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• 屏南 (ping4 naam4) — see 屏南縣|屏南县[Ping2 nan2 Xian4]
• 屏南縣 (ping4 naam4 jyun6) — Pingnan, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian
• 屏山 (ping4 saan1) — see 屏山縣|屏山县[Ping2 shan1 Xian4]
• 屏山縣 (ping4 saan1 jyun6) — Pingshan, a county in Yibin City 宜賓市|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan
• 屏幕 (ping4 mok6) — screen (TV, computer or movie)
• 屏幕保護程序 (ping4 mok6 bou2 wu6 cing4 zeoi6) — screensaver
• 屏息 (bing2 sik1) — hold one's breath
• 屏東 (ping4 dung1) — Pingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan
• 屏東市 (ping4 dung1 si5) — Pingtung City in south Taiwan
• 屏東縣 (ping4 dung1 jyun6) — Pingtung County in south Taiwan
• 屏條 (ping4 tiu4) — set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
• 屏氣 (bing2 hei3) — to hold one's breath
• 屏營 (bing2 jing4) — with fear and trepidation
• 屏蔽 (bing2 bai3) — to screen; to block (sth or sb); to shield; (protective) shield
• 屏蔽罐 (bing2 bai3 gun3) — cask
• 屏退 (bing2 teoi3) — to send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life
• 屏邊苗族自治縣 (ping4 bin1 miu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6) — Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河…
• 屏門 (ping4 mun4) — screen door
• 屏除 (bing2 ceoi4) — to get rid of; to dismiss; to brush aside
• 屏障 (ping4 zoeng3) — barrier
• 屏風 (ping4 fung1) — (furniture) screen
• 屑 (sit3) — bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to
• 展位 (zin2 wai6) — relative position of exhibition booth; allocated floor space for display stall;…
• 展出 (zin2 ceot1) — to put on display; to be on show; to exhibit
• 展列 (zin2 lit6) — to lay out one's products; to display
• 展品 (zin2 ban2) — exhibit; displayed item
• 展室 (zin2 sat1) — exhibition room
• 展寬 (zin2 fun1) — to widen
• 展布 (zin2 bou3) — to spread; distribution
• 展帆 (zin2 faan4) — to unfurl (a sail)
• 展平 (zin2 ping4) — to flatten out (paper, film, metal plates etc)
• 展弦比 (zin2 jin4 bei2) — (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
• 展播 (zin2 bo3) — to exhibit as broadcast; to show (on TV)
• 展望 (zin2 mong6) — outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to
• 展期 (zin2 kei4) — to extend the period; to reschedule (a debt)
• 展玩 (zin2 wun6) — to view close up; to examine and admire
• 展現 (zin2 jin6) — to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
• 展眉 (zin2 mei4) — to beam with joy; all smiles
• 展示 (zin2 si6) — to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
• 展緩 (zin2 wun6) — to postpone; to extend
• 展翅 (zin2 ci3) — to spread wings
• 展翅高飛 (zin2 ci3 gou1 fei1) — to spread one's wings and soar (idiom); to develop one's abilities freely
• 展臺 (zin2 toi4) — display counter; stand; booth
• 展覽 (zin2 laam5) — to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show
• 展覽館 (zin2 laam5 gun2) — exhibition hall
• 展評 (zin2 ping4) — to display for evaluation; to exhibit and compare
• 展轉 (zin2 zyun2) — variant of 輾轉|辗转[zhan3 zhuan3]
• 展銷 (zin2 siu1) — to display and sell (e.g. at a fair); sales exhibition
• 展銷會 (zin2 siu1 wui2) — trade show; sales exhibition
• 展開 (zin2 hoi1) — to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
• 展開圖 (zin2 hoi1 tou4) — expanded view
• 展露 (zin2 lou6) — to expose; to reveal
• 展館 (zin2 gun2) — exhibition hall; (expo) pavilion
• 屙尿 (o1 niu6) — to urinate
• 屙屎 (o1 si2) — to defecate
• 屠伯 (tou4 baak3) — butcher; fig. brutal killer
• 屠刀 (tou4 dou1) — butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet
• 屠城 (tou4 sing4) — to massacre everyone in a captured city
• 屠場 (tou4 coeng4) — slaughterhouse; abattoir
• 屠夫 (tou4 fu1) — butcher; fig. murderous dictator
• 屠妖節 (tou4 jiu2 zit3) — Deepavali (Hindu festival)
• 屠宰 (tou4 zoi2) — to slaughter; to butcher
• 屠宰場 (tou4 zoi2 coeng4) — slaughterhouse; abattoir
• 屠戮 (tou4 luk6) — slaughter; massacre
• 屠戶 (tou4 wu6) — butcher
• 屠格涅夫 (tou4 gaak3 nip6 fu1) — Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
• 屠殺 (tou4 saat3) — to massacre; to slaughter
