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抗藥性 (kong3 joek6 sing3) — drug resistance (medicine)
抗藥能力 (kong3 joek6 nang4 lik6) — drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
抗血清 (kong3 hyut3 cing1) — antiserum
抗衡 (kong3 hang4) — to compete with; to vie with; to counter
抗訴 (kong3 sou3) — to protest against a verdict; to lodge an appeal
抗議 (kong3 ji5) — to protest; protest
抗議者 (kong3 ji5 ze2) — protester
抗辯 (kong3 bin6) — to counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort; to plead; to dem…
抗鋸齒 (kong3 goe3 ci2) — anti-aliasing
抗震 (kong3 zan3) — anti-seismic measures; seismic defenses; earthquake resistant
抗震救災指揮部 (kong3 zan3 gau3 zoi1 zi2 fai1 bou6) — State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters
抗震結構 (kong3 zan3 git3 kau3) — earthquake-resistant construction
抗體 (kong3 tai2) — (immunology) antibody
折中 (zit3 zung3) — to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic
折光 (zit3 gwong1) — refraction
折兌 (zit3 deoi3) — to cash; to change gold or silver into money
折刀 (zit3 dou1) — folding knife; jackknife; pocketknife; Tibetan waist knife
折刀兒 (zit3 dou1 ji4) — erhua form of 折刀[zhe2 dao1]
折半 (zit3 bun3) — to reduce by fifty percent; half-price
折合 (zit3 hap6) — to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to
折回 (zit3 wui4) — to turn back; to retrace one's steps
折壽 (zit3 sau6) — to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
折射 (zit3 se6) — to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature…
折扇 (zit3 sin3) — folding fan
折扣 (zit3 kau3) — discount
折挫 (zit3 co3) — to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult
折斷 (zit3 tyun5) — to snap sth off; to break
折服 (zit3 fuk6) — to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over
折本 (zit3 bun2) — a loss; to lose money
折枝 (zit3 zi1) — massage; snapped-off branch; sprig; to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very…
折桂 (zit3 gwai3) — to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship
折殺 (zit3 saat3) — to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
折煞 (zit3 saat3) — variant of 折殺|折杀[zhe2 sha1]
折現 (zit3 jin6) — to discount
折疊 (zit3 dip6) — to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
折疊式 (zit3 dip6 sik1) — folding (i.e. portable)
折疊椅 (zit3 dip6 ji2) — folding chair; deck chair
折痕 (zit3 han4) — crease; fold
折秤 (zit3 cing3) — discrepancy in weight
折筆 (zit3 bat1) — against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
折算 (zit3 syun3) — to convert (between currencies)
折節讀書 (zit3 zit3 duk6 syu1) — to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
折籮 (zit3 lo4) — mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
折線 (zit3 sin3) — broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal li…
折縫 (zit3 fung4) — welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)
折罪 (zit3 zeoi6) — to atone for a crime
折耗 (zit3 hou3) — loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage
折舊 (zit3 gau6) — depreciation
折衝樽俎 (zit3 cung1 zeon1 zo2) — lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy…
折衷 (zit3 cung1) — variant of 折中[zhe2 zhong1]
折衷主義 (zit3 cung1 zyu2 ji6) — eclecticism
折衷鸚鵡 (zit3 cung1 jing1 mou5) — Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
折角 (zit3 gok3) — to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear
折變 (zit3 bin3) — to sell off sth
折跟頭 (zit3 gan1 tau4) — to do a somersault; to turn head over heels
折轉 (zit3 zyun2) — reflex (angle); to turn back
折返 (zit3 faan2) — to turn back
折過兒 (zit3 gwo3 ji4) — to turn over
折錢 (zit3 cin2) — a loss; to lose money
折頭 (zit3 tau4) — discount
折騰 (zit3 tang4) — to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again…
抨擊 (ping1 gik1) — to attack (verbally or in writing)
披垂 (pei1 seoi4) — (of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover; to flow down
披巾 (pei1 gan1) — shawl
披掛 (pei1 gwaa3) — to put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear
披星帶月 (pei1 sing1 daai3 jyut6) — variant of 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
披星戴月 (pei1 sing1 daai3 jyut6) — to travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours
披甲 (pei1 gaap3) — to don armor
披紅 (pei1 hung4) — to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor
披索 (pei1 sok3) — (Tw) (loanword) peso (monetary unit)
