单 位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] 单 元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 部 队 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] 装 置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device 组 件 zǔ jiàn module / unit / component / assembly 机 组 jī zǔ flight crew (on a plane) / unit (apparatus) 科 室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 基 层 jī céng basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer 模 块 mó kuài module (in software) / functional unit / component part 单 价 dān jià unit price 下 调 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit 兵 团 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 探 头 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 烛 光 zhú guāng candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) 施 工 单 位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder 市 里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) 牛 顿 Niú dùn newton (SI unit of force) 方 丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber 敢 死 队 gǎn sǐ duì suicide squad / kamikaze unit 计 量 单 位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 方 寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × / 1 cun, or 3⅓ / cm × / 3⅓ / cm) / heart / mind 归 队 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life 突 击 队 tū jī duì commando unit 本 位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit 高 斯 Gāo sī gauss, unit of magnetic induction 编 入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) 拖 拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams 单 兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 单 产 dān chǎn yield per unit area 里 li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels 包 销 bāo xiāo to have exclusive selling rights / to be the sole agent for a production unit or firm 人 民 币 元 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit 法 拉 fǎ lā farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword) 开 间 kāi jiān alcove / bay in a room / unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters 分 to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / part or subdivision / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) 番 号 fān hào number of military unit 赫 兹 Hè zī hertz (Hz), unit of frequency 华 里 huá lǐ li (Chinese unit of distance) 中 央 处 理 器 zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ qì central processing unit 蹲 点 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap 基 本 单 位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 推 进 器 tuī jìn qì propeller / propulsion unit / thruster 飞 虎 队 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 两 two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) 市 斤 shì jīn Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg 振 动 器 zhèn dòng qì vibration thruster / shaker unit 洗 手 台 xǐ shǒu tái vanity unit 配 属 pèi shǔ troops attached to a unit 证 卷 zhèng juàn a bond (banking) / a share certificate / a unit trust 保 to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) 冷 藏 室 lěng cáng shì walk-in refrigeration unit 元 currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon 引 to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters 钱 coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] 毛 hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) 市 分 shì fēn fen (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ / centimeter) 股 thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions 独 龙 江 Dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit 室 room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy 角 angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4] 英 石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms)) 毫 hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan 号 衣 hào yī jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation 辅 币 fǔ bì fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc) 甲 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 圆 circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) 盾 shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc) 寸 a unit of length / inch / thumb 盆 basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4] 坪 a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) 顷 unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates) 咫 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty 爰 therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money 镒 ancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 兩|两[liang3] 锊 lu:è (ancient unit of weight) 锾 ancient unit of weight / money 垧 unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ / 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ / in northwest China) 龠 ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute 天 文 单 位 tiān wén dān wèi astronomical unit (AU) 特 克 斯 Tè kè sī tex, unit of fiber density (textiles) (loanword) / abbr. to 特[te4] 单 元 频 率 dān yuán pín lu:4 unit frequency 生 物 伦 琴 当 量 shēng wù lún qín dāng liàng rem (Röntgen equivalent man, an old unit of radiation damage now replaced by the Sievert) 肽 单 位 tài dān wèi peptide unit (on protein chain) 肽 基 tài jī peptide group / peptide unit 希 沃 特 Xī wò tè sievert (Sv), unit of radiation damage used in radiotherapy 亚 音 节 单 位 yà yīn jié dān wèi subsyllabic unit 煐 (used in names) / British thermal unit (BTU) 侦 毒 器 zhēn dú qì detection unit 中 央 处 理 机 zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ jī central processing unit (CPU) 国 际 单 位 guó jì dān wèi international unit 毫 巴 háo bā millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal) 分 发 股 Distribution Unit 千 帕 qiān pà kilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure) 单 位 信 托 dān wèi xìn tuō unit trust (finance) 单 位 切 向 量 dān wèi qiē xiàng liàng unit tangent vector (math.) 单 位 向 量 dān wèi xiàng liàng unit vector (math.) 围 城 打 援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom) / strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops 地 积 单 dì jī dān unit of area (e.g. 畝|亩[mu3], Chinese acre) 封 装 块 fēng zhuāng kuài capsule / encapsulated unit (e.g. circuit board) 工 作 单 位 gōng zuò dān wèi work unit
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