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懺悔 (caam3 fui3) — to repent; (religion) to confess
懼內 (geoi6 noi6) — henpecked
懼怕 (geoi6 paa3) — to be afraid
懼高症 (geoi6 gou1 zing3) — acrophobia; fear of heights
懾 (sip3) — (bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Tai…
懾服 (sip3 fuk6) — to overawe; to be scared into submission
懿旨 (ji3 zi2) — an imperial decree
懿親 (ji3 can1) — (formal) close kin; closest relative
戀人 (lyun2 jan4) — lover; sweetheart
戀家 (lyun2 gaa1) — home-loving; to feel a strong attachment to home life; to begrudge being away f…
戀屍癖 (lyun2 si1 pik1) — necrophilia
戀念 (lyun2 nim6) — to have a sentimental attachment to (a place); to miss (one's ancestral home et…
戀情 (lyun2 cing4) — romantic love
戀愛 (lyun2 oi3) — (romantic) love; in love; to have an affair
戀慕 (lyun2 mou6) — to be enamored of; to have tender feelings for; to be sentimentally attached to…
戀戀不捨 (lyun2 lyun2 bat1 se2) — reluctant to part
戀戰 (lyun2 zin3) — to zealously continue fighting
戀棧 (lyun2 zaan6) — to be reluctant to give up a post
戀歌 (lyun2 go1) — love song
戀母情結 (lyun2 mou5 cing4 git3) — Oedipus complex
戀物 (lyun2 mat6) — (sexual) fetishism
戀物狂 (lyun2 mat6 kwong4) — (sexual) fetishism
戀物癖 (lyun2 mat6 pik1) — (sexual) fetishism
戀童犯 (lyun2 tung4 faan2) — pedophile
戀童癖 (lyun2 tung4 pik1) — pedophilia
戀腳癖 (lyun2 goek3 pik1) — foot fetish
戀舊 (lyun2 gau6) — see 懷舊|怀旧[huai2 jiu4]
戀舊情結 (lyun2 gau6 cing4 git3) — dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes
戇督 (ngong6 duk1) — stupid, ignorant (Wu dialect)
戇頭戇腦 (ngong6 tau4 ngong6 nou5) — stupid (Wu dialect)
戈培爾 (gwo1 pui4 ji5) — Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician
戈壁 (gwo1 bik1) — Gobi (desert)
戈壁沙漠 (gwo1 bik1 saa1 mok6) — Gobi Desert
戈壁灘 (gwo1 bik1 taan1) — Gobi desert
戈壁荒灘 (gwo1 bik1 fong1 taan1) — barren sands of the Gobi desert
戈德斯通 (gwo1 dak1 si1 tung1) — Goldstone (name)
戈斯拉爾 (gwo1 si1 laai1 ji5) — Goslar, Germany
戈比 (gwo1 bei2) — kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
戈氏岩鵐 (gwo1 si6 ngaam4 mou4) — (bird species of China) Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
戈氏金絲燕 (gwo1 si6 gam1 si1 jin3) — (bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
戈爾 (gwo1 ji5) — Gore (name); Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, s…
戈爾巴喬夫 (gwo1 ji5 baa1 kiu4 fu1) — Gorbachev; Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931–2022), last president of the Sov…
戈蘭高地 (gwo1 laan4 gou1 dei6) — Golan Heights
戊五醇 (mou6 ng5 seon4) — xylitol; also written 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2]
戊午 (mou6 ng5) — fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
戊唑醇 (mou6 zo6 seon4) — tebuconazole (antifungal agent)
戊型肝炎 (mou6 jing4 gon1 jim4) — hepatitis E
戊子 (mou6 zi2) — twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
戊寅 (mou6 jan4) — fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
戊巴比妥鈉 (mou6 baa1 bei2 to5 naap6) — pentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
戊戌 (mou6 seot1) — thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
戊戌六君子 (mou6 seot1 luk6 gwan1 zi2) — the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in it…
戊戌政變 (mou6 seot1 zing3 bin3) — coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to…
戊戌維新 (mou6 seot1 wai4 san1) — Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
戊戌變法 (mou6 seot1 bin3 faat3) — Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
戊申 (mou6 san1) — forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
戊糖 (mou6 tong4) — pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 t…
戊辰 (mou6 san4) — fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
戊醇 (mou6 seon4) — amyl alcohol
戌時 (seot1 si4) — 7-9 pm
戌狗 (seot1 gau2) — Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
戍卒 (syu3 zeot1) — garrison soldier
戍守 (syu3 sau2) — to guard
戍角 (syu3 gok3) — garrison trumpet call
戍邊 (syu3 bin1) — to garrison the border; to guard the frontier; exile to a border garrison post
戎事 (jung4 si6) — military affairs
戎事倥傯 (jung4 si6 hung2 zung2) — a time of military urgency; war crisis
