"Amateur" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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业余 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)
外行 wài háng layman / amateur
爱好者 ài hào zhě lover (of art, sports etc) / amateur / enthusiast / fan
老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur
素人 sù rén untrained, inexperienced person / layman / amateur
业余爱好者 yè yú ài hǎo zhě hobbyist / amateur
业余爱好者 yè yú ài hào zhě hobbyist / amateur
业馀者 yè yú zhě amateur
业余无线电执照 yè yú wú xiàn diàn zhí zhào amateur
业余者 yè yú zhě amateur
浅尝者 qiǎn cháng zhě dilettante / amateur / dabbler
客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for
票友 piào yǒu an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
票 piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
枪版 qiāng bǎn amateur pirated DVD, made e.g. by shooting a running movie
玩儿票 wán r piào amateur dramatics
票友儿 piào yǒu r an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
票活 piào huó to work as amateur for no pay
走票 zǒu piào amateur performance (in theater)
国际业余无线电联盟 guó jì yè yú wú xiàn diàn lián méng International Amateur Radio Union
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