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失血性貧血 (sat1 hyut3 sing3 pan4 hyut3) — blood loss anemia
失衡 (sat1 hang4) — to unbalance; an imbalance
失言 (sat1 jin4) — slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret
失語 (sat1 jyu5) — to let slip; loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
失語症 (sat1 jyu5 zing3) — aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
失誤 (sat1 ng6) — lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis …
失調 (sat1 tiu4) — out of tune (music)
失讀症 (sat1 duk6 zing3) — alexia
失責 (sat1 zaak3) — breach of responsibility; failure to carry out one's duty
失足 (sat1 zuk1) — to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life
失蹤 (sat1 zung1) — to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for
失身 (sat1 san1) — to lose one's virginity; to lose one's chastity
失身分 (sat1 san1 fan6) — demeaning
失迎 (sat1 jing4) — failure to meet; (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you perso…
失迷 (sat1 mai4) — to lose one's way; to get lost (on the road etc)
失道 (sat1 dou6) — (literary) to lose one's way; to get lost; (literary) to stray from the proper …
失道寡助 (sat1 dou6 gwaa2 zo6) — an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 du…
失重 (sat1 cung5) — weightlessness
失錯 (sat1 co3) — to make a careless mistake; mistake; slip-up
失陪 (sat1 pui4) — Excuse me, I must be leaving now.
失靈 (sat1 ling4) — out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system)
失面子 (sat1 min6 zi2) — to lose face; to be humiliated
失風 (sat1 fung1) — trouble; damage; setback; sth goes wrong
失體統 (sat1 tai2 tung2) — lacking in propriety; bad form
失體面 (sat1 tai2 min6) — to lose face
失魂 (sat1 wan4) — to panic
失魂落魄 (sat1 wan4 lok6 paak3) — (idiom) dazed; beside oneself
夷平 (ji4 ping4) — to level; to raze to the ground
夷戮 (ji4 luk6) — to massacre
夷曠 (ji4 kwong3) — expansive; level and broad; broad-minded
夷洲 (ji4 zau1) — name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan
夷滅 (ji4 mit6) — to massacre; to die out
夷為平地 (ji4 wai4 ping4 dei6) — to level; to raze to the ground
夷然 (ji4 jin4) — calm
夷狄 (ji4 dik6) — non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
夷猶 (ji4 jau4) — to hesitate
夷門 (ji4 mun4) — the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
夷陵 (ji4 ling4) — see 夷陵區|夷陵区[Yi2 ling2 Qu1]
夷陵區 (ji4 ling4 keoi1) — Yiling, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei
夸克 (kwaa1 hak1) — (particle physics) (loanword) quark
夼 (kong3) — low ground; hollow; depression (used in Shandong place names)
夾七夾八 (gaap3 cat1 gaap3 baat3) — completely mixed up; in a muddle
夾克 (gaap3 hak1) — (loanword) jacket; also pr. [jia2 ke4]
夾具 (gaap3 geoi6) — clamp; fixture (machining)
夾塞兒 (gaap3 sak1 ji4) — variant of 加塞兒|加塞儿[jia1 sai1 r5]
夾娃娃 (gep6 waa1 waa1) — (coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)
夾子 (gaap3 zi2) — clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet
夾尾巴 (gaap3 mei5 baa1) — to have one's tail between one's legs
夾層 (gaap3 cang4) — hollow layer between two solid layers; (architecture) mezzanine
夾山國家森林公園 (gaap3 saan1 gwok3 gaa1 sam1 lam4 gung1 jyun2) — Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2]…
夾山寺 (gaap3 saan1 zi6) — Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Chan…
夾帶 (gaap3 daai3) — to carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in; to intersperse; (hydrology …
夾心 (gaap3 sam1) — to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking); stuffed
夾批 (gaap3 pai1) — critical annotations between the lines
夾持 (gaap3 ci4) — to clamp; tongs
夾擊 (gaap3 gik1) — pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a fl…
夾攻 (gaap3 gung1) — attack from two sides; pincer movement; converging attack; attack on a flank; f…
夾斷 (gep6 tyun5) — to nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off
夾板 (gaap3 baan2) — wooden boards used to press sth together; (medicine) splint
