing opinion humbly) | :: 不敢苟同 /bùgǎngǒutóng/ |
| beg to differ {v} (differ strongly in opinion) | :: 不敢苟同 /bùgǎngǒutóng/ |
| beguile {v} (to deceive or delude (using guile)) | :: 欺騙, 欺骗 /qīpiàn/, 欺瞞, 欺瞒 /qīmán/ |
| beguile {v} (charm, delight) | :: 迷人 /mírén/ |
| beguine {n} (ballroom dance) | :: 比根 /bǐgēn/, 比根舞 /bǐgēnwǔ/ |
| beguine {n} (music) | :: 比跟音樂, 比跟音乐 (bǐgēn yīnyuè) |
| behave {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) | :: 做人 /zuòrèn/, 舉動, 举动 /jǔdòng/ |
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave | :: |
| behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts) | :: 行為, 行为 /xíngwéi/ |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: 行為, 行为 /xíngwéi/ |
| behavioral crisis {n} | :: 行為危機, 行为危机 /xíngwéi wēijī/ |
| behaviorism {n} (approach to psychology focusing on behavior) | :: 行為主義, 行为主义 /xíngwéizhǔyì/ |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behavioural science {n} (analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour) | :: 行為科學, 行为科学 /xíngwéi kēxué/ |
| behead {v} (to remove the head) | :: 砍頭, 砍头 /kǎntóu/, 斬首, 斩首 /zhǎnshǒu/ |
| beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading | :: |
| beheading {n} (an instance of beheading) | :: 斬首, 斩首 /zhǎnshǒu/, 斬罪, 斩罪 /zhǎnzuì/, 斷頭, 断头 /duàntóu/, 杀头, 殺頭 /shātóu/, 問斬, 问斩 /wènzhǎn/ |
| behemoth {n} (mighty beast in the Book of Job) | :: 貝西摩斯, 贝西摩斯 /bèixīmósī/, 巨獸, 巨兽 /jùshòu/ |
| behemoth {n} (mighty monster) | :: 巨獸, 巨兽 /jùshòu/ |
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow | :: |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| Behçet's disease {n} (multi-system disorder) | :: 貝賽特氏症, 贝赛特氏症 /Bèisàitèshì zhèng/ |
| behind {prep} (at the back of) | :: ...後面, ...后面 /... hòumiàn/, ...後邊, ...后边 /... hòubiān/ |
| behind {prep} (to the back of) | :: ...後面, ...后面 /... hòumiàn/, ...後邊, ...后边 /... hòubiān/ |
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison) | :: 關在監牢裡, 关在监牢里 /guān zài jiānláo lǐ/, 身陷囹圄 /shēnxiànlíngyǔ/ |
| behind every successful man there stands a woman {proverb} (men's success often depends on the support and work and support of their wives for female partners) | :: 每個成功的男人背後都有一個女人, 每个成功的男人背后都有一个女人 /měi gè chénggōng de nánrén bèihòu dōu yǒu yīgè nǚrén/ |
| behind the scenes {prep} (in secret; out of public view) | :: 幕後, 幕后 /mùhòu/ |
| behind the times {prep} (out of date, old-fashioned) | :: 過時, 过时 /guòshí/, 落伍 /luòwǔ/, 落後, 落后 /luòhòu/ |
| behind time {prep} (arriving late) | :: 遲到, 迟到 /chídào/, 來晚, 来晚 /lái wǎn/ |
| behold {v} (to see, to look at) | :: 看 /kàn/ |
| beholder {n} (someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator) | :: 旁觀者, 旁观者 /pángguānzhě/ |
| Beigan {prop} (township in Lienchiang (the Matsu Islands), Taiwan (ROC)) | :: 北竿 /Běigān/ |
| beige {n} (colour) | :: 米黃, 米黄 /mǐhuáng/, 米色 /mǐsè/ |
| beige {adj} (having a slightly yellowish gray colour) | :: 米黃, 米黄 /mǐhuáng/, 米色 /mǐsè/ |
| Beihai {prop} (city in China) | :: 北海 /Běihǎi/ |
| Beijing {prop} (capital of China) | :: 北京 /Běijīng/ |
| Beijinger {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijingese {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijingese {adj} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijing opera {n} (Peking opera) SEE: Peking opera | :: |
| be in for {v} (able to expect) | :: 可能會遭到, 可能会遭到 /kěnéng huì zāodào/ |
| being {n} (a living creature) | :: 生物 /shēngwù/ |
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence) | :: 存在 /cúnzài/ |
| Beirut {prop} (capital of Lebanon) | :: 貝魯特, 贝鲁特 /Bèilǔtè/ |
| bek {n} (Turkic governor) | :: 伯克 /bókè/ |
| Bekasi {prop} (city in Indonesia) | :: 勿加泗 /Wùjiāsì/ |
| Belarus {prop} (country) | :: 白俄羅斯, 白俄罗斯 /Bái'éluōsī/, 白俄國, 白俄国 /Bái'éguó/ |
| Belarusian {adj} (pertaining to Belarus) | :: 白俄羅斯的, 白俄罗斯的 /Bái'éluósī de/ |
| Belarusian {n} (language) | :: 白俄羅斯語, 白俄罗斯语 /bái'éluósīyǔ/, 白俄羅斯文, 白俄罗斯文 /bái'éluósīwén/ |
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent) | :: 白俄羅斯人, 白俄罗斯人 /bái'éluósīrén/ |
| be late {v} (arrive late) | :: 遲到 /chídào/ |
| belated {adj} (later in relation to the proper time) | :: 晚到的, 迟来的 |
| bel canto {n} (elegant style of singing) | :: 美聲唱法, 美声唱法 /měishēng chàngfǎ/ |
| belch {v} (expel gas from the stomach through the mouth) | :: 打嗝 /dǎgé/, 噯氣, 嗳气 /ǎiqì/, 飽嗝, 饱嗝 /bǎogé/, 嗝 /gé/ |
| Belfast {prop} (capital of Northern Ireland) | :: 貝爾法斯特, 贝尔法斯特 /Bèi'ěrfǎsītè/ |
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium) | :: 比利時人, 比利时人 /bǐlìshírén/ |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) | :: 比利時的, 比利时的 /Bǐlìshí de/ |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) | :: 比利時牧羊犬, 比利时牧羊犬 /Bǐlìshí mùyáng quǎn/ |
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) | :: 比利時, 比利时 /Bǐlìshí/ |
| Belgorod {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: 別爾哥羅德, 别尔哥罗德 /Bié'ěrgēluódé/ |
| Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia) | :: 貝爾格萊德, 贝尔格莱德 /Bèi'ěrgéláidé/ |
| belief {n} (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) | :: 相信 /xiāngxìn/, 信心 /xìnxīn/ |
| belief {n} (something believed) | :: 信念 /xìnniàn/ |
| belief {n} (religious faith) | :: 信仰 /xìnyǎng/, 信教 /xìnjiào/ |
| belief system {n} (system of beliefs) | :: 信仰體系, 信仰体系 /xìnyǎng tǐxì/ |
| believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible) | :: 可相信的 (kě xiāngxìn de) |
| believe {v} (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) | :: 相信 /xiāngxìn/ |
| believe {v} (to accept as true) | :: 相信 /xiāngxìn/ |
| believe it or not {adv} (you may not believe the following, but it is true) | :: 信不信由你 |
| believer {n} (person who believes) | :: 信徒 /xìntú/ |
| belittle {v} (to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is) | :: 貶低, 贬低 /biǎndī/, 輕視, 轻视 /qīngshì/ |
| Belize {prop} (country) | :: 伯利茲, 伯利兹 /Bǎilìzī/ |
| Belizean {n} (person from Belize) | :: 伯利茲人 /bólìzī rén/ |
| Belizean {adj} (Pertaining to Belize) | :: 伯利兹的 /bólìzī de/ |
| Belizian {n} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| Belizian {adj} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| bell {n} (percussive instrument) | :: 鐘, 钟 /zhōng/, 鈴, 铃 /líng/ |
| belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade | :: |
| bell-bottoms {n} (pants that are flared from the knee downwards) | :: 喇叭褲, 喇叭裤 /lǎbākù/ |
| bellboy {n} (A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands) | :: 服務生, 服务生 /fúwùshēng/ |
| belle {n} (beautiful woman) | :: 美女 /měinǚ/, 美人 /měirén/ |
| Belle Époque {prop} (period of European history) | :: 美好年代 /Měihǎo Niándài/ |
| belles-lettres {n} (humanities) SEE: humanities | :: |
| belles-lettres {n} (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties) | :: 純文學, 纯文学 /chúnwénxué/, 美文 /měiwén/, 詩禮, 诗礼 /shīlǐ/ |
| bellgirl {n} (a female bellhop) | :: 女性服务生 /nǚxìng fúwùshēng/ |
| bell housing {n} (cover) | :: 外殼, 外壳 /wàiké/, 外罩 /wàizhào/, 飛輪殼, 飞轮壳 /fēilúnké/, 鐘型罩, 钟型罩 /zhōngxíngzhào/ |
| bellicism {n} (an inclination to war) | :: 黷武主義, 黩武主义 /dúwǔ zhǔyì/ |
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger | :: |
| belligerent {adj} (engaged in warfare) | :: 参战的, 交战中的 |
| belligerent {n} (state or other armed participant in warfare) | :: 交战国 /jiāozhànguó/ |
| bellows {n} (air blower) | :: 風箱, 风箱 /fēngxiāng/ |
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) | :: 菜椒 /càijiāo/ |
| bells and whistles {n} (extra features added for show rather than function) | :: 花哨的附加功能, 花哨的附加功能 /huāshao de fùjiā gōngnéng/ |
| Bell's palsy {n} (paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve) | :: 貝爾氏麻痺, 贝尔氏麻痹 /Bèi'ěrshì mábì/ |
| bell tower {n} (tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry) | :: 鍾塔, 钟塔 /zhōngtǎ/, 鐘樓, 钟楼 /zhōnglóu/ |
| belly {n} (abdomen) | :: 腹 /fù/, 腹部 /fùbù/, 肚子 /dùzi/ |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| belly dance {n} (form of dance) | :: 肚皮舞 /dùpíwǔ/ |
| belly dancer {n} (person who performs belly dances) | :: 肚皮舞舞女, 肚皮舞舞女 /dùpíwǔ wǔnǚ/ |
| Belmopan {prop} (Belmopan) | :: 貝爾莫潘, 贝尔莫潘 /Bèi'ěrmòpān/ |
| belong {v} (be part of a group) | :: 屬於, 属于 /shǔyú/ |
| belong {v} (be the property of) | :: 屬於, 属于 /shǔyú/ |
| belongings {n} (plural form of belonging) | :: 所有物 /suǒyǒuwù/ |
| beloved {adj} (loved) | :: 親愛的, 亲爱的 /qīn'ài de/, 心愛的, 心爱的 /xīn'ài de/, 鍾愛的, 钟爱的 /zhōng'ài de/ |
| beloved {n} (someone who is loved) | :: 心愛的人, 心爱的人 /xīn'ài de rén/ |
| below {prep} (lower in spatial position than) | :: 在...下面 /zài...xiàmian/, 在...之下 /zài...zhīxià/ |
| belowstairs {adv} (downstairs) SEE: downstairs | :: |
| Bel Paese {n} (mild creamy Italian cheese) | :: 貝爾·佩塞芝士, 贝尔·佩塞芝士 /bèiěr pèisāi zhīshì/, 貝爾·帕埃塞芝士, 贝尔·帕埃塞芝士 /bèiěr pàāisāi zhīshì/ |
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist) | :: 腰帶, 腰带 /yāodài/, 帶, 带 /dài/, 皮帶, 皮带 /pídài/ |
| belt {n} (geographical region) | :: 地帶, 地带 /dìdài/ |
| beltway {n} (a freeway that encircles a city) SEE: ring road | :: |
| beluga {n} (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas) | :: 白鯨, 白鲸 /báijīng/, 貝魯卡鯨, 贝鲁卡鲸 /bèilǔkǎ jīng/ |
| beluga {n} (fish, Huso huso) | :: 鱘魚, 鲟鱼 /xúnyú/, 大鰉魚, 大鳇鱼 /dàhuángyú/ |
| belvedere {n} (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area) | :: 望景樓, 望景楼 /wàngjǐnglóu/ |
| be my guest {v} (do as you wish) | :: 請便, 请便 /qǐngbiàn/, 請自便, 请自便 /qǐng zì biàn/, 別客氣, 别客气 /bié kèqì/ |
| bench {n} (long seat) | :: 長椅, 长椅 /chángyǐ/ |
| bench {n} (workbench) SEE: workbench | :: |
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool | :: |
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve) | :: 屈 /qū/, 曲 /qū/, 彎, 弯 /wān/ |
| bend {v} (to change direction) | :: 轉彎 |
| bend down {v} (to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position) | :: 俯下 /fǔxià/, 彎腰, 弯腰 /wānyāo/ |
| bend over {v} (to bend one's upper body forward) | :: 俯身 /fǔshēn/ |
| bend over backwards {v} (make a great effort) | :: 竭盡全力, 竭尽全力 /jiéjìnquánlì/, 拚命 /pànmìng/ |
| bend the knee {v} (submit to another's authority) | :: 順從, 顺从 /shùncóng/ |
| benefactor {n} (on who gives gifts or help) | :: 恩人 /ēnrén/ |
| beneficent {adj} (beneficent) | :: 仁慈 /réncí/, 慈善 /císhàn/, 善行 /shànxíng/ |
| beneficial {adj} (helpful or good to something or someone) | :: 有益的 /yǒuyì de/, 有利的 /yǒulì de/ |
| benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid) | :: 得益 /déyì/, 益處, 益处 /yìchu/ |
| benefit of the doubt {n} (a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence) | :: 疑點利益 |
| Benelux {prop} (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) | :: 比荷盧經濟聯盟, 比荷卢经济联盟 /Bǐ-Hé-Lú jīngjì liánméng/ |
| benevolence {n} (disposition to do good) | :: 仁慈 /réncí/, 仁 /rén/, 慈悲 /cíbēi/ |
| benevolent {adj} (having a disposition to do good) | :: 仁慈 /réncí/, 慈善 /císhàn/, 善良 /shànliáng/ |
| Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia) | :: 孟加拉 /Mèngjiālā/ |
| Bengali {adj} (of or pertaining to Bengal) | :: 孟加拉 /Mèngjiālā/ |
| Bengali {n} (person from Bengal) | :: 孟加拉人 /mèngjiālārén/ |
| Bengali {n} (language) | :: 孟加拉語, 孟加拉语 /mèngjiālāyǔ/ |
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) | :: 孟加拉虎 /mèngjiālāhǔ/, 印度虎 /yìndùhǔ/ |
| Bengbu {prop} (city) | :: 蚌埠 /Bèngbù, Bàngbù/ |
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) | :: 班加西 /Bānjiāxī/ |
| benighted {adj} (lacking education or knowledge, see also: unenlightened) | :: 沌 /dùn/, 溝瞀, 沟瞀 /kòumào/ , 蒙昧 /méngmèi/, 悶悶, 闷闷 /mènmèn/ , 愚昧 /yúmèi/ |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: 貝寧, 贝宁 /Bèiníng/ |
| Benjamin {prop} (the youngest son of Jacob) | :: 便雅憫, 便雅悯 /Biànyǎmǐn/ |
| Benjamin {prop} (male given name) | :: 本傑明, 本杰明 /Běnjiémíng/ |
| bent {adj} (Homosexual) | :: 彎, 弯 /wān/, 同性恋的 |
| bent {n} (area) SEE: grassland | :: |
| benthos {n} (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) | :: 底棲生物, 底栖生物 |
| Bentley {n} (British car) | :: 賓利, 宾利 /Bīnlì/ |
| bento {n} (a Japanese packed lunch) | :: 飯盒, 饭盒 /fànhé/, 便當, 便当 /biàndāng/ |
| benumb {v} (make numb) SEE: numb | :: |
| Ben Wa ball {n} (pair of balls used for vaginal stimulation) | :: 阴道球 /yīndàoqiú, 陰道球/, 内用球 /nèiyòngqiú, 內用球;/ |
| Benxi {prop} (a city of China) | :: 本溪 /Běnxī/ |
| benzaldehyde {n} (C6H5CHO) | :: 苯甲醛 /běn jiǎ quán/, 安息香醛 /ān xī xiāng quán/ |
| benzene {n} (aromatic compound C6H6) | :: 苯 /běn/ |
| benzene {n} (the phenyl group) SEE: phenyl | :: |
| benzenol {n} | :: 苯酚 /běnfēn/ |
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene | :: |
| benzocaine {n} (local anesthetic) | :: 对氨基苯甲酸乙酯 /duìānjīběnjiǎsuānyǐzhǐ/ |
| benzodiazepine {n} (any of a class of psychoactive drugs) | :: 苯二氮䓬 /běnèrdànzhuó/ |
| benzoic acid {n} (white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH) | :: 苯甲酸 /běn jiǎ suān/, 安息香酸 /ān xī xiāng suān/ |
| benzyl {n} (chemical compound) | :: 苄 /biàn/, 苄基 /biànjī/ |
| be off with you {phrase} (go away; get out) | :: 走開, 走开 /zǒukāi/, 滾開, 滚开 /gǔnkāi/ |
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade | :: |
| Beowulf {prop} (Epic poem) | :: 貝奧武夫, 贝奥武夫 /Bèi'àowǔfū/ |
| be prepared {phrase} (motto) | :: 準備, 准备 /zhǔnbèi/ |
| bequeath {v} (to give or leave by will) | :: 遺贈, 遗赠 /yízèng/ |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| berate {v} (chide vehemently) | :: 痛罵, 痛骂 /tòngmà/ |
| Berber {n} (Member of northwest African ethnic group) | :: 柏柏爾, 柏柏尔 /Bòbò'ěr/ |
| Berber {prop} (a group of closely related languages) | :: 柏柏爾語, 柏柏尔语 /Bòbò'ěryǔ/ |
| berberine {n} (alkaloid) | :: 小檗鹼, 小檗硷 /xiǎobòjiǎn/, 黃連素, 黄连素 /huángliánsù/ |
| bereavement {n} (The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death) | :: 喪親, 丧亲 /sàngqīn/ |
| beret {n} (type of brimless cap) | :: 貝雷帽, 贝雷帽 /bèiléimào/ |
| bergamot {n} (Mentha × piperita) SEE: peppermint | :: |
| beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B) | :: 腳氣病, 脚气病 /jiǎoqìbìng/, 軟腳, 软脚 /ruǎnjiǎo/, 軟腳病, 软脚病 /ruǎnjiǎobìng/ |
| be right {v} (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something) | :: 是對的, 是对的 /shì duì de/ |
| be right back {phrase} (indicate speaker will return in a moment) | :: 馬上回來, 马上回来 /mǎshàng huílái/ |
| Bering Sea {prop} (sea) | :: 白令海 /Báilìng-hǎi/ |
| Bering Strait {prop} (strait between Russia and Alaska) | :: 白令海峽, 白令海峡 /Báilìng hǎixiá/ |
| berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element) | :: 锫 /péi/ |
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) | :: 柏林 /Bólín/ |
| Berliner {n} (native or inhabitant of Berlin) | :: 柏林人 /Bólínrén/ |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: 柏林圍牆, 柏林围墙 /Bólín Wéiqiáng/ |
| Berlusconi {prop} (surname) | :: 貝盧斯科尼, 贝卢斯科尼 /Bèilúsīkēní/; 貝魯斯科尼, 贝鲁斯科尼 /Bèilǔsīkēní/ |
| Bermuda {prop} (island group) | :: 百慕大 /Bǎimùdà/, 百慕大群島, 百慕大群岛 /Bǎimùdà qúndǎo/ |
| Bermuda Triangle {prop} (area in Atlantic Ocean) | :: 百慕大三角 /Bǎimùdà sānjiǎo/ |
| Bern {prop} (city) | :: 伯爾尼, 伯尔尼 /Bó'ěrní/ |
| Bernoulli's principle {prop} (principle) | :: 伯努利定律 /Bónǔlì dìnglǜ/ |
| berry {n} (small fruit) | :: 漿果, 浆果 /jiāngguǒ/, 莓 /méi/ |
| berry {n} (soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) | :: 漿果, 浆果 /jiāngguǒ/ |
| bersagliere {n} (marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments) | :: 意大利狙擊兵, 意大利狙击兵 /Yìdàlì jūjībīng/ |
| berserk {n} (a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy) | :: 狂戰士, 狂战士 /kuángzhànshì/, 巴薩卡, 巴萨卡 /bāsàkǎ/ |
| berserk {adj} (injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control) | :: 狂暴 /kuángbào/ |
| berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk | :: |
| berth {n} (bunk) | :: 床位 /chuángwèi/ |
| berth {n} (space to moor) | :: 泊位 /bówèi/ |
| beryllium {n} (chemical element) | :: 鈹, 铍 /pí/ |
| beseech {v} (to beg) | :: 懇求, 恳求 /kěnqiú/, 哀求 /āiqiú/ |
| beshrew {v} (to invoke or wish evil upon; to curse) | :: 咒罵 |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| beside {prep} (next to) | :: 在...旁邊, 在...旁边 /zài...pángbiān/ |
| beside oneself {prep} (consumed by an emotion) | :: 異常激動, 异常激动 /yìcháng jīdòng/ |
| besides {prep} (in addition to) | :: 除了...以外 /chúle...yǐwài/ |
| besides {prep} (other than; except for) | :: 除了...以外 /chúle...yǐwài/ |
| besides {adv} (also; in addition) | :: 還有, 还有 /háiyǒu/, 並且, 并且 /bìngqiě/ |
| besides {adv} (moreover; furthermore) | :: 並且, 并且 /bìngqiě/, 而且 /érqiě/, 還有, 还有 /háiyǒu/, 況且, 况且 /kuàngqiě/ |
| besiege {v} (to surround with armed forces) | :: 圍攻, 围攻 /wéigōng/ |
| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking) | :: 緘默, 缄默 /jiānmò/, 沉默 /chénmò/ |
| besmirch {v} (make dirty) | :: 弄髒, 弄脏 /nòngzāng/ |
| besmirch {v} (tarnish; debase) | :: 浼污 /měiwū/, 污漫 /wūmàn/ |
| bespectacled {adj} (wearing spectacles (glasses)) | :: 有戴眼鏡, 有戴眼镜 /yǒu dài yǎnjìng/ |
| bespoke {adj} (individually or custom made) | :: 定做的 /dìngzuò de/, 定製的, 定制的 /dìngzhì de/ |
| bespoke {adj} (relating to someone who makes custom-made products) | :: 定做的 /dìngzuò de/, 定製的, 定制的 /dìngzhì de/ |
| best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good) | :: 最好 /zuìhǎo/ |
| best {adv} (superlative of the adverb well) | :: 最好 /zuìhǎo/ |
| best friend {n} (an especially close and trusted friend) | :: 最好的朋友 (zuìhǎo de péngyou) |
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity) | :: 獸姦, 兽奸 /shòujiān/ |
| bestir {v} (to put into brisk or vigorous action) | :: 行動起來, 行动起来 /xíngdòng qǐlai/, 活躍起來, 活跃起来 /huóyuè qǐlai/ |
| bestir {v} (to become active) | :: 激勵, 激励 /jīlì/, 振作 /zhènzuò/ |
| best-kept secret {n} (something interesting or important but not well-known) | :: 鮮為人知的事, 鲜为人知的事 /xiǎnwéirénzhī de shì/, 最棒的秘境 /zuì bàng de mì jìng/ |
| best laid plans {n} (idiom used to signify the futility) | :: 人算不如天算 /rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn/ “man’s plans cannot compare to heaven’s plans”, 计划赶不上变化 /jì huà gan bú shàng biàn huà/, 计划赶不上变化 /jì huà gǎn bú shàng biàn huà/ “plans never catch up changes” |
| best man {n} (primary attendant to the groom) | :: 男儐相, 男傧相 /nánbīnxiāng/ |
| best of both worlds {n} (combination of two contradictory benefits) | :: 兩全其美, 两全其美 /liǎngquánqíměi/, 兩者之優點, 两者之优点 /liǎngzhě zhī yōudiǎn/ |
| bestow {v} (to present a thing as a gift or honour) | :: 賜給, 赐给 /cìgěi, sìgěi/ |
| best practice {n} (procedure for best results) | :: 最佳實踐, 最佳实践 /zuìjiā shíjiàn/ |
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter) | :: 此致敬意 /cǐzhì jìngyì/, 此致敬禮, 此致敬礼 /cǐzhì jìnglǐ/ |
| bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) | :: 暢銷書, 畅销书 /chàngxiāoshū/, 熱門書籍, 热门书籍 /rèmén shūjí/ |
| best-selling {adj} (superlative of well-selling) | :: 最暢銷, 最畅销 (zuì chàngxiāo) |
| bet {n} (a wager) | :: 打賭, 打赌 /dǎdǔ/ |
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) | :: 打賭, 打赌 /dǎdǔ/ |
| beta {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: 貝塔, 贝塔 /bèitǎ/ |
| beta blocker {n} (blocking agent) | :: β-受體阻滯劑, β-受体阻滞剂 /β-shòutǐ zǔzhìjì/ |
| beta-carotene {n} (class of plant pigments) | :: β-胡蘿蔔素, β-胡萝卜素 /bèitǎ-húluóbosù/ |
| beta particle {n} (energetic electron or positron) | :: β粒子 /β-lìzǐ/, 貝塔粒子, 贝塔粒子 /bèitǎ lìzǐ/ |
| betel {n} (either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut) | :: 檳榔, 槟榔 /bīnláng/, 蔞葉, 蒌叶 /lóuyè/ |
| betel bag {n} (small bag) | :: 檳榔包, 槟榔包 /bīnláng bāo/ |
| Betelgeuse {prop} (supergiant) | :: 參宿四, 参宿四 /Shēnxiùsì/ |
| betel leaf {n} (leaf of the betel) | :: 蔞葉, 蒌叶 /lóuyè/ |
| betel nut {n} (An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm) | :: 檳榔果, 槟榔果 /bīnglángguǒ/ |
| betel palm {n} (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm) | :: 檳榔, 槟榔 /bīngláng/ |
| betel pepper {n} (Piper betle) | :: 蔞葉, 蒌叶 /lóuyè/, 蒟醬, 蒟酱 /jǔjiàng/ |
| be that as it may {adv} (nevertheless) | :: 儘管如此, 尽管如此 (jǐnguǎn rúcǐ) |
| be there or be square {phrase} (encourage someone to go somewhere) | :: 不見不散, 不见不散 /bùjiànbùsàn/ |
| Bethlehem {prop} (City) | :: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 /Bólìhéng/, 白冷 /Báilěng/ |
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: 背叛 /bèipàn/, 出賣, 出卖 /chūmài/ |
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason | :: |
| betrayer {n} (someone who betrays) | :: 叛徒 /pàntú/ |
| betroth {v} (to promise to give in marriage) | :: 許配, 许配 /xǔpèi/, 許嫁, 许嫁 /xǔjià/, 聘 /pìn/ |
| betroth {v} (to promise to take as a future spouse) | :: 訂婚, 订婚 /dìnghūn/ |
| betrothal {n} (mutual promise) | :: 定親, 定亲 /dìngqīn/, 婚約, 婚约 /hūnyuē/ |
| betrothed {n} (fiancé or fiancée) | :: 訂婚了, 订婚了 /dìnghūn le/ |
| betrothment {n} (betrothal) SEE: betrothal | :: |
| Betsy {prop} (female given name) | :: 貝琪 /Bèiqí/, 贝齐 /Bèiqí/ |
| betta {n} (Fish of the genus Betta) | :: 搏魚 |
| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) | :: 更好 /gèng hǎo/, 比較好的, 比较好的 /bǐjiào hǎo de/, 較好的, 较好的 /jiào hǎo de/ |
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | :: |
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) | :: 遲做總比不做好, 迟做总比不做好 /chí zuò zǒng bǐ bù zuò hǎo/, 亡羊補牢, 亡羊补牢 /wángyángbǔláo/ |
| better safe than sorry {proverb} (it is preferable to be cautious) | :: 小心駛得萬年船, 小心驶得万年船 /xiǎoxīn shǐ dé wàn nián chuán/ |
| better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness {proverb} (in bad times it is worthwhile to do good) | :: 與其詛咒黑暗，不如點燃一根蠟燭, 与其诅咒黑暗，不如点燃一根蜡烛 /yǔqí zǔzhòu hēi'àn, bùrú diǎnrán yī gēn làzhú/ |
| between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things) | :: 之間, 之间 /zhījiān/ |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} | :: 進退兩難, 进退两难 /jìntuìliǎngnán/ |
| between jobs {prep} ((euphemistic) unemployed) | :: 暫時待業, 暂时待业 /zànshí dàiyè/ |
| between Scylla and Charybdis {prep} (idiomatic) | :: 進退維谷 /jìntuìwéigǔ/ |
| between the devil and the deep blue sea {prep} (choice between two undesirable options) | :: 進退兩難, 进退两难 /jìntuìliǎngnán/ |
| bevel {n} (An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle) | :: 斜角 /xiéjiǎo/ |
| beverage {n} (drink) | :: 飲料, 饮料 /yǐnliào/, 飲品, 饮品 /yǐnpǐn/ |
| bevy {n} (large group of birds) | :: 群 /qún/ |
| bewildered {adj} (confused) | :: 困惑的 |
| bewilderment {n} (state of being bewildered) | :: 为难, 困惑 |
| bewitch {v} (to cast a spell) | :: 施魔法於, 蠱惑 |
| be wrong {v} (have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) | :: 錯了, 错了 /cuò le/ |
| bey {n} (governor of a Turkish dominion) | :: 貝伊, 贝伊 /bèiyī/ |
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above | :: |
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown | :: |
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| beyond a reasonable doubt {prep} (legal standard) | :: 毫無合理疑問, 毫无合理疑问 /háowú hélǐ yíwèn/, 毫無疑義, 毫无疑义 /háowú yíyì/ |
| beyond the pale {prep} (behaviour) | :: 逾越常軌, 逾越常轨 /yúyuè chángguǐ/ |
| bezel {n} (the rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object) | :: 盤座, 盘座 /pánzuò/ |
| bezoar {n} (mass of undigested matter) | :: 馬寶 |
