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• 坐享其成 (co5 hoeng2 kei4 sing4) — to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
• 坐以待斃 (zo6 ji5 doi6 bai6) — to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
• 坐便器 (zo6 bin6 hei3) — pedestal type WC
• 坐像 (zo6 zoeng6) — seated image (of a Buddha or saint)
• 坐冷板凳 (co5 laang5 baan2 dang3) — to hold an inconsequential job; to receive a cold reception; to be kept waiting…
• 坐力 (zo6 lik6) — see 後坐力|后坐力[hou4 zuo4 li4]
• 坐化 (zo6 faa3) — to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)
• 坐台小姐 (co5 toi2 siu2 ze2) — bar girl; professional escort
• 坐吃享福 (zo6 hek3 hoeng2 fuk1) — vegetative existence; to consume passively without doing anything useful
• 坐商 (zo6 soeng1) — tradesman; shopkeeper
• 坐墊 (zo6 zin3) — cushion; (motorbike) seat
• 坐墩 (zo6 deon1) — Chinese drum-shaped stool
• 坐失 (zo6 sat1) — to let sth slip by; to miss an opportunity
• 坐失機宜 (zo6 sat1 gei1 ji4) — to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
• 坐失良機 (co5 sat1 loeng4 gei1) — to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
• 坐好 (zo6 hou2) — to sit properly; to sit up straight
• 坐定 (zo6 ding6) — to be seated
• 坐山觀虎鬥 (co5 saan1 gun1 fu2 dau3) — lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom); fig. watch in safe…
• 坐席 (zo6 zik6) — seat (at a banquet); to attend a banquet
• 坐廁 (zo6 ci3) — sitting toilet (contrasted with 蹲廁|蹲厕[dun1 ce4] squat toilet)
• 坐廁墊 (zo6 ci3 zin3) — toilet seat
• 坐探 (zo6 taam3) — inside informer; mole; plant
• 坐收漁利 (zo6 sau1 jyu4 lei6) — benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
• 坐月 (co5 jyut6) — see 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
• 坐月子 (co5 jyut6 zi2) — to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and o…
• 坐果 (zo6 gwo2) — to bear fruit
• 坐椅 (zo6 ji2) — seat; chair
• 坐標 (co5 biu1) — variant of 座標|坐标[zuo4 biao1]
• 坐牢 (co5 lou4) — to be imprisoned
• 坐班 (co5 baan1) — to work office hours; on duty
• 坐班房 (co5 baan1 fong2) — to be in prison
• 坐禪 (zo6 sim4) — to sit in meditation; to meditate
• 坐立不安 (co5 laap6 bat1 on1) — lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom); restless; fidgety
• 坐立難安 (zo6 laap6 naan4 on1) — unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
• 坐而論道 (zo6 ji4 leon6 dou6) — to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice…
• 坐臺 (co5 toi2) — to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV
• 坐落 (co5 lok6) — to be situated; to be located (of a building)
• 坐藥 (zo6 joek6) — suppository
• 坐蠟 (zo6 laap6) — to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation
• 坐視不理 (zo6 si6 bat1 lei5) — to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
• 坐觀成敗 (zo6 gun1 sing4 baai6) — to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fi…
• 坐車 (co5 ce1) — to take the car, bus, train etc
• 坐鎮 (zo6 zan3) — (of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee
• 坐騎 (zo6 ke4) — saddle horse; mount
• 坐骨 (zo6 gwat1) — ischium
• 坐骨神經 (zo6 gwat1 san4 ging1) — sciatic nerve
• 坐骨神經痛 (zo6 gwat1 san4 ging1 tung3) — sciatica
• 坑井 (haang1 zeng2) — (mine) galleries and pits
• 坑人 (haang1 jan4) — (coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over
• 坑口 (haang1 hau2) — Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
• 坑坎 (haang1 ham2) — uneven (road); depression (in terrain)
• 坑坑窪窪 (haang1 haang1 waa1 waa1) — full of pits and hollows; bumpy
• 坑害 (haang1 hoi6) — to trap; to frame
• 坑木 (haang1 muk6) — pit prop
• 坑殺 (haang1 saat3) — to bury alive; to ensnare
• 坑洞 (haang1 dung6) — hole; pit; pothole
• 坑爹 (haang1 de1) — to get one's father involved in a difficult situation; (vulgar) (of sth that ma…
• 坑窪 (haang1 waa1) — hole; hollow; depression; low-lying
• 坑蒙 (haang1 mung4) — to swindle
• 坑蒙拐騙 (haang1 mung4 gwaai2 pin3) — (idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive
• 坑道 (haang1 dou6) — mine shaft; gallery; tunnel
• 坑騙 (haang1 pin3) — to cheat; to swindle
• 坡壘 (bo1 leoi5) — Hainan hopea (Hopea hainanensis) (botany)
• 坡度 (bo1 dou6) — gradient; slope
• 坡路 (bo1 lou6) — sloping road; hill road
