(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then")

(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course

for a long time; long since / (dialect) in the past

after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來｜回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來｜自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世｜来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 談得來｜谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來｜吃不来)

quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip")

due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because

from now on / since then / henceforth

since (a previous event)

since (a time) / ever since

already / since / both... (and...)

since childhood; from a young age

since ancient times / since times immemorial

intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)

Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999

since; as; this being the case

pampered and spoiled since childhood

(haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met

since the dawn of time / from the year dot

China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)

(idiom) since birth; for one's whole life

since (some point in the past)

National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959

(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial

is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that

unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous

(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)

since childhood; from a young age

since then / henceforth

since the beginning of history

the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論｜进化论)

Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997)

Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路｜京广铁路

Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣｜秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then

Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition

National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988

constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)

Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018

(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met

from / (ever) since

York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004

since ancient times; it has ever been the case that

Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)

(formal) whereas / since

unprecedented / never seen since ancient times

Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)

natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化｜进化)

all the way; all along; since the start

(of a baby) to reach one month of age / (fig.) to reach the one-month mark since the start, launch or implementation of sth / the full moon

shinjitai, simplified Japanese character used since 1946

same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜 concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death

long ago / a long time since

Slovakia (officially the Slovak Republic since 1993)

Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)

Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)

Shangke Corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)

Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962

since ancient times

(coll.) since

grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night

Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀｜寒武纪, c. 540m year ago

Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982

Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986)

China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988

Hun Sen (1952-), prime minister of Cambodia since 1985

(PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書｜学位证书 / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree

(slang) youngster; kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登, established since c. 2022)

Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶｜神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊｜杨 and 陽｜阳 are homonyms)

calcium oxide, CaO / (slang) (used as a substitute for 肏, since CaO resembles cào)

giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s

Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀｜寒武纪, c. 540m year ago

third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)

historical remains / things that have survived since ancient times / (of such things) to survive

Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)

market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")

political training office (during Chinese revolution, since renamed political division 政治部)

Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952) / Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan since 1954)

Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)

lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

since childhood

(archaic) light, bright (variant of 冏) / (since c. 2005) (slang) emoticon signifying embarrassment, shock, helplessness etc

for a long time now; long since

tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)