夾棍 (gaap3 gwan3) — leg vise (torture instrument)
夾江 (gaap3 gong1) — see 夾江縣|夹江县[Jia1 jiang1 Xian4]
夾江縣 (gaap3 gong1 jyun6) — Jiajiang, a county in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan
夾生 (gaap3 saang1) — half-cooked; (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc
夾生飯 (gaap3 saang1 faan6) — half-cooked rice; (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete becaus…
夾當 (gaap3 dong1) — crucial moment; critical time
夾當兒 (gaap3 dong1 ji4) — erhua variant of 夾當|夹当[jia1 dang1]
夾盤 (gaap3 pun4) — chuck (for a drill etc)
夾竹桃 (gaap3 zuk1 tou4) — oleander (Nerium oleander)
夾緊 (gaap3 gan2) — to clamp; to grip
夾縫 (gaap3 fung4) — crack; crevice
夾肢窩 (gaap3 zi1 wo1) — variant of 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
夾腳拖鞋 (gep6 goek3 to1 haai2) — flip-flops
夾襖 (gaap3 ou2) — lined jacket; double layered jacket
夾角 (gaap3 gok3) — angle (between two intersecting lines)
夾起尾巴 (gaap3 hei2 mei5 baa1) — to tuck one's tail between one's legs; fig. to back down; in a humiliating situ…
夾道 (gaap3 dou6) — a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street
夾道歡迎 (gaap3 dou6 fun1 jing4) — to line the streets in welcome
夾鉗 (gaap3 kim4) — tongs
夾雜 (gaap3 zaap6) — to mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix; to be tangled up with
夾餡 (gaap3 haam2) — stuffed (of food); with filling
奄列 (jim1 lit6) — omelet
奄奄一息 (jim1 jim1 jat1 sik1) — dying; at one's last gasp
奇事 (kei4 si6) — marvel
奇人 (kei4 jan4) — an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent
奇偉 (kei4 wai5) — singular and majestic; strange and grand
奇偶 (gei1 ngau5) — parity; odd and even
奇偶性 (gei1 ngau5 sing3) — parity (odd or even)
奇兵 (kei4 bing1) — troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
奇函數 (gei1 haam4 sou3) — odd function (math.)
奇努克 (kei4 nou5 hak1) — Chinook (helicopter)
奇台 (kei4 toi4) — see 奇台縣|奇台县[Qi2 tai2 Xian4]
奇台縣 (kei4 toi4 jyun6) — Qitai, a county in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu…
奇士 (kei4 si6) — odd person; an eccentric
奇崛 (kei4 gwat6) — strange and prominent
奇幻 (kei4 waan6) — fantasy (fiction)
奇形怪狀 (kei4 jing4 gwaai3 zong6) — fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇彩 (kei4 coi2) — unexpected splendour
奇志 (kei4 zi3) — high aspiration
奇怪 (kei4 gwaai3) — strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
奇恥大辱 (kei4 ci2 daai6 juk6) — (idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment
奇才 (kei4 coi4) — genius
奇技 (kei4 gei6) — special skill; remarkable feat
奇數 (gei1 sou3) — odd number
奇文 (kei4 man4) — remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
奇文共賞 (kei4 man4 gung6 soeng2) — lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original …
奇景 (kei4 ging2) — wonderful scenery; amazing sight; (fig.) marvel
奇特 (kei4 dak6) — peculiar; unusual; queer
奇珍 (kei4 zan1) — a rare treasure; sth priceless and unique
奇珍異寶 (kei4 zan1 ji6 bou2) — rare treasure (idiom)
奇瑞 (kei4 seoi6) — Chery (car manufacturer)
奇瓦瓦 (kei4 ngaa5 ngaa5) — Chihuahua, Mexico
奇異 (kei4 ji6) — fantastic; bizarre; odd; exotic; astonished
奇異夸克 (kei4 ji6 kwaa1 hak1) — strange quark (particle physics)
奇異果 (kei4 ji6 gwo2) — kiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry
奇異筆 (kei4 ji6 bat1) — marker (writing instrument)
奇禍 (kei4 wo6) — unexpected calamity; sudden disaster
奇絕 (kei4 zyut6) — strange; rare; bizarre
奇缺 (kei4 kyut3) — very short of (food, clean water etc); extreme shortage; deficit
奇羨 (kei4 sin6) — surplus; profit
奇聞 (kei4 man4) — bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
奇能 (kei4 nang4) — special ability
奇能異士 (kei4 nang4 ji6 si6) — extraordinary hero with special abilities; martial arts superhero
奇花異卉 (kei4 faa1 ji6 wai2) — see 奇花異草|奇花异草[qi2 hua1 yi4 cao3]
奇花異草 (kei4 faa1 ji6 cou2) — (idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants
奇葩 (kei4 paa1) — exotic flower; (fig.) marvel; prodigy; (slang) weirdo; outlandish
奇葩異卉 (kei4 paa1 ji6 wai2) — see 奇花異草|奇花异草[qi2 hua1 yi4 cao3]
奇裝異服 (kei4 zong1 ji6 fuk6) — bizarre dress
奇襲 (kei4 zaap6) — surprise attack; raid
奇覽 (kei4 laam5) — singular excursion; off the beaten track
奇觀 (kei4 gun1) — spectacle; impressive sight
奇解 (kei4 gaai2) — singular solution (to a math. equation)
奇談 (kei4 taam4) — odd story; exotic tale; fig. ridiculous argument
奇談怪論 (kei4 taam4 gwaai3 leon6) — strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom); unreasonable remarks
奇譎 (kei4 kyut3) — strange and deceitful; sly; treacherous
奇貨可居 (kei4 fo3 ho2 geoi1) — rare commodity worth hoarding; object for profiteering
奇趣 (kei4 ceoi3) — quaint charm
奇跡 (kei4 zik1) — variant of 奇蹟|奇迹[qi2 ji4]
奇蹄目 (kei4 tai4 muk6) — Perissodactyla; order of odd-toed ungulate (including horse, tapir, rhinoceros)
奇蹄類 (kei4 tai4 leoi6) — Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, zebras etc)
奇遇 (kei4 jyu6) — happy encounter; fortuitous meeting; adventure
奇醜 (kei4 cau2) — grotesque; extremely ugly; hideous
奇醜無比 (kei4 cau2 mou4 bei2) — extremely ugly; incomparably hideous
奇門遁甲 (kei4 mun4 deon6 gaap3) — Qimen Dunjia, an ancient system of occult arts used for divination and strategi…
奇麗 (kei4 lai6) — singularly beautiful; weird and wonderful
奈何 (noi6 ho4) — to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail
奈及利亞 (noi6 kap6 lei6 aa3) — (Tw) Nigeria
奈曼 (noi6 maan6) — Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
奈曼旗 (noi6 maan6 kei4) — Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
奈洛比 (noi6 lok3 bei2) — Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
奈秒 (noi6 miu5) — nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw); PRC equivalent: 納秒|纳秒[na4 miao3]
奈米 (noi6 mai5) — (Tw) nanometer; nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
奈良 (noi6 loeng4) — Nara (prefecture and city in Japan)
奈良時代 (noi6 loeng4 si4 doi6) — Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
奉上 (fung6 soeng5) — to offer
奉公 (fung6 gung1) — to pursue public affairs
奉公守法 (fung6 gung1 sau2 faat3) — to carry out official duties and observe the law
奉勸 (fung6 hyun3) — may I offer a bit of advice
奉化 (fung6 faa3) — see 奉化區|奉化区[Feng4 hua4 Qu1]
奉召 (fung6 ziu6) — to receive orders
奉告 (fung6 gou3) — (honorific) to inform
奉命 (fung6 ming6) — to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
奉天 (fung6 tin1) — old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
奉子成婚 (fung6 zi2 sing4 fan1) — to marry after getting pregnant
奉承 (fung6 sing4) — to fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself; flattery
奉承討好 (fung6 sing4 tou2 hou2) — to curry favor; to get the desired outcome by flattery
奉新 (fung6 san1) — see 奉新縣|奉新县[Feng4 xin1 Xian4]
奉新縣 (fung6 san1 jyun6) — Fengxin, a county in Yichun City 宜春市[Yi2 chun1 Shi4], Jiangxi
奉為圭臬 (fung6 wai4 gwai1 jit6) — to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
奉現 (fung6 jin6) — offering
奉申賀敬 (fung6 san1 ho6 ging3) — polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
奉祀 (fung6 zi6) — to worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc); (of a shrine or temple)…
奉節 (fung6 zit3) — see 奉節縣|奉节县[Feng4 jie2 Xian4]
奉節縣 (fung6 zit3 jyun6) — Fengjie, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
奉系 (fung6 hai6) — Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
奉系軍閥 (fung6 hai6 gwan1 fat6) — Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
奉職 (fung6 zik1) — devotion to duty
奉若神明 (fung6 joek6 san4 ming4) — to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere; to worship; to deify; to make a holy c…
奉行 (fung6 hang4) — to pursue (a course, a policy)
奉詔 (fung6 ziu3) — to receive an imperial command
奉賢 (fung6 jin4) — Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
奉賢區 (fung6 jin4 keoi1) — Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