| Bhagavad Gita {prop} (epic poem) | :: 薄伽梵歌 /Bójiāfàn Gē/ |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| Bharat {prop} (an alternative name of India) | :: 婆羅多, 婆罗多 /Póluóduō/, 巴拉特 /Bālātè/ |
| bhikkhu {n} (Buddhist monk) | :: 比丘 /bǐqiū/, 和尚 /héshang/, 僧侶, 僧侣 /sēnglǚ/ |
| bhikkhuni {n} (Buddhist nun) | :: 比丘尼 /bǐqiūní/ |
| Bhopal {prop} (capital of Madhya Pradesh, India) | :: 博帕爾, 博帕尔 /Bópà'ěr/ |
| Bhubaneshwar {prop} (Bhubaneswar) SEE: Bhubaneswar | :: |
| Bhubaneswar {prop} (capital of Odisha, India) | :: 布巴內斯瓦爾, 布巴内斯瓦尔 /Bùbānèisīwǎ'ěr/ |
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) | :: 不丹 /Bùdān/ |
| bi- {prefix} (two-) | :: 雙, 双 /shuāng/ |
| biangbiang noodles {n} (type of noodle) | :: 𰻞𰻞麵, 𰻝𰻝面 /biángbiángmiàn/, 𰻞𰻞兒麵, 𰻝𰻝儿面 /biángbiángrmiàn/, 油潑扯麵, 油泼扯面 /yóupō chěmiàn/ |
| bianqing {n} (sounding stones) | :: 編磬, 编磬 /biānqìng/ |
| bianzhong {n} (bells) | :: 編鐘, 编钟 /biānzhōng/ |
| biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy | :: |
| bias {n} (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality) | :: 偏见 |
| biased {adj} (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) | :: 有偏心的 /yǒu piānxīn de/, 懷偏見的, 怀偏见的 /huái piānjiàn de/ |
| biathlon {n} (winter sport) | :: 冬季兩項, 冬季两项 /dōngjì liǎng xiàng/, 兩項競賽, 两项竞赛 /liǎng xiàng jìngsài/, 兩項比賽, 两项比赛 /liǎng xiàng bǐsài/ |
| Białystok {prop} (city) | :: 比亞韋斯托克, 比亚韦斯托克 /Bǐyǎwéisītuōkè/ |
| bib {n} (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating) | :: 圍兜, 围兜 /wéidōu/, 圍嘴兒, 围嘴儿 /wéizuǐr/ |
| bibimbap {n} (Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang) | :: 朝鮮拌飯, 朝鲜拌饭 /Cháoxiǎn bànfàn/ |
| bible {n} (comprehensive manual) | :: 圣经 /shèngjīng/ |
| bible {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Jewish holy book) SEE: Tanakh | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) | :: 聖經, 圣经 /shèngjīng/ |
| Bible Belt {prop} (area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant) | :: 聖經帶, 圣经带 /shèngjīngdài/ |
| Bible Belt {prop} (area in the United States) | :: 聖經帶, 圣经带 /shèngjīngdài/ |
| biblical {adj} (of or relating to the Bible) | :: 聖經的, 圣经的 /shèngjīng de/ |
| bibliography {n} (section of a written work) | :: 文獻目錄, 文献目录 /wénxiàn mùlù/ |
| bibliography {n} (list of books or documents) | :: 文獻目錄, 文献目录 /wénxiàn mùlù/ |
| bibliography {n} (study of the history of books) | :: 目錄學, 目录学 /mùlùxué/ |
| biblioklept {n} (a person who steals books) | :: 書賊, 书贼 /shū zéi/ |
| bibliomaniac {n} (person who is obsessed with owning valuable books) | :: 書迷, 书迷 /shūmí/ |
| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm | :: |
| bicameral {adj} (having two separate legislative chambers) | :: 兩院制的, 两院制的 /liǎngyuànzhì de/, 有兩個議院的, 有两个议院的 /yǒu liǎng gè yìyuàn de/ |
| bicameralism {n} (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) | :: 兩院制, 两院制 /liǎngyuànzhì/ |
| bicarbonate {n} (chemistry) | :: 碳酸氢根 /tàn suān qīng gēn/, 碳酸氢盐 /tàn suān qīng yán/ |
| bicarbonate of soda {n} (sodium bicarbonate) SEE: sodium bicarbonate | :: |
| bicephalous {adj} (Having two heads) | :: 雙頭的, 双头的 /shuāngtóu de/, 兩頭的, 两头的 /liǎngtóu de/ |
| biceps {n} (any muscle having two heads) | :: 二頭肌, 二头肌 /èrtóujī/, 肱二頭肌, 肱二头肌 /gōng'èrtóujī/ |
| biceps {n} (biceps brachii) SEE: biceps brachii | :: |
| biceps brachii {n} (biceps brachii) | :: 肱二頭肌, 肱二头肌 /gōng'èrtoújī/ |
| bichon {n} (Bichon Frisé) SEE: Bichon Frisé | :: |
| Bichon Frisé {n} (Bichon Frisé) | :: 比熊犬 /bǐxióngquǎn/ |
| bicker {v} (quarrel in a tiresome manner) | :: 鬥嘴, 斗嘴 /dòuzuǐ/ |
| bicker {n} (skirmish) | :: 衝突, 冲突 /chōngtū/ |
| Bicolano {n} (person) | :: 比科拉諾人 |
| Bicol Peninsula {prop} (Bicol Peninsula) | :: 比科尔半岛 |
| Bicol Region {prop} (Bicol Region) | :: 比科爾區 |
| bicycle {n} (vehicle) | :: 自行車, 自行车 /zìxíngchē/, 腳踏車, 脚踏车 /jiǎotàchē/ , 單車, 单车 /dānchē/ , 鐵馬, 铁马 /tiěmǎ/ , 自由車, 自由车 /zìyóuchē/ |
| bicycle helmet {n} (helmet worn while riding a bicycle) | :: 自行車頭盔, 自行车头盔 /zìxíngchē tóukuī/ |
| bicycle lane {n} (lane of a roadway designated for use by cyclists) | :: 自行車道, 自行车道 /zìxíngchēdào/ |
| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bid {v} (intransitive: to make an offer) | :: 出價, 出价 /chūjià/, 投標, 投标 /tóubiāo/ |
| bid {v} (intransitive: to make an attempt) | :: 嘗試 |
| bid {n} (offer at an auction) | :: 出價, 出价 /chūjià/ |
| Biden {prop} (surname) | :: 拜登 /Bàidēng/ |
| bide one's time {v} (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) | :: 等待时机 /děngdàishíjī/, 等机会 /děngjīhuì/ |
| bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) | :: 坐浴桶 /zuòyùtǒng/, 坐浴盤 /zuòyùpán/, 智能廁板, 智能厕板 /zhìnéng cèbǎn/ |
| bidimensional {adj} (two-dimensional) SEE: two-dimensional | :: |
| bidirectional {adj} (moving in two directions) | :: 雙向, 双向 /shuāngxiàng/ |
| bid rigging {n} (conspiracy) | :: 圍標 |
| bieberite {n} (mineral) | :: 赤礬, 赤矾 /chìfán/ |
| biennale {n} (a biennial celebration or exhibition) | :: 雙年展, 双年展 /shuāngniánzhǎn/ |
| bifurcate {v} (divide into two) | :: 分叉 /fēnchā/ |
| bifurcation {n} (biology: division into two branches) | :: 椏叉, 桠叉 /yāchā/ |
| bifurcation {n} (any place where one divides into two) | :: 分叉 |
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) | :: 大 /dà/ |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: 大人 /dàrén/ |
| Big5 {prop} (character encoding method for Traditional Chinese characters) | :: 五大碼, 五大码 /wǔdàmǎ/, 大五碼, 大五码 /dàwǔmǎ/ |
| bigamist {n} (someone who practices bigamy) | :: 重婚者 /chónghūnzhě/ |
| bigamy {n} (state of having two spouses simultaneously) | :: 重婚 /chónghūn/ |
| Big Apple {prop} (nickname for New York City) | :: 大蘋果, 大苹果 /Dà Píngguǒ/ |
| big baby {n} (Adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies.) | :: 巨嬰, 巨婴 /jùyīng/ |
| Big Bad Wolf {n} (fictional evil wolf) | :: 大灰狼 /dài huī láng/ |
| big bang {n} (explosion creating a universe) | :: 大爆炸 /dàbàozhà/, 大霹靂, 大霹雳 /dàpīlì/ |
| Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event) | :: 大霹靂理論, 大霹雳理论 /dà pīlì lǐlùn/, 大爆炸 /dà bàozhà/ |
| Big Ben {prop} (the hour bell in London) | :: 大本鐘, 大本钟 /Dà Běn zhōng/ |
| big-breasted {adj} (having large breasts) | :: 胸大 /xiōng dà/ |
| big brother {n} (a sibling's older brother) SEE: older brother | :: |
| Big Brother {prop} (a figurehead representing oppressive control) | :: 老大哥 /lǎodàgē/ |
| big business {n} (large corporations) | :: 大公司 /dà gōngsī/ |
| big cheese {n} (very important figure) | :: 大人物 /dàrénwù/, 要人 /yàorén/, , 權勢之人, 权势之人 /quánshìzhīrén/, 大腕兒, 大腕儿 /dàwànr/, 頭面人物, 头面人物 /tóumiànrénwù/, 龍頭老大, 龙头老大 /lóngtóulǎodà/ |
| big data {n} (collection of data sets) | :: 大數據, 大数据 /dàshùjù/ |
| big deal {n} (something very important) | :: 大事 /dàshì/ |
| big deal {n} (someone very important) | :: 大人物 /dàrénwù/ |
| big deal {interj} (so what) | :: 那又怎麼樣, 那又怎么样 /nà yòu zěnmeyàng/, 所以呢 /suǒyǐ ne/ |
| Big Dipper {prop} (bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) | :: 北斗七星 /běidǒu qīxīng/, 北斗星 /běidǒuxīng/ |
| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton | :: |
| big fish in a small pond {n} (one who has achieved a high rank in a small location) | :: 大材小用 /dàcáixiǎoyòng/ |
| Bigfoot {n} (unidentified yeti-like animal) | :: 大脚野人 /dàjiǎo yěrén/ |
| Big Mac {n} (burger) | :: 巨無霸, 巨无霸 /jùwúbà/, 大麥克漢堡, 大麦克汉堡 /Dà Màikè Hànbǎo/ , 麥香堡, 麦香堡 /Màixiāngbǎo/ |
| bigot {n} (translations to be checked) | :: 盲信者 /mángxìnzhě/, 執拗的人, 执拗的人 /zhíniù de rén/, 抱偏見的人, 抱偏见的人 /bào piānjiàn de rén/ |
| bigoted {adj} (being a bigot) | :: 固執己見, 固执己见 /gùzhíjǐjiàn/, 執迷, 执迷 /zhímí/, 偏執, 偏执 /piānzhí/, 不耐 /bùnài/ |
| bigotedness {n} (bigotry) SEE: bigotry | :: |
| bigotry {n} (intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance) | :: 偏見, 偏见 /piānjiàn/, 偏執, 偏执 /piānzhí/ |
| big picture {n} (totality of a situation) | :: 大局 /dàjú/ |
| big screen {n} (surface) | :: 大銀幕, 大银幕 /dàyínmù/ |
| big shot {n} (person with reputation or importance) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister | :: |
| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human) | :: 大腳趾, 大脚趾 /dàjiǎozhǐ/, 拇指 /mǔzhǐ/, 拇趾 /mǔzhǐ/, 大趾 /dàzhǐ/ |
| big two {n} | :: 大老二 /dà lǎo èr/ |
| big wheel {n} (big cheese) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel | :: |
| Bihar {prop} (a state in eastern India) | :: 比哈爾邦, 比哈尔邦 /Bǐhā'ěr-bāng/ |
| bijection {n} (function that is both a surjection and an injection) | :: 雙射, 双射 /shuāngshè/ |
| bike {n} (promiscuous woman) | :: 自行车 |
| bike cab {n} (cycle rickshaw used as taxi) SEE: pedicab | :: |
| bike lane {n} (bicycle lane) SEE: bicycle lane | :: |
| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bikini {n} (bathing suit) | :: 比基尼 /bǐjīní/ |
| bilabial {n} (a speech sound articulated with both lips) | :: 雙唇音, 双唇音 /shuāngchúnyīn/ |
| bilateral {adj} (having two sides) | :: 雙邊, 双边 /shuāngbiān/, 雙方, 双方 /shuāngfāng/ |
| bilby {n} (Australian desert marsupial) | :: 兔耳袋狸 /tù'ěrdàilí/ |
| bildungsroman {n} (a type of novel) | :: 教育小說, 教育小说 /jiàoyù xiǎoshuō/ |
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) | :: 膽汁, 胆汁 /dǎnzhī/ |
| bile duct {n} (structure carrying bile) | :: 膽管, 胆管 /dǎnguǎn/ |
| bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages) | :: 雙語, 双语 /shuāngyǔ/ |
| bilingual {adj} (written in two languages) | :: 雙語, 双语 /shuāngyǔ/ |
| bilingual {n} (a person who is bilingual) | :: 會雙語的人, 会双语的人 /huì shuāngyǔ de rén/ |
| bilingualism {n} (condition of being bilingual) | :: 双语 |
| bilirubin {n} (bile pigment) | :: 膽紅素, 胆红素 /dǎnhóngsù/ |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: 鳥嘴, 鸟嘴 /niǎozuǐ/, 嘴 /zuǐ/, 喙 /huì/ |
| bill {n} (draft of a law) | :: 草案 /cǎo'àn/ |
| bill {n} (law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant) | :: 法案 /fǎ'àn/ |
| bill {n} (invoice) | :: 帳單, 帐单 /zhàngdān/ |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| Bill {prop} (male given name) | :: 比爾, 比尔 /Bǐ'ěr/ |
| billboard {n} (large advertisement along side of highway) | :: 看板 /kànbǎn/, 廣告牌, 广告牌 /guǎnggàopái/ |
| billet-doux {n} (love letter) SEE: love letter | :: |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| billhook {n} (agricultural implement) | :: 鍥, 锲 /qiè/ |
| billiards {n} (a cue sport) | :: 台球 /táiqiú/, 撞球 /zhuàngqiú/, 彈子, 弹子 /dànzǐ/ |
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: 十億, 十亿 /shíyì/ |
| billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion) | :: 兆 /zhào/ |
| billionaire {n} (wealth exceeding one billion (109)) | :: 億萬富翁, 亿万富翁 /yìwàn fùwēng/ |
| bill of exchange {n} (document demanding payment from another party) | :: 匯票, 汇票 /huìpiào/ |
| bill of lading {n} (waybill for transport by boat) | :: 提貨單, 提货单 /tíhuòdān/, 提單, 提单 /tídān/ |
| bill of rights {n} (a formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people) | :: 權利法案, 权利法案 /quánlì fǎ'àn/ |
| billow {n} (large wave) | :: 巨浪 |
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William | :: |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: 雄山羊 /xióng shānyáng/ |
| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| bimbo {n} (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence) | :: 小妞 /xiǎoniū/ |
| bin {n} (container for rubbish) | :: 垃圾桶 /lājītǒng/ |
| binary {adj} (logic states) | :: 二進, 二进 /èrjìn/ |
| binary {adj} (not ASCII) | :: 二進制的, 二进制的 /èrjìnzhì de/ |
| binary {adj} | :: 二进制 /èrjìnzhì/ |
| binary operator {n} (operator taking two operands) | :: 二元運算子, 二元运算子 /èryuán yùnsuànzi/, 二元運算符, 二元运算符 /èryuán yùnsuànfú/ |
| bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.) | :: 縛, 缚 /fù/ |
| bind {v} (transitive connect) | :: 包紮, 包扎 /bāozhā, bāozā/, 捆 /kǔn/, 綁, 绑 /bǎng/ |
| binder {n} (material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts) | :: 束胸 /shùxiōng/ |
| binder clip {n} (device for binding sheets of paper) | :: 長尾夾, 长尾夹 /chángwěijiā/ |
| binding {n} (spine of a book) | :: 裝訂, 装订 /zhuāngdìng/ |
| binge drinking {n} (consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol) | :: 酗酒 /xùjiǔ/ |
| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder) | :: 過胖暴食症 |
| binge-watch {v} (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) | :: 刷劇, 刷剧 /shuājù/ |
| bingo {n} (game of chance) | :: 賓果, 宾果 /bīnguǒ/, 賓果遊戲, 宾果游戏 /bīnguǒ yóuxì/ |
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance) | :: 望遠鏡, 望远镜 /wàngyuǎnjìng/, 雙筒望遠鏡, 双筒望远镜 /shuāngtǒng wàngyuǎnjìn/ |
| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts) | :: 雙名法, 双名法 /shuāngmíngfǎ/, 二名法 /èrmíngfǎ/ |
| bio- {prefix} (life) | :: 生物 /shēngwù/, 生命 /shēngmìng/ |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: 生物化學, 生物化学 /shēngwù huàxué/ |
| biodegradability {n} (capacity of a material to decompose over time) | :: 生物降解能力 /shēngwù jiàngjiě nénglì/, 生物降解性 /shēngwù jiàngjiěxìng/ |
| biodegradable {adj} (capable of being decomposed by biological activity) | :: 可生物降解的 /kě shēngwù jiàngjiě de/ |
| biodegradation {n} (decomposition of any material by microorganisms) | :: 生物降解 /shēngwù jiàngjiě/ |
| biodiesel {n} (fuel) | :: 生物柴油 /shēngwù cháiyóu/, 生質柴油, 生质柴油 /shēngzhì cháiyóu/ |
| biodiversity {n} (diversity of flora and fauna) | :: 生物多樣性, 生物多样性 /shēngwùduōyàngxìng/ |
| bioenergy {n} (energy produced from a biological resource) | :: 生物能源 /shēngwù néngyuán/, 生物能 /shēngwùnéng/ |
| biofuel {n} (biofuel) | :: 生物燃料 /shēngwù ránliào/, 生質燃料, 生质燃料 /shēngzhì ránliào/, 生態燃料, 生态燃料 /shēngtài ránliào/ |
| biogas {n} (gas produced by organic waste matter, used as a fuel) | :: 生物燃氣, 生物燃气 /shēngwù ránqì/, 生化氣體, 生化气体 /shēnghuà qìtǐ/, 生質氣體, 生质气体 /shēngzhì qìtǐ/ |
| biography {n} (personal life story) | :: 傳記, 传记 /zhuànjì/ |
| biohazard {n} (biological risk) | :: 生物危害 /shēngwù wēihài/, 生物危險, 生物危险 /shēngwù wēixiǎn/ |
| bioinformatics {n} (field of science) | :: 生物信息學, 生物信息学 /shēngwù xìnxīxué/ , 生物資訊學, 生物资讯学 /shēngwù zīxùnxué/ |
| biologic {adj} (biological) SEE: biological | :: |
| biological {n} (of biology) | :: 生物 /shēngwù/ |
| biological clock {n} (mechanism) | :: 生物鐘, 生物钟 /shēngwùzhōng/ |
| biological clock {n} (progression from puberty to menopause) | :: 生物鐘, 生物钟 /shēngwùzhōng/ |
| biological immortality {n} (phenomenon) | :: 生物永生 /shēngwù yǒngshēng/ |
| biological parent {n} (biological parent) | :: 生身父母 /shēngshēn fùmǔ/ |
| biological weapon {n} (biological pathogen) | :: 生物武器 /shēngwù wǔqì/ |
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) | :: 生物學家, 生物学家 /shēngwùxuéjiā/ |
| biology {n} (study of living matter) | :: 生物學, 生物学 /shēngwùxué/ |
| bioluminescence {n} (emission of light by a living organism) | :: 生物發光, 生物发光 /shēngwùfāguāng/ |
| biomass {n} (total mass of living things) | :: 生物量 /shēngwùliàng/ |
| biomass {n} (vegetation used as fuel) | :: 生物質能, 生物质能 /shēngwù zhìnéng/ |
| bionic ear {n} (cochlear implant) SEE: cochlear implant | :: |
| biophysics {n} (science) | :: 生物物理學, 生物物理学 /shēngwùwùlǐxué/ |
| biopolymer {n} (polymer that occurs in a living organism) | :: 生物聚合物 |
| biopsy {n} (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes) | :: 活組織檢查, 活组织检查 /huózǔzhī jiǎnchá/, 活檢, 活检 /huójiǎn/, 切片檢查, 切片检查 /qiēpiàn jiǎnchá/ |
| biopsy {v} (to take a sample for pathological examination) | :: 活組織檢查, 活组织检查 /huózǔzhī jiǎnchá/, 活檢, 活检 /huójiǎn/, 切片檢查, 切片检查 /qiēpiàn jiǎnchá/ |
| biosphere {n} (part of Earth capable of supporting life) | :: 生物圈 /shēngwùquān/ |
| biota {n} (the living organisms of a region) | :: 生物群 /shēngwùqún/, 生物相 /shēngwùxiāng/, 地方生物誌, 地方生物志 /dìfāng shēngwùzhì/ |
| biotherapy {n} (any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes) | :: 生物治療, 生物治疗 /shēngwù zhìliáo/ |
| biotherapy {n} (the use of living organisms in the control of disease) | :: 生物治療, 生物治疗 /shēngwù zhìliáo/ |
| biphenyl {n} (organic compound) | :: 聯苯, 联苯 /liánběn/ |
| biplane {n} (airplane that has two pairs of wings) | :: 雙翼機, 双翼机 /shuāngyìjī/ |
| bipod {n} (two-legged stand) | :: 雙腳架, 双脚架 /shuāngjiǎojià/ |
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) | :: 躁鬱症, 躁郁症 /zàoyùzhèng/ |
| biradiate {adj} (having two rays) | :: 雙輻射的, 双辐射的 (shuāng fúshè de) |
| birch {n} (tree) | :: 樺樹, 桦树 /huàshù/; 樺, 桦 /huà/; 樺木, 桦木 /huàmù/ |
| birch {n} (wood) | :: 樺木, 桦木 /huàmù/ |
| Bircher muesli {n} (breakfast dish) | :: 凍瑞士麥片粥, 冻瑞士麦片粥 /dòng Ruìshì màipiànzhōu/ |
| bird {n} (animal) | :: 鳥, 鸟 /niǎo/, 雀 /què/ |
| birdcage {n} (cage to keep birds in) | :: 鳥籠, 鸟笼 /niǎolóng/ |
| bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus) | :: 稠李 /chóuli/ |
| bird dog {n} (gun dog) SEE: gun dog | :: |
| bird flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (aviary) SEE: aviary | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (small house for birds) | :: 禽舍 /qínshě/, 小鳥舍, 小鸟舍 /xiǎoniǎoshè/ |
| birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock | :: |
| birdie {n} (bird, birdling) | :: 小鳥, 小鸟 /xiǎoniǎo/ |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| birdlime {n} (sticky substance to catch birds) | :: 粘鳥膠 /zhānniǎojiāo/ |
| bird of paradise {n} (bird) | :: 極樂鳥, 极乐鸟 /jílèniǎo/, 天堂鳥, 天堂鸟 /tiāntángniǎo/, 風鳥, 风鸟 /fēngniǎo/ |
| bird of paradise {n} (flower) | :: 鶴望蘭, 鹤望兰 /hèwànglán/, 極樂鳥花, 极乐鸟花 /tiāntángniǎohuā/ |
| bird of passage {n} (bird) SEE: migrant | :: |
| bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird) | :: 猛禽 /měngqín/ |
| bird's-eye view {n} (view from directly or high above) | :: 鳥瞰, 鸟瞰 /niǎokàn/ |
| bird's nest soup {n} (Chinese delicacy) | :: 燕窩湯, 燕窝汤 /yànwōtāng/ |
| birds of a feather {n} (people having similar characters) | :: 同類的人, 同类的人 /tónglèi de rén/ (one hill's badgers), 一丘之貉 /yīqiūzhīhé/ (goods of the same road), 一路貨, 一路货 /yīlùhuò/ |
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) | :: 物以類聚, 物以类聚 /wùyǐlèijù/ |
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together | :: |
| birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird) | :: 鳥鳴, 鸟鸣 /niaǒmíng/ |
| bird strike {n} (collision between a bird and an aircraft) | :: 鳥撞, 鸟撞 /niǎozhuàng/, 鳥擊, 鸟击 /niǎojī/ |
| birdwatcher {n} (a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment) | :: 觀鳥者, 观鸟者 /guānniǎozhě/, 賞鳥者, 赏鸟者 /shǎngniǎozhě/, 觀鳥愛好者, 观鸟爱好者 /guānniǎo àihàozhě/, 賞鳥愛好者, 赏鸟爱好者 /shǎngniǎo àihàozhě/ |
| birdwatching {n} (observing wild birds) | :: 觀鳥, 观鸟 /guānniǎo/, 賞鳥, 赏鸟 /shǎngniǎo/ |
| biretta {n} (square cap) | :: 四角帽 /sìjiǎomào/ |
| Birmingham {prop} (city and borough in England) | :: 伯明翰 /Bómínghàn/ |
| Birmingham {prop} (city in Alabama) | :: 伯明翰 /Bómínghàn/ |
| Birmingham {prop} (city in Michigan) | :: 伯明翰 /Bómínghàn/ |
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| Birobidzhan {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 比羅比詹, 比罗比詹 /Bǐluóbǐzhān/ |
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: 出生 /chūshēng/ |
| birth {n} (beginning or start; a point of origin) | :: 誕生, 诞生 /dànshēng/ |
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) | :: 出生證, 出生证 /chūshēngzhèng/, 出生證明書, 出生证明书 /chūshēng zhèngmíngshū/ |
| birth control {n} (voluntary control of the number of children conceived) | :: 生育控制 /shēngyù kòngzhì/, 節育, 节育 /jiéyù/, 避孕 /bìyùn/, 計劃生育, 计划生育 /jìhuà shēngyù/ |
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth | :: |
| birthday {n} (anniversary) | :: 生日 /shēngrì/, 生辰 /shēngchén/ |
| birthday {n} (date of birth) | :: 出生日期 /chūshēngrìqī/ |
| birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday) | :: 生日蛋糕 /shēngrì dàngāo/ |
| birthday card {n} (greeting card) | :: 生日賀卡, 生日贺卡 /shēngrì hèkǎ/, 生日卡 /shēngrìkǎ/ |
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday) | :: 生日宴會, 生日宴会 /shēngrì yànhuì/, 生日聚會, 生日聚会 /shēngrì jùhuì/, 生日派對, 生日派对 /shēngrì pàiduì/, 生日會, 生日会 /shēngrìhuì/ |
| birthday suit {n} (nakedness) | :: 一絲不掛, 一丝不挂 /yīsībùguà/, 赤條條地, 赤条条地 /chìtiáotiáo de/ , 赤身裸体 |
| birth defect {n} (any of several medical disorders that are present at birth) | :: 先天缺陷 /xiāntiān quēxiàn/ |
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) | :: 痣 /zhì/, 胎記, 胎记 /tāijì/ |
| birth name {n} (name chosen at birth) | :: 本名 /běnmíng/ |
| birthplace {n} (location where a person is born) | :: 出生地 /chūshēngdì/ |
| birthrate {n} (rate of live births to population) | :: 出生率 /chūshēnglǜ/ |
| birthright {n} (something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance) | :: 傳家寶, 传家宝 /chuánjiābǎo/ |
| birth weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) | :: 出生體重, 出生体重 /chūshēng tǐzhòng/ |
| birthweight {n} (birthweight) SEE: birth weight | :: |
| biryani {n} (dish of spiced rice) | :: 印度香飯, 印度香饭 /Yìndù xiàngfàn/ |
| biscuit {n} (cracker) SEE: cracker | :: |
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: 餅乾, 饼干 /bǐnggān/ |
| bisector {n} (A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts) | :: 二等分線, 二等分线 /èr děngfēn xiàn/ |
| bisexual {adj} (sexually attracted to both men and women) | :: 雙性戀的, 双性恋的 /shuāngxìngliàn de/ |
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs) | :: 兩性的, 两性的 /liǎngxìng de/, 雙性的, 双性的 /shuāngxìng de/ |
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person) | :: 雙性戀者, 双性恋者 /shuāngxìngliànzhě/ |
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| bisexuality {n} (psychology) | :: 雙性戀, 双性恋 /shuāngxìngliàn/ |
| Bishkek {prop} (capital of Kyrgyzstan) | :: 比什凯克 /Bǐshíkǎikè/ |
| Bishnupriya Manipuri {prop} (language) | :: 比什奴普萊利亞－曼尼浦爾語, 比什奴普莱利亚－曼尼浦尔语 /Bǐshénnúpǔláilìyǎ-mànnípǔěryǔ/ |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: 主教 /zhǔjiào/ |
| bishop {n} (chess piece) | :: 象 /xiàng/, 主教 /zhǔjiào/ |
| bismuth {n} (chemical element) | :: 鉍, 铋 /bì/ |
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: 野牛 /yěniú/ |
| Bissau {prop} (capital of Guinea-Bissau) | :: 比紹, 比绍 /Bǐshào/ |
| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bit {n} (metal in horse's mouth) | :: 馬銜, 马衔 /mǎxián/ |
| bit {n} (computing smallest unit of storage) | :: 位 /wèi/, 比特 /bǐtè/, 位元 /wèiyuán/, 二進位元, 二进位元 /èrjìn wèiyuán/ , 二進制位元, 二进制位元 /èrjìnzhì wèiyuán/ , 二進制數字, 二进制数字 /èrjìnzhì shùzì/, 二進制位, 二进制位 /èrjìnzhì wèi/ |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bit by bit {adv} (small amount at a time) | :: 逐漸, 逐渐 /zhújiàn/, 漸漸, 渐渐 /jiànjiàn/ |
| bitch {n} (female canine) | :: 母狗 /mǔgǒu/ |
| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) | :: 賤人, 贱人 /jiànrén/, 婊子 /biǎozi/, 娼婦, 娼妇 /chāngfù/ |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch | :: |
| bitchy {adj} (spiteful; catty) | :: 賤, 贱 /jiàn/, 惡毒, 恶毒 /èdú/ |
| bitchy {adj} (irritable) | :: 易怒 /yìnù/, 急躁 /jízào/ |
| bitcoin {n} (cryptocurrency) | :: 比特幣, 比特币 /bǐtèbì/ |
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: 咬 /yǎo/ |
| bite {v} (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth) | :: 咬住 /yǎozhù/, 咬 /yǎo/ |
| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) | :: 咬 /yǎo/ |
| bite {v} (to sting) | :: 咬 /yǎo/, 叮 /dīng/ |
