Tuttle Learners of Chinese -English Dictionary

rénqíng 欠人情 owe a debt of gratitude qiàn 歉 N apology qiànyì 歉意 N apology, regret 表达歉意 biǎodá qiànyì offer an apolo ...

qiǎomiào 巧妙 [comp: 巧 skilled + 妙 wonderful] ADJ ingenious, very clever ■ 这台机器设计得很巧 妙。Zhè tái jīqì shèjì de hěn ...

qín 琴 N musical instrument 钢琴 gāngqín piano / 小提琴 xiǎotíqín violin qīng 青 ADJ green qīngchūn 青春 [modif: 青 green + 春 spring] N th ...

qíngjié 情节 N plot (of a story, movie, etc.), scenario qíngjǐng 情景 [comp: 情 situation + 景 scene] N scene, occasion ■ 旅 ...

hǎohǎo qìngzhù yíxià. Their daughter will graduate from university next month. They plan to have a ...

qǔ 曲 N melody, tune qǔzi 曲子 N song, melody 熟悉的曲子 shúxī de qǔzi familiar tune qù 去 V leave for, go to (来 lái) ■ 你什么时 ...

quàn 劝 TRAD 勸 V try to talk ... into (or out of) doing something, advise ■ 他劝我不要把钱都 存在那家 银行。Tā quàn wǒ bú yào ...

R rán 然 ADV however rán’ér 然而 CONJ same as 但是 dànshì. Usually used in writing. ránhòu 然后 CONJ afterwards, ... and then 先 ...

rèxīn 热心 [modif: 热 hot + 心 heart] ADJ warm-hearted, enthusiastic 对 ... 热心 duì ... rèxīn be warm- hearted towards, be en ...

十八名。Wǒ xiào yǒu jiàoxué rényuán wǔshí liù míng, qítā rényuán shíbā míng. This school has a teaching staff of ...

réngrán 仍然 ADV still, as before ■ 他有这么多 钱，仍然不满足。Tā yǒu zhème duō qián, réngrán bù mǎnzú. He has so much money ...

volume 电容量 diàn róngliàng electric capacity róngmào 容貌 N facial features, looks róngnà 容纳 V have a capacity of, hold, ...

rǔ 辱 V & N insult (See wǔrǔ 侮辱.) rù 入 V enter ■ 病从口入。Bìng cóng kǒu rù. Dis- ease enters the body by the mouth ...

S sā 撒 V cast, spread out 撒渔网 sā yúwǎng spread out a fishing net sāhuǎng 撒谎 V same as 说谎 shuōhuǎng sǎ 洒 TRAD 灑 V spri ...

sēn 森 N forest sēnlín 森林 [comp: 森 forest + 林 woods] N forest ■ 防止火灾，保护森林。Fángzhǐ huǒzāi, bǎohù sēnlín. Prevent fires; protect ...

shànyú 善于 V be good at ■ 他善于理解，不善 于表达。Tā shànyú lǐjiě, bú shànyú biǎodá. He is good at understanding, but not g ...

dìshang on the ground / 工作上 gōngzuò shang in work / 会上 huì shang at the meeting 世界 上 / shìjiè shang in the world / 手上 shǒu ...

shàngzài 上载 V upload shàng 尚 as in 尚且 shàngqiě shàngqiě 尚且 CONJ even shāo 捎¹ V take (something) along for (someone) 捎个话儿 shā ...

shě 舍 V give up shěbudé 舍不得 V be unwilling to give up, hate to part with ■ 我在伯伯、伯母家渡过了愉快的暑 假，真舍不得跟他们告别。Wǒ ...

shēnbào 申报 [comp: 申 state + 报 report] V 1 declare (at customs) ■ （在海关）我没有什么 东西要 申报。(Zài hǎiguān) Wǒ méiyǒu ...