• 坡道 (bo1 dou6) — road on a slope; inclined path; ramp
• 坡頭 (bo1 tau4) — see 坡頭區|坡头区[Po1 tou2 Qu1]
• 坡頭區 (bo1 tau4 keoi1) — Potou, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong
• 坡鹿 (bo1 luk6) — Eld's deer (Panolia eldii)
• 坤 (kwan1) — one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷;…
• 坤甸 (kwan1 din6) — Pontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
• 坦佩雷 (taan2 pui3 leoi4) — Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors), Finland's second city
• 坦克 (taan2 hak1) — (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
• 坦克車 (taan2 hak1 ce1) — tank (armored vehicle)
• 坦博拉 (taan2 bok3 laai1) — Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is gr…
• 坦噶尼喀 (taan2 gaa1 nei4 kaa3) — Tanganyika, sovereign state in Africa (1961–1964), later part of Tanzania
• 坦噶尼喀湖 (taan2 gaa1 nei4 kaa3 wu4) — Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
• 坦尚尼亞 (taan2 soeng6 nei4 aa3) — Tanzania (Tw)
• 坦承 (taan2 sing4) — to confess; to admit; to come clean; calmly
• 坦桑尼亞 (taan2 song1 nei4 aa3) — Tanzania
• 坦然 (taan2 jin4) — calm; undisturbed
• 坦然無懼 (taan2 jin4 mou4 geoi6) — remain calm and undaunted
• 坦率 (taan2 seot1) — frank; candid; straightforward
• 坦白 (taan2 baak6) — honest; forthcoming; to confess
• 坦蕩 (taan2 dong6) — magnanimous; broad and level
• 坦誠 (taan2 sing4) — candid; frank; plain dealing
• 坦誠相見 (taan2 sing4 soeng1 gin3) — to trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity
• 坦途 (taan2 tou4) — highway; level road
• 坦陳 (taan2 can4) — to reveal; to confess
• 坨兒 (to4 ji4) — classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial)
• 坨子 (to4 zi2) — lump; heap
• 坩 (ham1) — crucible
• 坩堝 (ham1 wo1) — crucible
• 坪 (ping4) — a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japa…
• 坫 (dim3) — stand for goblets
• 坯 (pui1) — adobe; mud brick; unfired brick, tile or pottery; blank; semifinished product; …
• 坯件 (pui1 gin6) — blank (for a coin etc); breed or strain
• 坯子 (pui1 zi2) — base; semifinished product; (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)
• 坯布 (pui1 bou3) — unbleached and undyed cloth; gray cloth
• 坯料 (pui1 liu2) — semifinished materials
• 坯模 (pui1 mou4) — mold
• 坳陷 (aau3 haam6) — (geology) depression; low-lying area
• 坷垃 (ho1 laap6) — (dialect) clod (of earth)
• 垂下 (seoi4 haa6) — to hang down
• 垂危 (seoi4 ngai4) — close to death; life-threatening (illness)
• 垂垂 (seoi4 seoi4) — gradually; to drop
• 垂幕 (seoi4 mok6) — canopy
• 垂感 (seoi4 gam2) — drape effect (fashion)
• 垂懸分詞 (seoi4 jyun4 fan1 ci4) — dangling participle (grammar)
• 垂掛 (seoi4 gwaa3) — to hang down; suspended
• 垂暮之年 (seoi4 mou6 zi1 nin4) — old age
• 垂柳 (seoi4 lau5) — weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
• 垂楊柳 (seoi4 joeng4 lau5) — weeping willow
• 垂死 (seoi4 sei2) — dying
• 垂死掙扎 (seoi4 sei2 zang1 zaat3) — deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
• 垂泣 (seoi4 jap1) — to shed tears
• 垂涎 (seoi4 jin4) — to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
• 垂涎三尺 (seoi4 jin4 saam1 cek3) — to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave
• 垂涎欲滴 (seoi4 jin4 juk6 dik6) — to drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for
• 垂淚 (seoi4 leoi6) — to shed tears
• 垂直 (seoi4 zik6) — perpendicular; vertical
• 垂直和短距起落飛機 (seoi4 zik6 wo4 dyun2 keoi5 hei2 lok6 fei1 gei1) — vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
• 垂直線 (seoi4 zik6 sin3) — vertical line
• 垂直起落飛機 (seoi4 zik6 hei2 lok6 fei1 gei1) — vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
• 垂直軸 (seoi4 zik6 zuk6) — vertical shaft; (math.) vertical axis
• 垂簾聽政 (seoi4 lim4 ting3 zing3) — lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
• 垂老 (seoi4 lou5) — approaching old age
• 垂釣 (seoi4 diu3) — angling
• 垂青 (seoi4 cing1) — to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor
• 垂頭喪氣 (seoi4 tau4 song3 hei3) — hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
• 垂體 (seoi4 tai2) — pituitary gland
• 垂髫 (seoi4 tiu4) — hair hanging down (child's hairstyle); (fig.) young child; early childhood
• 垃圾 (laap6 saap3) — trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
