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人行道rén xíng dào
footpath
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
人行道 | rénxíngdào | |
1. n. sidewalk; pavement; footpath | ||
人行道 封閉。 - Sidewalk closed. | ||
English > Chinese | ||
footpath | ||
1. 小径 | ||
2. 蹊 | ||
Components | ||
人 | rén | |
1. man; person; people | ||
人類 (rénlèi) - humans | ||
那 人 是 誰? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | ||
嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎? - Who is that person? | ||
有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | ||
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | ||
北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | ||
香港人 - Hongkonger | ||
3. body | ||
人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | ||
這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | ||
今天 上午 你 人 在 哪? (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | ||
4. everybody; everyone | ||
人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | ||
人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | ||
5. other people; others | ||
人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | ||
害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | ||
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
就我所知,他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | ||
我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | ||
佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he? | ||
7. manpower; worker; employee | ||
我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | ||
8. talent; person of talent | ||
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | ||
10. adult; grown-up | ||
長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | ||
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | ||
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | ||
?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | ||
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | ||
人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | ||
人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | ||
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | ||
15. artificial; man-made | ||
人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | ||
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | ||
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | ||
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | ||
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | ||
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | ||
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | ||
別 磨蹭ceng 啦,人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢! (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | ||
哎呀,人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦,多 出息xi 呀! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | ||
人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r,就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | ||
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother | ||
行 | xíng | |
1. (literary or dialectal) to walk | ||
2. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go | ||
架 巴士 行 得 好 慢 - the bus goes slowly | ||
3. (Cantonese) to navigate | ||
落車\落咗車 之 後 點 行 呀? - What do I do after I get off? | ||
4. (Cantonese, computing) to run | ||
5. to go; to move | ||
6. to carry out; to execute | ||
7. to perform (a salute) | ||
8. OK; good | ||
行,就 這麼 定 了。 (Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.) - OK, it's a deal. | ||
9. to be good; to work | ||
我 覺得 這 方法 行。 (Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.) - I think this will work. | ||
10. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 還)) | ||
我 成績 不 行。 (Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.) - I have bad grades. | ||
11. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before) | ||
他 能 四 分鐘 跑 一 公里,我 不 行。 (Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng.) - He can run a kilometre within 4 minutes. I can't (do that). | ||
12. (often, sarcastic) remarkable | ||
你 真 行。 (Nǐ zhēn xíng.) - You are really something. | ||
可還行 (kěháixíng) - | ||
13. =====Usage notes===== | ||
14. Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 行) can only be used without a complement. This is different from m-lite, zh, 能, sc=Hani, tr=néng, t=to be able to (do somet | ||
15. profession; industry; trade; business | ||
16. place for specific transaction | ||
銀行háng (yínháng) - bank lit. silver store | ||
珠寶行háng (zhūbǎoháng) - jewellery store | ||
17. line of objects; row | ||
兩 行hong4 字 - two lines of text | ||
18. (Mainland) row (in data tables) | ||
Synonyms: 列 | ||
19. (Taiwan) column (in data tables) | ||
Synonyms: 列 | ||
20. (Cantonese) Short for 行貨, tr=- | ||
21. (Cantonese) coarse; of poor quality; too general | ||
22. (zh-no-solo) behaviour; conduct | ||
23. skill from monk training | ||
道行héng (dàohéng) - monk training | ||
24. order; rank | ||
25. (zh-used in, 樹行子, row of trees) | ||
道 | dào | |
1. way; path; road | ||
道路 - road | ||
2. (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies | ||
3. (rail) track | ||
上 道 作業 - maintenance on rail tracks | ||
1 道 通過 - passing on track 1 | ||
4. method; principle | ||
5. (Buddhism) the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages | ||
6. (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life | ||
7. (Christianity) Logos; the Word | ||
8. Short for 道教 (Taoism) | ||
9. Short for 道士 (Taoist priest) | ||
10. (religion) doctrine; teachings | ||
傳道 - to preach | ||
11. (literary) to say; to utter | ||
能說會道 - can talk really well (idiom) | ||
一 道 閃電 - a bolt of lightning | ||
一 道 河 - a river | ||
一 道 縫 - a crack | ||
一 道 彩虹 - a rainbow | ||
一 道 籬笆 - a fence | ||
一 道 菜 - a dish of food | ||
一 道 公文 - a proclamation | ||
一 道 命令 - an order | ||
12. (obsolete) Alternative form of 導 (to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct) | ||
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rén xíng dào
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