| bite {n} (mouthful) | :: 口 /kǒu/ |
| bite me {interj} (expression of discontent or aggravation) | :: 咬我啊 |
| bite off more than one can chew {v} (To try to do too much) | :: 貪多嚼不爛, 贪多嚼不烂 /tān duō jiáo bú làn/, 好高騖遠, 好高骛远 /hào gāo wù yuǎn/ |
| bite the dust {v} (to quit or fail) | :: 吃灰 /chīhuī/ |
| bite the hand that feeds one {v} (cause harm to a benefactor) | :: 狗咬呂洞賓, 狗咬吕洞宾 /gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòngbīn/, 忘恩負義, 忘恩负义 / wàng ēn fù yì/ |
| Bithynia {prop} (ancient region) | :: 比提尼亞 /Bǐtíníyà/ |
| bitmap {n} (a series of bits) | :: 點陣, 点阵 /diǎnzhèn/ |
| Bitola {prop} (city) | :: 比托拉 /Bǐtuōlā/ |
| bitrate {n} (frequency of bits at passing point) | :: 位元率 /wèiyuánlǜ/ |
| bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste) | :: 苦澀, 苦涩 /kǔsè/, 苦 /kǔ/ |
| bitter {adj} (harsh, piercing or stinging) | :: 苦 /kǔ/, 嚴酷, 严酷 /yánkù/ |
| bitter {adj} (hateful or hostile) | :: 可恨 /kěhèn/, 可惡, 可恶 /kěwù/, 懷敵意, 怀敌意 /huáidíyì/ |
| bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful) | :: 心酸 /xīnsuān/ |
| bitter {n} (liquid or powder used in mixed drinks or as tonic) | :: 苦啤酒 /kǔpíjiǔ/ |
| bitter melon {n} (plant Momordica charantia) | :: 苦瓜 /kǔguā/ |
| bitter melon {n} (fruit of Momordica charantia) | :: 苦瓜 /kǔguā/ |
| bittern {n} (salt substance used in tofu) | :: 鹽滷, 盐卤 /yánlǔ/ |
| bitter orange {n} (tree) | :: 苦橙樹, 苦橙树 /kǔchéngshù/ |
| bitter orange {n} (fruit) | :: 苦橙 /kǔchéng/ |
| bittersweet {adj} (both bitter and sweet) | :: 苦甜 /kǔtián/ |
| bitumen {n} (Mineral pitch) | :: 瀝青, 沥青 /lìqīng/ |
| bivouac {n} (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering) | :: 露宿 /lùsù/, 露營, 露营 /lùyíng/, 野營, 野营 /yěyíng/ |
| biwa {n} (lute) | :: 日本琵琶 /Rìběn pípa/ |
| bixie {n} (mythical beast) | :: 辟邪 /bìxié/ |
| bizarre {adj} (strangely unconventional) | :: 奇怪 /qíguài/, 不可思議, 不可思议 /bùkěsīyì/ |
| Bizerte {prop} (city in Tunisia) | :: 比塞大 /Bǐsàidà/ |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| blabbermouth {n} (chatterbox) SEE: chatterbox | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: 黑 /hēi/, 黑色 /hēisè/, 烏色, 乌色 /wūsè/ |
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) | :: 黑人 /hēirén/ |
| black {n} (colour/color) | :: 黑色 /hēisè/ |
| black {n} (dark-skinned person) | :: 黑人 /hēirén/ |
| black Africa {prop} (roughly sub-Saharan Africa) | :: 黑非洲 /Hēi Fēizhōu/ |
| black alder {n} (Alnus glutinosa tree) | :: 歐洲桤木, 欧洲桤木 /Ōuzhōu qīmù/ |
| black alder {n} (wood or other product) | :: 歐洲桤木, 欧洲桤木 /Ōuzhōu qīmù/ |
| black and blue {adj} (covered in bruises) | :: 鼻青脸肿的, 青一块紫一块的 |
| black and white {adj} (black-and-white) SEE: black-and-white | :: |
| black-and-white {adj} (displaying images in shades of grey/gray) | :: 黑白 /hēibái/ |
| black-and-white television {n} (system) | :: 黑白電視, 黑白电视 /hēibái diànshì/ |
| black-and-white television {n} (set) | :: 黑白電視, 黑白电视 /hēibái diànshì/, 黑白電視機, 黑白电视机 /hēibái diànshìjī/ |
| black art {n} (witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, etc.) | :: 妖术, 魔法 |
| black-backed jackal {n} (Canis mesomelas) | :: 黑背胡狼 /hēibèi húláng/ |
| black bag {n} (plastic bag for the disposal of household waste) SEE: garbage bag | :: |
| Blackbeard {prop} (pirate's name) | :: 黑鬍子, 黑胡子 /Hēi Húzi/ |
| black-bellied plover {n} (An arctic bird) | :: 灰斑鴴, 灰斑鸻 /huībānhéng/ |
| black belt {n} (highest belt color in various martial arts) | :: 黑帶, 黑带 /hēidài/ |
| black belt {n} (person who has attained the black belt) | :: 黑帶, 黑带 /hēidài/ |
| blackberry {n} (shrub) | :: 黑莓 /hēiméi/ |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: 黑莓 /hēiméi/ |
| BlackBerry {n} (device (transliterations)) | :: 黑莓手機, 黑莓手机 /hēiméi shǒujī/ |
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: 山鳥, 山鸟 /shānniǎo/, 烏鶇, 乌鸫 /wūdōng/ |
| blackbird {n} (bird of the family Icteridae) | :: 黑鸝, 黑鹂 /hēilí/ |
| blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) | :: 黑板 /hēibǎn/ |
| blackbody {n} (an idealized object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it) | :: 黑體, 黑体 /hēitǐ/ |
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft) | :: 黑箱 /hēixiāng/, 黑匣子 /hēixiázi/, 黑盒子 /hēihézi/ |
| black box {n} (theoretical construct or device) | :: 黑箱 /hēixiāng/, 黑盒 /hēihé/ |
| black-capped chickadee {n} (Poecile atricapillus) | :: 黑盖山雀 |
| black cardamom {n} (plant and spice) | :: 草果 |
| black cat {n} (Martes pennanti) SEE: fisher | :: |
| black cat {n} (black-furred cat) | :: 黑貓, 黑猫 /hēimāo/ |
| black child {n} (black child, see also: pickaninny) | :: 黑人小孩 /hēirén xiǎohái/ |
| black coal {n} (high quality coal) | :: 煙煤, 烟煤 /yānméi/, 黑煤 /hēiméi/ |
| black coffee {n} (coffee served without cream or milk) | :: 黑咖啡 /hēikāfēi/, 清咖啡 /qīngkāfēi/ |
| black-collar {adj} (pertaining to employment in the black market) | :: 黑領, 黑领 /hēilǐng/ |
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) | :: 夜鷺, 夜鹭 /yèlù/ |
| black currant {n} (shrub) | :: 黑加侖, 黑加仑 /hēijiālún/, 黑醋栗 /hēicùlì/ |
| black currant {n} (berry) | :: 黑加侖, 黑加仑 /hēijiālún/, 黑醋栗 /hēicùlì/ |
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) | :: 黑死病 /hēisǐbìng/ |
| black earth {n} (chernozem) SEE: chernozem | :: |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| black eye {n} (bruised eye) | :: 黑眼圈 /hēiyǎnquān/, 熊猫眼 /xióngmāoyǎn/ |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant) | :: 豇豆 /jiāngdòu/ |
| black-eyed Susan {n} (Rudbeckia hirta) | :: 黑心金光菊 /hēixīn jīnguāngjú/, 黑心菊 /hēixīnjú/ |
| black flag {n} (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) | :: 黑旗 /hēiqí/ |
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) | :: 黑森林 /Hēi Sēnlín/ |
| Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) | :: 黑森林蛋糕 /Hēi Sēnlín dàngāo/ |
| Black Friday {prop} (day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day) | :: 黑色星期五 /Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ/ |
| Black Friday {prop} (sales period involving heavy price reductions) | :: 黑色星期五 /Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ/, 黑五 /Hēiwǔ/ |
| black grouse {n} (Lyrurus tetrix) | :: 黑琴雞, 黑琴鸡 /hēiqínjī/ |
| blackguard {n} (scoundrel) SEE: scoundrel | :: |
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) | :: 红嘴鸥 /hóng zuǐ ōu/ |
| black hole {n} (celestial body) | :: 黑洞 /hēidòng/ |
| black horse {n} | :: 鐵驪, 铁骊 /tiělí/ |
| black humor {n} (subgenre of comedy) | :: 黑色幽默 /hēisè yōumò/ |
| black ibis {n} (Pseudibis papillosa) | :: 黑䴉, 黑鹮 /hēihuán/ |
| black ice {n} (invisible film of ice) | :: 黑冰 /hēibīng/ |
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish | :: |
| blackjack {n} (card game) | :: 二十一點, 二十一点 /èrshíyī diǎn/ |
| black jail {n} (facility) | :: 黑監獄, 黑监狱 /hēijiānyù/ |
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite | :: |
| blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker | :: |
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla) | :: 三趾鸥 /sān-zhǐ ōu/ |
| black light {n} (light bulb that emits ultraviolet light) | :: 黑光燈, 黑光灯 /hēiguāngdēng/, 不可見光燈, 不可见光灯 /bùkějiàn guāngdēng/, 紫外線, 紫外线 /zǐwàixiàn/ |
| black liquor {n} (a waste product in pulp and paper industry) | :: 黑液 /hēiyè/ |
| blacklist {n} (list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned) | :: 黑名單, 黑名单 /hēimíngdān/ |
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces) | :: 黑魔法 /hēimófǎ/, 黑巫術, 黑巫术 /hēiwūshù/ |
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) | :: 勒索 /lèsuǒ/, 敲詐, 敲诈 /qiāozhà/, 誅求, 诛求 /zhūqiú/, 逼勒 /bīlè/, 要挾, 要挟 /yāoxié/, 訛詐, 讹诈 /ézhà/ |
| blackmail {v} (to extort money) | :: 勒索 /lèsuǒ/, 敲詐, 敲诈 /qiāozhà/, 誅求, 诛求 /zhūqiú/, 逼勒 /bīlè/, 要挾, 要挟 /yāoxié/, 訛詐, 讹诈 /ézhà/ |
| blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails) | :: 敲詐者, 敲诈者 /qiāozhàzhě/, 勒索者 /lèsuǒzhě/ |
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) | :: 黑市 /hēishì/ |
| black olive {n} (olive picked after it has ripened) | :: 黑橄欖, 黑橄榄 /hēigǎnlǎn/ |
| blackout {n} (a large-scale power failure) | :: 停電, 停电 /tíngdiàn/ |
| blackout {n} (the mandatory blinding of all light) | :: 暗轉, 暗转 /ànzhuǎn/ |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: 黑胡椒 /hēihújiāo/ |
| black rat {n} (Rattus rattus) | :: 屋頂鼠, 屋顶鼠 /wūdǐngshǔ/, 黑鼠 /hēishǔ/ |
| black redstart {n} (a small passerine bird) | :: 赭紅尾鴝, 赭红尾鸲 /zhěhóng wěiqú/ |
| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) | :: 黑犀 |
| black rice {n} (type of rice) | :: 黑米 /hēimǐ/ |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: 黑海 /Hēihǎi/ |
| black sesame soup {n} (Chinese dessert) | :: 芝麻糊 /zhīmahù/ |
| black sheep {n} (nonconformist) | :: 不墨守成规者 |
| black sheep {n} (disliked person) | :: 害群之馬, 害群之马 /hàiqúnzhīmǎ/, 敗類, 败类 /bàilèi/ |
| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist | :: |
| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) | :: 黑衣黨員, 黑衣党员 /hēiyīdǎng yuán/, 黑衫黨成員, 黑衫党成员 /hēishāndǎng chéngyuán/ |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: 鐵匠, 铁匠 /tiējiàng/; 鐵匠, 铁匠 /títiējiàng/ |
| black speargrass {n} (Heteropogon contortus) | :: 黄茅 or 黃茅 /huángmáo/ |
| black swan {n} (Cygnus atratus) | :: 黑天鵝, 黑天鹅 /hēitiān'é/ |
| black swan {n} (something believed non-existent) | :: 黑天鹅 |
| black tea {n} (tea leaves which have been "fermented") | :: 紅茶, 红茶 /hóngchá/ |
| black tea {n} (cup of tea served without milk) | :: 紅茶, 红茶 /hóngchá/ |
| blackwater {n} (contaminated waste water) | :: 黑水 /hēishuǐ/, 污水 /wūshuǐ/ |
| bladder {n} (hollow inflatable organ in botany) | :: 氣囊 |
| bladder {n} (inflatable bag inside a ball) | :: 球膽 |
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder | :: |
| bladder cancer {n} (disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder) | :: 膀胱癌 /pángguāng'ái/ |
| bladder cherry {n} (Physalis alkekengi) | :: 酸漿, 酸浆 /suānjiāng/ |
| bladder infection {n} (urinary tract infection) SEE: urinary tract infection | :: |
| blade {n} (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil) | :: 刃 /rèn/ |
| blade {n} (the flat part of a leaf or petal) | :: 葉片, 叶片 /yèpiàn/ |
| blade {n} (slang term for a weapon such as a dagger) | :: 刀 /dāo/ |
| Blagoevgrad {prop} (town in Bulgaria) | :: 布拉戈耶夫格勒 /Bùlāgēyéfūgélè/ |
| Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: 布拉戈維申斯克, 布拉戈维申斯克 /Bùlāgēwéishēnsīkè/, 海蘭泡, 海兰泡 /Hǎilánpào/ |
| blame {n} (state of having caused a bad event) | :: 責備, 责备 /zébèi/ |
| blame {v} (place blame upon) | :: 責備, 责备 /zébèi/, 責怪, 责怪 /zéguài/, 怪 /guài/ |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| blanch {v} (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) | :: 焯 /chāo/ |
| bland {adj} (Lacking in taste or vigor) | :: 乏味的 /fáwèide/ |
| blank {adj} (free from writing, printing or marks) | :: 空白 /kòngbái/ |
| blank {n} (simulation cartridge) | :: 空包彈, 空包弹 /kōngbāodàn/ |
| blank check {n} (signed check) | :: 空白支票 /kòngbái zhīpiào/ |
| blanket {n} (fabric) | :: 毯子 /tǎnzi/ |
| blanket term {n} (word or phrase used to describe multiple groups of related things) SEE: umbrella term | :: |
| blasphemous {adj} (lacking piety or respect for the sacred) | :: 褻瀆神靈, 亵渎神灵 /xièdú shénlíng/ |
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: 褻瀆, 亵渎 /xièdú/ |
| blast {n} (violent gust of wind) | :: 疾風, 疾风 /jífēng/ |
| -blast {suffix} (an immature cell or tissue) | :: -母细胞 /mǔxìbāo/ |
| blastoderm {n} (point from which the embryo develops) | :: 胚盤, 胚盘 /pēipán/ |
| blastoma {n} (type of tumour) | :: 胚細胞瘤, 胚细胞瘤 /pēixìbāoliú/ |
| blat {n} (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (Russia)) | :: 關係, 关系 /guānxi/ |
| blay {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak | :: |
| blaze {n} (fast-burning fire) | :: 火焰 /huǒyàn/ |
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) | :: 漂白 /piǎobái/ |
| bleach {n} (chemical) | :: 漂白劑, 漂白剂 /piǎobáijì/ |
| bleacher {n} (one who bleaches) | :: 漂白劑, 漂白剂 |
| bleacher {n} (seating for spectators) | :: 露天看台 |
| bleak {adj} (without color) | :: 苍白 |
| bleak {adj} (desolate and exposed) | :: 荒凉 |
| bleak {adj} (cheerless) | :: 黯淡, 惨淡 |
| bleed {v} (lose blood) | :: 出血 /chūxiě/, 流血 /liúxuè, liúxiě/, 放血 /fàngxuè/ |
| bleeding {n} (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) | :: 出血 /chūxuè, chūxiě/ , 滲色, 渗色 /shènsè/ |
| bleed out {v} (die due to excess bloodloss) | :: 失血過多而死, 失血过多而死 /shīxuè guòduō ér sǐ/ |
| bleep censor {n} (software module) | :: 尖銳聲音檢查員, 尖锐声音检查员 /jianrui shengyin jiangzhayuan/ |
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| blender {n} (machine) | :: 混合器 /hùnhéqì/ |
| blepharoplasty {n} (plastic surgery on the eyelid) | :: 重瞼術, 重睑术 /chóngjiǎnshù/, 割雙眼皮, 割双眼皮 /gēshuāngyǎnpí/, 雙眼皮手術, 双眼皮手术 /shuāngyǎnpí shǒushù/ |
| bless {v} (confer blessing on) | :: 保佑 /bǎoyòu/, 佑 /yòu/, 祝福 /zhùfú/ |
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: 祝福 /zhùfú/ |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| blessing in disguise {n} (A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best) | :: 因禍得福, 因祸得福 /yīn huò dé fú/ |
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: 一百歲, 一百岁 /yībǎi suì/ ((live up to) 100 years) |
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you | :: |
| blight {n} (plant disease) | :: 枯萎病 |
| blimp {n} (airship) | :: 軟式小型飛船, 软式小型飞船 /ruǎnshìxiǎoxíngfēichuán/ |
| blind {adj} (unable to see) | :: 盲 /máng/, 盲目 /mángmù/, 失明 /shīmíng/ , 瞎 /xiā/ , 瞽 /gǔ/ |
| blind {n} (covering for a window) | :: 百葉窗 , 百叶窗 /bǎiyèchuāng/ |
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end | :: |
| blind date {n} (romantic meeting between two people who have never met before, see also: miai) | :: 相親, 相亲 /xiāngqīn/ |
| blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) | :: 眼罩 /yǎnzhào/ |
| blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum | :: |
| blindingly {adv} (extremely) SEE: extremely | :: |
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) | :: 躲猫猫 /duǒ māo māo/, 捉迷藏 /zhuō mí cáng/ |
| blind massage {n} (massage given by a blind masseur) | :: 盲人按摩 /mángrén ànmó/ |
| blindness {n} (condition of being blind) | :: 盲目性 /mángmùxìng/ |
| blind spot {n} (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina) | :: 盲點, 盲点 /mángdiǎn/ |
| blind spot {n} (part of the road that cannot be seen) | :: 盲點, 盲点 /mángdiǎn/ |
| blind spot {n} (inability to recognize a fact or think clearly) | :: 盲點 |
| blind tiger {n} (speakeasy) SEE: speakeasy | :: |
| blind tiger {n} (shogi piece) | :: 盲虎 /mánghǔ/ |
| blink {v} (to close and reopen both eyes quickly) | :: 眨眼 /zhǎyǎn/, 眨眼睛 /zhǎ yǎnjīng/, 眨 /zhǎ/ |
| blink of an eye {n} (very short period of time) | :: 眨眼 /zhǎyǎn/ |
| bliss {n} (perfect happiness) | :: 極樂, 极乐 /jílè/, 喜悅, 喜悦 /xǐyuè/, 福佑 /fúyòu/, 幸福 /xìngfú/ |
| blister {n} (bubble on the skin) | :: 水泡 /shuǐpào/ |
| blister {n} (bubble on a painted surface) | :: 氣泡 /shuǐpào/, 气泡 /qìpào/ |
| blister {v} (cause blisters to form) | :: 起水泡, 起水泡 /qǐ shuǐ pào/ |
| Blitzen {prop} (reindeer of Santa Claus) | :: 閃電, 闪电 /Shǎndiàn/ |
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive) | :: 閃電戰, 闪电战 /shǎndiànzhàn/ |
| blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm) | :: 暴風雪, 暴风雪 /bàofēngxuě/, 大風雪, 大风雪 /dàfēngxuě/ |
| BL Lac object {n} (type of galaxy with AGN) | :: 蝎虎座BL型天體, 蠍虎BL天體 |
| bloc {n} (group of voters or politicians) | :: 集團, 集团 /jítuán/ |
| bloc {n} (group of countries) | :: 聯合, 联合 /liánhé/ |
| block {n} (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) | :: 積木 /jīmù/ |
| block {n} (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) | :: 砧板 /zhēnbǎn/ |
| block {n} (distance from one street to another) | :: 街區, 街区 /jiēqū/ |
| block {n} (slang: human head) | :: 頭 /tóu/ |
| block {n} (set of paper sheets) | :: 一批 /yìpī/ |
| block {n} (computing: logical data storage unit) | :: 簇 |
| block {n} (part of a ship's rigging) | :: 索具 /suǒjù/ |
| block {n} (something that prevents passing) | :: 障礙物, 障碍物 /zhàngāiwù/ |
| block {n} (volleyball: defensive play) | :: 排球 /páiqiú/ |
| block {n} (stupid fellow) SEE: blockhead | :: |
| block {n} (solitary confinement) SEE: solitary confinement | :: |
| blockade {n} (the isolation of something) | :: 封鎖, 封锁 /fēngsuǒ/ |
| blockbuster {n} (high-explosive bomb) | :: 巨型炸彈, 巨型炸弹 /jùxíng zhàdàn/ |
| blockbuster {n} (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) | :: 巨片 /jùpiān/, 大片 /dàpiān/, 風靡一時的事物, 风靡一时的事物 /fēngmí yīshí de shìwù/ |
| blockchain {n} (shared record) | :: 區塊鏈, 区块链 /qūkuàiliàn/ |
| blockhead {n} (stupid person) | :: 傻子 /shǎzi/, 傻瓜 /shǎguā/ |
| block of flats {n} (apartment building) SEE: apartment building | :: |
| Bloc Québécois {prop} (federal political party in Canada) | :: 魁人政團, 魁人政团 /Kuǐrén Zhèngtuán/ |
| Bloemfontein {prop} (city) | :: 布隆方丹 /Bùlóngfāngdān/ |
| blog {n} (a personal or corporate website) | :: 博客 /bókè/ (most common term), 部落格 /bùluògé/, 博落 /bóluò/, 網誌, 网志 /wǎngzhì/ |
| blogger {n} (contributor to a blog) | :: 博客 /bókè/ |
| blogosphere {n} (the totality of blogs) | :: 博客圈 /bókèquān/ |
| blogpost {n} | :: 博文 /bówén/ |
| blond {adj} (of a pale golden colour) | :: 金髮, 金发 /jīnfà/ |
| blond {n} (fair-haired person) | :: 金髮, 金发 /jīnfà/ |
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: 血 /xuè, xiě/ |
| blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings) | :: 血液 /xuèyè/ |
| blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored) | :: 血庫, 血库 /xuèkù/ |
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: 血洗 /xuèxǐ/, 大屠殺, 大屠杀 /dàtúshā/ |
| blood brother {n} (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) | :: 把兄弟 /bǎxiōngdì/, 盟兄弟 /méngxiōngdì/ |
| blood brother {n} (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) | :: 把兄弟 /bǎxiōngdì/, 盟兄弟 /méngxiōngdì/ |
| blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood) | :: 血細胞, 血细胞 /xuèxìbāo/, 血球 /xuèqiú/ |
| blood clot {n} | :: 血栓 /xuèshuān/ |
| blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell | :: |
| blood drive {n} (activity in which persons are requested to donate blood) | :: 獻血活動, 献血活动 /xiànxiě huódòng/ |
| blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta | :: |
| blood flow {n} (continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system) | :: 血流 /xuèliú/, 血液循環, 血液循环 /xuèyè xúnhuán/ |
| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type | :: |
| blood is thicker than water {proverb} (relationships are stronger within the family) | :: 血濃於水, 血浓于水 /xùenóngyúshuǐ/ |
| blood moon {n} (moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse) | :: 血月 /xuèyuè/ |
| blood orange {n} (type of orange) | :: 血橙 /xuèchéng/ |
| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) | :: 血壓, 血压 /xuèyā/ |
| blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage | :: |
| blood red {adj} (of a deep vivid red colour) | :: 殷紅, 殷红 /yīnhóng/ |
| blood relation {n} (person) | :: 血親, 血亲 /xuèqīn/, 骨肉 /gǔròu/ |
| blood relative {n} (blood relation) SEE: blood relation | :: |
| bloodroot {n} (plant) | :: 血根草 /xiěgēncǎo/ |
| blood sausage {n} (type of sausage) | :: 血腸, 血肠 /xuècháng, xiěcháng/ |
| bloodshed {n} (shedding or spilling of blood) | :: 流血 /liúxuè, liúxiě/ |
| blood sister {n} (sister by birth) | :: 親姐妹, 亲姐妹 /qīn jiěmèi/ |
| blood sport {n} (sport involving the killing of animals) | :: 流血運動, 流血运动 /liúxuè yùndòng/ |
| bloodstained {adj} (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) | :: 血污的 /xuèwū de/ |
| bloodstone {n} (type of green chalcedony) | :: 血石 /xuèshí/, 血石髓 /xuèshísuǐ/, 血滴石 /xuèdīshí/, 血玉髓 /xuèyùsuǐ/ |
| bloodstream {n} (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal) | :: 血液 /xuèyè, xiěyè/, 血流 /xuèliú, xiěliú/ |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (animal that drinks the blood of others) | :: 吸血動物, 吸血动物 /xīxuè dòngwù/ , 吸血者 /xīxuèzhě/ |
| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible) | :: 吸血鬼 /xīxuèguǐ/ |
| blood sugar {n} (glucose in the blood) | :: 血糖 /xuètáng/ |
| blood sugar {n} (amount of glucose in a person's blood) | :: 血糖 /xuètáng/ |
| blood supply {n} (volume of blood flowing to part of the body over a particular time period) | :: 血運, 血运 /xuèyùn/ |
| blood, sweat and tears {n} (person's determination and hard work) | :: 血汗 /xuèhàn/ |
| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) | :: 驗血, 验血 /yànxuè/ |
| bloodthirsty {adj} (thirsty for blood) | :: 嗜血 /shìxiě/ |
| blood tofu {n} (food product made of coagulated animal blood) | :: 血豆腐 /xuèdòufu/, 血 /xuè/ , 血旺 |
| blood transfusion {n} (taking blood from one and giving it to another individual) | :: 輸血, 输血 /shūxuè or shūxiě/ |
| blood type {n} (blood classification) | :: 血型 /xiěxíng, xuèxíng/ |
| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) | :: 血管 /xuèguǎn or xiěguǎn/ |
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test | :: |
| bloody {adj} (intensifier) | :: 残忍的 /cánrěnde/ |
| bloody mary {n} (cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice) | :: 血瑪麗, 血玛丽 /xuèmǎlì/, 血瑪莉, 血玛莉 /xuèmǎlì/ |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloomers {n} (Women’s underpants with short legs.) | :: 灯笼裤 /dēnglóngkù/ |
| blooper {n} (filmed or videotaped outtake) | :: NG /ēnjī/ |
| blossom {n} (flowers on trees) | :: 花 /huā/ |
| blossom {v} (have or open into blossoms) | :: 開花, 开花 /kāihuā/, 開, 开 /kāi/ |
| blotter {n} (piece of blotting paper) SEE: blotting paper | :: |
| blotter {n} (police station register) | :: 記事簿, 记事簿 /jìshìbù/ |
| blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink) | :: 吸墨紙, 吸墨纸 /xīmòzhǐ/ |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blouse {n} (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt) | :: 女襯衫, 女衬衫 /nǚ chènshān/ |
| blouse {n} (military: a loose-fitting uniform jacket) | :: 工作罩衫 |
| blow {v} (to produce an air current) | :: 吹 /chuī/, 颳, 刮 /guā/ |
| blow {v} (to propel by an air current) | :: 刮走 /guāzǒu/ |
| blow {v} (to be propelled by an air current) | :: 隨風飄動 /guā/, 随风飘动 /suífēng piāodòng/ |
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing) | :: 吹氣 /guā/, 吹气 /chuīqì/ |
| blow {v} ((of a cetacean) exhale visibly through the spout the seawater) | :: 喘氣 /guā/, 喘气 /chuǎnqì/ |
| blow {v} (to explode) | :: 爆炸 /bàozhà/ |
| blow {v} (be very undesirable) | :: 搞砸 /gǎozá/ |
| blow {v} (to squander) | :: 浪費, 浪费 /làngfèi/ |
| blow {v} (to leave) | :: 離開, 离开 /líkāi/ |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blow a kiss {v} (to kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient) | :: 給某人飛吻, 给某人飞吻 /gěi mǒurén fēiwěn/ |
| blow away {v} (to impress greatly) | :: 印象深刻 |
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| blower {n} (device) | :: 鼓風機, 鼓风机 /gǔfēngjī/ |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blowfish {n} (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe) | :: 河豚 /hétún/ |