• 垃圾堆 (laap6 saap3 deoi1) — garbage heap
• 垃圾工 (laap6 saap3 gung1) — garbage collector
• 垃圾桶 (laap6 saap3 tung2) — rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4 tong3]
• 垃圾筒 (laap6 saap3 tung2) — trashcan
• 垃圾箱 (laap6 saap3 soeng1) — rubbish can; garbage can; trash can
• 垃圾股 (laap6 saap3 gu2) — junk bonds; high-yield bonds
• 垃圾車 (laap6 saap3 ce1) — garbage truck (or other vehicle)
• 垃圾郵件 (laap6 saap3 jau4 gin2) — junk mail; spam; unsolicited mail
• 垃圾電郵 (laap6 saap3 din6 jau4) — see 垃圾郵件|垃圾邮件[la1 ji1 you2 jian4]
• 垃圾食品 (laap6 saap3 sik6 ban2) — junk food
• 型式 (jing4 sik1) — type; pattern; version; style
• 型態 (jing4 taai3) — form; shape; type; style; pattern
• 型材 (jing4 coi4) — extruded profile
• 型板 (jing4 baan2) — template
• 型男 (jing4 naam4) — fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
• 型號 (jing4 hou6) — model (particular version of a manufactured article); type (product specificati…
• 型錄 (jing4 luk6) — product catalog
• 垍 (gei6) — hard earth
• 垓下 (goi1 haa6) — ancient place name, in Anhui province
• 垛 (do2) — battlement; target
• 垛口 (do2 hau2) — crenel
• 垝垣 (gwai2 wun4) — collapsed wall; ruined wall
• 垞 (caa4) — mound; small hill; (used in place names)
• 垟 (joeng4) — clay sheep buried with the dead
• 垠 (ngan4) — limit; border; river bank
• 垣曲 (wun4 kuk1) — see 垣曲縣|垣曲县[Yuan2 qu3 Xian4]
• 垣曲縣 (wun4 kuk1 jyun6) — Yuanqu, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi
• 垣衣 (wun4 ji1) — moss under old walls
• 垤 (dit6) — anthill; mound
• 垮 (kwaa1) — to collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 垮塌 (kwaa1 taap3) — to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
• 垮臺 (kwaa1 toi4) — (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
• 埂子 (gang2 zi2) — strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields
• 埃克托 (aai1 hak1 tok3) — Hector (name)
• 埃利斯島 (aai1 lei6 si1 dou2) — Ellis Island
• 埃加迪群島 (oi1 gaa1 dik6 kwan4 dou2) — Aegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy
• 埃博拉 (aai1 bok3 laai1) — Ebola (virus)
• 埃博拉病毒 (aai1 bok3 laai1 beng6 duk6) — Ebola virus
• 埃及 (aai1 kap6) — Egypt
• 埃及古物學 (oi1 kap6 gu2 mat6 hok6) — Egyptology
• 埃及夜鷹 (aai1 kap6 je6 jing1) — (bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
• 埃及豆 (oi1 kap6 dau2) — chickpea
• 埃因霍溫 (aai1 jan1 fok3 wan1) — Eindhoven (city in the Netherlands)
• 埃塔 (aai1 taap3) — ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or Basque homeland and freedom), Basque armed separa…
• 埃塞俄比亞 (aai1 coi3 ngo4 bei2 aa3) — Ethiopia
• 埃夫伯里 (aai1 fu1 baak3 lei5) — Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
• 埃奧羅斯 (aai1 ou3 lo4 si1) — Aeolus, Greek God of winds
• 埃居 (aai1 geoi1) — écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
• 埃布羅 (aai1 bou3 lo4) — Ebro river (in northeast Spain)
• 埃布羅河 (aai1 bou3 lo4 ho4) — Ebro River (in northeast Spain)
• 埃德 (aai1 dak1) — Ed (name - Eduard)
• 埃德加 (aai1 dak1 gaa1) — Edgar (name)
• 埃德蒙頓 (aai1 dak1 mung4 deon6) — Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
• 埃拉特 (aai1 laai1 dak6) — Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea
• 埃敘 (aai1 zeoi6) — Egypt-Syria
• 埃文 (aai1 man4) — Evan; Avon; Ivan
• 埃文斯 (aai1 man4 si1) — Evans; Ivins; Ivens
• 埃文河畔斯特拉特福 (aai1 man4 ho4 bun6 si1 dak6 laai1 dak6 fuk1) — Stratford-upon-Avon
• 埃斯庫多 (aai1 si1 fu3 do1) — escudo, former currency of Portugal and other countries
• 埃斯庫羅斯 (aai1 si1 fu3 lo4 si1) — Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seve…
• 埃斯特哈齊 (aai1 si1 dak6 haa1 cai4) — Esterhazy (name)
• 埃斯特朗 (aai1 si1 dak6 long5) — Anders Jonas Angstrom or Ångström (1814-1874), Swedish physicist
• 埃格爾松 (aai1 gaak3 ji5 cung4) — Egersund (city in Norway)
• 埃森 (aai1 sam1) — Essen, city in the Ruhr 魯爾區|鲁尔区[Lu3 er3 Qu1], Germany
• 埃森哲 (aai1 sam1 zit3) — Accenture (company)
• 埃森納赫 (aai1 sam1 naap6 haak1) — Eisenach (German city)
• 埃涅阿斯 (aai1 nip6 aa3 si1) — Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
• 埃涅阿斯紀 (aai1 nip6 aa3 si1 gei2) — Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
• 埃爾南德斯 (aai1 ji5 naam4 dak1 si1) — Hernández (name)
