| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time) / by (a time) |   |
| 为期 | wéi qī | (to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time) | |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 积分 | jī fēn | integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme | |
| 通过 | tōng guò | to pass through / to get through / to adopt (a resolution) / to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of / through / via | |
| 地区 | dì qū | local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by | |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 开放 | kāi fàng | to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality | |
| 兄弟 | xiōng dì | brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal | |
| 升级 | shēng jí | to escalate (in intensity) / to go up by one grade / to be promoted / to upgrade (computing) | |
| 专题 | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic | |
| 一家 | yī jiā | the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group | |
| 自行 | zì xíng | voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self- | |
| 而言 | ér yán | (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned / speaking in terms of ... | |
| 画面 | huà miàn | scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view | |
| 各个 | gè gè | every / various / separately, one by one | |
| 纷纷 | fēn fēn | one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / diverse / in profusion / numerous and confused / pell-mell | |
| 遵守 | zūn shǒu | to comply with / to abide by / to respect (an agreement) | |
| 千万 | qiān wàn | ten million / countless / many / one must by all means | |
| 通用 | tōng yòng | to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable | |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively / step by step | |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government / official (approved or issued by an authority) | |
| 小子 | xiǎo zǐ | (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 远远 | yuǎn yuǎn | distant / by far | |
| 点评 | diǎn píng | to comment / a point by point commentary | |
| 正好 | zhèng hǎo | just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that | |
| 专利 | zhuān lì | patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly | |
| 回头 | huí tóu | to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by | |
| 缓缓 | huǎn huǎn | slowly / unhurriedly / little by little | |
| 对了 | duì le | Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... | |
| 锁定 | suǒ dìng | to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target | |
| 难得 | nán dé | seldom / rare / hard to come by | |
| 记住 | jì zhu | to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart | |
| 对付 | duì fu | to handle / to deal with / to cope / to get by with | |
| 等到 | děng dào | to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 透过 | tòu guò | to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via | |
| 单独 | dān dú | alone / by oneself / on one's own | |
| 走过 | zǒu guò | to walk past / to pass by | |
| 日益 | rì yì | day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day | |
| 民营 | mín yíng | privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state) | |
| 一一 | yī yī | one by one / one after another | |
| 一手 | yī shǒu | a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help | |
| 凭借 | píng jiè | to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on | |
| 并未 | bìng wèi | not at all / by no means | |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally / occasional / occasionally / by chance / randomly | |
| 不解 | bù jiě | to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble | |
| 老子 | Lǎo zǐ | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi | |
| 万一 | wàn yī | just in case / if by any chance / contingency | |
| 陆续 | lù xù | in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit | |
| 路过 | lù guò | to pass by or through | |
| 三个代表 | Sān gè Dài biǎo | the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 / as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people | |
| 宝贵 | bǎo guì | valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by | |
| 团购 | tuán gòu | group buying / collective buying / buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group | |
| 过得 | guò dé | How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad | |
| 放过 | fàng guò | to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth | |
| 无论如何 | wú lùn rú hé | whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means | |
| 对照 | duì zhào | to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check | |
| 大幅度 | dà fú dù | by a wide margin / substantial | |
| 遵循 | zūn xún | to follow / to abide by / to comply with | |
| 阿姨 | ā yí | maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 邮寄 | yóu jì | to mail / to send by post | |
| 强行 | qiáng xíng | to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2] | |
| 取决于 | qǔ jué yú | to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on | |
| 徘徊 | pái huái | to dither / to hesitate / to pace back and forth / by ext. to hover around / to linger | |
| 不经意 | bù jīng yì | not paying attention / carelessly / by accident | |
| 随风 | suí fēng | wind-borne / tossed about by the wind | |
| 步步 | bù bù | step by step / at every step | |
| 喝道 | hè dào | to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way | |
| 老总 | lǎo zǒng | boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer | |
| 高出 | gāo chū | to be higher (than the stated amount) by ... | |
| 独资 | dú zī | wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment | |
| 基金会 | jī jīn huì | foundation (institution supported by an endowment) | |
| 法治 | fǎ zhì | rule of law / to rule by law | |
| 所致 | suǒ zhì | to be caused by | |
| 时分 | shí fēn | time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 | |
| 不服 | bù fú | not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to | |
| 惊醒 | jīng xǐng | to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly | |
| 为首 | wéi shǒu | head / be headed by | |
| 叫声 | jiào shēng | yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) | |
| 泰山 | Tài shān | Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan | |
| 透视 | tòu shì | to see through / perspective / to examine by fluoroscopy (i.e. X-ray) | |
| 增收 | zēng shōu | to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake | |
| 信件 | xìn jiàn | letter (sent by mail) | |
| 建国 | jiàn guó | to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 | |
| 公车 | gōng chē | bus / abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1] / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1] | |
| 附带 | fù dài | supplementary / incidentally / in parentheses / by chance / in passing / additionally / secondary / subsidiary / to attach | |
| 恰好 | qià hǎo | as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right | |
| 表决 | biǎo jué | to decide by vote / to vote | |
| 果实 | guǒ shí | fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains | |
| 日趋 | rì qū | (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually | |
| 唐山 | Táng shān | Tangshan prefecture-level city in Hebei / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) | |
| 日渐 | rì jiàn | to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day | |
| 天色 | tiān sè | color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather | |
| 易趣 | yì qù | EachNet, Chinese e-commerce company (formerly owned by eBay and branded as eBay EachNet) | |
| 成千上万 | chéng qiān shàng wàn | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands | |
| 在那儿 | zài na r | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 打招呼 | dǎ zhāo hu | to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice | |
| 小幅 | xiǎo fú | by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small | |
| 颠覆 | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert | |
