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• 沿 (jyun4) — along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with b…
• 沿例 (jyun4 lai6) — following the model; according to precedent
• 沿兒 (jyun4 ji4) — edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿)
• 沿岸 (jyun4 ngon6) — coastal area; littoral or riparian
• 沿岸地區 (jyun4 ngon6 dei6 keoi1) — coastal area
• 沿條兒 (jyun4 tiu4 ji4) — tape seam (in dressmaking); tape trim
• 沿江 (jyun4 gong1) — along the river; the region around the river
• 沿河土家族自治縣 (jyun4 ho4 tou2 gaa1 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6) — Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizhou
• 沿河縣 (jyun4 ho4 jyun6) — see 沿河土家族自治縣|沿河土家族自治县[Yan2 he2 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 沿洄 (jyun4 wui4) — to go with the stream
• 沿海地區 (jyun4 hoi2 dei6 keoi1) — coastland; coastal areas
• 沿灘 (jyun4 taan1) — see 沿灘區|沿滩区[Yan2 tan1 Qu1]
• 沿灘區 (jyun4 taan1 keoi1) — Yantan, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan
• 沿用 (jyun4 jung6) — to continue to use (old methods); to apply as before; according to usage
• 沿線 (jyun4 sin3) — along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line
• 沿著 (jyun4 zoek6) — to go along; to follow
• 沿襲 (jyun4 zaap6) — to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc)
• 沿路 (jyun4 lou6) — along the way; on the way; area beside a road
• 沿途 (jyun4 tou4) — along the sides of the road; by the wayside
• 沿邊 (jyun4 bin1) — close to the border; along the border
• 沿邊兒 (jyun4 bin1 ji4) — to trim (border with braid, tape etc)
• 沿革 (jyun4 gaak3) — evolution of sth over time; course of development; history
• 況且 (fong3 ce2) — moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore
• 況味 (fong3 mei6) — circumstances; atmosphere; mood
• 泄出 (sit3 ceot1) — to leak out; to release (liquid or gas)
• 泄殖肛孔 (sit3 zik6 gong1 hung2) — (zoology) cloaca
• 泄漏天機 (sit3 lau6 tin1 gei1) — to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of …
• 泄瀉 (sit3 se3) — (TCM) to have diarrhea
• 泄露天機 (sit3 lou6 tin1 gei1) — to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of …
• 泅 (cau4) — to swim (bound form)
• 泅渡 (cau4 dou6) — to swim across
• 泉山 (cyun4 saan1) — see 泉山區|泉山区[Quan2 shan1 Qu1]
• 泉山區 (cyun4 saan1 keoi1) — Quanshan, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
• 泉州 (cyun4 zau1) — see 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4]
• 泉州市 (cyun4 zau1 si5) — Quanzhou, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
• 泉幣 (cyun4 bai6) — coin (archaic)
• 泉水 (cyun4 seoi2) — spring water
• 泉港 (cyun4 gong2) — see 泉港區|泉港区[Quan2 gang3 Qu1]
• 泉港區 (cyun4 gong2 keoi1) — Quangang, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
• 泉湧 (cyun4 jung2) — to gush
• 泉源 (cyun4 jyun4) — springhead; fountainhead; (fig.) source
• 泉眼 (cyun4 ngaan5) — mouth of a spring or fountain
• 泉石膏肓 (cyun4 sek6 gou1 fong1) — lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain…
• 泉華 (cyun4 waa4) — to sinter (metallurgy)
• 泉路 (cyun4 lou6) — netherworld
• 泊位 (paak3 wai2) — berth (for a ship); parking space (for a vehicle)
• 泊松 (bok6 cung4) — S.D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician; also pr. [Po1 song1]
• 泊松分佈 (bok6 cung4 fan1 bou3) — Poisson distribution (in statistics)
• 泊車 (paak3 ce1) — to park a vehicle
• 泊頭市 (bok6 tau4 si5) — Botou, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
• 泌乳 (bei3 jyu5) — lactation
• 泌尿 (bei3 niu6) — to urinate; urination; urinary