披肝瀝膽 (pei1 gon1 lik6 daam2) — (idiom) to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty
披肩 (pei1 gin1) — cape; shawl; (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
披荊斬棘 (pei1 ging1 zaam2 gik1) — lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all…
披薩 (pei1 saat3) — (loanword) pizza
披覽 (pei1 laam5) — to pore over a book; to look and admire
披閱 (pei1 jyut6) — to peruse; to browse
披露 (pei1 lou6) — to reveal; to publish; to make public; to announce
披靡 (pei1 mei5) — to be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle…
披頭四樂團 (pei1 tau4 sei3 ngok6 tyun4) — the Beatles
披頭士 (pei1 tau4 si6) — the Beatles (music band)
披頭散髮 (pei1 tau4 saan2 faat3) — with dishevelled hair (idiom); with one's hair down
披風 (pei1 fung1) — cloak; cape
披麻帶孝 (pei1 maa4 daai3 haau3) — variant of 披麻戴孝[pi1 ma2 dai4 xiao4]
披麻戴孝 (pei1 maa4 daai3 haau3) — to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
抬 (toi4) — to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
抬槓 (toi4 gong3) — to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with s…
抬起 (toi4 hei2) — to lift up
抬轎子 (toi4 giu2 zi2) — to carry sb in a sedan chair; flatter; sing praises
抬頭 (toi4 tau4) — to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of gr…
抬高 (toi4 gou1) — to raise (price etc)
抱不平 (pou5 bat1 ping4) — to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
抱佛腳 (pou5 fat6 goek3) — (fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, las…
抱大腿 (pou5 daai6 teoi2) — (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
抱定 (pou5 ding6) — to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly
抱屈 (pou5 wat1) — feel wronged
抱恨 (pou5 han6) — to have a gnawing regret
抱愧 (pou5 kwai3) — feel ashamed
抱成一團 (pou5 sing4 jat1 tyun4) — to band together; to gang up; to stick together
抱打不平 (pou5 daa2 bat1 ping4) — see 打抱不平[da3 bao4 bu4 ping2]
抱抱 (pou5 pou5) — to hug; to give a cuddle
抱拳 (pou5 kyun4) — to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
抱持 (pou5 ci4) — to hold (expectations, hopes etc); to maintain (an attitude etc); to harbor (do…
抱摔 (pou5 seoi1) — body slam (wrestling move)
抱有 (pou5 jau5) — to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
抱枕 (pou5 zam2) — bolster; a long pillow or cushion
抱殘守缺 (pou5 caan4 sau2 kyut3) — to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative; stickle…
抱犢崮 (pou5 duk6 gu3) — Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[Lan2 ling2 Xian4] in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2]…
抱病 (pou5 beng6) — to be ill; to be in poor health
抱窩 (pou5 wo1) — (coll.) to incubate; to brood
抱粗腿 (pou5 cou1 teoi2) — to latch on to the rich and powerful
抱薪救火 (pou5 san1 gau3 fo2) — lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse …
抱負 (pou5 fu6) — aspiration; ambition
抱頭 (pou5 tau4) — to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced; to hold one's head in…
抱頭痛哭 (pou5 tau4 tung3 huk1) — to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder
抱頭鼠竄 (pou5 tau4 syu2 cyun3) — to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
抱養 (pou5 joeng5) — to adopt (a child)
抵住 (dai2 zyu6) — to resist; to press against; to brace
抵債 (dai2 zaai3) — to repay a debt in kind or by labor
抵償 (dai2 soeng4) — to compensate; to make good (a financial loss)
抵充 (dai2 cung1) — to use in payment; to compensate
抵制 (dai2 zai3) — to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal
抵岸 (dai2 ngon6) — to come ashore
抵扣 (dai2 kau3) — to deduct (money due)
抵抗力 (dai2 kong3 lik6) — resistance; immunity
抵押品 (dai2 aat3 ban2) — security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property
抵押物 (dai2 aat3 mat6) — collateral (finance)
抵押貸款 (dai2 aat3 taai3 fun2) — mortgage loan
抵拒 (dai2 keoi5) — to resist; to stand up to
抵擋 (dai2 dong2) — to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
抵消 (dai2 siu1) — to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
抵減 (dai2 gaam2) — to claim a credit against; tax reduction
抵牾 (dai2 ng5) — to conflict with; to contradict; contradiction
抵用 (dai2 jung6) — to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility); to use in lieu; to redeem (a c…
抵用券 (dai2 jung6 gyun3) — coupon; voucher
抵禦 (dai2 jyu6) — to resist; to withstand
抵罪 (dai2 zeoi6) — to be punished for a crime
