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放浪 (fong3 long6) — unrestrained; dissolute; dissipated; unconventional; immoral; to debauch; to di…
放浪不羈 (fong3 long6 bat1 gei1) — wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放浪形骸 (fong3 long6 jing4 haai4) — to abandon all restraint (idiom)
放焰口 (fong3 jim6 hau2) — to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spiri…
放煙幕彈 (fong3 jin1 mok6 daan2) — to spread a smokescreen
放熱反應 (fong3 jit6 faan2 jing3) — exothermic reaction
放爆竹 (fong3 baau3 zuk1) — to set off firecrackers
放牛班 (fong3 ngau4 baan1) — class of underachievers; dunces' class (Tw)
放牧 (fong3 muk6) — to graze (livestock); to herd (livestock)
放眼 (fong3 ngaan5) — to survey; to view broadly
放眼望去 (fong3 ngaan5 mong6 heoi3) — as far as the eye can see
放空炮 (fong3 hung1 paau3) — (lit.) to fire blank shots; (fig.) to be all talk and no action; to shoot one's…
放緩 (fong3 wun6) — to slow; to slow down (the pace of)
放縱 (fong3 zung3) — to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; un…
放置 (fong3 zi3) — to put
放羊 (fong3 joeng4) — to tend a flock of sheep; to let sheep out to pasture; fig. to throw off the re…
放羊娃 (fong3 joeng4 waa1) — shepherd; shepherd boy
放聲 (fong3 sing1) — very loudly; at the top of one's voice
放聲大哭 (fong3 sing1 daai6 huk1) — to sob loudly; to bawl
放肆 (fong3 si3) — wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent
放著明白裝糊塗 (fong3 zoek6 ming4 baak6 zong1 wu4 tou4) — to pretend not to know (idiom)
放蕩 (fong3 dong6) — licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained
放蕩不羈 (fong3 dong6 bat1 gei1) — wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放行 (fong3 hang4) — to let pass
放話 (fong3 waa6) — to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intention…
放誕 (fong3 daan3) — untrammeled; reckless; wanton
放誕不拘 (fong3 daan3 bat1 keoi1) — wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放誕不羈 (fong3 daan3 bat1 gei1) — wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放貸 (fong3 taai3) — to provide loans
放走 (fong3 zau2) — to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate
放送 (fong3 sung3) — to broadcast; to announce over loudspeakers
放逐 (fong3 zuk6) — to banish; to deport; to send into exile; to be marooned
放進 (fong3 zeon3) — to put into
放過 (fong3 gwo3) — to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth
放還 (fong3 waan4) — to release (a hostage); to put back in place
放長線釣大魚 (fong3 coeng4 sin3 diu3 daai6 jyu2) — use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
放開 (fong3 hoi1) — to let go; to release
放開手腳 (fong3 hoi1 sau2 goek3) — to have free rein (idiom)
放電 (fong3 din6) — electrical discharge; (coll.) to lure; to entice
放鞭炮 (fong3 bin1 paau3) — to set off firecrackers
放音 (fong3 jam1) — playback (of recorded sound)
放風 (fong3 fung1) — to allow in fresh air; to allow a prisoner out for exercise; to give out inform…
放飛 (fong3 fei1) — to allow to fly
放養 (fong3 joeng5) — to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment; to breed (fish, bees, s…
放馬後炮 (fong3 maa5 hau6 paau3) — to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
放馬過來 (fong3 maa5 gwo3 lei4) — bring it on!; give me all you got!
