| i {n} (name of the letter I, i) | :: [English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists] |
| I {pron} (personal pronoun) | :: 我 /wǒ/, 俺 /ǎn/ [regional] |
| I am {interj} (I'm) SEE: I'm | :: |
| I am a doctor {phrase} (I am a doctor (a physician)) | :: 我是醫生 |
| iamb {n} (a metrical foot) | :: 抑揚格, 抑扬格 /yìyánggé/ |
| iambic pentameter {n} (a poetic meter) | :: 抑揚格五音步詩, 抑扬格五音步诗 /yìyánggé wǔyīnbù shī/ |
| I am blind {phrase} (I'm blind) SEE: I'm blind | :: |
| I am English {phrase} (I am English) | :: 我是英格蘭人, 我是英格兰人 /wǒ shì Yīnggélán-rén/ |
| I am HIV positive {phrase} (I am HIV positive) | :: 我是一個艾滋病感染者, 我是一个艾滋病感染者 /wǒ shì yī gè àizībìng gǎnrǎnzhě/ |
| I am hungry {phrase} (I'm hungry) SEE: I'm hungry | :: |
| I am thirsty {phrase} (I'm thirsty) SEE: I'm thirsty | :: |
| I am tired {phrase} (I'm tired) SEE: I'm tired | :: |
| I am twenty years old {phrase} (I'm twenty years old) SEE: I'm twenty years old | :: |
| I am ... year(s) old {phrase} (I'm ... year(s) old) SEE: I'm ... year(s) old | :: |
| iatrogenesis {n} (any adverse effect resulting from medical treatment) | :: 醫源病, 医源病 /yīyuánbìng/ |
| iatrophobia {n} (fear of doctors) | :: 醫生恐懼症, 医生恐惧症 /yīshēng kǒngjùzhèng/ |
| Ibaraki {prop} (Ibaraki, Japan) | :: 茨城 /Cíchéng/ |
| Iberian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula) | :: 伊比利亞半島, 伊比利亚半岛 /Yībǐlìyǎ Bàndǎo/, 伊比利半島, 伊比利半岛 /Yībǐlì Bàndǎo/ |
| ibid. {adv} (abbreviation of ibidem) | :: 如上 /rúshàng/, 同前 /tóngqián/ |
| ibis {n} (Threskiornithid) | :: 朱鷺, 朱鹭 /zhūlù/ |
| Ibiza {prop} (island) | :: 伊維薩島, 伊维萨岛 /Yīwéisà-dǎo/ |
| Iblis {prop} ((Islam) Satan; the Devil) | :: 伊布力斯 /yībùlìsī/ |
| Ibrahim {prop} (the prophet Abraham in Islam, see also: Abraham) | :: 易卜拉欣 /Yìbǔlāxīn/ |
| IBS {n} (irritable bowel syndrome) SEE: irritable bowel syndrome | :: |
| ibuprofen {n} (pharmaceutical drug) | :: 布洛芬 /bùluòfēn/ |
| I came, I saw, I conquered {phrase} (used to indicate a total swift victory) | :: 我來，我見，我勝, 我来，我见，我胜 (wǒ lái, wǒ jiàn, wǒ shèng) |
| ICAO spelling alphabet {n} (ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet) | :: [short name] 北約音標字母, 北约音标字母 /Běiyuē Yīnbiāo Zìmǔ/, [formal name] 國際無線電通話拼寫字母, 国际无线电通话拼写字母 /Guójì Wúxiàndiàn Tōnghuà Pīnxiě Zìmǔ/ |
| ice {n} (diamond) SEE: diamond | :: |
| ice {n} (water in frozen form) | :: 冰 /bīng/ |
| ice {n} (crystal methamphetamine) | :: 冰毒 /bīngdú/ |
| ice {v} (to freeze) | :: 冰冻 /bing1dong4/ |
| ice age {n} (period of extensive glaciation (glacial period)) | :: 冰河時期, 冰河时期 /bīnghé shíqí/, 冰期 /bīngqí/, 冰河期 /bīnghéqí/ |
| ice axe {n} (axe used by mountaineers to cut footholds in the ice) | :: 冰鎬, 冰镐 /bīnggǎo/ |
| ice bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear | :: |
| iceberg {n} (huge mass of floating ice) | :: 冰山 /bīngshān/ |
| iceberg lettuce {n} (vegetable) | :: 卷心萵苣, 卷心莴苣 /juǎnxīn wōjù/ |
| icebox {n} (box or compartment containing ice) | :: 冰箱 /bīngxiāng/ |
| icebox {n} (refrigerator) SEE: refrigerator | :: |
| icebreaker {n} (ship designed to break through ice) | :: 破冰船 /pòbīngchuán/ |
| ice cap {n} (permanent expanse of ice) | :: 冰帽 /bīngmào/ |
| ice-cold {adj} (as cold as ice) | :: 冰冷 /bīnglěng/ |
| ice core {n} (core sample removed from an ice sheet) | :: 冰芯 /bīngxīn/, 冰核 /bīnghé/ |
| ice cream {n} (dessert) | :: 冰淇淋 /bīngqílín/, 雪糕 /xuěgāo/, 冰糕 /bīnggāo/, 冰激凌 /bīngjīlíng/ [mainland China] |
| ice cream {n} (in a cone) | :: 甜筒 /tiántǒng/ |
| ice cream maker {n} (machine used to make homemade ice cream) | :: 冰淇淋機, 冰淇淋机 /bīngqílínjī/, 雪糕機, 雪糕机 /xuěgāojī/ |
| ice cube {n} (small piece of ice used for cooling drinks) | :: 冰塊, 冰块 /bīngkuài/ |
| ice cube tray {n} (ice tray) SEE: ice tray | :: |
| ice dancing {n} (figure skating) | :: 冰舞 /bīngwǔ/ |
| iced coffee {n} (beverage) | :: 冰咖啡 /bīng kāfēi/ |
| iced tea {n} (cold tea) | :: 冰茶 /bīngchá/ |
| ice field {n} (expanse of floating ice) | :: 冰原 /bīngyuán/ |
| ice floe {n} (floe) SEE: floe | :: |
| ice hockey {n} (hockey) | :: 冰球 /bīngqiú/ |
| icehouse {n} (a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice) | :: 冰窖 /bīngjiào/ |
| Iceland {prop} (country in Europe) | :: 冰島, 冰岛 /Bīngdǎo/ |
| Icelander {n} (person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent) | :: 冰島人, 冰岛人 /Bīngdǎorén/ |
| Icelandic {n} (language) | :: 冰島語, 冰岛语 /Bīngdǎoyǔ/ |
| Icelandic {adj} (of or relating to Iceland) | :: 冰島的, 冰岛的 /Bīngdǎo de/ |
| Icelandic {n} (Icelander) SEE: Icelander | :: |
| Icelandish {prop} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| Icelandish {adj} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| ice pack {n} (large floating mass of ice) | :: 大片浮冰 /dàpiàn fúbīng/ |
| ice pack {n} (pack of crushed ice) | :: 一袋冰 /yī dài bīng/ |
| ice pack {n} (plastic sac of silicone) | :: 冰袋 /bīngdài/ |
| icepick {n} (a pointed tool used for breaking ice) | :: 碎冰錐, 碎冰锥 /suìbīngzhuī/, 冰鑹, 冰镩 /bīngcuān/ |
| ice resurfacer {n} (implement used to renew ice surface) | :: 洗冰車 /xǐbīngchē/ |
| ice sculpture {n} (sculpture carved from ice) | :: 冰雕 /bīngdiāo/ |
| ice sheet {n} (broad glacial mass) | :: 大冰原 /dàbīngyuán/, 冰蓋, 冰盖 /bīnggài/, 冰冠 /bīngguān/ |
| ice shelf {n} (thick floating platform of ice) | :: 冰架 /bīngjià/ |
| ice skate {n} (a light boot, fitted with a blade, used for skating on ice) | :: 溜冰鞋 /liūbīngxié/ |
| ice skating {n} (the act, or the sport, of skating on ice) | :: 溜冰 /liūbīng/, 滑冰 /huábīng/ |
| ice tray {n} (tray) | :: 冰塊盒, 冰块盒 /bīngkuàihé/, 冰塊盤, 冰块盘 /bīngkuàipán/ |
| I-ch'ang {prop} (Yichang) SEE: Yichang | :: |
| Ichang papeda {n} (Citrus ichangensis) | :: 宜昌橙 /yíchāngchéng/ |
| I Ching {prop} (Chinese classic text) | :: 易經, 易经 /Yìjīng/, 周易 /Zhōuyì/ |
| ichneumon {n} (Herpestes ichneumon) | :: 埃及獴 /Āijí měng/ |
| ichthyology {n} (branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish) | :: 魚類學, 鱼类学 /yúlèixué/ |
| ichthyosaur {n} (extinct reptile) | :: 魚龍, 鱼龙 /yúlóng/ |
| ichthyosis {n} (disease which gives the sufferer dry scaly skin) | :: 魚鱗病, 鱼鳞病 /yúlínbìng/ |
| icicle {n} (a spear-shape of ice) | :: 冰柱 /bīngzhù/, 凙 /duó/, 冰锥 /bīngzhuī/ |
| icing {n} (sweet glaze used for baked goods) | :: 糖霜 /táng shuāng/ |
| icing sugar {n} (powdered sugar) SEE: powdered sugar | :: |
| icon {n} (religious painting) | :: 聖像, 圣像 /shèngxiàng/; 偶像 /ǒuxiàng/ |
| icon {n} (small picture, computer icon) | :: 圖標, 图标 /túbiāo/ |
| iconoclasm {n} (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) | :: 破壞偶像主義, 破坏偶像主义 /pòhuàiǒuxiàngzhǔyì/ |
| iconostasis {n} (a wall of icons) | :: 聖像壁, 圣像壁 /shèngxiàngbì/, 聖障, 圣障 /shèngzhàng/ |
| I could eat a horse {phrase} (I am very hungry) | :: 我餓死了, 我饿死了 /wǒ èsǐ le/ |
| ICQ {prop} (ICQ) | :: ICQ |
| ICU {n} (intensive care unit) | :: 監護病房, 监护病房 /jiānhù bìngfáng/, 重病監護室, 重病监护室 /zhòngbìng jiānhùshì/, 加護病房, 加护病房 /jiāhù bìngfáng/ |
| id {n} (id) | :: 本我 /bĕnwǒ/ |
| ID {n} (identification or identity documentation) SEE: ID card | :: |
| Idaho {prop} (state of the United States) | :: 愛達荷, 爱达荷 /Àidáhé/ |
| ID card {n} (card or badge showing the official identity of the wearer) | :: 身份證, 身份证 /shēnfènzhèng/ |
| idea {n} (an image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory) | :: 主意 /zhǔyi/, 思想 /sīxiǎng/, 想法 /xiǎngfǎ/ |
| ideal {adj} (being optimal) | :: 理想的 /lǐxiǎng de/ |
| ideal {n} (perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc.) | :: 典范 /diǎnfàn/, 理想 /lǐxiǎng/ |
| ideal {n} (subring closed under multiplication by containing ring) | :: 理想 /lǐxiǎnɡ/ |
| ideal {n} (lower set closed under joins) | :: 理想 /lǐxiǎnɡ/ |
| ideal gas {n} (hypothetical gas) | :: 理想氣體, 理想气体 /lǐxiǎng qìtǐ/ |
| idealism {n} (property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable) | :: 理想主义 /lǐxiǎngzhǔyì/ |
| idealism {n} (an approach to philosophical enquiry) | :: 唯心主義, 唯心主义 /wéixīnzhǔyì/ |
| idealogue {n} (someone who theorizes) | :: 空想家 /kōngxiǎng jiā/ |
| ideate {v} (To apprehend in thought) | :: 形成概念 |
| idempotent {adj} (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed) | :: 冪等 /mìděng/ |
| idempotent {adj} (mathematics: Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself) | :: 冪等 /mìděng/ |
| identical {adj} (bearing full likeness) | :: 相同 /xiāngtóng/, 同一 /tóngyī/ |
| identical {adj} (of twins, such that they share the same genetic code) | :: 同卵 /tóngluǎn/ |
| identification {n} (the act of identifying, or proving to be the same) | :: 辨識, 辨识 /biànshì/, 鑑定, 鉴定 /jiàndìng/, 識別, 识别 /shìbié/ |
| identify {v} (to establish the identity of someone or something) | :: 辨認, 辨认 /biànrèn/, 識別, 识别 /shíbié/ |
| identikit {n} (facial composite) | :: 容貌拼圖, 容貌拼图 /róngmào pīntú/, 拼圖認人, 拼图认人 /pīntú rènrén/ |
| identity {n} (the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal) | :: 個性, 个性 /gèxìng/, 身分 /shēnfen/, 身份 /shēnfen/ |
| identity {n} (the difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest) | :: 同一性 /tóngyīxìng/, 個性, 个性 /gèxìng/, 特性 /tèxìng/, 身分 /shēnfen/, 身份 /shēnfèn/ |
| identity {n} (name or persona) | :: 身分 /shēnfen/, 身份 /shēnfen/ |
| identity {n} (knowledge of who one is) | :: 個性, 个性 /gèxìng/, 特性 /tèxìng/ |
| identity {n} (algebra: function) SEE: identity function | :: |
| identity card {n} (a card showing one's identity) SEE: ID card | :: |
| identity document {n} (document) | :: 證件, 证件 /zhèngjiàn/ |
| identity function {n} (A function whose value is always the same as its independent variable) | :: 恆等式, 恒等式 /héngděngshì/ |
| identity politics {n} (politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings) | :: 身份政治 /shēnfèn zhèngzhì/ |
| identity theft {n} (deliberate assumption of another person's identity) | :: 身份盜竊, 身份盗窃 /shēnfèn dàoqiè/ |
| ideogram {n} (symbol) | :: 指事 /zhǐshì/, 記號, 记号 /jìhao/, 表意文字, 表意文字 /biǎoyì wénzì/, 表意字 /biǎoyìzì/, 會意字, 会意字 /huìyìzì/ |
| ideograph {n} (ideogram) SEE: ideogram | :: |
| ideographic comma {n} (comma) | :: 頓號, 顿号 /dùnhào/ |
| ideography {n} (use of ideograms) | :: 表意文字 /biǎoyìwénzi/ |
| ideolog {n} (ideologue) SEE: ideologue | :: |
| ideologic {adj} (ideological) SEE: ideological | :: |
| ideological {adj} (of or pertaining to an ideology) | :: 意識形態的, 意识形态的 /yìshi xíngtài de/ |
| ideologist {n} (ideologue) SEE: ideologue | :: |
| ideologue {n} (advocate of a particular ideology) | :: 理論家, 理论家 /lǐlùnjiā/ |
| ideology {n} (doctrine, body of ideas) | :: 意識形態, 意识形态 /yìshi xíngtài/, 意識型態, 意识型态 /yìshi xíngtài/, 思想意識, 思想意识 /sīxiǎng yìshi/, 思想體系, 思想体系 /sīxiǎng tǐxì/, 意締牢結, 意缔牢结 /yìdìláojié/ [obsolete] |
| ideophone {n} (sound symbolic word) | :: 摹擬音, 摹拟音 /mónǐyīn/ |
| idiocy {n} (state of being an idiot) | :: 白痴 /báichī/ |
| idiolect {n} (variant of a language used by a particular individual) | :: 個人習語, 个人习语 /gèrén xíyǔ/ |
| idiom {n} (idiomatic expression) | :: 成語, 成语 /chéngyǔ/, 習慣用語, 习惯用语 /xíguàn yòngyǔ/, 俗語, 俗语 /súyǔ/, 習語, 习语 /xíyǔ/ |
| idiomatic {adj} (resembling or characteristic of an idiom) | :: 象成语 |
| idiomatical {adj} (idiomatical) SEE: idiomatic | :: |
| idiosyncrasy {n} (peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify) | :: 特性 /tèxìng/ |
| idiot {n} (person of low general intelligence) | :: 白痴 /báichī/, 傻子 /shǎzi/, 蠢貨, 蠢货 /chǔnhuò/, 傻瓜 /shǎguā/, 笨蛋 /bèndàn/, 白痴 /báichī/, 蠢材 /chǔncái/ |
| idiot {adj} (idiotic) SEE: idiotic | :: |
| idiotic {adj} (pertaining to or resembling an idiot) | :: 白痴的 /báichī/, 愚蠢的 /yúchǔn de/ |
| idiotically {adv} (in an idiotic manner) | :: 愚蠢地 /yúchǔn de/ |
| idle {adj} (not engaged in any occupation or employment) | :: 闲 /xián/ |
| idler {n} (one who is lazy; a sluggard) | :: 懶惰者, 懒惰者 /lǎnduò zhě/ |
| I'd like to kiss you {phrase} (I'd like to kiss you) | :: 我想吻你 /wǒ xiǎng wěn nǐ/ |
| I'd like to know {phrase} (phrase) | :: 我想知道 /wǒ xiǎng zhīdào/, 我想了解一下 /wǒ xiǎng liǎojiè yīxià/ |
| I do {phrase} (traditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage) | :: 我愿意 |
| Ido {prop} (artificial language reformed from Esperanto) | :: 伊多語, 伊多语 /Yīduōyǔ/ |
| idol {n} (representation of anything revered) | :: 偶像 /ǒuxiàng/, 神像 /shénxiàng/ |
| idol {n} (cultural icon, especially popular person) | :: 偶像 /ǒuxiàng/, 萬人迷, 万人迷 /wànrénmí/ |
| idol {n} (Japanese popular performer) | :: 偶像 /ǒuxiàng/ |
| idolatry {n} (worship of idols) | :: 偶像崇拜 /ǒuxiàng chóngbài/ |
| I don't care {phrase} (I don't care) | :: 我不在乎 /wǒ bù zàihu/ |
| I don't drive {phrase} (I don't drive (a car, a vehicle)) | :: 我不會開車, 我不会开车 /wǒ bùhuì kāichē/ |
| I don't eat fish {phrase} (I don't eat fish) | :: 我不吃魚, 我不吃鱼 /wǒ bù chī yú/ |
| I don't eat meat {phrase} (I don't eat meat) | :: 我不吃肉 /wǒ bù chī ròu/ |
| I don't eat pork {phrase} (I don't eat pork) | :: 我不吃豬肉, 我不吃猪肉 /wǒ bù chī zhūròu/ |
| I don't have all day {phrase} (you want someone to do something faster) | :: 別浪費我的時間, 别浪费我的时间 /bié làngfèi wǒ de shíjiān/ |
| I don't know {phrase} (I don’t know) | :: 我不知道 /wǒ bù zhīdào/ |
| I don't speak English {phrase} (I don't speak English (specifically English)) | :: 我不會說英語, 我不会说英语 /wǒ bùhuì shuō yīngyǔ/, 我不會講英語, 我不会讲英语 /wǒ bùhuì jiǎng yīngyǔ/ |
| I don't speak English {phrase} (I don't speak (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) | :: 我不會說中文, 我不会说中文 /wǒ bùhuì shuō zhōngwén/, 我不會講中文, 我不会讲中文 /wǒ bùhuì jiǎng zhōngwén/ [Chinese, generally] 我不會說官話, 我不会说官话 /wǒ bùhuì shuō guānhuà/, 我不會講官話, 我不会讲官话 /wǒ bùhuì jiǎng guānhuà/ [Mandarin, specifically] |
| I don't think so {phrase} (I think that what has been said is untrue) | :: 我不這樣認為, 我不这样认为 /wǒ bù zhèyàng rènwéi/, 我覺得不是, 我觉得不是 /wǒ juéde bùshì/, 我不覺得, 我不觉得 /wǒ bù juéde/, 我可不這麼想, 我可不这么想 /wǒ kě bù zhème xiǎng/, [as is often said in informal conversation, with subject omitted] 好像不是 /hǎoxiàng bùshì/ |
| I don't think so {phrase} (sarcastic) | :: 別瞎說, 别瞎说 /bié xiāshuō/, 才怪 /cáiguài/, 豈有此理, 岂有此理 /qǐyǒucǐlǐ/ |
| I don't understand {phrase} (I don't understand) | :: 我不明白 /wǒ bù míngbai/, 我不懂 /wǒ bù dǒng/ |
| I don't want to buy anything {phrase} (I don't want to buy anything) | :: 我什麼都不想買, 我什么都不想买 /wǒ shénme dōu bùxiǎng mǎi/ |
| idyllic {adj} (of or pertaining to idylls) | :: 田園詩的, 田园诗的 /tiányuánshīde/ |
| idyllic {adj} (happy, peaceful, picturescue) | :: 田園, 田园 /tiányuán/ |
| i.e. {adv} (that is) | :: 也就是 |
| IED {n} (improvised explosive device, see also: improvised explosive device) | :: 自制爆炸装置, 简易爆炸装置 |
| IELTS {prop} (International English Language Testing System) | :: [abbreviation] 雅思 /Yǎsī/, [full name] 國際英語測試系統, 国际英语测试系统 /Guójì Yīngyǔ Cèshì Xìtǒng/ |
| if {conj} (supposing that) | :: 如果 /rúguǒ/, 要是 /yàoshì/, 如 /rú/, [suffix] ...的话 /...de huà/ |
| if {conj} (whether) | :: (usually not used), 是否 /shì-fǒu/ |
| if and only if {conj} (implies and is implied by) | :: 若且唯若 /ruòqiěwéiruò/ |
| if anything {adv} (used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case) | :: 如果有的话 |
| if it ain't broke, don't fix it {proverb} (leave something alone) | :: 東西沒壞就別修它, 东西没坏就别修它 /dōngxi méi huài jiù bié xiū tā/ |
| if I were you {phrase} (advice introduction) | :: 我要是你 /wǒ yàoshi nǐ/, 如果我是你的話, 如果我是你的话 /rúguǒ wǒ shì nǐ dehuà/ |
| if looks could kill {phrase} (used to characterize a look of strong hostility) | :: 如果眼神可以杀人 |
| if only {conj} (signifies a wish) | :: 但願, 但愿 /dànyuàn/, ...就好了 /jiù hǎo le/ |
| if the cap fits, wear it {phrase} (if the cap fits, wear it) SEE: if the shoe fits, wear it | :: |
| if the shoe fits {phrase} (if the shoe fits, wear it) SEE: if the shoe fits, wear it | :: |
| if the shoe fits, wear it {phrase} (idiomatic) | :: 對號入座 |
| -ify {suffix} (to produce verbs meaning to make) | :: -化 /-huà/ |
| if you can't beat them, join them {proverb} (if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side) | :: 如果打不過他們，就加入他們 |
| if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen {proverb} (If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it) | :: 沒有金剛鑽，別攬瓷器活, 没有金刚钻，别揽瓷器活 /méiyǒu jīngāngzuàn, bié lǎn cíqì huó/ [if you don't have a diamond, stay out of porcelain business.] |
| if you know what I mean {phrase} (used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at) | :: 你懂得 /nǐ dǒngde/ |
| if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas {proverb} (proverb) | :: 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 |
| if you see what I mean {phrase} (if you know what I mean) SEE: if you know what I mean | :: |
| if you want a thing done well, do it yourself {proverb} (better to do something oneself) | :: 求人不如求己 /qiúrén bùrú qiújǐ/ |
| Igbo {prop} (language spoken by Igbo people) | :: 伊博語, 伊博语 /Yībóyǔ/, 伊格柏語, 伊格柏语 /Yīgébóyǔ/ |
| igil {n} (musical instrument) | :: 葉克勒, 叶克勒 /yèkèlè/ |
| igloo {n} (Inuit snow house) | :: 冰屋 /bīngwū/, 伊格魯, 伊格鲁 /īgélǔ/ |
| igneous {adj} (pertaining to, having the nature of fire) | :: 火成的 /huǒchéng de/ |
| igneous {adj} (resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat) | :: 火成的 /huǒchéng de/ |
| igneous rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth) | :: 岩浆岩 /yánjiāngyán/, 火成岩 /huǒchéngyán/ |
| ignis fatuus {n} (will o' the wisp) SEE: will o' the wisp | :: |
| ignite {v} (to set fire to, to light) | :: 点火 |
| ignite {v} (to trigger) | :: 引燃 |
| ignorable {adj} (that can be ignored) | :: 可忽略的 /kě hūlüè de/ |
| ignoramus {n} (totally ignorant person) | :: 無知的人, 无知的人 /wúzhī de rén/, 笨蛋 /bèndàn/, 愚人 /yúrén/ |
| ignorance {n} (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) | :: 無知, 无知 /wúzhī/ |
| ignorance is bliss {proverb} (Ignorance is bliss) | :: 無知是福, 无知是福 /wúzhī shì fú/, 難得糊塗, 难得糊涂 /nándé hútu/ |
| ignorant {adj} (characterized by ignorance) | :: 無知, 无知 /wúzhī/ |
| ignore {v} (to deliberately pay no attention to) | :: 忽視, 忽视 /hūshì/, 忽略 /hūlüè/, 不理 /bù lǐ/, 不問, 不问 /bù wèn/ |
| ignosticism {n} (a philosophical position) | :: 漠視主義, 漠视主义 /mòshìzhǔyì/ |
| iguana {n} (any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae) | :: 鬣蜥 /lièxī/ |
| I hate you {phrase} (expression of intense dislike) | :: 我恨你 /wǒ hèn nǐ/ |
| I have a cold {phrase} (I have a cold) | :: 我感冒了 /wǒ gǎnmào le/ |
| I have a fever {phrase} (I have a fever) | :: 我發燒了, 我发烧了 /wǒ fāshāo le/ |
| I have a headache {phrase} (I have a headache) | :: 我头疼, 我頭疼 /wǒ tóuténg/ |
| I have AIDS {phrase} (I have AIDS) | :: 我有艾滋病, 我有艾滋病 /wǒ yǒu àizībìng/ |
| I have a question {phrase} (I have a question) | :: 我有一個問題, 我有一个问题 /wǒ yǒu yīge wèntí/ |
| I have high blood pressure {phrase} (I have high blood pressure) | :: 我有高血壓, 我有高血压 /wǒ yǒu gāoxuèyā, wǒ yǒu gāoxuěyā, wǒ yǒu gāoxiěyā/ |
| I have low blood pressure {phrase} (I have low blood pressure) | :: 我有低血壓, 我有低血压 /wǒ yǒu dīxuèyā, wǒ yǒu dīxuěyā, wǒ yǒu dīxiěyā/ |
| I have no money {phrase} (I have no money) | :: 我沒有錢, 我没有钱 /wǒ méiyǒu qián/ |
| IKEA {prop} (international, originally Swedish retailer) | :: 宜家 /Yíjiā/ |