戎機 (jung4 gei1) — opportunity for a fight; war
戎甲 (jung4 gaap3) — weapons and armor
戎行 (jung4 hang4) — troops; military affairs
戎衣 (jung4 ji1) — military uniform
戎裝 (jung4 zong1) — martial attire
戎車 (jung4 ce1) — military vehicle
戎馬 (jung4 maa5) — warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
戎馬生涯 (jung4 maa5 sang1 ngaai4) — army life (idiom); the experience of war
成丁 (sing4 ding1) — (of a male) to come of age; an adult male
成串 (sing4 cyun3) — to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc); to form a clu…
成了 (sing4 liu5) — to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do!
成交價 (sing4 gaau1 gaa3) — sale price; negotiated price; price reached at auction
成人 (sing4 jan4) — to reach adulthood; an adult
成人禮 (sing4 jan4 lai5) — coming of age ceremony
成仁 (sing4 jan4) — to die for a good cause
成仙 (sing4 sin1) — (Taoism) to become an immortal
成份 (sing4 fan6) — variant of 成分[cheng2 fen4]
成份股 (sing4 fan6 gu2) — share included in composite index
成何體統 (sing4 ho4 tai2 tung2) — What a scandal!; Whatever next?
成佛 (sing4 fat6) — to become a Buddha; to attain enlightenment
成像 (sing4 zoeng6) — to form an image; imaging
成全 (sing4 cyun4) — to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; …
成分 (sing4 fan6) — composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status
成功 (sing4 gung1) — to succeed; success; successful; fruitful
成功感 (sing4 gung1 gam2) — sense of accomplishment
成千 (sing4 cin1) — thousands
成千上萬 (sing4 cin1 soeng5 maan6) — (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers; i…
成千成萬 (sing4 cin1 sing4 maan6) — lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerabl…
成千累萬 (sing4 cin1 leoi5 maan6) — lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerabl…
成反比 (sing4 faan2 bei2) — to vary inversely; inversely proportional to
成吉思汗 (sing4 gat1 si1 hon4) — Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
成名 (sing4 ming4) — to make one's name; to become famous
成名作 (sing4 ming4 zok3) — seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame
成品 (sing4 ban2) — finished goods; a finished product
成品油 (sing4 ban2 jau4) — refined oil
成員 (sing4 jyun4) — member
成員國 (sing4 jyun4 gwok3) — member country
成器 (sing4 hei3) — to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
成因 (sing4 jan1) — cause; factor; cause of formation
成圈 (sing4 hyun1) — to form a circle, ring or loop
成均館 (sing4 gwan1 gun2) — Koryo Seonggyungwan, university dating back to Korean Goryeo dynasty, in Gaeson…
成型 (sing4 jing4) — to become shaped; to become formed
成報 (sing4 bou3) — Sing Pao Daily News
成夜 (sing4 je6) — all night long
成天 (sing4 tin1) — (coll.) all day long; all the time
成套 (sing4 tou3) — forming a complete set; complementing one another
成婚 (sing4 fan1) — to get married
成安 (sing4 on1) — see 成安縣|成安县[Cheng2 an1 Xian4]
成安縣 (sing4 on1 jyun6) — Cheng'an, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
成家 (sing4 gaa1) — to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert
成家立室 (sing4 gaa1 laap6 sat1) — to get married (idiom)
成家立業 (sing4 gaa1 laap6 jip6) — to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself
成實宗 (sing4 sat6 zung1) — Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism
成對 (sing4 deoi3) — to form a pair
成就 (sing4 zau6) — accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to brin…
成層 (sing4 cang4) — layered; stratified
成年人 (sing4 nin4 jan4) — adult person
成年累月 (sing4 nin4 leoi6 jyut6) — year in, year out (idiom)
成形 (sing4 jing4) — to take shape; shaping; forming
成心 (sing4 sam1) — intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
成性 (sing4 sing3) — to become second nature; by nature
成才 (sing4 coi4) — to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
成批 (sing4 pai1) — in batches; in bulk
成效 (sing4 haau6) — effect; result
成敗 (sing4 baai6) — success or failure
成敗利鈍 (sing4 baai6 lei6 deon6) — succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages; success …
成敗在此一舉 (sing4 baai6 zoi6 ci2 jat1 geoi2) — success or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here…