| blowfish {n} (a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins) | :: 河豚 /hétún/ |
| blowfly {n} (flies of the family Calliphoridae) | :: 麗蠅, 丽蝇 /lìying/, 綠頭蒼蠅, 绿头苍蝇 /lǜtóu cāngying/ |
| blowgun {n} (weapon) | :: 吹箭 /chuījiàn/ |
| blowhard {n} (person who talks too much or too loudly) | :: 吹牛大王 |
| blow hot and cold {v} (inconsistent behavior) | :: 朝三暮四 /zhāosānmùsì/ |
| blowjob {n} (the act of fellatio) | :: 吹功 /chuīgōng/, 吹簫, 吹箫 /chuīxiāo/， 口交 /kǒu jiāo/ |
| blow one's nose {v} (to expel mucus from nose) | :: 擤鼻子 /xǐng bízi/ |
| blow one's top {v} (lose one's temper) SEE: lose one's temper | :: |
| blow out of proportion {v} (overreact or overstate) | :: 小題大作, 小题大作 /xiǎotídàzuò/ |
| blowpipe {n} (weapon) SEE: blowgun | :: |
| blow the whistle {v} (disclose information to the public) | :: 揭發, 揭发 /jiēfā/, 舉報, 举报 /jǔbào/, 告發, 告发 /gàofā/, 檢舉, 检举 /jiǎnjǔ/ |
| blow the whistle {v} (make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game) | :: 吹哨 /chuīshào/ |
| blowtorch {n} (tool) | :: 噴燈, 喷灯 /pēndēng/ |
| blow up {v} (to explode (transitive)) | :: 炸掉 /zhàdiào/, 爆破 /bàopò/ |
| blow up {v} (to explode (intransitive)) | :: 炸掉 /zhàdiào/ |
| blow up in one's face {v} (fail disastrously) | :: 栽跟頭, 栽跟头 /zāigēntou/ |
| bludgeon {n} (short heavy club) | :: 棍棒 /gùnbàng/ |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: 藍色, 蓝色 /lánsè/, 藍, 蓝 /lán/ |
| blue {adj} (pornographic) | :: 下流的 |
| blue {n} (colour) | :: 藍色, 蓝色 /lánsè/ |
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument | :: |
| blue {n} (blue uniform) SEE: blues | :: |
| blue {n} (bluefish) SEE: bluefish | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the famous fairy tale) | :: 藍鬍子, 蓝胡子 /Lán Húzi/ |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the title character) | :: 藍鬍子, 蓝胡子 /Lán Húzi/ |
| blueberry {n} (fruit) | :: 藍莓, 蓝莓 /lánméi/ |
| bluebird {n} (bird of Sialia) | :: 藍知更鳥, 蓝知更鸟 /lánzhīgēngniǎo/ |
| bluebottle {n} (man-of-war) SEE: man-of-war | :: |
| bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower | :: |
| blue card {n} (European work permit) | :: 藍卡, 蓝卡 /lánkǎ/ |
| blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold) | :: 藍乾酪, 蓝干酪 /lángānlào/ |
| blue-collar {adj} (working class) | :: 藍領, 蓝领 /lánlǐng/ |
| blue-collar {adj} (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers) | :: 藍領, 蓝领 /lánlǐng/ |
| blue-eyed soul {n} (white soul) SEE: white soul | :: |
| bluefin tuna {n} (tuna species) | :: 藍鰭金槍魚 /lánqíjīnqiāngyú/, 藍鰭鮪魚 /lánqíwěiyú/ |
| bluefish {n} (Pomatomus saltatrix) | :: 扁鰺, 扁鲹 /biǎnshēn/, 藍魚, 蓝鱼 /lányú/, 藍鯥, 蓝鯥 /lánlù/ |
| blue giant {n} (very luminous star) | :: 藍巨星, 蓝巨星 /lánjùxīng/ |
| blue-green {adj} (color between blue and green) | :: Literary Chinese: 青 |
| Blue House {prop} (executive mansion of South Korea) | :: 青瓦臺, 青瓦台 /Qīngwǎtái/ |
| blue jeans {n} (denim trousers, see also: jeans) | :: 牛仔褲, 牛仔裤 /niúzǎikù/ |
| blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis) | :: 藍貝, 蓝贝 /lánbèi/ |
| blue-ocean {adj} (related to an industry lacking competition) | :: 藍海, 蓝海 /lánhǎi/ |
| blueprint {n} (print produced by this process) | :: 藍圖, 蓝图 /lántú/ |
| blueprint {n} (any detailed technical drawing) | :: 設計圖, 设计图 /shèjìtú/ |
| blueprint {n} (any detailed plan of action) | :: 計劃, 计划 /jìhuà/, 藍圖 蓝图 /lántú/ |
| blues {n} (musical form) | :: 藍調, 蓝调 /lándiào/, 布魯斯, 布鲁斯 /bùlǔsī/ |
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) | :: 藍屏死機, 蓝屏死机 /lánpíng sǐjī/, 藍色當機畫面, 蓝色当机画面 /lánsè dāngjī huàmiàn/, 蓝屏 /lánpíng/ |
| bluestone {n} (slate) SEE: slate | :: |
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone | :: |
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt | :: |
| blue supergiant {n} (a large blue giant) | :: 藍超巨星, 蓝超巨星 /lánchāojùxīng/ |
| bluethroat {n} (bird) | :: 蓝点颏 /lándiǎnké/ |
| blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus) | :: 蓝山雀 /lán shānquè/ |
| bluetongue {n} (disease of ruminants) | :: 藍舌病, 蓝舌病 /lánshébìng/ |
| Bluetooth {prop} (personal area wireless network) | :: 藍牙, 蓝牙 /Lányá/ |
| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) | :: 藍鯨, 蓝鲸 /lánjīng/ |
| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii) | :: 藍翅笑翠鳥, 蓝翅笑翠鸟 /lánchì xiàocuìniǎo/ |
| blunder {n} (mistake) | :: 错误 |
| blunderbuss {n} (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) | :: 雷筒 /léitǒng/, 雷管 /léiguǎn/ |
| blunt {adj} (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) | :: 鈍, 钝 /dùn/ |
| blunt instrument {n} (object lacking sharp surfaces used to cause injury) | :: 鈍器, 钝器 /dùnqì/ |
| blur {v} (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim) | :: 模糊 /móhu/ |
| blur {v} (become indistinct) | :: 模糊 /móhu/ |
| Blu-ray {n} (format) | :: 藍光光盤, 蓝光光盘 /lánguāng guāngpán/ |
| Blu-ray Disc {n} (optical disc) | :: 藍光光盤, 蓝光光盘 /lánguāng guāngpán/ |
| blurb {n} (a short description of a book, film, or other work) | :: 大作廣告, 大作广告 /dàzuò guǎnggào/ |
| blurry {adj} (not clear, crisp, or focused) | :: 模糊 /móhu/, 模糊不清 /móhubùqīng/, 不清楚 /bùqīngchu/ |
| blurry {adj} (lacking well-defined boundaries) | :: 模糊 /móhu/, 模糊不清 /móhubùqīng/, 不清楚 /bùqīngchu/ |
| blurt {v} (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) | :: 脫口而出, 脱口而出 /tuōkǒu'érchū/, 走嘴 /zǒuzuǐ/ |
| blurt out {v} (blurt) SEE: blurt | :: |
| blush {n} (makeup) | :: 胭脂 /yānzhī/ |
| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) | :: 臉紅, 脸红 /liǎnhóng/ |
| Blu-Tack {n} (putty-like adhesive) | :: 藍丁膠, 蓝丁胶 /lándīngjiāo/, 寶貼, 宝贴 /bǎotiē/, 泥膠, 泥胶 /níjiāo/ |
| Blythe {prop} (transliterations of place in England and U.S.A.) | :: 布萊斯, 布莱斯 /Bùláisī/ |
| Blythe {prop} (transliterations of surname) | :: 布萊斯, 布莱斯 /Bùláisī/ |
| Blythe {prop} (transliterations of female given name) | :: 布萊斯, 布莱斯 /Bùláisī/ |
| BMW {prop} (colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW") | :: 寶馬, 宝马 /Bǎomǎ/ |
| Bàng-uâ-cê {n} (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Min Dong) | :: 平話字, 平话字 /pínghuàzì/ |
| bánh xèo {n} (Vietnamese fried pancake) | :: 越南煎餅, 越南煎饼 /Yuènán jiānbǐng/ |
| BNO {n} | :: 英國國民（海外）, 英国国民（海外） /Yīngguó guómín (hǎiwài)/ |
| boa {n} (snake) | :: 蟒蛇 /mǎngshé/, 王蛇 /wángshé/ |
| boa constrictor {n} (snake) | :: 蟒蛇 /mǎngshé/, 大蟒 /dàmǎng/ |
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar | :: |
| boar {n} (male pig) | :: 公豬, 公豬 /gōngzhū/ |
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: 板 /bǎn/, 板子 /bǎnzi/ |
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: 黑板 /hēibǎn/, 白板 /báibǎn/ |
| board {n} (managing committee) | :: 委員會, 委员会 /wěiyuánhuì/ |
| board {v} (to step or climb onto) | :: 上船 /shàngchuán/, 登機, 登机 /dēngjī/ |
| board and lodging {n} (lodging with daily meals) | :: 膳宿 /shànsù/, 食宿 /shísù/ |
| boarder {n} (pupil who lives at school during term) | :: 寄宿生 /jìsùshēng/ |
| boarder {n} (someone who pays for meals and lodging) | :: 寄膳者, 寄膳者 /jìshànzhě/ |
| boarder {n} (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding) | :: 被派強登敵船者, 被派强登敌船者 /bèi pài qiǎng dēng dí chuán zhě/ |
| boarder {n} (one who uses a snowboard) | :: 玩雪地滑板的人 /wán xuědìhuábǎn de rén/ |
| board game {n} (game played on a board) | :: 版圖遊戲, 版图游戏 /bǎntú yóuxì/, 圖版遊戲, 图版游戏 /túbǎn yóuxì/, 紙盤遊戲, 纸盘游戏 /zhǐpán yóuxì/, 棋盤遊戲, 棋盘游戏 /qípán yóuxì/, 紙上遊戲, 纸上游戏 /zhǐshàng yóuxì/, 桌面遊戲, 桌面游戏 /zhuōmiàn yóuxì/, 棋類遊戲, 棋类游戏 /qílèi yóuxì/, 桌遊, 桌游 /zhuōyóu/ |
| boarding {n} (embarkation) | :: 登船 /dēngchuán/ , 乘船 /chéngchuán/ , 上船 /shàngchuán/ , 登機, 登机 /dēngjī/ |
| boarding house {n} (private house for paying guests) | :: 招待所 /zhāodàisuǒ/, 寄宿舍 /jìsùshè/ |
| boarding house {n} (boarding school building) | :: 宿舍 /sùshè/ |
| boarding pass {n} (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.) | :: 登機證, 登机证 /dēngjīzhèng/, 登機牌, 登机牌 /dēngjīpái/ |
| boarding school {n} (school which provides board and lodging) | :: 寄宿學校, 寄宿学校 /jìsù xuéxiào/ |
| board of directors {n} (group of people elected by stockholders) | :: 董事會, 董事会 /dǒngshìhuì/ |
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) | :: 吹牛 /chuīniú/, 吹噓, 吹嘘 /chuīxū/, 自誇, 自夸 /zìkuā/ |
| boastful {adj} (tending to boast or brag) | :: 自誇的, 自夸的 /zìkuā de/ |
| boat {n} (water craft) | :: 船 /chuán/, 小船 /xiǎochuán/, 舟 /zhōu/, 艇 /tǐng/ |
| boatel {n} (a ship used as a hotel) | :: 水上旅館, 水上旅馆 /shuǐshàng lǚguǎn/ |
| boater {n} (someone who travels by boat) | :: 船工 /chuángōng/ |
| boater {n} (straw hat) | :: 硬草帽 /yìngcǎomào/ |
| boatman {n} (a man in charge of a small boat) | :: 船工 /chuángōng/ |
| boat people {n} (refugees fleeing by sea) | :: 船民 /chuánmín/ |
| boat people {n} (ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats) | :: 蜑家, 疍家 /dànjiā/ |
| boat person {n} (person who enjoys boats) | :: 喜歡船的人, 喜欢船的人 /xǐhuān chuán de rén/ |
| boat person {n} (member of boat people) | :: 船民 /chuánmín/ |
| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard | :: |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| bobbin {n} (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) | :: 線軸, 线轴 /xiànzhóu/ |
| bobbin {n} (small spool in a sewing machine) | :: 線軸, 线轴 /xiànzhóu/ |
| bobble {n} (furry ball attached on top of a hat) | :: 漏接 /lòujiē/ |
| bobby pin {n} (type of hair pin) SEE: hairgrip | :: |
| bobcat {n} (North American wild cat) | :: 短尾貓, 短尾猫 /duǎn wěimāo/ |
| bob haircut {n} (a haircut) | :: 波波頭, 波波头 /bōbōtóu/ |
| bobolink {n} (songbird) | :: 刺歌雀 |
| bobsled {n} (the sled) SEE: bobsleigh | :: |
| bobsled {n} (the sport) SEE: bobsleigh | :: |
| bobsleigh {n} (sled) | :: 有舵雪橇 /yǒuduòxuěqiāo/, 長雪橇, 长雪橇 /chángxuěqiāo/, 長橇, 长橇 /chángqiāo/ |
| Bob's your uncle {phrase} (desirable conclusion is reached) | :: 就這樣唄, 就这样呗 /jiù zhèyàng bei/ |
| bocce {n} (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) | :: 意大利式室外地滾球戲, 意大利式室外地滚球戏 /Yìdàlì shì shìwài dìgǔnqiú xì/, 硬地滾球, 硬地滚球 /Yìngdìgǔnqiú / |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| bodhi {n} (enlightenment) | :: 菩提 /pútí/ |
| bodhicitta {n} | :: 菩提心, 道意 |
| Bodhipathapradīpa {prop} (Atiśa's text) | :: 菩提道燈論, 菩提道灯论 /Pútí Dào Dēng Lùn/ |
| bodhisattva {n} (bodhisattva) | :: 菩薩, 菩萨 /púsà/, 菩提薩埵, 菩提萨埵 /pútísàduǒ/ |
| bodhi tree {n} (fig tree under which the Buddha sat) | :: 菩提樹, 菩提树 /pútíshù/ |
| bodhi tree {n} (Indian fig tree) SEE: sacred fig | :: |
| bodily fluid {n} (biofluid) | :: 體液, 体液 /tǐyè/ |
| bodily function {n} (physical process) | :: 身體機能, 身体机能 /shēntǐ jīnéng/ |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| bodkin {n} (hairpin) SEE: hairpin | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: 身體, 身体 /shēntǐ/ |
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human) | :: 身體, 身体 /shēntǐ/ |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: 軀體, 躯体 /qūtǐ/ |
| body {n} (torso) | :: 軀幹, 躯干 /qūgàn/ |
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) | :: 本體, 本体 /běntǐ/ |
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group) | :: 機構, 机构 /jīgòu/, 法人 /fǎrén/ |
| body {n} (group having a common purpose or opinion) | :: 團體, 团体 /tuántǐ/ |
| body {n} (collection of knowledge) | :: 正文, 正文 /zhèng wén/ |
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing) | :: 物體, 物体 /wùtǐ/ |
| body {n} (comparative viscosity, solidity or substance) | :: 有黏性 /yǒuniánxìng/ |
| body art {n} (application of tattoos, piercings or jewellery) | :: 人體藝術, 人体艺术 /réntǐ yìshù/ |
| body art {n} (type of performance art) | :: 人體藝術, 人体艺术 /réntǐ yìshù/ |
| bodybuilder {n} (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique) | :: 健美運動人員, 健美运动人员 /jiànměi yùndòng rényuán/ |
| bodybuilding {n} (sport of muscle development) | :: 健美運動, 健美运动 /jiànměi yùndòng/ |
| body butter {n} (moisturizer) | :: 身體霜, 身体霜 /shēntǐshuāng/ |
| body clock {n} (biological clock) SEE: biological clock | :: |
| body corporate {n} (corporation) SEE: corporation | :: |
| body corporate {n} (organization of individuals owning a shared housing facility) | :: 物業管理公司, 物业管理公司 /wùyè guǎnlǐ gōngsī/, 物業公司, 物业公司 /wùyè gōngsī/ |
| body double {n} (film stand-in) | :: 替身 (tìshēn) |
| body double {n} (political decoy) | :: 替身 (tìshēn) |
| bodyguard {n} (person responsible for protecting an individual) | :: 保鏢, 保镖 /bǎobiāo/, 護衛, 护卫 /hùwèi/, 衛士, 卫士 /wèishì/ |
| body hair {n} (androgenic hair) | :: 體毛, 体毛 /tǐmáo/ |
| body-hugging {adj} (clinging tightly to one's body) | :: 緊身, 紧身 /jǐnshēn/ |
| body image {n} (subjective inner picture of one's physical appearance) | :: 身體形象, 身体形象 /shēntǐ xíngxiàng/, 身體意象, 身体意象 /shēntǐ yìxiàng/ |
| body language {n} (non-verbal communication) | :: 肢體語言, 肢体语言 /zhītǐ yǔyán/, 身體語言, 身体语言 /shēntǐ yǔyán/, 身勢語, 身势语 /shēnshìyǔ/ |
| body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body) | :: 體臭, 体臭 /tǐchòu/, 狐臭 /húchòu/, 狐臊 /húsāo/, 腋臭 /yèchòu/ |
| body of water {n} (significant accumulation of water) | :: 水體, 水体 /shuǐtǐ/ |
| body painting {n} (application of paint to the body) | :: 人體彩繪, 人体彩绘 /réntǐ cǎihuì/ |
| body painting {n} (body painted this way) | :: 人體彩繪, 人体彩绘 /réntǐ cǎihuì/ |
| bodypainting {n} (body painting) SEE: body painting | :: |
| body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism) | :: 體, 体 /tǐ/, 肢 /zhī/, 身體部位, 身体部位 /shēntǐ bùwèi/ |
| body piercing {n} (the practice) | :: 體環, 体环 /tǐhuán/, 人體穿孔, 人体穿孔 /réntǐ chuānkǒng/, 身體穿洞, 身体穿洞 /shēntǐ chuāndòng/ |
| body piercing {n} (the hole) | :: 體環, 体环 /tǐhuán/, 人體穿孔, 人体穿孔 /réntǐ chuānkǒng/, 身體穿洞, 身体穿洞 /shēntǐ chuāndòng/ |
| body pillow {n} (body-length pillow) | :: 抱枕 |
| bodysuit {n} (a one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard) | :: 緊身衣, 紧身衣 /jǐnshēnyī/ |
| body temperature {n} (the current temperature of the body of a person or animal) | :: 體溫, 体温 /tǐwēn/ |
| body text {n} (main portion of text) | :: 正文 /zhèngwén/ |
| Boeing {prop} (An American aerospace company) | :: 波音 /Bōyīn/ |
| Boeotia {prop} (a district in Greece) | :: 波奥提亚 |
| Bofan {prop} (town in central China) | :: 孛畈 /Bófàn/ |
| boffin {n} ((informal) engineer or scientist) | :: 科學家, 科学家 /kēxuéjiā/ |
| bog {n} (expanse of marshland) | :: 沼澤, 沼泽 /zhǎozé/ |
| bogan {n} (unsophisticated or lower class person) | :: 土包子 /tǔbāozi/, 鄉巴佬, 乡巴佬 /xiāngbalǎo/ |
| bogatyr {n} (medieval Russian heroic warrior, see also: bahadur) | :: 博加特耶爾, 博加特耶尔 /bójiātèyé'ěr/, 維塔茲, 维塔兹 /wéitǎzī/ |
| bog bilberry {n} (berry) | :: 𣛭柿 /dūshì/ |
| bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bogeyman {n} (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories) | :: 怪物 /guàiwù/, 魔鬼 /móguǐ/ |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| Bogotá {prop} (Bogota) SEE: Bogota | :: |
| Bogota {prop} (capital of Colombia) | :: 波哥大 /Bōgēdà/ |
| bogus {adj} (counterfeit or fake; not genuine) | :: 假 /jiǎ/, 偽, 伪 /wěi/, 虛偽, 虚伪 /xūwěi/ |
| Bohemia {prop} (The region of the Czech Republic) | :: 波希米亞, 波希米亚 /Bōxīmǐyà/ |
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium | :: |
| bohrium {n} (chemical element) | :: 𨨏 (钅波) (bō) |
| boil {n} (accumulation of pus) | :: 疔瘡, 疔疮 /dīngchuāng/, 疔 /dīng/ |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: 煮沸 /zhǔfèi/, 煮 /zhǔ/ |
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water) | :: 煮 /zhǔ/, 熬 /āo/ |
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas) | :: 沸騰, 沸腾 /fèiténg/ |
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry | :: |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| boiled {adj} (cooked in hot water) | :: 煮沸 /zhǔfèi/, 煮 /zhǔ/ |
| boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) | :: 煮雞蛋, 煮鸡蛋 /zhǔ jīdàn/ |
| boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg) | :: 硬熟蛋 /yìngshúdàn/ |
| boiled egg {n} (soft-boiled egg) | :: 半熟蛋 /bànshúdàn/ |
| boiled sweet {n} (hard sweet) SEE: hard candy | :: |
| boiler {n} (device for heating circulating water) | :: 鍋爐, 锅炉 /guōlú/ |
| boiler room {n} (a room that houses the boiler) | :: 鍋爐房, 锅炉房 /guōlú fáng/ |
| boiling point {n} (temperature at which a liquid boils) | :: 沸點, 沸点 /fèidiǎn/ |
| boisterous {adj} (full of energy; noisy) | :: 喧鬧的, 喧闹的 /xuānnào de/, 愛鬧的, 爱闹的 /àinào de/, 狂歡的, 狂欢的 /kuánghuān de/, 狂暴的 /kuángbào de/, 猛烈的 /měngliè de/, 哄然的 /hōngrán de/ |
| bok choy {n} (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) | :: 白菜 /báicài/ |
| bokeh {n} (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) | :: 散景 |
| Bokmål {n} (language) | :: 巴克摩挪威語, 巴克摩挪威语 /Bakèmó Nuówēiyǔ/, 書面挪威語, 书面挪威语 /Shūmiàn Nuówēiyǔ/ |
| bold {adj} (courageous, daring) | :: 膽大, 胆大 /dǎndà/, 勇敢 /yǒnggǎn/ |
| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) | :: 粗體的, 粗体的 /cūtǐ de/ |
| boldly {adv} (in a bold manner) | :: 大膽地, 大胆地 /dàdǎn de/ |
| Bole {prop} (city in Xinjiang, China) | :: 博樂, 博乐 /Bólè/ |
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) | :: 玻利維亞, 玻利维亚 /Bōlìwéiyà/ |
| Bollywood {prop} (Indian film industry) | :: 寶萊塢, 宝莱坞 /Bǎoláiwù/ |
| Bologna {prop} (city) | :: 博洛尼亞, 博洛尼亚 /Bóluòníyà/ |
| Bolognese {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) | :: 博洛尼亞的, 博洛尼亚的 /Bóluòníyà de/ |
| Bolognian {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) SEE: Bolognese | :: |
| Bolshevik {n} (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917) | :: 布爾什維克, 布尔什维克 /bù'ěrshíwéikè/ |
| bolster {n} (a large cushion or pillow) | :: 靠枕, 墊枕 |
| bolster {v} (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support) | :: 加强, 支持, 巩固 |
| bolt {n} (metal fastener) | :: 螺栓 /luóshuān/ |
| bolt {n} (sliding pin or bar in a lock) | :: 門栓, 门栓 /ménshuān/ |
| bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open) | :: 門栓, 门栓 /ménshuān/ |
| bolt {n} (sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm) | :: 螺栓 /luóshuān/ |
| bolt {n} (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow) | :: 弩箭, 弩箭 (lǔ) |
| bolt {n} (lightning spark) | :: 閃電, 閃電 (shǎn diàn) |
| bolt {n} (large roll of material) | :: 匹 /pǐ/ |
| bolt {n} (standard measure of length of canvas) | :: 捲, 卷 /juǎn/ |
| bolt cutter {n} (large pair of pliers to cut bolts) | :: 斷線鉗, 断线钳 /duànxiànqián/ |
| bolt from the blue {n} (something totally unexpected) | :: 晴天霹靂, 晴天霹雳 /qíngtiānpīlì/, 突如其來, 突如其来 /tūrúqílái, túrúqílái/ |
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) | :: 炸彈, 炸弹 /zhàdàn/ |
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs) | :: 轟炸, 轰炸 /hōngzhà/ |
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success | :: |
| bombard {v} (to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles) | :: 砲擊, 炮击 /pàojī/, 轟擊, 轰击 /hōngjī/ |
| bombardment {n} (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) | :: 轟擊, 轰击 /hōngjī/, 砲擊, 炮击 /pàojī/ |
| bombardment {n} (heavy artillery fire) | :: 砲擊, 炮击 /pàojī/ |
| Bombay {n} (Mumbai) SEE: Mumbai | :: |
| bomber {n} (aircraft) | :: 轟炸機, 轰炸机 /hōngzhàjī/ |
| bombing {n} (action of dropping bombs from the air) | :: 轟炸, 轰炸 /hōngzhà/ |
| bombproof {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter | :: |
| bomb shelter {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter | :: |
| bona fide {adj} (done in good faith) | :: 善意 |
| bona fides {n} (good faith) SEE: good faith | :: |
| Bonaire {prop} (island) | :: 博奈尔 /Bónàiěr/ |
| Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | :: 博氏鸥 /bó-shì ōu/ |
| Bonapartism {n} (pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte) | :: 波拿巴主義, 波拿巴主义 /Bōnábā zhǔyì/ |
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: 慢慢吃 /mànmàn chī/ (eat slowly), 請慢用, 请慢用 /qǐng màn yòng/ (use slowly) |
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract) | :: 債券, 债券 /zhàiquàn/ |
| bondage {n} (The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery) | :: 奴役 /núyì/, 束縛, 束缚 /shùfù/ |
| bondage {n} (The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure) | :: 人身依附 /rénshēn yīfù/, 綁縛, 绑缚 /bǎngfù, bǎngfú/ |
| Bondi {prop} (suburb of Sydney) | :: 邦迪, 邦廸 /Bāngdí/, 邦戴, 邦代 /Bāngdài/ |
| Bondi Beach {prop} (suburb of Sydney) | :: 邦迪海灘, 邦廸海滩 /Bāngdí hǎitān/, 邦戴海灘, 邦代海滩 /Bāngdài hǎitān/ |
| bond length {n} | :: 鍵長, 键长 /jiàncháng/ |
| bondman {n} (man bound in servitude) | :: 奴隸, 奴隶 /núlì/, 農奴, 农奴 /nóngnú/ |
| bondwoman {n} (female slave) | :: 女奴隸, 女奴隶 (nǚ núlì) |
| bone {v} (to remove bones) | :: 去骨 /qùgǔ/, 剔骨 /tīgǔ/ |
| bone {n} (material) | :: 骨質, 骨质 /gǔzhì/, 骨頭, 骨头 /gǔtou, gútou/ |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: 骨頭, 骨头 /gǔtóu/, 骨 /gǔ/ |
| bone black {n} (preparation containing carbonized bone) | :: 骨炭 /gǔtàn/ |
| bone density {n} (bone mineral density) | :: 骨質密度, 骨质密度 /gǔzhì mìdù/, 骨密度 /gǔmìdù/ |
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) | :: 骨髓 /gǔsuǐ/, 髓 /suǐ/ |
| boner {n} (erect penis) | :: 勃起 /bóqǐ/ |
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection | :: |
| bonesetting {n} (the practice of realigning broken or disjointed bones) | :: 接骨 /jiēgǔ/ |
| bone tissue {n} (osseous tissue) SEE: osseous tissue | :: |
| bone to pick {n} (item of disagreement) | :: 不滿, 不满 /bùmǎn/, 意見, 意见 /yìjiàn/ |
| bonfire {n} (fire to burn unwanted items or people) | :: 篝火 /gōuhuǒ/ |
| bonfire {n} (large, outdoor controlled fire) | :: 篝火 /gōuhuǒ/ |
| bong {n} (vessel used in smoking various substances) | :: 大麻煙槍, 大麻烟枪 /dàmá yānqiāng/ |
| bongo {n} (mammal) | :: 紫羚 /zǐlíng/ |
| bongo {n} (drum) | :: 邦哥鼓 /bāngēgǔ/ |
| bongo drum {n} (bongo) SEE: bongo | :: |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| bonk {v} (to have sexual intercourse) | :: 幹, 干 /gàn/, 搞 /gǎo/ |
| Bonn {prop} (a city in Germany) | :: 波恩 /Bō'ēn/ |
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car) | :: 引擎蓋, 引擎盖 /yǐnqínggài/ |
| bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum | :: |
| bonobo {n} (pygmy chimpanzee) | :: 倭黑猩猩 /wōhēixīngxīng/, 倭猩猩 /wōxīngxīng/ |
| bonsai {v} (a miniaturized tree or plant) | :: 盆景 /pénjǐng/, 盆栽 /pénzāi/ |
| bonus {n} (something extra that is good) | :: 額外收獲, 额外收获 /éwài shōuhuò/ |
| bonus {n} (extra amount of money given as a premium) | :: 獎金, 奖金 /jiǎngjīn/, 紅利, 红利 /hónglì/ |
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) | :: 一路平安 /yīlù-píng'ān/, 一路順風, 一路顺风 /yīlù-shùnfēng/ |
| bonze {n} (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) | :: 和尚 /héshàng/, 僧 /sēng/, 僧人 /sēngrén/ |
| boo {interj} (loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | :: 嘣 /bèng/, 哇 /wà/, 喲, 哟 /yò/, 嘿 /hèi/ |
| boo {interj} (exclamation used by a member of an audience) | :: 噓 /xū/ |
| boo {v} (to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | :: 喝倒彩 /hèdàocǎi/ |
| boob {n} (breast (colloquial)) | :: 波波 /bōbō/, 咪咪 /mīmī/ |
| boob job {n} (breast augmentation) | :: 隆胸 /lóngxiōng/ |
| booby {n} (bird) | :: 塘鹅 /táng é/, 鰹鳥 /jiān niǎo/ |
| booby trap {n} (an unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall) SEE: pitfall | :: |