抵華 (dai2 waa4) — to arrive in China
抵補 (dai2 bou2) — to compensate for; to make good
抵觸 (dai2 zuk1) — to conflict; to contradict
抵賬 (dai2 zoeng3) — to repay a debt in kind or by labor
抵賴 (dai2 laai6) — to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege
抵足而眠 (dai2 zuk1 ji4 min4) — lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
抵足而臥 (dai2 zuk1 ji4 ngo6) — see 抵足而眠[di3 zu2 er2 mian2]
抵達 (dai2 daat6) — to arrive; to reach (a destination)
抵銷 (dai2 siu1) — variant of 抵消[di3 xiao1]
抹一鼻子灰 (mut3 jat1 bei6 zi2 fui1) — lit. to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
抹不下臉 (mut3 bat1 haa6 lim5) — to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
抹刀 (mut3 dou1) — scraper; trowel; putty knife
抹去 (mut3 heoi3) — to erase
抹布 (mut3 bou3) — cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]
抹平 (mut3 ping4) — to flatten; to level; to smooth out
抹殺 (mut3 saat3) — to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to …
抹油 (mut3 jau4) — to anoint
抹灰 (mut3 fui1) — to plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on; also pr. [mo4 hui1]
抹煞 (mut3 saat3) — variant of 抹殺|抹杀[mo3 sha1]
抹片 (mut3 pin2) — smear (used for medical test) (Tw)
抹稀泥 (mut3 hei1 nai4) — see 和稀泥[huo4 xi1 ni2]
抹胸 (mut3 hung1) — old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
抹脖子 (mut3 but6 zi2) — to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide
抹茶 (mut3 caa4) — green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
抹香鯨 (mut3 hoeng1 king4) — sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
抹黑 (mut3 hak1) — to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or on…
抻麵 (can2 min6) — to make noodles by pulling out dough; hand-pulled noodles
押平聲韻 (aat3 ping4 sing1 wan5) — to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first o…
押沙龍 (aat3 saa1 lung4) — Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
押注 (aat3 zyu3) — to bet; to wager
押租 (aat3 zou1) — rent deposit
押解 (aat3 gaai2) — to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)
押車 (aat3 ce1) — to escort (goods) during transportation; to delay unloading (a truck, train etc)
押送 (aat3 sung3) — to convey (a prisoner or valuable items etc) under escort
押運 (aat3 wan6) — to escort (goods or funds); to convey under guard
押運員 (aat3 wan6 jyun4) — supercargo (in maritime law); agent responsible for goods; an escort
押金 (aat3 gam1) — deposit; down payment
押韻 (aat3 wan5) — to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵
抽中 (cau1 zung3) — to win (a prize in a lottery)
抽出 (cau1 ceot1) — to take out; to extract
抽動 (cau1 dung6) — to twitch; to throb; a spasm; to divert (money) to other uses
抽動症 (cau1 dung6 zing3) — Tourette syndrome
抽取 (cau1 ceoi2) — to extract; to remove; to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
抽咽 (cau1 jit3) — to sob
抽嘴巴 (cau1 zeoi2 baa1) — to slap
抽噎 (cau1 jit3) — to sob
抽屜 (cau1 tai3) — drawer
抽打 (cau1 daa2) — to whip; to flog; to thrash
抽抽噎噎 (cau1 cau1 jit3 jit3) — (idiom) to sob and sniffle
抽插 (cau1 caap3) — to slide in and out; thrusting
抽搐 (cau1 cuk1) — to twitch
抽斗 (cau1 dau2) — drawer
抽時間 (cau1 si4 gaan3) — to (try to) find the time to
抽查 (cau1 caa4) — random inspection; to do a spot check
抽樣 (cau1 joeng2) — sample; sampling
抽檢 (cau1 gim2) — sampling; spot check; random test
抽氣 (cau1 hei3) — to draw air out
抽水機 (cau1 seoi2 gei1) — water pump
抽水泵 (cau1 seoi2 bam1) — water pump
抽水站 (cau1 seoi2 zaam6) — water pumping station
抽水馬桶 (cau1 seoi2 maa5 tung2) — flush toilet
抽油煙機 (cau1 jau4 jin1 gei1) — range hood; kitchen exhaust hood
抽泣 (cau1 jap1) — to sob spasmodically
抽煙 (cau1 jin1) — variant of 抽菸|抽烟[chou1 yan1]
抽獎 (cau1 zoeng2) — to draw a prize; a lottery; a raffle
抽痛 (cau1 tung3) — to throb with pain; throbbing pain; twang; pang
抽空 (cau1 hung1) — to find the time to do sth
抽籤 (cau1 cim1) — to perform divination with sticks; to draw lots; a ballot (in share dealing)
抽絲 (cau1 si1) — to spin silk
抽脂 (cau1 zi1) — liposuction
抽血 (cau1 hyut3) — to take blood; to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
抽認卡 (cau1 jing6 kaat1) — flashcard
抽調 (cau1 diu6) — to transfer (personnel or material)
抽象 (cau1 zoeng6) — abstract; abstraction
抽象代數 (cau1 zoeng6 doi6 sou3) — abstract algebra
抽象域 (cau1 zoeng6 wik6) — abstract field (math.)