成敗得失 (sing4 baai6 dak1 sat1) — lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up variou…
成敗論人 (sing4 baai6 leon6 jan4) — to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
成文 (sing4 man4) — written; statutory
成文法 (sing4 man4 faat3) — statute
成方兒 (sing4 fong1 ji4) — erhua form of 成方[cheng2 fang1]
成日 (sing4 jat6) — all day long; the whole day; the whole time
成書 (sing4 syu1) — to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulati…
成本 (sing4 bun2) — (manufacturing, production etc) costs
成材 (sing4 coi4) — to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree…
成核 (sing4 hat6) — nucleation
成樣 (sing4 joeng6) — seemly; presentable
成樣子 (sing4 joeng6 zi2) — seemly; presentable
成武 (sing4 mou5) — see 成武縣|成武县[Cheng2 wu3 Xian4]
成武縣 (sing4 mou5 jyun6) — Chengwu, a county in Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
成活 (sing4 wut6) — to survive
成渝 (sing4 jyu4) — Chengdu 成都 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆
成漢 (sing4 hon3) — Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-347)
成災 (sing4 zoi1) — disastrous; to turn into a disaster
成為 (sing4 wai4) — to become; to turn into
成熟 (sing4 suk6) — mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
成王敗寇 (sing4 wong4 baai6 kau3) — see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
成田 (sing4 tin4) — Narita (Japanese surname and place name)
成田機場 (sing4 tin4 gei1 coeng4) — Narita Airport (Tokyo)
成癮 (sing4 jan5) — to be addicted; addiction
成百上千 (sing4 baak3 soeng5 cin1) — hundreds; a large number; lit. by the hundreds and thousands
成真 (sing4 zan1) — to come true
成立 (sing4 laap6) — to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
成章 (sing4 zoeng1) — to form a coherent composition
成竹在胸 (sing4 zuk1 zoi6 hung1) — see 胸有成竹[xiong1 you3 cheng2 zhu2]
成組 (sing4 zou2) — to make up (out of components)
成縣 (sing4 jyun6) — Cheng County or Chengxian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], G…
成績 (sing4 zik1) — achievement; performance records; grades
成績單 (sing4 zik1 daan1) — school report or transcript
成群 (sing4 kwan4) — in groups; large numbers of; grouping
成群結隊 (sing4 kwan4 git3 deoi6) — (idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd
成色 (sing4 sik1) — relative purity of silver or gold; purity in carat weight; quality; fineness
成華 (sing4 waa4) — see 成華區|成华区[Cheng2 hua2 Qu1]
成華區 (sing4 waa4 keoi1) — Chenghua, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
成藥 (sing4 joek6) — patent medicine; medicine already made up
成蛹 (sing4 jung2) — to pupate; to become a chrysalis
成蟲 (sing4 cung4) — imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
成行 (sing4 hang4) — to embark on a journey
成衣 (sing4 ji1) — ready-made clothes
成見 (sing4 gin3) — preconceived idea; bias; prejudice
成規 (sing4 kwai1) — established rules; the beaten track
成親 (sing4 can1) — to get married
成話 (sing4 waa6) — to make sense
成語 (sing4 jyu5) — Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or…
成語典故 (sing4 jyu5 din2 gu3) — historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
成語接龍 (sing4 jyu5 zip3 lung4) — game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next
成說 (sing4 syut3) — accepted theory or formulation
成象 (sing4 zoeng6) — to form an image; to call to mind
成軍 (sing4 gwan1) — lit. to form an army; to set up (team, group, band, organization etc); to found…
成道 (sing4 dou6) — to reach illumination (Buddhism)
成都 (sing4 dou1) — see 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4]
成都市 (sing4 dou1 si5) — Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 She…
成都體育大學 (sing4 dou1 tai2 juk6 daai6 hok6) — Chengdu Sports University
成雙作對 (sing4 soeng1 zok3 deoi3) — see 成雙成對|成双成对[cheng2 shuang1 cheng2 dui4]
成雙成對 (sing4 soeng1 sing4 deoi3) — to form pairs; to be in couples
成骨 (sing4 gwat1) — bone formation; osteogenesis
成骨不全症 (sing4 gwat1 bat1 cyun4 zing3) — osteogenesis imperfecta (OI); brittle bone disease
成體 (sing4 tai2) — adult; fully formed; developed
成龍 (sing4 lung4) — Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
我人 (ngo5 jan4) — we
我們 (ngo5 mun4) — we; us; ourselves
我勒個去 (ngo5 lak6 go3 heoi3) — (slang) shoot!; crap!