• 泌尿器 (bei3 niu6 hei3) — urinary tract; urinary organs
• 泌尿系統 (bei3 niu6 hai6 tung2) — urinary system
• 泌陽 (bat6 joeng4) — see 泌陽縣|泌阳县[Bi4 yang2 Xian4]
• 泌陽縣 (bat6 joeng4 jyun6) — Biyang, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan
• 泔水 (gam1 seoi2) — slop; swill
• 法事 (faat3 si6) — religious ceremony; ritual
• 法人 (faat3 jan4) — legal person; corporation; see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2]
• 法令 (faat3 ling6) — decree; ordinance
• 法克 (faat3 hak1) — fuck (loanword)
• 法兒 (faat3 ji4) — way; method; means; Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5]
• 法典 (faat3 din2) — legal code; statute
• 法利賽人 (faat3 lei6 coi3 jan4) — Pharisee
• 法制 (faat3 zai3) — legal system and institutions
• 法制日報 (faat3 zai3 jat6 bou3) — Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice
• 法則 (faat3 zak1) — law; rule; code
• 法力 (faat3 lik6) — magic power
• 法勒斯 (faat3 lak6 si1) — Perez (son of Judah)
• 法名 (faat3 ming4) — name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery); same as 法號|法号[fa3 ha…
• 法向力 (faat3 hoeng3 lik6) — normal force (physics)
• 法向量 (faat3 hoeng3 loeng6) — (math.) normal vector
• 法商 (faat3 soeng1) — "legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law an…
• 法國 (faat3 gwok3) — France
• 法國人 (faat3 gwok3 jan4) — Frenchman; French person
• 法國大革命 (faat3 gwok3 daai6 gaak3 ming6) — French Revolution (1789-1799)
• 法國航空 (faat3 gwok3 hong4 hung1) — Air France
• 法國航空公司 (faat3 gwok3 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1) — Air France
• 法國號 (faat3 gwok3 hou6) — French horn
• 法國長棍 (faat3 gwok3 coeng4 gwan3) — baguette
• 法國革命 (faat3 gwok3 gaak3 ming6) — French Revolution (1789)
• 法場 (faat3 coeng4) — execution ground
• 法塔赫 (faat3 taap3 haak1) — Fatah, Palestinian organization
• 法壓壺 (faat3 aat3 wu2) — French press; press pot
• 法外 (faat3 ngoi6) — outside the law; beyond the law; extrajudicial
• 法子 (faat3 zi2) — way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
• 法學 (faat3 hok6) — law; legal studies
• 法學博士 (faat3 hok6 bok3 si6) — Doctor of Laws; Legum Doctor
• 法學士 (faat3 hok6 si6) — Bachelor of Laws; Legum Baccalaureus
• 法學家 (faat3 hok6 gaa1) — jurist; member of the pre-Han legalist school
• 法學院 (faat3 hok6 jyun2) — law school
• 法官 (faat3 gun1) — judge (in court)
• 法定 (faat3 ding6) — statutory; law-based; legal
• 法定人數 (faat3 ding6 jan4 sou3) — quorum
• 法定貨幣 (faat3 ding6 fo3 bai6) — fiat currency
• 法家 (faat3 gaa1) — the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Wa…
• 法寶 (faat3 bou2) — Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; t…
• 法屬圭亞那 (faat3 suk6 gwai1 aa3 naa5) — French Guiana
• 法屬波利尼西亞 (faat3 suk6 bo1 lei6 nei4 sai1 aa3) — French Polynesia
• 法師 (faat3 si1) — one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
• 法幣 (faat3 bai6) — fiat currency (abbr. for 法定貨幣|法定货币[fa3 ding4 huo4 bi4]); fabi, fiat currency is…
• 法度 (faat3 dou6) — (a) law
• 法庫 (faat3 fu3) — see 法庫縣|法库县[Fa3 ku4 Xian4]
• 法庫縣 (faat3 fu3 jyun6) — Faku, a county in Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
• 法式 (faat3 sik1) — French-style
• 法拉 (faat3 laai1) — farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
• 法拉利 (faat3 laai1 lei6) — Ferrari, Italian luxury sports car manufacturer
• 法拉盛 (faat3 laai1 sing6) — Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, …
• 法拉第 (faat3 laai1 dai6) — Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist pro…
• 法文 (faat3 man4) — French language