奉贈 (fung6 zang6) — (honorific) to present; to give as a present
奉辛比克黨 (fung6 san1 bei2 hak1 dong2) — Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)
奉迎 (fung6 jing4) — (honorific) to greet; to fawn
奉送 (fung6 sung3) — (honorific) to give
奉還 (fung6 waan4) — to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
奉陪 (fung6 pui4) — (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company
奉養 (fung6 joeng5) — to look after (elderly parents); Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4]
奎寧 (fui1 ning4) — quinine (loanword)
奎寧水 (fui1 ning4 seoi2) — tonic water; quinine water
奎屯 (fui1 tyun4) — see 奎屯市[Kui2 tun2 Shi4]
奎屯市 (fui1 tyun4 si5) — Kuytun, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自…
奎文 (fui1 man4) — see 奎文區|奎文区[Kui2 wen2 Qu1]
奎文區 (fui1 man4 keoi1) — Kuiwen, a district of Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong
奎星 (fui1 sing1) — Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations
奏帖 (zau3 tip3) — memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
奏摺 (zau3 zip3) — memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
奏效 (zau3 haau6) — to show results; to be effective
奏樂 (zau3 ngok6) — to perform music; to play a tune
奏鳴曲 (zau3 ming4 kuk1) — sonata
奏鳴曲式 (zau3 ming4 kuk1 sik1) — sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)
契丹 (kai3 daan1) — Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu peop…
契合 (kai3 hap6) — agreement; to agree; to get on with; congenial; agreeing with; to ally oneself …
契媽 (kai3 maa1) — adoptive mother
契據 (kai3 geoi3) — deed
契機 (kai3 gei1) — opportunity; turning point
契沙比克灣 (kai3 saa1 bei2 hak1 waan1) — Chesapeake Bay
契箭 (kai3 zin3) — arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)
契約橋牌 (kai3 joek3 kiu4 paai2) — contract bridge (card game)
契訶夫 (kai3 ho1 fu1) — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short storie…
奔 (ban1) — to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
奔命 (ban1 ming6) — to rush about on errands; to be kept on the run
奔喪 (ban1 song1) — to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent
奔奔族 (ban1 ban1 zuk6) — lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonisti…
奔忙 (ban1 mong4) — to be busy rushing about; to bustle about
奔放 (ban1 fong3) — bold and unrestrained; untrammeled
奔月 (ban1 jyut6) — to fly to the moon
奔波 (ban1 bo1) — to rush about; to be constantly on the move
奔流 (ban1 lau4) — to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current
奔瀉 (ban1 se3) — (of torrents) to rush down; to pour down
奔襲 (ban1 zaap6) — to carry out a long-range raid
奔走 (ban1 zau2) — to run; to rush about; to be on the go
奔走相告 (ban1 zau2 soeng1 gou3) — to spread the news (idiom)
奔赴 (ban1 fu6) — to rush to; to hurry to
奔跑 (ban1 paau2) — to run
奔逃 (ban1 tou4) — to flee; to run away
奔頭 (ban1 tau4) — sth to strive for; prospect
奔頭兒 (ban1 tau4 ji4) — erhua variant of 奔頭|奔头[ben4 tou5]
奔馬 (ban1 maa5) — (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
奔馳 (ban1 ci4) — Mercedes-Benz, German car maker
奔騰 (ban1 tang4) — Pentium (Intel microprocessor brand)
奕訢 (jik6 jan1) — Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politi…
套中人 (tou3 zung1 jan4) — a conservative
套作 (tou3 zok3) — (agriculture) to interplant
套兒 (tou3 ji4) — (coll.) loop of rope; noose; scheme; ploy; condom
套利 (tou3 lei6) — arbitrage
套利者 (tou3 lei6 ze2) — arbitrager
套包 (tou3 baau1) — collar part of horse harness
套匯 (tou3 wui6) — illegal currency exchange; arbitrage
套印 (tou3 jan3) — color printing using several overlaid images
套取 (tou3 ceoi2) — to acquire fraudulently; an illegal exchange
套口供 (tou3 hau2 gung1) — to trap a suspect into a confession
套問 (tou3 man6) — to sound sb out; to find out by tactful indirect questioning
套套 (tou3 tou3) — methods; the old tricks; (slang) condom
套娃 (tou3 waa1) — Russian doll (matryoshka doll) or similar nested doll