我國 (ngo5 gwok3) — my country; our country
我方 (ngo5 fong1) — our side; we
我等 (ngo5 dang2) — we; us (archaic)
我行我素 (ngo5 hang4 ngo5 sou3) — to continue in one's own way (idiom)
我輩 (ngo5 bui3) — (literary) we; us
我醉欲眠 (ngo5 zeoi3 juk6 min4) — lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom); (used to indicate one's sincere…
我靠 (ngo5 kaau3) — bosh!; crap!; see also 哇靠[wa1 kao4]
戒備 (gaai3 bei6) — to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
戒備森嚴 (gaai3 bei6 sam1 jim4) — heavily-guarded
戒刀 (gaai3 dou1) — Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
戒命 (gaai3 ming6) — prohibition
戒嚴 (gaai3 jim4) — to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures
戒嚴令 (gaai3 jim4 ling6) — martial law
戒嚴區 (gaai3 jim4 keoi1) — restricted area; zone of application of the martial law
戒壇 (gaai3 taan4) — ordination platform in a Buddhist temple
戒奢崇儉 (gaai3 ce1 sung4 gim6) — (idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality
戒子 (gaai3 zi2) — (finger) ring
戒心 (gaai3 sam1) — vigilance; wariness
戒忌 (gaai3 gei6) — a taboo; to avoid sth (as taboo)
戒慎 (gaai3 san6) — vigilant; cautious
戒懼 (gaai3 geoi6) — wary
戒指 (gaai3 zi2) — (finger) ring
戒斷 (gaai3 tyun5) — to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal
戒條 (gaai3 tiu4) — commandment; precept
戒毒 (gaai3 duk6) — to kick a drug habit; to abstain from drugs
戒毒所 (gaai3 duk6 so2) — drug rehabilitation center
戒治所 (gaai3 zi6 so2) — drug rehabilitation center
戒煙 (gaai3 jin1) — to give up smoking
戒絕 (gaai3 zyut6) — abstinence; to give up (a bad habit)
戒行 (gaai3 hang6) — (Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts; asceticism
戒規 (gaai3 kwai1) — religious precept; taboo; rule
戒酒 (gaai3 zau2) — to give up drinking; to abstain from drinking
戒除 (gaai3 ceoi4) — to quit; to give up (a bad habit)
戒驕戒躁 (gaai3 giu1 gaai3 cou3) — to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
戔戔 (zin1 zin1) — small; tiny
戕害 (coeng4 hoi6) — to injure
或多或少 (waak6 do1 waak6 siu2) — more or less
或是 (waak6 si6) — or; either one or the other
或然 (waak6 jin4) — probable
或稱 (waak6 cing1) — also called; also known as; a.k.a.
