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下午 xià wǔ afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m.
派 pài (literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
克苏鲁 Kè sū lǔ Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
八点档 bā diǎn dàng 8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.
挡位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
圆周率 yuán zhōu lǜ (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
健美操 jiàn měi cāo aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
亥 hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
送气 sòng qì aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
P P (slang) femme (lesbian stereotype) / to photoshop
彭博通讯社 Péng bó Tōng xùn shè Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company
标普 Biāo pǔ S&P (formerly Standard & Poor's), financial services company (abbr. for 標準普爾|标准普尔[Biao1 zhun3 Pu3 er3])
株式会社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
平安南道 Píng ān nán dào South P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea
晡 bū 3-5 p.m.
双唇音 shuāng chún yīn bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
平安北道 Píng ān běi dào North P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea, adjacent to Liaoning
土地利用规划 tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
标准普尔 Biāo zhǔn Pǔ ěr S&P (formerly Standard & Poor's), financial services company
酉 yǒu 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°


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