"Specific" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jù tǐ concrete / specific / detailed
 tè dìng special / specific / designated / particular
 dú yǒu to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only
 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
 tè yǒu specific (to) / characteristic (of) / distinctive
 tè yì xìng specific / specificity / idiosyncrasy
 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
 zhuān tí specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc)
 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
线 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
 bǐ zhòng proportion / specific gravity
 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group
 jù tǐ qíng kuàng specific circumstances / actual situation
 zhuān rén specialist / person appointed for specific task
 jiē duàn xìng specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased
 què zhěn to make a definite diagnosis / confirmed (case of a specific disease)
 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure
 tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind
 qǐng ān to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
 zhuān rèn full-time / to appoint sb to a specific task
 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age
 tè wèi for a specific purpose / specially
 fēn zé specific provisions (based on general regulations)
 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
 zhuān guǎn to be in charge of something specific
 Fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
 zhuān zé specific responsibility
 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty
 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing
 xì mù detailed listing / specific item
 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
 bǐ rè specific heat
 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that
 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
 méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
 bǐ róng specific volume
湿 bǐ shī specific humidity
 tè dìng hán yì specific meaning
 jù tǐ shuō míng to specify / specific details
 zǐ mù subheading / specific item
 bì bié specific currency
 rèn jiǎo (of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot &ndash / either the left or the right
 liáng guī gauge that is held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc, such as a feeler gauge, calipers etc / (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规[ping2 jia4 liang2 gui1]) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
 bǐ chōng (rocketry) specific impulse
 gǎi dāo to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
 néng yuán mì jí chéng duó energy intensity / specific consumption
  energy intensity / specific consumption
  specific tensile strength
  specific modulus
  specific response plan
 jù tǐ wū rǎn wù specific pollutant
  specific gravity
  specific absorption rate
 jù tǐ nèi bù kòng zhì chéng xù specific control procedures / specific controls
 jù tǐ kòng zhì chéng xù specific control procedures / specific controls
  Mission Specific Platform
  Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound
  Programme of Specific Action for Sustainable Development
  Specific Guidelines for Assessment of Bulky Items
  specific contribution
SMART指  Specific, Measurable, Achievable and Attributable, Relevant and Realistic, Time-bound, Timely, Trackable and Targeted
  Council Common Position on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism
  Work Session on Specific Methodological Issues in Environment Statistics
 gè lì specific example / rare instance
 jù tǐ dào to embody into / to apply to / to take the shape of / specific to
 jīng xué acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine
 Dà xué Rù xué Zhǐ dìng Kē mù Kǎo shì Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates&rsquo / higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考[Zhi3 kao3]
 Zhǐ kǎo Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates&rsquo / higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. for 大學入學指定科目考試|大学入学指定科目考试[Da4 xue2 Ru4 xue2 Zhi3 ding4 Ke1 mu4 Kao3 shi4]
 píng jià liáng guī rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
 gǎn xìng gōng xué kansei engineering (product design that aims to engender specific subjective responses in the consumer) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 感性工学 / "kansei kougaku")
 dǒu nèi (Tw) (neologism) (Internet slang) to send money to a live streamer (to get a specific response or just to sponsor) (loanword from "donate")
 dìng dàng (of a film etc) to be set to be released on a specific date
 gǎng wèi gōng zī standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資|绩效工资[ji4 xiao4 gong1 zi1] or commission 提成[ti2 cheng2] etc)
 Pǔ āi bù lā Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City / term used to refer to plants whose specific epithet is pueblensis, such as Tillandsia pueblensis (an air plant) and Echeveria pueblensis (a succulent)
 zhǒng jiā cí (biology) specific epithet
 zhǒng xiǎo míng (biology) specific epithet
 zhǒng běn míng (biology) specific epithet
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