Chinese Character Dictionary

事物

shì wù

thing

事理

shì lĭ

reason

事由

shì yóu

main content

事界

shì jiè

event horizon

事略

shì lu:è

biographical sketch

事发地点

shì fā dì diăn

the scene of the incident

事发时

shì fā shí

the time of the incident

事端

shì duān

disturbance

事与愿违

shì yŭ yuàn wéi

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

事证

shì zhèng

evidence

事变

shì biàn

unforeseen event

事迹

shì jì

deed

事过境迁

shì guò jìng qiān

The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).

事关

shì guān

to concern

事项

shì xiàng

matter

事体

shì tĭ

things

二

èr

two

二一添作五

èr yī tiān zuò wŭ

lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)

二丁醚

èr dīng mí

dibutyl ether

二七区

Er4 qī Qū

Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zhèng zhōu Shì], Henan

二世

èr shì

the Second (of numbered kings)

二人世界

èr rén shì jiè

world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)

二人台

èr rén tái

genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia

二人转

èr rén zhuàn

genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China

二代

èr dài

secondary

二伏

èr fú

same as 中伏, last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year

二来

èr lái

in the second place

二倍体

èr bèi tĭ

diploid (in cell biology)

二侧

èr cè

two sides

二价

èr jià

negotiable price

二元

èr yuán

two yuan

二元论

èr yuán lùn

dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)

二元醇

èr yuán chún

ethyl alcohol C2HOH

二八

èr bā

16

二八佳人

èr bā jiā rén

16-year-old beauty

二分

èr fēn

second part

二分之一

èr fēn zhī yī

one half

二分裂

èr fēn liè

binary division (in bacterial reproduction)

二分音符

èr fēn yīn fú

minim (music)

二分点

èr fēn diăn

the two equinoxes

二刻拍案惊奇

Er4 kè Pāi àn Jīng qí

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Líng Méng chū]

二副

èr fù

second officer (of ship)

二十

èr shí

twenty

二十一世纪

èr shí yī shì jì

21st century

二十一条

èr shí yī tiáo

the Japanese Twenty-one demands of 192

二十一点

èr shí yī diăn

blackjack (card game)

二十世纪

èr shí shì jì

20th century

二十五史

èr shí wŭ shĭ

twenty four dynastic histories (or 2 or 26 in modern editions)

二十八宿

èr shí bā xiù

the twenty-eight constellations

二十六岁

èr shí liù suì

26 years old

二十四史

Er4 shí sì Shĭ

the Twenty-Four Histories (2 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century

二十四孝

Er4 shí sì Xiào

the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

二十四节气

èr shí sì jié qi

the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods

二十多

èr shí duō

over 20

二十年目睹之怪现状

Er4 shí Nián Mù dŭ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàng

The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人, classified as "novel of denunciation" 譴責小說|谴责小说[qiăn zé xiăo shuō]

二十面体

èr shí miàn tĭ

icosahedron

二叉树

èr chā shù

binary tree

二合一

èr hé yī

2-in-1

二名法

èr míng fă

binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)

二哥

èr gē

second brother