| ikebana {n} (Japanese art of flower arrangement) | :: 插花 /chāhuā/, 花道 /huādào/ |
| I know {phrase} (response indicating agreement with prior statement before it was made) | :: 我知道 /wǒ zhīdào/ |
| ikra {n} (red caviar) | :: 紅魚子醬, 红鱼子酱 /hóngyúzǐjiàng/ |
| Ilan {prop} (Yilan) SEE: Yilan | :: |
| I-lan {prop} (Yilan) SEE: Yilan | :: |
| I-lan {prop} (Yilan) SEE: Yilan | :: |
| Ilchi {prop} (township in Hotan City, Hotan, Xinjiang, China) | :: 伊里其 /Yīlǐqí/ |
| Il Duce {prop} (title assumed by Mussolini) | :: 法西斯領袖, 法西斯领袖 /fǎxīsī lǐngxiù/ |
| ileum {n} (last division of small intestine) | :: 回腸, 回肠 /huícháng/ |
| ileus {n} (obstruction of the intestines, especially the ileum) | :: 腸梗阻, 肠梗阻 /chánggěngzǔ/, 腸阻塞, 肠阻塞 /chángzǔsāi/ |
| I like you {phrase} (I like you) | :: 我喜歡你, 我喜欢你 /wǒ xǐhuan nǐ/ |
| I live in Melbourne {phrase} (I live in Melbourne (example city)) | :: 我住在墨爾本, 我住在墨尔本 /wǒ zhù zài Mò'ěrběn/ |
| ill {adj} (bad) SEE: bad | :: |
| ill {adj} (in poor health, suffering from a disease) | :: 病 /bìng/ |
| ill-advised {adj} (carried out without wise counsel) | :: 欠考慮的, 欠考虑的 (qiàn kǎolǜ de), 失策的, 失策的 /shīcè de/ |
| illation {n} (action of concluding or inferring) | :: 演繹, 演绎 /yǎnyì/, 推論, 推论 /tuīlùn/, 推定 /tuīdìng/ |
| illative {n} ((grammar) illative case) | :: 入格 /rùgé/ |
| illative case {n} (case used to indicate movement into something) | :: 入格 /rùgé/ |
| I'll call the police {phrase} (I'll call the police) | :: 我會叫警察, 我会叫警察 /wǒ huì jiào jǐngchá/ |
| illegal {adj} (contrary to or forbidden by law) | :: 非法的 /fēifǎ de/, 不合法的 /bùhéfǎ de/, 不法的 /bùfǎ de/ |
| illegal {n} (illegal immigrant) | :: 非法移民 /fēifǎ yímín/, 黑民 /hēimín/ |
| illegal alien {n} (person within a state without authorization) | :: 非法移民 /fēifǎ yímín/ |
| illegal immigrant {n} (immigrant who has entered a country illegally) | :: 非法移民 /fēifǎ yímín/, 黑民 /hēimín/ |
| illegal immigration {n} (migration that violates the immigration laws of a country) | :: 非法移民 /fēifǎ yímín/, 偷渡犯 /tōudùfàn/, 黑民 /hēimín/ |
| illegally {adv} (in a manner contrary to the law) | :: 不法地 /bùfǎ de/ |
| illegible {adj} (not clear enough to be read) | :: 難以辨認的, 难以辨认的 /nányǐ biànrèn de/, 很難看懂的, 很难看懂的 /hěn nán kàndǒng de/ |
| ill fame {n} (disrepute; notoriety) | :: 不名誉 /bùmíngyù/ |
| illiberalism {n} (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) | :: 反自由主義 /fǎn zìyóu zhǔyì/ |
| Illinois {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: 伊利诺州 (yīlìnuòzhōu) |
| illiteracy {n} (inability to read and write) | :: 文盲 /wénmáng/ |
| illiterate {adj} (unable to read and write) | :: 文盲 /wénmáng/ |
| illiterate {n} (an illiterate person) | :: 文盲 /wénmáng/ |
| ill-mannered {adj} (of or pertaining to having bad manners) | :: 粗陋 /cūlòu/, 轻浮 /qīngfú/ |
| illness {n} (an instance of a disease or poor health) | :: 疾病 /jíbìng/, 病症 /bìngzhèng/, 病 /bìng/, 患病期間, 患病期间 /huànbìng qījiān/, 病情 /bìngqíng/, 病疾 /bìngjí/ |
| illness {n} (a state of bad health) | :: 病 /bìng/, 生病 /shēngbìng/ |
| illogical {adj} (contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning) | :: 不合邏輯, 不合逻辑 /bùhé luójí/, 悖理 /bèilǐ/, 荒謬, 荒谬 /huāngmiù/, 乖戾 /guāilì/ |
| illuminate {v} (to shine light on something) | :: 照亮 /zhàoliàng/, 照明 /zhàomíng/ |
| illumination {n} (the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated) | :: 照明 /zhàomíng/ |
| illusion {n} (anything that seems to be something that it is not) | :: 幻覺, 幻觉 /huànjué/, 幻想 /huànxiǎng/ |
| illusion {n} (belief in something that is in fact not true) | :: 幻想 /huànxiǎng/, 幻覺, 幻觉 /huànjué/ |
| illustrate {v} (to clarify by giving as an example) | :: 舉例說明, 举例说明 /jǔlì shuōmíng/, 闡明, 阐明 /chǎnmíng/ |
| illustration {n} (that which illustrates) | :: 例證, 例证 /lìzhèng/ |
| illustration {n} (picture designed to decorate) | :: 插圖, 插图 /chātú/, 插畫, 插画 /chāhuà/ |
| illustrator {n} (person who draws pictures) | :: 插圖畫家, 插图画家 /chātú huàjiā/ |
| illustrious {adj} (admired, respected, or well-known) | :: 有名 /yǒumíng/, 著名 /zhùmíng/, 優秀, 优秀 /yōuxiù/, 輝煌, 辉煌 /huīhuáng/, 燦爛, 灿烂 /cànlàn/, 傑出, 杰出 /jiéchū/ |
| ill will {n} (ill-disposed attitude) | :: 惡意, 恶意 /èyì/, 敵意, 敌意 /díyì/, 憎惡, 憎恶 /zēngwù/ |
| Illyria {prop} (region in the Balkan Peninsula) | :: 伊利里亚 |
| I lost my backpack {phrase} (I lost my backpack) | :: 我的背包丟了, 我的背包丢了 /wǒ de bēibāo diū le/ |
| I lost my bag {phrase} (I lost my backpack) SEE: I lost my backpack | :: |
| I lost my bag {phrase} (I lost my handbag) SEE: I lost my handbag | :: |
| I lost my glasses {phrase} (I lost my glasses) | :: 我丟了我的眼鏡 我丢了我的眼镜 /wǒ diū le wǒ de yǎnjìng/ |
| I lost my handbag {phrase} (I lost my handbag) | :: 我丟了我的手提包, 我丢了我的手提包 /wǒ diū le wǒ de shǒutíbāo/ |
| I lost my keys {phrase} (I lost my keys) | :: 我丟了鑰匙, 我丢了钥匙 /wǒ diū le yàoshi/ |
| I lost my wallet {phrase} (I lost my wallet) | :: 我丟了錢包, 我丢了钱包 /wǒ diū le qiánbāo/, 我的錢包不見了, 我的钱包不见了 /wǒ de qiánbāo bùjiàn le/ |
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of affection or deep caring) | :: 我愛你, 我爱你 /wǒ ài nǐ/ |
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of romantic feeling) | :: 我愛你, 我爱你 /wǒ ài nǐ/ |
| I love you {phrase} (platonic expression of inclination or liking) | :: 我很喜歡你, 我很喜欢你 /wǒ hěn xǐ huan nǐ/ |
| I'm {contraction} (I am) | :: 我是 /wǒ shì/, 我... /wǒ .../ (是 is not used with adjectives) |
| I'm a Christian {phrase} (I'm a Christian) | :: 我是基督徒 /wǒ shì Jīdūtú/ |
| I'm afraid not {phrase} (unfortunately, no) | :: 恐怕不行 |
| image {n} (graphical representation) | :: 圖片, 图片 /túpiàn/ |
| image {n} (mental picture) | :: 意象 /yìxiàng/, 圖景 /tújǐng/, 圖像 /túxiàng/ |
| image {n} (computing: file) | :: 图片 /túpiàn/, 鏡像 /jìngxiàng/, 映像 /yìngxiàng/ |
| image {n} (characteristic as perceived by others) | :: 印象 /yìnxiàng/, 形象 /xíngxiàng/, 形像 /xíngxiàng/ |
| image {n} (math: something mapped to by a function) | :: 像 /xiàng/ |
| image {v} (to reflect) | :: 反映 /fǎnyìng/ |
| image {v} (to create an image of) | :: 成像 /chéngxiàng/ |
| imagery {n} (imitation work) SEE: imitation | :: |
| imaginable {adj} (able to be imagined; conceivable) | :: 可以想像的 /kěyǐ xiǎngxiàng de/ |
| imaginary {adj} (existing in the imagination) | :: 幻想 /huànxiǎng/ |
| imaginary number {n} (number of the form bi) | :: 虛數, 虚数 /xūshù/, 純虛數, 纯虚数 /chúnxūshù/ |
| imaginary number {n} (number of the form a + bi, with b ≠ 0) | :: 虛數, 虚数 /xūshù/ |
| imaginary part {n} (of a complex number) | :: 虚部 |
| imagination {n} (image-making power of the mind) | :: 想像力 /xiǎngxiànglì/ |
| imagination {n} (construction of false images) | :: 想像 /xiǎngxiàng/ |
| imagine {v} ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) | :: 想像 /xiǎngxiàng/ |
| I'm a girl {phrase} (I'm a girl) | :: 我是女的 /wǒ shì nǚ de/ |
| I'm agnostic {phrase} (I'm agnostic) | :: 我是不可知論者, 我是不可知论者 /wǒ shì bùkězhīlùnzhě/ |
| imago {n} (development stage of an insect) | :: 成蟲, 成虫 /chéngchóng/ |
| I'm a guy {phrase} (I'm a guy) | :: 我是男的 /wǒ shì nán de/ |
| I'm allergic to aspirin {phrase} (I'm allergic to aspirin) | :: 我對阿斯匹靈過敏, 我对阿斯匹灵过敏 (wǒ duì āsīpǐlíng guòmǐn) |
| I'm allergic to pollen {phrase} (I'm allergic to pollen) | :: 我對花粉過敏, 我对花粉过敏 (wǒ duì huāfěn guòmǐn) |
| imam {n} (Muslim leader) | :: 伊瑪目, 伊玛目 /yīmǎmù/, 教長, 教长 /iāozhǎng, jiàozhǎng/, 阿訇 /āhōng/ [used by Hui Muslims] |
| I'm a Muslim {phrase} (I'm a Muslim) | :: 我是穆斯林 /wǒ shì Mùsīlín/ |
| I'm an atheist {phrase} (I'm an atheist) | :: 我是無神論者, 我是无神论者 /wǒ shì wúshénlùnzhě/ |
| I'm ashamed {phrase} (I'm ashamed) | :: 我感到很羞愧 /wǒ gǎndào hěn xiūkuì/ |
| I'm a vegetarian {phrase} (I'm a vegetarian) | :: 我吃素 /wǒ chīsù/ |
| imbibe {v} (drink) | :: 饮, 喝 /hē/ |
| imbibe {v} (take in) | :: 吸收, 吸取, 吸入 |
| I'm bleeding {phrase} (I'm bleeding) | :: 我出血了 /wǒ chūxiě le/ |
| I'm blind {phrase} (I'm blind) | :: [colloquial] 我瞎了 (wǒ xiā le), [both formal & informal] 我失明了 (wǒ shīmíng le), [formal] 我是盲人 (wǒ shì mángrén), [literary] 我目盲 (wǒ mù máng) |
| Imbolc {prop} (Gaelic and Wiccan festival which marks the beginning of spring) | :: 聖布里吉德節, 圣布里吉德节 /Shèng Bùlǐjídé Jié/ |
| imburse {v} (to save, to store up) SEE: save | :: |
| imburse {v} (to give money to) SEE: fund | :: |
| imburse {v} (to pay back money that is owed) SEE: refund | :: |
| I'm cold {phrase} (I'm cold) | :: 我很冷 /wǒ hěn lěng/ |
| I'm deaf {phrase} (I'm deaf) | :: 我聋了 /wǒ lóng le/ |
| I'm divorced {phrase} (I'm divorced) | :: 我離婚了, 我离婚了 /wǒ líhūn le/ |
| I'm dying {phrase} (I'm dying) | :: 我快死了 /wǒ kuài sǐ le/ |
| I'm embarrassed {phrase} (I'm embarrassed) | :: 我感到很尷尬, 我感到很尴尬 /wǒ gǎndào hěn gāngà/, 我很不好意思 /wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi/ |
| I'm fine {phrase} (response) | :: 我很好 /wǒ hěn hǎo/ |
| I'm fine, thank you {phrase} (expected, polite response to How are you?) | :: 我很好，謝謝, 我很好，谢谢 /wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxiè/ |
| I'm full {phrase} (I'm full) | :: 我吃飽了, 我吃饱了 /wǒ chībǎo le/ |
| I'm gay {phrase} (I'm gay) | :: [formal] 我是同性戀, 我是同性恋 /wǒ shì tóngxìngliàn/, [informal/slang] 我是同志 /wǒ shì tóngzhì/ |
| I'm hot {phrase} (I'm hot) | :: 我很熱, 我很热 /wǒ hěn rè/ |
| I'm hungry {phrase} (I'm hungry) | :: 我餓了, 我饿了 /wǒ è le/, 我很餓, 我很饿 /wǒ hěn è/ |
| imidazole {n} (organic compound) | :: 咪唑 /mǐzuò/ |
| I'm in love with you {phrase} (declaration of romantic feeling) | :: 我愛上你了, 我爱上你了 /wǒ àishàng nǐ le/ |
| I miss you {phrase} (I miss you) | :: [Beijing] 我想你了 /wǒ xiǎng nǐ le/ |
| imitate {v} (to follow as a model) | :: 模擬, 模拟 /mónǐ/ |
| imitation {n} (act of imitating) | :: 模擬, 模拟 /mónǐ/, 模仿 /mófǎng/ |
| I'm Jewish {phrase} (I'm Jewish (ethnic)) | :: 我是猶太人, 我是犹太人 /wǒ shì yóutàirén/ |
| I'm looking for a grocery store {phrase} (I'm looking for a grocery store) | :: 我在找一家雜貨店, 我在找一家杂货店 /wǒ zài zhǎo yī jiā záhuòdiàn/ |
| I'm looking for a job {phrase} (I'm looking for a job) | :: 我找工作 /wǒ zhǎo gōngzuò/, 我要求職, 我要求职 /wǒ yāoqiú zhí/ |
| I'm lost {phrase} (I'm lost) | :: 我迷路了 /wǒ mílù le/ |
| immaculate {adj} (having no stain or blemish, spotless, undefiled, clear, pure) | :: 无瑕疵的 /wú xiá cī de/; 纯洁的 |
| Immaculate Conception {prop} (doctrine) | :: 無沾成胎, 无沾成胎 /wúzhānchéngtāi/ |
| Immaculate Conception {prop} (feast) | :: 聖母無染原罪瞻禮 , 圣母无染原罪瞻礼 /shèngmǔ wú rǎn yuánzuì zhānlǐ/ , 聖母無原罪始胎節 , 圣母无原罪始胎节 /shèngmǔ wú yuánzuì shǐtāi jié/ , 聖母無原罪日 , 圣母无原罪日 /shèngmǔ wú yuánzuì rì/ |
| Immanuel {prop} (figure whose birth is foretold) | :: 以馬內利, 以马内利 /Yǐmǎnèilì/, 厄瑪奴耳, 厄玛奴耳 /Èmǎnú'ěr/ [Catholic] |
| Immanuel {prop} (this figure, regarded as Christ) | :: 以馬內利, 以马内利 /Yǐmǎnèilì/, 厄瑪奴耳, 厄玛奴耳 /Èmǎnú'ěr/ [Catholic] |
| I'm married {phrase} (I'm married) | :: 我結婚了, 我结婚了 /wǒ jiéhūn le/ |
| immature {adj} (not fully formed) | :: 不成熟的 /bù chéngshú de/ |
| immature {adj} (childish) | :: 嫩 /nèn/, 不成熟的 /bù chéngshú de/, 幼小 /yòuxiǎo/, 幼稚 /yòuzhì/ |
| immediate {adj} (without delay) | :: 即時, 即时 /jíshí/ |
| immediate family {n} (family unit consisting of parents and their children) | :: 直系親屬, 直系亲属 /zhíxì qīnshǔ/ |
| immediately {adv} (in an immediate manner) | :: 立刻 /lìkè/, 馬上, 马上 /mǎshàng/, 即刻 /jíkè/, 立即 /lìjí/, 直接 /zhíjiē/ |
| immense {adj} (huge, gigantic, very large) | :: 廣大, 广大 /guǎngdà/, 巨大 /jùdà/ |
| immersion {n} (in mathematics) | :: 浸入 /jìnrù/ |
| immigrant {n} (person who comes to a country to settle) | :: 移民 /yímín/, 移民者 /yímínzhě/ |
| immigrate {v} (to move into a foreign country or area) | :: 移民 /yímín/, 移居 /yíjū/ |
| immigration {n} (the act of immigrating) | :: 移民 /yímín/, 遷入, 迁入 /qiānrù/ |
| imminent {adj} (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon) | :: 即將來臨, 即将来临 /jíjiāng láilín/ |
| immolation {n} (act of immolating) | :: 獻祭, 献祭 /xiànjì/, 供物 /gōngwù/ |
| immoral {adj} (not moral) | :: 不道德 /bùdàodé/ |
| immoralism {n} (rejection of moral principles) | :: 非道德 (fēidàodé) |
| immortal {adj} (not susceptible to death) | :: 不朽的 /bùxiǔ de/ |
| immortal {adj} (never to be forgotten) | :: 不朽的 /bùxiǔ de/, 流芳百世的 /liúfāngbǎishì de/ |
| immortal {n} (one that is not susceptible to death) | :: 神仙 /shénxiān/ |
| immortality {n} (condition of not being susceptible to death) | :: 不朽 /bùxiǔ/, 永生 /yǒngshēng/ |
| immovable property {n} (real estate) SEE: real estate | :: |
| immune complex {n} (molecule formed from the integral binding of an antibody to a soluble antigen) | :: 免疫複合物, 免疫复合物 /miǎnyì fùhéwù/ |
| immune system {n} (system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms) | :: 免疫系統, 免疫系统 /miǎnyì xìtǒng/ |
| immunity {n} (the quality of being resistant to infection) | :: 免疫 /miǎnyì/ |
| immunize {v} (to make someone or something immune to something) | :: 使免疫 /shǐ miǎnyì/ |
| immunize {v} (to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease) | :: 使免疫 /shǐ miǎnyì/ |
| immunoglobulin {n} (glycoprotein protecting the host) | :: 免疫球蛋白 /miǎnyì qiúdànbái/ |
| immunohistochemistry {n} (process of finding proteins in cells of a tissue) | :: 免疫組織化學, 免疫组织化学 /miǎnyì zǔzhī huàxué/ |
| immunology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: 免疫學, 免疫学 /miǎnyìxué/ |
| immure {v} (to lock up behind walls) | :: 監禁, 监禁 /jiānjìn/, 關押, 关押 /guānyā/ |
| immure {v} (to put or bury within a wall) | :: [bury] 埋藏 /máicáng/, [inter] 埋葬 /máizàng/, [bury alive] 活埋 /huómái/ |
| I'm mute {phrase} (I'm mute) | :: 我是個啞巴, 我是个哑巴 (wǒ shì gè yǎba) |
| I'm not religious {phrase} (I'm not religious) | :: 我不是篤信宗教的人, 我不是笃信宗教的人 /wǒ bùshì dǔxìn zōngjiào de rén/, 我不是信仰的 /wǒ bùshì xìnyǎng de/ |
| imp {n} (demonic creature) | :: 惡魔, 恶魔 /èmó/, 邪鬼 /xiéguǐ/ |
| imp {n} (mischievous child) | :: 小鬼 /xiǎoguǐ/ |
| impact crater {n} (crater formed from an impact) | :: 撞擊坑, 撞击坑 /zhuàngjí kēng/, 隕石坑, 陨石坑 /yǔnshí kēng/ |
| impact factor {n} (measure) | :: 影響因子, 影响因子 /yǐngxiǎng yīnzǐ/ |
| impala {n} (African antelope) | :: 高角羚 /gāojiǎolíng/ |
| impalement {n} (act of torturing) | :: 穿刺 /chuāncì/, 刺穿 /cìchuān/ |
| impartial {adj} | :: 公正的; 公平的; 不偏不倚的; 中立的 |
| impasse {n} (road with no exit) SEE: dead end | :: |
| impassionate {adj} (dispassionate) SEE: dispassionate | :: |
| impatient {adj} (restless and intolerant of delays) | :: 不耐煩, 不耐烦 /bù nàifán/, 浮躁 /fúzào/ |
| impatient {adj} (anxious and eager) | :: 急躁 /jízào/, 焦急 /jiāojí/ |
| impeach {v} (to hinder) | :: 阻礙, 阻碍 /zǔ'ài/, 阻止 /zǔzhǐ/ |
| impeach {v} (to bring legal proceeding against public official) | :: 彈劾, 弹劾 /tánhé/ |
| impeach {v} (to charge with impropriety) | :: 控告 /kònggào/, 質疑, 质疑 /zhìyí/ |
| impeachment {n} (act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct) | :: 彈劾, 弹劾 /tánhé/ |
| impeccable {adj} (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) | :: 無瑕, 無懈可擊 |
| impede {v} (to get in the way of; to hinder) | :: 阻礙, 阻碍 /zǔài/ |
| impediment {n} (hindrance; that which impedes progress) | :: 障礙, 障碍 /zhàng'ài/ |
| impel {v} (To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation) | :: 促使 /cù shǐ/ |
| impenetrable {adj} (not penetrable) | :: 不能通过的, 不能渗透的 |
| impenetrable {adj} (incomprehensible; inscrutable) | :: 难以理解的, 费解的 |
| imperative {adj} (essential) | :: 迫切的 /pòqiè de/, 必須的, 必须的 /bìxū de/, 至關重要的, 至关重要的 /zhìguānzhòngyào de/ |
| imperative {adj} (grammar: of, or relating to the imperative mood) | :: 祈使的 /qíshǐ de/ |
| imperative {adj} (authoritatively or absolutely directive) | :: 命令式的 /mìnglìngshì de/ |
| imperative {n} (imperative mood) SEE: imperative mood | :: |
| imperative mood {n} (imperative mood) | :: 祈使語氣, 祈使语气 /qíshǐ yǔqì/ |
| imperfect {adj} (unisexual) SEE: unisexual | :: |
| imperfective {adj} (related to the imperfective aspect) | :: 非完整 /fēiwánzhěng/ |
| imperfective {n} (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect, see also: imperfective aspect) | :: 未完成式 /wèiwánchéngshì/ |
| imperfective aspect {n} (feature of a verb) | :: 未完成體, 未完成体 /wèiwánchéngtǐ/, 非完成體, 非完整体 /fēiwánchéngtǐ/ |
| imperial {adj} (related to an empire) | :: 帝国的, 帝國的 /dìguó de/, 皇帝的 /huángdì de/ |
| imperial examination {n} (examination system) | :: 科舉, 科举 /kējǔ/ |
| imperialism {n} (the policy of extending power, by force) | :: 帝國主義, 帝国主义 /dìguózhǔyì/ |
| imperious {adj} (domineering, overbearing) | :: 驕橫, 骄横 /jiāohèng/ |
| imperium {n} (sovereignty) SEE: sovereignty | :: |
| impermanence {n} (lack of permanence) | :: 無常, 无常 /wúcháng/ |
| impermanence {n} (quality or state of being impermanent) | :: 無常, 无常 /wúcháng/ |
| impermanence {n} (anicca) SEE: anicca | :: |
| impersonal {adj} (grammar) | :: 無人稱, 无人称 /wúrénchēng/ |
| impersonator {n} (one who fraudulently impersonates) | :: 騙子, 骗子 /piànzi/ [there's no specific term for this type of con-man] |
| impersonator {n} (entertainer) | :: 模擬藝人, 模拟艺人 /mónǐ yìrén/ |
| impervious {adj} (unaffected or unable to be affected by something) | :: 无动于衷, 不受影响的 |
| impetigo {n} (contagious bacterial skin disease) | :: 膿皰瘡, 脓疱疮 /nóngpàochuāng/, 膿痂疹, 脓痂疹 /nóngjiāzhěn/ |
| Imphal {prop} (capital of Manipur) | :: 因帕爾, 因帕尔 /Yīnpà'ěr/ |
| impious {adj} (not pious) | :: 無信仰的, 无信仰的 /wúxìnyǎng de/, 不虔誠, 不虔诚 /bù qiánchéng/ |
| impious {adj} (lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god) | :: 不恭 /bùgōng/, 不敬 /bùjìng/ |
| implant {n} (anything surgically implanted in the body) | :: 植入 /zhírù/, 植入管 /zhírùguǎn/, 移植物 /yízhíwù/, 深植 /shēnzhí/ |
| implement {n} (a tool) | :: 工具 /gōngjù/ |
| implement {v} (bring about) | :: 實施, 实施 /shíshī/, 執行, 执行 /zhíxíng/, 貫徹, 贯彻 /guànchè/, 實現, 实现 /shíxiàn/ |
| implementation {n} (process of moving an idea from concept to reality) | :: 履行 /lǚxíng/ |
| implicate {v} (to connect or involve) | :: 负累 /fùlěi / |
| implication {n} (logical connective) | :: 含意 /hányì/, 意味 /yìwèi/ |
| implicature {n} (An implied meaning) | :: 含意 /hányì/ |
| implicit {adj} (implied indirectly) | :: 隱含的, 隐含的 /yǐnhánde/, 不言明的 /bùyánmíngde/ |
| implicit {adj} (contained in the essential nature) | :: 內含的, 内含的 /nèihánde/, 固有的 /gùyǒude/ |
| implicit {adj} (unquestioning or unconditional) | :: 無保留的, 无保留的 /wúbǎoliúde/, 無條件的, 无条件的 /wútiáojiànde/ |
| implore {v} (to beg for) | :: 懇求, 恳求 /kěnqiú/, 哀求 /āiqiú/ |
| implosion {n} (action of imploding) | :: 內爆, 内爆 /nèibào/, 爆縮, 爆缩 /bàosuō/ |
| imply {v} (to have as a consequence) | :: 意味着 /yìwèizhe/ |
| imply {v} (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement) | :: 暗示 /ànshì/, 暗指 /ànzhǐ/ |
| impolite {adj} (not polite) | :: 不禮貌, 不礼貌 /bù lǐmào/ |
| import {n} (something brought in from a foreign country) | :: 進口貨, 进口货 /jìnkǒuhuò/, 舶來品, 舶来品 /bóláipǐn/, 外國貨, 外国货 /wàiguóhuò/ |
| import {n} (practice of importing) | :: 進口, 进口 /jìnkǒu/, 輸入, 输入 /shūrù/ |
| import {v} (to bring in from a foreign country) | :: 進口, 进口 /jìnkǒu/, 輸入, 输入 /shūrù/ |
| importance {n} (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) | :: 重要 /zhòngyào/ |
| importance {n} (significance or prominence) | :: 重要 /zhòngyào/ |
| important {adj} (having relevant and crucial value) | :: 重要 /zhòngyào/ |
