"Beat" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 节奏 | jié zòu | rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat |   |
| 鼓动 | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) / to encourage / to agitate / to instigate / to incite / to beat / to flap (wings, a fan etc) | |
| 拍 |  pāi | to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) | |
| 扁 | biǎn | flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3] | |
| 赢 | yíng | to beat / to win / to profit | |
| 揍 | zòu | to hit / to beat (sb) / (coll.) to smash (sth) | |
| 击败 | jī bài | to defeat / to beat | |
| 打败 | dǎ bài | to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated | |
| 敲打 | qiāo dǎ | to beat sb / to beat (a drum) | |
| 节拍 | jié pāi | beat (music) / meter | |
| 击打 | jī dǎ | to beat / to lash | |
| 打散 | dǎ sàn | to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) | |
| 拍子 | pāi zi | beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) | |
| 捶打 | chuí dǎ | to beat / to pound / to thump | |
| 拍击 | pāi jī | to smack / to beat | |
| 打 | dǎ | to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from | |
| 克 | kēi | to scold / to beat | |
| 胜 | shèng | victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) | |
| 搏 | bó | to fight / to combat / to seize / (of heart) to beat | |
| 捣 | dǎo | to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir | |
| 拷 | kǎo | to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4]) | |
| 擂 | léi | to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold | |
| 挝 | zhuā | ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓[zhua1] / to strike / to beat | |
| 舂 | chōng | to pound (grain) / beat | |
| 警区 | jǐng qū | policeman's round / patrol / beat | |
| 抶 | chì | beat / flog | |
| 搉 | què | consult / knock / beat | |
| 反击 | fǎn jī | to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack | |
| 打死 | dǎ sǐ | to kill / to beat to death | |
| 走路 | zǒu lù | to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out | |
| 走开 | zǒu kāi | to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside | |
| 不敌 | bù dí | no match for / cannot beat | |
| 走人 | zǒu rén | (coll.) to leave / to beat it | |
| 打压 | dǎ yā | to suppress / to beat down | |
| 殴打 | ōu dǎ | to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) | |
| 击退 | jī tuì | to beat back / to repel | |
| 暴打 | bào dǎ | to beat viciously | |
| 闪人 | shǎn rén | (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave | |
| 伤脑筋 | shāng nǎo jīn | to be a real headache / to find sth a real headache / to beat one's brains | |
| 乱跳 | luàn tiào | to jump about / (of the heart) to beat wildly | |
| 毒打 | dú dǎ | to viciously beat (sb) up / CL:頓|顿[dun4] | |
| 轻取 | qīng qǔ | to beat easily / to gain an easy victory | |
| 搪塞 | táng sè | to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge | |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous | |
| 砍价 | kǎn jià | to bargain / to cut or beat down a price | |
| 打骂 | dǎ mà | to beat and scold | |
| 转圈 | zhuàn quān | to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush | |
| 拳打脚踢 | quán dǎ jiǎo tī | lit. to punch and kick (idiom) / to beat up / fig. determined to sort out a problem | |
| 拍板 | pāi bǎn | clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers | |
| 滚蛋 | gǔn dàn | get out of here! / beat it! | |
| 杀价 | shā jià | to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices | |
| 消暑 | xiāo shǔ | to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat | |
| 鼓噪 | gǔ zào | (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor / to make a din / to kick up a fuss about | |
| 心心相印 | xīn xīn xiāng yìn | two hearts beat as one (idiom) / a kindred spirit | |
| 开锣 | kāi luó | to beat the gong to open a performance | |
| 拐弯抹角 | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush | |
| 痛打 | tòng dǎ | to beat sb soundly | |
| 围殴 | wéi ōu | to gang up and beat | |
| 打退 | dǎ tuì | to beat back / to repel / to repulse | |
| 一拍即合 | yī pāi jí hé | lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily | |
| 打草惊蛇 | dǎ cǎo jīng shé | lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others | |
| 追打 | zhuī dǎ | to chase and beat | |
| 将计就计 | jiāng jì jiù jì | to beat sb at their own game (idiom) | |
| 鼓点 | gǔ diǎn | drum beat / rhythm | |
| 费尽心机 | fèi jìn xīn jī | to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) / to beat one's brains out | |
| 拷打 | kǎo dǎ | to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture | |
| 溜之大吉 | liū zhī dà jí | to steal away / to beat it | |
| 打退堂鼓 | dá tuì táng gǔ | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail | |
| 打退堂鼓 | dǎ tuì táng gǔ | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail | |
| 敲锣 | qiāo luó | to beat a gong | |
| 捣烂 | dǎo làn | to mash / to beat to a pulp | |
| 兜圈子 | dōu quān zi | to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush | |
| 棒槌 | bàng chuí | wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) | |
| 鸣金 | míng jīn | to beat a gong / to sound the retreat | |
| 搏动 | bó dòng | to beat rhythmically / to throb / to pulsate | |
| 一板一眼 | yī bǎn yī yǎn | lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail | |
| 口技 | kǒu jì | beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism | |
| 捶胸顿足 | chuí xiōng dùn zú | (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) | |
| 绕圈子 | rào quān zi | to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush | |
| 摔打 | shuāi da | to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up | |
| 打落水狗 | dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu | lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down | |
| 早搏 | zǎo bó | (medicine) premature beat / extrasystole | |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà | (let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush | |
| 绕弯子 | rào wān zi | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
| 打拍子 | dǎ pāi zi | to beat time | |
| 鸣锣开道 | míng luó kāi dào | to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth | |
| 闪 | shǎn | to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 岗 | gǎng | (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post | |
| 殴 | ōu | to beat up / to hit sb | |
| 擗 | pǐ | (literary) to beat the breast / to break off / to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc) | |
| 敲边鼓 | qiāo biān gǔ | to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum) | |
| 一板三眼 | yī bǎn sān yǎn | lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. scrupulous attention to detail | |
| 心有灵犀一点通 | xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng | hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom) / fig. two hearts beat as one | |
| 擂鼓鸣金 | léi gǔ míng jīn | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom) / fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back | |
| 击鼓鸣金 | jī gǔ míng jīn | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom) / fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back | |
| 绷扒吊拷 | bèng bā diào kǎo | to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique | |
| 鸣金收军 | míng jīn shōu jūn | to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom) / to order a retreat | |
| 争强好胜 | zhēng qiáng hào shèng | competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others | |
| 搥 | chuí | to beat with the fist / to hammer | |
| 咢 | è | beat a drum / startle | |
