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离合器lí hé qì
clutch
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 离合器 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 離合器 | ||
| 離合器 | líhéqì | |
| 1. n. (mechanics) clutch | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| clutch | ||
| 1. 抓住，攫住 | ||
| Components | ||
| 离 | ||
| 1. Variant of 離 | ||
| 2. a kind of legendary beast, Alternative form of 魑 (-) | ||
| 3. bright, Alternative form of 離// | ||
| 離 | lí | |
| 1. to leave; to depart | ||
| 2. to go away | ||
| 3. to separate | ||
| 4. (colloquial) to divorce | ||
| 5. away from | ||
| 6. ☲, the 3rd of the 8 trigrams | ||
| 7. ䷝, the 30th of the 64 I Ching hexagrams | ||
| 8. (zh-used in, 離支, lychee) | ||
| 9. (obsolete) to reject; to discard | ||
| 10. Alternative form of 麗 (to adhere; to attach to) | ||
| 11. Only used in 離跂 | ||
| 12. Alternative form of 螭 (a kind of dragon) | ||
| 13. Alternative form of 离 (a kind of legendary beast) | ||
| 14. Only used in 離瞀 | ||
| 合 | hé | |
| 1. to close; to shut | ||
| 合上 - close | ||
| 2. to join; to combine; to unite; to bring together | ||
| 組合 - to assemble | ||
| 集合 - to gather, to assemble | ||
| 3. to suit; to fit | ||
| 適合 - to fit, to suit | ||
| 合適 - suitable, fitting | ||
| 魚 和 紅酒 不合。 - Fish and red wine don't go well together. | ||
| 那 個 店 裡 沒有 合 我 尺寸 的 帽子。 - There are no hats in that store that fit me. | ||
| 4. to have sexual intercourse | ||
| 5. to fight, to have a confrontation with | ||
| 6. to be equivalent to, to add up | ||
| 一 公頃 合 十五 市畝。 - A hectare is equivalent to 15 mu. | ||
| 7. spouse | ||
| 8. whole; entire | ||
| 9. together | ||
| 這 張 卡片 是 我們 全家 合 送 的。祝 您 母親節 快樂lè。 - This card comes from the whole family. Happy Mother's Day. | ||
| 10. (game, battle) round | ||
| 11. (astronomy) conjunction | ||
| 12. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 合口, closed-mouthed | ||
| 13. unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 升 | ||
| 14. (Han dynasty) equal to 2 龠 | ||
| 15. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣). | ||
| 16. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣). | ||
| 17. Variant of 閤 | ||
| 18. Variant of 盒 | ||
| 盒 | hé | |
| 1. box; case (generally small, with a lid) | ||
| 用 個 盒hap6-2 裝 住 啲 錢 - hold the money in a box | ||
| 一 盒hap6 朱古gu2-1力lik6-1 - a box of chocolates | ||
| 閤 | gé | |
| 1. (literary) side door | ||
| 2. throne room | ||
| 3. (Alternative form 閣*) chamber; pavilion | ||
| 4. (Alternative form 閣*) female quarters | ||
| 5. usage. This character is considered a variant form of 閣 in mainland China which is succeeded by 阁 as its simplified form. | ||
| 6. (Alternative form 合, 闔*) to close; to shut | ||
| 把 眼睛 閤hé 上。 - to shut one's eyes | ||
| 7. (Alternative form 闔*) all of; whole of; entire | ||
| Synonyms: 全 | ||
| 器 | qì | |
| 1. device; tool; utensil; ware | ||
| 器具 - utensil | ||
| 2. (medicine, biology) organ | ||
| 器官 - organ | ||
| 3. capacity; tolerance | ||
| 器量 - tolerance | ||
| 4. talent; ability | ||
| 大器晚成 - idiom A great talent takes time to mature. | ||
| 器重 - to regard highly | ||
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Pronunciation
lí hé qì
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