| booby trap {n} (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) | :: 餌雷, 饵雷 /ěrléi/ |
| booger {n} (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus) | :: 鼻屎 /bíshǐ/, 乾鼻涕, 干鼻涕 /gān bítì/, 鼻牛兒, 鼻牛儿 /bíniúr/ ,, 鼻牛 /bíniú/ |
| boogie-woogie {n} (music genre) | :: 布吉伍吉 /bùjíwǔjí/, 搏基沃基 /bójīwòjī/ |
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book | :: |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: 書, 书 /shū/ |
| book {n} (record of betting) | :: 記錄, 记录 /jìlù/ |
| book {v} (to reserve) | :: 預訂, 预订 /yùdìng/ |
| bookbag {n} (bag for holding books for school) | :: 書包, 书包 /shūbāo/ |
| bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books) | :: 書架, 书架 /shūjià/, 書櫥, 书橱 /shūchú/ |
| bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright) | :: 書擋, 书挡 /shūdǎng/ |
| book fair {n} (public event at which books are sold) | :: 書展, 书展 /shūzhǎn/, 書市, 书市 /shūshì/ |
| bookie {n} (bookmaker) SEE: bookmaker | :: |
| booking {n} (reservation for a service) | :: 預訂, 预订 /yùdìng/, 訂位, 订位 /dìngwèi/ |
| booking {n} (engagement of a performer) | :: 預約, 预约 /yùyuē/ |
| bookjacket {n} (jacket of a book) SEE: dust jacket | :: |
| bookkeeper {n} (person responsible for keeping records) | :: 簿記員, 簿记员 /bùjìyuán/, 会计 /kuàijì/, 會計 /kuàijì/ |
| bookkeeping {n} (skill of keeping records of financial transactions) | :: 記帳, 记帐 /jìzhàng/, 簿記, 簿记 /bùjì/ |
| booklet {n} (small book) | :: 小册子 /xiǎocèzi/, 册 /cè/ |
| bookmaker {n} (a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie) | :: 賭注登記人, 赌注登记人 /dǔzhùdēngjìrén/, 賭博業者, 赌博业者 /dǔbóyèzhě/ |
| bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) | :: 書籤, 书签 /shūqiān/ |
| bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page) | :: 書籤, 书签 /shūqiān/ |
| book number {n} (unique number) | :: 書號, 书号 /shūhào/ |
| Book of Mormon {prop} (one of the sacred works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | :: 摩門經, 摩门经 /Móménjīng/ , 摩爾門經, 摩尔门经 /Mó'ěrménjīng/ |
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf | :: |
| bookseller {n} (person) | :: 賣書者, 卖书者 /màishūzhě/ |
| bookseller {n} (business) | :: 書商, 书商 /shūshāng/ |
| bookshelf {n} (shelf for storing books) | :: 書架, 书架 /shūjià/, 書櫥, 书橱 /shūchú/ |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: 書店, 书店 /shūdiàn/; 書局, 书局 /shūjú/ |
| Books of Moses {prop} (five books) | :: 摩西書, 摩西书 /Móxīshū/ |
| bookstall {n} (shop) | :: 書亭, 书亭 /shūtíng/ |
| bookstand {n} (stall where books are sold) | :: 書攤, 书摊 /shūtān/, 書報亭, 书报亭 /shūbàotíng/ |
| bookstand {n} (stand made for holding books open) | :: 書架, 书架 /shūjià/, 閱覽架, 阅览架 /yuèlǎnjià/ |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| book value {n} (the value of an asset) | :: 賬面價值, 账面价值 /zhàngmiàn jiàzhí/ |
| book value {n} (the price for which an item should be bought or sold) | :: 賬面價值, 账面价值 /zhàngmiàn jiàzhí/ |
| bookworm {n} (avid reader) | :: 书虫, 書蟲 /shūchóng/ |
| Boolean {n} (type of variable) | :: 布爾值, 布尔值 /Bù'ěr zhí/ |
| Boolean algebra {n} (algebraic structure) | :: 布爾代數, 布尔代数 /Bù'ěr dàishù/ |
| boom {interj} (sound of explosion) | :: 砰 /pēng/, 嘭 /pēng/ |
| boom {n} (period of prosperity) | :: 景氣繁榮, 景气繁荣 /jǐngqì fánróng/, 景氣, 景气 /jǐngqì/, 繁榮, 繁荣 /fánróng/ |
| boom {v} (to be prosperous) | :: 繁荣 |
| boom {n} (abrupt, low-pitched sound) | :: 嗡嗡的聲音, 嗡嗡的声音 /wēng wēng de shēng yīn/ |
| boom {n} (spar extending the foot of a sail) | :: 吊杆, 吊杆 /diào gān/ |
| boom {n} (horizontal member of a crane) | :: 支臂, 支臂 /zhī bèi/ |
| boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil) | :: 回飛棒, 回飞棒 /huífēibàng/, 回旋鏢, 回旋镖 /huíxuánbiāo/, 飛去來器, 飞去来器 /fēiqùláiqì/, 飛鏢, 飞镖 /fēibiāo/, 回力鏢, 回力镖 /huílìbiāo/, 飛旋鏢, 飞旋镖 /fēixuánbiāo/ |
| booming {adj} (experiencing a period of prosperity) | :: 欣欣向榮, 欣欣向荣 /xīnxīnxiàngróng/, 蓬勃 /péngbó/ |
| booming {adj} (loud and resonant) | :: 超大聲的, 超大声的 /chāo dàshēng de/ |
| boondock {n} (rural area) | :: 窮鄉僻壤, 穷乡僻壤 /qióngxiāngpìrǎng/ |
| boondock {v} (camp in dry location) | :: 露營, 露营 /lùyíng/ |
| boondock {v} (stay in a recreational vehicle) | :: 開露營車, 开露营车 /kāi lùyíngchē/ |
| booster {n} (The first stage of a multistage rocket) | :: 運載火箭, 运载火箭 /yùnzài huǒjiàn/ |
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: 靴子 /xuēzi/, 長靴, 长靴 /chángxuē/ |
| boot {v} (kick) | :: 踢 /tī/ |
| boot {v} (to start a system) | :: 啟動, 启动 /qǐdòng/, 起動, 起动 /qǐdòng/ |
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick | :: |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| bootblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| boot camp {n} (initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in armed forces) | :: 訓練營地, 训练营地 /xùnliàn yíngdì/, 新兵訓練營, 新兵训练营 /xīnbīng xùnliàn yíng/ |
| booth {n} (A small stall for the display and sale of goods) | :: 攤子, 摊子 /tānzi/, 货摊 |
| booth {n} (An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person) | :: 小室 /xiǎoshì/, 亭 /tíng/, 棚 |
| bootlicker {n} (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) | :: 拍馬屁者, 拍马屁者 /pāimǎpì zhě/, 奴才 /núcái/ |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| bootstrap {v} | :: (长统靴的) 拔靴带 (cháng tǒng xuē de) (bá xuē dài) |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| booty {n} (plunder) | :: 贓物, 赃物 /zāngwù/ |
| bopomofo {prop} (Zhuyin fuhao) SEE: Zhuyin fuhao | :: |
| borborygm {n} (gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels) SEE: borborygmus | :: |
| borborygmus {n} (the rumbling sounds in the intestines) | :: 腸鳴音, 肠鸣音 /chángmíngyīn/ |
| Bordeaux {prop} (a city in France) | :: 波爾多, 波尔多 /Bō'ěrduō/ |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} (the outer edge of something) | :: 邊界, 边界 /biānjiè/, 境 /jìng/ |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: 國境, 国境 /guójìng/, 邊界, 边界 /biānjiè/, 邊境, 边境 /biānjìng/, 疆界 /jiāngjiè/ |
| border collie {n} (border collie) | :: 邊境牧羊犬, 边境牧羊犬 /biānjìng mùyáng quǎn/, 邊界牧羊犬, 边界牧羊犬 /biānjiè mùyáng quǎn/ |
| Border Collie {n} (Border Collie) SEE: border collie | :: |
| border guard {n} (person) | :: 邊防人員, 边防人员 /biānfáng rényuán/, 邊防, 边防 /biānfáng/ |
| bordering {adj} (having a common boundary or border) | :: 设立疆界 /shèlìjiāngjiè/; 設立疆界 /shèlìjiāngjiè/ |
| borderland {n} (land near a border) | :: 邊陲, 边陲 /biānchuí/ |
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom) | :: 煩擾, 烦扰 /fánrǎo/ |
| bored {adj} (suffering from boredom) | :: 厭煩, 厌烦 /yànfán/, 無聊, 无聊 /wúliáo/ |
| boredom {n} (state of being bored) | :: 無聊, 无聊 /wúliáo/, 乏味 /fáwèi/, 無趣, 无趣 /wúqù/ |
| bore water {n} (water accumulated in aquifers below the earth's surface) SEE: groundwater | :: |
| boric acid {n} (White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid) | :: 硼酸 /péngsuān/ |
| boring {adj} (causing boredom) | :: 乏味 /fáwèi/, 無聊, 无聊 /wúliáo/, 沒勁, 没劲 /méijìn/ |
| Boris {prop} (male given name) | :: 鮑里斯, 鲍里斯 /Bàolǐsī/ |
| born {adj} (given birth to) | :: 出生 /chūshēng/ |
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born | :: |
| born-again {adj} (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) | :: 重生 /chóngshēng/ |
| bornane {n} | :: 莰烷 /kǎnwán/ |
| Borneo {prop} (island) | :: 婆羅洲, 婆罗洲 /Póluózhōu/ |
| borneol {n} (bicyclic organic compound) | :: 冰片 /bīngpiàn/, 龍腦, 龙脑 /lóngnǎo/, 茨醇 /cíchún/ |
| born with a silver spoon in one's mouth {adj} (born rich or in a wealthy family) | :: 含著金勺子出生的, 含着金勺子出生的 /hán zhe jīn sháozi chūshēng de/ (born with a gold spoon in one's mouth) |
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| Borobudur {prop} (Buddhist monument) | :: 波罗浮屠, 婆罗浮屠 |
| boron {n} (chemical element) | :: 硼 /péng/ |
| borough {n} (administrative district) | :: 鎮, 镇 /zhèn/, 區, 区 /qū/ |
| borough {n} (municipal borough) | :: 自治市 /zìzhìshì/ |
| borrow {v} (receive temporarily) | :: 借, 貸, 贷 /dài/, 摘 /zhāi/ |
| borrowed scenery {n} (principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden) | :: 借景 /jièjǐng/ |
| borrower {n} (one who borrows) | :: 借款人 /jièkuǎnrén/, 借用人 /jièyòngrén/ |
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword | :: |
| borscht {n} (beetroot soup) | :: 羅宋湯, 罗宋汤 /Luósòng-tāng/ |
| borstal {n} (juvenile institution) SEE: reform school | :: |
| borzoi {n} (breed of dog) | :: 俄國狼狗, 俄国狼狗 /Éguó lánggǒu/ |
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) | :: 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚 /Bōsè-Àiyīnsītǎn níngjù/ |
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket | :: |
| Bosnia {prop} (northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity) | :: 波斯尼亞, 波斯尼亚 /Bōsīníyà/ |
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') | :: 波黑 /Bōhēi/, 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那, 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 /Bōsīníyà hé Hēisāigēwéinà/, 波黑 /Bōhēi/ |
| Bosniak {n} | :: 波斯尼亞人, 波斯尼亚人 /Bōsīníyǎ-rén/ |
| Bosnian {n} (the people) | :: 波斯尼亞人, 波斯尼亚人 /bōsīníyǎrén/ |
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: 波斯尼亞語, 波斯尼亚语 /Bōsīníyǎ-yǔ/ |
| bosom {n} (chest, breast) | :: 胸部 /xiōngbù/, 乳房 /rǔfáng/ |
| bosom buddy {n} (bosom friend) SEE: bosom friend | :: |
| bosom friend {n} (very close friend) | :: 知己 /zhījǐ/, 知音 /zhīyīn/ |
| bosomy {adj} (having a large bosom) SEE: big-breasted | :: |
| boson {n} (particle) | :: 玻色子 /bōsèzi/ |
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: 博斯普魯斯海峽, 博斯普鲁斯海峡 /Bósīpǔlǔsī hǎixiá/ |
| boss {n} (supervisor) | :: 老闆, 老板 /lǎobǎn/, 主管 /zhǔguǎn/ |
| boss {n} (person in charge) | :: 老闆, 老板 /lǎobǎn/, 主管 /zhǔguǎn/ |
| boss {v} (to exercise authority over (someone)) | :: 督責, 督责 /dūzé/ |
| bossy {adj} (tending to give orders to others) | :: 愛發號施令的, 爱发号施令的 /ài fāhàoshīlìng de/, 跋扈 /báhù/ |
| Bostan {prop} (town; township) | :: 博斯坦 /Bósītǎn/ |
| Boston {prop} (city in Massachusetts) | :: 波士頓, 波士顿 /Bōshìdùn/ |
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot | :: |
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons) | :: 植物園, 植物园 /zhíwùyuán/ |
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden | :: |
| botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany) | :: 植物学家, 植物学者 |
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants) | :: 植物學, 植物学 /zhíwùxué/ |
| Boötes {prop} (a constellation) | :: 牧夫座 /Mùfūzuò/ |
| botfly {n} (insect) | :: 馬蠅, 马蝇 /mǎying/ |
| botfly {n} | :: 牛虻 /niúméng/, 虻 /méng/ |
| both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other) | :: ...都 /...dōu/, 雙方, 双方 /shuāngfāng/, 倆, 俩 /liǎ/, 兩, 两 /liǎng/ |
| both {conj} (both...and...) | :: 既……又…… /jì... yòu.../, 又……又…… /yòu... yòu.../ |
| bother {v} (to annoy, disturb) | :: 煩擾, 烦扰 /fánrǎo/, 麻煩, 麻烦 /máfan/ |
| bother {v} (make or take trouble) | :: 費事, 费事 /fèishì/ |
| bother {n} (fuss, ado) | :: 鬧騰, 闹腾 /nàoténg/ |
| bother {n} (trouble, inconvenience) | :: 麻煩, 麻烦 /máfán/ |
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother | :: |
| Botox {prop} (toxic compound) | :: 肉毒桿菌毒素, 肉毒杆菌毒素 /ròudúgānjūndúsù/, 肉毒桿菌素, 肉毒杆菌素 /ròudúgānjūnsù/, 肉毒毒素 /ròudúdúsù/ |
| bo tree {n} (sacred fig) SEE: sacred fig | :: |
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) | :: 博茨瓦納, 博茨瓦纳 /Bócíwǎnà/, 波札那 /Bōzhánà/ |
| bottle {n} (container) | :: 瓶子 /píngzi/, 瓶 /píng/ |
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle | :: |
| bottle cap {n} (closure used to seal bottles) | :: 瓶蓋, 瓶盖 /pínggài/ |
| bottled water {n} (drinking water sold in a bottle) | :: 瓶裝水, 瓶装水 /píngzhuāngshuǐ/ |
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash | :: |
| bottleneck {n} (neck of a bottle) | :: 瓶頸, 瓶颈 /píngjǐng/ |
| bottleneck {n} (part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome) | :: 耽誤, 耽误 /dānwu/ |
| bottlenose dolphin {n} (species of dolphin) | :: 寬吻海豚, 宽吻海豚 /kuānwěn hǎitún/ |
| bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles) | :: 開瓶器, 开瓶器 /kāipíngqì/ |
| bottle shop {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| bottom {n} (lowest part) | :: 底部 /dǐbù/, 底端 /dǐduān/, 底 /dǐ/ |
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) | :: 被動, 被动 /bèidòng/, 零 /líng/, 0 /líng/ |
| bottom line {n} (final balance) | :: 帐本底线 |
| bottom line {n} (summary or result) | :: 总结 |
| bottoms up {interj} (Cheers!) | :: 乾杯, 干杯 /gānbēi/ |
| bottom the house {v} (clean a house extremely thoroughly) | :: 徹底打掃房子, 彻底打扫房子 /chèdǐ dǎsǎo fángzi/ |
| bottom-up {adj} (hierarchical system that progresses from multiple, small subunits to a single, large basic unit) | :: 自下而上的 /zìxià'érshàng de/ |
| botulin {n} (nerve toxin) | :: 肉毒桿菌, 肉毒杆菌 /ròudúgānjūn/ |
| botulism {n} (medical condition) | :: 香腸中毒, 香肠中毒 /xiāngcháng zhòngdú/, 波特淋菌中毒 /bōtèlín jūn zhòngdú/ |
| boudoir {n} (woman's private room) SEE: bower | :: |
| Bougainville {prop} (island in Papua New Guinea) | :: 布干維爾, 布干维尔 /Bùgānwéi'ěr/ |
| bough {n} (tree branch) | :: 樹枝, 树枝 /shùzhī/, 枝 /zhī/, 大枝 /dà zhī/ |
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture | :: |
| bouillabaisse {n} (type of fish stew or soup from Provence) | :: 馬賽魚湯, 马赛鱼汤 /Mǎsài yútāng/ (Marseilles fish soup) |
| bouillon cube {n} (cube) | :: 湯塊, 汤块 /tāngkuài/ |
| boulder {n} (large mass of stone) | :: 漂礫, 漂砾 /piāolì/, 磐石 /pánshí/, 頑石, 顽石 /wánshí/, 圓石頭, 圆石头 /yuánshítou/ |
| boulevard {n} (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) | :: 林蔭大道, 林荫大道 /línyīndàdào/, 大道 /dàdào/ |
| bounce off the walls {v} (to be overly active) | :: 興高采烈, 兴高采烈 /xīnggāocǎiliè/ |
| bouncing {adj} (healthy; vigorous) | :: 健壮的 |
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: 邊界, 边界 /biānjiè/ |
| boundary {n} ((topology) the set of points in the closure, not belonging to the interior) | :: 邊界, 边界 /biānjiè/ |
| bounden {adj} (made obligatory, see also: obligatory) | :: 有責任的 /yǒuzérènde/ |
| bound form {n} (bound form) | :: 黏附形式 /niánfù xíngshì/ |
| boundless {adj} (without bounds, unbounded) | :: 無邊, 无边 /wúbiān/ |
| bound variable {n} (variable that has an allocated storage location) | :: 約束變量, 约束变量 /yuēshù biànliàng/, 約束變數, 约束变数 /yuēshù biànshù/ |
| bounty {n} (reward for some specific act) | :: 獎金, 奖金 /jiǎngjīn/, 賞金, 赏金 /shǎngjīn/, 贈款, 赠款 /zèngkuǎn/ |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bounty hunter {n} (person who catches criminals in return for a reward) | :: 賞金獵人, 赏金猎人 /shǎngjīn lièrén/ |
| bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers) | :: 花束 /huāshù/ |
| bouquet {n} (scent of wine) | :: 酒香 /jiǔxiāng/, 芳香 /fāngxiāng/ |
| bourbon {n} (whiskey) | :: 波本威士忌 /bōběn wēishìjì/ |
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee | :: |
| bourgeois {n} (the middle class) | :: 中产阶级 /zhōngchǎnjiējí/ |
| bourgeois {n} (9-point type) | :: 小五 /xiǎowǔ/ |
| bourgeoisie {n} (class) | :: 資產階級, 资产阶级 /zīchǎn jiējí/, 布爾喬亞, 布尔乔亚 /bù'ěrqiáoyà/, 中產階級, 中产阶级 /zhōngchǎn jiējí/ |
| Bournemouth {prop} (town in Dorset) | :: 伯恩茅斯 /Bóēnmáosī/ |
| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange | :: |
| boutique {n} (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like) | :: 時裝店, 时装店 /shízhuāngdiàn/, 精品店 /jīngpǐndiàn/ |
| Bouvet Island {prop} (uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean) | :: 布韋島, 布韦岛 /Bùwéidǎo/ |
| Bouyei {prop} (a language) SEE: Yay | :: |
| Bouyei {n} (a Tai ethnic group) | :: 布依族 /Bùyī zú/ |
| bouzouki {n} (lute) | :: 布祖基琴 /bùzǔjīqín/ |
| bovine {n} (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison) | :: 牛 /niú/ |
| bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) | :: 牛海绵状脑病 /niúhǎimiánzhuàngnǎobìng/, 疯牛病 /fēngniúbìng/ |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: 弓 /gōng/ |
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) | :: 彎曲, 弯曲 /wānqū/ |
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) | :: 弦樂器的弓, 弦乐器的弓 /xuányuèqì de gōng/ |
| bow {n} (type of knot with two loops) | :: 蝴蝶結, 蝴蝶结 /húdiéjié/ |
| bow {v} (to play music on an instrument using a bow) | :: 用弓拉曲 /yònggōnglāqǔ/ |
| bow {v} (to become bent) | :: 彎曲, 弯曲 /wānqū/ |
| bow {v} (to bend a thing) | :: 弄彎 /nòngwān/ |
| bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: 鞠躬 /jūgōng/, 躬 /gōng/, 哈腰 /hāyāo/ |
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) | :: 鞠躬 /jūgōng/ |
| bow and arrow {n} (weapon) | :: 弓箭 /gōngjiàn/, 弓矢 /gōngshǐ/ |
| bow drill {n} (a simple hand-operated tool) SEE: fire drill | :: |
| bowel {n} (large intestine) | :: 大腸, 大肠 /dàcháng/ |
| bowel {n} (intestines, entrails) | :: 肠 |
| bowel cancer {n} (any of the many types of cancers affecting the gastrointestinal tract) | :: 大腸癌, 大肠癌 /dàcháng'ái/ |
| bowel movement {n} (discharge of feces) | :: 排便 /páibiàn/ |
| bowel movement {n} (feces thus produced) | :: 糞便, 粪便 /fènbiàn/ |
| bowel obstruction {n} (obstruction of the intestines) | :: 腸梗阻, 肠梗阻 /chánggěngzǔ/ |
| bowels {n} (intestines) | :: 腸, 肠 /cháng/, 腸子, 肠子 /chángzi/ |
| bower {n} (a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle) | :: 閨房, 闺房 /guīfáng/ |
| bowfin {n} (Amia calva) | :: 弓鳍鱼 /gōngqíyú/ |
| Bowie {prop} (surname) | :: 鮑伊, 鲍伊 /Bàoyī/ |
| bowl {n} (container for food) | :: 碗 /wǎn/ |
| bowl {n} (lawn bowls) SEE: bowls | :: |
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut | :: |
| bowl cut {n} (haircut) | :: 西瓜頭, 西瓜头 /xīguātóu/ |
| bowleg {n} (leg that curves outward from the knee) | :: 羅圈腿, 罗圈腿 /luóquāntuǐ/, 膝內翻, 膝内翻 /xīnèifān/ |
| bow-legged {adj} (having a bowleg) | :: 羅圈腿, 罗圈腿 /luóquāntuǐ/ |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowler {n} (bowler hat) SEE: bowler hat | :: |
| bowler hat {n} (hard round black felt hat) | :: 禮帽, 礼帽 /lǐmào/, 圓頂硬禮帽, 圆顶硬礼帽 /yuándǐng yìng lǐmào/ |
| bowling {n} (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley) | :: 保齡球, 保龄球 /bǎolíngqiú/ |
| bowling alley {n} (a building which contains bowling lanes) | :: 保齡球館, 保龄球馆 /bǎolíngqiúguǎn/ |
| bowls {n} (precision sport) | :: 草地滾球, 草地滚球 /cǎodì gǔnqiú/ |
| bow maker {n} (one who manufactures bows for musical instruments) | :: 製弓師, 制弓师 /zhìgōngshī/ |
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer | :: |
| bowsprit {n} (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel) | :: 船首斜桅 /chuánshǒu xiéwéi/, 艏斜桅 /shǒuxiéwéi/ |
| bowstring {n} (string of an archer's bow) | :: 弓弦 /gōngxián/, 弦 /xián/ |
| bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow) | :: 領結, 领结 /lǐngjié/ |
| bow wow {n} (sound of a dog barking) | :: 汪汪 /wāngwāng/ |
| bow-wow {interj} (bow wow) SEE: bow wow | :: |
| box {n} (cuboid space; container) | :: 箱子 /xiāngzi/, 箱 /xiāng/, 盒子 /hézi/, 匣子 /xiázi/ |
| box {n} (as much as fills a box) | :: 一箱 /yī xiāng/, 箱 /xiāng/ |
| box {n} (compartment to sit inside) | :: 證人席, 证人席 /zhèngrén xí/ , 分隔式雅座 /fēn gé shì yǎzuò/ , 包廂, 包厢 /bāoxiāng/ |
| box {n} (small rectangular shelter) | :: 小室 /xiǎoshì/, 亭 /tíng/, 棚 /péng/ |
| box {n} (computer, or the case in which it is housed) | :: 電腦, 电脑 /diànnǎo/ |
| box {n} ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) | :: 護身, 护身 /hùshēn/ |
| box {v} (to place inside a box) | :: 裝箱, 装箱 /zhuāngxiāng/ |
| box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus) | :: 黃楊木, 黄杨木 /huángyángmù/ |
| box {v} (to strike with the fists) | :: 打, 打 /dǎ/ |
| box {n} (input field on an electronic display) SEE: text box | :: |
| box {v} (to strike with the fists) | :: 耳光, 耳光 /ěrguāng/ |
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) | :: 鬥拳, 斗拳 /dòuquán/ |
| box {v} (to participate in boxing) | :: 參加拳擊比賽, 参加拳击比赛 /cānjiā quánjí bǐsài/ |
| box and whiskers plot {n} (box plot) SEE: box plot | :: |
| boxcutter {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife | :: |
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match) | :: 拳擊手, 拳击手 /quánjīshǒu/ |
| boxer {n} (breed of dog) | :: 拳師狗, 拳师狗 /quánshīgǒu/ |
| Boxer {n} (participant in the Boxer Rebellion) | :: 義和團, 义和团 /yìhétuán/ |
| boxer briefs {n} (style of underpants) | :: 四角裤, 四角内裤 |
| boxers {n} (boxer shorts) SEE: boxer shorts | :: |
| boxer shorts {n} (underwear) | :: 平角裤, 平角褲 /píngjiǎokù/, 四角褲, 四角裤 /sìjiǎokù/ |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: 拳擊 拳击 /quánjī, quánjí/ |
| Boxing Day {n} (the day after Christmas: 26 December) | :: 節禮日, 节礼日 /jiélǐrì/ |
| boxing glove {n} (padded mitten worn in boxing) | :: 拳擊手套, 拳击手套 /quánjī shǒutào/ |
| boxing ring {n} (a space, in which a boxing match is fought) | :: 拳擊台, 拳击台 /quánjítái/ |
| box office {n} (ticket office) | :: 票房 /piàofáng/, 售票處, 售票处 /shòupiàochù/ |
| box plot {n} (graphical summary of data) | :: 箱形圖, 箱形图 /xiāngxíngtú/ |
| box set {n} (set of books) | :: 套裝書, 套装书 /tàozhuāng shū/ |
| box someone's ears {v} (slap on the side of the head) | :: 打耳光 /dǎ ěrguāng/ |
| boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: 男孩 /nánhái/, 少年 /shàonián/, 男孩子 /nánháizi/, 小伙子 /xiǎohuǒzi/ |
| boy {n} (male servant) | :: 男僕, 男仆 /nánpú/ |
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) | :: 男生 /nán shēng/ |
| boy {n} (adult male found attractive) | :: 男人 /nán rén/ |
| boy {n} (male friend) | :: 老弟 /lǎo dì/ |
| boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure) | :: 哇! /wā/ |
| boyar {n} (rank of aristocracy) | :: 波雅爾, 波雅尔 /bōyǎ'ěr/ |
| boy band {n} (pop group whose members are all young men) | :: 男子組合, 男子组合 /nánzǐ zǔhé/ |
| boycott {v} (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) | :: 抵制 /dǐzhì/, 杯葛 /bēigé/ |
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) | :: 抵制 /dǐzhì/, 杯葛 /bēigé/ |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: 男朋友 /nánpéngyou/, 對象, 对象 /duìxiàng/ |
| boyfriend {n} (male friend) | :: 男的朋友 /nán de péngyou/, 哥們兒, 哥们儿 /gēmenr/ |
| boyish {adj} (like a boy) | :: 少年的 /shàonián de/ |
| Boy Scout {n} (male member of the Scout Movement) | :: 童子軍, 童子军 /tóngzǐjūn/, 童軍, 童军 /tóngjūn/ |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: 奶罩 /nǎizhào/, 胸罩 /xiōngzhào/ |
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness | :: |
| brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces | :: |
| brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket | :: |
| bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) | :: 手鐲, 手镯 /shǒuzhuó/, 鐲子, 镯子 /zhuózi/ |
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs | :: |
| braces {n} (device for straightening teeth) | :: 牙套 /yátào/, 牙齒矯正器, 牙齿矫正器 /yáchǐ jiǎozhèngqì/ |
| brachial plexus {n} | :: 臂神經叢 |
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm | :: |
| bracken {n} (any of several coarse ferns) | :: 羊齒, 羊齿 /yángchǐ/, 蕨菜 /juécài/ |
| bracket {n} (item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf) | :: 支架 /zhījià/, 托架 /tuōjià/ |
| bracket {n} (generically any of "(", ")", "", "{", "}", "<" and ">") | :: 括號, 括号 /kuòhào/ |
| bracket {n} (one of several ranges of numbers) | :: 等級, 等级 /děngjí/ |
| bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket | :: |
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket | :: |
