下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m. |
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° |
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 zhi1suo3yi3 tao3yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" |
丰溪里 | Fēng xī lǐ | P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site |
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[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
π日 | Pài rì | World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year |
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° |
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° |
戌 | xū | 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300° |
狄拉克 | Dí lā kè | P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist |
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) |
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 |
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 |
送气 | sòng qì | aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d) |
晡 | bū | 3-5 p.m. |
又及 | yòu jí | P.S. / postscript |
株式会社 | zhū shì huì shè | Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha |
本益比 | běn yì bǐ | P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) |
丰溪 | Fēng xī | Fengxi, common place name / P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site |
标准普尔 | Biāo zhǔn Pǔ ěr | Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index |
双唇音 | shuāng chún yīn | bilabial consonant (b, p, or m) |
克苏鲁 | Kè sū lǔ | Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft |
平安南道 | Píng ān nán dào | South P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea |
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. |