套子 (tou3 zi2) — sheath; case; cover; conventional method; cliché; trick; (coll.) condom
套房 (tou3 fong2) — small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room w…
套換 (tou3 wun6) — to change (currency) illegally; fraudulent exchange
套數 (tou3 sou3) — song cycle in Chinese opera; (fig.) a series of tricks; polite remarks; number …
套曲 (tou3 kuk1) — divertimento (music)
套服 (tou3 fuk6) — a suit (of clothes)
套期保值 (tou3 kei4 bou2 zik6) — to hedge (one's bets); to defend against risk
套牢 (tou3 lou4) — to immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market
套用 (tou3 jung6) — to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context); to use (rules, systems, mo…
套疊 (tou3 dip6) — overlapping; nesting; to interleave
套種 (tou3 zung3) — to interplant
套筒 (tou3 tung2) — sleeve; a tube for wrapping
套筒扳手 (tou3 tung2 paan1 sau2) — socket spanner
套管 (tou3 gun2) — pipe casing
套紅 (tou3 hung4) — printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color)
套索 (tou3 sok3) — a lasso; noose
套結 (tou3 git3) — a noose
套繩 (tou3 sing4) — a lasso
套色 (tou3 sik1) — color printing using several overlaid images
套衫 (tou3 saam1) — a pullover
套衫兒 (tou3 saam1 ji4) — a pullover
套袖 (tou3 zau6) — sleeve cover
套裙 (tou3 kwan4) — a woman's suit (including a skirt)
套裝 (tou3 zong1) — outfit or suit (of clothes); set of coordinated items; kit
套褲 (tou3 fu3) — leggings
套話 (tou3 waa6) — polite phrase; conventional greetings; cliché; to try to worm facts out of sb
套語 (tou3 jyu5) — polite set phrases
套購 (tou3 kau3) — a fraudulent purchase; to buy up sth illegally
套路 (tou3 lou6) — sequence of movements in martial arts; routine; pattern; standard method
套車 (tou3 ce1) — to harness (a horse to a cart)
套近乎 (tou3 gan6 fu4) — to worm one's way into being friends with sb (usually derogatory)
套鐘 (tou3 zung1) — chime
套間 (tou3 gaan1) — vestibule; small inner room (opening to others); suite; apartment
套鞋 (tou3 haai4) — overshoes; galoshes
套餐 (tou3 caan1) — set meal; (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
套馬 (tou3 maa5) — to harness a horse; to lasso a horse
套馬桿 (tou3 maa5 gon1) — lasso on long wooden pole
奚嘯伯 (hai4 siu3 baak3) — Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大…
奚落 (hai4 lok6) — to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon
奠儀 (din6 ji4) — a gift of money to the family of the deceased
奠基 (din6 gei1) — to lay a foundation
奠基人 (din6 gei1 jan4) — founder; pioneer
奠基石 (din6 gei1 sek6) — foundation stone; cornerstone
奠基者 (din6 gei1 ze2) — founder; pioneer
奠定 (din6 ding6) — to establish; to fix; to settle
奠濟宮 (din6 zai3 gung1) — Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan
奠祭 (din6 zai3) — pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
奠都 (din6 dou1) — to determine the position of the capital; to found a capital
奠酒 (din6 zau2) — a libation
奢侈 (ce1 ci2) — luxurious; extravagant
奢侈品 (ce1 ci2 ban2) — luxury item
奢望 (ce1 mong6) — an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations
奢求 (ce1 kau4) — to make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request
奢泰 (ce1 taai3) — extravagant; sumptuous; wasteful
奢盼 (ce1 paan3) — an extravagant hope; to have unrealistic expectations
奢糜 (ce1 mei4) — variant of 奢靡[she1 mi2]
奢華 (ce1 waa4) — luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
奢靡 (ce1 mei5) — extravagant
奢香 (ce1 hoeng1) — She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan i…
奢麗 (ce1 lai6) — sumptuous; a luxury
奧丁 (ou3 ding1) — Odin (god in Norse mythology)
奧丁諧振器 (ou3 ding1 haai4 zan3 hei3) — Oudin coil; Oudin resonator
奧什 (ou3 sap6) — Osh (city in Kyrgyzstan)
奧克拉荷馬 (ou3 hak1 laai1 ho4 maa5) — Oklahoma, US state (Tw)
奧克蘇斯河 (ou3 hak1 sou1 si1 ho4) — Oxus River; alternative name for Amu Darya 阿姆河[A1 mu3 He2]
奧克蘭 (ou3 hak1 laan4) — Auckland (New Zealand city); Oakland (California, US city)