放鳥 (fong3 niu5) — to stand someone up
放鴿子 (fong3 gaap3 zi2) — to stand sb up; to bail on sb
政事 (zing3 si6) — politics; government affairs
政令 (zing3 ling6) — government decree
政務 (zing3 mou6) — government affairs
政協 (zing3 hip3) — CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference); abbr. of 中國人民政治協商會議…
政和 (zing3 wo4) — see 政和縣|政和县[Zheng4 he2 Xian4]
政和縣 (zing3 wo4 jyun6) — Zhenghe, a county in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian
政圈 (zing3 hyun1) — government circle; political circle
政壇 (zing3 taan4) — political circles
政委 (zing3 wai2) — political commissar (within the army)
政客 (zing3 haak3) — politician
政審 (zing3 sam2) — examine sb's political record; political investigation
政局 (zing3 guk6) — political situation
政工 (zing3 gung1) — political work; ideological work
政府 (zing3 fu2) — government
政府債券 (zing3 fu2 zaai3 hyun3) — government bonds (investments)
政府大學院 (zing3 fu2 daai6 hok6 jyun2) — the name of Academia Sinica 中央研究院[Zhong1 yang1 Yan2 jiu1 yuan4] when it was fou…
政府官員 (zing3 fu2 gun1 jyun4) — government employee
政府新聞處 (zing3 fu2 san1 man4 cyu3) — information services department
政府機關 (zing3 fu2 gei1 gwaan1) — government (viewed as an organization); institutions of government; government …
政府軍 (zing3 fu2 gwan1) — government army
政府首腦 (zing3 fu2 sau2 nou5) — head of state; government leader
政情 (zing3 cing4) — political situation
政改 (zing3 goi2) — political reform
政教 (zing3 gaau3) — church and state; government and education; political education
政教合一 (zing3 gaau3 hap6 jat1) — union of religious and political rule; theocracy; Caesaropapism
政教處 (zing3 gaau3 cyu3) — political education office (within a school) (PRC)
政敵 (zing3 dik6) — political opponent
政柄 (zing3 beng3) — at the helm of state; political power; regime
政權 (zing3 kyun4) — regime; political power
政權真空 (zing3 kyun4 zan1 hung1) — power vacuum; political vacuum
政治 (zing3 zi6) — politics; political
政治人物 (zing3 zi6 jan4 mat6) — political figure; politician; statesman
政治化 (zing3 zi6 faa3) — to politicize
政治史 (zing3 zi6 si2) — political history
政治委員 (zing3 zi6 wai2 jyun4) — political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)
政治學 (zing3 zi6 hok6) — politics; political science
政治家 (zing3 zi6 gaa1) — statesman; politician
政治局 (zing3 zi6 guk6) — politburo
政治局面 (zing3 zi6 guk6 min6) — political climate
政治庇護 (zing3 zi6 bei3 wu6) — political asylum
政治思想 (zing3 zi6 si1 soeng2) — political thought; ideology
政治性 (zing3 zi6 sing3) — political
政治改革 (zing3 zi6 goi2 gaak3) — political reform
政治機構 (zing3 zi6 gei1 kau3) — political organization
政治氣候 (zing3 zi6 hei3 hau6) — political climate
政治犯 (zing3 zi6 faan2) — political prisoner
政治生活 (zing3 zi6 sang1 wut6) — political life
政治異議人士 (zing3 zi6 ji6 ji5 jan4 si6) — political dissident
政治立場 (zing3 zi6 laap6 coeng4) — political position
政治經濟學 (zing3 zi6 ging1 zai3 hok6) — political economy
政治舞台 (zing3 zi6 mou5 toi4) — political arena
政治運動 (zing3 zi6 wan6 dung6) — political movement
政治避難 (zing3 zi6 bei6 naan6) — political asylum
政治部 (zing3 zi6 bou6) — political division; cadre department
政治關係 (zing3 zi6 gwaan1 hai6) — political relations
政治體制 (zing3 zi6 tai2 zai3) — form of government
政法 (zing3 faat3) — politics and law
政派 (zing3 paai3) — political group; faction
政理 (zing3 lei5) — politics; government affairs
政界 (zing3 gaai3) — political and government circles
政策 (zing3 caak3) — policy
政紀 (zing3 gei2) — rules for political staff; political discipline
政綱 (zing3 gong1) — political program; platform
政績 (zing3 zik1) — (political) achievements; track record
政要 (zing3 jiu3) — important political leader; government dignitary
政見 (zing3 gin3) — political views
政訓處 (zing3 fan3 cyu3) — political training office (during Chinese revolution, since renamed political d…
政論 (zing3 leon6) — political commentary
政變 (zing3 bin3) — coup d'état
政通人和 (zing3 tung1 jan4 wo4) — efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and t…
政體 (zing3 tai2) — form of government; system of government
政黨 (zing3 dong2) — political party
故世 (gu3 sai3) — to die; to pass away
故事 (gu3 si6) — old practice
故事片 (gu3 si6 pin2) — fictional film; feature film
故云 (gu3 wan4) — that's why it is called...
