"About" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 关于 | guān yú | pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of |   |
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea | |
| 模样 | mú yàng | look / style / appearance / approximation / about / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [mo2 yang4] | |
| 那么 | nà me | like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case | |
| 上下 | shàng xià | up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about | |
| 内外 | nèi wài | inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about | |
| 事关 | shì guān | to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for | |
| 光景 | guāng jǐng | circumstances / scene / about / probably | |
| 活动 | huó dòng | to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] | |
| 实现 | shí xiàn | to achieve / to implement / to realize / to bring about | |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund) | |
| 产生 | chǎn shēng | to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate | |
| 来说 | lái shuō | to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... | |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about / to create / to cause | |
| 真是 | zhēn shi | indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc about sth) | |
| 带来 | dài lái | to bring / to bring about / to produce | |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to / to create / to cause / to bring about | |
| 行动 | xíng dòng | operation / action / CL:個|个[ge4] / to move about / mobile | |
| 创造 | chuàng zào | to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record) | |
| 清楚 | qīng chu | clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about | |
| 即将 | jí jiāng | on the eve of / to be about to / to be on the verge of | |
| 关心 | guān xīn | to be concerned about / to care about | |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? | |
| 大哥 | dà gē | eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss | |
| 兴趣 | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad | |
| 策划 | cè huà | to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner | |
| 不然 | bù rán | not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? | |
| 转身 | zhuǎn shēn | (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 成就 | chéng jiù | accomplishment / success / achievement / CL:個|个[ge4] / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about | |
| 说到 | shuō dào | to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for | |
| 想想 | xiǎng xiang | to have a think about it / recall... | |
| 没有什么 | méi yǒu shén me | it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it | |
| 没办法 | méi bàn fǎ | there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it | |
| 动手 | dòng shǒu | to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch | |
| 要不 | yào bù | otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...) | |
| 算了 | suàn le | let it be / let it pass / forget about it | |
| 讲述 | jiǎng shù | to talk about / to narrate / to give an account | |
| 真相 | zhēn xiàng | the truth about sth / the actual facts | |
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant | |
| 谈到 | tán dào | to refer to / to speak about / to talk about | |
| 关怀 | guān huái | care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to | |
| 快要 | kuài yào | nearly at the point of (doing sth) / about to (do sth) | |
| 没法 | méi fǎ | at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice | |
| 在意 | zài yì | to care about / to mind | |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to induce / to promote / to urge / to impel / to bring about / to provoke / to drive (sb to do sth) / to catalyze / to actuate / to contribute to (some development) | |
| 没有办法 | méi yǒu bàn fǎ | there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it | |
| 下手 | xià shǒu | to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest | |
| 心痛 | xīn tòng | to feel distressed about sth / heartache / cardiac pain | |
| 在乎 | zài hu | to care about / equivalent of 在於|在于[zai4 yu2] | |
| 学到 | xué dào | to learn (sth) / to learn about | |
| 正要 | zhèng yào | to be just about to / to be on the point of | |
| 叙述 | xù shù | to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account | |
| 谈论 | tán lùn | to discuss / to talk about | |
| 议论 | yì lùn | to comment / to talk about / to discuss / discussion / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 随风 | suí fēng | wind-borne / tossed about by the wind | |
| 打听 | dǎ ting | to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around | |
| 怎么回事 | zěn me huí shì | what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about? | |
| 飘飘 | piāo piāo | to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost | |
| 翻身 | fān shēn | to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes | |
| 大叔 | dà shū | eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 明了 | míng liǎo | to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear | |
| 跳动 | tiào dòng | to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump about | |
| 摸索 | mō suo | to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly | |
| 牵挂 | qiān guà | to worry about / to be concerned about | |
| 谈起 | tán qǐ | to mention / to speak of / to talk about | |
| 要命 | yào mìng | to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance | |
| 计较 | jì jiào | to bother about / to haggle / to bicker / to argue / plan / stratagem | |
| 梦见 | mèng jiàn | to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream | |
| 迷恋 | mí liàn | to be infatuated with / to be enchanted by / to be passionate about | |
| 看重 | kàn zhòng | to regard as important / to care about | |
| 奔波 | bēn bō | to rush about / to be constantly on the move | |
| 走动 | zǒu dòng | to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) | |
| 游走 | yóu zǒu | to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) | |
| 讲到 | jiǎng dào | to talk about sth | |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting | |
| 介意 | jiè yì | to care about / to take offense / to mind | |
| 游荡 | yóu dàng | to wander / to roam about / to loaf about / to be idle | |
| 只管 | zhǐ guǎn | solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 胸怀 | xiōng huái | one's bosom (the seat of emotions) / breast / broad-minded and open / to think about / to cherish | |
| 操心 | cāo xīn | to worry about | |
| 飘香 | piāo xiāng | (of a fragrance) to waft about / (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well | |
| 出没 | chū mò | to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set | |
| 辗转 | zhǎn zhuǎn | to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander | |
| 近似 | jìn sì | similar / about the same as / approximately / approximation | |
| 试想 | shì xiǎng | to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative &ndash / "Think about it: ...") | |
| 驱使 | qū shǐ | to urge / to prompt / to spur on / to order sb about | |
| 纷飞 | fēn fēi | to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about | |
| 放在心上 | fàng zài xīn shàng | to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart | |
| 兄长 | xiōng zhǎng | elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age | |
| 使唤 | shǐ huàn | to order sb about / to use sb | |
| 不怎么样 | bù zěn me yàng | not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it | |
| 将至 | jiāng zhì | to be about to arrive / to be around the corner | |
| 掉头 | diào tóu | to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about | |
| 闲话 | xián huà | casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind) | |
| 放在眼里 | fàng zài yǎn lǐ | to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to | |
| 翱翔 | áo xiáng | to soar / to wheel about in the sky | |
| 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" | |
| 海阔天空 | hǎi kuò tiān kōng | wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun | |
| 谈及 | tán jí | to talk about / to mention | |
