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English to Chinese Dictionary
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) |
| 呢 | ne | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank / thanks / thank you |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | unworthy / to let down / I'm sorry / excuse me / pardon me / if you please / sorry? (please repeat) |
| 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye / see you again later |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 啊 | à | interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you! |
| 台 | tái | (classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2] |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best / (you) had better (do what we suggest) |
| 咱们 | zán men | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] |
| 青 | qīng | green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth / youthfulness |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent / youth / teenager |
| 干脆 | gān cuì | straightforward / clear-cut / blunt (e.g. statement) / you might as well / simply |
| 废话 | fèi huà | nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 索性 | suǒ xìng | you might as well (do it) / simply / just |
| 寄托 | jì tuō | to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) |
| 游 | Yóu | surname You |
| 尔 | ěr | thus / so / like that / you / thou |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth / youthful years / young person / the young |
| 有没有 | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? |
| 那个 | nà ge | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] |
| 伊 | yī | (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / that (preceding a noun) |
| 少年 | shào nián | early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 郎 | láng | (arch.) minister / official / noun prefix denoting function or status / a youth |
| 你我 | nǐ wǒ | you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) |
| 各位 | gè wèi | everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you |
| 干嘛 | gàn má | what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? |
| 过得 | guò dé | How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad |
| 尤 | Yóu | surname You |
| 倒是 | dào shi | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you |
| 那个人 | nà gè rén | lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams |
| 干货 | gān huò | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分[shui3 fen1]) |
| 干什么 | gàn shén me | what are you doing? / what's he up to? |
| 陆游 | Lù Yóu | Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets |
| 中青 | Zhōng Qīng | China Youth (official newspaper) (abbr. for 中國青年報|中国青年报[Zhong1 guo2 Qing1 nian2 Bao4]) |
| 共青团 | Gòng qīng tuán | the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团[Gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 Qing1 nian2 tuan2] |
| 招财 | zhāo cái | lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3]) |
| 青年节 | Qīng nián jié | Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off |
| 几岁 | jǐ suì | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) |
| 皓 | hào | bright / luminous / white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age) |
| 妳 | nǐ | you (female) / variant of 你[ni3] |
| 花季 | huā jì | youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season |
| 北京青年报 | Běi jīng Qīng nián Bào | Beijing Youth Daily, bjyouth.ynet.com |
| 团建 | tuán jiàn | team building (abbr. for 團隊建設|团队建设[tuan2 dui4 jian4 she4]) / building camaraderie within the Chinese Communist Youth League 中國共產主義青年團|中国共产主义青年团[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 Qing1 nian2 tuan2] |
| 入团 | rù tuán | to enroll in the Communist Youth League |
| 致谢 | zhì xiè | expression of gratitude / to give thanks / a thank-you note / acknowledgement |
| 干杯 | gān bēi | to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup |
| 知青 | zhī qīng | educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution) |
| 行不通 | xíng bu tōng | won't work / will get (you) nowhere |
| 芳华 | fāng huá | young years / youth |
| 切莫 | qiè mò | you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it) |
| 好说 | hǎo shuō | easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me |
| 伱 | nǐ | archaic variant of 你[ni3] / you |
| 提防 | dī fáng | to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] |
| 葛优 | Gě Yōu | Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor |
| 青年旅舍 | qīng nián lǚ shè | youth hostel |
| 前人 | qián rén | predecessor / forebears / the person facing you |
| 祢 | nǐ | you (used to address a deity) |
| 假一赔十 | jiǎ yī péi shí | lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them / fig. (of goods) 100% genuine |
| 应该的 | yīng gāi de | you're most welcome / sure thing! / I did what I was supposed to do |
| 老爷子 | lǎo yé zi | my (you etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male |
| 侬 | nóng | you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt |
| 殊荣 | shū róng | special glory / distinction / rare honor / one's laurels / it's a privilege (to meet you) |
| 支书 | zhī shū | branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记 |
| 烦请 | fán qǐng | (courteous) would you please ... |
| 你等 | nǐ děng | you all (archaic) / see also 你們|你们[ni3 men5] |
| 所见即所得 | suǒ jiàn jí suǒ dé | What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) |
| 中国共产主义青年团 | Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn zhǔ yì Qīng nián tuán | Communist Youth League of China / China Youth League |
| 招财进宝 | zhāo cái jìn bǎo | ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success! |
| 执事 | zhí shì | to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon |
| 随地 | suí dì | according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like |
| 学无止境 | xué wú zhǐ jìng | no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn. |
| 共产主义青年团 | Gòng chǎn zhǔ yì Qīng nián tuán | the Communist Youth League |
| 走你 | zǒu nǐ | (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this! / Come on, you can do this! |
| 不用谢 | bù yòng xiè | You're welcome / Don't mention it |
| 水滴石穿 | shuǐ dī shí chuān | dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. |
| 千篇一律 | qiān piān yī lǜ | thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all |
| 青年团 | qīng nián tuán | youth corps / youth wing of a political party |
| 难为 | nán wei | to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) |
| 有木有 | yǒu mù yǒu | (slang) come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?! / (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有) |
| 去你的 | qù nǐ de | Get along with you! |
| 恭喜发财 | gōng xǐ fā cái | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) |
| 真有你的 | zhēn yǒu nǐ de | You're really quite something! / You're just amazing! |
| 中国青年报 | Zhōng guó Qīng nián Bào | China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net |
| 业精于勤 | yè jīng yú qín | mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect. |
| 不见不散 | bù jiàn bù sàn | lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there! |
| 取长补短 | qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn | lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts |
| 古惑仔 | gǔ huò zǎi | gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth |
| 哪里哪里 | nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ | you're too kind / you flatter me |
| 同日而语 | tóng rì ér yǔ | lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y) |
| 一分耕耘，一分收获 | yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò | you get what you put in / you reap what you sow |
| 诚然 | chéng rán | indeed / true! (I agree with you) |
| 欲速则不达 | yù sù zé bù dá | lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed / don't try to run before you can walk |
| 有人想你 | yǒu rén xiǎng nǐ | Bless you! (after a sneeze) |
| 己所不欲，勿施于人 | jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. |
| 好自为之 | hǎo zì wéi zhī | to do one's best / to shape up / to behave / to fend for oneself / you're on your own |
| 防不胜防 | fáng bù shèng fáng | you can't guard against it (idiom) / impossible to defend effectively / not much one can do about it / It can't be prevented. |
Check also the Chinese Dictionary with handwriting instructions and example sentences.