抽象思維 (cau1 zoeng6 si1 wai4) — abstract thought; logical thinking
抽象詞 (cau1 zoeng6 ci4) — abstract word
抽身 (cau1 san1) — to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself
抽離 (cau1 lei4) — to remove; to step back from involvement; to disengage
抽風 (cau1 fung1) — to ventilate; to induce a draft; spasm; convulsion
抽風機 (cau1 fung1 gei1) — exhaust fan
抿子 (man5 zi2) — small hairbrush
拂動 (fat1 dung6) — (of a breeze) to make (hair, leaves, clothing etc) sway gently; to ruffle
拂塵 (fat1 can4) — horsetail whisk; duster
拂掃 (fat1 sou3) — whisk
拂曉 (fat1 hiu2) — daybreak; approach of dawn
拂袖而去 (fat1 zau6 ji4 heoi3) — to storm off in a huff (idiom)
拆下 (caak3 haa6) — to dismantle; to take apart
拆借 (caak3 ze3) — to make (or take out) a short-term loan
拆分 (caak3 fan1) — to break up into parts
拆卸 (caak3 se3) — to dismantle; to take apart
拆字 (caak3 zi6) — fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
拆息 (caak3 sik1) — daily interest on a loan
拆放款 (caak3 fong3 fun2) — funds on call; invested sum that can be cashed
拆散 (caak3 saan2) — to break up (a marriage, family etc)
拆東牆補西牆 (caak3 dung1 coeng4 bou2 sai1 coeng4) — (lit.) to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying); (fig.) to r…
拆東補西 (caak3 dung1 bou2 sai1) — lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedie…
拆機 (caak3 gei1) — to dismantle a machine; to terminate a telephone service
拆毀 (caak3 wai2) — to demolish; to tear down
拆洗 (caak3 sai2) — to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
拆用 (caak3 jung6) — to tear down and reuse; to cannibalize
拆穿 (caak3 cyun1) — to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)
拆線 (caak3 sin3) — to remove stitches (from a wound)
拆臺 (caak3 toi4) — (theater) to dismantle the stage; (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's fe…
拆解 (caak3 gaai2) — to disassemble
拆賬 (caak3 zoeng3) — to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits
拆遷 (caak3 cin1) — to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
拆開 (caak3 hoi1) — to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
拆除 (caak3 ceoi4) — to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
拇外翻 (mou5 ngoi6 faan1) — bunion; hallux valgus
拇戰 (mou5 zin3) — finger-guessing game
拇指 (mou5 zi2) — thumb; big toe
拇指甲 (mou5 zi2 gaap3) — thumbnail
拇趾 (mou5 zi2) — big toe
拈指 (nim1 zi2) — a snap of the fingers; a short moment; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
拈花惹草 (nim1 faa1 je5 cou2) — lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize; to fr…
拈酸 (nim1 syun1) — (old) to be jealous
拈香 (nim1 hoeng1) — burn incense
拉㞎㞎 (laai1 baa2 baa2) — to poo-poo (kiddie talk)
拉丁 (laai1 ding1) — Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
拉丁化 (laai1 ding1 faa3) — romanization
拉丁字母 (laai1 ding1 zi6 mou5) — Latin alphabet
拉丁文 (laai1 ding1 man4) — Latin (language)
拉丁文字 (laai1 ding1 man4 zi6) — the alphabet; latin letters
拉丁方塊 (laai1 ding1 fong1 faai3) — Latin square (math. puzzle)
拉丁美洲 (laai1 ding1 mei5 zau1) — Latin America
拉丁舞 (laai1 ding1 mou5) — Latin dance
拉丁語 (laai1 ding1 jyu5) — Latin (language)
拉交情 (laai1 gaau1 cing4) — to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
拉什卡爾加 (laai1 sap6 kaa1 ji5 gaa1) — Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan
拉什莫爾山 (laai1 sap6 mok6 ji5 saan1) — Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
拉伸 (laai1 san1) — to draw; to stretch
拉伸強度 (laai1 san1 koeng4 dou6) — tensile strength
拉倒 (laai1 dou2) — (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down
拉傷 (laai1 soeng1) — to pull; to injure by straining
拉克替醇 (laai1 hak1 tai3 seon4) — lactitol, a sugar alcohol
拉入 (laai1 jap6) — to pull into; to draw in
拉力 (laai1 lik6) — pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) …