故交 (gu3 gaau1) — former acquaintance; old friend
故人 (gu3 jan4) — old friend; the deceased
故伎 (gu3 gei6) — usual trick; old tactics
故伎重演 (gu3 gei6 cung4 jin2) — to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks
故作 (gu3 zok3) — to pretend; to feign
故作姿態 (gu3 zok3 zi1 taai3) — to put on an act
故作深沉 (gu3 zok3 sam1 cam4) — to play the profound thinker
故作端莊 (gu3 zok3 dyun1 zong1) — artificial show of seriousness; to pretend to be solemn
故典 (gu3 din2) — old classics; old customs; cause
故去 (gu3 heoi3) — (euphemism) to pass away; to die
故友 (gu3 jau5) — old friend; deceased friend
故國 (gu3 gwok3) — country with an ancient history
故園 (gu3 jyun4) — one's hometown
故土 (gu3 tou2) — native country; one's homeland
故地 (gu3 dei6) — once familiar places; former haunts
故地重遊 (gu3 dei6 cung4 jau4) — see 舊地重遊|旧地重游[jiu4 di4 chong2 you2]
故址 (gu3 zi2) — old site; site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
故城 (gu3 sing4) — see 故城縣|故城县[Gu4 cheng2 Xian4]
故城縣 (gu3 sing4 jyun6) — Gucheng, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei
故墓 (gu3 mou6) — old tomb
故宅 (gu3 zaak6) — former home
故宮 (gu3 gung1) — the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]
故宮博物院 (gu3 gung1 bok3 mat6 jyun2) — Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei
故家 (gu3 gaa1) — old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generat…
故家子弟 (gu3 gaa1 zi2 dai6) — descended from an old family
故居 (gu3 geoi1) — former residence
故弄玄虛 (gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1) — deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated
故意 (gu3 ji3) — deliberately; on purpose
故態復萌 (gu3 taai3 fuk6 mang4) — to revert to old ways
故我 (gu3 ngo5) — one's old self; one's original self; what one has always been
故業 (gu3 jip6) — old estate; former empire; former occupation
故此 (gu3 ci2) — therefore
故步自封 (gu3 bou6 zi6 fung1) — stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating an…
故殺 (gu3 saat3) — premeditated murder
故知 (gu3 zi1) — a close friend over many years
故第 (gu3 dai6) — former residence
故紙堆 (gu3 zi2 deoi1) — a pile of old books
故而 (gu3 ji4) — therefore
故舊 (gu3 gau6) — old friends
故舊不棄 (gu3 gau6 bat1 hei3) — do not neglect old friends
故訓 (gu3 fan3) — old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
故跡 (gu3 zik1) — historical ruins
故轍 (gu3 cit3) — rut (made by vehicles); (fig.) conventional ways
故道 (gu3 dou6) — old road; old way; old course (of a river)
故都 (gu3 dou1) — former capital; ancient capital
故里 (gu3 lei5) — home town; native place
故障 (gu3 zoeng3) — malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error;…
效 (haau6) — effect; efficacy; to imitate
效價 (haau6 gaa3) — potency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical path…
效價能 (haau6 gaa3 nang4) — potency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical path…
效勞 (haau6 lou4) — to serve (in some capacity); to work for
效尤 (haau6 jau4) — to follow a bad example
效忠 (haau6 zung1) — to vow loyalty and devotion to
效應 (haau6 jing3) — effect (scientific phenomenon)
效果 (haau6 gwo2) — result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects
效果圖 (haau6 gwo2 tou4) — rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)
效法 (haau6 faat3) — to imitate; to follow the example of
效用 (haau6 jung6) — usefulness; effectiveness; (economics) utility
效益 (haau6 jik1) — benefit; effectiveness; efficiency
效驗 (haau6 jim6) — (desired) effect; (expected) result; effective
敏 (man5) — (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
敏感性 (man5 gam2 sing3) — sensitive; sensitivity
敏銳 (man5 jeoi6) — keen; sharp; acute
救 (gau3) — to save; to assist; to rescue
救世 (gau3 sai3) — salvation
救世主 (gau3 sai3 zyu2) — the Savior (in Christianity)
救世軍 (gau3 sai3 gwan1) — Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
救主 (gau3 zyu2) — savior
救亡 (gau3 mong4) — to save the nation from subjugation
救人一命勝造七級浮屠 (gau3 jan4 jat1 ming6 sing3 zou6 cat1 kap1 fau4 tou4) — saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
救出 (gau3 ceot1) — to rescue; to pluck from danger
救助 (gau3 zo6) — to help sb in trouble; aid; assistance
救命 (gau3 meng6) — to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!
