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水平仪shuǐ píng yí
level
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 水平仪 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 水平儀 | ||
| 水平儀 | shuǐpíngyí | |
| 1. n. spirit level; surveyor's level | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| level | ||
| 1. 名词. 水准 | ||
| Components | ||
| 水 | shuǐ | |
| 1. water | ||
| 請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please. | ||
| 喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water | ||
| 冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water | ||
| 冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water | ||
| 凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C | ||
| 熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water | ||
| 開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water | ||
| 滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C | ||
| 水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium | ||
| 水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour | ||
| 水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature | ||
| 雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater | ||
| 海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater | ||
| 飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water | ||
| 礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water | ||
| 蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water | ||
| 水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice | ||
| 水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity | ||
| 碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate | ||
| 脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration | ||
| 水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning | ||
| 雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide | ||
| 2. liquid; potion; juice | ||
| 口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva | ||
| 汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat | ||
| 羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid | ||
| 香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume | ||
| 眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop | ||
| 3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage) | ||
| 要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order? | ||
| 欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN | ||
| 4. (archaic) river | ||
| 漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River | ||
| 5. body of water | ||
| 水路 - shuǐlù - waterway | ||
| 三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides | ||
| 6. flood | ||
| 發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood | ||
| 7. additional cost or income | ||
| 8. (dialectal) rain | ||
| 9. (Cantonese) money | ||
| 磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C | ||
| 掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars | ||
| 三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) source of revenue | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide | ||
| 13. to swim | ||
| 水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability | ||
| 14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless | ||
| 這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak. | ||
| 15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off | ||
| 16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行) | ||
| 17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed. | ||
| 18. Sui people | ||
| 水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people) | ||
| 19. Variant of 媠 | ||
| 媠 | ||
| 1. Variant of 嫷 | ||
| 2. Variant of 惰 | ||
| 3. (Min Nan) good-looking; pretty; beautiful | ||
| 平 | píng | |
| 1. level; even; flat | ||
| 平 放 (píng fàng) - to put horizontally | ||
| 平原 (píngyuán) - plain | ||
| 馬路 很 平。 (Mǎlù hěn píng.) - The road is very flat. | ||
| 2. equal; fair | ||
| 平分 (píngfēn) - to divide evenly | ||
| 持平 (chípíng) - impartial | ||
| Synonyms: 均 | ||
| 3. equal | ||
| 平輩 (píngbèi) - same generation | ||
| 平起平坐 (píngqǐpíngzuò) - to be on an equal footing | ||
| 平 了 世界 紀錄 (píng le shìjiè jìlù) - equalled a world record | ||
| 雙方 打 成 五 平。 (Shuāngfāng dǎ chéng wǔ píng.) - They reached 5-5. | ||
| 4. to level; to make level | ||
| 5. calm; peaceful | ||
| 太平 (tàipíng) - peaceful and tranquil | ||
| 風平浪靜 (fēngpínglàngjìng) - to have no waves | ||
| 心平氣和 (xīnpíngqìhé) - even-tempered and good-humoured | ||
| Synonyms: 穩, 靜 | ||
| 6. to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down | ||
| 平 民憤 (píng mínfèn) - to assuage popular indignation | ||
| 你 先 平 平 氣！ (Nǐ xiān píng píng qì!) - Just calm down a bit first! | ||
| 7. to pacify | ||
| 平叛 (píngpàn) - to suppress a rebellion | ||
| 8. ordinary; common; mediocre; average | ||
| 平日 (píngrì) - normal days | ||
| 平凡 (píngfán) - ordinary | ||
| 平民 (píngmín) - civilian | ||
| Synonyms: 常, 庸 | ||
| Antonyms: 奇, 特 | ||
| 9. (Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese) | ||
| 平上shǎng去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level, rising, departing and checked | ||
| 陽平 (yángpíng) - light level tone | ||
| 10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive | ||
| 平peng4 機票piu3 - cheap air tickets | ||
| 平peng4 啲 得 唔 得 呀？ - Can it be cheaper? | ||
| 不如 平peng4 平peng4-2 地dei6-2 賣 畀 我 啦。 - What about selling it to me at a lower price? | ||
| Antonyms: 貴, tr=- | ||
| 11. (Min Nan, Hakka) the same | ||
| 伊 佮 我 平 懸。 (i1 gah4 ua2 bên5 guin5.) - He is as tall as me., MN-T | ||
| 12. (historical) Short for 北平 | ||
| 平 津 戰役 (Píng Jīn zhànyì) - Pingjin campaign | ||
| 13. Short for 平方米, square metre Used with numbers without classifiers. | ||
| 14. , number 95 of the Baijiaxing | ||
| 15. Alternative form of 辨 | ||
| 16. (obsolete) to control prices | ||
| 17. Variant of 抨 | ||
| 抨 | pēng | |
| 1. to shoot with a catapult | ||
| 2. to pat; to beat | ||
| 3. to censure; to attack; to impeach | ||
| 4. (Hakka) to slap with the palm of the hand | ||
| 5. to make (someone do something); to let | ||
| 仪 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 儀 | ||
| 儀 | yí | |
| 1. ceremony; rite | ||
| 2. appearance | ||
| 3. apparatus; tool | ||
| 脫毛-儀 - body hair removal tool | ||
| 行車.記錄儀 - dashcam | ||
| 4. gift; present | ||
| 5. to admire | ||
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Pronunciation
shuǐ píng yí
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