拉力賽 (laai1 lik6 coi3) — rally (car race) (loanword)
拉包爾 (laai1 baau1 ji5) — Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Gui…
拉匝祿 (laai1 zaap3 luk6) — Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)
拉各斯 (laai1 gok3 si1) — Lagos, city in Nigeria
拉合爾 (laai1 hap6 ji5) — Lahore (city in Pakistan)
拉呱 (laai1 gwaa1) — (dialect) to chat; to gossip
拉場子 (laai1 coeng4 zi2) — (of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace…
拉大旗作虎皮 (laai1 daai6 kei4 zok3 fu2 pei4) — lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom); fig. to borrow sb's p…
拉大條 (laai1 daai6 tiu4) — to defecate (slang)
拉夫 (laai1 fu1) — to force into service; press-gang
拉夫堡 (laai1 fu1 bou2) — Loughborough, English city
拉夫堡大學 (laai1 fu1 bou2 daai6 hok6) — Loughborough University
拉夫桑賈尼 (laai1 fu1 song1 gaa2 nei4) — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
拉夫羅夫 (laai1 fu1 lo4 fu1) — Lavrov (name); Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politici…
拉奎拉 (laai1 fui1 laai1) — L'Aquila, Italy
拉姆安拉 (laai1 mou5 on1 laai1) — Ramallah
拉孜 (laai1 zi1) — see 拉孜縣|拉孜县[La1 zi1 Xian4]
拉孜縣 (laai1 zi1 jyun6) — Lhatse, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
拉客 (laai1 haak3) — to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc); to importune
拉家帶口 (laai1 gaa1 daai3 hau2) — see 拖家帶口|拖家带口[tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3]
拉家常 (laai1 gaa1 soeng4) — to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
拉尼娜 (laai1 nei4 naa4) — La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to …
拉尼婭 (laai1 nei4 aa3) — Rania (name)
拉屎 (laai1 si2) — to defecate; to shit; to crap
拉山頭 (laai1 saan1 tau4) — to start a clique; to form a faction
拉岡 (laai1 gong1) — Lacan (psychoanalyst)
拉巴斯 (laai1 baa1 si1) — La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
拉巴特 (laai1 baa1 dak6) — Rabat, capital of Morocco
拉布拉多 (laai1 bou3 laai1 do1) — Labrador, Canada; Labrador (a breed of dog)
拉帕斯 (laai1 paak3 si1) — La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯
拉平 (laai1 ping4) — to bring to the same level; to even up; to flare out; to flatten out
拉德 (laai1 dak1) — rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
拉手 (laai1 sau2) — to hold hands; to shake hands
拉扯大 (laai1 ce2 daai6) — (coll.) to bring up; to rear; to raise
拉拉 (laai1 laai1) — Lala, Philippines
拉拉扯扯 (laai1 laai1 ce2 ce2) — to tug at; to pull at sb aggressively; to take sb's hand or arm in a too famili…
拉拉隊 (laai1 laai1 deoi2) — variant of 啦啦隊|啦啦队[la1 la1 dui4]
拉攏 (laai1 lung5) — to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
拉文克勞 (laai1 man4 hak1 lou4) — Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
拉文納 (laai1 man4 naap6) — Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
拉斐爾 (laai1 fei2 ji5) — Raphael
拉斐特 (laai1 fei2 dak6) — Lafayette
拉斯帕爾馬斯 (laai1 si1 paak3 ji5 maa5 si1) — Las Palmas, Spain
拉斯穆森 (laai1 si1 muk6 sam1) — Rasmussen (name)
拉斯維加斯 (laai1 si1 wai4 gaa1 si1) — Las Vegas, Nevada
拉普拉斯 (laai1 pou2 laai1 si1) — Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician
拉普蘭 (laai1 pou2 laan4) — Lapland (northern Europe)
拉杆 (laai1 gon1) — tension bar
拉架 (laai1 gaa3) — to try to stop a fight; to intervene in a fight
拉格朗日 (laai1 gaak3 long5 jat6) — Lagrange (name); Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and ph…
拉格比 (laai1 gaak3 bei2) — Rugby (game); Rugby school in England
拉比 (laai1 bei2) — (loanword) rabbi
拉沙病毒 (laai1 saa1 beng6 duk6) — Lassa virus
拉法格 (laai1 faat3 gaak3) — Lafargue (name); Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary …
拉法蘭 (laai1 faat3 laan4) — Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
拉法赫 (laai1 faat3 haak1) — Rafah, city in Palestine
拉活 (laai1 wut6) — (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver); to pick up a piece of …
