"Temporary" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 暂时 | zàn shí | temporary / provisional / for the time being |   |
| 临时 | lín shí | as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc | |
| 行 |  xíng | to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense | |
| 一时 | yī shí | a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time | |
| 权 | quán | authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary | |
| 浮 | fú | to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus | |
| 打工 | dǎ gōng | to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation | |
| 民工 | mín gōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project | |
| 搭建 | dā jiàn | to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up | |
| 暂定 | zàn dìng | temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative | |
| 行宫 | xíng gōng | temporary imperial residence | |
| 临时工 | lín shí gōng | temporary worker / temp / temporary work | |
| 暂住证 | zàn zhù zhèng | temporary residence permit | |
| 挂职 | guà zhí | temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post | |
| 正职 | zhèng zhí | main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) | |
| 收容所 | shōu róng suǒ | temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center | |
| 青黄不接 | qīng huáng bù jiē | lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet | |
| 零工 | líng gōng | temporary job / odd job | |
| 约法 | yuē fǎ | temporary law / provisional constitution | |
| 借读 | jiè dú | to attend school on a temporary basis | |
| 板房 | bǎn fáng | temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials | |
| 短工 | duǎn gōng | temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker | |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / rob Peter to pay Paul | |
| 便桥 | biàn qiáo | temporary bridge | |
| 寄存处 | jì cún chù | warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room | |
| 厝 | cuò | to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial | |
| 蹔 | zhàn | temporary / fleeting / ephemeral | |
| 敲门砖 | qiāo mén zhuān | lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune | |
| 名噪一时 | míng zào yī shí | to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity | |
| 拆东补西 | chāi dōng bǔ xī | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul | |
| 挖肉补疮 | wā ròu bǔ chuāng | to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient | |
| 假吏 | jiǎ lì | acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times) | |
| 搭盖 | dā gài | to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up | |
| 临时措施 | lín shí cuò shī | provisional measure / temporary measure | |
| 北草坪暂建楼 | běi cǎo píng zàn jiàn lóu | Temporary North Lawn Building / North Lawn Building | |
| 临时安全区 | lín shí ān quán qū | Temporary Security Zone | |
| 临时国际机制 | lín shí guó jì jī zhì | Temporary International Mechanism | |
| 暂行特别措施 | temporary special measures | | |
| 临时任用 | lín shí rèn yòng | temporary appointment | |
| 临时空缺通知 | temporary vacancy announcement | | |
| 临时助理人员职位 | lín shí zhù lǐ rén yuán zhí wèi | general temporary assistance position / temporary assistance position | |
| 临时派任 | lín shí pài rèn | temporary duty assignment / temporary assignment | |
| 临时检查站 | mobile checkpoint / temporary checkpoint | | |
| 货物凭A.T.A.报关单证册暂时进口的海关公约 | Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention | | |
| A.T.A.公约 | Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention | | |
| 关于暂准进口的公约 | Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention | | |
| 伊斯坦布尔公约 | Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention | | |
| 临时排除产品清单 | Temporary Exclusion List | | |
| 临时社会委员会 | Temporary Social Commission | | |
| 关于商用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 | Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles | | |
| 关于私用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 | Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles | | |
| 临时就业系统 | Temporary Employment System | | |
| 一般临时人员 | general temporary assistance | | |
| 暂行休会 | temporary adjournment of a session | | |
| 临时员额 | temporary post | | |
| 临时多国部队 | temporary multinational force | | |
| 希布伦临时国际驻留人员 | Temporary International Presence in Hebron | | |
| 特别临时任务工作人员 | staff on special temporary assignment | | |
| 暂用假肢 | temporary prosthesis | | |
| 临时标志 | temporary marking | | |
| 庶吉士 | shù jí shì | title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy, conferred to meritorious candidates until the next examination | |
| 粉板 | fěn bǎn | blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen | |
| 临时保姆 | lín shí bǎo mǔ | temporary caregiver / babysitter | |
| 工房 | gōng fáng | workshop / temporary housing for workers / workers' living quarters | |