• 埃爾多安 (aai1 ji5 do1 on1) — Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003–2014, pre…
• 埃爾帕索 (aai1 ji5 paak3 sok3) — El Paso, Texas
• 埃爾朗根 (aai1 ji5 long5 gan1) — Erlangen (town in Bavaria)
• 埃爾朗根綱領 (aai1 ji5 long5 gan1 gong1 ling5) — Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
• 埃爾福特 (aai1 ji5 fuk1 dak6) — Erfurt (German city)
• 埃爾金 (aai1 ji5 gam1) — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China …
• 埃爾金大理石 (aai1 ji5 gam1 daai6 lei5 sek6) — the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7…
• 埃特納火山 (aai1 dak6 naap6 fo2 saan1) — Mt Etna, volcano in Italy
• 埃琳娜 (aai1 lam4 naa4) — Elena (name)
• 埃米爾 (aai1 mai5 ji5) — (loanword) emir; amir
• 埃菲爾鐵塔 (aai1 fei1 ji5 tit3 taap3) — Eiffel Tower
• 埃蕾 (aai1 leoi4) — centaury herb with flowers (TCM); Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore
• 埃迪卡拉 (aai1 dik6 kaa1 laai1) — Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological…
• 埃迪卡拉紀 (aai1 dik6 kaa1 laai1 gei2) — Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geo…
• 埃里溫 (aai1 lei5 wan1) — Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4]
• 埆 (kok3) — (of land) barren; stony
• 埇 (jung2) — raised path
• 埇橋 (jung2 kiu4) — see 埇橋區|埇桥区[Yong3 qiao2 Qu1]
• 埇橋區 (jung2 kiu4 keoi1) — Yongqiao, a district of Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
• 埋伏 (maai4 fuk6) — to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
• 埋名 (maai4 ming4) — to conceal one's identity; to live incognito
• 埋天怨地 (maai4 tin1 jyun3 dei6) — lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant
• 埋汰 (maai4 taai3) — (dialect) dirty; to mock sb
• 埋沒 (maai4 mut6) — to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
• 埋線 (maai4 sin3) — sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
• 埋葬 (maai4 zong3) — to bury
• 埋藏 (maai4 cong4) — to bury; to hide by burying; hidden
• 埋頭 (maai4 tau4) — to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)…
• 埋頭苦幹 (maai4 tau4 fu2 gon3) — to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out ef…
• 城中區 (sing4 zung1 keoi1) — Chengzhong, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi; Chengzhon…
• 城中村 (sing4 zung1 cyun1) — village within a city; shantytown; ghetto
• 城北區 (sing4 bak1 keoi1) — Chengbei, a district of Xining City 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4], Qinghai
• 城區 (sing4 keoi1) — Cheng District or Chengqu, a district of Shanwei City 汕尾市[Shan4 wei3 Shi4], Gua…
• 城口 (sing4 hau2) — see 城口縣|城口县[Cheng2 kou3 Xian4]
• 城口縣 (sing4 hau2 jyun6) — Chengkou, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
• 城固 (sing4 gu3) — see 城固縣|城固县[Cheng2 gu4 Xian4]
• 城固縣 (sing4 gu3 jyun6) — Chenggu, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
• 城址 (sing4 zi2) — townsite
• 城垣 (sing4 wun4) — city wall
• 城域網 (sing4 wik6 mong5) — metropolitan area network
• 城堡 (sing4 bou2) — castle; rook (chess piece)
• 城外 (sing4 ngoi6) — outside of a city
• 城子河 (sing4 zi2 ho4) — see 城子河區|城子河区[Cheng2 zi5 he2 Qu1]
• 城子河區 (sing4 zi2 ho4 keoi1) — Chengzihe, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
• 城市 (sing4 si5) — city; town
• 城市依賴症 (sing4 si5 ji1 laai6 zing3) — "urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts an…
• 城市化 (sing4 si5 faa3) — urbanization
• 城市管理行政執法局 (sing4 si5 gun2 lei5 hang4 zing3 zap1 faat3 guk6) — City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau (PRC)
• 城市規劃 (sing4 si5 kwai1 waak6) — town planning
• 城市運動會 (sing4 si5 wan6 dung6 wui2) — National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four y…
• 城府 (sing4 fu2) — subtle; shrewd; sophisticated
• 城廂 (sing4 soeng1) — see 城廂區|城厢区[Cheng2 xiang1 Qu1]
• 城廂區 (sing4 soeng1 keoi1) — Chengxiang, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian
• 城東區 (sing4 dung1 keoi1) — Chengdong, a district of Xining City 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4], Qinghai
• 城樓 (sing4 lau4) — city gate tower