救國 (gau3 gwok3) — to save the nation
救場 (gau3 coeng4) — to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)
救場如救火 (gau3 coeng4 jyu4 gau3 fo2) — the show must go on (idiom)
救市 (gau3 si5) — market rescue (by central bank)
救急不救窮 (gau3 gap1 bat1 gau3 kung4) — help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
救恩 (gau3 jan1) — salvation
救恩計劃 (gau3 jan1 gai3 waak6) — plan of salvation
救援 (gau3 wun4) — to save; to support; to help; to assist
救援隊 (gau3 wun4 deoi2) — rescue team
救撈局 (gau3 laau4 guk6) — sea rescue service; lifeboat service
救星 (gau3 sing1) — savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
救死扶傷 (gau3 sei2 fu4 soeng1) — to help the dying and heal the injured
救治 (gau3 zi6) — to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
救活 (gau3 wut6) — to bring back to life
救濟 (gau3 zai3) — emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
救濟糧 (gau3 zai3 loeng4) — relief grain; emergency provisions
救火 (gau3 fo2) — to put out a fire; firefighting
救災 (gau3 zoi1) — to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims
救災款 (gau3 zoi1 fun2) — disaster relief funds
救生 (gau3 sang1) — to save a life; life-saving
救生圈 (gau3 sang1 hyun1) — life buoy; life belt; (jocular) flab; spare tire
救生筏 (gau3 sang1 fat6) — a life raft
救生船 (gau3 sang1 syun4) — lifeboat
救生艇 (gau3 sang1 teng5) — lifeboat
救生艇甲板 (gau3 sang1 teng5 gaap3 baan2) — boat deck (deck where lifeboats are stored)
救生衣 (gau3 sang1 ji1) — life jacket; life vest
救生隊 (gau3 sang1 deoi2) — rescue team
救護 (gau3 wu6) — to rescue; to administer first aid
救護人員 (gau3 wu6 jan4 jyun4) — rescue worker
救護車 (gau3 wu6 ce1) — ambulance
救贖 (gau3 suk6) — to redeem; redemption; salvation
救贖主 (gau3 suk6 zyu2) — Redeemer
敔 (jyu5) — percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip acro…
敕令 (cik1 ling6) — Imperial order or edict (old)
敕封 (cik1 fung1) — to appoint sb to a post or confer a title on sb by imperial order
敖廣 (ngou4 gwong2) — Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记…
敖德薩 (ngou4 dak1 saat3) — Odessa (city in Ukraine)
敖漢 (ngou4 hon3) — Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
敖漢旗 (ngou4 hon3 kei4) — Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
敖貝得 (ngou4 bui3 dak1) — Obed (name)
敖閏 (ngou4 jeon6) — Dragon King of the West Sea, Ao Run, also Ao Ji (敖吉)
敖順 (ngou4 seon6) — Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
敗仗 (baai6 zoeng3) — lost battle; defeat
敗光 (baai6 gwong1) — to squander one's fortune; to dissipate one's wealth
敗北 (baai6 bak1) — (literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
敗壞 (baai6 waai6) — to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
敗子 (baai6 zi2) — see 敗家子|败家子[bai4 jia1 zi3]
敗子回頭 (baai6 zi2 wui4 tau4) — return of the prodigal son
敗家子 (baai6 gaa1 zi2) — spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
敗局 (baai6 guk6) — lost game; losing battle
敗德 (baai6 dak1) — evil conduct
敗戰 (baai6 zin3) — to lose a war; fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
敗柳殘花 (baai6 lau5 caan4 faa1) — see 殘花敗柳|残花败柳[can2 hua1 bai4 liu3]
敗毒 (baai6 duk6) — (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat; to detoxify
敗火 (baai6 fo2) — relieve inflammation or internal heat
敗筆 (baai6 bat1) — a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
敗絮 (baai6 seoi5) — ruined; broken down; shabby
敗績 (baai6 zik1) — to be utterly defeated; to be routed
敗胃 (baai6 wai6) — (of food or medicine) to impair digestion; to suppress appetite; (fig.) (of som…
敗興 (baai6 hing3) — disappointed
敗落 (baai6 lok6) — (of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run…
