| 針 | [ zhēn ] needle, pin, injection, stitch, CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1] |
| 針具 | [ zhēn jù ] acupuncture needle, hypodermic needle |
| 針刺 | [ zhēn cì ] to prick with a needle, to treat by acupuncture |
| 針刺麻醉 | [ zhēn cì má zuì ] acupuncture anesthesia |
| 針劑 | [ zhēn jì ] fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection |
| 針劑瓶 | [ zhēn jì píng ] ampoule |
| 針孔 | [ zhēn kǒng ] pinhole |
| 針孔攝影機 | [ zhēn kǒng shè yǐng jī ] pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc) |
| 針對 | [ zhēn duì ] to target, to focus on, to be aimed at or against, in response to |
| 針對性 | [ zhēn duì xìng ] focus, direction, purpose, relevance |
| 針尖兒對麥芒兒 | [ zhēn jiān duì maì máng ] see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2] |
| 針尖對麥芒 | [ zhēn jiān duì maì máng ] sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) |
| 針尾沙錐 | [ zhēn weǐ shā zhuī ] (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura) |
| 針尾綠鳩 | [ zhēn weǐ lǜ jiū ] (bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda) |
| 針尾鴨 | [ zhēn weǐ yā ] (bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta) |
| 針扎 | [ zhēn zhā ] pincushion |
| 針氈 | [ zhēn zhān ] needle felting (craft), piece of felt used as a pincushion |
| 針法 | [ zhēn fǎ ] stitch |
| 針灸 | [ zhēn jiǔ ] acupuncture and moxibustion, to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion |
| 針狀 | [ zhēn zhuàng ] needle-shaped |
| 針眼 | [ zhēn yǎn ] eye of a needle, pinprick, pinhole |
| 針眼 | [ zhēn yan ] (medicine) sty |
| 針砭 | [ zhēn biān ] to critique, to voice concerns about, ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles |
| 針箍 | [ zhēn gū ] thimble |
| 針箍兒 | [ zhēn gū ] erhua variant of 針箍|针箍[zhen1 gu1] |
| 針管 | [ zhēn guǎn ] syringe |
| 針線 | [ zhēn xiàn ] needle and thread, needlework |
| 針線活 | [ zhēn xiàn huó ] needlework, sewing |
| 針線活兒 | [ zhēn xiàn huó ] needlework, working for a living as a needleworker |
| 針線活計 | [ zhēn xiàn huó jì ] needlework, sewing |
| 針線箔籬 | [ zhēn xiàn bó lí ] wicker sewing basket (dialect) |
| 針織 | [ zhēn zhī ] knitting, knitted garment |
| 針織品 | [ zhēn zhī pǐn ] knitwear |
| 針葉 | [ zhēn yè ] needle-leaved (tree) |
| 針葉林 | [ zhēn yè lín ] needle-leaved forest |
| 針葉植物 | [ zhēn yè zhí wù ] needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree) |
| 針葉樹 | [ zhēn yè shù ] conifer |
| 針鋒相對 | [ zhēn fēng xiāng duì ] to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat, measure for measure |
| 針頭線腦 | [ zhēn toú xiàn naǒ ] needle and thread, sewing implements, needlework, (fig.) unimportant thing |
| 針魚 | [ zhēn yú ] saury fish (family Scomberesocidae) |
| 針麻 | [ zhēn má ] acupuncture anesthesia |
| 針鼢 | [ zhēn fén ] echidna |
| 針鼴 | [ zhēn yǎn ] echidna |
| 針鼻 | [ zhēn bí ] the eye of a needle |
| ⇒ 一針見血 | [ yī zhēn jiàn xiě ] lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom), fig. to hit the nail on the head |
| ⇒ 二百方針 | [ èr baǐ fāng zhēn ] see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuang1 bai3 fang1 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 做針線 | [ zuò zhēn xiàn ] to do needlework |
| ⇒ 八字方針 | [ bā zì fāng zhēn ] the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve", a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan |
| ⇒ 分針 | [ fēn zhēn ] minute hand (of a clock) |
| ⇒ 別針 | [ bié zhēn ] pin, safety pin, clip, brooch, CL:枚[mei2] |
| ⇒ 加強針 | [ jiā qiáng zhēn ] (vaccine) booster shot |
| ⇒ 反時針 | [ fǎn shí zhēn ] counterclockwise |
| ⇒ 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | [ zhǐ yaò gōng fu shēn tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn ] If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle., cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task, to study diligently |
| ⇒ 唱針 | [ chàng zhēn ] stylus (gramophone needle) |
| ⇒ 回形針 | [ huí xíng zhēn ] paper clip |
| ⇒ 大政方針 | [ dà zhèng fāng zhēn ] major policy of the national government |
| ⇒ 大海撈針 | [ dà haǐ laō zhēn ] lit. to fish a needle from the sea, to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) |
| ⇒ 如坐針氈 | [ rú zuò zhēn zhān ] lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom), fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation |
| ⇒ 定海神針 | [ dìng haǐ shén zhēn ] another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4], (fig.) stabilizing force |