• 法新社 (faat3 san1 se5) — Agence France Presse; AFP news agency
• 法會 (faat3 wui2) — (Buddhist) religious assembly
• 法服 (faat3 fuk6) — see 法衣[fa3 yi1]
• 法案 (faat3 on3) — bill; proposed law
• 法棍 (faat3 gwan3) — baguette (bread)
• 法槌 (faat3 ceoi4) — gavel
• 法治 (faat3 zi6) — rule of law; to rule by law
• 法海 (faat3 hoi2) — Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 s…
• 法源 (faat3 jyun4) — Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism); source of the law
• 法源寺 (faat3 jyun4 zi2) — Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
• 法爾卡什 (faat3 ji5 kaa1 sap6) — Farkas (Hungarian name)
• 法王 (faat3 wong4) — Sakyamuni
• 法理 (faat3 lei5) — legal principle; jurisprudence
• 法相宗 (faat3 soeng3 zung1) — Yogācāra school of Buddhism; Dharma-character school of Buddhism
• 法碼 (faat3 maa5) — variant of 砝碼|砝码[fa3 ma3]
• 法筵 (faat3 jin4) — the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Budd…
• 法紀 (faat3 gei2) — law and order; rules and discipline
• 法網 (faat3 mong5) — French Open (tennis tournament)
• 法網難逃 (faat3 mong5 naan4 tou4) — it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
• 法線 (faat3 sin3) — (geometry) normal line
• 法羅群島 (faat3 lo4 kwan4 dou2) — Faroe Islands
• 法老 (faat3 lou5) — pharaoh (loanword)
• 法耶德 (faat3 je4 dak1) — (name) Fayed; Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929–2023), Egyptian business magnate
• 法航 (faat3 hong4) — Air France
• 法茲魯拉 (faat3 zi1 lou5 laai1) — Maulana Fazlullah, Pakistan Taleban leader
• 法華經 (faat3 waa4 ging1) — The Lotus Sutra
• 法蒂瑪 (faat3 dai3 maa5) — Fatimah (name)
• 法蘭 (faat3 laan4) — flange (loanword)
• 法蘭克 (faat3 laan4 hak1) — the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over Fra…
• 法蘭克林 (faat3 laan4 hak1 lam4) — Franklin (name); Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
• 法蘭克福 (faat3 laan4 hak1 fuk1) — Frankfurt, Germany
• 法蘭克福匯報 (faat3 laan4 hak1 fuk1 wui6 bou3) — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• 法蘭克福學派 (faat3 laan4 hak1 fuk1 hok6 paai3) — Frankfurt School
• 法蘭克福證券交易所 (faat3 laan4 hak1 fuk1 zing3 hyun3 gaau1 jik6 so2) — Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE)
• 法蘭德斯 (faat3 laan4 dak1 si1) — Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
• 法蘭斯 (faat3 laan4 si1) — France (phonetic transliteration)
• 法蘭絨 (faat3 laan4 jung2) — flannel (loanword); Taiwan pr. [fa4 lan2 rong2]
• 法蘭西 (faat3 laan4 sai1) — France
• 法蘭西斯 (faat3 laan4 sai1 si1) — Francis (name)
• 法蘭西體育場 (faat3 laan4 sai1 tai2 juk6 coeng4) — Stade de France
• 法號 (faat3 hou6) — name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery)
• 法術 (faat3 seot6) — magic
• 法衣 (faat3 ji1) — robe of a Buddhist priest; ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest; robe of a jud…
• 法製 (faat3 zai3) — made in France
• 法西斯 (faat3 sai1 si1) — fascist (loanword)
• 法西斯主義 (faat3 sai1 si1 zyu2 ji6) — fascism
• 法規 (faat3 kwai1) — legislation; statute
• 法語 (faat3 jyu5) — French (language)
• 法警 (faat3 ging2) — bailiff
• 法赫德 (faat3 haak1 dak1) — King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
• 法軍 (faat3 gwan1) — French army
• 法輪 (faat3 leon4) — (Buddhism) Dharma wheel – symbol of Buddhist teaching and its spread
• 法輪功 (faat3 leon4 gung1) — Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by t…
• 法輪大法 (faat3 leon4 daai6 faat3) — another name for 法輪功|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1]
• 法輪常轉 (faat3 leon4 soeng4 zyun2) — (Buddhism) may the Dharma wheel turn forever; may the Buddhist teaching continu…