敗血症 (baai6 hyut3 zing3) — septicaemia
敗訴 (baai6 sou3) — to lose a lawsuit
敗走 (baai6 zau2) — to run away (in defeat)
敗退 (baai6 teoi3) — to retreat in defeat
敗陣 (baai6 zan6) — to be defeated on the battlefield; to be beaten in a contest
敗露 (baai6 lou6) — (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
敗類 (baai6 leoi6) — scum of a community; degenerate
敘事 (zeoi6 si6) — to narrate; to recount; narrative
敘事詩 (zeoi6 si6 si1) — narrative poem
敘利亞 (zeoi6 lei6 aa3) — Syria
敘利亞文 (zeoi6 lei6 aa3 man4) — Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC); the Syriac script
敘拉古 (zeoi6 laai1 gu2) — Syracuse, Sicily; also written 錫拉庫薩|锡拉库萨[Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4]
敘文 (zeoi6 man4) — variant of 序文[xu4 wen2]
敘明 (zeoi6 ming4) — detailed accounting
敘永 (zeoi6 wing5) — see 敘永縣|叙永县[Xu4 yong3 Xian4]
敘永縣 (zeoi6 wing5 jyun6) — Xuyong, a county in Luzhou City 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan
敘舊 (zeoi6 gau6) — to reminisce; to talk about former times
敘言 (zeoi6 jin4) — variant of 序言[xu4 yan2]
敘談 (zeoi6 taam4) — to chat
敘述 (zeoi6 seot6) — to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narratio…
敘述性 (zeoi6 seot6 sing3) — narrative
教主 (gaau3 zyu2) — founder or leader of a religion or sect; (fig.) revered figure
教儀 (gaau3 ji4) — ordinance
教具 (gaau3 geoi6) — teaching aids; educational materials
教務 (gaau3 mou6) — educational administration
教務室 (gaau3 mou6 sat1) — school administration office
教務長 (gaau3 mou6 zoeng2) — provost
教化 (gaau3 faa3) — to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal)
教區 (gaau3 keoi1) — diocese; parish
教友 (gaau3 jau5) — church member
教友大會 (gaau3 jau5 daai6 wui2) — church conference
教友派 (gaau3 jau5 paai3) — the Society of Friends; the Quakers
教員 (gaau3 jyun4) — teacher; instructor
教唆 (gaau3 so1) — to instigate; to incite; to abet
教堂 (gaau3 tong2) — church; chapel
教堂墓地 (gaau3 tong4 mou6 dei6) — churchyard
教堂山 (gaau3 tong2 saan1) — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
教壞 (gaau3 waai6) — to misguide; to corrupt (sb)
教士 (gaau3 si6) — churchman; clergy
教子 (gaau3 zi2) — to educate one's children; godson
教學大綱 (gaau3 hok6 daai6 gong1) — course syllabus; class curriculum
教學樓 (gaau3 hok6 lau4) — school building; academic building
教學機構 (gaau3 hok6 gei1 kau3) — educational organization
教學法 (gaau3 hok6 faat3) — teaching method; pedagogy
教學相長 (gaau3 hok6 soeng1 coeng4) — when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
教安 (gaau3 on1) — teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher)
教宗 (gaau3 zung1) — pope
教官 (gaau3 gun1) — military instructor
教室 (gaau3 sat1) — classroom
教導 (gaau3 dou6) — to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
教師 (gaau3 si1) — teacher
教師節 (gaau3 si1 zit3) — Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th i…
教廷 (gaau3 ting4) — the Papacy; the Vatican; the Holy See
教廷大使 (gaau3 ting4 daai6 si3) — an ambassador of the church; an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
教徒 (gaau3 tou4) — disciple; follower of a religion
教授 (gaau3 sau6) — professor
教書匠 (gaau3 syu1 zoeng6) — teacher (usually humorous, self-deprecating or derogatory)
教本 (gaau3 bun2) — textbook
教材 (gaau3 coi4) — teaching material
教案 (gaau3 on3) — lesson plan; teaching plan; a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missi…
教條 (gaau3 tiu4) — doctrine; dogma; creed; dogmatic
教條主義 (gaau3 tiu4 zyu2 ji6) — dogmatism
教權 (gaau3 kyun4) — religious rule
教母 (gaau3 mou5) — godmother
教民 (gaau3 man4) — adherent to a religion; convert