拉爾夫 (laai1 ji5 fu1) — Ralph (name)
拉爾維克 (laai1 ji5 wai4 hak1) — Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)
拉狄克 (laai1 dik6 hak1) — Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first pre…
拉環 (laai1 waan4) — pull tab (on a drink can); strap handle (on a bus or train); ring-shaped door h…
拉瓦爾 (laai1 ngaa5 ji5) — Laval (name)
拉瓦錫 (laai1 ngaa5 sek3) — Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the fa…
拉生意 (laai1 saang1 ji3) — to tout; to solicit customers
拉登 (laai1 dang1) — (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
拉皮 (laai1 pei4) — to have a facelift; facelift
拉皮條 (laai1 pei4 tiu2) — to procure; to act as pimp
拉碴 (laai1 zaa1) — (of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt
拉祜族 (laai1 wu2 zuk6) — Lahu ethnic group
拉票 (laai1 piu3) — to campaign for votes; to ask voters for support
拉科魯尼亞 (laai1 fo1 lou5 nei4 aa3) — La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
拉稀 (laai1 hei1) — (coll.) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower
拉筋 (laai1 gan1) — stretching (exercise)
拉管 (laai1 gun2) — trombone
拉米夫定 (laai1 mai5 fu1 ding6) — Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and wid…
拉納卡 (laai1 naap6 kaa1) — Larnaca (city in Cyprus); Larnaka
拉絲模 (laai1 si1 mou4) — die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
拉緊 (laai1 gan2) — to pull tight; tensioning
拉美 (laai1 mei5) — Latin America; abbr. for 拉丁美洲
拉美西斯 (laai1 mei5 sai1 si1) — Rameses (name of pharaoh)
拉肚子 (laai1 tou5 zi2) — (coll.) to have diarrhea
拉脫維亞 (laai1 tyut3 wai4 aa3) — Latvia
拉茲莫夫斯基 (laai1 zi1 mok6 fu1 si1 gei1) — Razumovsky (name); Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian di…
拉茶 (laai1 caa4) — teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk
拉莫斯 (laai1 mok6 si1) — (Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
拉菲草 (laai1 fei1 cou2) — raffia (loanword)
拉蓋爾 (laai1 goi3 ji5) — Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
拉薩 (laai1 saat3) — see 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4]
拉薩市 (laai1 saat3 si5) — Lhasa, prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区…
拉薩條約 (laai1 saat3 tiu4 joek3) — Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
拉話 (laai1 waa6) — (dialect) to chat
拉賈斯坦邦 (laai1 gaa2 si1 taan2 bong1) — Rajasthan (state in India)
拉赫曼尼諾夫 (laai1 haak1 maan6 nei4 nok6 fu1) — Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name); Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian co…
拉辛 (laai1 san1) — Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
拉達克 (laai1 daat6 hak1) — Ladakh, Indian-administered region in the Himalayas
拉那烈 (laai1 naa5 lit6) — Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King S…
拉里 (laai1 lei5) — lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
拉鉚槍 (laai1 maau5 coeng1) — see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mao3 ding1 qiang1]
拉鉤 (laai1 ngau1) — to make a pinky promise
拉鋸 (laai1 geoi3) — a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
拉鋸戰 (laai1 geoi3 zin3) — to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
拉鎖 (laai1 so2) — zipper
拉鏈 (laai1 lin2) — zipper
拉長 (laai1 coeng4) — to lengthen; to pull sth out longer
拉長臉 (laai1 coeng4 lim5) — to pull a long face; to scowl
拉開 (laai1 hoi1) — to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase
拉開序幕 (laai1 hoi1 zeoi6 mok6) — (fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for
拉開架勢 (laai1 hoi1 gaa3 sai3) — to assume a fighting stance; (fig.) to take the offensive
拉關係 (laai1 gwaan1 hai6) — to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
拉雜 (laai1 zaap6) — disorganized; rambling; incoherent
拉青格 (laai1 cing1 gaak3) — Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
拉頓 (laai1 deon6) — Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster
拉風 (laai1 fung1) — trendy; eye-catching; flashy
拉馬特甘 (laai1 maa5 dak6 gam1) — Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
拉高 (laai1 gou1) — to pull up
拉魯 (laai1 lou5) — Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name; Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pr…
拉魯濕地國家自然保護區 (laai1 lou5 sap1 dei6 gwok3 gaa1 zi6 jin4 bou2 wu6 keoi1) — Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa
拉麵 (laai1 min6) — pulled noodles; ramen
拉黑 (laai1 hak1) — to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software …
拉齊奧 (laai1 cai4 ou3) — Lazio (region in Italy)
拊掌 (fu2 zoeng2) — to clap hands
拊髀 (fu2 bei2) — to slap one's own buttocks in excitement or despair
拋下 (paau1 haa6) — to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down
拋光 (paau1 gwong1) — to polish; to burnish
拋出 (paau1 ceot1) — to toss; to throw out
拋卻 (paau1 koek3) — to discard
拋售 (paau1 sau6) — to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
拋媚眼 (paau1 mei6 ngaan5) — to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
拋射 (paau1 se6) — to throw; to shoot
拋射物 (paau1 se6 mat6) — projectile
拋射體 (paau1 se6 tai2) — projectile
拋撒 (paau1 saat3) — to sprinkle
拋擲 (paau1 zaak6) — to throw; to toss
拋散 (paau1 saan3) — to scatter; to disperse
拋棄 (paau1 hei3) — to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
拋灑 (paau1 saa2) — to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle
拋物線 (paau1 mat6 sin3) — parabola
拋物面 (paau1 mat6 min2) — (geometry) paraboloid
拋磚引玉 (paau1 zyun1 jan5 juk6) — lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others…
拋空 (paau1 hung1) — to short-sell (finance)
拋繡球 (paau1 sau3 kau4) — throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); …
拋臉 (paau1 lim5) — to lose face; humiliation
拋荒 (paau1 fong1) — to lie idle (of arable land); fig. rusty because of lack of practice
拋補 (paau1 bou2) — cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
拋補套利 (paau1 bou2 tou3 lei6) — covered arbitrage
拋費 (paau1 fai3) — to waste; to squander
拋錨 (paau1 naau4) — to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
拋開 (paau1 hoi1) — to throw out; to get rid of
拋離 (paau1 lei4) — to desert; to leave; to forsake
拋體 (paau1 tai2) — projectile
拌和 (bun6 wo4) — to mix and stir; to blend
拌嘴 (bun6 zeoi2) — to bicker; to squabble; to quarrel
拌嘴鬥舌 (bun6 zeoi2 dau3 sit3) — to quarrel
拌種 (bun6 zung2) — seed dressing
拌蒜 (bun6 syun3) — to stagger (walk unsteadily)
拌飯 (bun6 faan6) — bibimbap (Korean cuisine)
拌麵 (bun6 min6) — noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc
拍出 (paak3 ceot1) — to sell at auction; to reach a given price at auction
拍婆子 (paak3 po4 zi2) — (Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls; to flirt with unfamiliar girls
拍子 (paak3 zi2) — beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc); racket (sports)
拍客 (paak3 haak3) — citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos o…
拍岸 (paak3 ngon6) — to beat against the shore (of waves)
拍戲 (paak3 hei3) — to shoot a movie
拍手 (paak3 sau2) — to clap one's hands
拍拍屁股走人 (paak3 paak3 pei3 gu2 zau2 jan4) — to make oneself scarce; to slip away; to take French leave
拍拖 (paak3 to1) — (dialect) to date sb
拍擊 (paak3 gik1) — to smack; to beat
拍攝 (paak3 sip3) — to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
拍板 (paak3 baan2) — wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a sing…
拍案 (paak3 on3) — lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc); fig. asto…
拍案叫絕 (paak3 on3 giu3 zyut6) — lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!; amazing!; g…
拍案而起 (paak3 on3 ji4 hei2) — (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
拍案驚奇 (paak3 on3 ging1 kei4) — to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!; amazing!