| brackish {adj} (slightly salty) | :: 汽水 /qìshuǐ/, 半海水 /bànhǎishuǐ/ |
| brackish {adj} (repulsive) SEE: repulsive | :: |
| bract {n} (leaf or leaf-like structure) | :: 苞片 /bāopiàn/ |
| brad {n} | :: 活页纸书钉 |
| Bradford {prop} (town in West Yorkshire) | :: 布拉德福德 /Bùlādéfúdé/ |
| brae {n} (hillside or slope) SEE: hillside | :: |
| brag {v} (to boast) | :: 吹牛 /chuīniú/, 吹噓, 吹嘘 /chuīxū/, 自誇, 自夸 /zìkuā/ |
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast | :: |
| Bragança {prop} (city in the homonymous district of Portugal) | :: 布拉干薩, 布拉干萨 /Bùlāgānsà/ |
| braggadocio {n} (braggart) SEE: braggart | :: |
| braggardly {adj} (boastful) SEE: boastful | :: |
| braggart {n} (one who constantly brags or boasts) | :: 吹牛的 /chuīniú de/, 牛皮大王 /niúpí dàwáng/ |
| braggart {adj} (characterized by boasting) SEE: boastful | :: |
| bragging rights {n} (the prerogative to praise oneself) | :: 吹噓的資本, 吹嘘的资本 /chuīxū de zīběn/ |
| Brahma {prop} (Hindu god of creation) | :: 梵天 /Fàntiān/ |
| Brahman {prop} (concept of Hinduism) | :: 婆羅門, 婆罗门 /póluómén/, 梵 /fàn/ |
| Brahmi {prop} (script) | :: 婆羅米文, 婆罗米文 /Póluómǐ wén/ |
| brahmin {n} (caste) | :: 婆羅門, 婆罗门 /póluómén/ |
| braid {v} (to intertwine) | :: 編織, 编织 /biānzhī/ |
| braid {n} (weave of three or more strands) | :: 辮子, 辫子 /biànzi/ |
| braid {n} (hairstyle) | :: 辮子, 辫子 /biànzi/ |
| braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots) | :: 盲文 /mángwén/, 點字, 点字 /diǎnzì/, 盲字 /mángzì/ |
| brain {n} (organ) | :: 頭腦, 头脑 /tóunǎo/, 腦, 脑 /nǎo/, 腦部, 脑部 /nǎobù/, 腦子, 脑子 /nǎozi/ |
| brain {n} (intelligent person) | :: 聰明人, 聪明人 /cōngmíngrén/ |
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence) | :: 智者 /jìzhě/ |
| brain {n} (brains: intellect) | :: 智力 /jìlì/ |
| brain cancer {n} (cancer of the brain) | :: 腦癌, 脑癌 /nǎo'ái/ |
| brain cell {n} (cell in brain) | :: 腦細胞, 脑细胞 /nǎoxìbāo/ |
| brainchild {n} (creation) | :: 智力产物, 主意 |
| brain coral {n} (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) | :: 腦珊瑚, 脑珊瑚 /nǎoshānhú/ |
| brain drain {n} (emigration of educated people) | :: 人才外流 /réncái wàiliú/, 人才流失 /réncái liúshī/ |
| brain gain {n} (immigration of educated people) | :: 人才引進, 人才引进 /réncái yǐnjìn/ |
| brainless {adj} (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) | :: 瞎頭子, 瞎头子 /xiātóuzi/, 無頭腦的, 无头脑的 /wútóunǎo de/ |
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) | :: 腦幹, 脑干 /nǎogàn/ |
| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming | :: |
| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) | :: 腦力激盪法, 脑力激荡法 /nǎolì jīdàng fǎ/ |
| brain-teaser {n} (a complex riddle or puzzle) | :: 脑筋急转弯 |
| brain trust {n} (group of experts who advise a government) | :: 智囊团, 专家顾问团, 军师团 |
| brain trust {n} (any group of experts) | :: 智囊团, 专家小组 |
| brainwash {n} (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas) | :: 洗腦, 洗脑 /xǐnǎo/ |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: 洗腦, 洗脑 /xǐnǎo/ |
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) | :: 洗腦, 洗脑 /xǐnǎo/ |
| brainwave {n} (any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain) | :: 腦波, 脑波 /nǎobō/ |
| braise {v} (To cook in a small amount of liquid) | :: 燉, 炖 /dùn/, 蒸 /zhēng/ , 燴, 烩 /huì/, 扒 /pá/ |
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) | :: 剎車, 刹车 /shāchē/, 制動器, 制动器 /zhìdòngqì/ |
| brake {v} (to operate brakes) | :: 剎車, 刹车 /shāchē/, 制動, 制动 /zhìdòng/, 煞車, 煞车 /shāchē/ |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| brambling {n} (bird) | :: 燕雀 /yànquè/ |
| Brampton {prop} (city in Ontario) | :: 布蘭普頓, 布兰普顿 /Bùlánpǔdùn/, 賓頓, 宾顿 /Bīndùn/ |
| bran {n} (outside layer of a grain) | :: 麩皮, 麸皮 /fūpí/, 麩, 麸 /fū/ |
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: 支 /zhī/, 樹枝, 树枝 /shùzhī/ |
| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree) | :: 分支 /fēn zhī/ |
| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: 支店 /zhīdiàn/, 部門, 部门 /bùmén/ |
| branch cut {n} (curve) | :: 分支切割 |
| branch office {n} (office separate from the headquarters of the business) | :: 分公司 /fēngōngsī/, 分局 /fēnjú/, 支局 /zhījú/ |
| branch of government {n} (part of a governing body) | :: 政府部門, 政府部门 /zhèngfǔ bùmén/ |
| brand {n} (name, symbol, logo) | :: 牌子 /páizi/, 牌 /pái/ |
| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) | :: 牌子 /páizi/, 品牌 /pǐnpái/ |
| Brandenburg {prop} (state) | :: 勃蘭登堡, 勃兰登堡, 布蘭登堡 |
| brandish {v} (to move a weapon) | :: 揮舞, 挥舞 /huīwǔ/, 揮, 挥 /huī/ |
| brand name {n} (trade name) SEE: trade name | :: |
| brand new {adj} (utterly new) | :: 全新 /quánxīn/, 嶄新, 崭新 /zhǎnxīn/, 簇新 /cùxīn/ |
| Brandon {prop} (Transliterations of the surname) | :: 布蘭登, 布兰登 /Bùlándēng/ |
| brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new | :: |
| brandy {n} (liquor) | :: 白蘭地, 白兰地 /báilándì/ |
| brandy {n} (variety of brandy) | :: 白蘭地, 白兰地 /báilándì/ |
| brane {n} (hypothetical object) | :: 膜 /mó/ |
| Brannock device {n} (tool used to measure a foot's length) | :: 量腳器, 量脚器 /liàngjiǎoqì/ |
| Brasília {prop} (The capital of Brazil) | :: 巴西利亞, 巴西利亚 /Bāxīlìyà/ |
| brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) | :: 黃銅, 黄铜 /huángtóng/ |
| brass band {n} (group of musicians who play brass instruments) | :: 銅管樂隊, 铜管乐队 /tóngguǎn yuèduì/ |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brass instrument {n} (musical instrument) | :: 銅管樂器, 铜管乐器 /tóngguǎn yuèqì/ |
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist) | :: 指節銅環, 指节铜环 /zhǐjiétónghuán/, 指節銅套, 指节铜套 /zhǐjiétóngtào/, 鐵蓮花, 铁莲花 /tiěliánhuā/ |
| brassware {n} (articles made from brass) | :: 黃銅器, 黄铜器 /huángtóngqì/ |
| brat {n} (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) | :: 小子 /xiǎozi/, 臭小孩兒, 臭小孩儿 (chòu xiǎoháir), 小淘氣, 小淘气 /xiǎotáoqì/, 小屁孩 |
| brat {n} (bratwurst) SEE: bratwurst | :: |
| Bratislava {prop} (The capital of Slovakia) | :: 布拉迪斯拉發, 布拉迪斯拉发 /Bùlādísīlāfā/ |
| bratwurst {n} (A small pork sausage) | :: 德國碎肉香腸, 德国碎肉香肠 /Déguó suìròu xiāngcháng/ |
| bravado {n} (a false show of courage) | :: 虛張聲勢, 虚张声势 /xūzhāng-shēngshì/ |
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) | :: 勇敢 /yǒnggǎn/ |
| bravery {n} (being brave) | :: 勇敢 /yǒnggǎn/ |
| brawl {n} (disorderly argument or fight) | :: 打鬧, 打闹 /dǎnào/, 打架 /dǎjià/, 吵架 /chǎojià/, 鬥毆, 斗殴 /dòu'ōu/ |
| brazier {n} (An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal) | :: 火盆 /huǒpén/ |
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: 巴西 /Bāxī/ |
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) | :: 巴西人 /Bāxī-rén/ |
| Brazilian jiu-jitsu {n} (martial art and combat sport derived from judo) | :: 巴西柔術, 巴西柔术 /Bāxī róushù/ |
| brazil nut {n} (tree) | :: 巴西堅果樹, 巴西坚果树 /bāxījiānguǒshù/, 巴西果樹, 巴西果树 /bāxīguǒshù/, 鮑魚果樹, 鲍鱼果树 /bàoyúguǒshù/ |
| brazil nut {n} (nut) | :: 巴西果 /bāxīguǒ/, 鮑魚果, 鲍鱼果 /bàoyúguǒ/, 巴西堅果, 巴西坚果 /bāxījiānguǒ/ |
| Brazzaville {prop} (the capital of the Republic of the Congo) | :: 布拉柴維爾, 布拉柴维尔 /Bùlācháiwéi'ěr/ |
| breach of contract {n} (failure to perform) | :: 違約, 违约 /wéiyuē/ |
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) | :: 麵包, 面包 /miànbāo/ |
| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread) | :: 麵包, 面包 /miànbāo/ |
| bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state) | :: 麵包與馬戲, 面包与马戏 /miànbāo yǔ mǎxì/ |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadbasket {n} (basket for storing or carrying bread) | :: 麵包籃, 面包篮 /miànbāolán/ |
| breadbasket {n} (food bowl) SEE: food bowl | :: |
| breadbox {n} (a container for storing bread) | :: 麵包盒, 面包盒 /miànbāohé/ |
| breadcrumb {n} (tiny piece of bread) | :: 麵包屑, 面包屑 /miànbāoxiè/, 麵包糠, 面包糠 /miànbāokāng/ |
| breadfruit {n} (tree) | :: 麵包樹, 面包树 /miànbāoshù/ |
| breadfruit {n} (fruit) | :: 麵包果, 面包果 /miànbāoguǒ/ |
| bread machine {n} (household appliance which makes dough) SEE: bread maker | :: |
| bread maker {n} (household appliance which makes bread) | :: 麵包機, 面包机 /miànbāojī/ |
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker | :: |
| breadmaker {n} (bread maker) SEE: bread maker | :: |
| bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread) | :: 圓面包, 圆面包 /yuánmiànbāo/ |
| breadstick {n} (slender loaf of crisp bread) | :: 麵包棒, 麪包棒, 面包棒 /miànbāo bàng/ |
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width | :: |
| breadwinner {n} (primary income-earner in a household) | :: 養家活口的人, 养家活口的人 /yǎngjiā huókǒu de rén/, 養家的人, 养家的人 /yǎngjiā de rén/ |
| break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: 打破 /dǎpò/ |
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: 打破 /dǎpò/ |
| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) | :: 折，骨折 |
| break {v} (to divide (money) into smaller units) | :: 破 |
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) | :: 破戒，犯戒 |
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) | :: 坏 |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) | :: 破坏, 损坏 |
| break {n} (rest or pause, usually from work) | :: 休息 /xiūxí/ |
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile | :: |
| breakable {adj} (able to be broken) | :: 易碎的 /yì suì de/ |
| breakable {n} (something that is easily breakable) | :: 易碎品 |
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) | :: 祝你好運, 祝你好运 /zhù nǐ hǎoyùn/ |
| break a sweat {v} (to start sweating) | :: 出汗 /chūhàn/ |
| break a sweat {v} (to put effort into something) | :: 费劲 |
| break bad {v} (to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime) | :: 變壞, 变坏 /biànhuài/ |
| break bread {v} (eat a meal, especially shared) | :: 進餐, 进餐 /jìncān/ |
| break bread {v} (take part in Holy Communion) | :: 擘餅, 擘饼 /bòbǐng/ |
| break bulk {v} (to remove items in shipment from their packaging, container, or vessel) | :: 卸货 |
| breakdancing {n} (Style of dance) | :: 霹靂舞, 霹雳舞 /pīlìwǔ/ |
| breakdown {n} (failure, particularly mechanical) | :: 故障 /gùzhàng/ |
| break even {v} (to neither gain nor lose money) | :: 不賠不賺, 不赔不赚 /bùpéibùzhuàn/, 保本 /bǎoběn/ |
| break-even point {n} (The point where total costs equal total sales revenue) | :: 收支平衡點, 收支平衡点 /shōuzhī pínghéng diǎn/, 盈虧平衡點, 盈亏平衡点 /yíngkuī pínghéng diǎn/ |
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) | :: 早飯, 早饭 /zǎofàn/, 早餐 /zǎocān/ |
| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains) | :: 早餐穀物, 早餐谷物 /zǎocān gǔwù/, 穀類食品, 谷类食品 /gǔlèi shípǐn/, 麥片, 麦片 /màipiàn/ |
| breaking news {n} (news that just happened or is happening) | :: 突發新聞, 突发新闻 /tūfā xīnwén/, 插播新聞, 插播新闻 /chābō xīnwén/, 即時新聞, 即时新闻 /jíshí xīnwén/, 重磅新聞, 重磅新闻 /zhòngbàng xīnwén/ |
| break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak | :: |
| break one's fast {v} (archaic: to eat breakfast) | :: 吃早餐 /chī zǎocān/ |
| break out {v} (to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly) | :: 逃出 /táochū/ |
| break out {v} (to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition) | :: 爆發, 爆发 /bàofā/, 勃發, 勃发 /bófā/ |
| breakpoint {n} ((computing) point in a program where operation may be interrupted) | :: 斷點, 断点 /duàndiǎn/ |
| break ranks {v} (military) | :: 打乱队形 |
| break someone's heart {v} (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) | :: 打碎...的心 (dǎsuì... de xīn) |
| break the bank {v} (win all the money that is available to be paid) | :: 贏大錢, 赢大钱 /yíng dàqián/, 讓銀行倒閉, 让银行倒闭 /ràng yínháng dǎobì/ |
| break the bank {v} (exhaust one's financial resources) | :: 耗費巨資, 耗费巨资 /hàofèi jùzī/, 破產, 破产 /pòchǎn/, 傾家蕩產, 倾家荡产 /qīngjiādàngchǎn/ |
| break the ice {v} (to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness) | :: 打破僵局 /dǎpò jiāngjú/, 打破冷場, 打破冷场 /dǎpò lěngchǎng/, 破冰 /pòbīng/ |
| breakthrough {n} (military advance) | :: 突破 /tūpò/ |
| breakthrough {n} (major progress) | :: 突破 /tūpò/ |
| break up {v} (intransitive: to disintegrate) | :: 粉碎 /fěnsuì/, 破碎 /pòsuì/ |
| break up {v} (to end a relationship) | :: 分手 /fēnshǒu/, 分開, 分开 /fēnkāi/, 吹 /chuī/ |
| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown | :: |
| breakwater {n} (construction in or around a harbour) | :: 防波堤 /fángbōdī/ |
| breakwater {n} (beach barrier) | :: 防波堤 /fángbōdī/ |
| break wind {v} (to fart) | :: 放屁 /fàngpì/ |
| bream {n} (fish of the genus Abramis) | :: 魴 /fáng/ |
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ) | :: 乳房 /rǔfáng/, 胸 /xiōng/ |
| breast {n} (chest) | :: 胸部 /xiōngbù/ |
| breast {n} (seat of emotions) | :: 思想 /sīxiǎng/ |
| breast {n} (animal's thorax) | :: 胸甲 /xiōngjiǎ/ |
| breast {n} (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals) | :: 胸 /xiōng/ |
| breast augmentation {n} (cosmetic procedure) | :: 隆胸手術, 隆胸手术 /lóngxiōng shǒushù/ |
| breastaurant {n} (restaurant featuring scantily clad waitresses) | :: 波霸餐廳, 波霸餐厅 /bōbà cāntīng/ |
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) | :: 胸骨 /xiōnggǔ/ |
| breast cancer {n} (cancer of the breast) | :: 乳癌 /rǔ'ái/ |
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) | :: 餵奶, 喂奶 /wèinǎi/, 哺乳 /bǔrǔ/, 母乳餵養, 母乳喂养 /mǔrǔ wèiyǎng/ |
| breastfeeding {n} (activity) | :: 餵奶, 喂奶 /wèinǎi/, 哺乳 /bǔrǔ/, 母乳餵養, 母乳喂养 /mǔrǔ wèiyǎng/ |
| breast implant {n} (medical prosthesis) | :: 隆胸 /lóngxiōng/, 豐胸, 丰胸 /fēngxiōng/, 隆乳 /lóngrǔ/, 豐乳, 丰乳 /fēngrǔ/ |
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) | :: 母乳 /mǔrǔ/, 人乳 /rénrǔ/, 人奶 /rénnǎi/ |
| breastpin {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| breast pump {n} (device used to extract breast milk) | :: 吸乳器 /xīrǔqì/, 吸奶器 /xīnǎiqì/ |
| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: 蛙泳 /wāyǒng/, 俯泳 /fǔyǒng/, 胸泳 /xiōngyǒng/, 蛙式 /wāshì/ |
| breath {n} (act or process of breathing) | :: 呼吸 /hūxī/, 氣息, 气息 /qìxī/ |
| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs) | :: 呼吸 /hūxī/ |
| breathability {n} (ability of fabric to transmit air and moisture) | :: 透氣性, 透气性 /tòuqìxìng/ |
| breathability {n} (quality of air suitable for breathing) | :: 空氣質量, 空气质量 /kōngqì zhìliàng/ |
| breathalyzer {n} (a device that measures alcohol in expired air) | :: 酒精測定器, 酒精测定器 /jiǔjīng cèdìngqì/ |
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) | :: 呼吸 /hūxī/, 吸 /xī/ |
| breathe down someone's neck {v} (to follow or supervise too closely) | :: 緊盯著某人, 紧盯着某人 /jǐn dīng zhe mǒurén/, 密切監視某人, 密切监视某人 /mìqiè jiānshì mǒurén/ |
| breathing {n} (act of respiration) | :: 呼吸 /hūxī/ |
| breathlessness {n} (state of being breathless or out of breath) | :: 呼吸困難, 呼吸困难 /hūxī kùnnán/ |
| breathlessness {n} (difficult respiration) SEE: shortness of breath | :: |
| breathtaking {adj} (stunningly beautiful) | :: 驚險, 惊险 /jīngxiǎn/ |
| breath test {n} (test) | :: 呼吸試驗, 呼吸试验 /hūxī shìyàn/ |
| breech birth {n} (birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first) | :: 臀位分娩 /túnwèi fēnmiǎn/ |
| breechblock {n} (block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun) | :: 槍閂, 枪闩 /qiāngshuān/ , 炮閂, 炮闩 /pàoshuān/ |
| breeches {n} (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs) | :: 五分褲, 五分裤 /wǔfēnkù/, 半長褲, 半长裤 /bànchángkù/, 馬褲, 马裤 /mǎkù/ |
| breed {v} (to sexually produce offspring) | :: 繁殖 /fánzhí/, 培育 /péiyù/ |
| breed {v} (of animals, to mate) | :: 配种 |
| breed {v} (to keep animals and have them reproduce) | :: 育种 |
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| breeze {n} (a light, gentle wind) | :: 微風, 微风 /wēifēng or wéifēng (Taiwan)/, 和風, 和风 /héfēng/, 清風, 清风 /qīngfēng/, 輕風, 轻风 /qīngfēng/ |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| Bremen {prop} (city) | :: 不來梅, 不来梅 /Bùláiméi/ |
| Brendan {prop} (male given name) | :: 布倫丹, 布伦丹 /Bùlúndān/ |
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw | :: |
| Brest {prop} (a city in Brittany) | :: 布雷斯特 /Bùléisītè/ |
| Brest {prop} (a city in Belarus) | :: 布列斯特 /Bùlièsītè/ |
| brethren {n} (the body of members) | :: 同胞 |
| Breton {n} (the language) | :: 布列塔尼語, 布列塔尼语 /Bùliětǎní yǔ/ |
| brevity is the soul of wit {proverb} (conciseness is essential to witty remarks) | :: 言以簡為貴, 言以简为贵 /yán yǐ jiǎn wéi guì/, 言貴簡潔, 言贵简洁 /yánguìjiǎnjié/ |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {v} (make tea or coffee) | :: 沏 /qī/, 泡 /pào/, 煮 /zhǔ/, 沖, 冲 /chōng/ |
| brew {v} (make a hot soup) | :: 煮 /zhǔ/ |
| brew {v} (to make beer) | :: 釀造, 酿造 /niàngzào/, 釀製, 酿制 /niàngzhì/ |
| brew {v} (to contrive; plot) | :: 圖謀, 图谋 /túmóu/, 密謀, 密谋 /mìmóu/ |
| brew {v} (to go through the process of brewing beer) | :: 釀造, 酿造 /niàngzào/, 釀製, 酿制 /niàngzhì/ |
| brew {v} (to be in a state of preparation) | :: 在醞釀之中, 在酝酿之中 /zài yùnniàng zhī zhōng/ |
| brew {n} (something brewed) | :: 釀製飲料, 酿制饮料 /niàngzhì yǐnliào/ |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| brew {n} (cup of tea) SEE: cup of tea | :: |
| brewery {n} (building where beer is produced) | :: 釀酒廠, 酿酒厂 /niàngjiǔchǎng/, 啤酒廠, 啤酒厂 /píjiǔchǎng/ |
| Brexit {prop} (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU) | :: 英國脫歐, 英国脱欧 /Yīngguó tuō'ōu/, 英國退歐, 英国退欧 /Yīngguó tuì'ōu/ |
| Brezhnev {prop} (surname) | :: 勃列日涅夫 |
| Brian {prop} (male given name) | :: 布莱恩 |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: 賄賂, 贿赂 /huìlù/, 行賄, 行贿 /xínghuì/ |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: 賄賂, 贿赂 /huìlù/, 行賄, 行贿 /xínghuì/ |
| bribery {n} (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions) | :: 行賄, 行贿 /xínghuì/ |
| bribery {n} (giving, offering or accepting bribes) | :: 受賄, 受贿 /shòuhuì/ |
| bribetaker {n} (a person who takes bribes) | :: 受賄者, 受贿者 /shòuhuìzhě/ |
| BRIC {prop} (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) | :: 金磚四國, 金砖四国 /Jīn zhuān sì guó/ (golden brick four countries); BRIC; 磚塊, 砖块 /zhuānkuài/ (brick) |
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building) | :: 磚, 砖 /zhuān/, 磚塊, 砖块 /zhuānkuài/, 磚頭, 砖头 /zhuāntóu/ |
| brick {n} (a building material) | :: 磚, 砖 /zhuān/, 磚塊, 砖块 /zhuānkuài/, 磚頭, 砖头 /zhuāntóu/ |
| brick {n} (a heavy electronic device that has become obsolete) | :: 磚, 砖 /zhuān/ |
| brick {n} | :: 磚頭, 砖头 /zhuāntóu/ |
| brick {v} (electronics: to render non-functional) | :: 使……變磚, 使……变砖 |
| brick {n} (term for a helpful, reliable person) | :: 好心腸的, 好心肠的 /hǎo xīn cháng de/ |
| brick and mortar {adj} (buildings and property for the conduct of a business) | :: 實體的, 实体的 /shítǐ de/, 實體店, 實體店 /shítǐdiàn/ |
| bricklayer {n} (craftsman) | :: 磚匠, 砖匠 /zhuānjiàng/, 砌磚工, 砌砖工 /qìzhuāngōng/, 瓦工 /wǎgōng/ |
| brick-tea {n} (tea leaves) | :: 磚茶, 砖茶 /zhuānchá/ |
| BRICS {prop} (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) | :: 金磚五國, 金砖五国 /Jīnzhuānwǔguó/ (golden brick five countries) |
| bridal carry {n} (means of carrying a person) | :: 公主抱 /gōngzhǔbào/ |
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: 新娘 /xīnniáng/, 新婦, 新妇 /xīnfù/, 新娘子 /xīnniángzi/, 新媳婦兒, 新媳妇儿 /xīnxífur/ |
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) | :: 新郎 /xīnláng/ |
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) | :: 彩禮, 彩礼 /cǎilǐ/, 聘禮, 聘礼 /pìnlǐ/, 財禮, 财礼 /cáilǐ/ |
| bridesmaid {n} (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony) | :: 伴娘 /bànniáng/, 女儐相, 女傧相 /nǚbīnxiàng/ |
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: 橋, 桥 /qiáo/, 橋樑, 桥梁 /qiáoliáng/ |
| bridge {n} (bony ridge of the nose) | :: 鼻樑, 鼻梁 /bíliáng/ |
| bridge {n} (nautical) | :: 船橋, 船桥 /chuánqiáo/ |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: 橋牌, 桥牌 /qiáopái/ |
| bridgehead {n} (area around the end of a bridge) | :: 橋頭, 桥头 /qiáotóu/ |
| bridge loan {n} (money loaned for a short period) | :: 過橋貸款, 过桥贷款 /guòqiáo dàikuǎn/ |
| Bridgetown {prop} (capital of Barbados) | :: 布里奇敦 /Bùlǐqídūn/, 橋鎮, 桥镇 /Qiáozhèn/ |
| bridging visa {n} (temporary visa) | :: 過橋簽證, 过桥签证 /guòqiáo qiānzhèng/ |
| bridle {n} (headgear for horse) | :: 轡, 辔 /pèi/, 轡頭, 辔头 /pèitóu/, 馬籠頭, 马笼头 /mǎlóngtóu/ |
| bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus) | :: 褐翅燕鸥 /bái-méi yàn-ōu/ |
| brie {n} (mild French cheese) | :: 布利乾酪, 布利干酪 /bùlì gānlào/, 布利奶酪 /bùlì nǎilào/, 布利乳酪 /bùlì rǔlào/, 布里乳酪 /bùlǐ rǔlào/ |
| briefcase {n} (case used for carrying documents) | :: 公文包 /gōngwénbāo/, 皮包 /píbāo/ |
| briefs {n} (male underwear) | :: 貼身短內褲, 贴身短内裤 /tiēshēn duǎnnèikù/ |
| brigade {n} (organized group of people) | :: 隊, 队 /duì/, 班 /bān/ |
| brigade {n} (military unit) | :: 旅 /lǚ/, 旅團, 旅团 /lǚtuán/ |
| brigand {n} (bandit) | :: 強盜, 强盗 /qiángdào/, 土匪 /tǔfěi/ |
| bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) | :: 明亮 /míngliàng/, 亮 /liàng/, 明 /míng/; Literary Chinese: 皞 |
| bright {adj} (intelligent) | :: 聪明 /cōngmíng/, 聰明 |
| brightness {n} (the quality of being bright) | :: 明亮 /míngliàng/ |
| brilliance {n} (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) | :: 辉 /huī/ |
| brilliant {adj} | :: 光明, 燦爛, 灿烂 (chán làn); 出色的, 出色的 (chū sè de); 明亮的, 明亮的 (míng liàng de); 明亮的, 明亮的 (míng liàng de); 英明的, 英明的 (yīng míng de); 輝煌的, 辉煌的 (huī huáng de) |
| brillo pad {n} (scouring pad containing soap) | :: 肥皂鋼絲絨, 肥皂钢丝绒 /féizào gāngsīróng/ |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| brine {n} (salt water) | :: 鹽水, 盐水 /yánshuǐ/, 鹹水, 咸水 /xiánshuǐ/ |
| brine {n} (the sea or ocean) | :: 海水 /hǎishuǐ/ |
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: 帶來, 带来 /dàilái/ , 帶去, 带去 /dàiqu/ |
| bring a knife to a gunfight {v} (to be inadequately equipped) | :: 拿著雞蛋碰石頭, 拿着鸡蛋碰石头 /ná zhe jīdàn pèng shítou/ |
| bring home the bacon {v} (to make a living) | :: 掙錢養家, 挣钱养家 (zhèngqián yǎngjiā), 謀生, 谋生 /móushēng/ |
| bring it {v} (to apply maximum effort to an effort) | :: 放手一搏 /fàng shoǔ yī bó/ |
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle | :: |
| bring to a boil {v} (heat something until it reaches boiling point) | :: 沸騰, 沸腾 /fèiténg/ |
| bring to bear {v} (aim a weapon) | :: 瞄準, 瞄准 /miáozhǔn/ |
| bring to bear {v} (employ to achieve an effect) | :: 施加 /shījiā/, 應用, 应用 /yìngyòng/ |
| bring to justice {v} (cause a person to be brought to trial on offenses) | :: 繩之以法, 绳之以法 /shéngzhīyǐfǎ/, 歸案, 归案 /guī'àn/ |
| bring to light {v} (expose) | :: 揭發, 揭发 /jiēfā/, 公開, 公开 /gōngkāi/, 透露 /tòulù/, 發現, 发现 /fāxiàn/ |
| bring up the rear {v} (to be last in a moving line of people) | :: 墊後, 垫后 /diànhòu/ |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| brinkmanship {n} (pursuit of an advantage) | :: 邊緣政策, 边缘政策 /biānyuán zhèngcè/ |
| brinkmate {n} | :: 絕殺 |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| briny {adj} (salty) | :: 鹹 /xián/ |
| brioche {n} (type of bun) | :: 布莉歐 /bùlì'ōu/ |
| Brisbane {prop} (Capital of Queensland, Australia) | :: 布里斯班 /Bùlǐsībān/ |
| brisket {n} (the chest of an animal) | :: 胸部 /xiōngbù/, 胸肉 /xiōngròu/ |
| brisket {n} (a cut of meat from an animal chest) | :: 腩 {c块} /nán/ ] |
| bristletail {n} (insect of the order Zygentoma) | :: 衣魚, 衣鱼 /yīyú/ |
| Bristol {prop} (city in south-west England) | :: 布里斯托爾, 布里斯托尔 /Bùlǐsītuō'ěr/, 布里斯托, 布里斯托 /Bùlǐsītuō/ |
