"Relative" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiāng duì relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart
 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
 qī relative / parent / grief / sorrow / battle-axe
 qī shǔ relative / family member / dependent
 xiāng qi a relative / a family member
 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area
 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
 gāo xià relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
 jìn qīn close relative / near relation
 zhōu jì help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济)
 suǒ actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4]
 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name
 yuǎn fáng distantly related / a distant relative
 yuǎn qīn a distant relative
 hù duǎn to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
 yuǎn mén (to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative
 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
 tǔ láng aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)
 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
 fēi qīn fēi gù lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
湿 xiāng duì shī dù relative humidity
 yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
 bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù object relative clause
 yòu fēn zhī guān xì cóng jù right branching relative clauses
 zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù center-embedded relative clauses
 shāng dào to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn
 sàng qīn bereavement / to lose a relative
 zhí xì xuè qìng direct descendant / blood relative
 xiāng duì wèi zhi relative position
 xiāng duì dì zhǐ relative address (computing)
 xiāng duì mì dù relative density
 mù qīn close relative
 qún dài fēng the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates
 duǒ qióng to take refuge with a rich relative
 cuò dòng to move relative to one another
  relative chronology
  Convention relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court
  relative permeability
  coefficient of variation / relative standard deviation
  coefficient of variation / relative standard deviation
  relative sea level
  Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War / Fourth Geneva Convention
  Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War / Fourth Geneva Convention
1905年7月17日  Convention du 17 juillet 1905 relative à la procédure civile Civil Procedure Convention
  Convention du 17 juillet 1905 relative à la procédure civile Civil Procedure Convention
  Convention relative to the Opening of Hostilities
使  Convention relative to certain Restrictions with regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War
  Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War / Third Geneva Convention
  Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War / Third Geneva Convention
  relative dating
  relative depth
  Convention Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines
  relative positioning
  Convention relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State
  relative purchasing power parity
  relative frequency
  relative error
 guān xi dài míng cí relative pronoun
 yì qīn (formal) close kin / closest relative
 yī qīn (Tw) to be in the care of one's relatives / to be dependent on a relative / to draw on family connections
 qún dài guān official who gained his position through the influence of a female relative
 xióng qīn qi (coll.) busybody relative
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