| importantly {adv} (used to mark a statement as having importance) | :: 重要的是... (zhòngyào de shì...) |
| importantly {adv} (in an important manner) | :: 重要地 /zhòngyào de/ |
| importantness {n} (importance) SEE: importance | :: |
| importer {n} (a person or company who imports goods into a country) | :: 進口商, 进口商 /jìnkǒu shāng/ |
| impose {v} (to establish or apply by authority) | :: 强加 |
| imposing {adj} (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity) | :: 氣勢 /qìshì/, 气势 /qìshì/ |
| impossibility {n} (The quality of being impossible) | :: 不可能 /bùkěnéng/ |
| impossible {adj} (not able to be done) | :: 不可能的 /bù kěnéng de/ |
| impossible {adj} (never happening) | :: 不會發生 /Bù huì fāshēng/ |
| impossibly {adv} (in an impossible manner) | :: 不可能地 |
| impossibly {adv} (to the point of impossibility) | :: 难以置信地 |
| impostor {n} (someone who uses assumed identity) | :: 冒充者 |
| impostorism {n} (impostor syndrome) SEE: impostor syndrome | :: |
| impostor syndrome {n} (psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments) | :: 冒名頂替綜合症, 冒名顶替综合症 /màomíng dǐngtì zōnghézhèng/ |
| impound {v} (to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound) | :: 蓄水 |
| impound {v} (to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate) | :: 拘留 |
| impoverished {adj} (with no possessions or money) SEE: poor | :: |
| I'm pregnant {phrase} (I'm pregnant) | :: 我懷孕了, 我怀孕了 /wǒ huáiyùn le/ |
| impregnate {v} (to cause to become pregnant) | :: 使...受孕 |
| impresario {n} (a manager or producer in the entertainment industry) | :: 演出經理人, 演出经理人 /yǎnchū jīnglǐrén/ |
| impression {n} (overall effect of something) | :: 印象 /yìnxiàng/ |
| impression {n} (impersonation) | :: 模仿 /mófǎng/ |
| impression {n} (outward appearance) | :: 外貌 /wàimào/ |
| impressive {adj} (making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress) | :: 令人印象深刻 /lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè/ |
| imprison {v} (put in prison) | :: 關押, 关押 /guānyā/, 監禁, 监禁 /jiānjìn/, 下獄, 下狱 /xiàyù/, 囚禁, 囚禁 /qiújìn/ |
| imprisoner {n} (one who imprisons) | :: 監禁他人者, 监禁他人者 /jiānjìn tārén zhě/ |
| imprisonment {n} (confinement) | :: 徒刑 /túxíng/, 下獄, 下狱 /xiàyù/ |
| improve {v} (to make something better) | :: 改善 /gǎishàn/, 提高 /tígāo/ |
| improve {v} (to become better) | :: 改善 /gǎishàn/, 提高 /tígāo/, 向上 /xiàngshàng/ |
| improvement {n} (act of improving) | :: 改进, 改善, 改良 |
| improvisation {n} (musical technique, characteristic of blues music) | :: 即興, 即兴 /jíxìng/ |
| improvise {v} (to make something up as one goes on) | :: 现抓 /xiànzhuā/ |
| improvised explosive device {n} (explosive weapon, see also: IED) | :: 簡易爆炸裝置, 简易爆炸装置 /jiǎnyì bàozhà zhuāngzhì/ |
| impudence {n} | :: 厚脸皮, 厚颜, 无耻 |
| impudent {adj} (Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced) | :: 放肆 /fàngsì/ |
| impulse {n} (sudden force that impels) | :: 衝動, 冲动 /chōngdòng/, 意氣, 意气 /yìqì/, 衝量, 冲量 /chōngliàng/, 衝力, 冲力 /chōnglì/ |
| impulse {n} ((physics) integral force over time) | :: 衝量, 冲量 /chōngliàng/, 衝力, 冲力 /chōnglì/ |
| impulsive {adj} (actuated by impulse or by transient feelings) | :: 怦 /pēng/ |
| impulsiveness {n} (the quality of being impulsive) | :: 衝動, 冲动 /chōngdòng/ |
| impunity {n} (exemption from punishment) | :: 不受懲罰性, 不受惩罚性 /bú shòu chéngfá xìng/, 免罰, 免罚 /miǎnfá/, 免於罪責, 免于罪责 /miǎn yú zuìzé/, 免於責罰, 免于责罚 /miǎn yú zéfá/, 免於懲罰, 免于惩罚 /miǎn yú chéngfá/, 免於懲戒, 免于惩戒 /miǎn yú chéngjiè/, 免於懲處, 免于惩处 /miǎn yú chéngchǔ/, 免於懲治, 免于惩治 /miǎn yú chéngzhì/ |
| impunity {n} (freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.) | :: 有罪不罰, 有罪不罚 /yǒuzuìbùfá/, 有罪不訴, 有罪不诉 /yǒuzuìbùsù/, 有責不究, 有责不究 /yǒuzébùjiū/ |
| impure {adj} (impure) | :: 不純的, 不纯的 |
| impurity {n} (the condition of being impure) | :: 雜質, 杂质 /zázhì, zázhí/ |
| I'm rubber, you're glue {phrase} (I'm rubber, you're glue) | :: Not used in Chinese |
| I'm scared {phrase} (I'm scared) | :: 我很害怕 /wǒ hěn hàipà/ |
| I'm sick {phrase} (I'm sick/ill) | :: 我生病了 /wǒ shēngbìng le/, 我病了 /wǒ bìng le/ |
| I'm single {phrase} (I'm single) | :: 我單身, 我单身 /wǒ dānshēn/, 我是獨身, 我是独身 /wǒ shì dúshēn/ |
| I'm sorry {phrase} (I'm sorry) | :: 對不起, 对不起 /duìbùqǐ/ |
| I'm straight {phrase} (I'm straight) | :: ["I'm heterosexual"] 我是異性戀的, 我是异性恋的 /wǒ shì yìxìngliàn de/, ["I'm a straight man"] 我是直男 /wǒ shì zhínán/ |
| I'm thirsty {phrase} (I need a drink) | :: 我渴了 /wǒ kě le/, 我很渴 /wǒ hěn kě/ |
| I'm tired {phrase} (I am tired (in need of rest or sleep)) | :: 我累了 /wǒ lèi le/, 我很累 /wǒ hěn lèi/ |
| I'm twenty years old {phrase} (I am twenty years old) | :: 我二十歲, 我二十岁 /wǒ èrshí suì/ |
| I must go {phrase} (I must go) | :: 我必須走了, 我必须走了 /wǒ bìxū zǒu le/ |
| I'm ... year(s) old {phrase} (I am ... year(s) old) | :: 我……歲了, 我……岁了 /wǒ ... suì le/, 我……歲, 我……岁 /wǒ ... suì/ |
| -in' {suffix} (-ing) SEE: -ing | :: |
| in {prep} (contained by) | :: 在 /zài/, ...里 /...lǐ/ (traditional also: 裡, 裏) |
| in {prep} (surrounded by) | :: 于……中 /yú ... zhōng/ |
| in {prep} (after a period of time) | :: 在……之內, 在……之内 /zài ... zhīnèi/ |
| in {prep} (indicating language, script, or tone) | :: 用 /yòng/ |
| inacceptable {adj} (unacceptable) SEE: unacceptable | :: |
| inaccuracy {n} (lack of accuracy) | :: 不準確, 不准确 /bù zhǔnquè/ |
| inaccuracy {n} (inaccurate statement) | :: 不準確, 不准确 /bù zhǔnquè/, 錯誤, 错误 /cuòwù/ |
| inaccuracy {n} (incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision) | :: 不準確, 不准确 /bù zhǔnquè/, 不精確性, 不精确性 /bùjīngquèxìng/ |
| inaccurate {adj} (not accurate) | :: 不准确的 |
| in addition {adv} (also; as well) | :: 並且, 并且 /bìngqiě/, 而且 /érqiě/, 還有, 还有 /háiyǒu/, 況且, 况且 /kuàngqiě/ |
| inadequate {adj} (Not adequate) | :: 不適當, 不适当 /bùshìdāng/, [insufficient] 不足 /bùzú/, 不夠, 不够 /bùgòu/ |
| in advance {prep} (in advance) SEE: beforehand | :: |
| inadvertent {adj} (not intentional) | :: 疏忽的, 漫不经心的, 粗心大意的 |
| inadvertently {adv} (unintentionally) | :: 無意地, 无意地 /wúyì de/, 不經意間, 不经意间 /bùjīngyìjiān/ |
| in a jiffy {prep} (very quickly; without delay) | :: 馬上, 马上 /mǎshàng/ |
| inalienable {adj} (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) | :: 不可转让的 |
| in all likelihood {prep} (very probably; almost certainly) SEE: in all probability | :: |
| in all probability {adv} (very probably) | :: 很可能 /hěn kěnéng/ |
| in a nutshell {adv} (in summary) | :: 總而言之, 总而言之 /zǒng'éryánzhī/, 概括地說, 概括地说 /gàikuò de shuō/ |
| in any case {adv} (at any rate) | :: 反正 /fǎnzhèng/, 不管怎樣, 不管怎样 /bùguǎnzěnyàng/, 無論如何, 无论如何 /wúlùnrúhé/ |
| in a pinch {prep} (in a difficult situation) | :: 在緊要關頭, 在紧要关头 /zài jǐnyào guāntóu/ |
| inattentive {adj} (not paying attention) | :: 分心 /fēnxīn/, 心不在焉 /xīnshénhuǎnghū/, 心神恍惚 /xīnshénhuǎnghū/, 失神 /shīshén/ |
| inaugural {adj} (of inauguration) | :: 就任的 |
| inaugural {adj} (marking a beginning) | :: 首次的 |
| inaugural {n} (formal speech) | :: 就职演讲 |
| inauguration {n} (act of inaugurating) | :: 就職典禮, 就职典礼 /jiùzhí diǎnlǐ/ [ceremony], 就職, 就职 /jiùzhí/ |
| inauspicious {adj} (boding ill) | :: 不祥 /bùxiáng/, 不吉 /bùjí/ |
| in a word {prep} (briefly, concisely) | :: 總之, 总之 /zǒngzhī/ |
| in bed {prep} (lying on one's bed) | :: 在床上 /zài chuángshàng/ |
| in bed {prep} (in terms of sexual prowess) | :: 在床上 /zài chuángshàng/ |
| inbox {n} (electronic folder) | :: 收件箱 /shōujiànxiāng/, 收件匣 /shōujiànxiá/ |
| inbreeding {n} (breeding between members of small population) | :: 近親繁殖, 近亲繁殖 /jìnqīn fánzhí/, 近親交配, 近亲交配 /jìnqīn jiāopèi/, 近交 /jìnjiāo/ |
| in broad daylight {prep} (in ample natural illumination) | :: 光天化日 /guāngtiānhuàrì/, 大白天 /dàbáitiān/ |
| in broad daylight {prep} (in blatant and visible manner) | :: 光天化日 /guāngtiānhuàrì/, 大白天 /dàbáitiān/ |
| Inca {n} (member of the group of Quechuan peoples) | :: 印加 /Yìnjiā/ |
| incandescent {n} (incandescent lamp) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| incandescent lamp {n} (a type of lamp) | :: 白熾燈, 白炽灯 /báichìdēng/, 白熱燈, 白热灯 /báirèdēng/ |
| incantation {n} (formula) | :: 咒語, 咒语 /zhòuyǔ/, 咒文 /zhòuwén/ |
| incarcerate {v} (to lock away in prison) | :: 監禁, 监禁 /jiānjìn/, 禁閉, 禁闭 /jìnbì/ |
| incarceration {n} (act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment) | :: 下獄, 下狱 /xiàyù/, 監禁, 监禁 /jiānjìn/, [limited term] 有期徒刑 /yǒuqí túxíng/ |
| incarnate {adj} (flesh-colored) SEE: crimson | :: |
| incarnation {n} (incarnate being or form) | :: 化身 /huàshēn/ |
| incarnation {n} | :: 化身 /huàshēn/ |
| in case of {prep} (in the event of) | :: 如果 /rúguǒ/, 萬一, 万一 /wànyī/ |
| incendiary {adj} (capable of causing fire) | :: 放火 /fànghuǒ/ |
| incendiary {adj} (inflammatory, emotionally charged) | :: 煽動, 煽动 /shāndòng/ |
| incendiary {n} (one who maliciously sets fires) SEE: arsonist | :: |
| incense {n} (A perfume often used in the rites of various religions) | :: 香 /xiāng/ |
| incense stick {n} (A thin stick covered in incense) | :: 線香, 线香 /xiànxiāng/ |
| incentive {n} (something that motivates) | :: 刺激 /cìjī/, 誘因, 诱因 /yòuyīn/ |
| incentive {n} (cash bonus) | :: 獎勵, 奖励 /jiǎnglì/, 報酬, 报酬 /bàochóu/ |
| inception {n} (the creation or beginning of something) | :: 开端 /kāiduān/ |
| incessantly {adv} (in a manner without pause or stop) | :: 不斷, 不断 /bùduàn/, 不止 /bùzhǐ/, 不迭 /bùdié/ |
| incest {n} (sexual relations between close relatives) | :: 亂倫, 乱伦 /luànlún/, 近親相奸, 近亲相奸 /jìnqīn xiāngjiān/ |
| inch {n} (unit of length) | :: 英寸 /yīngcùn/ |
| inch {n} (unspecified but very short distance) | :: 少許少许 /shǎoxǔ/, 一點兒, 一点儿 /yīdiǎnr/ |
| in charge {adj} (having responsibility) | :: 主管 /zhǔguǎn/, [verb] 負責, 负责 /fùzé/ |
| Incheon {prop} (a city in South Korea) | :: 仁川 /Rénchuān/ |
| inchworm {v} (measuring worm) SEE: measuring worm | :: |
| incident {n} (event or occurrence) | :: 事件 /shìjiàn/ |
| incident {n} ((minor) event incidental to others) | :: 事件 /shìjiàn/ |
| incident {n} (event causing interruption or crisis) | :: 事件 /shìjiàn/ |
| incidentally {adv} (in an incidental manner) | :: 偶然 |
| incinerate {v} (destroy by burning) | :: 焚化 /fénhuà/, 燃燒, 燃烧 /ránshāo/ |
| incinerator {n} (furnace that burns refuse) | :: 焚屍爐, 焚尸炉 /fénshīlú/, 焚燒爐, 焚烧炉 /fénshāolú/, 焚燒裝置, 焚烧装置 /fénshāo zhuāngzhì/ |
| incipient {adj} (beginning, starting) | :: 初期的 /chūqí de/ |
| incircle {n} (the circle within a polygon that is tangent to each side) | :: 內接圓, 内接圆 /nèijiēyuán/, 內切圓, 内切圆 /nèiqiēyuán/ |
| incisor {n} (tooth) | :: 門牙, 门牙 /ményá/, 門齒, 门齿 /ménchǐ/ |
| incite {v} (to rouse, stir up or excite) | :: 煽起 /shānqǐ/ |
| inclination {n} (geometry: angle of intersection) | :: 倾角 |
| inclined plane {n} (simple machine) | :: 斜面 /xiémiàn/ |
| include {v} (to bring into as a part or member) | :: 包括 /bāokuò/, 包含 /bāohán/ |
| include {v} (to contain, as part of a whole) | :: 包括 /bāokuò/, 包含 /bāohán/ |
| including {prep} (Such as, among which) | :: 包括 (bāokuò - mainland China; bāoguā - Taiwan) |
| incoherent {adj} (lacking coherence, inconsistent) | :: 不连贯的 /bu lian guan de/ |
| in cold blood {prep} (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) | :: 冷血 /lěngxuè/ |
| income {n} (money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others) | :: 收入 /shōu rù/ |
| income statement {n} (financial statement of net income) | :: 損益表, 损益表 /sǔnyìbiǎo/ |
| income tax {n} (tax levied on income) | :: 所得稅, 所得税 /suǒdéshuì/ |
| incommensurability {n} (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) | :: 不可通約性, 不可通约性 /bùkětōngyuēxìng/, 不可公度性 /bùkěgōngdùxìng/, 不可比性 /bùkěbǐxìng/ |
| incommensurable {adj} (having no common divisor except 1) | :: 互质 |
| in common {prep} (shared with others) | :: 共有 /gòngyǒu/, 共同的 /gòngtóng de/ |
| incompatibility {n} (the quality or state of being incompatible) | :: 不相容 /bùxiāngróng/ |
| incompatible {adj} (impossible to coexist; irreconcilable) | :: 不兼容的 /bù jiānróng de/, 不相容的 /bù xiāngróng de/ |
| incomplete {adj} (not complete) | :: 不完整的 /bù wánzhěng de/, 不完全的 /bù wánquán de/ |
| incomplete {adj} (wanting floral organs) | :: 不完全的 /bù wánquán de/ |
| incomplete sentence {n} (a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)) | :: 不完整的句子 /bù wánzhěng de jùzi/ |
| incomprehensible {adj} (impossible or very difficult to understand) | :: 難以理解的, 难以理解的 /nányǐ lǐjiě de/, 費解的, 费解的 /fèijiě de/ |
| inconceivable {adj} (unable to be conceived, unbelievable) | :: 不可思議, 不可思议 /bùkěsīyì/, 難以置信, 难以置信 /nányǐzhìxìn/ |
| inconsiderate {adj} (not considerate of others) | :: 不體貼, 不体贴 /bù tǐtiē/ |
| inconsistent {adj} (not consistent) | :: 不一致的 /bù yīzhì de/ |
| incontinence {n} (lack of self-restraint) | :: 無節制, 无节制 /wú jiézhì/ |
| incontinence {n} (inability to restrain discharge) | :: 失禁 /shījìn/ |
| incontinence diaper {n} (impenetrable sheet) SEE: incontinence pad | :: |
| incontinence pad {n} (impenetrable sheet) | :: 失禁墊, 失禁垫 /shījìndiàn/ |
| incontrovertibly {adv} (in incontrovertible manner) | :: 无可争议地 /wú kě zhēngyì de/ |
| inconvenience {n} (something inconvenient or bothering) | :: 不便 /bùbiàn/, 不方便 /bùfāngbiàn/, 麻煩, 麻烦 /máfan/ |
| inconvenient {adj} (not convenient) | :: 不方便 /bùfāngbiàn/, 不便 /bùbiàn/ |
| incorporate {v} (include as a part or ingredient) | :: 组成, 组成 |
| incorrect {adj} (erroneous) | :: 不對, 不对 (bù duì), 不正確, 不正确 (bù zhèngquè) |
| incorrectly {adv} (in an incorrect manner) | :: 不正確, 不正确 /bùzhèngquè/ |
| Incoterm {n} (international sales terms) | :: 國際商業用語, 国际商业用语 /guójì shāngyè yòngyǔ/ |
| increase {v} (become larger) | :: 增加 /zēngjiā/, 增長, 增长 /zēngzhǎng/, 增大 /zēngdà/ |
| increase {v} (make larger) | :: 增加 /zēngjiā/, 增長, 增长 /zēngzhǎng/, 增大 /zēngdà/ |
| increase {n} (increased amount) | :: 增加 /zēngjiā/, 增大 /zēngdà/, 增長, 增长 /zēngzhǎng/, 增幅 /zēngfú/ |
| increase {n} (act of becoming larger) | :: 增加 /zēngjiā/, 增大 /zēngdà/ |
| incredible {adj} (too implausible to be credible) | :: 難以置信, 难以置信 /nányǐzhìxìn/ |
| incredible {adj} (marvellous) | :: 驚人的, 惊人的 /jīngrén de/, 了不起 /liǎobùqǐ/ |
| incredulous {adj} (Skeptical, disbelieving) | :: 可疑的 |
| incubate {v} (To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue) | :: 孵化 |
| incubate {v} (To incubate metaphorically) | :: 潜伏 |
| incubation {n} (sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young) | :: 孵化 /fūhuà/ |
| incubation period {n} (time between exposure and symptoms) | :: 疾病潛伏期, 疾病潜伏期 /jíbìng qiánfúqī/ |
| incubator {n} (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby) | :: 保育器 /bǎoyùqì/, 育嬰箱, 育婴箱 /yùyīngxiāng/ |
| incubator {n} (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs) | :: 孵化器 /fūhuàqì/ |
| incubator {n} (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature) | :: 恆溫器, 恒温器 /héngwēnqì/ |
| incubus {n} (an evil spirit) | :: 惡魔, 恶魔 /èmó/ |
| incubus {n} (a nightmare) | :: 夢魘, 梦魇 /mèngyǎn/ |
| incunabulum {n} (book, sheet or image) | :: 古版書, 古版书 /gǔbǎnshū/ |
| incurable {adj} (unable to be cured) | :: 醫不好的, 医不好的 /yībùhǎo de/, 不可救藥的, 不可救药的 /bùkě jiùyào de/ |
| incus {n} (anvil) SEE: anvil | :: |
| indazole {n} (organic compound) | :: 吲唑 /yǐnzuò/ |
| indecent {adj} (offensive to good taste) | :: 不體面, 不体面 /bùtǐmiàn/ |
| indecent {adj} (not in keeping with conventional moral values) | :: 非禮, 非礼 /fēilǐ/ |
| indecent assault {n} (unwanted sexual contact) | :: 非禮, 非礼 /fēilǐ/ |
| indecent exposure {n} (the intentional exposure of the genitals or female nipples in public) | :: 有傷風化的暴露, 有伤风化的暴露 /yǒushāng fēnghuà de bàolù/, 猥褻性暴露, 猥亵性暴露 /wěixièxìng bàolù/ |
| indecision {n} (inability to decide on a course of action) | :: 優柔寡斷, 优柔寡断 /yōuróuguǎduàn/ |
| indecisive {adj} (not decisive) | :: 優柔寡斷的, 优柔寡断的 /yōuróuguǎduàn de/, 猶豫不決的, 犹豫不决的 /yóuyùbùjué de/ |
| indecisiveness {n} (condition of being indecisive) SEE: indecision | :: |
| indeclinable {adj} (not declinable) | :: 不变格的 /bù biàn gé de/ |
| indeed {adv} (modal: truly; in fact; actually) | :: 的確, 的确 /díquè/, 確實, 确实 /quèshí/, 事實上, 事实上 /shìshíshàng/, 實際上, 实际上 /shíjìshàng/ |
| indeed {interj} (indication of agreement) | :: 就是 /jiùshì/, 確實, 确实 /quèshí/ |
| indefatigable {adj} (extremely persistent and untiring) | :: 不倦 /bùjuàn/ |
| indefinite {adj} (an integral without specified limits) | :: 不定 |
| indefinite article {n} (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) | :: 不定冠詞, 不定冠词 /bùdìng guàncí/ |
| indefinite integral {n} (antiderivative) | :: 不定積分, 不定积分 /bùdìng jīfēn/ |
| indefinite pronoun {n} (Pronoun not specifying the identity of its referent) | :: 不定代名詞, 不定代名词 /bùdìng dàimíngcí/ |
| indehiscent {adj} (botany) | :: 不開裂的 /bù kāi liè de/ |
| in demand {adj} (sought-after) | :: 搶手, 抢手 /qiǎngshoǔ/, 有需要的 /yǒu xūyào de/ |
| indemnification {n} ((law) indemnity) SEE: indemnity | :: |
| indemnity {n} (repayment) | :: 赔款 |
| indene {n} (byciclic hydrocarbon) | :: 茚 /yìn/ |
| indentation {n} (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line) | :: 缩进 /suōjìn/ |
| indentured servant {n} (debt bondage worker) | :: 契約傭工, 契约佣工 /qìyuē yōnggōng/, 契約傭僕, 契约佣仆 /qìyuē yōngpū/, 契約奴, 契约奴 /qìyuēnú/, 白奴 /báinú/ |
| independence {n} (state or quality of being independent) | :: 獨立, 独立 /dúlì/ |
| Independence Day {n} (annual celebration) | :: 獨立日, 独立日 /dúlì-rì/ |
| Independence Day {prop} (holiday) | :: 獨立日, 独立日 /Dúlì-Rì/ |
| independent {adj} (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) | :: 獨立, 独立 /dúlì/ |
| independent clause {n} (grammar: clause that can stand alone) SEE: main clause | :: |
| independent contractor {n} (person working independently) | :: 獨立承包人, 独立承包人 /dúlì chéngbāorén/, 獨立承包商, 独立承包商 /dúlì chéngbāoshāng/ |
| independently {adv} (in an independent manner) | :: 獨立地, 独立地 /dúlì de/, 自立地 /zìlì de/ |
| in depth {prep} (thorough, comprehensive) SEE: in-depth | :: |
| in-depth {adj} (thorough, comprehensive) | :: 深入的 /shēnrù de/ |
| indescribable {adj} (impossible, or very difficult to describe) | :: 無法形容, 无法形容 /wúfǎ xíngróng/, 不可名狀, 不可名状 /bùkěmíngzhuàng/ |
| in detail {adv} (with all particulars) | :: 詳細地, 详细地 /xiángxì de/, 詳盡地, 详尽地 /xiángjìn de/ |
| index {n} (alphabetical listing of items) | :: 索引 /suǒyǐn/, 引得 /yǐndé/ |
| index {n} (economics: single number calculated from an array of prices or quantities) | :: 指數, 指数 /zhǐshù/ |
| index {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| index {v} (to take stock) SEE: inventory | :: |
| index {n} (prologue) SEE: prologue | :: |
| index finger {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| India {prop} (the country) | :: 印度 /Yìndù/ |
| India {prop} (Bharat) SEE: Bharat | :: |
| Indian {adj} (of or pertaining to India) | :: 印度 /Yìndù/ |
| Indian {n} (a person from India) | :: 印度人 /Yìndù-rén/ |
| Indian {n} (individual of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas) | :: 印第安人 /Yìndì'ān rén//印第安人 /yìndì'ānrén/, 印第安 /yìndì'ān/, 美洲印第安人 /Měizhōu yìndì'ānrén/ |
| Indiana {prop} (US state) | :: 印第安納州, 印第安纳州 /Yìndì'ānnà zhōu/, 印州 /Yìnzhōu/ |