• 城步 (sing4 bou6) — see 城步苗族自治縣|城步苗族自治县[Cheng2 bu4 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 城步縣 (sing4 bou6 jyun6) — see 城步苗族自治縣|城步苗族自治县[Cheng2 bu4 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 城步苗族自治縣 (sing4 bou6 miu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6) — Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hun…
• 城池 (sing4 ci4) — city
• 城牆 (sing4 coeng4) — city wall
• 城管 (sing4 gun2) — local government bylaw enforcement officer; city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法…
• 城西區 (sing4 sai1 keoi1) — Chengxi, a district of Xining City 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4], Qinghai
• 城運會 (sing4 wan6 wui2) — abbr. for 城市運動會|城市运动会[Cheng2 shi4 Yun4 dong4 hui4]
• 城邑 (sing4 jap1) — (literary) towns; cities
• 城邦 (sing4 bong1) — a city state (Greek polis)
• 城郊 (sing4 gaau1) — suburbs; outskirts of a city
• 城郭 (sing4 gwok3) — a city wall
• 城鄉 (sing4 hoeng1) — city and countryside
• 城鎮 (sing4 zan3) — town; cities and towns
• 城鎮化 (sing4 zan3 faa3) — urbanization
• 城鎮化水平 (sing4 zan3 faa3 seoi2 ping4) — urbanization level (of a city or town)
• 城鐵 (sing4 tit3) — rapid transit system; urban railway
• 城門 (sing4 mun4) — city gate
• 城關 (sing4 gwaan1) — see 城關區|城关区[Cheng2 guan1 Qu1]
• 城關區 (sing4 gwaan1 keoi1) — Chengguan, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu; Chenggua…
• 城防 (sing4 fong4) — city defense
• 城陽 (sing4 joeng4) — see 城陽區|城阳区[Cheng2 yang2 Qu1]
• 城陽區 (sing4 joeng4 keoi1) — Chengyang, a district of Qingdao City 青島市|青岛市[Qing1 dao3 Shi4], Shandong
• 城隍 (sing4 wong4) — Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
• 域名 (wik6 meng2) — (computing) domain name
• 域名服務器 (wik6 meng2 fuk6 mou6 hei3) — domain name server
• 域名註冊 (wik6 meng2 zyu3 caak3) — domain name registration
• 域外 (wik6 ngoi6) — outside the country; abroad; foreign; extraterritorial
• 埠頭 (fau6 tau4) — wharf; pier
• 埡口 (aa3 hau2) — (dialect) narrow mountain pass
• 埭 (doi6) — dam
• 埵 (do2) — solid earth
• 執事 (zap1 si6) — to perform one's job; attendant; job; duties; (respectful appellation for the a…
• 執勤 (zap1 kan4) — to be on duty (of a security guard etc)
• 執委會 (zap1 wai2 wui2) — executive committee (abbr. for 執行委員會|执行委员会[zhi2 xing2 wei3 yuan2 hui4])
• 執導 (zap1 dou6) — to direct (a film, play etc)
• 執意 (zap1 ji3) — to be determined to; to insist on
• 執拗 (zap1 aau3) — stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
• 執掌 (zap1 zoeng2) — to wield (power etc)
• 執政官 (zap1 zing3 gun1) — consul (of the Roman Republic); magistrate (chief administrator)
• 執政者 (zap1 zing3 ze2) — ruler
• 執政能力 (zap1 zing3 nang4 lik6) — governing capacity
• 執政黨 (zap1 zing3 dong2) — ruling party; the party in power
• 執教 (zap1 gaau3) — to teach; to be a teacher; to train; to coach
• 執業 (zap1 jip6) — to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer); practitioner; professional
• 執法 (zap1 faat3) — to enforce a law; law enforcement
• 執法如山 (zap1 faat3 jyu4 saan1) — to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
• 執照 (zap1 ziu3) — license; permit
• 執筆 (zap1 bat1) — to write; to do the actual writing
• 執紼 (zap1 fat1) — to attend a funeral
• 執著 (zap1 zoek6) — dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachme…
• 執行 (zap1 hang4) — to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run
• 執行人 (zap1 hang4 jan4) — executioner (hangman); business executor
• 執行長 (zap1 hang4 zoeng2) — (Tw) chief executive
• 執迷 (zap1 mai4) — to be obsessive; to persist obstinately
• 執迷不悟 (zap1 mai4 bat1 ng6) — to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)
• 埸 (jik6) — border
• 培亞 (pui4 aa3) — Praia, capital of Cape Verde (Tw)
• 培修 (pui4 sau1) — to repair earthworks
• 培勒茲 (pui4 lak6 zi1) — Perez (name)
• 培土 (pui4 tou2) — to earth up
• 培果 (pui4 gwo2) — variant of 貝果|贝果[bei4 guo3]
• 培根 (pui4 gan1) — (loanword) bacon
• 培植 (pui4 zik6) — to cultivate; to train; cultivation; training
• 培育 (pui4 juk6) — to train; to breed
• 培訓 (pui4 fan3) — to cultivate; to train; to groom; training
• 培訓班 (pui4 fan3 baan1) — training class
• 培養 (pui4 joeng5) — to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a posi…
• 培養基 (pui4 joeng5 gei1) — culture medium
• 培養液 (pui4 joeng5 jik6) — culture fluid (in biological lab.)