或者 (waak6 ze2) — or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
或許 (waak6 heoi2) — perhaps; maybe
或體 (waak6 tai2) — variant Chinese character; alternative form of a Chinese character
戚友 (cik1 jau5) — relatives and friends
戚屬 (cik1 suk6) — relative; family member; dependent
戚戚 (cik1 cik1) — intimate; closely related; sorrowful; distressed
戚族 (cik1 zuk6) — family members; fellow clansman
戚繼光 (cik1 gai3 gwong1) — Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
戚誼 (cik1 ji6) — relation; close friendship
戛戛 (gaat3 gaat3) — difficult; challenging; original
戛戛獨造 (gaat3 gaat3 duk6 zou6) — creative; original
戛然 (gaat3 jin4) — (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound); to be loud and clear
戛然而止 (gaat3 jin4 ji4 zi2) — with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. o…
戣 (kwai4) — a lance
戧風 (coeng1 fung1) — against the headwind
截取 (zit6 ceoi2) — to cut off a section of sth
截圖 (zit6 tou4) — (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
截塔 (zit6 taap3) — zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)
截奪 (zit6 dyut6) — intercept
截尾 (zit6 mei5) — to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)
截屏 (zit6 ping4) — (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
截拳道 (zit6 kyun4 dou6) — Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western ma…
截擊 (zit6 gik1) — to intercept (military)
截斷 (zit6 tyun5) — to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation…
截止 (zit6 zi2) — to end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
截然 (zit6 jin4) — sharply; distinctly; radically
截然不同 (zit6 jin4 bat1 tung4) — entirely different; different as black and white
截獲 (zit6 wok6) — to intercept; to cut off and capture
截癱 (zit6 taan1) — paraplegia; paralysis
截稿 (zit6 gou2) — (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
截線 (zit6 sin3) — intersecting line
截肢 (zit6 zi1) — amputation (medicine); to amputate
截至 (zit6 zi3) — up to (a time); by (a time)
截距 (zit6 keoi5) — intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)
截長補短 (zit6 coeng4 bou2 dyun2) — take from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's defi…
截面 (zit6 min6) — section; cross-section
戮 (luk6) — (bound form) to kill; variant of 勠[lu4]
戮力同心 (luk6 lik6 tung4 sam1) — (idiom) to join forces to work towards a common goal
戰亂 (zin3 lyun6) — chaos of war
戰事 (zin3 si6) — war; hostilities; fighting
戰俘 (zin3 fu1) — prisoner of war
戰備 (zin3 bei6) — war readiness; military preparedness
戰兢 (zin3 ging1) — to tremble; to be on guard
戰兢兢 (zin3 ging1 ging1) — shaking with fear
戰列艦 (zin3 lit6 laam6) — battleship
戰利品 (zin3 lei6 ban2) — spoils of war
戰力 (zin3 lik6) — military strength; military power; military capability
戰功 (zin3 gung1) — outstanding military service
戰區 (zin3 keoi1) — war zone; combat zone; (military) theater of operations
戰友 (zin3 jau5) — comrade-in-arms; battle companion
戰國 (zin3 gwok3) — the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
戰國七雄 (zin3 gwok3 cat1 hung4) — Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1]…
戰國時代 (zin3 gwok3 si4 doi6) — the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17…
戰國末 (zin3 gwok3 mut6) — late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
戰國末年 (zin3 gwok3 mut6 nin4) — late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
戰國策 (zin3 gwok3 caak3) — "Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475…
戰團 (zin3 tyun4) — fighting group; by extension, a fight; a fray
戰地 (zin3 dei6) — battlefield
戰場 (zin3 coeng4) — battlefield
戰壕 (zin3 hou4) — trench; entrenchment
戰壕熱 (zin3 hou4 jit6) — trench fever
戰士 (zin3 si6) — fighter; soldier; warrior