• 屠毒 (tou4 duk6) — poison; to murder by poison
• 屠毒筆墨 (tou4 duk6 bat1 mak6) — poisonous writing; disparaging writing; calumny
• 層出不窮 (cang4 ceot1 bat1 kung4) — more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
• 層報 (cang4 bou3) — to report to higher authorities through layers of hierarchy
• 層壓 (cang4 aat3) — lamination
• 層壓式推銷 (cang4 aat3 sik1 teoi1 siu1) — pyramid scheme
• 層子 (cang4 zi2) — stratum
• 層層 (cang4 cang4) — layer upon layer
• 層層加碼 (cang4 cang4 gaa1 maa5) — to increase bit by bit; repeated increments
• 層巒 (cang4 lyun4) — range upon range of mountains
• 層巒疊嶂 (cang4 lyun4 dip6 zoeng3) — range upon range of mountains (idiom)
• 層巖 (cang4 ngaam4) — stratified rock; flagstone
• 層樓 (cang4 lau4) — multistoried building; tower; pagoda
• 層流 (cang4 lau4) — laminar flow
• 層狀 (cang4 zong6) — stratified; bedded (geology)
• 層理 (cang4 lei5) — stratification
• 層疊 (cang4 dip6) — layer upon layer; tiered
• 層積雲 (cang4 zik1 wan4) — stratocumulus cloud
• 層級 (cang4 kap1) — level; hierarchy
• 層雲 (cang4 wan4) — stratus (cloud)
• 層面 (cang4 min6) — aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) beddi…
• 屬下 (suk6 haa6) — subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary
• 屬世 (suk6 sai3) — of this world
• 屬國 (suk6 gwok3) — vassal state
• 屬地 (suk6 dei6) — dependency; possession; annexed territory
• 屬實 (suk6 sat6) — to turn out to be true; verified; true
• 屬性 (suk6 sing3) — attribute; property
• 屬意 (zuk1 ji3) — to set one's heart on; to set one's choice on
• 屬文 (zuk1 man4) — to write prose
• 屬於 (suk6 jyu1) — to belong to; to fall under (a category)
• 屬格 (zuk1 gaak3) — genitive case (in grammar)
• 屬相 (suk6 soeng3) — colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a…
• 屬象 (suk6 zoeng6) — variant of 屬相|属相[shu3 xiang4]
• 屬靈 (suk6 ling4) — spiritual
• 屬音 (suk6 jam1) — dominant (music)
• 屯墾 (tyun4 han2) — to garrison troops to open up land
• 屯子 (tyun4 zi2) — village
• 屯戍 (tyun4 syu3) — to garrison; to defend (a frontier); soldier garrisoned at a frontier
• 屯昌 (tyun4 coeng1) — Tunchang County, Hainan
• 屯昌縣 (tyun4 coeng1 jyun6) — Tunchang County, Hainan
• 屯溪 (tyun4 kai1) — see 屯溪區|屯溪区[Tun2 xi1 Qu1]
• 屯溪區 (tyun4 kai1 keoi1) — Tunxi, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui
• 屯特 (tyun4 dak6) — Twente (region in the Netherlands)
• 屯特大學 (tyun4 dak6 daai6 hok6) — University of Twente
• 屯留 (tyun4 lau4) — see 屯留區|屯留区[Tun2 liu2 Qu1]
• 屯落 (tyun4 lok6) — village
• 屯門 (tyun4 mun4) — Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong
• 屯駐 (tyun4 zyu3) — to station; to quarter; to garrison
• 山 (saan1) — surname Shan
• 山不轉水轉 (saan1 bat1 zyun3 seoi2 zyun3) — (lit.) if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom); (fig.) …
• 山不轉路轉 (saan1 bat1 zyun2 lou6 zyun2) — (lit.) if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom); (fig.) t…
• 山丘 (saan1 jau1) — hill
• 山中聖訓 (saan1 zung1 sing3 fan3) — the Sermon on the Mount
• 山丹 (saan1 daan1) — see 山丹縣|山丹县[Shan1 dan1 Xian4]
• 山丹丹 (saan1 daan1 daan1) — see 山丹[shan1 dan1]
• 山丹縣 (saan1 daan1 jyun6) — Shandan, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 Shi4], Gansu
• 山亭 (saan1 ting4) — see 山亭區|山亭区[Shan1 ting2 Qu1]
• 山亭區 (saan1 ting4 keoi1) — Shanting, a district of Zaozhuang City 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zao3 zhuang1 Shi4], Shandong
• 山凹 (saan1 nap1) — col; valley
• 山勢 (saan1 sai3) — topography of a mountain; features of a mountain
• 山包 (saan1 baau1) — (dialect) hill
• 山區 (saan1 keoi1) — mountain area
• 山南 (saan1 naam4) — see 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4]
• 山口 (saan1 hau2) — Yamaguchi (Japanese surname, prefecture, and city)
• 山口洋 (saan1 hau2 joeng4) — Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
• 山嘴 (saan1 zeoi2) — mountain spur
• 山噪鶥 (saan1 cou3 mei4) — (bird species of China) plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi)
• 山地自行車 (saan1 dei6 zi6 hang4 ce1) — mountain bike
• 山坡 (saan1 bo1) — hillside
• 山埃 (saan1 aai1) — cyanide (loanword); same as 氰化