| Indianapolis {prop} (capital of the State of Indiana, USA) | :: 印第安納波利斯 |
| Indian black-lored tit {n} (Machlolophus aplonotus) | :: 印度眼纹黄山雀 |
| Indian coral tree {n} (Erythrina variegata) | :: 刺桐 /cìtóng/ |
| Indian fig {n} (prickly pear) SEE: prickly pear | :: |
| Indian mulberry {n} (Morinda citrifolia) | :: 橘叶鸡眼藤 /júyè jīyǎnténg/, 橘葉雞眼藤 |
| Indian myna {n} | :: 家八哥 /jiābāgē/ |
| Indian Ocean {prop} (the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica) | :: 印度洋 /Yìndùyáng/ |
| Indian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula located within the southern tip of India) | :: 印度半島, 印度半岛 /Yìndù Bàndǎo/ |
| Indic {prop} (the Indic language group) SEE: Indo-Aryan | :: |
| indicate {v} (to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known) | :: 表明 /biǎomíng/, 表示 /biǎoshì/, 指示 /zhǐshì/, 預示, 预示 /yùshì/ |
| indicate {v} (to show or manifest by symptoms) | :: 表示 /biǎoshì/, 暗示 /ànshì/ |
| indicate {v} (to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left) | :: 指示 /zhǐshì/ |
| indicate {v} (to investigate the condition or power of) | :: 指示 /zhǐshì/ |
| indication {n} (that which serves to indicate or point out) | :: 指示 /zhǐshì/ |
| indicative {n} (the indicative mood) | :: 陈述语气 |
| indicative mood {n} (indicative mood) | :: 直陳語氣, 直陈语气 /zhíchén yǔqì/ |
| indicator {n} (pointer) | :: 指示符 /zhǐshìfú/ |
| indicator {n} (needle or dial on a meter) | :: 指針, 指针 /zhǐzhēn/ |
| indicator {n} (turn signal) | :: 方向燈, 方向灯 /fāngxiàngdēng/, 指揮燈, 指挥灯 /zhǐhuīdēng/, 方向指示燈, 方向指示灯 /fāngxiàng zhǐshìdēng/ |
| indict {v} (to make a formal accusation or indictment) | :: 起訴, 起诉 /qǐsù/ |
| indictable offence {n} (offence which can only be tried on an indictment) | :: 可訴訟罪, 可诉讼罪 /kěsùsòngzuì/, 可檢控罪, 可检控罪 /kějiǎnkòngzuì/ |
| indictment {n} (criminal accusation) | :: 起訴, 起诉 /qǐsù/ |
| Indies {prop} (West Indies) SEE: West Indies | :: |
| indifference {n} (the state of being indifferent) | :: 不關心, 不关心 /bùguānxīn/, 冷淡 /lěngdàn/ |
| indifferent {adj} (not caring) | :: 冷漠 /lěngmò/, 冷淡 /lěngdàn/ |
| indigenous {adj} (born or engendered in, native to a land or region) | :: 在地的 |
| indigestion {n} (condition caused by eating too quickly) | :: 消化不良 /xiāohuà bùliáng/ |
| indign {adj} (unworthy) SEE: unworthy | :: |
| indign {adj} (disgraceful) SEE: disgraceful | :: |
| indignation {n} (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) | :: 憤慨, 愤慨 /fènkǎi/ |
| indignation {n} (self-righteous anger or disgust) | :: 義憤, 义愤 /yìfèn/, 義憤填膺 /yìfèntiányīng/ |
| indigo {n} (colour) | :: 靛青 /diànqīng/, 靛藍, 靛蓝 /diànlán/ |
| indigo {n} (dye) | :: 靛青 /diànqīng/, 靛藍, 靛蓝 /diànlán/ |
| indigo {adj} (colour) | :: 靛藍, 靛蓝 /diànlán/, 靛青 /diànqīng/ |
| indirect object {n} (grammatical term) | :: 間接賓語, 间接宾语 /jiànjiē bīnyǔ/ |
| indirect speech {n} (reported speech) SEE: reported speech | :: |
| indiscreet {adj} (not discreet; wanting in discretion) | :: 不謹慎的, 不谨慎的 /bùjǐnshènde/ |
| indiscriminate {adj} (Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless) | :: 盲目 /máng mù/瞎眼 /xiā yǎn/饥不择食 /jī bù zé shí/不分青红皂白 /bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái/ |
| indispensable {adj} (not subject to exemption) | :: 必不可少的 |
| indispensable {adj} (absolutely necessary) | :: 必要的 |
| indisputable {adj} (not disputable) | :: 無可爭辯的, 无可争辩的 /wúkě zhēngbiàn de/ |
| indissoluble {adj} (indestructable) | :: 不解 /bùjiě/ |
| indium {n} (metallic chemical element) | :: 銦 /yīn/ |
| individual {n} (person considered alone) | :: 個體, 个体 /gètǐ/, 個人, 个人 /gèrén/, 私人 /sīrén/ |
| individual {adj} (relating to a single person or thing) | :: 單個, 单个 /dāngè/, 獨個, 独个 /dúgè/ |
| individual {adj} (intended for a single person) | :: 個別, 个别 /gèbié/ |
| individualism {n} (tendency for a person to act without reference to others) | :: 個人主義, 个人主义 /gèrénzhǔyì/ |
| individualism {n} (moral stance) | :: 個人主義, 个人主义 /gèrénzhǔyì/ |
| individuality {n} (person) SEE: person | :: |
| Indo- {prefix} (Relating to India or Indian) | :: 印 /Yìn-/ |
| Indo-Aryan {prop} (family of languages) | :: 印度-雅利安語, 印度-雅利安语 /Yìndù-Yǎlì'ān-yǔ/ |
| Indochina {prop} (part of Southeast Asia) | :: 中南半島, 中南半岛 /Zhōngnán bàndǎo/, 印度支那 /Yìndù-Zhīnà/, 中印半島, 中印半岛 /Zhōng-Yìn bàndǎo/, 印支 /Yìn-Zhī/ [short form] |
| indoctrinate {v} (teach) SEE: teach | :: |
| indoctrinate {v} (teach with a biased or one-sided ideology) | :: [to impart; to instill] 向……灌輸, 向……灌输 /xiàng... guànshū/, [to brainwash] 洗腦, 洗脑 /xǐnǎo/ |
| indoctrination {n} (act of indoctrinating) | :: [imparting; instilling] 灌輸, 灌输 /guànshū/, [brainwashing] 洗腦, 洗脑 /xǐnǎo/ |
| indoctrinational {adj} (related to indoctrination) | :: [related to imparting; related to instilling] 灌輸的, 灌输的 /guànshū de/, [related to brainwashing] 洗腦的, 洗脑的 /xǐnǎo/ |
| Indo-European {adj} (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) | :: 印歐, 印欧 /Yìn-Ōu/ |
| Indo-European studies {n} (academic discipline) | :: 印歐學, 印欧学 /Yìn-Ōuxué/ |
| indole {n} (organic compound) | :: 吲哚 /yǐnduǒ/ |
| Indology {n} (academic study of India) | :: 印度學, 印度学 /yìndùxué/ |
| indomitable {adj} (incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished) | :: 不屈不撓, 不屈不挠 /bùqūbùnáo/, 頑強, 顽强 /wánqiáng/ |
| Indonesia {prop} (country) | :: 印度尼西亞, 印度尼西亚 /Yìndùníxīyà/, 印尼 /Yìnní/ |
| Indonesian {adj} (referring to Indonesia) | :: 印度尼西的, 印度尼西亚的 /Yìndùníxīyà de/, 印尼的 /Yìnní de/ |
| Indonesian {n} (person) | :: 印度尼西亞人, 印度尼西亚人 /yìndùníxīyàrén/, 印尼人 /yìnnírén/ |
| Indonesian {n} (language) | :: 印度尼西亞語, 印度尼西亚语 /yìndùníxīyàyǔ/, 印尼語, 印尼语 /Yìnní yǔ/ |
| indoor {adj} (situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within the interior of a building) | :: 室內的, 室内的 /shìnèi de/ |
| indoors {adv} (in or into a building) | :: 室內, 室内 /shìnèi/ |
| Indore {prop} (city in India) | :: 印多爾, 印多尔 /Yìnduō'ěr/ |
| Indra {prop} (Hindu god) | :: 帝释天 /dìshìtiān/ |
| indri {n} (Indri indri) | :: 大狐猴 /dàhúhóu/ |
| indubitably {adv} (Undoubtedly; unquestionably) | :: 毫無疑問, 毫无疑问 /háowúyíwèn/ |
| induced abortion {n} (procedure that terminates pregnancy by removing the fetus) SEE: abortion | :: |
| inductance {n} (property) | :: 电感 |
| indulge {v} (to satisfy the wishes or whims of) | :: 放縱, 放纵 /fàngzòng/, 放任 /fàngrèn/, 姑息 /gūxī/, 寬縱, 宽纵 /kuānzòng/ |
| in duplicate {prep} (existing with a copy) | :: 一式貳份, 一式贰份 /yīshì èrfèn/ |
| Indus {prop} (the river) | :: 印度河 /Yìndù Hé/ |
| industrial design {n} (process) | :: 工業設計, 工业设计 /gōngyè shèjì/ |
| industrial espionage {n} (use of clandestine methods to acquire secret information for commercial advantage) | :: 商業間諜活動, 商业间谍活动 /shāngyè jiàndié huódòng/, 工業間諜活動, 商业间谍活动 /gōngyè jiàndié huódòng/ |
| industrialist {n} (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) | :: 實業家, 实业家 /shíyèjiā/ |
| industrialization {n} (process of social and economic change) | :: 工業化, 工业化 /gōngyèhuà/, 產業化, 产业化 /chǎnyèhuà/, 事業化, 事业化 /shìyèhuà/ |
| industrial output {n} (what an industry produces) | :: 工業産值, 工业产值 /gōngyè chǎnzhí/ |
| industrial park {n} (an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development) | :: 工業園區, 工业园区 /gōngyè yuánqū/ |
| industrial peace {n} (absence of industrial action) | :: 產業和平, 产业和平 /chǎnyè hépíng/ |
| industrial relations {n} (relationship between management and workers) | :: 勞資關係, 劳资关系 /láozī guānxi/ |
| Industrial Revolution {prop} (major technological change in the late 18th and early 19th century) | :: 工業革命, 工业革命 /gōngyè gémìng/ |
| industrious {adj} (hard-working and persistent) | :: 刻苦 /kèkǔ/, 耐勞, 耐劳 /nàiláo/, 努力 /nǔlì/, 勤奮 /qínfèn/, 勤勞, 勤劳 /qínláo/, 勤勉 /qínmiǎn/ |
| industry {n} (tendency to work persistently) | :: 勤勉 /qínmiǎn/ |
| industry {n} (businesses of the same type) | :: 工業, 工业 /gōngyè/, 產業, 产业 /chǎnyè/ |
| industry {n} (businesses that produce goods) | :: 工業, 工业 /gōngyè/, 產業, 产业 /chǎnyè/ |
| Indus Valley Civilization {prop} (ancient civilization) | :: 印度河流域文明 /Yìndù hé liúyù wénmíng/ |
| indweller {n} (inhabitant) SEE: inhabitant | :: |
| inebriation {n} (state or characteristic of drunkenness) | :: 醉，陶醉，迷醉 |
| inedible {adj} (not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat) | :: 不能吃的 /bù néng chī de/, 不宜食用的 /bùyí shíyòng de/ |
| I need ... {phrase} (I need ... (something)) | :: 我需要... /wǒ xūyào .../ |
| I need to vomit {phrase} (I need to vomit) | :: 我想吐 /wǒ xiǎng tù/ |
| ineffective {adj} (not having the desired effect; ineffectual) | :: 无效果的 |
| ineffective {adj} (lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate) | :: 缺乏能力的 |
| inefficient {adj} | :: 无结果 (wú jié guǒ) |
| ineligible {adj} (not eligible; forbidden to do something) | :: 沒有資格的 /méiyǒu zīgé de/, 不合格的 /bù hégé de/ |
| inept {adj} (not able to do something) | :: 無能的 /wúnéng de/, 笨拙的 /bènzhuō de/ |
| inept {adj} (unfit, unsuitable) | :: 不適當的 /bùshìdàng de/ |
| inequality {n} (unfair, not equal, state) | :: 不平等 /bùpíngděng/ |
| inequality {n} (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) | :: 不等式 /bùděngshì/ |
| inequation {n} (a statement that two expressions are not the same) SEE: inequality | :: |
| ineradicable {adj} (incapable of being eradicated) | :: 不能根除的 /bùnéng gēnchú de/, 根深蒂固的 /gēnshēndìgù de/ |
| inert gas {n} (noble gas) SEE: noble gas | :: |
| inert gas {n} | :: 鈍氣, 钝气 /dùnqì/, 惰性氣體, 惰性气体 /duòxìng qìtǐ/ |
| inertia {n} (in physics) | :: 慣性, 惯性 /guànxìng/ |
| inertial frame of reference {n} (frame of reference) | :: 慣性參照系, 惯性参照系 /guànxìng cānzhàoxì/ |
| in essence {prep} (essentially) SEE: essentially | :: |
| inessive {n} (inessive case) | :: 內格, 内格 /nèigé/ |
| inessive {n} | :: 向格 /zàinèigé/ - |
| inessive case {n} (case used to indicate location inside something) SEE: inessive | :: |
| inevitable {adj} (impossible to avoid or prevent) | :: 不可避免 /bùkě bìmiǎn/, 總會, 总会 /zǒnghuì/, 無可避免, 无可避免 /wúkě bìmiǎn/ |
| inevitably {adv} (in a manner that this impossible to avoid) | :: 必將, 必将 /bìjiāng/, 必然 /bìrán/, 不可避免地 /bùkě bìmiǎn de/ |
| inexistent {adj} (nonexistent) SEE: nonexistent | :: |
| inexpensive {adj} (low in price) | :: 低廉 /dīlián/, 便宜 /piányi/ |
| inexperienced {adj} (not experienced) | :: 沒經驗, 没经验 /méijīngyàn/ |
| inexplicable {adj} (impossible to explain) | :: 不能說明的, 不能说明的 /bùnéng shuōmíng de/ |
| inexpugnable {adj} (impregnable, unconquerable) | :: 不能攻占的 /bùnéng gōngzhàn de/, 堅不可摧 /jiānbùkěcuī/ |
| in fact {prep} (actually, in truth) | :: 事實上, 事实上 /shìshíshàng/, 其實, 其实 /qíshí/ |
| infallibility {n} (the ability to never make a mistake) | :: 無錯誤, 无错误 /wúcuòwù/ |
| infallible {adj} (without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy) | :: 萬無一失, 万无一失 /wànwúyīshī/ |
| infamous {adj} (having a bad reputation) | :: 臭名昭著 /chòumíngzhāozhù/ |
| infamous {adj} (disgraceful) | :: 不光彩 /bùguāngcǎi/ |
| infamy {n} (the state of being infamous) | :: 罵名, 骂名 /màmíng/, 污名 /wūmíng/ |
| infant {n} (very young human being) | :: 嬰兒, 婴儿 /yīngr/ |
| infanteer {n} (soldier) SEE: infantryman | :: |
| infant formula {n} (food simulating human milk) | :: 嬰兒配方奶粉, 婴儿配方奶粉 /yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn/ |
| infanticide {n} (the murder of an infant) | :: 殺嬰, 杀婴 /shāyīng/ |
| infantilism {n} (emotional dependency) | :: 幼稚病 /yòuzhìbìng/, 幼稚症 /yòuzhìzhèng/, 幼稚化 /yòuzhìhuà/ |
| infantilism {n} (sexual dependency) | :: 幼稚病 /yòuzhìbìng/, 幼稚症 /yòuzhìzhèng/, 幼稚化 /yòuzhìhuà/ |
| infant mortality rate {n} (number of deaths among infants) | :: 嬰兒死亡率, 婴儿死亡率 /yīng'ér sǐwánglǜ/ |
| infantry {n} (soldiers who fight on foot) | :: 步兵 /bùbīng/ |
| infantryman {n} (soldier who fights on foot) | :: 步兵 /bùbīng/, 步卒 /bùzú/ |
| infarct {n} (area of dead tissue) | :: 梗塞 /gěngsè/ |
| infarction {n} (infarct) SEE: infarct | :: |
| in fashion {adj} (fashionable) SEE: fashionable | :: |
| infatuation {n} (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates) | :: 迷戀, 迷恋 /míliàn/ |
| in favor of {prep} (in support of) | :: 贊成, 赞成 /zànchéng/ [be in favor of ...], 支持 /zhīchí/ [be in favor of ...] |
| infect {v} (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness) | :: 傳染, 传染 /chuánrǎn/, 感染 /gǎnrǎn/ |
| infect {v} (to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion) | :: 感染 /gǎnrǎn/ |
| infection {n} (the process of infecting) | :: 傳染, 传染 /chuánrǎn/ |
| infection {n} (uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host) | :: 感染 /gǎnrǎn/ |
| infectious disease {n} (disease) | :: 傳染病, 传染病 /chuánrǎnbìng/ |
| infectious disease {n} (medical specialty) | :: 傳染病學, 传染病学 /chuánrǎnbìngxué/ |
| infectious disease specialist {n} (specialist) | :: 傳染病專家, 传染病专家 /chuánrǎnbìng zhuānjiā/ |
| infectiousness {n} (state or condition of being infectious) | :: 傳染性, 传染性 /chuánrǎn xìng/ |
| inferential statistics {n} (branch of statistics) | :: 推論統計, 推论统计 /tuīlùn tǒngjì/ |
| inferior {adj} (of lower quality) | :: 低劣 |
| inferior {adj} (of lower rank) | :: 低賤 /dījiàn/ |
| inferior {n} | :: 下等 /xiàděng/ |
| inferiority {n} (quality of being inferior) | :: 劣勢, 低劣 |
| inferiority complex {n} (a sense of inferiority) | :: 自卑感 /zìbēigǎn/, 自卑情結, 自卑情结 /zìbēi qíngjié/, 劣等感 /lièděnggǎn/, 妄自菲薄 /wàngzìfěibó/ |
| inferno {n} (place or situation resembling Hell) | :: 地獄, 地狱 /dìyù/ |
| infertile {adj} (not fertile) | :: 瘠薄 /jíbó/, 不毛 /bùmáo/, [unable to reproduce] 不生育的 /bù shēngyù de/, 不孕 /bùyùn/ |
| infertility {n} (condition of being infertile - soil, etc) | :: 貧瘠, 贫瘠 /pínjí/, 不毛 /bùmáo/, 不肥沃 /bù féiwò/ |
| infertility {n} (inability to conceive - people and animals) | :: 不孕 /bùyùn/, 不孕症 /bùyùnzhèng/, 無生育能力, 无生育能力 /wú shēngyù nénglì/ |
| infidel {n} (non-believer) | :: 不信神的 /bù xìnshén de/ |
| infidelity {n} (unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation) | :: 異心 /yìxīn/, 不貞, 不贞 /bùzhēn/ |
| infighting {n} (fighting/quarreling among group members) | :: 火併 /huǒbìng/ |
| infinite {adj} (boundless, endless) | :: 無窮, 无穷 /wúqióng/, 無限, 无限 /wúxiàn/ |
| infinite {adj} | :: 无限 /wú xiàn/ |
| infinitive {n} (uninflected verb form) | :: 不定詞, 不定词 /bùdìngcí/ |
| infinity {n} (endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit) | :: 無限, 无限 /wúxiàn/ |
| infirmary {n} (place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital) | :: 醫院, 医院 /yīyuàn/ |
| infirmary {n} (clinic or dispensary within another institution) | :: 醫務室, 医务室 /yīwùshì/ |
| infix {n} (morpheme inserted into word) | :: 中綴, 中缀 /zhōngzhuì/ |
| inflammable {adj} (capable of burning, see also: flammable) | :: 易燃的 /yìrán de/ |
| inflammation {n} (act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed) | :: 引燃 /yǐnrán/ |
| inflammation {n} (medical condition) | :: 炎症 /yánzhèng/ |
| inflammatory {adj} (tending to inflame or provoke) | :: 激發性, 激发性 /jīfāxìng/ |
| inflatable {adj} (able to be inflated) | :: 充氣的, 充气的 /chōngqì de/ |
| inflatable {n} (boat that may be inflated) | :: 充氣船, 充气船 /chōngqìchuán/ |
| inflate {v} (to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) | :: 充氣, 充气 /chōngqì/ |
| inflate {v} (to enlarge a volume) | :: 膨脹, 膨胀 /péngzhàng/ |
| inflate {v} | :: 擴張, 扩张 /kuòzhāng/, 打气, 打氣 /dǎqì/ |
| inflation {n} (increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living) | :: 通貨膨脹, 通货膨胀 /tōnghuòpéngzhàng/ |
| inflection {n} (change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function) | :: 詞形變化, 词形变化 /cí xíng biànhuà/ |
| inflexible {adj} (stiff, rigid) | :: 呆板 /dāibǎn/ |
| inflexible {adj} (obstinate, stubborn) | :: 固執, 固执 /gùzhí, gùzhi/ |
| inflorescence {n} (flower cluster) | :: 花序 /huāxù/ |
| inflow {n} (a flow in) | :: 流入 /liúrù/ |
| influence {n} (power to affect, control or manipulate) | :: 影響, 影响 /yǐngxiǎng/ |
| influence {n} (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change) | :: 影響, 影响 /yǐngxiǎng/ |
| influence {v} (transitive: to exert an influence upon) | :: 影響, 影响 /yǐngxiǎng/ |
| influence {v} (intransitive: to exert influence) | :: 影響, 影响 /yǐngxiǎng/ |
| influencer {n} (That which influences) | :: 意见领袖, 影响因子 |
| influential {adj} (having considerable influence) | :: 有影響, 有影响 /yǒu yǐngxiǎng/, 有影響力, 有影响力 /yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì/ |
| influenza {n} (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) | :: 流行性感冒 /liúxíngxìng-gǎnmào/, 流感 /liúgǎn/ |
| in for a penny, in for a pound {proverb} (Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof) | :: 一不做，二不休 /yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū/ |
| inform {v} (to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)) | :: 通知 /tōngzhī/, 告知 /gàozhī/ |
| inform {v} (instruct) SEE: instruct | :: |
| informal {adj} (not formal or ceremonious) | :: 非正式 /fēizhèngshì/ |
| informal {adj} (not in accord with the usual regulations) | :: 非正式 /fēizhèngshì/ |
| informal {adj} (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage) | :: 俗 /sú/ |
| informant {n} (one who relays confidential information) | :: 提供消息的人 (tígōng xiāoxī de rén), 告密者 /gàomìzhě/, 線人, 线人 /xiànrén/ |
| informatics {n} (branch of information science) | :: 信息學, 信息学 /xìnxīxué/, [Taiwan] 資訊學, 资讯学 /zīxùnxué/ |
| information {n} (communicable knowledge) | :: 信息 /xìnxī/, 資訊, 资讯 /zīxùn/, 情報, 情报 /qíngbào/ |
| Information Age {prop} (current era) | :: 信息時代, 信息时代 /xìnxī shídài/ |
| information entropy {n} | :: 信息熵, 資訊熵 |
| information retrieval {n} (science of searching) | :: 信息檢索, 信息检索 /xìnxī jiǎnsuǒ/, 資訊檢索, 资讯检索 /zīxùn jiǎnsuǒ/ |
| information science {n} (science) | :: 信息科學, 信息科学 /xìnxī kēxué/, 信息學, 信息学 /xìnxīxué/, 情報學, 情报学 /qíngbàoxué/, 資訊科學, 资讯科学 /zīxùn kēxué/, 資訊學, 资讯学 /zīxùnxué/ |
| information security {n} (protection of information and information systems) | :: 信息安全 /xìnxī ānquán/ |
| information society {n} (society where information is a significant activity) | :: 信息社會, 信息社会 /xìnxī shèhuì/, 資訊社會, 资讯社会 /zīxùn shèhuì/ |
| information symmetry {n} (condition) | :: 信息對稱, 信息对称 /xìnxī duìchèn/ |
| information system {n} (data processing system) | :: 信息系統, 信息系统 /xìnxī xìtǒng, xìnxí xìtǒng/, 資訊系統, 资讯系统 /zīxùn xìtǒng/ |
| information system {n} (telecommunications system) | :: 信息系統, 信息系统 /xìnxī xìtǒng, xìnxí xìtǒng/, 資訊系統, 资讯系统 /zīxùn xìtǒng/ |
| information technology {n} (the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications) | :: 信息技術, 信息技术 /xìnxī jìshù/, 資訊技術, 资讯技术 /zīxùn jìshù/, 情報技術, 情报技术 /qíngbào jìshù/, 資訊科技, 資訊科技 /zīxùn kējì/ |
| information theory {n} (branch of applied mathematics) | :: 資訊理論, 资讯理论 /zīxùn lǐlùn/, 信息論, 信息论 /xìnxīlùn, xìnxílùn/ |
| information warfare {n} (use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent) | :: 信息戰, 信息战 /xìnxī zhàn/ |
| informatisation {n} (computerization) SEE: computerization | :: |
| in for the kill {adj} (intending to kill or destroy) | :: 意欲殺害, 意欲杀害 /yìyù shāhài/ |
| infowar {n} (information warfare) SEE: information warfare | :: |
