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 zhǐ biāo (production) target / quota / index / indicator / sign / signpost / (computing) pointer
 biāo zhì sign / mark / symbol / logo / to symbolize / to indicate / to mark
 fú hào symbol / mark / sign
 qiān shǔ to sign (an agreement)
 biāo jì sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token
 jì xiàng mark / indication / sign / indicator
 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal
 yù zhào omen / sign (of sth yet to occur) / prior indication / to foreshadow
 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
 pái zi sign / trademark / brand
 qiān zì to sign (one's name) / signature
 qiān dìng to sign (a contract, treaty etc)
 shǔ míng to sign (a signature)
 biāo pái label / tag / sign / (brass etc) inscribed plate
 tǐ zhēng (medical) sign / physical sign
 zhào tou omen / portent / sign
 hào zi work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm
 yǐng zōng trace / sign
 jù míng to sign / to put one's name to
 zhēng xiàng sign / symptom
 zhēng zhào omen / sign (that sth is about to happen) / warning sign
 jì to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
 huà yā to sign / to make one's mark
 biāo mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
 zhēng hòu sign / indication / symptom
 shì power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
 zhì sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
 fú mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide
 shǔ office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange
 yā to mortgage / to pawn / to detain in custody / to escort and protect / (literary) to sign
 bào míng to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
 xīng zuò constellation / astrological sign / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 qiān dìng to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
 qiān yuē to sign a contract or agreement
 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
 tí míng autograph / to sign one's name
 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
 biāo zhù to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)
 Chǔ nu:3 zuò Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / popular variant of 室女座[Shi4 nu:3 zuo4]
 Shuāng zǐ zuò Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Shī zi zuò Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Shuāng yú zuò Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Shuǐ píng zuò Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Jù xiè zuò Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Tiān chèng zuò Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Shè shǒu zuò Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Ren2 ma3 zuo4]
 Jīn niú zuò Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 Tiān xiē zuò Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 qiān fā to issue (a document) / to sign and issue officially
 Bái yáng zuò Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 gài zhāng to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
 bào quán to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome
 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows
 qiān dào to register / to sign in
 huǎng zi shop sign / signboard / (fig.) pretense
 Mó jié zuò Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 qiān shōu to sign for the acceptance of sth (e.g. a delivery etc)
 rén yān sign of human habitation
 Mǔ yáng zuò Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for 白羊座
 rén bǎo personal guarantee / to sign as guarantor
 lù biāo road sign
 shǒu yǔ sign language
 fā fú to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
 xū shēng hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
 chū lù first sign (of budding talent)
 qián zhào omen / prior indication / first sign
 zhàn pái bus information board / street sign for a bus stop / bus stop
 děng hào (math.) equals sign =
 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate
 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
 xiáng ruì auspicious sign
 shì jǐng to warn / a warning sign
 jǐng xùn warning sign / police call
 jiāo tōng biāo zhì traffic sign
 Shān yáng zuò Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / Japanese variant of 魔羯座
 lòu tóu to show one's head / to give a sign to show one's presence
 Rén mǎ zuò Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
 tài rán zì ruò cool and collected (idiom) / showing no sign of nerves / perfectly composed
 jiā hào plus sign + (math.)
 chū lù fēng máng first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age
 zǐ páo purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
 mǎ zi number (e.g. page or house number) / numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral) / code sign / plus or minus sound / counter / chip (e.g. in gambling games) / price tag / ready cash at one's disposal (old)
 jiǎn hào minus sign - (math.)
 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor)
 gēn hào radical sign &radic / (math.)
 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position)
 Bǎo píng zuò Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / also called 水瓶座
 yǎ yǔ sign language
 hè dào cǎi to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
 fù hào negative value sign - (math.) / minus sign
 jù jié to bind over (as surety) / to sign an undertaking
 zhēng to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain
 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain
 tóng fú hé qì same sign, joint aim (idiom) / fig. completely compatible / identical
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