"Negative" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fǒu dìng to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
 xiāo jí negative / passive / inactive
 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
 fù miàn negative / the negative side
 yīn xìng negative / feminine
 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate
 fù piàn negative (in photography)
 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block
 fù to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
 wǔ variant of 無|无 / negative / none / without / apart from
 yīn mó negative cast / negative
  negative
 fù xiàng negative (response, emotion etc)
 xiāo jí xìng passive / passivity / negative / negativity
 fǎn tán to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions
 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
 shēng xī sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper
 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"
 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
怀 shì huái to release (tension) / relief (from suspense) / to dispel (usu. with negative, unable to forget)
 jiàn dé to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
 fù lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics)
 xīn gān darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity
 è zhǐ to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc
 yáo shǒu to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle
 xiāo shòu to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
 fù zēng zhǎng negative growth / economic recession
 zhèng fù positive and negative
 fù shù negative number
 yīn jí cathode / negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
 fù yā suction / negative pressure
 cóng from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
 fù zhí negative value (math.)
 biǎn yì derogatory sense / negative connotation
 yīn lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics)
 fù jí negative pole / cathode
 jī jiàng to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
 fù diàn negative electric charge
 fù fǎn kuì negative feedback
 fù hào negative value sign - (math.) / minus sign
 fáng to hinder / (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm / (what) harm
 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just
 fǎn miàn rén wù negative character / bad guy (in a story)
 jiǎ fǒu dìng jù false negative
 zhēn fǒu dìng jù true negative (TN)
 fǒu dìng jù negative sentence
 chéng wàng to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...) / to look forward to
 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)
 nǐ qiú (math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature
 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (of bacteria) / also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性
 dàng huí shì to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously
 shí xiū to know shame / to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless)
 fù fēn negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-)
 fù zhěng shù negative integer
 suān gēn negative ion / acid radical
 fēi zhèng shù a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
 Gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
 ān shì (often used in the negative in describing a young person) to have an understanding of things / to know how the world works
 fù wài bù xìng negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
 yīn diàn negative electric charge
 yīn xìng yù gào zhí negative predictive value
  Expert Meeting on the Negative Social Consequences of Alcohol Use
 yīn xìng duì zhào wù negative control
  false negative
  presumptive negative
  Ad Hoc Committee on Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons / Ad Hoc Committee on Negative Security Assurances
  negative list
 fǎn miàn guī zé constraint / negative rule
  lower-body negative pressure
  lower body negative pressure device
  Negative Corrector
  negative security assurance
  negative reactor / non-reactor
 bù xìng zhī xìng a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative
 xiá nì intimate / taking liberties / familiar (with a negative connotation)
 fù néng liàng negative energy / negativity
 wěi yīn xìng false negative
 jiǎ yīn xìng false negative
 chéng yīn xìng to test negative
 fǎn miàn jiào yuán (PRC) teacher by negative example / sb from whom one can learn what not to do
 fǎn miàn jiào cái negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do
 fù xiāng guān negative correlation
 fù yáng to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result
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