| infraction {n} (petty crime) | :: 违规 |
| infraction {n} (violation) | :: 违规 |
| infrared {n} (infrared radiation) | :: 紅外線, 红外线 /hóngwàixiàn/ |
| infrared {adj} (having the wavelength in the infrared) | :: 紅外, 红外 /hóngwài/ |
| infrasound {n} (low-frequency sound waves) | :: 次声波, 次声 |
| infrastructure {n} (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) | :: 基礎設施, 基础设施 /jīchǔ shèshī/ |
| infrastructure {n} (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) | :: 基礎設施, 基础设施 /jīchǔ shèshī/, 基建 /jījiàn/ |
| in front of {prep} (at or near the front part of) | :: ...面前 /...miànqián/ |
| in front of {prep} (in the presence of someone) | :: ...面前 /miànqián/ |
| in front of {prep} (located before (something else)) | :: ...面前 /... miànqián/ |
| in full swing {prep} (proceeding fully) | :: 正全面展开, 全力进行中 |
| infuse {v} (to steep in a liquid) | :: 泡 /pào/, 沏 /qiē/ |
| -ing {suffix} (act of doing something) | :: [with no suffix, verbs can be used as nouns] |
| -ing {suffix} (to form present participles) | :: 著, 着 /zhe/, 正在 /zhèngzài/ |
| in general {adv} (generally) SEE: generally | :: |
| ingenious {adj} (displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent) | :: 有发明才能的 |
| ingenious {adj} (characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived) | :: 聪明的 |
| ingenious {adj} (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious) | :: 热情的, 独创的 |
| ingenuity {n} (ability to come up with solutions to difficult problems) | :: 發明才能, 发明才能 /fāmíng cáinéng/, 創造力, 创造力 /chuàngzàolì/ |
| inglenook {n} (nook or corner beside an open fireplace) | :: 爐邊, 炉边 /lúbiān/ |
| ingot {n} (solid block of more or less pure metal) | :: 錠, 锭 /dìng/, 鑄塊, 铸块 /zhùkuài/ |
| ingrained {adj} | :: 根深蒂固的 /gēnshēndìgù de/ |
| ingratiate {v} (get someone's favor, especially through flattery) | :: 討好, 讨好 /tǎohǎo/, 奉承 /fèngchéng/ |
| ingredient {n} (substance present in a mixture) | :: [of a product] 成份 /chéngfèn/, [of a dish] 材料 /cáiliào/, ["element" - used when creating a metaphor] 因素 /yīnsù/, 成分 /chéngfèn/, 食材 /shícái/ |
| Ingushetia {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: 印古什 /Yìngǔshí/ |
| inhabitable {adj} (fit to live in) | :: 家居的 |
| inhabitant {n} (someone or thing who lives in a place) | :: 居民 /jūmín/, 居住者 /jūzhùzhě/ |
| inhalation {n} (the act of inhaling) | :: 吸入 /xīrù/ |
| inhale {v} (to draw air into the lungs) | :: 吸氣, 吸气 /xīqì/ |
| inhale {v} (to draw something into the nose or lungs) | :: 吸 /xī/, 吸入 /xīrù/ |
| inhaler {n} (canister containing medicine) | :: 吸入器 /xīrùqì/, 噴藥器, 喷药器 /pēnyàoqì/ |
| in half {prep} (fifty-fifty) SEE: fifty-fifty | :: |
| inharmonic {adj} (disharmonious) SEE: disharmonious | :: |
| inhere {v} (To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something) | :: 固有, 与生俱来 |
| inherent {adj} (natural part or consequence) | :: 固有 /gùyǒu/, 內在, 内在 /nèizài/ |
| inherently {adv} (inherently, innately) | :: 本质 /běnzhí/ |
| inherit {v} (to take possession of as a right) | :: 承受 |
| inherit {v} (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.) | :: 繼承, 继承 |
| inherit {v} (to receive a characteristic by genetic transmission) | :: 遗传 /yí chuán/ |
| inheritance {n} (passing of title) | :: 继承 |
| inheritance {n} (that which a person is entitled to inherit) | :: 遺產, 遗产 /yíchǎn/ |
| inheritance {n} (biological attributes passed to offspring) | :: 遗传 |
| inheritance {n} (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) | :: 继承 |
| inheritedness {n} (state of being inherited) | :: 繼承性, 继承性 /jìchéngxìng/, 遺傳性, 遗传性 /yíchuánxìng/ |
| inheritor {n} (heir) SEE: heir | :: |
| inhibit {v} (to hold in or hold back; to restrain) | :: 抑制 /yìzhì/ |
| in hiding {prep} (remaining hidden) | :: 隱藏, 隐藏 /yǐncáng/ |
| inhuman {adj} (of or pertaining to inhumanity) | :: 非人 /fēirén/ |
| inhumane {adj} (cruel and savage, not humane) | :: 不人道的 /bùréndào de/ |
| inhume {v} (To bury in a grave) | :: 埋葬 |
| inion {n} (small protuberance on the skull) | :: 枕外隆凸尖 |
| initial {n} (first letter of a word) | :: 頭文字, 头文字 /tóuwénzì/ |
| initial {n} (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter) | :: 首字放大 /shǒuzì fàngdà/ |
| initial {n} (first part of a syllable (onset)) | :: 聲母, 声母 /shēngmǔ/, 聲紐, 声纽 /shēngniǔ/, 音紐, 音纽 /yīnniǔ/, 紐, 纽 /niǔ/ |
| initial {v} (sign one's initial(s)) | :: 草簽, 草签 /cǎoqiān/ |
| initialism {n} (term pronounced letter by letter) | :: 首字母縮略詞, 首字母缩略词 /shǒuzìmǔ suōlüècí/ |
| initialization {n} (programming: assignment of initial value of variable) | :: 初始化 /chūshǐhuà/ |
| initialize {v} (to assign an initial value to a variable) | :: 初始化 /chūshǐhuà/ |
| initially {adv} (at the beginning) | :: 起初 /qǐchū/, 最初 /zuìchū/ |
| initial public offering {n} (first offering to members of the public of stock in a company) | :: 首次公開募股, 首次公开募股 /shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ/, 首次公開發行, 首次公开发行 /shǒucì gōngkāi fāxíng/ |
| initiate {n} (A new member of an organization) | :: 新成员 |
| initiate {v} | :: 伊始开始, 着手 |
| initiation {n} (act of initiating) | :: 开始, 发起 |
| initiation {n} (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society) | :: 入会仪式 |
| initiator {n} (one who initiates) | :: 创办者，发起人 |
| inject {v} (to push or pump something in) | :: 注射 /zhùshè/ |
| inject {v} (to introduce something suddenly or violently) | :: 增加 /zēngjiā/, 投入 /tóurù/ |
| injection {n} (act of injecting, or something injected) | :: 注射 /zhùshè/ |
| injunction {n} (an official writ) | :: 強制令 /qiáng zhì lìng/, 禁制令 /jìn zhì lìng/ |
| injury {n} (wound) SEE: wound | :: |
| injury {n} (damage or violation) | :: 受傷, 受伤 /shòushāng/, 負傷, 负伤 /fùshāng/ |
| injury time {n} (additional time played straight after each of the two halves) | :: 伤停补时 |
| injustice {n} (absence of justice) | :: 不平 /bùpíng/, 不公平 /bùgōngpíng/ |
| ink {n} (coloured fluid used for writing) | :: 墨水 /mòshuǐ/, 墨 /mò/ |
| ink {n} (dark fluid ejected by squid etc) | :: 墨魚汁, 墨鱼汁 /mòyúzhī/, 墨汁 /mòzhī/ [also means ink prepared from Chinese inkstick], 烏賊墨汁, 乌贼墨汁 /wūzéi mòzhī/ [Taiwan] |
| ink bottle {n} (inkwell) SEE: inkwell | :: |
| inkbrush {n} (brush used in Chinese calligraphy and painting) | :: 毛筆, 毛笔 /máobǐ/ |
| inkhorn {n} (small portable ink container) | :: 墨水壺, 墨水壶 /mòshuǐhú/ |
| inkhorn {n} (as adjective, of vocabulary: pedantic) | :: 文縐縐的, 文绉绉的 /wénzhōuzhōu de/, 晦澀的, 晦涩的 /huìsè de/ |
| in kind {adv} (with goods or services) | :: 以實物, 以实物 /yǐ shíwù/ |
| in kind {adv} (in a reciprocal manner) | :: 回敬, 回敬 |
| inkjet printer {n} (device that prints using droplets of ink) | :: 噴墨打印機, 喷墨打印机 /pēngmò dǎyìnjī/ |
| inkling {n} (desire, inclination) SEE: desire | :: |
| inkling {n} (slight hint, implication, or suggestion given) | :: 暗示 /ànshì/ [hint], 端倪 /duānní/ |
| inkpot {n} (inkwell) SEE: inkwell | :: |
| inkstick {n} (cake of solid ink) | :: 墨 /mò/, 墨條, 墨条 /mòtiáo/ |
| inkstone {n} (stone mortar) | :: 硯, 砚 /yàn/, 硯臺, 砚台 /yàntái/ |
| inkwell {n} (container for ink) | :: 墨水池 /mòshuǐchí/, 墨水瓶 /mòshuǐpíng/ |
| inland sea {n} (shallow expanse of water within a land mass) | :: 內海, 内海 /nèihǎi/ |
| in-law {n} (parent-in-law of one's child) | :: 親家, 亲家 /qìngjiā, qīngjiā/ |
| in-law {n} (father-in-law) SEE: father-in-law | :: |
| in-law {n} (mother-in-law) SEE: mother-in-law | :: |
| -in-law {suffix} (related through marriage) | :: [special words are used for common "-in-law" terms] |
| in layman's terms {prep} (phrased simply) | :: 通俗地说 |
| in lieu of {prep} (instead; in place of; as a substitute for) | :: 代替 |
| in light of {prep} (given, considering) | :: 依照 /yīzhào/, 鑒於, 鑑於, 鉴于 /jiànyú/, 比照 /bǐzhào/ |
| in-line skate {n} (roller skate with all wheels aligned) SEE: rollerblade | :: |
| in living memory {prep} (within extant people's recorded history) | :: 人們所記得的, 人们所记得的 /rénmen suǒ jìde de/, 人們記憶中, 人们记忆中 /rénmen jìyì zhōng/ |
| inmate {n} (one confined to institution, such as a prison) | :: 囚犯, 病人 |
| inmost {adj} (innermost) SEE: innermost | :: |
| in my opinion {prep} (according to me) | :: 對我來說, 对我来说 /duì wǒ lái shuō/, 依我看 /yī wǒ kàn/, 在我看來, 在我看来 /zài wǒ kàn lái/ |
| inn {n} (lodging) | :: 旅社 /lǚshè/, 客棧, 客栈 /kèzhàn/, 旅店 /lǚdiàn/ |
| inn {n} (tavern) SEE: tavern | :: |
| innate {adj} (inborn) | :: 固有 /gùyǒu/, 天生 /tiānshēng/, 先天 /xiāntiān/ |
| Inner Asia {prop} | :: 內亞, 内亚 /nèiyà/, 內陸亞洲, 内陆亚洲 /nèilù yàzhōu/ |
| inner child {n} (childlike aspect of a person's psyche) | :: 內在孩童, 内在孩童 /nèizài háitóng/ |
| inner core {n} (innermost part of the Earth) | :: 內核, 内核 /nèihé/ |
| inner ear {n} (anatomy) | :: 內耳, 内耳 /nèi'ěr/ |
| Inner Hebrides {prop} (islands of the Hebrides) | :: 內赫布里底群島, 内赫布里底群岛 /Nèi-Hèbùlǐdǐ Qúndǎo/ |
| Inner Mongolia {prop} (autonomous region in northern China) | :: 內蒙古, 内蒙古 /Nèi Měnggǔ/, 內蒙, 内蒙 /Nèiměng/ |
| innermost {adj} (farthest inside or towards the center or middle) | :: 隐秘 /yǐnmì/ |
| inning {n} (a period of play in baseball) | :: 一局 /yījú/ |
| innkeeper {n} (person responsible for the running of an inn) | :: 客棧老闆, 客栈老板 /kèzhàn lǎobǎn/ |
| innocent {adj} (pure, free from sin, untainted) | :: 無猜, 无猜 /wúcāi/ |
| innocent {adj} (not legally responsible for a wrongful act) | :: 無辜, 无辜 /wúgū/, 無罪, 无罪 /wúzuì/ |
| innocent {adj} (naive, artless) | :: 天真 /tiānzhēn/ |
| innocuous {adj} (harmless) | :: 无害的, 无伤大雅的 |
| innominate bone {n} (hip bone) SEE: hip bone | :: |
| in no small measure {adv} (to a very great extent) | :: 大大 /dàdà/ |
| in no uncertain terms {prep} (bluntly) | :: 清楚而有力的 /qīngchu ér yǒulì de/ |
| innovate {v} (to introduce something new) | :: 創新, 创新 /chuàngxīn/ |
| innovation {n} (act of innovating) | :: 革新 /géxīn/, [creation and innovation] 創新, 创新 /chuàngxīn/ |
| innovation {n} (something new) | :: 新方法 /xīn fāngfǎ/ |
| innuendo {n} (A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation) | :: 影射 /yǐng shè/ |
| innumerable {adj} (not capable of being counted) SEE: countless | :: |
| inoffensive {adj} (not offensive) | :: 觸犯人的, 触犯人的 /bù chùfàn rén de/ |
| inoffensive {adj} (harmless) | :: 無害的, 无害的 /wúhài de/ |
| in one's book {prep} (in one's opinion) SEE: in one's opinion | :: |
| in one's opinion {prep} (according to one's thinking) | :: 對……來說, 对……来说 /duì ... láishuō/ |
| in order {adv} (for the purpose of) SEE: in order to | :: |
| in order that {conj} (so that) | :: 以便 /yǐbiàn/ |
| in order to {phrase} (as a means of achieving the specified aim) | :: 為了, 为了 /wèile/, 以便 /yǐbiàn/, 用以 /yòngyǐ/ |
| inorganic {adj} (relating to a compound that does not contain carbon) | :: 無機, 无机 /wújī/ |
| inorganic chemistry {n} (chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds) | :: 無機化學, 无机化学 /wújī huàxué/ |
| inorganic compound {n} (compound without carbon atoms) | :: 無機化合物, 无机化合物 /wújī huàhéwù/ |
| in other words {prep} (stated or interpreted another way) | :: 換句話說, 换句话说 /huànjùhuàshuō/, 就是說, 就是说 /jiùshìshuō/ |
| in particular {adv} (especially, individually or specifically) | :: 尤其, 特别, 特別 |
| in passing {prep} (incidentally) | :: 順便, 顺便 /shùnbiàn/ |
| inpatient {n} (A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) | :: 住院病人 /zhù yuàn bìng rén/ |
| in person {prep} (actually present) | :: 親自, 亲自 /qīnzì/ |
| in principle {prep} (according to theory) | :: 理論上, 理论上 /lǐlùn shàng/ |
| in private {prep} (privately) | :: 私下 /sīxià/ |
| in progress {prep} (underway) SEE: underway | :: |
| in public {prep} (in view of other people) | :: 當眾, 当众 /dāngzhòng/ |
| input {n} (something fed into a process) | :: 輸入, 输入 /shūrù/ |
| input {v} (to enter data) | :: 輸入, 输入 /shūrù/ |
| input method {n} (program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts) | :: 輸入法, 输入法 /shūrùfǎ/ |
| inquire {v} (to ask about something) | :: 詢問, 询问 /xúnwèn/, 打聽, 打听 /dǎting/ |
| inquiry {n} (the act of inquiring) | :: 查詢, 查询 /cháxún/, 質問, 质问 /zhìwèn/ |
| Inquisition {prop} (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church) | :: 宗教裁判所 /zōngjiào cáipànsuǒ/, 宗教法庭 /zōngjiào fǎtíng/ |
| inquisitive {adj} (eager to acquire knowledge) | :: 好奇 /hàoqí/ |
| in recent memory {prep} (in living memory) SEE: in living memory | :: |
| in respect of {prep} (pertaining to) | :: 關於, 关于 /guānyú/ |
| in safe hands {adj} (in the possession of or protected by someone who can be trusted) | :: 在可靠的人手中 /zài kěkào de rén shǒu zhōng/ |
| insane {adj} (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind) | :: 精神失常 /jīngshén shīcháng/, 精神錯亂, 精神错乱 /jīngshén cuòluàn/, 瘋狂, 疯狂 /fēngkuáng/, 發狂, 发狂 /fākuáng/ |
| insane asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| insanity {n} (state of being insane) | :: 狂 /kuáng/, 瘋病, 疯病 /fēngbìng/, 精神錯亂, 精神错乱 /jīngshéncuòluàn/ |
| insatiable {adj} (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) | :: 無法滿足的, 无法满足的 /wúfǎ mǎnzú de/, 貪得無厭的, 贪得无厌的 /tāndéwúyàn de/, 貪心, 贪心 /tānxīn/ |
| insatiate {adj} (that is not satiated) SEE: insatiable | :: |
| inscription {n} (carved text) | :: 題字, 题字 /tízì/, 碑文 /bēiwén/, 題詞, 题词 /tící/ |
| inscription {n} (dedication in a book) | :: 題詞, 题词 /tící/ |
| inscrutable {adj} (difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret) | :: 不可理解的 /bùkě lǐjiě de/ |
| in season {prep} (seasonal) | :: 應時的, 应时的 /yìngshí de/, 當令的, 当令的 /dānglìng de/ |
| in secret {prep} (secretly) SEE: secretly | :: |
| insect {n} (arthropod of class Insecta) | :: 昆蟲, 昆虫 /kūnchóng/, 蟲子, 虫子 /chóngzi/, 蟲, 虫 /chóng/ |
| insecticide {n} (A substance used to kill insects) | :: 殺蟲劑, 杀虫剂 /shāchóngjì/ |
| insect screen {n} (window screen) SEE: window screen | :: |
| insecure {adj} (not secure) | :: 不安全的 /bù ānquán de/ |
| inseminate {v} (to disperse or plant seds) SEE: sow | :: |
| inseminate {v} (to cause to become pregnant) SEE: impregnate | :: |
| insemination {n} (act of sowing seed) | :: 授精 /shòujīng/ |
| insemination {n} (act of making pregnant) | :: 授精 /shòujīng/ |
| insensible {adj} (incapable of emotional feeling) | :: 無感的 |
| insert {v} (put in between or into) | :: 插入 /chārù/, 插上 /chāshang/ |
| inshallah {interj} (God willing (Islam)) | :: 印沙安拉 /yìnshā'ānlā/ |
| in short {prep} (as a summary) | :: 總之, 总之 /zǒngzhī/ |
| inside {n} (interior or inner part) | :: 裡面, 里面 /lǐmiàn/, 裡邊, 里边 /lǐbiān/ |
| inside {adv} (within the interior) | :: 裡邊, 里边 /lǐbian/, 裡面, 里面 /lǐmiàn/ |
| inside {prep} (within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference) | :: 在……裡面, 在……里面 /zài ... lǐmiàn/, 在……裡邊, 在……里边 /zài ... lǐbian/, 在 /zài/ |
| inside {adv} (indoors) SEE: indoors | :: |
| inside information {n} (information obtained by or from a person in a trusted position) | :: 內幕信息, 内幕信息 /nèimù xìnxī/ |
| inside job {n} | :: 幕後黑手 |
| inside joke {n} (joke understood by certain people) | :: 内部笑话 |
| inside out {adv} (with the inside turned to be on the outside) | :: 反 /fǎn/, 穿反 /chuānfǎn/ |
| inside out {adv} (of knowledge: thoroughly) | :: 瞭如指掌, 了如指掌 /liǎorúzhǐzhǎng/ |
| insider {n} (person who has special knowledge) | :: 內部的人, 内部的人 /nèibù de rén/ |
| insider trading {n} (trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information) | :: 內線交易, 内线交易 /nèixiàn jiāoyì/, 內部交易, 内部交易 /nèibù jiāoyì/, 內幕交易, 内幕交易 /nèimù jiāoyì/ |
| insignia {n} (a patch or other object that indicates rank or membership) | :: 徽章 /huīzhāng/, 識別標誌, 识别标志 /shìbié biāozhì/ |
| insignia {n} (symbol or token of power, status, or offic) | :: 勛章, 勋章 /xūnzhāng/ [medal, decoration], 符號, 符号 /fúhào/ |
| insignificant {adj} (not significant; not important) | :: 無意義, 无意义 /wúyìyì/, 無關緊要, 无关紧要 /wúguān jǐnyào/ |
| insincerity {n} (property of being insincere) | :: 不真誠, 不真诚 /bù zhēnchéng/, 不真心 /bù zhēnxīn/, 不誠實, 不诚实 /bù chéngshí/, 不真摯, 不真挚 /bù zhēnzhì/ |
| insist {v} (to hold up a claim emphatically) | :: 堅持, 坚持 /jiānchí/ |
| insolation {n} (medicine: sunstroke) SEE: sunstroke | :: |
| insole {n} (inside sole of footwear) | :: 鞋墊, 鞋垫 /xiédiàn/ |
| insolvency {n} (the condition of being insolvent) | :: 無力償還, 无力偿还 /wúlì chánghuán/ |
| in someone's debt {prep} (very grateful for something) | :: 欠某人的人情债 |
| insomnia {n} (sleeping disorder) | :: 失眠 /shīmián/ |
| inspect {v} (examine critically, scrutinize) | :: 调查, 检查 |
| inspect {v} (view and examine officially) | :: 调查 |
| inspection {n} (the act of examining something, often closely) | :: 檢查, 检查 /jiǎnchá/ |
| inspection pit {n} (grease pit) SEE: grease pit | :: |
| inspiration {n} (stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions) | :: 鼓舞 /gǔwǔ/, 靈感, 灵感 /línggǎn/ |
| inspirator {n} (inhaler) SEE: inhaler | :: |
| inspire {v} (to inhale) SEE: inhale | :: |
| inspire {v} (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit) | :: 授意 /shòuyì/, 鼓舞 /gǔwǔ/ |
| inspire {v} (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence) | :: 影响 |
| inspire {v} (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing) | :: 吸入 |
| inspire {v} (archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate) | :: 吹入, 吹奏 |
| inspire {v} | :: 授意 /shòu yì/ |
| inspiring {adj} (providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating) | :: 鼓舞人心的 |
| in spite of {prep} (despite) | :: 儘管, 尽管 /jǐnguǎn/, 不顧, 不顾 /bùgù/, 不管 /bùguǎn/, 任憑, 任凭 /rènpíng/, 即使 /jíshǐ/ |
| instability {n} (quality of being unstable) | :: 不穩定, 不稳定 /bù wěndìng/, 不穩定性, 不稳定性 /bù wěndìng xìng/, 不穩固, 不稳固 /bù wěngù/, 不穩固性, 不稳固性 /bù wěngù xìng/ |
| instability {n} (physical state) | :: 不穩定, 不稳定 /bù wěndìng/, 不穩定性, 不稳定性 /bù wěndìng xìng/, 不穩固, 不稳固 /bù wěngù/, 不穩固性, 不稳固性 /bù wěngù xìng/ |
| install {v} (set something up for use) | :: 安裝, 安装 /ānzhuāng/ |
| installation {n} (act of installing) | :: 安裝, 安装 /ānzhuāng/ |
| installation {n} (something installed) | :: 裝置, 装置 /zhuāngzhì/, 設施, 设施 /shèshī/ |
| instant {n} (period of time) | :: 瞬間, 瞬间 /shùnjiàn/, 剎那, 刹那 /chànà/ |
| instant {n} (point in time) | :: 瞬間, 瞬间 /shùnjiàn/, 剎那, 刹那 /chànà/ |
| instant {n} (instant beverage or food) | :: 方便 /fāngbiàn/ |
| instant {adj} (quickly prepared) | :: 速溶, 即食的 |
| instant {adj} (urgent) | :: 紧急的, 紧迫的 |
| instant {adj} (immediate) | :: 立即的 |
| instant coffee {n} (beverage) | :: 速溶咖啡 /sùróng kāfēi/, 即溶咖啡 /jíróng kāfēi/, 咖啡精 /kāfēijīng/ |
| instantly {adv} (at once) | :: 立即地 |
| instant message {n} (message conveyed through an instant messaging program) | :: 即時通訊信息, 即时通讯信息 /jíshí tōngxùn xìnxī/ |
| instant message {v} (convey a message via an instant messaging program) | :: 發送即時消息, 发送即时消息 /fāsòng jíshí xiāoxi/ |
| instant messaging {n} (form of realtime communication) | :: 即時通訊, 即时通讯 /jíshí tōngxùn/, 即時通信, 即时通信 /jíshí tōngxìn/ |
| instant messenger {n} (application which allows instant text communication) | :: 即時通訊軟件, 即时通讯软件 /jíshí tōngxùn ruǎnjiàn/ |
| instant noodle {n} (a mass of precooked noodles) | :: 方便麵, 方便面 /fāngbiàn miàn/, 速食麵, 速食面 /sùshímiàn/, 泡麵, 泡面 /pàomiàn/ |