拍檔 (paak3 dong3) — partner
拍演 (paak3 jin5) — (dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)
拍照 (paak3 ziu3) — to take a picture
拍片 (paak3 pin2) — to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure
拍發 (paak3 faat3) — to send; to cable (a telegram)
拍磚 (paak3 zyun1) — (slang) to throw brickbats; to criticize harshly
拍立得 (paak3 laap6 dak1) — Polaroid (Tw)
拍紙簿 (paak3 zi2 bou2) — writing pad
拍胸脯 (paak3 hung1 pou2) — to vouch for
拍號 (paak3 hou6) — time signature (music)
拍賣 (paak3 maai6) — to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
拍賣商 (paak3 maai6 soeng1) — auctioneer; auction house
拍賣會 (paak3 maai6 wui2) — auction
拍電 (paak3 din6) — to send a telegram
拍電影 (paak3 din6 jing2) — to make a movie
拍馬 (paak3 maa5) — to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, t…
拍馬屁 (paak3 maa5 pei3) — to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking
拎包 (ling1 baau1) — handbag or shopping bag (dialect)
拎包黨 (ling1 baau1 dong2) — (coll.) purse snatcher
拎起 (ling1 hei2) — to pick up (from the ground with one's hands)
拐子 (gwaai2 zi2) — crutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper
拐彎 (gwaai2 waan1) — to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
拐彎兒 (gwaai2 waan1 ji4) — erhua variant of 拐彎|拐弯[guai3 wan1]
拐彎抹角 (gwaai2 waan1 mut3 gok3) — lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in …
拐彎處 (gwaai2 waan1 cyu3) — corner; bend
拐杖 (gwaai2 zoeng2) — crutches; crutch; walking stick
拐棍 (gwaai2 gwan3) — cane; walking stick
拐角 (gwaai2 gok3) — to turn a corner; corner
拐賣 (gwaai2 maai6) — human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell
拐騙 (gwaai2 pin3) — swindle; abduct
拐點 (gwaai2 dim2) — turning point; breaking point; inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at wh…
拒 (keoi5) — to resist; to repel; to refuse
拒不接受 (keoi5 bat1 zip3 sau6) — refusing to accept
拒之門外 (keoi5 zi1 mun4 ngoi6) — to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
拒付 (keoi5 fu6) — to refuse to accept a payment; to refuse to pay; to stop (a check or payment)
拒捕 (keoi5 bou6) — to resist arrest
拒接 (keoi5 zip3) — to reject; to refuse to take a call
拒收 (keoi5 sau1) — to reject; to refuse to accept
拒斥 (keoi5 cik1) — to reject
拒簽 (keoi5 cim1) — to refuse (a visa application etc)
拒絕 (keoi5 zyut6) — to refuse; to decline; to reject
拒腐防變 (keoi5 fu6 fong4 bin3) — to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
拒載 (keoi5 zoi3) — to refuse to take a passenger (of taxi)
拓印 (taap3 jan3) — stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
拓寬 (tok3 fun1) — to broaden
拓拔 (tok3 bat6) — branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern …
拓撲 (tok3 pok3) — (math.) (loanword) topology
拓撲學 (tok3 pok3 hok6) — (math.) topology
拓撲空間 (tok3 pok3 hung1 gaan1) — (math.) topological space
拓撲結構 (tok3 pok3 git3 kau3) — topological structure
拓本 (taap3 bun2) — rubbing of inscription
拓片 (taap3 pin2) — rubbings from a tablet

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