• 培養皿 (pui4 joeng5 ming5) — Petri dish
• 基佬 (gei1 lou2) — (slang) gay guy
• 基加利 (gei1 gaa1 lei6) — Kigali, capital of Rwanda
• 基友 (gei1 jau5) — (slang) very close same-sex friend; gay partner
• 基因 (gei1 jan1) — gene (loanword)
• 基因修改 (gei1 jan1 sau1 goi2) — genetic modification
• 基因圖譜 (gei1 jan1 tou4 pou2) — mapping of genome
• 基因型 (gei1 jan1 jing4) — genotype
• 基因學 (gei1 jan1 hok6) — genetics
• 基因工程 (gei1 jan1 gung1 cing4) — genetic engineering
• 基因庫 (gei1 jan1 fu3) — gene bank
• 基因技術 (gei1 jan1 gei6 seot6) — gene technology
• 基因改造 (gei1 jan1 goi2 zou6) — genetic modification; GM
• 基因治療 (gei1 jan1 zi6 liu4) — gene therapy
• 基因碼 (gei1 jan1 maa5) — genetic code
• 基因突變 (gei1 jan1 dat6 bin3) — genetic mutation
• 基因組 (gei1 jan1 zou2) — genome
• 基團 (gei1 tyun4) — radical (chemistry)
• 基地 (gei1 dei6) — al-Qaeda
• 基地恐怖組織 (gei1 dei6 hung2 bou3 zou2 zik1) — Al-Qaeda; same as 基地組織|基地组织
• 基地組織 (gei1 dei6 zou2 zik1) — Al-Qaeda
• 基址 (gei1 zi2) — foundation; footing; base; ruins (of a historical building)
• 基坑 (gei1 haang1) — foundation groove; trench for building foundation
• 基多 (gei1 do1) — Quito, capital of Ecuador
• 基奈 (gei1 noi6) — Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
• 基孔肯雅熱 (gei1 hung2 hang2 ngaa5 jit6) — chikungunya fever
• 基尼係數 (gei1 nei4 hai6 sou3) — Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)
• 基層 (gei1 cang4) — basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
• 基岩 (gei1 ngaam4) — bedrock
• 基布茲 (gei1 bou3 zi1) — kibbutz
• 基希訥烏 (gei1 hei1 nat6 wu1) — Chişinău or Chisinau, capital of Moldova
• 基床 (gei1 cong4) — foundation (of building); bed (e.g. bedrock); substrate
• 基底 (gei1 dai2) — plinth; base; substrate
• 基底動脈 (gei1 dai2 dung6 mak6) — basilar artery (central artery of the brain)
• 基底細胞癌 (gei1 dai2 sai3 baau1 ngaam4) — basal cell carcinoma
• 基座 (gei1 zo6) — underlay; foundation; pedestal
• 基建 (gei1 gin3) — capital construction; infrastructure development (abbr. for 基本建設|基本建设[ji1 ben3 …
• 基情 (gei1 cing4) — (slang) bromance; gay love
• 基拉韋厄 (gei1 laai1 wai5 aak1) — Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano
• 基改 (gei1 goi2) — (Tw) genetically modified; GM (abbr. for 基因改造[ji1 yin1 gai3 zao4])
• 基數 (gei1 sou3) — cardinal number; (math.) radix; base
• 基數詞 (gei1 sou3 ci4) — cardinal numeral
• 基於 (gei1 jyu1) — because of; on the basis of; in view of; on account of
• 基本 (gei1 bun2) — basic; fundamental; main; elementary
• 基本上 (gei1 bun2 soeng6) — basically; on the whole
• 基本功 (gei1 bun2 gung1) — basic skills; fundamentals
• 基本原則 (gei1 bun2 jyun4 zak1) — fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être
• 基本原理 (gei1 bun2 jyun4 lei5) — fundamental principle
• 基本單位 (gei1 bun2 daan1 wai2) — basic unit; fundamental building block
• 基本多文種平面 (gei1 bun2 do1 man4 zung2 ping4 min6) — basic multilingual plane (BMP)
• 基本定理 (gei1 bun2 ding6 lei5) — fundamental theorem
• 基本概念 (gei1 bun2 koi3 nim6) — basic concept
• 基本法 (gei1 bun2 faat3) — basic law (constitutional document)
• 基本粒子 (gei1 bun2 lap1 zi2) — elementary particle (particle physics)
• 基本詞彙 (gei1 bun2 ci4 wui6) — basic word
• 基本需要 (gei1 bun2 seoi1 jiu3) — basic necessity; fundamental need
• 基本點 (gei1 bun2 dim2) — key point; crux; (finance) basis point
• 基板 (gei1 baan2) — substrate
• 基桑加尼 (gei1 song1 gaa1 nei4) — Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• 基業 (gei1 jip6) — foundation; base; family estate
• 基極 (gei1 gik6) — base electrode (in transistor)