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton | :: |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| Britain {prop} (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles) | :: 不列顛, 不列颠 /Bùlièdiān/ |
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| britches {n} (breeches) SEE: breeches | :: |
| Briticism {n} (word or expression used in Britain) | :: 英國英語, 英国英语 /Yīngguó yīngyǔ/, 英國人特用的詞, 英国人特用的词 /Yīngguórén tèyòng de cí/ |
| British {prop} (citizens or inhabitants of Britain) | :: 英國人, 英国人 /yīngguórén/ |
| British {prop} (the citizens or inhabitants of the UK) | :: 英國人, 英国人 /yīngguórén/ |
| British {prop} (the British English language) | :: 英國英語, 英国英语 /yīngguóyǔ/ |
| British {adj} (of Britain) | :: 英國的, 英国的 /Yīngguó de/ |
| British Columbia {prop} (province of Canada) | :: 不列顛哥倫比亞, 不列颠哥伦比亚 /Bùlièdiān Gēlúnbǐyà/, 英屬哥倫比亞, 英属哥伦比亚 /Yīngshǔ Gēlúnbǐyà/ |
| British Commonwealth {prop} (Commonwealth of Nations) SEE: Commonwealth of Nations | :: |
| British Empire {prop} (empire) | :: 大英帝國, 大英帝国 /Dàyīng Dìguó/ |
| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) | :: 英國英語, 英国英语 /Yīngguó Yīngyǔ/, 英式英語, 英式英语 /Yīngshì Yīngyǔ/ |
| British Indian Ocean Territory {prop} (UK overseas territory) | :: 英屬印度洋領地, 英属印度洋领地 /Yīngshǔ Yìndù Yáng Lǐngdì/ |
| British Isles {prop} (group of islands) | :: 不列顛諸島, 不列颠诸岛 /Bùlièdiān zhūdǎo/, 英倫諸島, 英伦诸岛 /Yīnglún zhūdǎo/, 不列顛群島, 不列颠群岛 /Bùlièdiān qúndǎo/ |
| British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: 英屬維爾京群島, 英属维尔京群岛 /Yīng shǔ Wéi'ěrjīng qúndǎo/ |
| Briton {n} (inhabitant of Great Britain) | :: 英國人, 英国人 /Yīngguórén/ |
| Brittany {prop} (region of North West France) | :: 布列塔尼 /Bùliètǎní/ |
| brittle {adj} (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure) | :: 易碎的，易损坏的 |
| brittle star {n} (echinoderms) | :: 海蛇尾 /hǎishéwěi/ |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit | :: |
| broach {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broadband {n} (high-capacity internet connection) | :: 寬帶, 宽带 /kuāndài/ |
| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba) | :: 蠶豆, 蚕豆 /cándòu/ |
| broadcast {n} (transmission of a radio or television programme) | :: 廣播, 广播 /guǎngbō/ |
| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) | :: 廣播, 广播 /guǎngbō/, 播報, 播报 /bōbào/ |
| broadcasting {n} (business or profession of radio and television) | :: 廣播, 广播 /guǎngbò/ |
| broad daylight {n} (abundant natural illumination in daytime) | :: 大白天 /dàbáitiān/ |
| broaden {v} (to become broad) | :: 擴大, 扩大 /kuòdà/ |
| broad-leaved epiphyllum {n} (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) | :: 曇花 /tánhuā/ |
| broadsword {n} (longsword with a broad cutting blade) | :: 闊劍, 阔剑 /kuòjiàn/ |
| brocade {n} (fabric) | :: 錦緞, 锦缎 /jǐnduàn/, 錦, 锦 /jǐn/ |
| brocade {v} (decorate fabric with patterns) | :: 織錦, 织锦 /zhījǐn/ |
| Broca's area {n} (area of the frontal lobe of the brain) | :: 布洛卡區, 布洛卡区 /bùluòkǎqū/ |
| broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) | :: 西蘭花, 西兰花 /xīlánhuā/, 西藍花, 西蓝花 /xīlánhuā/, 青花菜 /qīnghuācài/, 綠菜花, 绿菜花 /lǜcàihuā/, 綠花椰菜, 绿花椰菜 /lǜhuāyēcài, lǜhuāyécài/ |
| brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter) | :: 小冊子, 小册子 /xiǎocèzi/ |
| broil {v} (to cook by direct, radiant heat) | :: 烤 /kǎo/, 燒, 烧 /shāo/ |
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: 手頭緊, 手头紧 /shǒutóujǐn/, 手緊, 手紧 /shǒujǐn/, 沒錢, 没钱 /méiqián/ |
| brokeback {adj} ((slang) homoerotic, see also: homoerotic) | :: 斷背, 断背 /duànbèi/ |
| broken {adj} (fragmented) | :: 破碎 /pòsuì/, 打破 dǎpò, 壞, 坏 /huài/ |
| broken heart {n} (feeling of grief or loss) | :: 失戀, 失恋 /shīliàn/, 破碎的心 /pòsuì-de xīn/ |
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: 經紀人, 经纪人 /jīngjìrén/, 中間人, 中间人 /zhōngjiānrén/ |
| bromance {n} (close but non-sexual relationship between men) | :: 基友 /jīyǒu/, 男漫 /nánmàn/, 兄弟情 /xiōngdìqíng/, 兄弟情誼, 兄弟情谊 /xiōngdì qíngyì/ |
| bromide {n} (platitude) SEE: platitude | :: |
| bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element) | :: 溴 /xiù/ |
| bromophenol blue {n} (acid-base indicator) | :: 溴酚藍 /xiùfēnlán/ |
| bromothymol blue {n} (4,4'-(3H-2,1 benzoxathiol-3-ylidene) bis S,S-dioxide) | :: 溴百里酚藍, 溴百里酚蓝 /xiùbǎlǐfēnlán/, 溴百里香酚藍, 溴百里香酚蓝 /xiùbǎlǐxiāngfēnlán/, 溴瑞香草藍, 溴瑞香草蓝 /xiùruìxiāngcǎolán/, 溴化麝香草酚藍, 溴化麝香草酚蓝 /xiùhuàshèxiāngcǎofēnlán/, 溴麝香草酚藍, 溴麝香草酚蓝 /xiùshèxiāngcǎofēnlán/, 溴瑞香草酚藍, 溴瑞香草粉蓝 /xiùruìxiāngcǎolfēnán/, 酒精藍色指示劑, 酒精蓝色指示剂 /jiǔjīng lánsè zhǐshìjì/ |
| bronchitis {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: 支氣管炎, 支气管炎 /zhīqìguǎnyán/ |
| bronchodilator {n} (drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages) | :: 支氣管擴張藥, 支气管扩张药 /zhīqìguǎn kuòzhāngyào/ |
| bronchus {n} (Either or two branches of the trachea) | :: 支氣管, 支气管 /zhīqìguǎn/ |
| Bronx {prop} (borough of New York City) | :: 布朗克斯 /Bùlǎngkèsī/ |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| bronze {n} (alloy) | :: 青銅, 青铜 /qīngtóng/ |
| bronze {n} (colour) | :: 青銅色, 青铜色 /qīngtóngsè/ |
| bronze {adj} (made of bronze) | :: 青銅製的 /qīngtóng jì de/ |
| bronze {adj} (having a bronze colour) | :: 青銅色的 /qīngtóng sè de/ |
| bronze {n} (bronze medal) SEE: bronze medal | :: |
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: 青銅時代, 青铜时代 /qīngtóng shídài/ |
| bronze medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze) | :: 銅牌, 铜牌 /tóngpái/ |
| bronzeware {n} (articles made from bronze) | :: 青銅器, 青铜器 /qīngtóngqì/ |
| brooch {n} (jewellery with pin) | :: 胸針, 胸针 /xiōngzhēn/, 別針, 别针 /biézhēn/, 領針, 领针 /lǐngzhēn/ |
| brook {n} (a small stream) | :: 小河 /xiǎohé/, 溪流 /xīliú/ |
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate | :: |
| Brooklyn {prop} (borough of New York City) | :: 布魯克林, 布鲁克林 /Bùlǔkèlín/ |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: 掃帚, 扫帚 /sàozhou/, 掃把, 扫把 /sàobǎ/, 帚 /zhǒu/ |
| broom {n} (sweeper in curling) | :: 冰壺刷子, 冰壶刷子 /bīnghú shuāzi/, 刷子 /shuāzi/ |
| broom {v} (to sweep) | :: 掃, 扫 /sǎo/, 掃除, 扫除 /sǎochú/ |
| broomcorn millet {n} (proso millet) SEE: proso millet | :: |
| bros before hoes {proverb} (a man should prioritize his male friends over his girlfriend or wife) | :: 不要重色輕友, 不要重色轻友 /bùyào zhòngsèqīngyǒu/ |
| broth {n} (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled) | :: 肉湯 /ròutāng/ |
| broth {n} (soup made from broth) | :: 肉湯 /ròutāng/ |
| broth cube {n} (bouillon cube) SEE: bouillon cube | :: |
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution) | :: 妓院 /jìyuàn/, 勾欄, 勾栏 /gōulán/, 行院 /hángyuàn/, 花柳 /huāliǔ/, 青樓, 青楼 /qīnglóu/, 堂子 /tángzi/, 煙花柳巷, 烟花柳巷 /yānhuāliǔxiàng/, 窯子, 窑子 /yáozi/ |
| brother {n} (male sibling) | :: 哥哥 /gēge/ , 弟弟 /dìdi/ , 兄弟 /xiōngdì/ , 兄弟 /xiōngdi/ |
| brother {n} (male fellow member of a religious community) | :: 弟兄 /dìxiōng/ |
| brother-german {n} (brother by birth) | :: 親兄弟, 亲兄弟 /qīn xiōngdì/ |
| brotherhood {n} (state of being brothers or a brother) | :: 哥們義氣, 哥们义气 /gēmen yìqì/ |
| brother-in-arms {n} (fellow combatant or soldier) | :: 戰友, 战友 /zhànyǒu/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother) | :: 大伯子 /dàbǎizi/ , 小叔子 /xiǎoshūzi/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) | :: 内兄 /nèixiōng/ 大舅子 /dàjiùzi/ ; 内弟 /nèidì/ , 婦兄, 妇兄 /fùxiōng/ , 小舅子 /xiǎojiùzi/ , 大舅 /dàjiù/ , 小舅 /xiǎojiù/ , 婦弟, 妇弟 /fùdì/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) | :: 姐夫 /jiěfu/ , 妹夫 /mèifu/ , 姊夫 /zǐfū/ , 姊丈 /zǐzhàng/ , 妹倩 /mèiqiàn/ , 妹婿 /mèixù/ , 妹丈 /mèizhàng/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband) | :: 姨夫 /yífū/, 襟兄 /jīnxiōng/ , 襟弟 /jīndì/ |
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead | :: |
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| brown {n} (colour) | :: 棕色 /zōngsè/, 褐色 /hèsè/, 咖啡色 /kāfēisè/ |
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour) | :: 褐色 /hèsè/, 棕色 /zōngsè/, 咖啡色 /kāfēisè/ |
| brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| Brown {prop} (transliterations of the English name "Brown") | :: 布朗 /Bùlǎng/ |
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos) | :: 棕熊 /zōngxióng/, 羆, 罴 /pí/, 馬熊, 马熊 /mǎxióng/, 人熊 /rénxióng/ |
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite | :: |
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) | :: 棕矮星 /zōng'ǎixīng/ |
| brown eye {n} (vulgar, slang for the anus) | :: 屁眼 |
| brown hare {n} (brown hare) SEE: European hare | :: |
| Brownian motion {n} (random motion of particles suspended in a fluid) | :: 布朗運動, 布朗运动 /Bùlǎng yùndòng/ |
| brownie {n} (small rich cake) | :: 布朗尼 /bùlǎngní/ |
| brownie {n} (mythical creature) | :: 棕仙 /zōngxiān/ |
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn | :: |
| brownnose {v} (to flatter in obsequious manner) | :: 拍馬屁, 拍马屁 /pāi mǎpì/, 拍馬, 拍马 /pāimǎ/ |
| brown noser {n} (one who brownnoses) | :: 巴兒狗, 巴儿狗 /bārgǒu/, 擦鞋仔 /cāxiézǐ/ |
| brown rat {n} (Rattus norvegicus) | :: 褐鼠 /hèshǔ/ |
| brown recluse spider {n} | :: 棕色遁蛛 /zōngsè dùnzhū/, 褐色隱蛛 /hésè yǐnzhū/, 提琴蜘蛛 /tíqín zhīzhū/, 提琴背蜘蛛 /tíqínbèi zhīzhū/, 棕色提琴蜘蛛 /zōngsè tíqín zhīzhū/ |
| brown rice {n} (unpolished rice) | :: 糙米 /cāomǐ/ |
| brown study {n} (melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought) | :: 冥思出神 /míngsīchūshén/ |
| brown sugar {n} (partially refined sugar) | :: 紅糖, 红糖 /hóngtáng/ |
| browse {v} (scan, casually look through) | :: 隨便看, 随便看 /suíbiàn kàn/, 閒逛, 闲逛 /xiánguàng/, 逛一逛 /guàngyīguàng/ |
| browse {v} (move about while sampling) | :: 隨便看, 随便看 /suíbiàn kàn/, 閒逛, 闲逛 /xiánguàng/, 逛一逛 /guàngyīguàng/ |
| browse {v} (navigate through hyperlinked documents) | :: 瀏覽, 浏览 /liúlǎn/ |
| browse {v} (move about while eating parts of plants) | :: 吃草 /chīcǎo/, 啃綠葉, 啃绿叶 /kěn lǜyè/ |
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser | :: |
| brucellosis {n} (infection by the bacterium, Brucella) | :: 波狀熱, 波状热 /bōzhuàngrè/ |
| Bruges {prop} (city in Belgium) | :: 布魯日, 布鲁日 /Bùlǔrì/ |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: 瘀青 /yūqīng/ |
| Brumaire {prop} (the second month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: 霧月, 雾月 /Wùyuè/ |
| brunch {n} (a meal) | :: 早午餐 /zǎo wǔcān/ , 早中饭 |
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: 文萊, 文莱 /Wénlái/, 汶萊, 汶莱 /Wènlái/ |
| brunette {adj} (having brown or black hair) | :: 棕髮, 棕发 /zōngfà/ , 黑髮, 黑发 /hēifà/ |
| Brunhild {prop} (valkyrie) | :: 布倫希爾德 /bù-lún-xī-ěr-dé/ |
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine | :: |
| Bruno {prop} (male given name) | :: 布魯諾, 布鲁诺 /Bùlǔnuò/ |
| Bruno {prop} (surname) | :: 布魯諾, 布鲁诺 /Bùlǔnuò/ |
| bruschetta {n} (Italian toasted bread topped with garlic and tomatoes) | :: 普切塔 /pǔqiētǎ/ |
| brush {n} (implement) | :: 刷子 /shuāzi/, 刷 /shuā/, 筆, 笔 /bǐ/ |
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush)) | :: 刷 /shuā/ |
| brush one's teeth {v} (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) | :: 刷牙 /shuāyá/ |
| brushtail {n} (brushtail possum) SEE: brushtail possum | :: |
| brushtail possum {n} (Trichosurus vulpecula) | :: 刷尾負鼠, 刷尾负鼠 /shuāwěi fùshǔ/ |
| brush-turkey {n} | :: 叢塚雉, 丛冢雉 /cóngzhǒngzhì/ |
| brushwood {n} (small trees and shrubs) | :: 矮林 /ǎilín/ |
| brusque {adj} (rudely abrupt, unfriendly) | :: 唐突 /tángtū/, 粗暴 /cūbào/, 無禮, 无礼 /wúlǐ/ |
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) | :: 布魯塞爾, 布鲁塞尔 /Bùlǔsài'ěr/ |
| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable) | :: 球芽甘藍, 球芽甘蓝 /qiúyá gānlán/, 抱子甘藍, 抱子甘蓝 /bào zǐ gānlán/, 芽甘藍, 芽甘蓝 /yágānlán/ |
| brutal {adj} (savagely violent) | :: 残忍的, 野蛮的 |
| bruxism {n} (habit or practice of grinding the teeth) | :: 磨牙 /móyá/ |
| Bryan {prop} (male given name) | :: 布萊恩 |
| Bryansk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 布良斯克 /Bùliángsīkè/ |
| Bryce {prop} (given name) | :: 布萊斯, 布莱斯 /Bùláisī/ |
| Bryce {prop} (surname) | :: 布莱斯 /Bùláisī/ |
| bryozoan {n} (invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa) | :: 苔蘚蟲, 苔藓虫 /táixiǎnchóng/ |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) | :: 泡 /pào/, 氣泡, 气泡 /qìpào/, 泡沫 /pàomò/ |
| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market) | :: 泡沫 /pàomò/ |
| bubble {n} (someone who has been fooled) SEE: dupe | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat | :: |
| bubble bath {n} (bath in which an additive is poured into the water to create bubbles) | :: 泡泡浴 /pàopàoyù/ |
| bubble bath {n} (soap-based product) | :: 泡泡浴露 /pàopàoyùlù/ |
| bubble cake {n} (chocolate crackle) SEE: chocolate crackle | :: |
| bubblegum {n} (chewing gum) | :: 泡泡糖 /pàopàotáng/ |
| bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level | :: |
| bubble sort {n} (sorting algorithm) | :: 冒泡排序 /màopào páixù/, 氣泡排序, 气泡排序 /qìpào páixù/, 泡沫排序 /pàomò páixù/ |
| bubble tea {n} (milk tea with tapioca balls) | :: 珍珠奶茶 /zhēnzhū nǎichá/, 珍奶 /zhēnnǎi/ |
| bubble wrap {n} (cushioning material) | :: 氣泡布, 气泡布 /qìpàobù/ |
| bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) | :: 腺鼠疫 /xiànshǔyì/ |
| Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) | :: 布加勒斯特 /Bùjiālèsītè/ |
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram | :: |
| bucket {n} (container) | :: 水桶 /shuǐtǒng/, 吊桶 /diàotǒng/ |
| bucket list {n} (a list of things to accomplish before one's death) | :: 平生夢想單, 平生梦想单 /píngshēng mèngxiǎng dān/, 平生願望單, 平生愿望单 /píngshēng yuànwàng dān/ |
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) | :: 白金漢宮, 白金汉宫 /Báijīnhàn gōng/ |
| buckle {n} (belt clasp) | :: 扣環, 扣环 /kòuhuán/, 搭扣 /dākòu/ |
| buckler {n} (small shield) | :: 小圆盾, 小型盾 |
| buckle up {v} (to fasten one's seat belt or safety belt) | :: 繫上安全帶, 系上安全带 (jìshang ānquándài) |
| buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| bucktooth {n} | :: 獠牙 /liáoyá/, 齙牙, 龅牙 /bāoyá/ |
| buck up {v} (to become encouraged) | :: 打起精神 /dǎqǐ jīngshén/ |
| buckwheat {n} (Fagopyrum esculentum plant) | :: 蕎麥, 荞麦 /qiáomài/ |
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) | :: 蕎麥, 荞麦 /qiáomài/ |
| bud {n} (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) | :: 芽 /yá/ |
| Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) | :: 布達佩斯, 布达佩斯 /Bùdápèisī/ |
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| buddha {n} (enlightened human) | :: 佛 /fó/, 佛陀 /fótuó/ |
| Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher) | :: 佛 /Fó/, 佛陀 /Fótuó/, 浮屠 /Fútú/, 釋迦牟尼, 释迦牟尼 /Shìjiāmóuní/, 浮圖, 浮图 /Fútú/, 佛馱, 佛驮 /Fótuó/, 浮陀 /Fútuó/, 休屠 /Xiūtú/, 浮頭, 浮头 /Fútóu/, 勃陀 /Bótuó/, 勃馱, 勃驮 /Bótuó/, 部多 /Bùduō/, 部陀 /Bùtuó/, 毋陀 /Wútuó/, 沒馱, 没驮 /Mòtuó/, 沸馱, 沸驮 /Fèituó/, 步他 /Bùtā/, 復豆, 复豆 /Fùdòu/, 佛圖, 佛图 /Fótú/, 物他 /Wùtā/, 馞陀 /Bótuó/, 沒陀, 没陀 /Mòtuó/, 佛祖 /Fózǔ/, 釋迦, 释迦 /Shìjiā/, 釋迦牟尼佛, 释迦牟尼佛 /Shìjiāmóuní Fó/, 釋迦佛, 释迦佛 /Shìjiā Fó/ |
| Buddhahood {n} (state of being enlightened by Buddhist teachings) | :: 佛境 /fójìng/ |
| Buddha's hand {n} (citrus fruit) | :: 佛手 /fóshǒu/, 佛手柑 /fóshǒugān/ |
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) | :: 佛教 /fójiào/ |
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) | :: 佛教 /Fójiào/ |
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) | :: 佛教徒 /fójiàotú/ |
| buddy {n} (friend or casual acquaintance) | :: 哥兒, 哥儿 /gēr/, 伙伴 /huǒbàn/ |
| buddy {n} (informal address to a stranger) | :: 老表 /lǎobiǎo/, 老兄 /lǎoxiōng/ |
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet) | :: 虎皮鸚鵡, 虎皮鹦鹉 /hǔpí yīngwǔ/ |
| budget {n} (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) | :: 預算, 预算 /yùsuàn/ |
| budget {n} (itemized summary of intended expenditure) | :: 預算, 预算 /yùsuàn/, 經費, 经费 /jīngfèi/ |
| budget {adj} (of, or relating to a budget) | :: 預算, 预算 (yù suàn) |
| budget {adj} (appropriate to a restricted budget) | :: 預算, 预算 (yù suàn) |
| budyonovka {n} (Red Army hat) | :: 布琼尼帽 /Bùqióngní mào/ |
| Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) | :: 布宜諾斯艾利斯, 布宜诺斯艾利斯 /Bùyínuòsī-Aìlìsī/ |
| buff {v} (To polish and make shiny) | :: 擦亮 |
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) | :: 水牛 /shuǐniú/ |
| buffalo {n} (North American bison) | :: 野牛 /yěniú/ |
| buffalo {v} (outwit, confuse) | :: 愚弄, 愚弄 /yú nòng/ |
| Buffalo {prop} (a city in New York State) | :: 水牛城 /Shǔiníu-chéng/ |
| buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis) | :: 黄胸鹬 /huáng-xiōng yù/ |
| buffer {n} (portion of memory in computing) | :: 緩衝器, 缓冲器 /huǎnchōngqì/, 缓冲区 /huǎnchōngqū/ |
| buffet {n} (counter or sideboard) | :: 小賣部, 小卖部 /xiǎomàibù/ |
| buffet {n} (food, see also: smorgasbord) | :: 自助餐 /zìzhùcān/ |
| buffoon {n} (one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | :: 小丑 /xiǎochǒu/ |
| bug {n} (an insect of the order Hemiptera) | :: 臭蟲, 臭虫 /chòuchóng/ |
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) | :: 蟲, 虫 /chóng/ |
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)) | :: 錯誤, 错误 /cuòwù/ |
| bug {n} (contagious illness, bacteria, virus) | :: 病菌 /bìngjūn/ |
| bug {n} (an enthusiasm for something) | :: 熱衷, 热衷 /rèzhōng/ |
| bug {n} (an electronic listening device) | :: 竊聽器, 窃听器 /qiētīngqì/ |
| bug {v} (to annoy) | :: 煩擾, 烦扰 /fánrǎo/ |
| bug {v} (to install an electronic listening device in) | :: 安裝竊聽器, 安装窃听器 /ānzhuāng qiētīngqì/ |
| bugbear {n} (imaginary creature) | :: 熊蜂 |
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic | :: |
| bugger factor {n} (Murphy's law) SEE: Murphy's law | :: |
| bugger off {interj} (go away) SEE: get lost | :: |
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex | :: |
| buggy {n} (shopping cart) SEE: shopping cart | :: |
| bugle {n} (music: simple brass instrument) | :: 軍號, 军号 /jūnhào/, 號角, 号角 /hàojiǎo/ |
| bugler {n} (someone who plays the bugle) | :: 司號員, 司号员 /sīhàoyuán/ |
| bug screen {n} (window screen) SEE: window screen | :: |
| bug spray {n} (insecticide for household pests) | :: 杀虫剂 |
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: 建設, 建设 /jiànshè/, 建造 /jiànzào/ |
| builder {n} (a person who builds or constructs things) | :: 建築工人, 建筑工人 /jiànzhú gōngrén/ |
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder | :: |
| building {n} (act or process of building) | :: 建設, 建设 /jiànshè/ |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: 建築, 建筑 /jiànzhù/, 建築物, 建筑物 /jiànzhùwù/ |
| building block {n} (component that is part of a larger construction) | :: 基礎, 基础 /jīchǔ/ |
| building block {n} (block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy) | :: 積木, 积木 /jīmù/ |
| building material {n} (any material which is used for construction purposes) | :: 建築材料, 建筑材料 /jiànzhù cáiliào/, 建材 /jiàncái/ |
| building site {n} (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) | :: 施工重地 /shīgōng zhòngdì/, 建築工地, 建筑工地 /jiànzhù gōngdì/, 工地 /gōngdì/ |
| building society {n} (financial institution) | :: 建築房屋互助協會, 建筑房屋互助协会 /jiànzhù fángwū hùzhù xiéhuì/, 建房互助會, 建房互助会 /jiànfáng hùzhùhuì/ |
| building worker {n} (construction worker) SEE: construction worker | :: |
| built environment {n} (physical things constructed by humans as aids to living) | :: 建成環境, 建成环境 /jiànchéng huánjìng/ |
| Bujumbura {prop} (former capital of Burundi) | :: 布松布拉 /Bùsōngbùlā/ |
| Bukhara {prop} (city in Uzbekistan) | :: 布哈拉 /Bùhālā/ |
| bukkake {n} (act of multiple people ejaculating on someone) | :: 顏射, 颜射 /yánshè/ |
| bulb {n} (rounded solid object) | :: 泡 /pāo/ |
| bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root) | :: 鱗莖, 鳞茎 /línjīng/ |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| bulbourethral gland {n} (bulbourethral gland) | :: 尿道球腺 /niàodiào qiú xiàn/ |
| bulbul {n} (bird of the family Pycnonotidae) | :: 鵯 /bēi/ |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: 保加利亞, 保加利亚 /Bǎojiālìyà/ |
| Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) | :: 保加利亞的, 保加利亚的 /Bǎojiālìyà de/ |
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria) | :: 保加利亞人, 保加利亚人 /bǎojiālìyǎrén/ |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: 保加利亞語, 保加利亚语 /bǎojiālìyǎyǔ/ |
| bulge {n} (Something sticking out) | :: 鼓包 /gǔbāo/, 隆起 /lóngqǐ/ |
| bulge {v} (to stick out from) | :: 凸出 /tūchū/, 突出 /túchū/ |
| bulgogi {n} (a Korean dish) | :: 韓國燒烤, 韩国烧烤 /Hánguó shāokǎo/ |
| bulimia {n} (eating disorder) | :: 暴食症 /bàoshízhèng/, 神经性暴食症 /shénjīngxìng bàoshízhèng/ |
| bulimia nervosa {n} (eating disorder) SEE: bulimia | :: |
| bulk {n} (dietary fibre) SEE: dietary fibre | :: |
| bulkhead {n} (partition on ship) | :: 隔壁 /gébì/ |
| bulkhead {n} (partition on air- or spacecraft) | :: 隔壁 /gébì/ |
| bulky refuse {n} (bulky waste) SEE: bulky waste | :: |
| bulky waste {n} (a waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection) | :: 大件垃圾 /dàjiànlājī/ |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: 公牛 /gōngniú/, 特 /tè/ |
| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit | :: |
| bulldog {n} (breed of dog) | :: 牛頭犬, 牛头犬 /niútóuquǎn/ |
| bulldozer {n} (tractor) | :: 推土機, 推土机 /tuītǔjī/ |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: 子彈, 子弹 /zǐdàn/ |
| bulletin board {n} (a board) | :: 揭示板 /jiēshìbǎn/, 佈告欄, 布告栏 /bùgàolán/ |
| bulletin board system {n} (computer system to exchange messages and data) | :: 電子佈告欄, 电子布告栏 /diànzǐ bùgàolán/, 電子佈告欄系統, 电子布告栏系统 /diànzǐ bùgàolán xìtǒng/, BBS |
| bullet point {n} (item of a bullet list) | :: 項目符號, 项目符号 /xiàngmù fúhào/ |
| bulletproof {adj} (capable of withstanding a bullet) | :: 防彈, 防弹 /fángdàn/ |
| bulletproof vest {n} (garment) | :: 防彈衣, 防弹衣 /fángdànyī/, 鋼絲背心, 钢丝背心 /gāngsī bèixīn/ |
| bullet train {n} (Japanese high-speed train) | :: 新幹線, 新干线 /xīngànxiàn/, 子彈火車, 子弹火车 /zǐdàn huǒchē/ |
| bullet train {n} (high-speed train) | :: 子彈火車, 子弹火车 /zǐdàn huǒchē/, 高鐵, 高铁 /gāotiě/ |
| bullet train {n} (suicide by small firearm) | :: 舉槍自盡, 举枪自尽 /jǔqiāngzìjìn/ |
| bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bullfighter {n} (a toreador or matador) | :: 鬥牛士, 斗牛士 /dòuniúshì/ |
| bullfighting {n} (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull) | :: 公牛戰鬥, 公牛战斗 /gōngniú zhàndòu/, 鬥牛, 斗牛 /dòuniú/ |
| bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) | :: 灰雀 /huīquè/ |
| bullfrog {n} (bullfrog) | :: 牛蛙 /niúwā/, 美國牛蛙, 美国牛蛙 /Měiguó niúwā/ |
| bull market {n} (state of stock market) | :: 牛市 /niúshì/ |
| Bullmastiff {n} (breed of dog) | :: 鬥牛獒, 斗牛獒 /dòuniú'áo/ |
| bullock's heart {n} (fruit) | :: 牛心番荔枝 /niúxīn fānlìzhī/ |
| bull run {n} (event in which people run with bulls in the streets) | :: 奔牛節, 奔牛节 /bēnniújié/ |
| bullseye {n} (centre of a target) | :: 靶心 /bǎxīn/, 紅心, 红心 /hóngxīn/ |
| bull shark {n} (Carcharhinus leucas) | :: 公牛鯊, 公牛鲨 /gōngniúshā/ |
| bullshit {n} (deceitful statements, etc) | :: 廢話, 废话 /fèihuà/, 狗屁 /gǒupì/, 放屁 /fàngpì/ |
| bullshit {interj} (expression of disbelief) | :: 狗屁 /gǒupì/ |
| bull terrier {n} | :: 牛頭㹴, 牛头㹴 /niútóu gěng/ |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bully {n} (person who is cruel to others) | :: 土霸 /tǔbà/, 暴徒 /bàotú/ |
