否 定 fǒu dìng to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation 消 极 xiāo jí negative / passive / inactive 反 面 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad 负 面 fù miàn negative / the negative side 阴 性 yīn xìng negative / feminine 底 片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate 负 片 fù piàn negative (in photography) 底 版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block 负 fù to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) 橆 wǔ variant of 無|无 / negative / none / without / apart from 阴 模 yīn mó negative cast / negative 阴 性 的 negative 负 向 fù xiàng negative (response, emotion etc) 消 极 性 xiāo jí xìng passive / passivity / negative / negativity 反 弹 fǎn tán to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions 从 来 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) 两 性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 声 息 shēng xī sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper 后 顾 之 忧 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" 正 反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside 释 怀 shì huái to release (tension) / relief (from suspense) / to dispel (usu. with negative, unable to forget) 见 得 jiàn dé to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure 负 离 子 fù lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics) 心 肝 xīn gān darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity 遏 止 è zhǐ to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc 摇 手 yáo shǒu to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle 消 受 xiāo shòu to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy) 负 增 长 fù zēng zhǎng negative growth / economic recession 正 负 zhèng fù positive and negative 负 数 fù shù negative number 阴 极 yīn jí cathode / negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons) 负 压 fù yā suction / negative pressure 从 cóng from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor 负 值 fù zhí negative value (math.) 贬 义 biǎn yì derogatory sense / negative connotation 阴 离 子 yīn lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics) 负 极 fù jí negative pole / cathode 激 将 jī jiàng to spur sb into action by making negative remarks 负 电 fù diàn negative electric charge 负 反 馈 fù fǎn kuì negative feedback 负 号 fù hào negative value sign - (math.) / minus sign 妨 fáng to hinder / (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm / (what) harm 啻 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just 反 面 人 物 fǎn miàn rén wù negative character / bad guy (in a story) 假 否 定 句 jiǎ fǒu dìng jù false negative 真 否 定 句 zhēn fǒu dìng jù true negative (TN) 否 定 句 fǒu dìng jù negative sentence 承 望 chéng wàng to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...) / to look forward to 挨 边 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) 拟 球 nǐ qiú (math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature 格 兰 氏 阴 性 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (of bacteria) / also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性 当 回 事 dàng huí shì to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously 识 羞 shí xiū to know shame / to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless) 负 分 fù fēn negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-) 负 整 数 fù zhěng shù negative integer 酸 根 suān gēn negative ion / acid radical 非 正 数 fēi zhèng shù a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero) 革 兰 氏 阴 性 Gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind) 谙 事 ān shì (often used in the negative in describing a young person) to have an understanding of things / to know how the world works 负 外 部 性 fù wài bù xìng negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society) 阴 电 yīn diàn negative electric charge 阴 性 预 告 值 yīn xìng yù gào zhí negative predictive value 酒 精 消 费 的 不 良 社 会 后 果 专 家 会 议 Expert Meeting on the Negative Social Consequences of Alcohol Use 阴 性 对 照 物 yīn xìng duì zhào wù negative control 假 阴 性 false negative 假 定 阴 性 presumptive negative 消 极 安 全 保 证 特 设 委 员 会 Ad Hoc Committee on Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons / Ad Hoc Committee on Negative Security Assurances 否 定 列 表 法 negative list 反 面 规 则 fǎn miàn guī zé constraint / negative rule 下 身 负 压 lower-body negative pressure 下 身 负 压 装 置 lower body negative pressure device 底 片 整 修 技 工 Negative Corrector 消 极 的 安 全 保 证 negative security assurance 无 反 应 者 negative reactor / non-reactor 不 幸 之 幸 bù xìng zhī xìng a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative 狎 昵 xiá nì intimate / taking liberties / familiar (with a negative connotation) 负 能 量 fù néng liàng negative energy / negativity 伪 阴 性 wěi yīn xìng false negative 假 阴 性 jiǎ yīn xìng false negative 呈 阴 性 chéng yīn xìng to test negative 反 面 教 员 fǎn miàn jiào yuán (PRC) teacher by negative example / sb from whom one can learn what not to do 反 面 教 材 fǎn miàn jiào cái negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do 负 相 关 fù xiāng guān negative correlation 复 阳 fù yáng to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result