• 基樁 (gei1 zong1) — foundation piles
• 基民黨 (gei1 man4 dong2) — Christian democratic party
• 基波 (gei1 bo1) — fundamental (wave)
• 基測 (gei1 caak1) — Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (Tw), abbr. for 國民中學學生基本學…
• 基準 (gei1 zeon2) — (surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark
• 基爾 (gei1 ji5) — Kiel (German city)
• 基爾特 (gei1 ji5 dak6) — guild (loanword)
• 基牙 (gei1 ngaa4) — abutment tooth (dentistry)
• 基甸 (gei1 din6) — Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward); also written 吉迪恩
• 基督 (gei1 duk1) — Christ
• 基督城 (gei1 duk1 sing4) — Christchurch (New Zealand city)
• 基督徒 (gei1 duk1 tou4) — Christian
• 基督教 (gei1 duk1 gaau3) — Christianity
• 基督教徒 (gei1 duk1 gaau3 tou4) — a Christian
• 基督教民主聯盟 (gei1 duk1 gaau3 man4 zyu2 lyun4 mang4) — Christian Democratic Union (German political party)
• 基督教派 (gei1 duk1 gaau3 paai3) — Christian denomination
• 基督教科學派 (gei1 duk1 gaau3 fo1 hok6 paai3) — Christian Science
• 基督新教 (gei1 duk1 san1 gaau3) — Protestantism
• 基督聖體節 (gei1 duk1 sing3 tai2 zit3) — Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
• 基石 (gei1 sek6) — foundation stone; cornerstone; (fig.) basis; foundation
• 基礎 (gei1 co2) — base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
• 基礎問題 (gei1 co2 man6 tai4) — basic issue; fundamental question
• 基礎教育 (gei1 co2 gaau3 juk6) — elementary education
• 基礎結構 (gei1 co2 git3 kau3) — underlying infrastructure (of a system, organization etc)
• 基礎設施 (gei1 co2 cit3 si1) — infrastructure
• 基礎課 (gei1 co2 fo3) — basic course; core curriculum
• 基站 (gei1 zaam6) — base station
• 基網 (gei1 mong5) — base net (in geodetic survey)
• 基線 (gei1 sin3) — baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc); (math.) base (of a triangle)
• 基肥 (gei1 fei4) — base fertilizer
• 基腳 (gei1 goek3) — footing; pedestal
• 基臺 (gei1 toi4) — (dental implant) abutment
• 基調 (gei1 diu6) — main key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech)
• 基諧波 (gei1 haai4 bo1) — fundamental frequency; base harmonic
• 基諾族 (gei1 nok6 zuk6) — Jino ethnic group
• 基質 (gei1 zat1) — base solvent (of chemical compound); stroma (framing biological tissue)
• 基質膜 (gei1 zat1 mok6) — basal plasma membrane
• 基輔 (gei1 fu6) — Kyiv or Kiev, capital of Ukraine
• 基輔羅斯 (gei1 fu6 lo4 si1) — Kievan Rus', East Slavic state that reached its peak in the early to mid-11th c…
• 基辛格 (gei1 san1 gaak3) — Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 197…
• 基里巴斯 (gei1 lei5 baa1 si1) — Kiribati
• 基里巴斯共和國 (gei1 lei5 baa1 si1 gung6 wo4 gwok3) — Kiribati
• 基金會 (gei1 gam1 wui2) — foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
• 基隆 (gei1 lung4) — Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
• 基隆市 (gei1 lung4 si5) — Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
• 基面 (gei1 min6) — ground plane (in perspective drawing)
• 基音 (gei1 jam1) — fundamental tone
• 基頻 (gei1 pan4) — fundamental frequency
• 基體 (gei1 tai2) — base body; matrix; substrate
• 基點 (gei1 dim2) — base; center; basis; point of departure; starting point; (finance) basis point …
• 埼玉 (kei4 juk6) — Saitama (prefecture and city in Japan)
• 埽 (sou3) — dike; old variant of 掃|扫[sao4]
• 堂倌 (tong4 gun1) — (old) waiter; attendant
• 堂兄 (tong4 hing1) — older male patrilineal cousin
• 堂兄弟 (tong4 hing1 dai6) — father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
• 堂吉訶德 (tong4 gat1 ho1 dak1) — Don Quixote
• 堂哥 (tong4 go1) — older male patrilineal cousin
