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also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
chā fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"
耗时 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
相提并论 xiāng bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
情愿 qíng yuàn willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y)
增收 zēng shōu to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake
片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image
X光 X guāng X-ray
探伤 tàn shāng to inspect metal for flaws (using X-ray or ultrasound etc)
透视 tòu shì (drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
双曲余割 shuāng hyperbolic cosecant, i.e. function cosech(x)
可结合性 jié xìng associativity (xy)z = x(yz) (math.)
伦琴射线 lún qín shè xiàn X-ray / Röntgen or Roentgen ray
同日而语 tóng ér 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)
líng character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2]
guǐ tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / tenth in order / letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 15° / deca
龛影 kān yǐng (radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
克西 xi (Greek letter Ξ, ξ)
极轴 zhóu polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates)
余集 complement of a set S (math.) / the set of all x not in set S
截距 jié intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)
新新人类 xīn xīn rén lèi new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)
结合律 jié associative law (xy)z = x(yz) (math.)
普朗克常数 lǎng cháng shù (physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule.seconds
二次方 èr fāng square (i.e. x times x)


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