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)

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

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", for example)

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

since (a time) / ever since

since (a previous event)

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

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

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

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

from now on / since then / henceforth

since; as; this being the case

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

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)

Chongqing (Chungking), formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝

(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial

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)

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

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

Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962

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)

since the dawn of time / from the year dot

since ancient times / since times immemorial

pampered and spoiled since childhood

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.

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

since childhood

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

since birth / for one's whole life

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

unprecedented / never seen since ancient times

(coll.) since

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

(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

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

long ago / a long time since

from / (ever) since

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

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

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

since (some point in the past)

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

since ancient times; it has ever been the case that

(formal) whereas / since

since ancient times

(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

Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)

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

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)

Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)

Bo'ao Forum for Asia (since 2001)

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

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

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

Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005

all the way / all along / since the start

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

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

Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age)

holocene / period since the last ice age

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

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

Shangke Corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)

shinjitai, simplified Japanese character used since 1946

since the beginning of history

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

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

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

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

since then / henceforth

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

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

Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986)

since childhood

Chongqing city, formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝

tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)

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

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

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

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