奧切諾斯 (ou3 cit3 nok6 si1) — Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
奧利奧 (ou3 lei6 ou3) — Oreo cookies
奧利安 (ou3 lei6 on1) — Orion (constellation, loan word); also written 獵戶座|猎户座
奧匈帝國 (ou3 hung1 dai3 gwok3) — Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918
奧卡姆剃刀 (ou3 kaa1 mou5 tai3 dou1) — Occam's razor
奧古斯塔 (ou3 gu2 si1 taap3) — Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc)
奧古斯都 (ou3 gu2 si1 dou1) — Augustus (name)
奧國 (ou3 gwok3) — Austria
奧地利 (ou3 dei6 lei6) — Austria
奧妙 (ou3 miu6) — marvelous; mysterious; profound; marvel; wonder
奧姆真理教 (ou3 mou5 zan1 lei5 gaau3) — Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1…
奧委會 (ou3 wai2 wui2) — Olympic committee
奧威爾 (ou3 wai1 ji5) — Orwell (name); George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Fa…
奧客 (ou3 haak3) — (Tw) (coll.) troublesome customer; obnoxious guest (from Taiwanese 漚客, Tai-lo p…
奧密克戎 (ou3 mat6 hak1 jung4) — omicron (Greek letter Ο, ο)
奧巴馬 (ou3 baa1 maa5) — Barack Obama (1961–), US Democrat politician, president 2009–2017
奧布里 (ou3 bou3 lei5) — Aubrey (name)
奧康內爾 (ou3 hong1 noi6 ji5) — O'Connell (name); Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), Irish nationalist and catholic …
奧康納 (ou3 hong1 naap6) — O'Connor (name); Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929), Irish journalist and nation…
奧德修斯 (ou3 dak1 sau1 si1) — Odysseus
奧德賽 (ou3 dak1 coi3) — Homer's Odyssey
奧托 (ou3 tok3) — Otto
奧援 (ou3 wun4) — hidden ally; powerful support; support; backup
奧數 (ou3 sou3) — International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) (abbr. for 國際奧林匹克數學競賽|国际奥林匹克数学竞赛[Guo2…
奧斯丁 (ou3 si1 ding1) — Austin or Austen (name); Austin, Texas; also written 奧斯汀|奥斯汀[Ao4 si1 ting1]
奧斯卡 (ou3 si1 kaa1) — (film industry) Oscar (Academy Award); (name) Oscar
奧斯卡金像獎 (ou3 si1 kaa1 gam1 zoeng6 zoeng2) — an Academy Award; an Oscar
奧斯威辛 (ou3 si1 wai1 san1) — Auschwitz (concentration camp)
奧斯威辛集中營 (ou3 si1 wai1 san1 zaap6 zung1 jing4) — Auschwitz concentration camp
奧斯曼 (ou3 si1 maan6) — Ottoman (empire)
奧斯曼帝國 (ou3 si1 maan6 dai3 gwok3) — Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
奧斯汀 (ou3 si1 ding1) — Austin or Austen (name); Austin, Texas
奧斯特洛夫斯基 (ou3 si1 dak6 lok3 fu1 si1 gei1) — Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936), Soviet socialist realist writer; Alexander Ostro…
奧斯瓦爾德 (ou3 si1 ngaa5 ji5 dak1) — Oswald
奧斯維辛 (ou3 si1 wai4 san1) — Auschwitz (concentration camp)
奧斯陸 (ou3 si1 luk6) — Oslo, capital of Norway
奧朗德 (ou3 long5 dak1) — François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 201…
奧林匹亞 (ou3 lam4 pat1 aa3) — Olympia (Greece)
奧林匹克 (ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1) — Olympic
奧林匹克運動會 (ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui2) — Olympic Games; the Olympics
奧林匹克運動會組織委員會 (ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui2 zou2 zik1 wai2 jyun4 wui2) — Olympic Organizing Committee
奧林匹克體育場 (ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 tai2 juk6 coeng4) — Olympic Stadium
奧林巴斯 (ou3 lam4 baa1 si1) — Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
奧爾巴尼 (ou3 ji5 baa1 nei4) — Albany, New York
奧爾布賴特 (ou3 ji5 bou3 laai6 dak6) — Madeleine Albright (1937–2022), US Secretary of State 1997–2001
奧爾德尼島 (ou3 ji5 dak1 nei4 dou2) — Alderney (Channel Islands)
奧爾良 (ou3 ji5 loeng4) — Orléans
奧特曼 (ou3 dak6 maan6) — Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero
奧特朗托 (ou3 dak6 long5 tok3) — Otranto city on the southeast heel of Italy
奧特朗托海峽 (ou3 dak6 long5 tok3 hoi2 haap6) — Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania
奧特萊斯 (ou3 dak6 loi4 si1) — outlets (loanword); retail outlet (e.g. specializing in seconds of famous brand…
奧盧 (ou3 lou4) — Oulu (city in Finland)
奧祕 (ou3 bei3) — secret; mystery
奧米伽 (ou3 mai5 gaa1) — omega (Greek letter Ω, ω); also pr. [ao4mi3jia1]