• 山城 (saan1 sing4) — see 山城區|山城区[Shan1 cheng2 Qu1]
• 山城區 (saan1 sing4 keoi1) — Shancheng, a district of Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan
• 山壑 (saan1 kok3) — gullies; valleys
• 山奈 (saan1 noi6) — (loanword) cyanide; variant of 山柰[shan1 nai4]
• 山奈鉀 (saan1 noi6 gaap3) — potassium cyanide KCN
• 山子 (saan1 zi2) — rock garden; rockery
• 山寨 (saan1 zaai6) — fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits); (fig.) knockoff …
• 山寨機 (saan1 zaai6 gei1) — knockoff cell phone; counterfeit phone
• 山寨貨 (saan1 zaai6 fo3) — a fake; imitation or counterfeit product
• 山岡 (saan1 gong1) — mound; small hill
• 山峰 (saan1 fung1) — (mountain) peak
• 山峽 (saan1 haap6) — gorge; canyon; mountain valley
• 山崎 (saan1 kei1) — Yamazaki or Yamasaki (Japanese surname)
• 山崖 (saan1 ngaai4) — cliff
• 山崩 (saan1 bang1) — landslide; landslip
• 山嵛菜 (saan1 jyu4 coi3) — variant of 山萮菜[shan1 yu2 cai4]
• 山嶺 (saan1 leng5) — mountain ridge
• 山嶽 (saan1 ngok6) — mountain; hill; lofty mountain
• 山巒 (saan1 lyun4) — mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks
• 山巒重疊 (saan1 lyun4 cung4 dip6) — overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
• 山巔 (saan1 din1) — summit
• 山形 (saan1 jing4) — Yamagata (prefecture and city in Japan)
• 山斑鳩 (saan1 baan1 kau1) — (bird species of China) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
• 山旮旯 (saan1 go1 lo1) — recess in mountains
• 山明水秀 (saan1 ming4 seoi2 sau3) — lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery
• 山本 (saan1 bun2) — Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
• 山本五十六 (saan1 bun2 ng5 sap6 luk6) — YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
• 山村 (saan1 cyun1) — mountain village
• 山東 (saan1 dung1) — see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
• 山東半島 (saan1 dung1 bun3 dou2) — Shandong Peninsula
• 山東大學 (saan1 dung1 daai6 hok6) — Shandong University
• 山東省 (saan1 dung1 saang2) — Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4] (short name 魯|鲁[Lu3])
• 山東科技大學 (saan1 dung1 fo1 gei6 daai6 hok6) — Shandong University of Science and Technology
• 山查 (saan1 caa4) — variant of 山楂[shan1 zha1]
• 山核桃 (saan1 hat6 tou4) — hickory
• 山案座 (saan1 on3 zo6) — Mensa (constellation)
• 山梁 (saan1 loeng4) — mountain ridge
• 山梨 (saan1 lei4) — Yamanashi (prefecture in Japan)
• 山梨酸鉀 (saan1 lei4 syun1 gaap3) — potassium sorbate, E202 (a food preservative)
• 山梨醇 (saan1 lei4 seon4) — sorbitol C6H14O6 (sugar substitute and mild laxative)
• 山椒魚 (saan1 ziu1 jyu2) — Hynobius formosanus; Taiwan salamander
• 山楂 (saan1 zaa1) — Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)
• 山欖科 (saan1 laam5 fo1) — Sapotaceae (botany)
• 山歌 (saan1 go1) — folk song; mountain song
• 山毛櫸 (saan1 mou4 geoi2) — beech
• 山水 (saan1 seoi2) — Sansui, Japanese company
• 山水畫 (saan1 seoi2 waa2) — landscape painting
• 山水詩 (saan1 seoi2 si1) — shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
• 山河 (saan1 ho4) — mountains and rivers; the whole country
• 山泥傾瀉 (saan1 nai4 king1 se3) — a landslide
• 山洞 (saan1 dung6) — cavern; cave
• 山洪 (saan1 hung4) — deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowm…
• 山海經 (saan1 hoi2 ging1) — Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide …
• 山海關 (saan1 hoi2 gwaan1) — Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
• 山海關區 (saan1 hoi2 gwaan1 keoi1) — Shanhaiguan, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4], H…
• 山清水秀 (saan1 cing1 seoi2 sau3) — lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery
• 山溝 (saan1 kau1) — valley; gully; mountain region
• 山澗 (saan1 gaan3) — mountain stream
• 山火 (saan1 fo2) — wildfire; forest fire
• 山牆 (saan1 coeng4) — gable
• 山獅 (saan1 si1) — mountain lion
• 山珍海味 (saan1 zan1 hoi2 mei6) — exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
• 山珍海錯 (saan1 zan1 hoi2 co3) — rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food…
• 山瑞 (saan1 seoi6) — wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