戰役 (zin3 jik6) — military campaign
戰後 (zin3 hau6) — after the war; postwar
戰慄 (zin3 leot6) — to tremble; shudder
戰戰兢兢 (zin3 zin3 ging1 ging1) — trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
戰戰慄慄 (zin3 zin3 leot6 leot6) — to tremble with fear
戰抖 (zin3 dau2) — to shudder; to tremble
戰敗 (zin3 baai6) — to lose a war
戰斧 (zin3 fu2) — battle-ax
戰旗 (zin3 kei4) — a war flag; an army banner
戰時 (zin3 si4) — wartime
戰書 (zin3 syu1) — written war challenge
戰機 (zin3 gei1) — opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft; war secret
戰況 (zin3 fong3) — battlefield situation; battle progress
戰法 (zin3 faat3) — military strategy
戰火 (zin3 fo2) — the flames of war; the ravages of war
戰火紛飛 (zin3 fo2 fan1 fei1) — fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
戰無不勝 (zin3 mou4 bat1 sing3) — (idiom) all-conquering; invincible
戰爭 (zin3 zang1) — war; conflict
戰爭罪 (zin3 zang1 zeoi6) — war crime
戰爭與和平 (zin3 zang1 jyu5 wo4 ping4) — War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰
戰犯 (zin3 faan2) — war criminal
戰禍 (zin3 wo6) — disastrous conflict; bloody warfare
戰線 (zin3 sin3) — battle line; battlefront; front
戰績 (zin3 zik1) — military achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field (esp…
戰船 (zin3 syun4) — warship
戰艦 (zin3 laam6) — battleship; warship
戰術導彈 (zin3 seot6 dou6 daan2) — tactical missile
戰術核武器 (zin3 seot6 hat6 mou5 hei3) — tactical nuclear weapons
戰車 (zin3 ce1) — war chariot; tank
戰馬 (zin3 maa5) — warhorse
戰鬥力 (zin3 dau3 lik6) — fighting strength
戰鬥機 (zin3 dau3 gei1) — fighter (aircraft)
戰鬥群 (zin3 dau3 kwan4) — battle group; naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
戰鬥者 (zin3 dau3 ze2) — fighter
戰鬥艦 (zin3 dau3 laam6) — battleship
戲仿 (hei3 fong2) — a parody; to parody
戲侮 (hei3 mou5) — to insult
戲劇 (hei3 kek6) — a drama; a play; theater; script of a play
戲劇化 (hei3 kek6 faa3) — theatrical
戲劇化人格違常 (hei3 kek6 faa3 jan4 gaak3 wai4 soeng4) — histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
戲劇家 (hei3 kek6 gaa1) — dramatist; playwright
戲劇性 (hei3 kek6 sing3) — dramatic
戲子 (hei3 zi2) — (derog.) Chinese opera performer; (derog.) actor
戲弄 (hei3 lung6) — to play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease
戲曲 (hei3 kuk1) — Chinese opera
戲法 (hei3 faat3) — magic trick
戲眼 (hei3 ngaan5) — the best part (of a play etc)
戲碼 (hei3 maa5) — theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
戲票 (hei3 piu3) — (theater etc) ticket
戲稱 (hei3 cing1) — to jokingly call; jocular appellation
戲耍 (hei3 saa2) — to amuse oneself; to play with; to tease
戲臺 (hei3 toi4) — stage
戲言 (hei3 jin4) — joking matter; to go back on one's words
戲詞 (hei3 ci4) — actor's lines (in theater)
戲說 (hei3 syut3) — dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative;…
戲說劇 (hei3 syut3 kek6) — period costume drama (on TV)
戲謔 (hei3 joek6) — to banter; to crack jokes; to ridicule
戳不住 (coek3 bat1 zyu6) — not up to it; cannot stand the test
戳份兒 (coek3 fan6 ji4) — to flaunt
戳個兒 (coek3 go3 ji4) — physique
戳兒 (coek3 ji4) — stamp; seal
戳刺感 (coek3 ci3 gam2) — pins and needles (in muscle); paresthesia
戳咕 (coek3 gu1) — to stir up behind sb's back; to incite secretly
戳壁腳 (coek3 bik1 goek3) — to criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
戳子 (coek3 zi2) — stamp; seal
戳得住 (coek3 dak1 zyu6) — up to it; can stand the test
戳心灌髓 (coek3 sam1 gun3 seoi5) — (idiom) to strike at one's core; to deeply hurt sb
戳搭 (coek3 daap3) — to knock; to jab
戳破 (coek3 po3) — to puncture; to pierce; (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant …
戳禍 (coek3 wo6) — to stir up trouble
戳穿 (coek3 cyun1) — to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
