"Situation" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 情况 | qíng kuàng | circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] |   |
| 状态 | zhuàng tài | state of affairs / state / mode / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 状况 | zhuàng kuàng | condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 形势 | xíng shì | circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 情形 | qíng xing | circumstances / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 局面 | jú miàn | aspect / phase / situation | |
| 场面 | chǎng miàn | scene / spectacle / occasion / situation | |
| 情景 | qíng jǐng | scene / spectacle / circumstances / situation | |
| 气候 | qì hòu | climate / atmosphere / situation / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 场合 | chǎng hé | situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue | |
| 地步 | dì bù | stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / situation / leeway | |
| 局势 | jú shì | situation / state (of affairs) | |
| 处境 | chǔ jìng | situation (of a person) | |
| 事态 | shì tài | situation / existing state of affairs | |
| 势头 | shì tóu | power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things | |
| 态势 | tài shì | posture / situation | |
| 情境 | qíng jìng | situation / context / setting / environment | |
| 情势 | qíng shì | situation / circumstance | |
| 阵势 | zhèn shì | battle array / disposition of forces / situation / circumstance | |
| 情 |  qíng | feeling / emotion / passion / situation | |
| 情状 | qíng zhuàng | situation / circumstances | |
| 困难 | kùn nan | difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation | |
| 行情 | háng qíng | market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation | |
| 手里 | shǒu lǐ | in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 风云 | fēng yún | weather / unstable situation | |
| 现状 | xiàn zhuàng | current situation | |
| 随机 | suí jī | according to the situation / pragmatic / random | |
| 真情 | zhēn qíng | real situation / the truth | |
| 对策 | duì cè | countermeasure for dealing with a situation | |
| 实际情况 | shí jì qíng kuàng | actual circumstances / the real situation / reality | |
| 疫情 | yì qíng | epidemic situation | |
| 概况 | gài kuàng | general situation / summary | |
| 全局 | quán jú | overall situation | |
| 台阶 | tái jiē | steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) | |
| 大局 | dà jú | overall situation / the big picture | |
| 具体情况 | jù tǐ qíng kuàng | specific circumstances / actual situation | |
| 狼狈 | láng bèi | in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) | |
| 时事 | shí shì | current trends / the present situation / how things are going | |
| 解救 | jiě jiù | to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation | |
| 趁机 | chèn jī | to seize an opportunity / to take advantage of situation | |
| 身处 | shēn chǔ | in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by | |
| 实况 | shí kuàng | live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation | |
| 知情 | zhī qíng | to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation | |
| 双赢 | shuāng yíng | profitable to both sides / a win-win situation | |
| 大体 | dà tǐ | in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students | |
| 躲开 | duǒ kāi | to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) | |
| 手头 | shǒu tóu | on hand / at hand / one's financial situation | |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) | |
| 家境 | jiā jìng | family financial situation / family circumstances | |
| 知足 | zhī zú | content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness) | |
| 实情 | shí qíng | actual situation / truth | |
| 自拔 | zì bá | to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation | |
| 似曾相识 | sì céng xiāng shí | déjà / vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted | |
| 凑合 | còu he | to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad | |
| 战局 | zhàn jú | war situation | |
| 虚实 | xū shí | what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation | |
| 战况 | zhàn kuàng | battlefield situation / battle progress | |
| 搭讪 | dā shàn | to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation | |
| 近况 | jìn kuàng | recent developments / current situation | |
| 灾情 | zāi qíng | disastrous situation / calamity | |
| 酌情 | zhuó qíng | to use discretion / to take circumstances into account / to make allowances pertinent to a situation | |
| 政局 | zhèng jú | political situation | |
| 谜团 | mí tuán | riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters | |
| 时政 | shí zhèng | current politics / political situation of the time | |
| 经济状况 | jīng jì zhuàng kuàng | economic situation | |
| 军情 | jūn qíng | military situation / military intelligence | |
| 现况 | xiàn kuàng | the current situation | |
| 窘境 | jiǒng jìng | awkward situation / predicament | |
| 狂风暴雨 | kuáng fēng bào yǔ | howling wind and torrential rain (idiom) / (fig.) difficult, dangerous situation | |
| 丑态 | chǒu tài | shameful performance / disgraceful situation | |
| 地缘 | dì yuán | geographic situation / geo-(politics etc) | |
| 老样子 | lǎo yàng zi | old situation / things as they were | |
| 回天 | huí tiān | to reverse a desperate situation | |
| 进退两难 | jìn tuì liǎng nán | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
| 排忧解难 | pái yōu jiě nàn | to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom) | |
| 困局 | kùn jú | dilemma / predicament / difficult situation | |
| 惊涛骇浪 | jīng tāo hài làng | perilous situation | |
| 水涨船高 | shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo | the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) / fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation | |
| 趁势 | chèn shì | to take advantage of a favorable situation / to seize an opportunity | |
| 风云变幻 | fēng yún biàn huàn | changeable situation (idiom) | |
| 残局 | cán jú | endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) | |
| 随机应变 | suí jī yìng biàn | to change according to the situation (idiom) / pragmatic | |
| 失实 | shī shí | to give a false picture of the situation | |
| 敌情 | dí qíng | the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy | |
| 时势 | shí shì | current situation / circumstances / current trend | |
| 审时度势 | shěn shí duó shì | to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock | |
| 图景 | tú jǐng | landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture | |
| 形势严峻 | xíng shì yán jùn | in grave difficulties / the situation is grim | |
| 时局 | shí jú | current political situation | |
| 知难而退 | zhī nán ér tuì | to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like | |
| 燃眉之急 | rán méi zhī jí | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency | |
| 如坐针毡 | rú zuò zhēn zhān | lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation | |
| 寸步难行 | cùn bù nán xíng | unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation | |
| 变局 | biàn jú | changing circumstances / turbulent situation | |
| 因势利导 | yīn shì lì dǎo | to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities | |
| 顺水推舟 | shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu | lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit | |
| 安于现状 | ān yú xiàn zhuàng | to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo | |
| 绝处逢生 | jué chǔ féng shēng | to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament | |
| 釜底抽薪 | fǔ dǐ chōu xīn | to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb | |
| 病入膏肓 | bìng rù gāo huāng | lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) / fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless | |
