"Corner" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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角落 jiǎo luò corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook
墙角 qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls)
拐角 guǎi jiǎo to turn a corner / corner
转角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
旮旯 gā lá corner / nook / recess / out-of-the-way place
拐弯处 guǎi wān chù corner / bend
角楼 jiǎo lóu corner (between walls)
角 jiǎo angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4]
隅 yú corner
陬 zōu corner / foot of mountain
弯角 wān jiǎo corner / bend / curve
犄角旮旯 jī jiǎo gā lá corner / nook
壁咚 bì dōng (slang) to kabedon / to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン / "kabedon")
嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo corner of the mouth
眼角 yǎn jiǎo outer or inner corner of the eye / canthus
转弯 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner
将至 jiāng zhì to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
口角 kǒu jiǎo corner of the mouth
衣角 yī jiǎo corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
棱角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner
角球 jiǎo qiú corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
囤积 tún jī to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth
在望 zài wàng within view / visible / (fig.) in the offing / around the corner / soon to materialize
拐弯 guǎi wān to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction
指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
流窜 liú cuàn to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner / to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run / to flee and try to hide
英语角 Yīng yǔ jiǎo English corner / spoken English practice group
睥睨 bì nì to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
无路可逃 wú lù kě táo no way out / nowhere to go / trapped beyond hope of rescue / painted into a corner
眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
角门 jiǎo mén corner gate
内眼角 nèi yǎn jiǎo inner corner of the eye
向隅 xiàng yú (lit.) to face the corner / (fig.) to miss out on sth
睚 yá (literary) corner of the eye / canthus
稜 léng corner / square beam
辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji
眵 chī (bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
窔 yǎo dark / deep / southeast corner of room
余光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
宧 yí northeastern corner of a room
角钉 jiǎo dīng corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
兜捕 dōu bǔ to round up (fugitives) / to corner and arrest
凯达格兰 Kǎi dá gé lán Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
凯达格兰族 Kǎi dá gé lán zú Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
四角号码 sì jiǎo hào mǎ four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
外眼角 wài yǎn jiǎo outer corner of the eye
大眼角 dà yǎn jiǎo inner corner of the eye
小眼角 xiǎo yǎn jiǎo outer corner of the eye
局促一隅 jú cù yī yú to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
书角 shū jiǎo corner of a page
眼尾 yǎn wěi outer corner of the eye
眼梢 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple
眼眵 yǎn chī sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
角椅 jiǎo yǐ chair designed to fit in corner of a room
角标 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages)
角点 jiǎo diǎn corner point / summit
人权角  Human Rights Corner
唇角 chún jiǎo corner of the mouth / labial angle
面壁思过 miàn bì sī guò to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds / to stand in the corner (punishment) / (fig.) to examine one's conscience
折角 zhé jiǎo to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
眵目糊 chī mu hū (dialect) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
缺角 quē jiǎo (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
四出文钱 sì chū wén qián coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
边角案例 biān jiǎo àn lì (engineering) corner case
内眦 nèi zì (anatomy) medial canthus / inner corner of the eye
圆角 yuán jiǎo rounded corner / fillet
外眦 wài zì (anatomy) lateral canthus / outer corner of the eye
拐角处 guǎi jiǎo chù street corner
睥睨 pì nì (literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye / to look askance at
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