教法 (gaau3 faat3) — teaching method; teachings; doctrine
教派 (gaau3 paai3) — sect
教父 (gaau3 fu6) — godfather
教理 (gaau3 lei5) — doctrine (religion)
教皇 (gaau3 wong4) — (Catholicism) pope; pontiff
教研室 (gaau3 jin4 sat1) — teaching and research office
教科文組織 (gaau3 fo1 man4 zou2 zik1) — UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
教科書 (gaau3 fo1 syu1) — textbook
教程 (gaau3 cing4) — course of instruction (often used in book titles); tutorial; instructional guide
教練 (gaau3 lin6) — to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位[wei4],名[ming2])
教練員 (gaau3 lin6 jyun4) — sports coach; training personnel
教練機 (gaau3 lin6 gei1) — trainer (aircraft)
教義 (gaau3 ji6) — creed; doctrine; teachings
教義和聖約 (gaau3 ji6 wo4 sing3 joek3) — Doctrine and Covenants
教職員 (gaau3 zik1 jyun4) — teaching and administrative staff
教職員工 (gaau3 zik1 jyun4 gung1) — teaching and administrative staff
教職工 (gaau3 zik1 gung1) — teaching and administrative staff
教育 (gaau3 juk6) — to educate; to teach; education
教育委員會 (gaau3 juk6 wai2 jyun4 wui2) — school board
教育學 (gaau3 juk6 hok6) — pedagogy
教育家 (gaau3 juk6 gaa1) — educationalist
教育工作者 (gaau3 juk6 gung1 zok3 ze2) — educator
教育性 (gaau3 juk6 sing3) — instructive; educational
教育界 (gaau3 juk6 gaai3) — academic world; academic circles; academia
教育背景 (gaau3 juk6 bui3 ging2) — educational background
教育部 (gaau3 juk6 bou6) — Ministry of Education
教育部長 (gaau3 juk6 bou6 zoeng2) — Minister of Education; Director of Education Department
教育電視 (gaau3 juk6 din6 si6) — Educational Television (Hong Kong)
教規 (gaau3 kwai1) — canon; religious rules
教訓 (gaau3 fan3) — to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson
教課 (gaau3 fo3) — to teach class; to lecture
教長 (gaau3 zoeng2) — dean; mullah; imam (Islam); see also 伊瑪目|伊玛目[yi1 ma3 mu4]
教鞭 (gaau3 bin1) — teacher's pointer
教頭 (gaau3 tau4) — sporting coach; military drill master (in Song times)
教養 (gaau3 joeng5) — to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture
敝屣 (bai6 saai2) — worn-out shoes; a worthless thing
敝屣尊榮 (bai6 saai2 zyun1 wing4) — to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
敝帚千金 (bai6 zau2 cin1 gam1) — lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I w…
敝帚自珍 (bai6 zau2 zi6 zan1) — to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is o…
敞亮 (cong2 loeng6) — bright and spacious
敞口 (cong2 hau2) — open-mouthed (jar etc); (of speech) freely; exposure (finance)
敞篷汽車 (cong2 pung4 hei3 ce1) — convertible (car)
敞篷車 (cong2 pung4 ce1) — a convertible; open-top car
敞車 (cong2 ce1) — open wagon; (railway) flatcar
敞開 (cong2 hoi1) — to open wide; unrestrictedly
敞開兒 (cong2 hoi1 ji4) — unrestrictedly
敢作敢為 (gam2 zok3 gam2 wai4) — (idiom) to stop at nothing; to dare to do anything
敢作敢當 (gam2 zok3 gam2 dong1) — variant of 敢做敢當|敢做敢当[gan3 zuo4 gan3 dang1]
敢做敢當 (gam2 zou6 gam2 dong1) — daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it; a true man h…
敢怒而不敢言 (gam2 nou6 ji4 bat1 gam2 jin4) — angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one'…
敢情 (gam2 cing4) — actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course
敢打敢衝 (gam2 daa2 gam2 cung1) — courageous and daring
敢於 (gam2 jyu1) — to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
敢死隊 (gam2 sei2 deoi2) — suicide squad; kamikaze unit
敢為 (gam2 wai4) — to dare to do
敢為人先 (gam2 wai4 jan4 sin1) — to dare to be first; to pioneer (idiom)
敢達 (gam2 daat6) — Gundam, Japanese animation franchise
散亡 (saan3 mong4) — dispersed and lost
散件 (saan2 gin2) — spare parts; odds and ends
散伙 (saan3 fo2) — variant of 散夥|散伙[san4 huo3]
