"Figure" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
数字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4]
形象 xíng xiàng image / form / figure / CL:個|个[ge4] / visualization / vivid
人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure
身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure
图形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical
身影 shēn yǐng silhouette / figure
外形 wài xíng figure / shape / external form / contour
身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's)
形体 xíng tǐ figure / physique / form and structure
体形 tǐ xíng figure / bodily form
身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage
体态 tǐ tài figure / physique / posture
纹饰 wén shì decorative motif / figure
数 shù number / figure / several / a few
算 suàn to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute
揣 chuǎi to estimate / to guess / to figure / to surmise
筭 suàn to regard as / to figure
背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
合计 hé jì to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider
死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
销售额 xiāo shòu é sales figure / total income from sales / turnover
花样 huā yàng pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure
狼狈 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)
豪杰 háo jié hero / towering figure
元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen
大关 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
整数 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure
发威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance
佼佼者 jiǎo jiǎo zhě well-known figure / excellent (person, company etc)
玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything
风云人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure
风姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm
揣摩 chuǎi mó to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom
纤体 xiān tǐ to get a slender figure / slimming
主将 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
小数 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
英姿 yīng zī heroic bearing / dashing figure
平面图 píng miàn tú a plan / a planar graph / a plane figure
炙手可热 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)
花式 huā shì fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating)
大鳄 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal)
想不开 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
猜中 cāi zhòng to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer
穆罕默德 Mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
知名人士 zhī míng rén shì public figure / celebrity
土人 tǔ rén native / aborigine / clay figure
弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government
手办 shǒu bàn garage kit / action figure / model figure
亚伯 Yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies
女将 nu:3 jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
宋庆龄 Sòng Qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
花样滑冰 huā yàng huá bīng figure skating
蜡像 là xiàng waxwork / wax figure
政治人物 zhèng zhì rén wù political figure / politician / statesman
该隐 Gāi yǐn Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology
小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
急先锋 jí xiān fēng daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure
几何图形 jǐ hé tú xíng geometric figure
钟馗 Zhōng Kuí Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil
立体图 lì tǐ tú three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram
招摇撞骗 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
社会名流 shè huì míng liú celebrity / public figure
王震 Wáng Zhèn Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
彭祖 Péng Zǔ Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
彩塑 cǎi sù painted clay figure
折线 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
蔡锷 Cài E4 Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor
头面人物 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig
泰山北斗 Tài shān Běi dǒu lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
夔 Kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day
众星捧月 zhòng xīng pěng yuè lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
开国元勋 kāi guó yuán xūn founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
关颖珊 Guān Yǐng shān Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist
纸人 zhǐ rén human figure made of paper or papier-mâché
亚哈 Yà hā Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22
阿多尼斯 A1 duō ní sī Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
陈露 Chén Lù Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion
李成江 Lǐ Chéng jiāng Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater
张丹 Zhāng Dān Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
九面体 jiǔ miàn tǐ enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
全等图形 quán děng tú xíng congruent figure (geometry)
全等形 quán děng xíng (math.) congruent figure
八字形 bā zì xíng shape resembling the character 八 / or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
公众人物 gōng zhòng rén wù public figure / famous person
势要 shì yào influential figure / powerful person
周文王 Zhōu Wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
平面图形 píng miàn tú xíng a plane figure
弄不清 nòng bu qīng unable to figure out
弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something
张揖 Zhāng Yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
后影 hòu yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
想通 xiǎng tōng to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
舍车保帅 shě jū bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) / fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
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