• 堂堂 (tong4 tong4) — grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance
• 堂堂正正 (tong4 tong4 zing3 zing3) — displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square
• 堂妹 (tong4 mui2) — younger female patrilineal cousin
• 堂姊妹 (tong4 zi2 mui2) — father's brother's daughters; paternal female cousin
• 堂姐 (tong4 ze2) — older female patrilineal cousin
• 堂姪 (tong4 zat6) — nephew by the male line
• 堂屋 (tong4 uk1) — central room of a traditional Chinese house
• 堂廡 (tong4 mou5) — side room of a hall
• 堂弟 (tong4 dai6) — younger male patrilineal cousin
• 堂房 (tong4 fong4) — remote relatives (with the same family name)
• 堂皇 (tong4 wong4) — imposing; grand
• 堂而皇之 (tong4 ji4 wong4 zi1) — overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope
• 堄 (ngai6) — parapet
• 堅不可摧 (gin1 bat1 ho2 ceoi1) — (idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable
• 堅信 (gin1 seon3) — to believe firmly; without any doubt
• 堅信禮 (gin1 seon3 lai5) — confirmation (Christian ceremony)
• 堅冰 (gin1 bing1) — ice; (fig.) frosty relationship
• 堅固性 (gin1 gu3 sing3) — firmness
• 堅執 (gin1 zap1) — to persist; to continue upholding; to persevere; to stick to sth; stubborn
• 堅壁 (gin1 bik1) — to cache; to hide supplies (from the enemy)
• 堅壁清野 (gin1 bik1 cing1 je5) — to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invad…
• 堅如磐石 (gin1 jyu4 pun4 sek6) — solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure; rock-firm and unyielding
• 堅守 (gin1 sau2) — to hold fast to; to stick to
• 堅定 (gin1 ding6) — firm; steady; staunch; resolute
• 堅定不移 (gin1 ding6 bat1 ji4) — unswerving; unflinching
• 堅定性 (gin1 ding6 sing3) — firmness; steadfastness
• 堅實 (gin1 sat6) — firm and substantial; solid
• 堅尼係數 (gin1 nei4 hai6 sou3) — (HK) see 基尼係數|基尼系数[Ji1 ni2 xi4 shu4]
• 堅強 (gin1 koeng4) — staunch; strong
• 堅強不屈 (gin1 koeng4 bat1 wat1) — staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
• 堅忍 (gin1 jan2) — persevering; tenacious
• 堅忍不拔 (gin1 jan2 bat1 bat6) — fortitude
• 堅戈 (gin1 gwo1) — tenge (Kazakhstan currency) (loanword)
• 堅持 (gin1 ci4) — to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
• 堅持下去 (gin1 ci4 haa6 heoi3) — to press on
• 堅持不懈 (gin1 ci4 bat1 haai6) — (idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
• 堅持不渝 (gin1 ci4 bat1 jyu4) — to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
• 堅振 (gin1 zan3) — confirmation (Christian ceremony)
• 堅振禮 (gin1 zan3 lai5) — confirmation (Christian ceremony)
• 堅挺 (gin1 ting5) — firm and upright; strong (of currency)
• 堅明 (gin1 ming4) — to consolidate and clarify
• 堅果 (gin1 gwo2) — nut
• 堅毅 (gin1 ngai6) — firm and persistent; unswerving determination
• 堅決 (gin1 kyut3) — firm; resolute; determined
• 堅牢 (gin1 lou4) — strong; firm
• 堅硬 (gin1 ngaang6) — hard; solid
• 堅稱 (gin1 cing1) — to claim; to insist
• 堅緻 (gin1 zi3) — durable and finely crafted
• 堅苦卓絕 (gin1 fu2 coek3 zyut3) — persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
• 堅貞 (gin1 zing1) — firm; unswerving; loyal to the end
• 堅貞不屈 (gin1 zing1 bat1 wat1) — faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
• 堅貞不渝 (gin1 zing1 bat1 jyu4) — unyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering
• 堅韌 (gin1 ngan6) — tough and durable; tenacious
• 堅韌不拔 (gin1 ngan6 bat1 bat6) — firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
• 堆壘 (deoi1 leoi5) — to pile up; accumulative

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