• 山瑞鱉 (saan1 seoi6 bit3) — wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
• 山皇鳩 (saan1 wong4 kau1) — (bird species of China) mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia)
• 山盟海誓 (saan1 mang4 hoi2 sai6) — to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
• 山神 (saan1 san4) — mountain god
• 山竹 (saan1 zuk1) — mangosteen
• 山羊 (saan1 joeng4) — goat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
• 山羊座 (saan1 joeng4 zo6) — (Tw, HK) see 摩羯座[Mo2 jie2 zuo4]
• 山羊絨 (saan1 joeng4 jung4) — cashmere
• 山羌 (saan1 goeng1) — (zoology) Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi); Chinese muntjac
• 山胡桃木 (saan1 wu4 tou4 muk6) — hickory
• 山脈 (saan1 mak6) — mountain range
• 山脊 (saan1 zek3) — mountain ridge
• 山腰 (saan1 jiu1) — the mid-slope of a mountain
• 山腳 (saan1 goek3) — foot of a mountain
• 山芋 (saan1 wu6) — sweet potato
• 山茱萸 (saan1 zyu1 jyu4) — Japanese cornel (Cornus officinalis)
• 山茶 (saan1 caa4) — camellia
• 山茶花 (saan1 caa4 faa1) — camellia
• 山莊 (saan1 zong1) — manor house; villa; (used in hotel names)
• 山莓 (saan1 mui2) — raspberry
• 山萮菜 (saan1 jyu4 coi3) — wasabi
• 山葵 (saan1 kwai4) — wasabi
• 山藍仙鶲 (saan1 laam4 sin1 jung1) — (bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
• 山藥 (saan1 joek6) — Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya); (dialect) sweet potato; (dialect) potato
• 山行 (saan1 hang4) — mountain hike
• 山西 (saan1 sai1) — see 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
• 山西大學 (saan1 sai1 daai6 hok6) — Shanxi University
• 山西獸 (saan1 sai1 sau3) — Shansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe)
• 山西省 (saan1 sai1 saang2) — Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4] (short name 晉|晋[Jin4])
• 山谷 (saan1 guk1) — valley; ravine
• 山谷市 (saan1 guk1 si5) — The Valley, capital of Anguilla (a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean)
• 山貓 (saan1 maau1) — lynx; bobcat; leopard cat
• 山賊 (saan1 caak6) — brigand
• 山路 (saan1 lou6) — mountain road
• 山道年 (saan1 dou6 nin4) — santonin (loanword)
• 山達基 (saan1 daat6 gei1) — Scientology
• 山鄉 (saan1 hoeng1) — mountain area
• 山野 (saan1 je5) — mountain and fields
• 山門 (saan1 mun4) — monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery
• 山陰 (saan1 jam1) — see 山陰縣|山阴县[Shan1 yin1 Xian4]
• 山陰縣 (saan1 jam1 jyun6) — Shanyin, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
• 山陽 (saan1 joeng4) — see 山陽區|山阳区[Shan1 yang2 Qu1]; see 山陽縣|山阳县[Shan1 yang2 Xian4]
• 山陽區 (saan1 joeng4 keoi1) — Shanyang, a district of Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan
• 山陽縣 (saan1 joeng4 jyun6) — Shanyang, a county in Shangluo City 商洛市[Shang1 luo4 Shi4], Shaanxi
• 山雀 (saan1 zoek3) — tit
• 山雉 (saan1 zi6) — pheasant
• 山雞 (saan1 gai1) — Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii); (dialect) pheasant
• 山難 (saan1 naan6) — mountain accident
• 山靛 (saan1 din6) — (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis)
• 山頭 (saan1 tau4) — mountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold; (fig.) clique; power …
• 山頹木壞 (saan1 teoi4 muk6 waai6) — lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined; a great sage has died (idi…
• 山體 (saan1 tai2) — form of a mountain
• 山高水長 (saan1 gou1 seoi2 coeng4) — high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
• 山高水險 (saan1 gou1 seoi2 him2) — lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift; to undertake an arduous tas…
• 山高海深 (saan1 gou1 hoi2 sam1) — high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
• 山鶥 (saan1 mei4) — (bird species of China) Beijing babbler; Chinese hill warbler (Rhopophilus peki…
• 山鶺鴒 (saan1 zek3 ling4) — (bird species of China) forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
• 山鷚 (saan1 lau6) — (bird species of China) upland pipit (Anthus sylvanus)
• 山鷦鶯 (saan1 ziu1 ang1) — (bird species of China) striped prinia (Prinia striata)
• 山麓 (saan1 luk1) — foothills
• 山麻雀 (saan1 maa4 zoek2) — (bird species of China) russet sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
