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pound meaning in Chinese
| English | Chinese |
|---|---|
| pound [pounds] (unit of currency) noun [UK: paʊnd] [US: ˈpaʊnd] | 鎊noun 镑 /bàng/noun |
| pound [pounds] (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)) noun [UK: paʊnd] [US: ˈpaʊnd] | 磅 /bàng/noun |
| pound cake (dense yellow cake made from equal quantities of butter, eggs, flour and sugar) noun [UK: paʊnd keɪk] [US: ˈpaʊnd ˈkeɪk] | |
| pound sterling [pounds sterling] (currency of the UK) noun [UK: paʊnd ˈstɜːl.ɪŋ] [US: ˈpaʊnd ˈstɝːl.ɪŋ] | 英鎊noun 英镑 /Yīngbàng/noun |
| azo compound (organic compound) noun | |
| compound [compounds] (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | 化合物 /huàhéwù/noun |
| compound (composed of elements) adjective [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | 混合物adjective |
| compound [compounds] (group of buildings for the same purpose) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | 小区 /xiǎoqū/noun 小區noun |
| compound bow noun | 複合弓noun |
| compound interest (interest calculated on principal plus any unpaid interest) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd ˈɪn.trəst] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd ˈɪn.trəst] | 利滚利 /lìgǔnlì/noun 复利 /fùlì/noun 複利noun |
| compound word (word composed of others) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpaʊnd ˈwɜːd] [US: ˈkɑːm.paʊnd ˈwɝːd] | 合成詞noun 合成词 /héchéngcí/noun 复合词 /fùhécí/noun 複合詞noun |
| coordination compound noun | 配合物noun |
| expound [expounded, expounding, expounds] (explain or discuss at length) verb [UK: ɪk.ˈspaʊnd] [US: ɪk.ˈspaʊnd] | 闡明verb 闡述verb 阐明 /chǎnmíng/verb 阐述 /chǎnshù/verb |
| impound [impounded, impounding, impounds] (to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate) verb [UK: ɪm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˌɪm.ˈpaʊnd] | 拘留verb |
| impound [impounded, impounding, impounds] (to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound) verb [UK: ɪm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˌɪm.ˈpaʊnd] | 蓄水verb |
| in for a penny, in for a pound (Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof) [UK: ɪn fɔː(r) ə ˈpe.ni ɪn fɔː(r) ə paʊnd] [US: ɪn ˈfɔːr ə ˈpe.ni ɪn ˈfɔːr ə ˈpaʊnd] | |
| inorganic compound (compound without carbon atoms) noun | 無機化合物noun |
| organic compound [organic compounds] (carbon containing covalent compound) noun [UK: ɔː.ˈɡæ.nɪk kəm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ɔːr.ˈɡæ.nɪk ˈkɑːm.paʊnd] | 有機化合物noun |
| penny wise and pound foolish (thrifty with small amounts of money but wasteful with large amounts) adjective | 捨本逐末adjective 舍本逐末 /shěběn-zhúmò/adjective |
| phono-semantic compound (a type of Chinese character) noun | |
| propound [propounded, propounding, propounds] (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) verb [UK: prə.ˈpaʊnd] [US: prə.ˈpaʊnd] | 提出 /tíchū/verb |
| take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves (if you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things) phrase | 积少成多 /jīshǎochéngduō/phrase 積少成多phrase 聚沙成塔 /jùshāchéngtǎ/phrase 集腋成裘 /jíyèchéngqiú/phrase |
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