散佈 (saan3 bou3) — to disseminate
散光 (saan2 gwong1) — astigmatism
散兵 (saan2 bing1) — loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; fig. a loner
散兵坑 (saan2 bing1 haang1) — foxhole (military)
散兵遊勇 (saan2 bing1 jau4 jung5) — lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated…
散出 (saan3 ceot1) — to spill out
散列 (saan2 lit6) — to hash; hashing (computing)
散劑 (saan2 zai1) — powder medicine
散匪 (saan2 fei2) — scattered bandits
散場 (saan3 coeng4) — (of a theater) to empty; (of a show) to end
散失 (saan2 sat1) — to squander; lost
散學 (saan3 hok6) — end of school
散射 (saan2 se6) — (physics) to scatter
散居 (saan2 geoi1) — (of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
散工 (saan2 gung1) — day labor; piece-time work
散席 (saan3 zik6) — end of a banquet
散座 (saan2 zo6) — single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw)
散座兒 (saan2 zo6 ji4) — erhua variant of 散座[san3 zuo4]; single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (…
散彈槍 (saan3 daan2 coeng1) — shotgun
散心 (saan3 sam1) — to drive away cares; to relieve boredom
散心解悶 (saan3 sam1 gaai2 mun6) — to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
散悶 (saan3 mun6) — to divert oneself from melancholy
散戲 (saan3 hei3) — end of a show
散戶 (saan2 wu6) — individual (shareholder); the small investor
散播 (saan3 bo3) — to spread; to disperse; to disseminate
散攤子 (saan2 taan1 zi2) — to break up; to disband
散文 (saan2 man4) — (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose…
散文詩 (saan2 man4 si1) — prose poem
散曲 (saan2 kuk1) — verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
散會 (saan3 wui2) — to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished
散束 (saan2 cuk1) — scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube); debunching
散板 (saan2 baan2) — to fall apart; opera section in free rhythm
散架 (saan2 gaa3) — to fall apart; exhaustion
散步 (saan3 bou6) — to take a walk; to go for a walk
散沙 (saan2 saa1) — scattered sand; fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
散漫 (saan2 maan6) — undisciplined; unorganized
散熱 (saan3 jit6) — to dissipate heat
散熱器 (saan3 jit6 hei3) — radiator (for heating a room); radiator (for cooling an engine)
散熱片 (saan3 jit6 pin2) — heat sink
散發 (saan3 faat3) — to distribute; to emit; to give off
散盡 (saan2 zeon6) — to be totally dispersed (crowd)
散碎 (saan2 seoi3) — in fragments
散粉 (saan2 fan2) — loose powder (makeup)
散職 (saan3 zik1) — sinecure
散腿褲 (saan2 teoi2 fu3) — loose-fitting pants; Chinese-style pants
散落 (saan3 lok6) — to disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle
散裝 (saan2 zong1) — loose goods; goods sold open; draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
散見 (saan2 gin3) — seen periodically
散記 (saan2 gei3) — random jottings; travel notes
散話 (saan2 waa6) — digression
散誕 (saan2 daan3) — free and unfettered
散逸 (saan3 jat6) — to disperse and escape; to dissipate
散逸層 (saan3 jat6 cang4) — exosphere
散錢 (saan2 cin2) — small sum of money; loose change; Cantonese equivalent of 零錢|零钱[ling2 qian2]
散開 (saan3 hoi1) — to separate; to disperse
散養 (saan2 joeng5) — free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
散體 (saan2 tai2) — free prose style
敦促 (deon1 cuk1) — to press; to urge; to hasten
敦刻爾克 (deon1 hak1 ji5 hak1) — Dunkirk, port in northern France
敦化 (deon1 faa3) — see 敦化市[Dun1 hua4 Shi4]
敦化市 (deon1 faa3 si5) — Dunhua, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边…
敦厚 (deon1 hau5) — genuine; honest and sincere
敦煌 (deon1 wong4) — see 敦煌市[Dun1 huang2 Shi4]
敦煌市 (deon1 wong4 si5) — Dunhuang, a county-level city in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu
敦煌石窟 (deon1 wong4 sek6 fat1) — Dunhuang caves in Gansu; refers to Mogao caves 莫高石窟[Mo4 gao1 shi2 ku1]
敦睦 (deon1 muk6) — to promote friendly relations
敬上 (ging3 soeng5) — yours truly; yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)
敬仰 (ging3 joeng5) — to revere; highly esteemed
敬佩 (ging3 pui3) — to esteem; to admire
敬備 (ging3 bei6) — to respectfully offer
敬告 (ging3 gou3) — to tell respectfully; to announce reverentially
敬啟 (ging3 kai2) — respectful closing to a letter
敬啟者 (ging3 kai2 ze2) — Dear Sirs; To Whom It May Concern
敬奉 (ging3 fung6) — to worship piously; to present; to dedicate
敬悉 (ging3 sik1) — (honorific) revered news; the most valuable information (in your recent letter,…
敬意 (ging3 ji3) — respect; esteem; high regard
敬愛 (ging3 oi3) — to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
敬拜 (ging3 baai3) — to worship
敬服 (ging3 fuk6) — deference; esteem; to admire
敬業 (ging3 jip6) — dedicated to one's work
敬業樂群 (ging3 jip6 lok6 kwan4) — diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with o…
敬煙 (ging3 jin1) — to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
敬畏 (ging3 wai3) — to revere
敬祝 (ging3 zuk1) — to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your hum…
敬神 (ging3 san4) — to respect a deity; to pray to a God
敬禮 (ging3 lai5) — to salute; salute
敬稱 (ging3 cing1) — to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...); respectful term of address; …
敬老 (ging3 lou5) — to respect the elderly
敬老尊賢 (ging3 lou5 zyun1 jin4) — to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the…
敬老席 (ging3 lou5 zik6) — priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
敬老院 (ging3 lou5 jyun2) — senior citizens' home; old folks' home
敬而遠之 (ging3 ji4 jyun6 zi1) — to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
敬若神明 (ging3 joek6 san4 ming4) — to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
敬茶 (ging3 caa4) — to serve tea (to guests)
敬虔 (ging3 kin4) — devout
敬詞 (ging3 ci4) — term of respect; polite expression
敬語 (ging3 jyu5) — honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
敬請 (ging3 cing2) — please (do sth) (deferential form)
敬謝不敏 (ging3 ze6 bat1 man5) — please excuse me for not complying; to politely decline
敬賀 (ging3 ho6) — to offer one's congratulations (formal)
敬賢禮士 (ging3 jin4 lai5 si6) — (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
敬贈 (ging3 zang6) — to present respectfully; with (sb's) compliments; complimentary
敬辭 (ging3 ci4) — term of respect; polite expression
敬酒不吃吃罰酒 (ging3 zau2 bat1 hek3 hek3 fat6 zau2) — lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to tu…
敬重 (ging3 zung6) — to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
敬鬼神而遠之 (ging3 gwai2 san4 ji4 jyun5 zi1) — to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful d…
敲中背 (haau1 zung1 bui3) — to receive oral sex from a prostitute
敲入 (haau1 jap6) — to key in; to input
敲喪鐘 (haau1 song1 zung1) — a knell
敲大背 (haau1 daai6 bui3) — to have sex with a prostitute
敲定 (haau1 ding6) — to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to na…
敲小背 (haau1 siu2 bui3) — to be masturbated by a prostitute
敲山震虎 (haau1 saan1 zan3 fu2) — a deliberate show of strength as a warning
敲打 (haau1 daa2) — to beat sb; to beat (a drum)
敲打鑼鼓 (haau1 daa2 lo4 gu2) — lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb; a provocation
敲擊 (haau1 gik1) — to pound; to rap
敲敲打打 (haau1 haau1 daa2 daa2) — to make a continual banging sound; (fig.) to provoke with words

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