• 屺 (hei2) — (literary) a barren hill
• 岌岌可危 (kap1 kap1 ho2 ngai4) — imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis
• 岌嶪 (kap1 jip6) — high and steep; towering; perilous
• 岍 (hin1) — name of a mountain
• 岐山 (kei4 saan1) — see 岐山縣|岐山县[Qi2 shan1 Xian4]
• 岐山縣 (kei4 saan1 jyun6) — Qishan, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
• 岐視 (kei4 si6) — variant of 歧視|歧视[qi2 shi4]
• 岑彭 (sam4 paang4) — Cen Peng (died 35 AD), Chinese general
• 岑溪 (sam4 kai1) — see 岑溪市[Cen2 xi1 Shi4]
• 岑溪市 (sam4 kai1 si5) — Cenxi, a county-level city in Wuzhou City 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
• 岑鞏 (sam4 gung2) — see 岑鞏縣|岑巩县[Cen2 gong3 Xian4]
• 岑鞏縣 (sam4 gung2 jyun6) — Cengong, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州…
• 岔口 (caa3 hau2) — junction; fork in road
• 岔子 (caa3 zi2) — branch road; setback; accident; hiccup
• 岔流 (caa3 lau4) — branch stream
• 岔調 (caa3 diu6) — (of a voice) husky; hoarse; affected; (music) to go off-key
• 岔路 (caa3 lou6) — fork in the road
• 岔道 (caa3 dou6) — side road; byway
• 岔開 (caa3 hoi1) — to diverge; to branch off the road; to change (the subject)
• 岡 (gong1) — ridge; mound
• 岡上肌 (gong1 soeng6 gei1) — supraspinatus muscle
• 岡下肌 (gong1 haa6 gei1) — infraspinatus muscle
• 岡仁波齊 (gong1 jan4 bo1 cai4) — Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also called Mount Kailash
• 岡仁波齊峰 (gong1 jan4 bo1 cai4 fung1) — Mount Gang Rinpoche or Mount Kailash (6,638 m) in Tibet
• 岡山 (gong1 saan1) — Okayama (prefecture in Japan)
• 岡底斯山 (gong1 dai2 si1 saan1) — Mt Gangdisê (6656m) in southwest Tibet, revered by Tibetans as the center of th…
• 岡底斯山脈 (gong1 dai2 si1 saan1 mak6) — Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet
• 岡本 (gong1 bun2) — Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
• 岡比亞 (gong1 bei2 aa3) — Gambia
• 岢嵐 (ho2 laam4) — see 岢嵐縣|岢岚县[Ke3 lan2 Xian4]
• 岢嵐縣 (ho2 laam4 jyun6) — Kelan, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
• 岣 (gau2) — name of a hill in Hunan
• 岩 (ngaam4) — cliff; rock
• 岩倉 (ngaam4 cong1) — Iwakura, Japanese name and place-name
• 岩倉使節團 (ngaam4 cong1 si3 zit3 tyun4) — the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Euro…
• 岩土體 (ngaam4 tou2 tai2) — gneiss
• 岩壑 (ngaam4 kok3) — rocky mountain valley
• 岩屑 (ngaam4 sit3) — (rock) debris; scree
• 岩層 (ngaam4 cang4) — rock strata
• 岩徑 (ngaam4 ging3) — mountain path
• 岩手 (ngaam4 sau2) — Iwate (prefecture in Japan)
• 岩沙海葵毒素 (ngaam4 saa1 hoi2 kwai4 duk6 sou3) — palytoxin
• 岩流圈 (ngaam4 lau4 hyun1) — (geology) asthenosphere
• 岩溶 (ngaam4 jung4) — (geology) karst
• 岩漿 (ngaam4 zoeng1) — (geology) magma
• 岩漿岩 (ngaam4 zoeng1 ngaam4) — igneous rock
• 岩漿流 (ngaam4 zoeng1 lau4) — lava flow
• 岩濱鷸 (ngaam4 ban1 wat6) — (bird species of China) rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
• 岩燕 (ngaam4 jin3) — (bird species of China) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
• 岩石 (ngaam4 sek6) — (geology) rock
• 岩石圈 (ngaam4 sek6 hyun1) — (geology) lithosphere
• 岩石學 (ngaam4 sek6 hok6) — petrology; lithology; study of rocks
• 岩石層 (ngaam4 sek6 cang4) — rock stratum
• 岩穴 (ngaam4 jyut6) — grotto; cave
• 岩羊 (ngaam4 joeng4) — bharal
• 岩雷鳥 (ngaam4 leoi4 niu5) — (bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
• 岩鴿 (ngaam4 gaap3) — (bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)
• 岩鷺 (ngaam4 lou6) — (bird species of China) Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra)
• 岩鹽 (ngaam4 jim4) — rock salt
• 岫岩滿族自治縣 (zau6 ngaam4 mun5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6) — Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County, in Anshan City 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4], Liaoning
• 岫岩縣 (zau6 ngaam4 jyun6) — see 岫岩滿族自治縣|岫岩满族自治县[Xiu4 yan2 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 岬角 (gaap3 gok3) — cape; headland; promontory
• 岱宗 (doi6 zung1) — another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sac…
• 岱山 (doi6 saan1) — see 岱山縣|岱山县[Dai4 shan1 Xian4]