| bully {v} (to intimidate) | :: 欺負, 欺负 /qīfu/, 欺侮 /qīwǔ/, 侮慢 /wǔmàn/ |
| bully {v} (act aggressively towards) | :: 欺負, 欺负 /qīfù/ |
| bullying {n} (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) | :: 欺負, 欺负 /qīfu/, 恃強欺弱, 恃强欺弱 /shìqiángqīruò/, 恃強凌弱, 恃强凌弱 /shìqiánglíngruò/, 欺凌 /qīlíng/ |
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater | :: |
| bum {n} (hobo) | :: 瘪三 /biēsān/, 乞丐 /qǐgài/ |
| bum bag {n} (small pouch attached to a belt) SEE: fanny pack | :: |
| bumblebee {n} (genus of bee) | :: 大黃蜂, 大黄蜂 /dàhuángfēng/, 熊蜂 /xióngfēng/ |
| bumboat {n} (a small boat used for carrying provisions to ships) | :: 小販船, 小贩船 /xiǎofànchuán/, 販船, 贩船 /fànchuán/ |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| bump {n} (a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury) | :: 疙瘩 /gēda/ |
| bump {n} (a post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile) | :: 推 |
| bumper {n} (impact absorber on a vehicle) | :: 保險杠, 保险杠 /bǎoxiǎn'gāng/, 緩衝器, 缓冲器 /huǎnchōngqì/ |
| bumper {n} (mechanical device to absorb impact) | :: 緩衝器, 缓冲器 /huǎnchōngqì/ |
| bumper car {n} (vehicle) | :: 碰碰车 /pèngpèngchē/, 碰碰車 |
| bumpkin {n} (yokel) | :: 鄉下佬, 乡下佬 /xiāngxialǎo/, 鄉下人, 乡下人 /xiāngxiarén/ |
| bun {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie | :: |
| bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) | :: 小圓麵包, 小圆面包 /xiǎo yuán miànbāo/, 饅頭, 馒头 /mántóu/, 饃, 馍 /mó/, 包子 /bāozi/, 小麵包, 小面包 /xiǎomiànbāo/ |
| bun {n} (A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head) | :: 髮髻, 发髻 /fàjì/, 髻 /jì/ |
| bunch {n} (a group of similar things) | :: 束 /shù/, 簇 /cù/ |
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: 捆 /kǔn/, 包 /bāo/, 束 /shù/ |
| bundt cake {n} (ring-shaped cake) | :: 圓環蛋糕, 圆环蛋糕 /yuánhuán dàngāo/, 奶油圓蛋糕, 奶油圆蛋糕 /nǎiyóu yuándàngāo/ |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bungalow {n} (single-storey house) | :: 平房 /píngfáng/ |
| bungee jump {n} (instance of bungee jumping) | :: 蹦極, 蹦极 /bèngjí/, 笨豬跳, 笨猪跳 /bènzhūtiào/, 高空彈跳, 高空弹跳 /gāokōng tántiào/, 蹦極跳, 蹦极跳 /bèngjítiào/ |
| bungee jump {v} (to participate in bungee jumping) | :: 蹦極, 蹦极 /bèngjí/, 笨豬跳, 笨猪跳 /bènzhūtiào/, 高空彈跳, 高空弹跳 /gāokōng tántiào/, 蹦極跳, 蹦极跳 /bèngjítiào/ |
| bungee jumping {n} (jumping from a great height with a cord) | :: 蹦極, 蹦极 /bèngjí/, 笨豬跳, 笨猪跳 /bènzhūtiào/, 高空彈跳, 高空弹跳 /gāokōng tántiào/, 蹦極跳, 蹦极跳 /bèngjítiào/ |
| bungle {v} (to botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task) | :: 搞砸, 使搞砸 |
| bungler {n} (one who makes mistakes) | :: 糊塗蟲, 糊涂虫 /hútuchóng/, 笨手笨腳, 笨手笨脚 /bènshǒubènjiǎo/ |
| bunion {n} (bump on the big toe) | :: 拇囊炎 /mǔnángyán/, 雞眼, 鸡眼 /jīyǎn/ |
| bunk {n} (one of a series of berth in tiers) | :: 舖位, 铺位 /pùwèi/, 床位 /chuángwèi/ |
| bunk bed {n} (two or more beds fixed on top of one another) | :: 雙層床, 双层床 /shuāngcéngchuáng/ |
| bunkbed {n} (bunk bed) SEE: bunk bed | :: |
| bunker {n} (hardened shelter) | :: 掩體, 掩体 /yǎntǐ/, 地堡 /dìbǎo/ |
| bunker {n} (truant) SEE: truant | :: |
| bunkhouse {n} (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) | :: 工棚, 工寮 |
| Buôn Ma Thuột {prop} (city in Vietnam) | :: 邦美蜀 /Bāngměishǔ/ |
| bunny {n} (young rabbit) | :: 小兔 /xiǎotù/, 小兔子 /xiǎotùzi/ |
| bunny hug {n} (hoodie) SEE: hoodie | :: |
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) | :: 本生燈, 本生灯 /běnshēngdēng/ |
| Bunun {n} (an ethnic group in Taiwan) | :: 布農族, 布农族 /Bùnóngzú/ |
| buoy {n} (moored float) | :: 浮標, 浮标 /fúbiāo/ |
| buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| buoyance {n} (buoyancy) SEE: buoyancy | :: |
| buoyancy {n} (physics: upward force on an immersed body) | :: 浮力 /fúlì/ |
| burbot {n} (a freshwater fish: Lota lota) | :: 江鱈, 江鳕 /jiāngxuě/, 山鯰魚, 山鲶鱼 /shānniányú/, 花鯰魚, 花鲶鱼 /huāniányú/ |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: 負荷, 负荷 /fùhè/ |
| burden {n} (responsibility, onus) | :: 負擔, 负担 /fùdān/ |
| burden of proof {n} (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) | :: 舉證責任, 举证责任 /jǔzhèng zérèn/, 證明責任, 证明责任 /zhèngmíng zérèn/ |
| burden of proof {n} (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) | :: 舉證責任, 举证责任 /jǔzhèng zérèn/, 證明責任, 证明责任 /zhèngmíng zérèn/ |
| burdock {n} (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium) | :: 牛蒡 /niúbàng/ |
| bureau {n} (office (room)) | :: 署 /shǔ/, 局 /jú/, 辦公室, 办公室 /bàngōngshì/, 事務所, 事务所 /shìwùsuǒ/ |
| bureaucracy {n} (government by bureaus) | :: 官僚體制, 官僚体制 /guānliáo tǐzhì/ |
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) | :: 官僚 /guānliáo/, 官僚制 /guānliáozhì/ |
| bureaucracy {n} (body of officers) | :: 官僚體制, 官僚体制 /guānliáo tǐzhì/ |
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) | :: 繁文縟節, 繁文缛节 /fánwénrùjié/, 形式主義, 形式主义 /xíngshìzhǔyì/; 官僚 /guānliáo/ |
| bureaucrat {n} (An official in a bureaucracy) | :: 官僚 /guānliáo/ |
| bureaucratese {n} (pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats) | :: 官腔 /guānqiāng/ |
| bureaucratic {adj} (of or pertaining to bureaucracy) | :: 官僚的 |
| bureaucratism {n} | :: 官僚主義 |
| bureau de change {n} (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged) | :: 外匯交易場所, 外汇交易场所 (wàihuì jiāoyì chǎngsuǒ), 外幣兌換所, 外币兑换所 (wàibì duìhuàn suǒ) |
| burette {n} (glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.) | :: 滴定管 /dīdìngguǎn/ |
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: 布爾加斯 |
| burger {n} (informal: hamburger) | :: 漢堡, 汉堡 /hànbǎo/ |
| burglar {n} | :: 竊盜, 窃盗 /qièdào/, 竊賊, 窃贼 /qièzéi/ |
| burglarproof {adj} (as secure as possible against burglary) | :: 防盜的, 防盗的 /fángdào de/ |
| burglary {n} (the crime of breaking into) | :: 夜入私宅罪 /yèrùsīzháizuì/, 盜竊罪, 盗窃罪 /dàoqièzuì/, 盜竊, 盗窃 /dàoqiè/ |
| Burgundy {prop} (region) | :: 勃艮第 /Bógěndì/ |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: 埋葬 /máizàng/ |
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) | :: 罩袍 /zhàopáo/, 波卡 /bōkǎ/, 布嘎 /bùgā/, 布爾卡, 布尔卡 /bù'ěrkǎ/ |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: 布基納法索, 布基纳法索 /Bùjǐnà Fǎsuǒ/ |
| burlak {n} (a man employed in dragging ships upstream) | :: 縴夫, 纖夫, 纤夫 /qiànfū/ |
| burlap {n} (strong cloth) | :: 粗麻布 /cūmábù/ |
| burly {adj} (well-built) | :: 魁偉, 魁伟 /kuíwěi/ |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: 緬甸, 缅甸 /Miǎndiàn/ |
| Burmese {adj} (Of or relating to Burma) | :: 緬甸的, 缅甸的 /Miǎndiàn de/ |
| Burmese {n} (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent) | :: 緬甸人, 缅甸人 /Miǎndiàn rén/ |
| Burmese {prop} (language) | :: 緬甸語, 缅甸语 /miǎndiànyǔ/ |
| burn {n} (physical injury) | :: 燒傷, 烧伤 /shāoshāng/ |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: 燃燒, 燃烧 /ránshāo/ |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: 燒, 烧 /shāo/, 燃燒, 燃烧 /ránshāo/ |
| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals) | :: 燒, 烧 /shāo/ |
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand | :: |
| burn {v} (to cauterize) SEE: cauterize | :: |
| burn {v} (to sunburn) SEE: sunburn | :: |
| burn down {v} (cause a structure to burn to nothing) | :: 燒毀, 烧毁 /shāohuǐ/, 焚毀, 焚毁 /fénhuǐ/ |
| burn down {v} (completely burn so that nothing remains) | :: 燒光, 烧光 /shāoguāng/, 燒掉, 烧掉 /shāodiào/ |
| burner {n} (element on a kitchen stove) | :: 燃燒器, 燃烧器 /ránshāoqì/, 煤氣灶, 煤气灶 /méiqìzào/ |
| burner {n} (A mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced) SEE: burn phone | :: |
| burning {adj} (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) | :: 燃烧的 |
| burning {adj} (feeling very hot) | :: 灼热的 |
| burning {adj} (feeling great passion) | :: 炽热的 |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle | :: |
| burning bush {n} (biblical object) | :: 燃燒的荊棘, 燃烧的荆棘 /ránshāo de jīngjí/ |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus atropurpureus) | :: 紫衛矛, 紫卫矛 /zǐwèimáo/, 美衛矛, 美卫矛 /měiwèimáo/ |
| burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant | :: |
| burn notice {n} (dismissing an unreliable agent) | :: 敗露通知, 败露通知 /bàilù tōngzhī/ |
| burn one's bridges {v} (burn one's bridges) | :: 過河拆橋, 过河拆桥 /guò hé chāi qiáo/ , 破釜沉舟 /pòfǔchénzhōu/ |
| burn one's candle at both ends {v} (burn the candle at both ends) SEE: burn the candle at both ends | :: |
| burn phone {n} (mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced) | :: 一次性手機, 一次性手机 /yīcìxìng shǒujī/ |
| burn the candle at both ends {v} (work hard night and day) | :: 夙興夜寐, 夙兴夜寐 /sùxīngyèmèi/ |
| burn the candle at both ends {v} | :: 三更燈火五更雞, 三更灯火五更鸡 /sāngēng dēnghuǒ wǔgēng jī/ |
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night) | :: 開夜車, 开夜车 /kāi yèchē/ ("to drive the night car"), 焚膏繼晷, 焚膏继晷 /féngāojìguǐ/, 挑燈夜戰, 挑灯夜战 /tiǎodēngyèzhàn/ |
| burocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to bureaucracy) | :: 官僚的 |
| burp {n} (a softer belch) | :: 飽嗝 /bǎogé/, 饱嗝 /bǎogé/, 噯氣, 嗳气 /ǎiqì/ |
| burp {v} (to emit a burp) | :: 打嗝 /dǎgé/, 噯氣, 嗳气 /ǎiqì/, 飽嗝, 饱嗝 /bǎogé/, 嗝 /gé/ |
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka | :: |
| burqini {n} (head-to-toe swimsuit) | :: 布基尼 /bùjīní/ |
| burrata {n} (cheese similar to creamy mozzarella) | :: 布拉塔芝士 /bùlātǎ zhīshì/ |
| burrito {n} (Mexican dish) | :: 墨西哥卷餅, 墨西哥卷饼 /Mòxīgē juǎnbǐng/ |
| burrow {n} (a tunnel or hole) | :: 地洞 /dìdòng/ |
| Bursa {prop} (city in Turkey) | :: 布爾薩, 布尔萨 /Bù'ěrsà/ |
| bursitis {n} (inflammation of a bursa) | :: 黏液囊炎 /niányènángyán/ |
| burst {v} (to break from internal pressure) | :: 爆裂 /bàoliè/, 破裂 /pòliè/ |
| burst {n} (instance or act of bursting) | :: 爆裂 /bàoliè/, 破裂 /pòliè/ |
| bursting {adj} (urgently needing to urinate) | :: 尿急 /niàojí/ |
| burst into tears {v} (suddenly start crying) | :: 突然哭起來, 突然哭起来 /tūrán kū qǐlái/ |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: 布隆迪 /Bùlóngdí/ |
| bury {v} (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) | :: 埋葬 /máizàng/, 埋 /mái/ |
| bury {v} (place in the ground) | :: 掩埋 /yǎnmái/, 埋藏 /máicáng/ |
| Buryat {adj} (from, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia) | :: 布里亞特, 布里亚特 /Bùlǐyàtè/, 不里牙惕 /Bùlǐyátì/ |
| Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia) | :: 布里亞特, 布里亚特 /Bùlǐyàtè/ |
| bury one's head in the sand {v} (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) | :: 採取鴕鳥政策, 采取鸵鸟政策 /cǎiqǔ tuóniǎo zhèngcè/ |
| bury the hatchet {v} (to stop fighting or arguing) | :: 化干戈為玉帛, 化干戈为玉帛 /huà gāngē wéi yùbó/, 言歸於好, 言归于好 /yánguīyúhǎo/, 和解 /héjiě/ |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: 公共汽車, 公共汽车 /gōnggòng qìchē/, 巴士 /bāshì/, 公車, 公车 /gōngchē/ , 公交車, 公交车 /gōngjiāochē/ , 公交 /gōngjiāo/ , 公汽 /gōngqì/ , 客車 |
| bus {n} (electrical conductor) | :: 總線, 总线 /zǒngxiàn/, 匯流排, 汇流排 /huìliúpái/ |
| Busan {prop} (Busan, South Korea) | :: 釜山 /Fǔshān/ |
| Buscemi {prop} (city of Sicily) | :: 布谢米 /Bùxièmǐ/ |
| bus driver {n} (driver of a bus) | :: 公交車司機, 公交车司机 /gōngjiāochē sījī/, 巴士駕駛員, 巴士驾驶员 /bāshì jiàshǐyuán/ |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: 灌木 /guànmù/ |
| Bush {prop} (surname) | :: 布什 /Bùshí/ |
| bushbaby {n} (galago) SEE: galago | :: |
| bush dog {n} (a wild canine animal) | :: 藪犬, 薮犬 /sǒuquǎn/ |
| bushel {n} (dry measure) | :: 蒲式耳 /púshì'ěr/ |
| bushel {n} (vessel of capacity of a bushel) | :: 蒲式耳 /púshì'ěr/ |
| bushido {n} (ethical code of the samurai) | :: 武士道 /wǔshìdào/ |
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: 事業, 事业 /shìyè/, 企業, 企业 /qǐyè/ |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: 商業, 商业 /shāngyè/ |
| business administration {n} (course of study) | :: 商業管理, 商业管理 /shāngyè guǎnlǐ/, 企業管理, 企业管理 /qǐyè guǎnlǐ/ |
| business analyst {n} (person who analyzes the operations) | :: 業務分析師, 业务分析师 /yèwù fēnxīshī/ |
| business before pleasure {proverb} (discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification) | :: 先工作後玩樂, 先工作后玩乐 /xiān gōngzuò hòu wánlè/ |
| business card {n} (small card) | :: 名片 /míngpiàn/, 名刺 /míngcì/ , 名帖 /míngtiě/ |
| business class {n} (class of travelling) | :: 公務艙, 公务舱 /gōngwùcāng/, 商務艙, 商务舱 /shāngwùcāng/ |
| business cycle {n} (economic fluctuation) | :: 景氣循環, 景气循环 /jǐngqì xúnhuán/ |
| business hours {n} (hours and days when a given business is available to the public) | :: 營業時間, 营业时间 /yíngyè shíjiān/ |
| business hours {n} (hours and days when businesses generally operate) | :: 營業時間, 营业时间 /yíngyè shíjiān/ |
| business intelligence {n} (information that pertains to a business organization) | :: 商業智能, 商业智能 /shāngyè zhìnéng/, 商業智慧, 商业智慧 /shāngyè zhìhuì/ |
| businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) | :: 商人 /shāngrén/ |
| business model {n} (way in which a business ensures it generates income) | :: 商業模式, 商业模式 /shāngyè móshì/, 經營模式, 经营模式 /jīngyíng móshì/ |
| business park {n} (area of consisting solely of commercial buildings and enterprises) | :: 商務園區, 商务园区 /shāngwù yuánqū/ |
| businessperson {n} (a person in business) | :: 商人 /shāngrén/ |
| business plan {n} (summary) | :: 商業計劃 |
| business studies {n} (subject covering various elements of business) | :: 商學, 商学 /shāngxué/ |
| business trip {n} (business trip) | :: 出差 /chūchāi/ |
| business venture {n} (enterprise) | :: 風險企業, 风险企业 /fēngxiǎn qǐyè/ |
| businesswoman {n} (woman of business) | :: 女商人 /nǚshāngrén/ |
| busker {n} (street performer) | :: 街頭藝人, 街头艺人 /jiētóu yìrén/ |
| busload {n} (amount that can fit on a bus) | :: 一大车 |
| bus route {n} (set route of bus service) | :: 巴士路線, 巴士路线 /bāshì lùxiàn/, 公交線路, 公交线路 /gōngjiāo xiànlù/ |
| bus shelter {n} (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) | :: 候車亭 |
| bus station {n} (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes) | :: 公共汽車總站, 公共汽车总站 /gōnggòng qìchē zǒngzhàn/ |
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) | :: 汽車站, 汽车站 /qìchēzhàn/, 車站, 车站 /chēzhàn/, 公共汽車站, 公共汽车站 /gōnggòngqìchēzhàn/, 巴士站 /bāshìzhàn/ |
| bust {n} (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) | :: 胸像 /xiōngxiàng/, 半身像 /bànshēnxiàng/ |
| bust {n} (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) | :: 婦女胸部, 妇女胸部 /fùnǚ xiōngbù/ |
| bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae) | :: 鴇, 鸨 /bǎo/ |
| busting {adj} (urgently needing to urinate) SEE: bursting | :: |
| busty {adj} (having large breasts) | :: 乳房豐滿的, 乳房丰满的 /rǔfáng fēngmǎn de/, 大胸脯的 /dà xiōngpú de/ |
| busy {adj} (crowded with business or activities) | :: 忙 /máng/, 繁忙 /fánmáng/ |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: 忙 /máng/, 繁忙 /fánmáng/ |
| busybody {n} (someone who interferes with others) | :: 愛管閒事的人, 爱管闲事的人 /ài guǎnxiánshì de rén/ |
| but {conj} (rather) | :: 可是 /kěshì/, 但是 /dànshì/, 不過, 不过 /búguò/, 而 /ér/ |
| but {conj} (although) | :: 可是 /kěshì/, 但是 /dànshì/, 不過, 不过 /búguò/ |
| but {conj} (except) | :: 除了……以外 /chúle...yǐwài/ |
| but {conj} (solely, only, merely (obsolete)) | :: 只 /zhǐ/ |
| butane {n} (the organic compound) | :: 丁烷 /dīngwán/ |
| butanol {n} (alcohol of butane) | :: 丁醇 /dīngchún/ |
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: 屠夫 /túfū/, 屠戶, 屠户 /túhù/, 賣肉者, 卖肉者 /màiròuzhě/ |
| butcher {v} (To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market) | :: 屠宰 /túzǎi/ |
| butcher {v} (to kill brutally) | :: 屠殺, 屠杀 /túshā/ |
| butcher block {n} (style of assembled wood) | :: 肉墩 /ròudūn/, 肉案 /ròu'àn/ |
| butcher's {n} (butcher’s shop) | :: 肉舖, 肉铺 /ròupù/ |
| butchershop {n} (a butcher's shop) | :: 肉舖, 肉铺 /ròupù/ |
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| butler {n} (manservant having charge of wines and liquors) | :: 管家 /guǎnjiā/, 男僕, 男仆 /nánpú/ |
| butler {n} (chief male servant) | :: 管家 /guǎnjiā/, 執事 /zhíshì/ |
| butsudan {n} (Buddhist shrine) | :: 佛壇 /fú tán/, 佛坛 /fú tán/ |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: 屁股 /pìgu/, 臀部 /túnbù/, 臀 /tún/ |
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) | :: 煙頭, 烟头 /yāntóu/ |
| butt {v} ((transitive) to strike bluntly) | :: 頂, 顶 /dǐng/ |
| butt chin {n} (cleft chin) SEE: cleft chin | :: |
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: 黃油, 黄油 /huángyóu/, 牛油 /niúyóu/, 白脫, 白脱 /báituō/ |
| butterbur {n} (herb) | :: 蜂斗菜属 /fēng dòu cài shǔ/ |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| buttercup {n} (herb of the genus Ranunculus) | :: 毛茛 /máogèn/, 金鳳花, 金凤花 /jīnfènghuā/ |
| butterfly {n} (insect) | :: 蝴蝶 /húdié/ |
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke | :: |
| butterfly effect {n} (technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory) | :: 蝴蝶效應, 蝴蝶效应 /húdié xiàoyīng/ |
| butterflyfish {n} (tropical marine fish) | :: 蝴蝶魚 /húdiéyú/ |
| butterfly knife {n} (folding pocket knife) | :: 蝴蝶刀 /húdiédāo/ |
| butterfly net {n} (net used to collect butterflies) | :: 捕蟲網, 捕虫网 /bǔchóngwǎng/, 捕網, 捕网 /bǔwǎng/, 蝴蝶網, 蝴蝶网 /húdiéwǎng/ |
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: 蝶泳 /diéyǒng/, 蝶式 /diéshì/ |
| butter knife {n} (dull-edged knife for spreading butter) | :: 黃油刀, 黄油刀 /huángyóu dāo/ |
| buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk) | :: 酪乳 /làorǔ/, 酪漿, 酪浆 /làojiāng/ |
| buttermilk {n} (cultured buttermilk) | :: 發酵酪乳, 发酵酪乳 /fājiào làorǔ/ |
| butterscotch {n} (hard candy) | :: 奶油糖果 /nǎiyóu tángguǒ/ |
| butterscotch {n} (sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients) | :: 奶油糖漿, 奶油糖浆 /nǎiyóu tángjiāng/ |
| butter tea {n} | :: 酥油茶 /sūyóuchá/ |
| butter up {v} (to flatter) | :: 討好, 讨好 /tǎohǎo/, 奉承 /fèngchéng/, 拍馬屁, 拍马屁 /pāimǎpì/ |
| Butterworth {prop} (town in Malaysia) | :: 北海 |
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| butt heads {v} (argue uncompromisingly) | :: 發生衝突, 发生冲突 /fāshēng chōngtū/ |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: 屁股 /pìgu/, 臀部 /túnbù/, 尻 |
| button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: 釦子 /kòuzi/, 扣子 /kòuzi/ |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: 按鈕, 按钮 /ànniǔ/ |
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected) | :: 按鈕, 按钮 /ànniǔ/ |
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes) | :: 小徽章, 小徽章 /xiǎo huī zhāng/ |
| button {n} (botany: a bud) | :: 芽, 芽 /yá/ |
| button {n} (slang: clitoris) | :: 花蕾, 花蕾 /huālěi/ |
| button {v} (to fasten with a button) | :: 扣 /kòu/ |
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) | :: 紐孔, 纽孔 /niǔkǒng/ |
| button mushroom {n} (Agaricus bisporus) | :: 洋菇 /yánggū/ |
| buttonwood {n} (mangrove) SEE: mangrove | :: |
| butt plug {n} (A sex toy for the anus and rectum) | :: 肛門插座, 肛门插座 /gāngmén chāzuò/, 肛門塞, 肛门塞 /gāngménsāi/ |
| buxom {adj} | :: 凹凸有致 /āotūyǒuzhì/ |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: 買, 买 /mǎi/ |
| buy {v} (to accept as true) | :: 買賬, 买账 /mǎizhàng/ |
| buy {n} (purchase) SEE: purchase | :: |
| buy back {v} (repurchase) | :: 買回, 买回 /mǎihuí/, 回購, 回购 /huígòu/, 贖回, 赎回 /shúhuí/, 返銷, 返销 /fǎnxiāo/ |
| buyer {n} (person who makes purchases) | :: 買主, 买主 /mǎizhǔ/, 購買人, 购买人 /gòumǎirén/, 購買者, 购买者 /gòumǎizhě/, 買方, 买方 /mǎifāng/ |
| buyer's market {n} (excess of supply over demand) | :: 買方市場, 买方市场 /mǎifāng shìchǎng/ |
| buying power {n} (purchasing power) SEE: purchasing power | :: |
| buy low, sell high {proverb} (commonplace investment advice) | :: 低買高賣, 低买高卖 |
| buy time {v} (purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else) | :: 争取时间 |
| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper | :: |
| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: 鵟, 𫛭 /kuáng/ |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| buzzer {n} (device) | :: 蜂鳴器, 蜂鸣器 /fēngmíngqì/, 蜂音器 /fēngyīnqì/ |
| buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) | :: 流行詞, 流行词 /liúxíngcí/, 行話, 行话 /hánghuà/ |
| by {prep} (near, or next to) | :: 在……旁 /zāi … pang/ |
| by {prep} (not later than) | :: ……之前 /...zhīqián/ |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: 被 /bèi/, 由 /yóu/, 讓, 让 /ràng/, 給, 给 /gěi/, 叫 /jiào/ |
| by {prep} (indicates a means) | :: 用… /yòng/, 由… /yóu/ |
| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| by all means {prep} (emphatically yes, definitely) | :: 千萬, 千万 /qiānwàn/ |
| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) | :: 總的來說, 总的来说 /zǒngdeláishuō/, 大體上, 大体上 /dàtǐshang/, 大體而言, 大体而言 /dàtǐ éryán/, 全盤看來, 全盘看来 /quánpán kànlái/, 一般 /yībān/, 大致上 /dàzhìshang/ |
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) | :: 碰巧 /pèngqiǎo/, 湊巧, 凑巧 /còuqiǎo/, 恰巧 /qiàqiǎo/, 剛好, 刚好 /gānghǎo/ |
| by default {prep} (in absence of any opposing action) | :: 默認情況下, 默认情况下 /mòrènqíngkuàngxià/ |
| by degrees {prep} (in gradual steps) | :: 逐漸地, 逐渐地 /zhújiàn de/ |
| Bydgoszcz {prop} (a city in Poland) | :: 比得哥什 /Bǐdégēshí/ |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| bye {interj} (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) | :: 再見, 再见 /zàijiàn/, 再會, 再会 /zàihuì/, 回見, 回见 /huíjiàn/, 拜拜 /bàibài, bāibái, báibái/, 88 /bābā/ |
| bye-bye {n} (goodbye, see also: bye; goodbye) | :: 再見, 再见 /zàijiàn/, 再會, 再会 /zàihuì/, 拜拜 /bàibài, bāibái, báibái/, 88 /bābā/ |
| by-election {n} (special election) | :: 補選, 补选 /bǔxuǎn/ |
| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot | :: |
| by God {adv} (oath) | :: 发誓 |
| by God {interj} (surprise) | :: 我的天啊 /wǒ-de tiān a/, 上帝 /Shàngdì/, 天啊 /tiān a/ |
| by hand {prep} (manually) SEE: manually | :: |
| by heart {prep} (knowing completely) | :: 靠記憶, 靠记忆 /kào jìyì/ |
| by hook or by crook {prep} (by any means possible) | :: 千方百計, 千方百计 /qiānfāngbǎijì/ |
| bylaw {n} (law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization) | :: 规章 /guīzhāng/, 公司章程 /gōngsī guīzhāng/ |
| bylina {n} (traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem) | :: 勇士讚歌, 勇士赞歌 /yǒngshì zàngē/ |
| by means of {prep} (By using) | :: 用 /yòng/ |
| by mistake {prep} (mistakenly) SEE: mistakenly | :: |
| by no means {prep} (certainly not) | :: 絕不, 绝不 /juébù/, 決不, 决不 /juébù/ |
| by oneself {prep} (without help) | :: 自己 /zìjǐ/ |
| by oneself {prep} (without company) | :: 一個人, 一个人 /yīgèrén/ |
| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product) | :: 副產品, 副产品 /fùchǎnpǐn/ |
| byre {n} (a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle) | :: 牛舍 |
| bystander {n} (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator) | :: 旁觀者, 旁观者 /pángguānzhě/ |
| byte {n} (8-bit unit) | :: 字節, 字节 /zìjié/, 位元組, 位元组 /wèiyuánzǔ/ |
| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way | :: |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| by the way {prep} (incidentally) | :: 順便問一句, 顺便问一句 /shùnbiàn wèn yījù/, 順便問一下, 顺便问一下 /shùnbiàn wèn yīxià/, 對了, 对了 /duìle/ |
| by turns {adv} (one after the other) SEE: in turn | :: |
| byword {n} (a proverb) | :: 格言 /géyán/, 民諺, 民谚 /mínyàn/ |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: 拜占庭帝國, 拜占庭帝国 /Bàizhàntíng Dìguó/ |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} (ancient Greek city) | :: 拜占庭 /Bàizhàntíng/ |
| Bézier curve {n} (kind of parametric curve) | :: 貝茲曲線, 贝兹曲线 /Bèizī qǔxiàn/ |