戳穿試驗 (coek3 cyun1 si3 jim6) — puncture test
戳脊梁 (coek3 zek3 loeng4) — to criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
戳脊梁骨 (coek3 zek3 loeng4 gwat1) — to criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
戳記 (coek3 gei3) — stamp; seal
戴上 (daai3 soeng5) — to put on (hat etc)
戴勝 (daai3 sing3) — (bird species of China) Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
戴名世 (daai3 ming4 sai3) — Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer
戴套 (daai3 tou3) — to wear a condom
戴奧辛 (daai3 ou3 san1) — dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)
戴孝 (daai3 haau3) — to wear mourning garb; to be in mourning
戴安娜 (daai3 on1 naa4) — Diana (name)
戴安娜王妃 (daai3 on1 naa4 wong4 fei1) — Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
戴帽子 (daai3 mou2 zi2) — to wear a hat; (fig.) to stigmatize; to be branded as
戴月披星 (daai3 jyut6 pei1 sing1) — see 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
戴爾 (daai3 ji5) — Dell
戴盆望天 (daai3 pun4 mong6 tin1) — lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view…
戴秉國 (daai3 bing2 gwok3) — Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat
戴維斯 (daai3 wai4 si1) — Davis or Davies (name)
戴維斯杯 (daai3 wai4 si1 bui1) — Davis Cup (international tennis team competition)
戴維營 (daai3 wai4 jing4) — Camp David
戴菊 (daai3 guk1) — (bird species of China) goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
戴菊鳥 (daai3 guk1 niu5) — kinglet; bird of Regulus genus
戴高帽子 (daai3 gou1 mou2 zi2) — (coll.) to be the object of flattery; to be placed on a pedestal
戴高樂 (daai3 gou1 lok6) — Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970), French general and politician, leader of the Fre…
戶主 (wu6 zyu2) — head of the household
戶內 (wu6 noi6) — indoors; within the home
戶口 (wu6 hau2) — population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered…
戶口制 (wu6 hau2 zai3) — PRC system of compulsory registration of households
戶口制度 (wu6 hau2 zai3 dou6) — PRC system of compulsory registration
戶口本 (wu6 hau2 bun2) — household register; household registration booklet; residence certificate
戶口簿 (wu6 hau2 bou2) — household register
戶告人曉 (wu6 gou3 jan4 hiu2) — to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely; to shout from …
戶均 (wu6 gwan1) — household average
戶型 (wu6 jing4) — configuration of rooms in a residence (e.g. 3BR 2 Bath)
戶外 (wu6 ngoi6) — outdoor
戶樞不蠹 (wu6 syu1 bat1 dou3) — lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (i…
戶牖 (wu6 jau5) — door and window; the home
戶籍 (wu6 zik6) — census register; household register
戶部 (wu6 bou6) — Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
戶部尚書 (wu6 bou6 soeng6 syu1) — Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)
戶限 (wu6 haan6) — threshold
戶頭 (wu6 tau4) — bank account
戽斗 (fu3 dau2) — bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields); protruding lower jaw
戽水 (fu3 seoi2) — to draw water for irrigation (manually or with a water wheel)
戾氣 (leoi6 hei3) — evil tendencies; vicious currents; antisocial behavior
戾龍 (leoi6 lung4) — mythical evil serpent; evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12
房下 (fong4 haa6) — (old) one's wife
房主 (fong4 zyu2) — landlord; house owner
房事 (fong4 si6) — sexual intercourse; to make love
房價 (fong4 gaa3) — house price; cost of housing
房勞 (fong4 lou4) — deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)
房卡 (fong2 kaat1) — room card (in a hotel)
房地產 (fong4 dei6 caan2) — real estate
房地美 (fong4 dei6 mei5) — Freddie Mac, US mortgage company; formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
房型 (fong4 jing4) — see 戶型|户型[hu4 xing2]
房契 (fong4 kai3) — deed (for a house)