• 岱山縣 (doi6 saan1 jyun6) — Daishan, a county in Zhoushan City 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 Shi4], Zhejiang
• 岱嶽區 (doi6 ngok6 keoi1) — Daiyue, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
• 岱廟 (doi6 miu2) — Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
• 岳丈 (ngok6 zoeng6) — father-in-law (wife's father)
• 岳家 (ngok6 gaa1) — wife's parents' home
• 岳普湖 (ngok6 pou2 wu4) — see 岳普湖縣|岳普湖县[Yue4 pu3 hu2 Xian4]
• 岳普湖縣 (ngok6 pou2 wu4 jyun6) — Yopurga, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
• 岳母 (ngok6 mou2) — wife's mother; mother-in-law
• 岳池 (ngok6 ci4) — see 岳池縣|岳池县[Yue4 chi2 Xian4]
• 岳池縣 (ngok6 ci4 jyun6) — Yuechi, a county in Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
• 岳父 (ngok6 fu2) — wife's father, father-in-law
• 岳西 (ngok6 sai1) — see 岳西縣|岳西县[Yue4 xi1 Xian4]
• 岳西縣 (ngok6 sai1 jyun6) — Yuexi, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui
• 岳陽 (ngok6 joeng4) — see 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4]; see 岳陽縣|岳阳县[Yue4 yang2 Xian4]
• 岳陽市 (ngok6 joeng4 si5) — Yueyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
• 岳陽樓 (ngok6 joeng4 lau4) — Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting…
• 岳陽樓區 (ngok6 joeng4 lau4 keoi1) — Yueyanglou, a district of Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
• 岳陽樓記 (ngok6 joeng4 lau4 gei3) — On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
• 岳陽縣 (ngok6 joeng4 jyun6) — Yueyang, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
• 岳飛 (ngok6 fei1) — Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
• 岳麓山 (ngok6 luk1 saan1) — Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1], famous for scenery, temples and tombs
• 岷江 (man4 gong1) — Min River, Sichuan
• 岷縣 (man4 jyun6) — Min County or Minxian, a county in Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu
• 岸上 (ngon6 soeng6) — ashore; on the riverbank
• 岸標 (ngon6 biu1) — lighthouse; shore beacon
• 岸然 (ngon6 jin4) — solemn; serious
• 岸邊 (ngon6 bin1) — shore
• 峁 (maau5) — round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
• 峂 (tung4) — (used in place names)
• 峇峇娘惹 (baa1 baa1 noeng4 je5) — Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Mal…
• 峇里 (baa1 lei5) — Bali (island province of Indonesia) (Tw)
• 峒人 (tung4 jan4) — variant of 侗人[Dong4 ren2]
• 峒劇 (tung4 kek6) — variant of 侗劇|侗剧[Dong4 ju4]
• 峒室 (tung4 sat1) — underground mine storage room; mine passage
• 峚山 (mat6 saan1) — Mi Shan, mountain in Shaanxi province; also written 密山[Mi4 Shan1]
• 峨 (ngo4) — lofty; name of a mountain
• 峨冠博帶 (ngo4 gun3 bok3 daai2) — official class; intellectual class (idiom)
• 峨山縣 (ngo4 saan1 jyun6) — see 峨山彝族自治縣|峨山彝族自治县[E2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 峨嵋山 (ngo4 mei4 saan1) — variant of 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1]
• 峨嵋拳 (ngo4 mei4 kyun4) — Emeiquan; O Mei Ch'uan (kungfu style)
• 峨嵋鶲鶯 (ngo4 mei4 jung1 ang1) — (bird species of China) Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis)
• 峨眉 (ngo4 mei4) — (used in place names, notably 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1] Mount Emei in Sichuan)
• 峨眉山 (ngo4 mei4 saan1) — Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
• 峨眉山市 (ngo4 mei4 saan1 si5) — Emeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan
• 峨眉柳鶯 (ngo4 mei4 lau5 ang1) — (bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
• 峨邊縣 (ngo4 bin1 jyun6) — see 峨邊彝族自治縣|峨边彝族自治县[E2 bian1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 峭壁 (ciu3 bik1) — cliff; steep; precipice
• 峰值 (fung1 zik6) — peak value
• 峰回路轉 (fung1 wui4 lou6 zyun2) — the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twi…
• 峰峰礦區 (fung1 fung1 kwong3 keoi1) — Fengfeng Mining District, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], He…
• 峰巒 (fung1 lyun4) — peaks and ridges; ragged outline of mountain peaks
• 峰會 (fung1 wui2) — summit meeting
• 峰火臺 (fung1 fo2 toi4) — fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay informatio…
