"Location" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dì diǎn place / site / location / venue / CL:個|个[ge4]
 chǎng suǒ location / place
 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue
 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 / 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
 suǒ zài place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
 suǒ zài dì location / site
 xuǎn zhǐ to select a suitable site / site / location
 chǎng zhǐ factory site / location
 chù place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point
 chǎn dì source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
 dào wèi to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done)
 dǐ xia the location below sth / afterwards
 yuǎn fāng far away / a distant location
 yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location / to remotely control
 shè zài located at / set up in a particular location
 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
 dì lǐ wèi zhi geographical location
 qū wèi geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set)
 dì lì favorable location / in the right place / productivity of land
 jiù zhǐ former site / old location
 xué wèi acupuncture point / location of a grave
 chǎn qū place of production / manufacturing location
 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation)
 mù míng to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location
 suí dì according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like
 jū gāo lín xià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
 lìng cún to save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected by the user
 zhòng dì important place / strategic location
 xiǎn yào strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location
 yào dì strategic location
 miào chù ideal place / suitable location / merit / advantage
 xuǎn diǎn to choose an appropriate location
 dǎ kǎ (of an employee) to clock on (or off) / to punch in (or out) / (Tw) (on Facebook) to check in to a location
 yuán zhǐ original location
 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 dì lì rén hé favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom) / good location and the people satisfied
 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation
 Jiǔ gōng shān Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei
 qiān to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote
 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
 mù míng ér lái to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom) / attracted to visit a famous location
 gāo àn shēn gǔ high bank, deep valley (idiom) / secluded location
 Gé lín ní zhì Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude) / refers to Greenwich mean time
 Yī sà kǎ Ithaca, Island state of Greece, the home of Odysseus 奧迪修斯|奥迪修斯 / Ithaca NY, location of Cornell University 康奈爾|康奈尔
 Qǐ sè jiā Ithaca, Island state of Greece, the home of Odysseus 奧迪修斯|奥迪修斯[Ao4 di2 xiu1 si1] / Ithaca NY (but pronounced [Yi3 se4 jia1]), location of Cornell University 康奈爾|康奈尔[Kang1 nai4 er3]
 tíng chē wèi zhi parking location / parking bay
 dù used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里[li3]
 cùn kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
广西 Guǎng xī Shěng Guangxi province in south China / since 1959, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], location of the Zhuang ethnic group, abbr. 桂[Gui4], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2]
 zhàn lu:è yào dì strategic location
 Lā mǎ tè Gān Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
 cǎi jǐng to choose a location / to frame a shot (for filming, photography etc)
 Luò pí tǎ Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant
 Luò pí tǎ pù bù Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant
 jīn yào (literary) key location / key post (important job)
 Shēn gēn Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区[Shen1 gen1 qu1]
 jiān shì jū zhù (PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
 shēng bō dìng wèi sonic location system (esp. underwater sonar) / acoustic positioning
 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
  humanitarian location
 ào mǐ jiā dìng wèi shè bèi Omega position location equipment
 fǎn pò jī pào léi dá mortar location radar
 shè shī wài chǎng suǒ location outside facilities
  gross budget estimates by appropriation line and by location
  originating location
  sampling point / sampling site / sampling location
 jiā qiǎng dìng wèi ruǎn jiàn Enhanced Location Software
 xún wèn jì lù dìng wèi xì tǒng Interrogation, Recording and Location System
  Data Collection and Location System
  location state
  contiguous location
  individual mine location
  individual mine location
 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
 sān wú chǎn pǐn product lacking one or more of three requirements such as production license, inspection certificate, and manufacturer's name and location
 shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
 dì sān dì territory belonging to a third party (as a neutral location for peace negotiations or as a transit point for indirect travel or trade etc)
 cāng wèi (logistics) storage location / place to store goods / (finance) position
 tiào zhuǎn (computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
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