房奴 (fong4 nou4) — a slave to one's mortgage
房子 (fong4 zi2) — house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
房客 (fong4 haak3) — tenant
房室 (fong4 sat1) — room
房屋中介 (fong4 uk1 zung1 gaai3) — housing agent; real estate agent
房山 (fong4 saan1) — see 房山區|房山区[Fang2 shan1 Qu1]
房山區 (fong4 saan1 keoi1) — Fangshan, a district of Beijing
房東 (fong4 dung1) — landlord
房檐 (fong4 jim4) — eaves
房牙 (fong4 ngaa4) — real estate agent (old)
房牙子 (fong4 ngaa4 zi2) — real estate agent (old)
房玄齡 (fong4 jyun4 ling4) — Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dyn…
房產 (fong4 caan2) — real estate; the property market (e.g. houses)
房產中介 (fong4 caan2 zung1 gaai3) — real estate agent
房產證 (fong4 caan2 zing3) — title deeds; certificate of property ownership
房租 (fong2 zou1) — rent for a room or house
房縣 (fong4 jyun6) — Fang County or Fangxian, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei
房舍 (fong4 se3) — house; building
房艙 (fong4 cong1) — (ship's) cabin
房貸 (fong4 taai3) — home loan
房費 (fong4 fai3) — room charge
房錢 (fong4 cin2) — charges for a room; house rental
房門 (fong2 mun4) — door of a room
房間 (fong4 gaan1) — room
房頂 (fong4 deng2) — housetop; roof
所以然 (so2 ji5 jin4) — the reason why
所作所為 (so2 zok3 so2 wai4) — one's conduct and deeds
所到之處 (so2 dou3 zi1 cyu3) — wherever one goes
所剩無幾 (so2 sing6 mou4 gei2) — there is not much left
所向披靡 (so2 hoeng3 pei1 mei5) — (idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
所向無敵 (so2 hoeng3 mou4 dik6) — to be invincible; unrivalled
所在地 (so2 zoi6 dei6) — location; site
所多 (so2 do1) — Soto
所多瑪 (so2 do1 maa5) — Sodom
所多瑪與蛾摩拉 (so2 do1 maa5 jyu5 ngo4 mo1 laai1) — Sodom and Gomorrah
所屬 (so2 suk6) — one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (…
所屬單位 (so2 suk6 daan1 wai2) — affiliated unit; subsidiary
所幸 (so2 hang6) — fortunately (formal writing)
所得稅 (so2 dak1 seoi3) — income tax
所思 (so2 si1) — what one thinks; person or thing that is on one's mind
所指 (so2 zi2) — the objects indicated; as pointed out
所料 (so2 liu6) — one's expectation; what one anticipates
所有主 (so2 jau5 zyu2) — owner; proprietor
所有制 (so2 jau5 zai3) — ownership of the means of production (in Marxism); system of ownership
所有格 (so2 jau5 gaak3) — possessive case (grammar)
所有權 (so2 jau5 kyun4) — ownership; possession; property rights; title (to property)
所有物 (so2 jau5 mat6) — a possession; belongings
所有者 (so2 jau5 ze2) — proprietor; owner
所為 (so2 wai6) — what one does; doings
所生 (so2 saang1) — parents (father and mother)
所知 (so2 zi1) — known; what one knows
所羅巴伯 (so2 lo4 baa1 baak3) — Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel)
所羅門 (so2 lo4 mun4) — Solomon (name)
所羅門群島 (so2 lo4 mun4 kwan4 dou2) — Solomon Islands
所聞 (so2 man4) — heard; what one hears
所能 (so2 nang4) — according to one's capabilities; what sb is capable of
所致 (so2 zi3) — to be caused by
所見 (so2 gin3) — (literary) what one sees; (literary) opinion; view
所見即所得 (so2 gin3 zik1 so2 dak1) — What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
所見所聞 (so2 gin3 so2 man4) — what one hears and sees (idiom)
所謂 (so2 wai6) — what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-ca…
所部 (so2 bou6) — troops under one's command
所長 (so2 coeng4) — what one is good at; one's strong point
所需 (so2 seoi1) — necessary (for); required
所願 (so2 jyun6) — wished-for; desired
扁嘴海雀 (bin2 zeoi2 hoi2 zoek3) — (bird species of China) ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
扁圓 (bin2 jyun4) — oblate
扁坯 (bin2 pui1) — slab
扁平 (bin2 ping4) — flat; planar
扁擔 (bin2 daam3) — carrying pole; shoulder pole
扁桃 (bin2 tou4) — almond tree; almond; flat peach

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