| instar {n} (stage in the development of arthropods) | :: 齡, 龄 /líng/, 蛻變期, 蜕变期 /tuìbiànqī/, 蛻期, 蜕期 /tuìqī/ |
| instead {adv} (in the place of (it)) | :: 代替 /dàitì/, 抵作 /dǐzuò/ |
| instead of {prep} (in lieu of; in place of; rather than) | :: 代替 /dàitì/ |
| instigate {v} (to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite) | :: 煽動, 煽动 /shāndòng/, 指使 /zhǐshǐ/ |
| instigator {n} (person who intentionally instigates something) | :: 煽動者, 煽动者 /shāndòngzhě/, 教唆犯 /jiàosuōfàn/ |
| instill {v} (to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature) | :: 灌輸, 灌输 /guànshū/ |
| instinct {n} (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour) | :: 本能 /běnnéng/, 天性 /tiānxìng/ |
| instinctual {adj} (of, or derived from instinct) | :: 本能的 |
| institute {n} (college) | :: 學院, 学院 /xuéyuàn/ |
| institution {n} (established organisation) | :: 機關, 机关 /jīguān/, 機構, 机构 /jīgòu/ |
| institutional {adj} (rudimentary) SEE: rudimentary | :: |
| institutionalize {v} (to establish as a normal practice) | :: 体制化 |
| instruct {v} (teach, give instruction) | :: 教 /jiāo/ [teach], 教育 /jiàoyù/ [educate], 指示 /zhǐshì/ [point out] |
| instruct {v} (order, direct) | :: 指令 /zhǐlìng/ [order] |
| instruction {n} (act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information) | :: 指令 /zhǐlìng/, 指示 /zhǐshì/, 教導, 教导 /jiàodǎo/ |
| instructor {n} (one who instructs; a teacher) | :: 教練, 教练 /jiàoliàn/ |
| instrument {n} (musical device) | :: 樂器, 乐器 /yuèqì/ |
| instrument {n} (tool) | :: 工具 /gōngjù/ |
| instrument {n} | :: 儀器, 仪器 /yiqi/ |
| instrumental {adj} (acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.) | :: 有幫助的, 可作為方法的, 可作為手段的 |
| instrumental {n} (composition without lyrics) | :: 器樂 器乐 /qìyuè/ |
| instrumental {n} (instrumental case) SEE: instrumental case | :: |
| instrumental case {n} (case to express agency or means) | :: 工具格 /gōngjùgé/, 具格 /jùgé/ |
| insufficient {adj} (Not sufficient) | :: 不足 /bùzú/, 不夠, 不够 /bùgòu/ |
| insulation {n} (The act of insulating) | :: 孤立 |
| insulator {n} (substance) | :: 絕緣體, 绝缘体 /juéyuántǐ/, 絕緣子, 绝缘子 /juéyuánzǐ/ |
| insulator {n} (structure) | :: 絕緣體, 绝缘体 /juéyuántǐ/, 絕緣子, 绝缘子 /juéyuánzǐ/ |
| insulin {n} (polypeptide hormone) | :: 胰島素, 胰岛素 /yídǎosù/ |
| insult {v} (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)) | :: 侮辱 /wǔrǔ/ |
| insult {n} (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude) | :: 侮辱 /wǔrǔ/ |
| insulting {adj} (containing insult, or having the intention of insulting) | :: 侮辱的 /wǔrǔ de, wūrǔ de/ |
| insultive {adj} (insulting) SEE: insulting | :: |
| insurance {n} (indemnity) | :: 保險, 保险 /bǎoxiǎn/ |
| insurance {n} (business) | :: 保險業, 保险业 /bǎoxiǎnyè/ |
| insurance {n} (insurance policy) SEE: insurance policy | :: |
| insurance company {n} (company that provides insurance policies) | :: 保險公司, 保险公司 /bǎoxiǎn gōngsī/ |
| insurance contract {n} (insurance policy) SEE: insurance policy | :: |
| insurance policy {n} (document) | :: 保險計劃, 保险计划 /bǎoxiǎn jìhuà/, 保險單, 保险单 /bǎoxiǎndān/, 保險合同, 保险合同 /bǎoxiǎn hétong/, 保單, 保单 /bǎodān/ |
| insurgency {n} (rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent) | :: 起義, 起义 /qǐyì/, 暴動, 暴动 /bàodòng/, 叛亂, 叛乱 /pànluàn/ |
| insurgent {n} (rebel) | :: 反叛份子 /fǎnpàn fènzi/, 起義者, 起义者 /qǐyìzhě/, 叛亂者, 叛乱者 /pànluànzhě/, 造反者 /zàofǎnzhě/ |
| insurmountable {adj} (incapable of being passed over) | :: 无法克服的 |
| insurrection {n} (mutiny or rebellion) | :: 暴動, 暴动 /bàodòng/, 造反 /zàofǎn/, 起義, 起义 /qǐyì/ |
| intact {adj} (untouched) | :: 未受损的, 未经触动的, 完整的 |
| intake {n} (quantity taken in) | :: 攝取量 |
| intake manifold {n} (part of an engine that supplies the fuel/air mixture to the cylinder) | :: 進氣歧管, 进气歧管 /jìnqì qíguǎn/ |
| intangible asset {n} (valuable property that of a business) | :: 無形資產, 无形资产 /wúxíng zīchǎn/ |
| intangible cultural heritage {n} (traditions recognized by UNESCO) | :: 非物質文化遺產 |
| integer {n} (a number that is not a fraction) | :: 整數, 整数 /zhěngshù/ |
| integral {adj} (constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable) | :: 完整的 /wánzhěng de/ |
| integral {n} (limit of sums) | :: 積分 /jī fēn/ |
| integral {n} (antiderivative) SEE: antiderivative | :: |
| integrality {n} (condition of being integral) | :: 完整性 /wánzhěngxìng/ |
| integrand {n} (function that is to be integrated) | :: 被積函數, 被积函数 /bèijī hánshù/ |
| integrated circuit {n} (thin chip) | :: 集成電路, 集成电路 /jíchéng diànlù/ |
| integration {n} (act or process of making whole or entire) | :: 融合 /rónghé/, 統合, 统合 /tǒnghé/ |
| integration {n} (process of fitting into a community) | :: 融合 /rónghé/, 統合, 统合 /tǒnghé/ |
| integrity {n} (steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code) | :: 正直 /zhèngzhí/ |
| integrity {n} (state of being wholesome; unimpaired) | :: 完整性 /wánzhěngxìng/ |
| integrity {n} (quality or condition of being complete; pure) | :: 完整性 /wánzhěngxìng/ |
| intel {n} (intelligence) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| Intel {prop} (Transliterations and translations) | :: 英特爾, 英特尔 /Yīngtè'ěr/ |
| intellectual {adj} (spiritual) SEE: spiritual | :: |
| intellectual {n} (intelligent person, interested in intellectual matters) | :: 知識分子, 知识分子 /zhīshi fènzǐ/ |
| intellectual property {n} (product of someone's intellect) | :: 知識產權, 知识产权 /zhīshi chǎnquán/ [mainland China, Hong Kong], 智慧財產, 智慧财产 /zhìhuì cáichǎn/ [Taiwan] |
| intelligence {n} (capacity of mind) | :: 心智 /xīnzhì/, 智力 /zhìlì/ |
| intelligence {n} (entity that has such capacities) | :: 情報, 情报 /qíngbào/ |
| intelligence {n} (information about the enemy) | :: 情報, 情报 /qíngbào/ |
| intelligence {n} (a department, agency or unit designed to gather such information) | :: 情報機構, 情报机构 /qíngbào jīgòu/ |
| intelligence agency {n} (governmental agency devoted to information gathering) | :: 情報局, 情报局 /qíngbàojú/ |
| intelligence quotient {n} (IQ score) | :: 智商 /zhìshāng/ |
| intelligent {adj} (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright) | :: 聰明, 聪明 /cōngming/, 聰慧, 聪慧 /cōnghuì/ |
| intelligent {adj} | :: 聪颖的 /cōngying de/ |
| intelligent design {prop} (intelligent design / Intelligent Design) | :: 智能設計, 智能设计 /zhìnéng shèjì/, 智慧設計, 智慧设计 /zhìhuì shèjì/ |
| intelligentsia {n} (intellectual élite) | :: 知識分子, 知识分子 /zhīshi fènzǐ/, 知識界, 知识界 /zhīshíjiè, zhīshìjiè/ |
| intelligible {adj} (capable of being understood) | :: 可理解的 /kělǐjiě de/ |
| intempestivity {n} (unseasonability; untimeliness) | :: 不合時宜 |
| intend {v} (to fix the mind upon a goal) | :: 打算 /dǎsuan/, 想要 /xiǎngyào/, 意圖, 意图 /yìtú/ |
| intended {n} (fiancé) SEE: fiancé | :: |
| intended {n} (fiancée) SEE: fiancée | :: |
| intense {adj} (strained; tightly drawn) | :: 劇烈, 剧烈 /jùliè/, 激烈 /jīliè/ |
| intensify {v} (to render more intense) | :: 使加剧 |
| intensity {n} (quality of being intense) | :: 強度, 强度 /qiángdù/, 強烈, 强烈 /qiángliè/, 烈度 /lièdù/ |
| intensive {adj} (demanding, requiring a great amount) | :: 集約, 集约 /jíyuē/, 強烈, 强烈 /qiángliè/ |
| intensive care {n} (support and monitoring of critically ill patients) | :: 特別監護, 特别监护 /tèbié jiānhù/ |
| intent {n} (a purpose; something that is intended) | :: 意图 |
| intent {n} (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence) | :: 犯罪动机 |
| intent {adj} (firmly fixed or concentrated) | :: 一心一意的 |
| intention {v} (intend) SEE: intend | :: |
| intention {n} (course intended to follow) | :: 意向 /yìxiàng/, 意圖, 意图 /yìtú/ |
| intentional {adj} (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily) | :: 故意 /gùyì/, 蓄意 /xùyì/, 有意 /yǒuyì/, 刻意 /kèyì/, 存心 /cúnxīn/ |
| intentionally {adv} (intentional manner, on purpose) | :: 故意 /gùyì/, 蓄意 /xùyì/, 有意 /yǒuyì/, 刻意 /kèyì/, 存心 /cúnxīn/ |
| inter {v} (bury in a grave) | :: 埋葬 /máizàng/, 下葬 /xiàzàng/, 安葬 /ānzàng/ |
| interaction {n} (situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another) | :: 相互作用 /xiānghù zuòyòng/ |
| interaction {n} (conversation or exchange between people) | :: 相互作用 /xiānghù zuòyòng/, 互動, 互动 /hùdòng/, 交流 /jiāoliú/ |
| interactive fiction {n} (text adventures and their descendants, when regarded as a form of literature) | :: 互動式小說, 互动式小说 /hùdòngshì xiǎoshuō/ |
| interactive fiction {n} (game in this style) | :: 互動式小說遊戲, 互動式小說游戏 /hùdòngshì xiǎoshuō yóuxì/ |
| inter alia {adv} (among other things) | :: 除了...以外 /chúle...yǐwài/, ...其中（之一） (...qízhōng [zhīyī]) |
| interannual {adj} (occurring between years) | :: 年際, 年际 /niánjì/ |
| intercept {v} (to stop, deflect or divert) | :: 阻止 /zǔzhǐ/ |
| intercept {v} (to gain possession of) | :: 截奪, 截夺 /jiéduó/, 搶截, 抢截 /qiǎngjié/ |
| intercept {n} (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call) | :: 竊聽, 窃听 /qiètīng/ |
| intercept {n} (interception of a missile) | :: 迎擊, 迎击 /yíngjī/ |
| interchange {n} (rail transport: connection btw two or more lines, services or modes of transport) | :: 交換, 交换 /jiāohuàn/, 轉車, 转车 /zhuǎnchē/, 倒車, 倒车 /dǎochē/ |
| intercity {adj} (that connects cities one with another) | :: 城際, 城际 /chéngjì/ |
| intercom {n} (an electronic communication system) | :: 對講機, 对讲机 /duìjiǎngjī/ |
| intercontinental {adj} (between two or more continents) | :: 洲際, 洲际 /zhōujì/ |
| intercontinental ballistic missile {n} (a class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads (ICBM)) | :: 洲際彈道導彈, 洲际弹道导弹 /zhōujì dàndào dǎodàn/ |
| intercourse {n} (sexual intercourse) | :: 性交 /xìngjiāo/ |
| intercultural {adj} (between different cultures) | :: 不同文化間的, 不同文化间的 (bùtóng wénhuà jiān de), 跨文化的 (kuà wénhuà de) |
| interdiction {n} (act of interdicting or something interdicted) SEE: prohibition | :: |
| interdisciplinary {adj} (of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study) | :: 跨學科的, 跨学科的 /kuàxuékē de/, 科際的, 科际的 /kējì de/ |
| interest {n} (finance: price of credit) | :: 利息 /lìxī/ |
| interest {n} (great attention and concern from someone) | :: 興趣, 兴趣 /xìngqù/ |
| interest {n} (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) | :: 利益 /lìyì/ |
| interest {v} (to attract attention or concern) | :: 使……感興趣, 使……感兴趣 /shǐ...gǎn qìngqù/ |
| interest-free {adj} (not charging interest) | :: 無息, 无息 /wúxī/, 無利, 无利 /wúlì/ |
| interest group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group | :: |
| interesting {adj} (arousing or holding the attention) | :: 有趣 /yǒuqù/, 有意思 /yǒuyìsi/ |
| interest rate {n} (percentage of money charged for its use per some period) | :: 利率 /lìlǜ/, 利息率 /lìxīlǜ/, 息率 /xīlǜ/ |
| interface {n} (point of interconnection between entities) | :: 接口 /jiēkǒu/ |
| interface {n} (computing: point of interconnection between systems or subsystems) | :: 接口 /jiēkǒu/ |
| interface {n} (computing: connection between a user and a machine) | :: 界面 /jièmiàn/ |
| interfere {v} (get involved, causing disturbance) | :: 妨礙, 妨碍 /fáng'ài/, 阻礙, 阻碍 /zǔ'ài/, 干擾, 干扰 /gānrǎo/ |
| interference {n} (act of interfering with something, or something that interferes) | :: 阻礙, 阻碍 /zǔ'ài/, 干涉, 干預, 干预 /gānyù/ |
| interferon {n} (any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells) | :: 干擾素, 干扰素 /gānrǎosù/ |
| intergenerational {adj} (between or across generations) | :: 世代間的, 世代间的 /shìdài jiān de/, 代間的, 代间的 /dàijiān de/, 代際的, 代际的 /dàijì de/, 帶際的, 带际的 /dàijì de/ |
| intergluteal cleft {n} (groove between the buttocks) SEE: gluteal cleft | :: |
| interior {adj} (having to do with the inner part of something) | :: 內部, 内部 /nèibù/ |
| interior {adj} (having to do with the inland parts of a country) | :: 內陸, 内陆 /nèilù/ |
| interior {n} (the inside of an enclosed structure) | :: 內部, 内部 /nèibù/ |
| interjection {n} (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) | :: 感嘆詞, 感叹词 /gǎntàncí/, 嘆詞, 叹词 /tàncí/, 欹 /yī/ |
| interjection {n} (interruption) | :: 中斷, 中断 /zhōngduàn/, 干擾, 干扰 /gānrǎo/, 打斷, 打断 /dǎduàn/ |
| interlanguage {n} (lingua franca) SEE: lingua franca | :: |
| interlanguage {n} (creole) SEE: creole | :: |
| interlanguage {n} (mixed language) | :: 中間語言, 中间语言 /zhōngjiān yǔyán/ |
| interlanguage {n} (pidgin) SEE: pidgin | :: |
| Interlingua {prop} (interlanguage based on Romance languages) | :: 國際語, 国际语 /Guójìyǔ/ |
| interlocutor {n} (A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation) | :: 對話者, 对话者 /duìhuàzhě/, 對談者, 对谈者 /duìtánzhě/ |
| intermarriage {n} (mixed marriage) SEE: mixed marriage | :: |
| intermediary {n} (an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree) | :: 中介 /zhōngjiè/, 仲介 /zhòngjiè/ |
| intermediate {adj} (being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range) | :: 中間, 中间 /zhōngjiān/, 中級, 中级 /zhōngjí/ |
| intermezzo {n} (arts) | :: 间奏曲 /jiānzòuqǔ/ |
| intermingle {v} (to become mixed together) | :: 叢雜, 丛杂 /cóngzá/ |
| intermittent {adj} (stopping and starting at intervals) | :: 斷斷續續, 断断续续 /duànduànxùxù/ |
| in terms of {prep} (In relation to, concerning, regarding) | :: 就...而言 (jiù... éryán) |
| intern {n} (student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field) | :: 實習生, 实习生 /shíxíshēng/ |
| internal combustion {n} (process where fuel is burned within an engine) | :: 內燃, 内燃 /nèirán/ |
| internal combustion engine {n} (a piston or a rotary heat engine) | :: 內燃機, 内燃机 /nèiránjī/ |
| internalize {v} (make something internal) | :: 使內在化, 使内在化 /shǐ nèizàihuà/ |
| internally displaced person {n} (someone who is forced to flee home but remains within his or her country's borders) | :: 國內流離失所者, 国内流离失所者 /guónèi liúlíshīsuǒzhě/ |
| internal medicine {n} (medical specialty concerned with nonsurgical treatment) | :: 內科, 内科 /nèikē/ |
| internal organ {n} (an organ that is entirely within the confines of the body) | :: 內臟, 内脏 /nèizàng/ |
| internal refugee {n} (internally displaced person) SEE: internally displaced person | :: |
| international {adj} (between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations) | :: 國際, 国际 /guójì/ |
| international {n} (transnational organization) | :: 萬國公黨, 國際政黨 |
| international airport {n} (airport that accepts international flights) | :: 國際機場, 国际机场 /guójì jīchǎng/ |
| international auxiliary language {n} (language) | :: 國際輔助語, 国际辅助语 /guójì fǔzhùyǔ/ |
| International Court of Justice {prop} (UN court) | :: 國際法院, 国际法院 /Guójì Fǎyuàn/ |
| International Date Line {prop} (line on the Earth's surface) | :: 國際日期變更線, 国际日期变更线 /Guójì Rìqī Biàngēng Xiàn/ |
| Internationale {prop} (proletarian song) | :: 國際歌, 国际歌 /Guójìgē/, 英特纳雄耐尔 /Yīngtènàxióngnài'ěr/ [poetic] |
| internationalism {n} (cooperation between nations) | :: 國際主義, 国际主义 /guójìzhǔyì/ |
| International Klein Blue {prop} (deep blue hue achieved through ultramarine pigment and a binder) | :: 國際奇連藍, 国际奇连蓝 /guójì Qílián lán/, 國際克萊因藍, 国际克莱因蓝 /guójì Kèláiyīn lán/ |
| international law {n} (set of rules applied to the relations between nations) | :: 國際法, 国际法 /guójìfǎ/ |
| International Load Line {n} (mark to show waterline) SEE: Plimsoll line | :: |
| International Monetary Fund {prop} (International Monetary Fund) | :: 國際貨幣基金組織, 国际货币基金组织 /guójì huòbì jījīn zǔzhī/ |
| International Phonetic Alphabet {prop} (standardized symbols for speech) | :: 國際音標, 国际音标 /guójì yīnbiāo/ |
| international relations {n} (study of relationships among countries) | :: 國際關係, 国际关系 /guójì guānxi/ |
| international student {n} (student) | :: 國際學生, 国际学生 /guójì xuéshēng/, 留學生, 留学生 /liúxuéshēng/ |
| International System of Units {prop} (standard set of basic units of measurement) | :: 國際單位制, 国际单位制 /ɡuójì dānwèi zhì/, 萬國公制, 万国公制 /wànguó gōngzhì/ [former name] |
| International Telecommunication Union {prop} (United Nations agency) | :: 國際電信聯盟, 国际电信联盟 /guójì diànxìn liánméng/ |
| international waters {n} (ocean not belonging to any country) | :: 公海 /gōnghǎi/ |
| internecine {adj} (mutually destructive) | :: 自相殘殺的, 自相残杀的 /zìxiāngcánshā de/, 兩敗俱傷的, 两败俱伤的 /liǎngbàijùshāng de/ |
| internecine {adj} (characterized by struggle within a group) | :: 內部（衝突）的, 内部（冲突）的 /nèibù (chōngtū) de/ |
| internee {n} (one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined) | :: 被拘留者 /bèi jūliú zhě/ |
| internet {n} (the Internet, largest global internet) SEE: Internet | :: |
| Internet {prop} (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers) | :: 互聯網, 互联网 /hùliánwǎng/, 網絡, 网络 /wǎngluò/ [PRC], 網路, 网路 /wǎnglù/ [Taiwan], 因特網, 因特网 /Yīntèwǎng/, 網際網路, 网际网路 /wǎngjì wǎnglù/ [Taiwan] |
| Internet cafe {n} (place where one can use a computer with Internet) | :: 網吧, 网吧 /wǎngbā/, 互聯網咖啡館, 互联网咖啡馆 /hùliánwǎng kāfēiguǎn/, 因特網咖啡廳, 因特网咖啡厅 /yīntèwǎng kāfēitīng/, 網咖, 网咖 /wǎngkā/ [Taiwan], 網絡咖啡屋, 网络咖啡屋 /wǎngluò kāfēiwū/, 上網咖啡館, 上网咖啡馆 /shàngwǎng kāfēiguǎn/ |
| Internet of Things {prop} (Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects) | :: 物聯網, 物联网 /wùliánwǎng/ |
| Internet Protocol {n} (one of the computer networking protocols) | :: 網際協議, 网际协议 /wǎngjì xiéyì/, 互聯網協議, 互联网协议 /hùliánwǎng xiéyì/, Internet協議, Internet协议 /Internet xiéyì/ |
| internist {n} (specialist in internal medicine) | :: 内科医师 |
| internship {n} (job taken by a student) | :: 實習, 实习 /shíxí/ |
| interoperability {n} (computing) | :: 互操作性 |
| interplanetary {adj} (existing or occurring between between planets) | :: 行星際, 行星际 /xíngxīngjì/ |
| Interpol {prop} (the International Criminal Police Organization) | :: 國際刑警組織, 国际刑警组织 /guójì xíngjǐng zǔzhī/ |
| interpolation {n} (math, science: process of estimating the value of a function) | :: 插值 /chāzhí/ |
| interpolation {n} | :: 插值 /chazhi/ |
| interpret {v} (to act as an interpreter) | :: 翻譯, 翻译 /fānyì/, 傳譯, 传译 /chuányì/ |
| interpretation {n} (act of interpreting) | :: 翻譯, 翻译 /fānyì/ |
| interpretation {n} (sense given by an interpreter) | :: 解釋, 解释 /jiěshì/ |
| interpreter {n} (one who interprets speech) | :: 口譯員, 口译员 /kǒuyìyuán/, 口譯者, 口译者 /kǒuyìzhě/, 譯員, 译员 /yìyuán/, 翻譯, 翻译 /fānyì/, 翻譯員, 翻译员 /fānyìyuán/, 翻譯者, 翻译者 /fānyìzhě/, 通事 /tōngshì/, 通譯, 通译 /tōngyì/, 傳譯員, 传译员 /chuányìyuán/ |
| interpreter {n} (computer program) | :: 解釋程序, 解释程序 /jiěshì chéngxù/ |
| interracial {adj} (between or including two or more races) | :: 不同種族之間的, 不同种族之间的 (bùtóng zhǒngzú zhījiān de) |
| interrelated {adj} (having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism) | :: 互联的，互相关联的 |
| interrelation {n} (mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation) | :: 相互關係, 相互关系 /xiānghù guānxì/ |
| interrobang {n} (the punctuation mark ‽) | :: 疑問驚嘆號, 疑问惊叹号 /yíwèn jīngtàn hào/ |
| interrogate {v} (to question or quiz) | :: 審問, 审问 /shěnwèn/, 審訊, 审讯 /shěnxùn/ |
| interrogation {n} (act of interrogating or questioning) | :: 疑問, 疑问 /yíwèn/ |
| interrogation mark {n} (question mark) SEE: question mark | :: |
| interrogation point {n} (question mark) SEE: question mark | :: |
| interrogative pronoun {n} (pronoun used in a question) | :: 疑問代詞, 疑问代词 /yíwèn dàicí/ |