| ⇒ 定風針 | [ dìng fēng zhēn ] wind vane, anemometer, weathercock |
| ⇒ 引線穿針 | [ yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn ] a pull-through to thread a needle, fig. to act as go-between |
| ⇒ 強心針 | [ qiáng xīn zhēn ] heart-strengthening shot, fig. a shot in the arm |
| ⇒ 扎針 | [ zhā zhēn ] to give or have an acupuncture treatment |
| ⇒ 打吊針 | [ dǎ zhēn ] to put sb on an intravenous drip |
| ⇒ 打針 | [ dǎ zhēn ] to give or have an injection |
| ⇒ 指北針 | [ zhǐ beǐ zhēn ] compass |
| ⇒ 指南針 | [ zhǐ nán zhēn ] compass |
| ⇒ 指針 | [ zhǐ zhēn ] pointer on a gauge, clock hand, cursor, (computing) pointer |
| ⇒ 探針 | [ tàn zhēn ] probe |
| ⇒ 撞針 | [ zhuàng zhēn ] firing pin |
| ⇒ 方針 | [ fāng zhēn ] policy, guidelines, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 時針 | [ shí zhēn ] hand of a clock, hour hand |
| ⇒ 暈針 | [ yùn zhēn ] to faint during acupuncture or injection |
| ⇒ 曲別針 | [ qū bié zhēn ] paper clip |
| ⇒ 毒針 | [ dú zhēn ] to inject poison |
| ⇒ 毛線針 | [ maó xiàn zhēn ] knitting needle |
| ⇒ 毫針 | [ haó zhēn ] acupuncture needle |
| ⇒ 注射針 | [ zhù shè zhēn ] needle, hypodermic needle |
| ⇒ 注射針頭 | [ zhù shè zhēn toú ] see 注射針|注射针[zhu4 she4 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 海底撈針 | [ haǐ dǐ laō zhēn ] see 大海撈針|大海捞针[da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 灰喉針尾雨燕 | [ huī hoú zhēn weǐ yǔ yàn ] (bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) |
| ⇒ 無針注射器 | [ wú zhēn zhù shè qì ] jet injector |
| ⇒ 留針 | [ liú zhēn ] to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture) |
| ⇒ 白喉針尾雨燕 | [ baí hoú zhēn weǐ yǔ yàn ] (bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) |
| ⇒ 砭針 | [ biān zhēn ] remonstrance, admonition |
| ⇒ 磨杵成針 | [ mó chǔ chéng zhēn ] to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task, to study diligently |
| ⇒ 秒針 | [ zhēn ] second hand (of a clock) |
| ⇒ 穿針 | [ chuān zhēn ] to thread a needle |
| ⇒ 穿針引線 | [ chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn ] lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between |
| ⇒ 穿針走線 | [ chuān zhēn zoǔ xiàn ] to thread a needle |
| ⇒ 綿裡藏針 | [ mián lǐ cáng zhēn ] lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom), fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance, a wolf in sheep's clothing, an iron fist in a velvet glove |
| ⇒ 縫衣針 | [ féng yī zhēn ] sewing needle |
| ⇒ 縫針 | [ féng zhēn ] a stitch, surgical stitches |
| ⇒ 縫針 | [ fèng zhēn ] needle |
| ⇒ 縫針跡 | [ féng zhēn jì ] seam |
| ⇒ 總方針 | [ zǒng fāng zhēn ] general policy, overall guidelines |
| ⇒ 耳針 | [ ěr zhēn ] auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture) |
| ⇒ 胸針 | [ xiōng zhēn ] brooch |
| ⇒ 見縫插針 | [ jiàn fèng chā zhēn ] lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch |
| ⇒ 訂書針 | [ dìng shū zhēn ] staple |
| ⇒ 迴紋針 | [ huí wén zhēn ] paper clip |
| ⇒ 逆時針 | [ nì shí zhēn ] anticlockwise, counterclockwise |
| ⇒ 避雷針 | [ bì leí zhēn ] lightning rod |
| ⇒ 金針 | [ jīn zhēn ] needle used in embroidery or sewing, acupuncture needle, orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) |
| ⇒ 金針花 | [ jīn zhēn huā ] orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) |
| ⇒ 金針菇 | [ jīn zhēn gū ] enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes, Japanese えのき茸 enokitake), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white, abbr. to 金菇 |
| ⇒ 金針菜 | [ jīn zhēn caì ] day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine |
| ⇒ 釘書針 | [ dìng shū zhēn ] staple, also written 訂書針|订书针[ding4 shu1 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 鉤針 | [ goū zhēn ] crochet hook, crochet needle |
| ⇒ 銀針 | [ yín zhēn ] silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture) |
| ⇒ 錶針 | [ zhēn ] hand of a clock |
| ⇒ 鐵杵成針 | [ tiě chǔ chéng zhēn ] see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 雙百方針 | [ shuāng baǐ fāng zhēn ] refers to 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4] with its slogan 百花齊放，百家爭鳴|百花齐放，百家争鸣 |
| ⇒ 頂針 | [ dǐng zhēn ] thimble |
| ⇒ 順時針 | [ shùn shí zhēn ] clockwise |
| ⇒ 預防針 | [ yù fáng zhēn ] immunization injection, fig. forewarning, heads-up, preventive measure |
| ⇒ 飛針走線 | [ feī zhēn zoǔ xiàn ] flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework |
| ⇒ 骨針 | [ gǔ zhēn ] spicule (in biology), bone needle (in archaeology) |
| ⇒ 鼻針療法 | [ bí zhēn fǎ ] nose-acupuncture therapy |