 | 日・电 | rì · diàn | cable sent on given date / n日 / 電 / |n日 / 电 / means news item of nth of the month | |
| 日·电 | | cable sent on given date / n日 / 電 / |n日 / 电 / means news item of nth of the month | |
| 起爆缆线 | | detonator cable / detonation cable | |
| 钢缆 | gāng lǎn | steel cable / wire cable / steel hawser |  |
| 缆式凿井机 | | cable tool drill rig / cable rig | |
| 择日 | zé rì | to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date | |
| 保质期 | bǎo zhì qī | date of use (on foodstuffs) / best before date | |
| 有效日期 | yǒu xiào rì qī | effective date / date of effect | |
| Y形电源线 | | Y-Cable | |
| 阻拦索 | | arresting cable | |
| 编码电报 | | code cable | |
| 缆 | lǎn | cable / hawser / to moor | |
| 失效期 | | expiration date | |
| 约会强奸 | | date rape | |
| 电缆 | diàn lǎn | (electric) cable | |
| 缆车 | lǎn chē | cable car | |
| 架空索道系统 | | cable yarding system | |
| 链 | liàn | chain / cable length (= 1 / 10 of a nautical mile, or 185.2 m) | |
| 海洋地震拖缆 | | streamer / seismic cable / eel | |
| 线缆 | xiàn lǎn | cable / wire / cord (computer) | |
| 缆绳 | lǎn shéng | cable / hawser / mooring rope | |
| 过时 | guò shí | old-fashioned / out of date | |
| 特派团启动日 | | mission inauguration date | |
| 日期－时间栏 | | date-time group | |
| 悬挂 | xuán guà | to suspend / to hang / suspension (cable car) | |
| 罗马有线电视公约 | | Rome Convention on Cable Television | |
| 红枣 | hóng zǎo | jujube / red date | |
| 抵达（任务区）日期 | | date of arrival | |
| 电报 | diàn bào | telegram / cable / telegraph / CL:封 / [feng1],份 / [fen4] | |
| 离开（任务区）日期 | | date departed mission | |
| 光缆 | guāng lǎn | optical cable | |
| 有线 | yǒu xiàn | wired / cable (television) | |
| 拍发 | pāi fā | to send / to cable (a telegram) | |
| 缆索 | lǎn suǒ | cable / hawser / mooring rope | |
| 拖缆 | tuō lǎn | streamer / seismic cable / eel | |
| 吊篮 | diào lán | hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) | |
| 电源线 | diàn yuán xiàn | power cable (of an appliance etc) | |
| 扎线带 | zā xiàn dài | cable ties / zip ties | |
| 择定 | zé dìng | select (a date) | |
| 海枣 | hǎi zǎo | date (fruit) | |
| 有线电视 | yǒu xiàn diàn shì | cable television | |
| 同轴电缆 | tóng zhóu diàn lǎn | coaxial cable | |
| 约出 | yuē chū | to ask sb out (on a date etc) | |
| 为期 | wéi qī | (to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time) | |
| 日头 | rì tóu | sun (dialect) / daytime / date | |
| 沙枣 | shā zǎo | bito tree / desert date | |
| 主干线 | zhǔ gàn xiàn | trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable) | |
| 海湾国家光纤海底电缆 | | fibre optic submarine cable for Gulf States | |
| 筰 | zuó | cable | |
| 约会 | yuē huì | appointment / engagement / date / CL:次 / [ci4],個 / |个 / [ge4] / to arrange to meet | |
| 旧皇历 | jiù huáng li | old calendar / out-of-date customs | |
| 密码电报 | mì mǎ diàn bào | coded telegram / ciphered cable | |
| 酸枣 | suān zǎo | sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa) | |
| 过期 | guò qī | to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date) | |
| 约会电影 | yuē huì diàn yǐng | date | |
| 开拔 | kāi bá | to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition) | |
| 锚链孔 | máo liàn kǒng | hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship) | |
| 枣树 | zǎo shù | jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵 / [ke1] | |
| 相约 | xiāng yuē | to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment | |
| 相亲 | xiāng qīn | blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner / to be deeply attached to each other | |
| 第五类 | dì wǔ lèi | category 5 / CAT 5 (cable) | |
| 吊斗 | diào dǒu | (a container) carried suspended or underslung / cable car bucket | |
| 橡皮线 | xiàng pí xiàn | wire (sheathed in rubber) / cable | |
| 第四台 | dì sì tái | fourth channel / (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV | |
| 海底电缆 | hǎi dǐ diàn lǎn | submarine cable | |
| 约会对象 | yuē huì duì xiàng | partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 光纤电缆 | guāng xiān diàn lǎn | optical fiber / optical cable | |
| 后会无期 | hòu huì wú qī | to meet again at unspecified date / meeting postponed indefinitely | |
| 有线新闻网 | Yǒu xiàn Xīn wén wǎng | Cable Network News / CNN | |
| 追溯 | zhuī sù | lit. to go upstream / to trace sth back to / to date from | |
| 青枣 | qīng zǎo | blue or green jujube / Chinese green date | |
| 提前 | tí qián | to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance | |
| 保鲜期 | bǎo xiān qī | shelf life / freshness date | |
| 落款 | luò kuǎn | inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc | |
| 工期 | gōng qī | time allocated for a project / completion date | |
| 年庚 | nián gēng | date and time of a person's birth / age | |
| 日期 | rì qī | date / CL:個 / |个 / [ge4] | |
| 日子 | rì zi | day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life | |
| 到现在 | dào xiàn zài | up until now / to date | |
| 行期 | xíng qī | departure date / time to leave | |
| 签发日期 | qiān fā rì qī | date of issue (of document) | |
| 分配器 | fēn pèi qì | dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc) | |
| 有线电视新闻网 | yǒu xiàn diàn shì xīn wén wǎng | Cable News Network | |
| 迄今 | qì jīn | so far / to date / until now | |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month | |
| 拍拖 | pāi tuō | to date sb | |
| 电报员 | diàn bào yuán | cable clerk | |
| 到期日 | dào qī rì | closing date (of contract) / maturity (of an investment bond) | |
| 山茱萸 | shān zhū yú | Cornus officinalis / sour mountain date / herb associated with longevity | |
| 有效期内 | yǒu xiào qī nèi | within the period of validity / before the sell-by date | |
| 时日 | shí rì | time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day | |
| 邮戳日期 | yóu chuō rì qī | postmark date | |
| 有效期 | yǒu xiào qī | period of validity / sell-by date | |
| 拖缆漂移 | | streamer feathering / feathering / streamer drift / cable drift | |
| 美国有线新闻网 | Měi guó yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng | Cable Network News / CNN | |
| 有新意 | yǒu xīn yì | modern / up-to-date | |
| 老掉牙 | lǎo diào yá | very old / obsolete / out of date | |
| 架空索道 | jià kōng suǒ dào | aerial ropeway / cable car | |
| 国际日期变更线 | guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn | international date line | |
| 点火电缆 | diǎn huǒ diàn lǎn | firing cable | |