• 峰線 (fung1 sin3) — mountain ridge line
• 峰頂 (fung1 deng2) — summit; crest
• 峱 (naau4) — name of a mountain
• 峴港 (jin6 gong2) — Da Nang or Danang, Vietnam
• 峴首山 (jin6 sau2 saan1) — Mt Xianshou in Hubei
• 島 (dou2) — island
• 島國 (dou2 gwok3) — island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
• 島國動作片 (dou2 gwok3 dung6 zok3 pin2) — euphemism for Japanese porn movie
• 島嶼 (dou2 zeoi6) — island
• 島弧 (dou2 wu4) — (geology) island arc
• 島民 (dou2 man4) — islander
• 島蓋部 (dou2 goi3 bou6) — pars perculairs
• 島鶇 (dou2 dung1) — (bird species of China) island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
• 峻 (zeon3) — (of mountains) high; harsh or severe
• 峻厲 (zeon3 lai6) — pitiless; merciless
• 峻峭 (zeon3 ciu3) — high and steep
• 峻嶺 (zeon3 ling5) — lofty mountain range
• 峽江 (haap6 gong1) — see 峽江縣|峡江县[Xia2 jiang1 Xian4]
• 峽江縣 (haap6 gong1 jyun6) — Xiajiang, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi
• 峽灣 (haap6 waan1) — fjord
• 峽谷 (haap6 guk1) — canyon; gill; ravine
• 崀 (long6) — used in place names
• 崆 (hung1) — name of a mountain
• 崆峒 (hung1 tung4) — see 崆峒區|崆峒区[Kong1 tong2 Qu1]
• 崆峒區 (hung1 tung4 keoi1) — Kongtong, a district of Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu
• 崇 (sung4) — surname Chong
• 崇仁 (sung4 jan4) — see 崇仁縣|崇仁县[Chong2 ren2 Xian4]
• 崇仁縣 (sung4 jan4 jyun6) — Chongren, a county in Fuzhou City 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
• 崇信 (sung4 seon3) — see 崇信縣|崇信县[Chong2 xin4 Xian4]
• 崇信縣 (sung4 seon3 jyun6) — Chongxin, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu
• 崇尚 (sung4 soeng6) — to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate
• 崇山峻嶺 (sung4 saan1 zeon3 ling5) — towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
• 崇川 (sung4 cyun1) — see 崇川區|崇川区[Chong2 chuan1 Qu1]
• 崇川區 (sung4 cyun1 keoi1) — Chongchuan, a district of Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu
• 崇州 (sung4 zau1) — see 崇州市[Chong2 zhou1 Shi4]
• 崇州市 (sung4 zau1 si5) — Chongzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
• 崇左 (sung4 zo2) — see 崇左市[Chong2 zuo3 Shi4]
• 崇左市 (sung4 zo2 si5) — Chongzuo, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮…
• 崇慶 (sung4 hing3) — variant of 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
• 崇拜 (sung4 baai3) — to worship; adoration
• 崇拜者 (sung4 baai3 ze2) — worshipper
• 崇敬 (sung4 ging3) — to revere; to venerate; high esteem
• 崇文門 (sung4 man4 mun4) — Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
• 崇明 (sung4 ming4) — Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River; Chongming District of Shan…
• 崇洋 (sung4 joeng4) — to idolize foreign things
• 崇洋媚外 (sung4 joeng4 mei6 ngoi6) — to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worsh…
• 崇禎 (sung4 zing1) — Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
• 崇禮 (sung4 lai5) — see 崇禮區|崇礼区[Chong2 li3 Qu1]
• 崇義 (sung4 ji6) — see 崇義縣|崇义县[Chong2 yi4 Xian4]
• 崇義縣 (sung4 ji6 jyun6) — Chongyi, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
• 崇陽 (sung4 joeng4) — see 崇陽縣|崇阳县[Chong2 yang2 Xian4]
• 崇陽縣 (sung4 joeng4 jyun6) — Chongyang, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei
• 崍 (loi4) — name of a mountain in Sichuan
• 崎嶇 (kei1 keoi1) — rugged; craggy
• 崑劇 (kwan1 kek6) — see 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3]
• 崑士蘭 (kwan1 si6 laan4) — Queensland, northeast Australian state
• 崑山 (kwan1 saan1) — see 崑山市|昆山市[Kun1 shan1 Shi4]
• 崑山市 (kwan1 saan1 si5) — Kunshan, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
• 崑崙 (kwan1 leon4) — Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
• 崑崙山 (kwan1 leon4 saan1) — Kunlun Mountain range
• 崑崙山脈 (kwan1 leon4 saan1 mak6) — Kunlun Mountain range
• 崑曲 (kwan1 kuk1) — Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu provin…
• 崑腔 (kwan1 hong1) — see 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3]
• 崔健 (ceoi1 gin6) — Cui Jian (1961-), father of Chinese rock music
• 崔圭夏 (ceoi1 gwai1 haa6) — Choe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980