奧組委 (ou3 zou2 wai2) — Olympic Organizing Committee (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會組織委員會|奥林匹克运动会组织委员会[Ao4 lin2 pi3 …
奧維耶多 (ou3 wai4 je4 do1) — Oviedo (Asturian: Uviéu), capital of Asturias in northwest Spain
奧臘涅斯塔德 (ou3 laap6 nip6 si1 taap3 dak1) — Oranjestad, capital of Aruba 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
奧蘭多 (ou3 laan4 do1) — Orlando
奧蘭群島 (ou3 laan4 kwan4 dou2) — Åland Islands, Finland
奧西娜斯 (ou3 sai1 naa4 si1) — Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
奧賴恩 (ou3 laai6 jan1) — Orion (NASA spacecraft)
奧賽羅 (ou3 coi3 lo4) — Othello (play by Shakespeare)
奧迪 (ou3 dik6) — Audi
奧迪修斯 (ou3 dik6 sau1 si1) — Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey
奧迹 (ou3 zik1) — Holy mystery; Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church)
奧運 (ou3 wan6) — Olympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4 Yun4 do…
奧運會 (ou3 wan6 wui2) — Olympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4 Yun4 do…
奧運村 (ou3 wan6 cyun1) — Olympic Village
奧運賽 (ou3 wan6 coi3) — Olympic Games
奧里薩邦 (ou3 lei5 saat3 bong1) — Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state
奧里里亞 (ou3 lei5 lei5 aa3) — Aurelia, a hypothetical planet
奧陶系 (ou3 tou4 hai6) — Ordovician system (geology)
奧陶紀 (ou3 tou4 gei2) — Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago)
奧馬哈 (ou3 maa5 haa1) — Omaha
奧馬爾 (ou3 maa5 ji5) — Omar (Arabic name)
奧黛莉 (ou3 doi6 lei6) — Audrey; variant of 奧黛麗|奥黛丽[Ao4 dai4 li4]
奧黛麗 (ou3 doi6 lai6) — Audrey
奪偶 (dyut6 ngau5) — to contend for a mate
奪冠 (dyut6 gun1) — to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal
奪得 (dyut6 dak1) — to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy)
奪標 (dyut6 biu1) — to compete for first prize
奪權 (dyut6 kyun4) — to seize power
奪走 (dyut6 zau2) — to snatch away
奪金 (dyut6 gam1) — to snatch gold; to take first place in a competition
奪門而出 (dyut6 mun4 ji4 ceot1) — to rush out through a door (idiom)
奪魁 (dyut6 fui1) — to win the championship; to take first place
奮不顧身 (fan5 bat1 gu3 san1) — to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dan…
奮力 (fan5 lik6) — to do everything one can; to spare no effort; to strive
奮勇 (fan5 jung5) — dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will
奮戰 (fan5 zin3) — to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard
奮武揚威 (fan5 mou5 joeng4 wai1) — a show of strength
奮發 (fan5 faat3) — to rouse to vigorous action; energetic mood
奮發圖強 (fan5 faat3 tou4 koeng4) — to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
奮筆疾書 (fan5 bat1 zat6 syu1) — to write at a tremendous speed
奮袂 (fan5 mai6) — to roll up one's sleeves for action
奮起 (fan5 hei2) — to rise vigorously; a spirited start
奮起直追 (fan5 hei2 zik6 zeoi1) — to catch up vigorously; to set off in hot pursuit
奮進 (fan5 zeon3) — to advance bravely; to endeavor
奮進號 (fan5 zeon3 hou6) — Space Shuttle Endeavor
奮飛 (fan5 fei1) — to spread wings and fly
奴僕 (nou4 buk6) — servant
奴兒干 (nou4 ji4 gon1) — part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
奴兒干都司 (nou4 ji4 gon1 dou1 si1) — the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok ar…
奴婢 (nou4 pei5) — slave servant
奴家 (nou4 gaa1) — (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
奴工 (nou4 gung1) — slave labor; slave worker
奴役 (nou4 jik6) — to enslave
奴才 (nou4 coi4) — slave; fig. flunkey
奴隸 (nou4 dai6) — slave
奴隸主 (nou4 dai6 zyu2) — slave owner
奴隸制 (nou4 dai6 zai3) — slavery
奴隸制度 (nou4 dai6 zai3 dou6) — slavery
奴隸社會 (nou4 dai6 se5 wui2) — slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
奴顏婢膝 (nou4 ngaan4 pei5 sat1) — servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry fa…
奶名 (naai5 meng2) — pet name for a child; infant name
奶品 (naai5 ban2) — dairy product
奶嘴 (naai5 zeoi2) — nipple (on a baby's bottle); pacifier
奶嘴兒 (naai5 zeoi2 ji4) — erhua variant of 奶嘴[nai3 zui3]
奶奶的 (naai4 naai2 dik1) — damn it!; blast it!
