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- to insert
- to take turns, alternate
- to interweave
- to interlace
- subplot
- interlude
- episode
- (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
- to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
- to put a call on hold
- music played during a movie, play etc
- incidental music
- music played in a theatrical interlude
- (fig.) incident
- episode
- to place in a certain position
- to assign to a job
- to plant
- resettlement (old)
- to poke in the eye
- (gaming) to place a ward (i.e. vision-granting item)
- to keep tabs on (an online discussion etc); to monitor (for updates)
- to extrapolate
- extrapolation (math.)
- (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)
Trad. 插腳
- to shove in
- to edge in
- fig. to poke one's nose into people's business
- prong
- to squeeze in
- to step in
- to take part
- to step between (two persons in a relationship)
Trad. 插鎖
- bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)
Trad. 插隊
- to cut in line
- to jump a queue
- to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
Trad. 內插
- to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral)
- (math.) to interpolate
- interpolation
- to replug
- to disconnect and reconnect (from a plug, port, connection etc)
- (of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted
Trad. 插線板
- power strip
- powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)
Trad. 倒插門
- to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
Trad. 不插電
- unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
Trad. 插播廣告
- slot advertisement
- interstitial ad
- splash ad
Trad. 插科打諢
- to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
- buffoonery
Trad. 插翅難飛
- lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
Trad. 無心插柳
- (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
- serendipitous
- fortuitous
Trad. 兩肋插刀
- lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
- fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
Trad. 見縫插針
- lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
Trad. 氣管插管術
- endotracheal intubation (medicine)
Trad. 無心插柳柳成陰
- lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you
- (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success
- also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
Trad. 鮮花插在牛糞上
- lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
- fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)