| interrupt {v} (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) | :: 打斷, 打断 /dǎduàn/, [chip in] 插嘴 /chāzuǐ/, 中斷, 中断 /zhōngduàn/, 打擾, 打扰 /dǎrǎo/ |
| interruption {n} (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) | :: 中斷, 中断 /zhōngduàn/ |
| intersection {n} (junction of two or more paths, etc) | :: 路口 /lùkǒu/, 交叉 /jiāochā/ |
| intersection {n} (in geometry) | :: 交點, 交点 /jiāodiǎn/ |
| intersection {n} (in set theory) | :: 交集 /jiāojí/ |
| intersectionality {n} (sociological methodology) | :: 交叉性 /jiāochāxìng/ |
| intersex {n} (condition) SEE: intersexuality | :: |
| intersex {n} (individual) | :: 雙性人, 双性人 /shuāngxìngrén/ |
| intersexuality {n} (the state of having physical features of both sexes) | :: 雌雄間性, 雌雄间性 /cíxióng jiānxìng/, 間性, 间性 /jiānxìng/, 雙性, 双性 /shuāngxìng/, 兩性畸形, 两性畸形 /liǎngxìng jīxíng/ |
| Interslavic {adj} (between Slavs or Slavic nations) | :: 斯拉夫共通語 |
| Interslavic {prop} (auxiliary Slavic language) | :: 斯拉夫共通語 |
| interstate {adv} (of, or relating to two or more states) | :: 州際的, 州际的 /zhōujì de/ |
| interstellar {adj} (between stars) | :: 星际 /xīngjì/ |
| interstellar {adj} (among stars) | :: 星际 /xīngjì/ |
| interstitial {adj} (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) | :: 間質 /jiānzhí/ |
| interstitium {n} (An interstitial space within a tissue or organ) | :: 間質 /jiānzhí/ |
| intertidal zone {n} (part of a beach) | :: 潮間帶 /cháojiāndài/ |
| interval {n} (distance in space) | :: 間隔, 间隔 /jiàngé/, 間隙, 间隙 /jiànxì/ |
| interval {n} (period of time) | :: 間隔, 间隔 /jiàngé/, 間隙, 间隙 /jiànxì/ |
| interval {n} (section of the real line) | :: 区间 /qūjiān/ |
| interval {n} (sports:half time) SEE: half time | :: |
| intervene {v} (to come between, or to be between, persons or things) | :: 介入 /jièrù/ |
| intervention {n} (act of intervening) | :: 介入 /jièrù/ |
| interview {n} (conversation with journalist etc.) | :: 走訪, 走访 /zǒufǎng/, 採訪, 采访 /cǎifǎng/, 訪問, 访问 /fǎngwèn/ |
| interview {n} (a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant) | :: 面試, 面试 /miànshì/ |
| interview {v} (to have an interview) | :: 訪問, 访问 /fǎngwèn/ |
| interviewer {n} (one who interviews) | :: 訪問者, 访问者 /fǎngwènzhě/ |
| interweave {v} (to combine through weaving) | :: 交織, 交织 /jiāozhī/ |
| intestinal obstruction {n} (bowel obstruction) SEE: bowel obstruction | :: |
| intestine {n} (alimentary canal) | :: 腸管, 肠管 /chángguǎn/, 腸子, 肠子 /chángzi/, 腸, 肠 /cháng/ |
| intestine {n} (subdivision of the alimentary canal) | :: 腸管, 肠管 /chángguǎn/, 腸, 肠 /cháng/ |
| in the end {prep} (eventually, finally) | :: 終於, 终于 /zhōngyú/, 最終, 最终 /zuìzhōng/ |
| in the event {conj} (if) SEE: if | :: |
| in the event of {prep} (in case of) SEE: in case of | :: |
| in the first place {prep} (to begin with) | :: 首先 /shǒuxiān/, 本來, 本来 /běnlái/, 原本 /yuánběn/, 起初 /qǐchū/, 當初, 当初 /dāngchū/ |
| in the flesh {prep} (with one's own body and presence) | :: 親自, 亲自 /qīnzì/ |
| in the future {prep} (at a future time) | :: 將來, 将来 /jiānglái/, 往後, 往后 /wànghòu/, 今後, 今后 /jīnhòu/, 以後, 以后 /yǐhòu/ |
| in the future {prep} (from now on) SEE: from now on | :: |
| in the know {prep} (informed, aware) | :: 知情 /zhīqíng/, 有知識的, 有知识的 /yǒu zhīshi de/ |
| in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king {proverb} (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king) | :: 蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒, 蜀中无大将，廖化作先锋 /shǔ zhōng wù dà jiàng，liào huà zuò xiān fēng/, 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王 |
| in the least {prep} (at all) SEE: at all | :: |
| in the light of {prep} (in light of) SEE: in light of | :: |
| in the making {prep} (in the process of being made) | :: 制造中, 酝酿中, 发展中 |
| in the meantime {prep} (meanwhile) SEE: meanwhile | :: |
| in the mood {prep} (disposed to do (something)) | :: 有心情 /yǒu xīnqíng/, 想 /xiǎng/, 要 /yào/ |
| in the offing {prep} (in the foreseeable future; on the horizon) | :: 在不遠的將來, 在不远的将来 /zài bù yuǎn de jiānglái/ |
| in the past {prep} (at a past time) | :: 從前, 从前 /cóngqián/, 在先 /zàixiān/, 以往 /yǐwǎng/, 昔日 /xīrì/, 早先 /zǎoxiān/, 以前 /yǐqián/, 曾經, 曾经 /céngjīng/, 過去, 过去 /guòqù/ |
| in the soup {prep} (in trouble) | :: 雞毛鴨血, 鸡毛鸭血 |
| in the way {prep} (obstructing) | :: 妨礙, 妨碍 /fáng'ài/, 阻礙, 阻碍 /zǔ'ài/, 造成不便 /zàochéng bùbiàn/ |
| in the way of {prep} (in relation to) | :: 關於, 关于 /guānyú/, 對於, 对于 /duìyú/ |
| in the way of {prep} (in a position of being likely to obtain) | :: 讓……能夠, 让……能够 /ràng... nénggòu/ |
| in the way of {prep} (similar to) | :: 類似於, 类似于 /lèisì yú/ |
| in three days {adv} | :: 大後天, 大后天 /dàhòutiān/ |
| intifada {n} (intifada) | :: (巴勒斯坦...) 起義, 起义 /qǐyì/, 大起義, 大起义 /dà qǐyì/ |
| intimacy {n} (feeling of closeness and openness towards someone else) | :: 親密, 亲密 /qīnmì/, 親近, 亲近 /qīnjìn/ |
| intimate {adj} (of or involved in a sexual relationship) | :: 親近, 亲近 /qīnjìn/, 親密, 亲密 /qīnmì/ |
| intimidate {v} (to make timid or fearful) | :: 威脅, 威胁 /wēixié/, 恐嚇, 恐吓 /kǒnghè/ |
| intimidation {n} (act of making timid or fearful) | :: 恐嚇, 恐吓 /kǒnghè/, 威嚇, 威吓 /wēihè/, 脅迫, 胁迫 /xiépò/ |
| intolerance {n} (the state of being intolerant) | :: 不寬容, 不宽容 /bùkuānróng/ |
| intonation {n} (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking) | :: 抑揚, 抑扬 /yìyáng/, 語調, 语调 /yǔdiào/, 語調, 腔調, 腔调 /qiāngdiào/ |
| in total {prep} (including all aspects of something) | :: 共有 /gòngyǒu/, 總共, 总共 /zǒnggòng/ |
| in touch {prep} (in contact, or in communication) | :: 聯繫, 联系 /liánxì/, 接觸, 接触 /jiēchù/ |
| intoxicate {v} (To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol) | :: 使醉 (shǐ zuì), 醉人 (zuì rén) |
| intracranial pressure {n} (pressure) | :: 顱內壓, 颅内压 /lúnèiyā/, 顱壓, 颅压 /lúyā/ |
| intractable {adj} (not tractable) | :: 難控制的, 难控制的 /nán kòngzhì de/, 難解決的, 难解决的 /nán jiějué de/ |
| intractable {adj} (stubborn) | :: 倔強, 倔强 /juéjiàng/ |
| intractable {adj} (medicine: difficult to treat) | :: 難治癒的, 难治愈的 /nán zhìyù de/ |
| intrahepatic {adj} (within the liver) | :: 肝內的, 肝内的 /gānnèi de/ |
| intransigence {n} (intransigence) | :: 不妥協, 不妥协 /bùtuǒxié/ |
| intransitive {adj} (of a verb, not taking a direct object) | :: 不及物 /bùjíwù/ |
| intransitive verb {n} (action verb not taking a direct object, see also: neuter) | :: 不及物動詞, 不及物动词 /bùjíwù dòngcí/, 自動詞, 自动词 /zìdòngcí/ |
| intraocular pressure {n} (fluid pressure inside the eye) | :: 眼壓, 眼压 /yǎnyā/ |
| intrasexual {adj} (intrasexual) | :: 性内的 /xìngnèide/, 性内- /xìngnèi-/ |
| intrauterine device {n} (contraceptive device) | :: 宮內避孕器, 宫内避孕器 /gōngnèi bìyùnqì/, 子宮環, 子宫环 /zǐgōnghuán/ |
| intrepid {adj} (fearless) | :: 勇敢, 无畏 |
| intricate {adj} (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity) | :: 複雜, 复杂 /fùzá/ |
| intrigue {n} (plot or scheme) | :: 密謀, 密谋 /mìmóu/, 陰謀, 阴谋 /yīnmóu/ |
| intrigue {v} (to plan) | :: 搞陰謀, 搞阴谋 /gǎo yīnmóu/, 密謀, 密谋 /mìmóu/ |
| intrigue {v} (to arouse interest) | :: 引起奇心 /yǐnqǐ qíxīn/ |
| intriguing {adj} (causing a desire to know more) | :: 引起好奇心的 |
| intrinsic {adj} (inherent) | :: 本質的, 本质的 /běnzhì de/ |
| intrinsically {adv} (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) | :: 本质上地, 内在地 /nèizàidi/, 本質上 |
| intrinsic motivation {n} (The incentive to do something based on the expected enjoyment of the activity itself) | :: 內在動機, 内在动机 /nèizài dòngjī/ |
| introduce {v} (to cause someone to be acquainted) | :: 介紹, 介绍 /jièshào/, 紹介 /shàojiè/, 绍介 /shàojiè/ |
| introduce {v} (to and make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation) | :: 引見, 引见 /yǐnjiàn/ |
| introduce {v} (to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container) | :: 導入, 导入 /dǎorù/ |
| introduce {v} (to bring into practice) | :: 推行 /tuīxíng/ |
| introduction {n} (act or process of introducing) | :: 介紹, 介绍 /jièshào/ |
| introduction {n} (means of presenting one person to another) | :: 介紹, 介绍 /jièshào/ |
| introduction {n} (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material) | :: 序言 /xùyán/ |
| introduction agency {n} (company which arranges dates and marriage between men and women) | :: 相親公司, 相亲公司 /xiāngqīn gōngsī/ |
| introductory {adj} (introducing) | :: 介紹的, 介绍的 /jièshào de/, 引導的, 引导的 /yǐndǎo de/, 導言的, 导言的 /dǎoyán de/, 基礎的 /jīchǔ de/, 入門的, 入门的 /rùmén/, 開場的, 开场的 /kāichǎng de/, 開頭的, 开头的 /kāitóu/ |
| introspection {n} (the act or process of self-examination) | :: 內省, 内省 /nèixǐng/, 內觀, 内观 /nèiguān/ |
| introversion {n} (psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction) | :: 内向 |
| introverted {adj} (psychology: Of or characteristic of an introvert) | :: 内向, 內向 /nèixiàng/ |
| intrude {v} (to enter without welcome; to encroach) | :: 侵入 /qīnrù/, 打擾, 打扰 /dǎrǎo/, 闖入, 闯入 /chuǎngrù/ |
| intrusion {n} (forcible entry) | :: 侵入 /qīnrù/ |
| intubate {v} (to insert a tube into) | :: 插管於, 插管於 /chāguǎn yú/ |
| intuit {v} (to know intuitively) | :: 由直覺知道, 由直觉知道 (yóu zhíjué zhīdào) |
| intuition {n} (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty) | :: 直覺, 直觉 /zhíjué/, 直感 /zhígǎn/ |
| intuitionism {n} (approach to mathematics which avoids proof by contradiction) | :: 直覺主義, 直觉主义 /zhíjuézhǔyì/, 直觀主義, 直观主义 /zhíguānzhǔyì/ |
| intuitive {adj} (automatic, without requiring conscious thought) | :: 直覺的, 直觉的 /zhíjué de/ |
| in turn {prep} (one after the other; successively) | :: 輪流, 轮流 /lúnliú/, 依次 /yīcì/, 按次序地 /àn cìxù de/ |
| in turn {prep} (in response, in return) | :: 作為交換, 作为交换 /zuòwéi jiāohuàn/ |
| Inuit {n} (the people) | :: 因紐特人, 因纽特人 /Yīnniǔtèrén/ |
| Inuit {prop} (the language) | :: 因紐特語, 因纽特语 /Yīnniǔtèyǔ/ |
| Inuktitut {prop} (language) | :: 因紐特語, 因纽特语 /Yīnniǔtè yǔ/ |
| inundate {v} (to cover with large amounts of water) | :: 淹沒, 淹没 /yānmò/ |
| inundate {v} (to overwhelm) | :: 氾濫, 泛滥 /fànlàn/ |
| inundation {n} (act of inundating) | :: 洪水 /hóngshuǐ/ |
| inure {v} | :: 習慣, 习惯 /xíguàn/ |
| invade {v} (to enter by force in order to conquer) | :: 侵略 /qīnlüè/, 侵入 /qīnrù/, 侵犯 /qīnfàn/, 侵占 /qīnzhàn/ |
| invader {n} (one who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder) | :: 侵略者 /qīnlüèzhě/ |
| in vain {adv} (without success) | :: 徒然 /túrán/, 白白 /báibái/, 無益, 无益 /wúyì/, 徒勞, 徒劳 /túláo/ |
| invalid {adj} (not valid) | :: 無效, 无效 /wúxiào/ |
| invaluable {adj} (of great value) | :: 无以估价的 |
| invaluable {adj} (very useful) | :: 无价的 |
| invaluable {adj} (of inestimable worth) | :: 无价的 |
| invasion {n} (military action) | :: 侵占 /qīnzhàn/, 佔領, 占领 /zhànlǐng/, 侵略 /qīnlüè/, 入侵 /rùqīn/, 侵入 /qīnrù/ |
| invent {v} (design a new process or mechanism) | :: 發明, 发明 /fāmíng/ |
| invented {adj} (imaginary) SEE: imaginary | :: |
| invention {n} (something invented) | :: 發明, 发明 /fāmíng/ |
| inventor {n} (one who invents) | :: 發明家, 发明家 /fāmíngjiā/ |
| inventorize {v} (to make an inventory of) SEE: inventory | :: |
| inventory {n} (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) | :: 庫存, 库存 /kùcún/, 儲存, 储存 /chúcún/ |
| Inverkip {prop} (village and parish in Scotland) | :: 因弗基普 /Yīnfújīpǔ/ |
| Inverness {prop} (city in Scotland) | :: 印威內斯 |
| inverse {adj} (opposite in effect or nature) | :: 逆 /nì/ |
| inverse {adj} (reverse, opposite in order) | :: 逆 /nì/ |
| inverse {adj} ((mathematics) having the properties of an inverse) | :: 逆 /nì/ |
| inverse {n} (math: element) | :: 逆元 /nìyuán/ |
| inverse {n} (logic: statement) | :: 否命题 /fǒumìngtí/ |
| inverse trigonometric function {n} (function) | :: 反三角函數 (fǎnsānjiǎohánshù) |
| inversion {n} (deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis) | :: 倒裝, 倒装 /dàozhuāng/ |
| invert {n} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual | :: |
| invert {v} (turn upside down or inside out) | :: 反转 /fǎnzhuǎn/, 倒转 /dàozhuǎn/ |
| invertebrate {n} (animal without backbone) | :: 無脊椎動物, 无脊椎动物 /wújǐzhuī dòngwù/ |
| invertebrate {adj} (lacking backbone) | :: 無脊椎的, 无脊椎的 /wú jǐzhuī de/ |
| invertible {adj} ((mathematics) which has an inverse) | :: 可逆的 /ke ni de/ |
| invest {v} (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain) | :: 投資, 投资 /tóuzī/ |
| investigate {v} (to inquire into, study) | :: 調查, 调查 /diàochá/ |
| investigation {n} (the act of investigating) | :: 調查, 调查 /diàochá/ |
| investigative journalism {n} (journalism in which the reporter deeply investigates a single topic) | :: 調查報導, 调查报导 /diàochá bàodǎo/, 新聞調查, 新闻调查 /xīnwén diàochá/, 調查性報導, 调查性报导 /diàocháxìng bàodào/, 揭醜, 揭丑 /jiēchǒu/ |
| investigator {n} (one who investigates) | :: 調查者, 调查者 /diàocházhě/ |
| investment {n} (act of investing) | :: 投入 /tóurù/, 投資, 投资 /tóuzī/ |
| investment {n} (placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use) | :: 投資, 投资 /tóuzī/ |
| investment {n} (act of surrounding) | :: 包圍, 包围 /bāowéi/, 封鎖, 封锁 /fēngsuǒ/ |
| investment {n} (mixture of silica sand and plaster) | :: 熔模 /róngmó/ |
| investment bank {n} (financial institution) | :: 投資銀行, 投资银行 /tóuzī yínháng/ |
| investment fund {n} (type of fund) | :: 投資基金, 投资基金 /tóuzī jījīn/ |
| investor {n} (person who invests money in order to make a profit) | :: 投資者, 投资者 /tóuzīzhě/, 投資家, 投资家 /tóuzījiā/, 投資人, 投资人 /tóuzīrén/ |
| in view of {prep} (considering) | :: 鑒於, 鑑於, 鉴于 /jiànyú/ |
| invigilate {v} (oversee an exam) | :: 監考, 监考 /jiānkǎo/ |
| invincibility {n} (state or quality of being invincible) | :: 無敵, 无敌 /wúdí/, 不敗, 不败 /bùbài/ |
| invincible {adj} (impossible to defeat, destroy or kill) | :: 無敵, 无敌 /wúdí/, 不敗, 不败 /bùbài/ |
| in vino veritas {proverb} (in wine, there is truth) SEE: in wine, there is truth | :: |
| inviolable {adj} (not violable; not to be infringed) | :: 不可違反 /bùkě wéifǎn/ |
| inviolable {adj} (incapable of being injured or invaded) | :: 不可侵犯 /bùkě qīnfàn/ |
| invisible {adj} (unable to be seen) | :: 無形, 无形 /wúxíng/, 隱形, 隐形 /yǐnxíng/ |
| Invisible Pink Unicorn {prop} (unicorn goddess) | :: 隱形粉紅獨角獸 /yǐnxíng fěnhóng dú jiǎo shòu/ |
| invitation {n} (act of inviting) | :: 邀请, 邀请 /yāoqǐng/ |
| invitation {n} (document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited) | :: 柬帖 /jiǎntiě/, 帖子 /tiězi/ |
| invite {v} (ask for the presence or participation of someone) | :: 邀請, 邀请 /yāoqǐng/, 請, 请 /qǐng/, 約請, 约请 /yuēqǐng/ |
| invite {v} (encourage) SEE: encourage | :: |
| in vitro fertilization {n} ((medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body) | :: 體外人工受精, 体外人工受精 /tǐwài réngōng shòujīng/ |
| invoice {n} (bill) | :: 發票, 发票 /fāpiào/, 發單, 发单 /fādān/, 收費明細, 收费明细 /shōufèi míngxì/, 費用清單, 费用清单 /fèiyong qīngdān/, 收據, 收据 /shōujù/ |
| invoice {v} (to bill) | :: [to send bill] 寄送發票, 寄送发票 (jìsòng fāpiào), [to issue bill] 發貨單, 发货单 (fā huòdān), [to write up bill] 開發票, 开发票 (kāi fāpiào) |
| involved {adj} (complicated) SEE: complicated | :: |
| in wine, there is truth {proverb} (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol) | :: 酒後吐真言, 酒后吐真言 /jiǔhòu tǔ zhēnyán/ |
| in writing {prep} (via a written message) | :: 書面 /shūmiàn/ |
| Io {prop} (mythology) | :: 伊俄 /Yī'é/ |
| Io {prop} (moon of Jupiter) | :: 木衛一, 木卫一 /Mùwèiyī/, 埃歐, 埃欧 /Āi'ōu/ |
| Ioannina {prop} (capital of Epirus) | :: 約阿尼納, 约阿尼纳 /Yuē'ānínà/ |
| iodinate {v} (To treat or combine with iodine) | :: 碘化 /diǎnhuà/ |
| iodine {n} (element) | :: 碘 /diǎn/ |
| iodine {n} (antiseptic) | :: 碘酒 /diǎnjiǔ/, 碘酊 /diǎndǐng/ |
| ion {n} (atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge) | :: 離子, 离子 /lízǐ/ |
| Ionian Sea {prop} (European sea) | :: 愛奧尼亞海, 爱奥尼亚海 /Ài'àoníyà hǎi/ |
| ionic bond {n} (bond where atoms are connected by electrostatic attraction) | :: 离子键, 離子鍵 |
| ionizing radiation {n} (high-energy radiation that is capable of causing ionization in substances) | :: 電離輻射, 电离辐射 /diànlí fúshè/ |
| ionosphere {n} (part of Earth's atmosphere) | :: 電離層, 电离层 /diànlícéng/ |
| iota {n} (Greek letter) | :: 約塔, 约塔 /yāotǎ/ |
| Iowa {prop} (A state in Midwestern US) | :: 艾奥瓦, 爱荷华 /Ài hé huá/ |
| IP address {n} (number assigned to each computer's network interface) | :: IP地址 /āipì dìzhǐ/, IP位址 /āipì wèizhǐ/ |
| iPhone {n} (device) | :: 蘋果手機, 苹果手机 /Píngguǒ shoǔjī/, 愛瘋, 爱疯 /àifēng/ [slang] |
| I-pin {prop} (Yibin) SEE: Yibin | :: |
| Ipoh {prop} (capital of Perak) | :: 怡保 /Yíbǎo/ |
| IQ {n} (abbreviation of intelligence quotient) | :: 智商 /zhìshāng/ |
| Iquitos {prop} (city) | :: 伊基托斯 /Yījītuōsī/ |
| Iran {prop} (country in Western Asia) | :: 伊朗 /Yīlǎng/ |
| Iran {prop} (Persia) SEE: Persia | :: |
| Irani {adj} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian | :: |
| Irani {n} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian | :: |
| Iranian {n} (person from Iran or of Iranian descent) | :: 伊朗人 /yīlǎngrén/ |
| Iranian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Iran, the people or Iranian languages) | :: 伊朗的 /Yīlǎng de/ |
| Iranian Plateau {prop} (plateau in Asia) | :: 伊朗高原 /Yīlǎng Gāoyuán/ |
| Iraq {prop} (country) | :: 伊拉克 /Yīlàkè/ |
| Iraqi {n} (person from Iraq) | :: 伊拉克人 /Yīlākè-rén/ |
| irascible {adj} (prone to anger) | :: 暴躁 /bàozào/ |
| ire {n} (great anger) | :: 憤怒, 愤怒 /fènnù/ |
| Ireland {prop} (island) | :: 愛爾蘭, 爱尔兰 /Ài'ěrlán/ |
| Irene {prop} (female given name) | :: 艾琳 /Àilín/ |
| irenic {adj} (Promoting or fitted to promote peace) | :: 和平的 /hépíngde/ |
| I rest my case {phrase} (my argument is proven) | :: 我的觀點證明完畢, 我的观点证明完毕 /wǒ de guāndiǎn zhèngmíng wánbì/ |
| I rest my case {phrase} (the previous encapsulates my view) | :: 上述概括了我的觀點, 上述概括了我的观点 /shàngshù gàikuòle wǒ de guāndiǎn/ |
| iridium {n} (chemical element) | :: 铱, 銥 /yī/ |
| Iriomote tit {n} (Sittiparus olivaceus) | :: 琉球杂色山雀 |
| iris {n} (plant of the genus Iris) | :: 鳶尾花, 鸢尾花 /yuānwěi huā/ |
| iris {n} (part of the eye) | :: 虹膜 /hóngmó/, 虹彩 /hóngcǎi/ |
| Irish {n} (the language) | :: 愛爾蘭語, 爱尔兰语 /ài'ěrlányǔ/ |
| Irish {n} (the people) | :: 愛爾蘭人, 爱尔兰人 /Ài'ěrlán rén/ |
| Irish coffee {n} (coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream) | :: 愛爾蘭咖啡, 爱尔兰咖啡 /ài'ěrlán kāfēi/ |
| Irishman {n} (man from Ireland) | :: 愛爾蘭人, 爱尔兰人 /Ài'ěrlán rén/ |
| Irish Sea {prop} (a sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland) | :: 愛爾蘭海, 爱尔兰海 /Ài'ěrlán hǎi/ |
| Irish setter {n} (a breed of gun dog) | :: 愛爾蘭雪達, 爱尔兰雪达 /Ài'ěrlán xuědá/ |
| Irkutsk {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: 伊爾庫茨克, 伊尔库茨克 /Yī'ěrkùcíkè/; 厄爾庫, 厄尔库 /È’ěrkù/ [historically] |
| iron {adj} (made of iron) | :: 鐵製的, 铁制的 |
| iron {v} (to pass an iron over clothing) | :: 熨 /yùn/, 熨烫 /yùntàng/, 烫 /tàng/, 熨平 /yùnpíng/, 燙平, 燙烫 /tàngpíng/ |
| iron {n} (shackles) SEE: shackles | :: |
| iron {n} (chemical element Fe) | :: 鐵, 铁 /tiě/ |
| iron {n} (for pressing clothes) | :: 熨斗 /yùndǒu/ |
| Iron Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: 鐵器時代, 铁器时代 /tiěqì shídài/ |
| Iron Age {prop} (mythology) | :: 鐵器時代, 铁器时代 /tiěqì shídài/ |
| iron curtain {n} (impenetrable barrier) | :: 鐵幕, 铁幕 /tiěmù/ |
| Iron Curtain {prop} (the dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions) | :: 鐵幕, 铁幕 /tiěmù/ |
