How to say [X] in Chinese

how?

communication

怎么

zěn me

how?

communication

怎么样

zěn me yàng

how? (emphatic question)

communication

岂

qǐ

hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)

social

葫芦丝

hú lu sī

human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc)

communication

人梯

rén tī

hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom)

communication

愁肠百结

chóu cháng bǎi jié

husband and wife in youth, companions in old age

social

少年夫妻老来伴

shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn

husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)

social

夫家

fū jiā

husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)

social

婆家

pó jia

hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

communication

单叶双曲面

dān yè shuāng qǔ miàn

I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)

communication

书不尽言

shū bú jìn yán

I'm afraid that...

communication

只怕

zhǐ pà

I'm sorry

social

对不起

duì bù qǐ

I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)

social

后会有期

hòu huì yǒu qī

ice age

social

冰川期

bīng chuān qī

ice age

social

冰河时代

bīng hé shí dài

ice age

social

冰河时期

bīng hé shí qī

ice age

social

冰河期

bīng hé qī

ice age

social

大冰期

dà bīng qī

ice queen (beautiful woman who appears to be emotionless and distant)

communication

冰山美人

bīng shān měi rén

ice-free port

social

不冻港

bú dòng gǎng

ice-free port (refers to Vladivostok)

social

不冻港口

bú dòng gǎng kǒu

ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)

communication

凌汛

líng xùn

identity

communication

身份

shēn fèn