奶娘 (naai5 noeng4) — (dialect) wet nurse
奶媽 (naai5 maa1) — wet nurse
奶子 (naai5 zi2) — (coll.) milk; (coll.) breast; booby; tit
奶昔 (naai5 sik1) — milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik…
奶母 (naai5 mou5) — wet nurse
奶水 (naai5 seoi2) — breast milk
奶汁 (naai5 zap1) — milk from a woman's breast; milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white…
奶汁烤 (naai5 zap1 haau1) — gratin
奶油 (naai5 jau4) — cream; butter; (coll.) effeminate
奶油小生 (naai5 jau4 siu2 sang1) — handsome but effeminate man; pretty boy
奶油菜花 (naai5 jau4 coi3 faa1) — creamed cauliflower
奶油雞蛋 (naai5 jau4 gai1 daan2) — cream sponge
奶湯 (naai5 tong1) — white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cui…
奶爸 (naai5 baa1) — stay-at-home dad
奶牛 (naai5 ngau4) — milk cow; dairy cow
奶牛場 (naai5 ngau4 coeng4) — dairy farm
奶瓶 (naai5 ping4) — baby's feeding bottle
奶站 (naai5 zaam6) — dairy
奶精 (naai5 zing1) — non-dairy creamer
奶罩 (naai5 zaau3) — bra; brassière
奶茶 (naai5 caa4) — milk tea
奶製品 (naai5 zai3 ban2) — dairy product
奶農 (naai5 nung4) — dairy farming
奶酥 (naai5 sou1) — butter biscuit; butter bun
奶酪 (naai5 lok6) — cheese
奶酪火鍋 (naai5 lok6 fo2 wo1) — fondue
奶頭 (naai5 tau4) — nipple; teat (on baby's bottle)
奶黃包 (naai5 wong4 baau1) — custard bun
奸人 (gaan1 jan4) — crafty scoundrel; villain
奸佞 (gaan1 ning6) — crafty and fawning
奸商 (gaan1 soeng1) — profiteer; crooked merchant
奸夫 (gaan1 fu1) — male adulterer
奸宄 (gaan1 gwai2) — evildoer; malefactor
奸官 (gaan1 gun1) — a treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state
奸官污吏 (gaan1 gun1 wu1 lei6) — traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
奸徒 (gaan1 tou4) — a crafty villain
奸惡 (gaan1 ok3) — crafty and evil
奸民 (gaan1 man4) — a scoundrel; a villain
奸狡 (gaan1 gaau2) — devious; cunning
奸猾 (gaan1 waat6) — treacherous; crafty; deceitful
奸笑 (gaan1 siu3) — evil smile; sinister smile
奸細 (gaan1 sai3) — a spy; a crafty person
奸臣 (gaan1 san4) — a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state
奸計 (gaan1 gai3) — evil plan; evil schemes
奸詐 (gaan1 zaa3) — treachery; devious; a rogue
奸賊 (gaan1 caak6) — a traitor; a treacherous bandit
奸邪 (gaan1 ce4) — crafty and evil; a treacherous villain
奸險 (gaan1 him2) — malicious; treacherous; wicked and crafty
奸黨 (gaan1 dong2) — a clique of traitors
她們 (taa1 mun4) — they; them (females)
她瑪 (taa1 maa5) — Tamir (mother of Perez and Zerah)
她經濟 (taa1 ging1 zai3) — "she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution; euphemism for prostitut…
奼紫嫣紅 (caa3 zi2 jin1 hung4) — lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); fig. beautiful flowers
好不 (hou2 bat1) — not at all ...; how very ...
好不好 (hou2 bat1 hou2) — (coll.) all right?; OK?
好不容易 (hou2 bat1 jung4 ji6) — with great difficulty; very difficult
好久 (hou2 gau2) — (coll.) for a long time
好久不見 (hou2 gau2 bat1 gin3) — long time no see
好了傷疤忘了疼 (hou2 liu5 soeng1 baa1 mong4 liu5 tung3) — to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
好事 (hou2 si6) — good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); chari…
好事之徒 (hou3 si6 zi1 tou4) — busybody
好事多磨 (hou2 si6 do1 mo4) — the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
好事者 (hou3 si6 ze2) — busybody
好些 (hou2 se1) — a good deal of; quite a lot
好使 (hou2 sai2) — easy to use; to function well; so that; in order to
好像 (hou2 zoeng6) — as if; to seem like
好兵帥克 (hou2 bing1 seoi3 hak1) — The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Haše…
好動 (hou3 dung6) — active; restless; energetic
好勝 (hou3 sing3) — eager to win; competitive; aggressive
好半天 (hou2 bun3 tin1) — most of the day

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