• 崔嵬 (ceoi1 ngai4) — Cui Wei (1912-1979), actor, dramatist and movie director
• 崔巍 (ceoi1 ngai4) — tall; towering
• 崔明慧 (ceoi1 ming4 wai6) — Christine Choy (1964-), Chinese-American film director
• 崔永元 (ceoi1 wing5 jyun4) — Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
• 崔琦 (ceoi1 kei4) — Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), Chinese-born American physicist, winner of 1998 Nobel P…
• 崔螢 (ceoi1 jing4) — Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty
• 崔顥 (ceoi1 hou6) — Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
• 崔鴻 (ceoi1 hung4) — Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
• 崖刻 (ngaai4 hak1) — rock carving; cliff engraving; words carved into cliff face
• 崖壁 (ngaai4 bik1) — escarpment; precipice; cliff
• 崖壑 (ngaai4 kok3) — valley; gulley
• 崖岸 (ngaai4 ngon6) — cliff; steep slope; fig. arrogant and difficult person
• 崖州 (ngaai4 zau1) — ancient name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
• 崖沙燕 (ngaai4 saa1 jin3) — (bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia)
• 崖海鴉 (ngaai4 hoi2 aa1) — (bird species of China) common murre (Uria aalge)
• 崖谷 (ngaai4 guk1) — valley; ravine
• 崖限 (ngaai4 haan6) — cliff barring the way; fig. brick wall
• 崗仁波齊 (gong1 jan4 bo1 cai4) — Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also written 岡仁波齊|冈仁波齐
• 崗位 (gong1 wai2) — a post; a job
• 崗哨 (gong1 saau3) — lookout post; sentry post; sentry
• 崗巴 (gong1 baa1) — see 崗巴縣|岗巴县[Gang3 ba1 Xian4]
• 崗巴縣 (gong1 baa1 jyun6) — Kamba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
• 崛地而起 (gwat6 dei6 ji4 hei2) — lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of promi…
• 崛立 (gwat6 laap6) — to tower over; rising (to a dominant position)
• 崛起 (gwat6 hei2) — to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emer…
• 崞 (gwok3) — name of a mountain
• 崢嶸 (zaang1 wing4) — towering; lofty and steep (mountains); extraordinary; outstanding
• 崤 (ngaau4) — name of a mountain in Henan; also pr. [Yao2]
• 崦 (jim1) — name of a mountain in Gansu
• 崩倒 (bang1 dou2) — to collapse; to crash down; to fall down in a heap
• 崩坍 (bang1 taan1) — landslide; collapse (of mountain side); talus slide
• 崩塌 (bang1 taap3) — talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide
• 崩壞 (bang1 waai6) — crash; breakdown (of social values etc); burst; to crumble; to collapse
• 崩壞作用 (bang1 waai6 zok3 jung6) — mass wasting (geology); slope movement
• 崩摧 (bang1 ceoi1) — to collapse; to shatter
• 崩殂 (bang1 cou4) — (of an emperor) to die
• 崩毀 (bang1 wai2) — to collapse; to cave in
• 崩決 (bang1 kyut3) — to burst (of dam); to be breached; to collapse
• 崩漏 (bang1 lau6) — uterine bleeding
• 崩症 (bang1 zing3) — metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
• 崩盤 (bang1 pun4) — (finance) to crash; to collapse; crash
• 崩落 (bang1 lok6) — talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide
• 崩裂 (bang1 lit6) — to rupture; to burst open; to break up
• 崩陷 (bang1 haam6) — to fall in; to cave in
• 崩龍族 (bang1 lung4 zuk6) — the Benglong (Penglung) ethnic group of Yunnan
• 崬 (dung1) — place name in Guangxi province
• 崮 (gu3) — steep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa; (element in mountain names)
• 崴子 (waai2 zi2) — bend (in a river, road etc) (used in place names)
• 崴腳 (wai1 goek3) — to sprain one's ankle
• 崿 (ngok6) — cliff; precipice
• 嵊 (sing6) — used in 嵊泗[Sheng4 si4] (the name of a place in Zhejiang); used in 嵊州[Sheng4 zho…
• 嵊州 (sing6 zau1) — see 嵊州市[Sheng4 zhou1 Shi4]
• 嵊州市 (sing6 zau1 si5) — Shengzhou, a county-level city in Shaoxing City 紹興市|绍兴市[Shao4 xing1 Shi4], Zhej…
• 嵊泗 (sing6 si3) — see 嵊泗縣|嵊泗县[Sheng4 si4 Xian4]
• 嵊泗列島 (sing6 si3 lit6 dou2) — Shengsi Islands, making up Shengsi county in Zhoushan 舟山[Zhou1 shan1], Zhejiang
• 嵊泗縣 (sing6 si3 jyun6) — Shengsi, a county in Zhoushan City 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 Shi4], Zhejiang

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