| iron fist {n} (ruthless control) | :: 鐵腕, 铁腕 /tiěwàn/, 鐵拳, 铁拳 /tiěquán/ |
| iron(II) sulfate {n} (FeSO4) | :: 硫酸亞鐵 |
| ironing {n} (act of pressing clothes with an iron) | :: 熨燙, 熨烫 /yùntàng/ |
| ironing board {n} (a long board on which one can iron) | :: 燙衣板, 烫衣板 /tàngyībǎn/ |
| iron lung {n} (a pneumonic device for assisted breathing) | :: 鐵肺, 铁肺 /tiěfèi/ |
| iron maiden {n} (torture device) | :: 鐵處女, 铁处女 /tiěchǔnǚ/, 鐵娘子, 铁娘子 /tiěniángzǐ/ |
| iron ore {n} (ore containing iron) | :: 鐵礦, 铁矿 /tiěkuàng/, 鐵礦石, 铁矿石 /tiěkuàngshí/ |
| iron oxide {n} (compound) | :: 氧化鐵, 氧化铁 /yǎnghuàtiě/ |
| ironsmith {n} (blacksmith) SEE: blacksmith | :: |
| ironware {n} (articles made of iron) | :: 鐵製品, 铁制品 /tiězhìpǐn/ |
| ironwork {n} (anything made of iron) | :: 鐵製品, 铁制品 /tiězhìpǐn/ |
| ironworks {n} (factory) | :: 鐵廠, 铁厂 /tiěchǎng/, 鐵工廠, 铁工厂 /tiěgōngchǎng/ |
| irony {n} (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally) | :: 反語, 反语 /fǎnyǔ/, 反話, 反话 /fǎnhuà/, 諷刺, 讽刺 /fěngcì/ [satire, sarcasm] |
| Iroquois {n} (hairdo) SEE: Mohawk | :: |
| irrational {adj} (unfounded or nonsensical) | :: 不合理 /bùhélǐ/ |
| irrational {adj} (mathematics: of a number) | :: 無理數, 无理数 /wúlǐshù/ |
| irrationality {n} (want of reason) | :: 不合理 /bùhélǐ/ |
| irrational number {n} (real number that is not rational) | :: 無理數, 无理数 /wúlǐshù/ |
| Irrawaddy {prop} (river that flows through Burma) | :: 伊洛瓦底江 /yīluòwǎdǐjiāng/ |
| irredentism {n} (an annexation doctrine) | :: 領土收復主義, 领土收复主义 /lǐngtǔ shōufù zhǔyì/ |
| irregular {adj} (non-standard) | :: 無常, 无常 /wúcháng/ |
| irregular galaxy {n} (galaxy which has no spiral and is not elliptical) | :: 不規則星系, 不规则星系 /bùguīzé xīngxì/ |
| irregular verb {n} (verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation) | :: 不規則動詞, 不规则动词 /bù guīzé dòngcí/ |
| irrelevant {adj} (not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected) | :: 不相干的 /bùxiānggān de/, 不切題的, 不切题的 /bùqiètí de/ |
| irrepressible {adj} (not containable or controllable) | :: 忍不住的 /rěn bù zhù de/, 控制不住的 /kòngzhì bù zhù de/ |
| irresistible {adj} (not able to be resisted) | :: 不可抗拒 /bùkěkàngjù/ |
| irresponsibility {n} (character or state of being irresponsible) | :: 不負責任, 不负责任 /bù fùzérèn/, 無責任, 无责任 /wúzérèn/ |
| irresponsible {adj} (not responsible; not subject to responsibility) | :: 不負責任的 /bù fù zérèn de/, 不负责任的 /bù fù zérèn de/ |
| irresponsible {adj} (lacking a sense of responsibility) | :: 不負責的 /bù fù zérèn de/, 不负责任的 /bù fù zérèn de/ |
| irreverent {adj} (lacking respect or seriousness) | :: 不敬 /bùjìng/, 失禮, 失礼 /shīlǐ/, 無禮, 无礼 /wúlǐ/ |
| irreverent {adj} (courageous, straightforward, having mass appeal, but likely to offend) | :: 諷刺, 讽刺 /fěngcì/ |
| irrevocable {adj} (unable to be retracted or reversed) | :: 不可撤销的 |
| irrigate {v} (to supply farmland with water) | :: 灌溉 /guàngài/ |
| irrigate {v} (to clean a wound with a fluid) | :: 沖洗 /chōngxǐ/ |
| irrigation {n} (The act or process of irrigating) | :: 灌溉 /guàngài/ |
| irritable bowel syndrome {n} (functional disorder of the large intestine) | :: 腸易激綜合徵, 肠易激综合征 /chángyìjī zònghézhēng/, 腸燥症, 肠燥症 /chángzàozhèng/ |
| irritate {v} (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) | :: 激怒 /jīnù/, 刺激 /cìjī/ |
| irritated {adj} (experiencing a feeling of irritation) | :: 愤怒,恼怒 |
| irritating {adj} (causing irritation, annoyance or pain) | :: 煩, 烦 /fán/, 令人討厭 , 令人讨厌 /lìngrén tǎoyàn/ |
| Irtysh {prop} (river in Siberia) | :: 額爾齊斯河, 额尔齐斯河 /É’ěrqísī/ |
| Isaac {prop} (son of Abraham and Sarah) | :: 以撒 /Yǐsā/, 依撒格 /Yīsāgé/ [Catholic] |
| Isaac {prop} (male given name) | :: 艾薩克, 艾萨克 /Àisàkè/ |
| Isaiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: 以賽亞書, 以赛亚书 /Yǐsàiyàshū/ |
| Isaiah {prop} (prophet) | :: 以賽亞, 以赛亚 /Yǐsàiyà/, 依撒意亞, 依撒意亚 /Yīsāyìyà/ [Catholic], 依撒依亚 /Yīsāyīyà/ [Catholic] |
| is all {adv} (without any other reason) | :: 而已 /éryǐ/, 罷了, 罢了 /bàle/ |
| isatin {n} (indole derivative) | :: 靛红 /diànhóng/, 靛紅 |
| ISBN {n} (International Standard Book Number) | :: 國際標準書號, 国际标准书号 /guójì biāozhǔn shūhào/ |
| ischemia {n} (local anemia) | :: 缺血 /quēxuè/ |
| ischiatic nerve {n} (sciatic nerve) SEE: sciatic nerve | :: |
| ischium {n} (the lowest of three bones of the pelvis) | :: 坐骨 /zuògǔ/ |
| -ise {suffix} (-ize) SEE: -ize | :: |
| Isfahan {prop} (third largest city of Iran) | :: 伊斯法罕 /Yīsīfǎhǎn/ |
| Ishikawa {prop} (Ishikawa, Japan) | :: 石川 /Shíchuān/ |
| Ishmael {prop} (eldest son of Abraham) | :: 以實瑪利, 以实玛利 /Yǐshímǎlì/, 依市瑪耳, 依市玛耳 /Yīshìmǎ'ěr/ [Catholic] |
| Ishmael {prop} (male given name) | :: 伊斯邁爾, 伊斯迈尔 /Yīsīmài'ěr/ |
| ISIL {prop} (ISIS) SEE: ISIS | :: |
| ISIS {prop} (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) | :: ISIS /ISIS/ |
| is it going to rain {phrase} (is it going to rain) | :: 要下雨了嗎？, 要下雨了吗？ /yào xiàyǔ le ma?/ |
| Islam {prop} (religion) | :: 回教 /huíjiào/, 伊斯蘭教, 伊斯兰教 /yīsīlánjiào/, 清真教 /qīngzhēnjiào/ |
| Islamabad {prop} (the capital of Pakistan) | :: 伊斯蘭堡, 伊斯兰堡 /Yīsīlánbǎo/ |
| Islamic {adj} (Adjectival form of Islam) | :: 伊斯蘭教, 伊斯兰教 /Yīsīlán jiào/, 伊斯蘭, 伊斯兰 /Yīsīlán/ |
| Islamic fundamentalism {n} (movement towards Islamic conservatism) | :: 伊斯蘭原教旨主義, 伊斯兰原教旨主义 /Yīsīlán yuánjiàozhǐzhǔyì/ |
| Islamic Republic of Iran {prop} (full, official name of Iran) | :: 伊朗伊斯蘭共和國, 伊朗伊斯兰共和国 /Yīlǎng yīsīlán gònghéguó/ |
| Islamic Republic of Pakistan {prop} (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) | :: 巴基斯坦伊斯蘭共和國, 巴基斯坦伊斯兰共和国 /Bājīsītǎn Yīsīlán Gònghéguó/ |
| Islamic State {prop} (jihadist group, see also: IS) | :: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 /Yīsīlán guó/ |
| Islamic State {prop} (proclaimed caliphate) | :: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 /Yīsīlán guó/ |
| Islamism {n} (Islamic fundamentalism) | :: 伊斯蘭主義, 伊斯兰主义 /yīsīlánzhǔyì/ |
| Islamization {n} (the conversion of a society to Islam) | :: 伊斯蘭化, 伊斯兰化 /Yīsīlánhuà/ |
| Islamophobia {n} (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) | :: 伊斯蘭恐懼症, 伊斯兰恐惧症 /Yīsīlán kǒngjùzhèng/ |
| island {n} (area of land completely surrounded by water) | :: 島, 岛 /dǎo/, 島嶼, 岛屿 /dǎoyǔ/, 海島, 海岛 /hǎidǎo/ |
| islander {n} (person who lives on an island) | :: 島民, 岛民 /dǎomín/, 島上居民, 岛上居民 /dǎo shàng jūmín/ |
| island state {n} (state consisting of one or more islands) | :: 島嶼國家, 岛屿国家 /dǎoyǔ guójiā/, 島國, 岛国 /dǎoguó/ |
| isle {n} (isle) SEE: island | :: |
| Isle of Man {prop} (island) | :: 馬恩島, 马恩岛 /Mǎ'ēn dǎo/, 曼島, 曼岛 /Màn dǎo/ |
| Isle of Wight {prop} (island and county off the south coast of England) | :: 懷特島, 怀特岛 /Huáitè dǎo/ |
| islet {n} (small island) | :: 小島 /xiǎo dǎo/, 小岛 /xiǎo dǎo/ |
| -ism {suffix} (a principle, belief or movement) | :: -主義, -主义 /-zhǔyì/ |
| Ismailia {prop} (city) | :: 伊斯梅利亞, 伊斯梅利亚 /Yīsīméilìyà/ |
| isn't {v} (is not) | :: 不是 /bùshì/ |
| isn't it so {phrase} (isn't it so?) | :: Classical Chinese: 非歟？; 是不是？ /shì bú shì?/, 對不對？, 对不对？ /duì bù duì?/, 不是嗎？ /bùshì ma?/ |
| isobutane {n} (a hydrocarbon: C4H10) | :: 異丁烷, 异丁烷 /yì dīngwán/ |
| isocyanide {n} (HN+C-) | :: 胩 /kǎ/, 異腈, 异腈 /yìjīng/ |
| isogloss {n} (line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature) | :: 同言線 /tóngyánxiàn/ |
| isolate {v} (transitive: to set apart or cut off from others) | :: 孤立 /gūlì/ |
| isolate {v} (transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation) | :: 隔離, 隔离 /gélí/ |
| isolate {v} (transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture) | :: 離析, 离析 /líxī/, 分離, 分离 /fēnlí/ |
| isolation {n} (state of being isolated) | :: 隔離, 隔离 /gélí/, 隔斷, 隔断 /géduàn/ |
| isolationism {n} (policy of non-interaction) | :: 孤立主義, 孤立主义 /gūlìzhǔyì/ |
| isomer {n} (chemistry: compounds) | :: 異構體, 异构体 /yìgòutǐ/ |
| isomerase {n} (enzyme for the conversion of isomeric forms) | :: 異構酶, 异构酶 |
| isomerism {n} (phenomenon of the existence of isomers) | :: 異構, 异构 /yìgòu/ |
| isomorphic {adj} ((mathematics) related by an isomorphism) | :: 同構, 同构 /tónggòu/ |
| isomorphism {n} (bidirectionally structure-preserving bijection) | :: 同構, 同构 /tónggòu/ |
| isoprene {n} (isoprene) | :: 異戊二烯, 异戊二烯 /yìwù'èrxī/ |
| isosceles {adj} (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle) | :: 等腰 /děngyāo/ |
| isosceles triangle {n} (triangle having two sides equal) | :: 等腰三角形 /děngyāosānjiǎoxíng/ |
| isotonic {adj} (having the same osmotic pressure) | :: 等渗 /děngshèn/ |
| isotope {n} (atoms of the same element having a different number of neutrons) | :: 同位素 /tóngwèisù/ |
| isotropy {n} (The property of being isotropic) | :: 各向同性 /gèxiàngtóngxìng/ |
| ISP {n} (Internet service provider) | :: 互聯網服務供應商, 互联网服务供应商 /hùliánwǎng fúwù gōngyìngshāng/ |
| Israel {prop} (the state) | :: 以色列 /Yǐsèliè/ |
| Israel {prop} (Biblical: name given to Jacob) | :: 以色列 /Yǐsèliè/ |
| Israeli {n} (person from Israel or of Israeli descent) | :: 以色列人 /yǐsèlièrén/ |
| Israeli {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people) | :: 以色列的 /Yǐsèliè de/, 以- /Yǐ-/ |
| ISSN {n} (International Standard Serial Number) | :: 國際標準叢刊號 /guójì biāozhǔn cóngkān hào/, 国际标准连续出版物号 /guójì biāozhǔn liánxù chūbǎn wù hào/ |
| issue {n} (contested point in a dispute or debate) | :: 问题 |
| issue {n} (problem or concern) | :: 問題 |
| issuer {n} (One who issues) | :: 發行人, 发行人 /fāxíngrén/ |
| Issyk Kul {prop} (a lake in Kyrgyzstan) | :: 伊塞克湖 /Yīsāikè hú/ |
| -ist {suffix} (One who follows a particular ideology, doctrine, belief system or theory) | :: -主義者, -主义者 /-zhǔyìzhě/ |
| -ist {suffix} (A member of a profession or one interested in something) | :: 家 |
| -ista {suffix} (follower) SEE: -ist | :: |
| Istanbul {prop} (largest city of Turkey and last capital of Ottoman Empire) | :: 伊斯坦布爾, 伊斯坦布尔 /Yīsītǎnbù'ěr/, 伊斯坦堡 /Yīsītǎnbǎo/ |
| is that so {phrase} (really) | :: 是嗎？, 是吗？ /shì ma?/, 真的嗎？, 真的吗？ /zhēnde ma?/, 是這樣嗎？, 是这样吗？ /shì zhèyang ma?/ |
| is that the time {phrase} (used to indicate surprise at how late in time it is) | :: 都這麼晚了, 都这么晚了 /dōu zhème wǎn le/ |
| is there a smaller size {phrase} (is there a smaller size?) | :: 有小一號的嗎？, 有小一号的吗？ /Yǒu xiǎo yī hào de ma?/ |
| isthmus {n} (narrow strip of land) | :: 地峽, 地峡 /dìxiá/ |
| Isuzu {prop} (automotive manufacturer) | :: 五十鈴 /Wǔshílíng/ |
| it {pron} (subject — inanimate thing) | :: Literary: [not used]; 它 /tā/, [classical] 之 /zhī/, [this] 這, 这 /zhè, zhèi/, [that] 那 /nà, nèi/, [used for animals, variant of 它] 牠 /tā/ |
| it {pron} (object) | :: Literary: 之 /zhī/, 伊 /yī/, 渠 /qú/; 這, 这 /zhè/, 那 /nà, nèi/, 它 /tā/, 之 /zhī/ |
| it {pron} (impersonal pronoun, used without referent) | :: Literary: [not used] |
| IT {n} (information technology) SEE: information technology | :: |
| Italian {adj} (of or pertaining to Italy) | :: 意大利的 /Yìdàlì de/, 意 /yì/ |
| Italian {n} (inhabitant of Italy) | :: 意大利人 /yìdàlìrén/ |
| Italian {n} (language) | :: 意大利語, 意大利语 /yìdàlìyǔ/ |
| Italianization {prop} (process of forced assimilation into the Italian culture) | :: 意大利化 /Yìdàlì huà/ |
| Italian mix {n} (blend of spices and herbs) | :: 意大利混合香料 /Yìdàlì hùnhé xiāngliào/ |
| Italianness {n} (quality of being Italian) | :: 意大利的特性 /Yìdàlì de tèxìng/ |
| Italian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula) | :: 意大利半島, 意大利半岛 /Yìdàlì Bàndǎo/ |
| Italian Republic {prop} (official name of Italy) | :: 意大利共和國 /Yìdàlì gònghéguó/ |
| italic {adj} (having a slant to the right) | :: 斜體的, 斜体的 /xiétǐ de/ |
| italic {n} (typeface whose letters slant to the right) | :: 斜體, 斜体 /xiétǐ/ |
| italics {n} (italic) SEE: italic | :: |
| Italo- {prefix} (relating to Italy or Italian) | :: 意- /Yì-/ |
| Italy {prop} (European country) | :: 意大利 /Yìdàlì/, 義大利, 义大利 /Yìdàlì/ [dated] |
| Itanagar {prop} (capital of Arunachal Pradesh) | :: 伊塔那噶 /Yītǎnàgá/ |
| it can't be helped {phrase} (it is inevitable) | :: 沒辦法, 没办法 /méi bànfǎ/ |
| itch {n} (a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch) | :: 癢, 痒 /yǎng/, 發癢, 发痒 /fāyǎng/ |
| itch {n} (a desire) | :: 渴望 /kěwàng/ |
| itch {v} (to feel the need to scratch) | :: 癢, 痒 /yǎng/ |
| itch {v} (to want or desire) | :: 渴望 /kěwàng/ |
| itchy {adj} (having or creating an itch) | :: 癢, 痒 /yǎng/ |
| it depends {phrase} (it depends) | :: 看情況, 看情况 /kàn qíngkuàng/, 取決於……, 取决于…… /qǔjuéyú.../ |
| it doesn't matter {phrase} (it doesn't matter) | :: 沒關係, 没关系 /méiguānxi/, 不要緊, 不要紧 /bú yàojǐn/ |
| -ite {suffix} (used to form names of minerals and rocks) | :: 礦, 矿 /kuàng/, 石 /shí/ |
| item {n} (distinct physical object) | :: 項目, 项目 /xiàngmù/, 東西 /dōngxi/ |
| item {n} (video games: object that can be picked up for later use) | :: 寶物 /bǎowù/, 物品 /wùpǐn/ |
| item of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| iteration {n} (repetition in a computer program) | :: 反覆 /fǎnfù/ |
| it happens {phrase} (worrying is not necessary) | :: 这是常有的事 |
| I think so {phrase} (I think so) | :: 我想是這樣, 我想是这样 /wǒ xiǎng shì zhèyàng/, 我這麼認為, 我这么认为 /wǒ zhème rènwéi/ |
| I think therefore I am {phrase} (philosophical proof of existence) | :: 我思故我在 /wǒ sī gù wǒ zài/ |
| itinerant {adj} (travelling from place to place) | :: 巡回的 /xúnhuíde/ |
| itinerary {n} (route or proposed route of a journey) | :: 路線, 路线 /lùxiàn/, 旅程 /lǚchéng/, 行程 /xíngchéng/ |
| -itis {suffix} (suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation) | :: -炎 /-yán/ |
| it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog {proverb} (The one who wants to blame someone can always find an error in him) | :: 欲加之罪，何患无辞, 欲加之罪，何患無辭 /yù jiā zhī zuì, hé huàn wú cí/ |
| it is what it is {phrase} (it is what it is) | :: 這就是事實, 这就是事实 /zhè jiù shì shìshí/ |
| it never rains but it pours {proverb} (unfortunate events occur in quantity) | :: 屋漏偏逢連夜雨, 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 /wū lòu piān féng liányè yǔ/ (when the roof is leaking, that's when you'll get several continuous nights of rain), 禍不單行, 祸不单行 /huòbùdānxíng/ (disasters do not come alone) |
| I told you so {phrase} (told you so!) | :: 我說什麼來著 /wǒ shuō shénme láizhe/, 我说什么来着 /wǒ shuō shénme láizhe/ |
| it's about time {interj} (expression of impatience) | :: 是時候, 是时候 /shì shíhou/ |
| it's all good {phrase} (used to express unconcern) SEE: no worries | :: |
| it's all Greek to me {phrase} (I don't understand any of this) | :: 一竅不通, 一窍不通 /yīqiàobùtōng/ (lack the slightest knowledge), 一無所知, 一无所知 /yīwúsuǒzhī/ (know nothing about), 完全不懂 /wánquán bùdǒng/ (not understand at all) |
| it's a long story {phrase} | :: 說來話長, 说来话长 /shuōláihuàcháng/ |
| it's an emergency {phrase} (it's an emergency) | :: 這是緊急狀況, 这是紧急状况 /zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng/ |
| it's a pleasure {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| it's a small world {phrase} (phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context) | :: 好巧 /hǎo qiǎo/ |
| it's cold outside {phrase} (it's cold outside (weather)) | :: 外面很冷 /wàimiàn hěn lěng/ |
| itself {pron} | :: 它本身 /tā běn shēn/ |
| it's lonely at the top {proverb} (highly successful person will suffer from isolation) | :: 高處不勝寒, 高处不胜寒 /gāochù bùshèng hán/ |
| it's never too late to mend {proverb} (one is never too old to change one's ways) | :: 亡羊补牢 |
| it's raining {phrase} (it's raining) | :: 下雨了 /xià yǔ le/ |
| it's snowing {phrase} (it's snowing) | :: 下雪了 /xià xuě le/ |
| it's the thought that counts {proverb} (when giving someone a present or doing a favour for someone, the kindness is more important than any other consideration) | :: 禮輕情意重, 礼轻情意重 /lǐ qīng qíngyì zhòng/, 有這份心思才是最重要的, 有这份心思才是最重要的 /yǒu zhè fèn xīnsī cái shì zuì zhòngyào de/, 心意到了就行了 /xīnyì dào le jiù xíng le/ |
| it's too expensive {phrase} (it's too expensive) | :: 太貴了, 太贵了 /tài guì le/ |
| it takes all kinds to make a world {proverb} (Diversity is essential) | :: 构成世界需要各种各样的人 |
| it takes two to tango {proverb} (some things need the active cooperation of two parties) | :: 一個巴掌拍不響, 一个巴掌拍不响 /yī ge bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng/ |
| I-tu {prop} (Yidu) SEE: Yidu | :: |
| it was delicious {phrase} (phrase said to compliment a meal after eating it) | :: 非常好吃 /fēicháng hǎochī/ |
| -ity {suffix} (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) | :: 性 /xìng/ |
| Ivan {prop} (male given name) | :: 伊万 /Yīwàn/ |
| Ivanhoe {prop} (Hero of this novel.) | :: 艾凡赫 /Àifánhè/ |
| Ivanovich {prop} (patronymic) | :: 伊萬諾維奇, 伊万诺维奇 /Yīwànnuòwéiqí/ |
| Ivanovo {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 伊萬諾沃, 伊万诺沃 /Yīwànnuòwò/ |
| I've {contraction} (I have) | :: 我有 /wǒ yǒu/ |
| I've been raped {phrase} (I've been raped) | :: 我被強姦了, 我被强奸了 /wǒ bèi qiángjiān le/, 我被強暴了, 我被强暴了 /wǒ bèi qiángbào le/ |
| I've been robbed {phrase} (I've been robbed) | :: 我被搶劫了, 我被抢劫了 /wǒ bèi qiǎngjié le/ |
| I've been shot {phrase} (I've been shot) | :: 我中彈了, 我中弹了 /wǒ zhòng dànle/ |
| I've burned myself {phrase} (I've burned myself) | :: 我被燙傷了, 我被烫伤了 /wǒ bèi tàngshāng le/, 我被燒傷了, 我被烧伤了 /wǒ bèi shāoshāng le/ |
| I've burnt myself {phrase} (I've burned myself) SEE: I've burned myself | :: |
| I've lost my keys {phrase} (I lost my keys) SEE: I lost my keys | :: |
| ivory {n} (material) | :: 象牙 /xiàngyá/ |
| Ivory Coast {prop} (Côte d'Ivoire) SEE: Côte d'Ivoire | :: |
| ivory gull {n} (Pagophila eburnea) | :: 白鸥 /bái-ōu/ |
| ivory tower {n} (overly-academic perspective) | :: 象牙塔 /xiàngyátǎ/ |
| ivy {n} (plant) | :: 常春藤 /chángchūnténg/ |
| Ivy League {prop} (association) | :: 長春藤聯盟, 长春藤联盟 /Chángchūnténg Liánméng/, 常青藤聯盟, 常青藤联盟 /Chángqīngténg Liánméng/ |
| I want to go to the toilet {phrase} (I want to go to the toilet) | :: 我想上廁所, 我想上厕所 /wǒ xiǎng shàng cèsuǒ/ |
| I want to know {phrase} (I want to know) | :: 我要知道 /wǒ yào zhīdào/ |
| I was born in ... {phrase} (I was born in ... (year)) | :: 我在……年出生 /wǒ zài ... nián chūshēng/ |
| I was born in ... {phrase} (I was born in ... (place name)) | :: 我在……出生 /wǒ zài ... chūshēng/ |
| Iwate {prop} (Iwate, Japan) | :: 岩手 /Yánshǒu/ |
| I wish {phrase} (I would very much like that to be so) | :: 但願, 但愿 /dànyuàn/ |
| I-wu {prop} (Yiwu) SEE: Yiwu | :: |
| Ixion {prop} (king of Lapiths) | :: 小行星 |
| Ixion {prop} (a Kuiper Belt object) | :: 小行星 |
| izakaya {n} (a Japanese bar that also sells snack) | :: 居酒屋 /jūjiǔwū/ |
| Izanagi {prop} (Japanese creator god) | :: 伊奘諾尊, 伊奘诺尊 /Yīzàngnuòzūn/ |
| Izanami {prop} (Japanese creator goddess) | :: 伊奘冉尊 /Yīzàngrǎnzūn/ |
| -ization {suffix} (act, process, or result of doing something) | :: -化 /-huà/ |
| -ize {suffix} (suffix used to form verbs) | :: -化 /huà/ |
| Izhevsk {prop} (capital of Udmurtia) | :: 伊熱夫斯克, 伊热夫斯克 /Yīrèfūsīkè/ |
| Izu {prop} (city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) | :: 伊豆 /Yīdòu/ |
| Île-de-France {prop} (region) | :: 法蘭西島, 法兰西岛 /Fǎlánxī dǎo/ |