• 法辦 (faat3 baan6) — to bring to justice; to punish according to the law
• 法郎 (faat3 long4) — franc
• 法醫 (faat3 ji1) — forensic pathologist; forensic doctor; medical examiner
• 法醫學 (faat3 ji1 hok6) — forensic medicine
• 法門 (faat3 mun4) — gate to enlightment (Buddhism); Buddhism; way; method; (old) south gate of a pa…
• 法院 (faat3 jyun2) — court of law; court
• 法院裁決 (faat3 jyun2 coi4 kyut3) — court ruling
• 法隆寺 (faat3 lung4 zi2) — Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the As…
• 法馬 (faat3 maa5) — variant of 砝碼|砝码[fa3 ma3]
• 法馬古斯塔 (faat3 maa5 gu2 si1 taap3) — Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus
• 法魯克 (faat3 lou5 hak1) — Farouk of Egypt (1920-1965), king of Egypt 1936-1952
• 泗水 (si3 seoi2) — Si River in Shandong
• 泗水縣 (si3 seoi2 jyun6) — Sishui, a county in Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong
• 泗洪 (si3 hung4) — see 泗洪縣|泗洪县[Si4 hong2 Xian4]
• 泗洪縣 (si3 hung4 jyun6) — Sihong, a county in Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4], Jiangsu
• 泗縣 (si3 jyun6) — Si County or Sixian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
• 泗陽 (si3 joeng4) — see 泗陽縣|泗阳县[Si4 yang2 Xian4]
• 泗陽縣 (si3 joeng4 jyun6) — Siyang, a county in Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4], Jiangsu
• 泚 (ci2) — clear; bright and brilliant
• 泛代數 (faan3 doi6 sou3) — universal algebra
• 泛光燈 (faan3 gwong1 dang1) — floodlight
• 泛函分析 (faan3 haam4 fan1 sik1) — (math.) functional analysis
• 泛大洋 (faan3 daai6 joeng4) — Panthalassis (geology)
• 泛大陸 (faan3 daai6 luk6) — Pangea (geology)
• 泛指 (faan3 zi2) — to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
• 泛民主派 (faan3 man4 zyu2 paai3) — pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
• 泛泛之交 (faan3 faan3 zi1 gaau1) — nodding acquaintance; slight familiarity
• 泛泛而談 (faan3 faan3 ji4 taam4) — to speak in general terms
• 泛濫 (faan3 laam6) — variant of 氾濫|泛滥[fan4 lan4]
• 泛濫成災 (faan3 laam6 sing4 zoi1) — lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
• 泛珠三角 (faan3 zyu1 saam1 gok3) — Pan-Pearl River delta; The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou an…
• 泛珠江三角 (faan3 zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3) — the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guang…
• 泛白 (faan3 baak6) — to be suffused with white; faded; bleached; to blanch
• 泛神論 (faan3 san4 leon6) — pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
• 泛稱 (faan3 cing1) — to refer broadly to; general term
• 泛紅 (faan3 hung4) — to blush; to redden; flushed
• 泛自然神論 (faan3 zi6 jin4 san4 leon6) — pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with …
• 泛舟 (faan3 zau1) — to go boating
• 泛讀 (faan3 duk6) — (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist; extensive reading
• 泛酸 (faan3 syun1) — pantothenic acid; vitamin B5; to surge up (of acid in the stomach)
• 泛音 (faan3 jam1) — (music) an overtone; a harmonic
• 泜 (zi1) — a river in Hebei province
• 泝源 (sou3 jyun4) — variant of 溯源[su4 yuan2]
• 泡吧 (pou5 baa1) — to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc); to go clubbing
• 泡妞 (paau3 nau2) — to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls
• 泡子 (paau1 zi2) — small lake; pond
• 泡影 (paau1 jing2) — (lit.) froth and shadows; (fig.) illusion; mirage
• 泡打粉 (paau1 daa2 fan2) — baking powder
• 泡桐 (paau1 tung4) — Paulownia (genus)
• 泡椒 (paau3 ziu1) — pickled pepper
• 泡水 (paau3 seoi2) — to infuse; to soak in water
• 泡沫 (pou5 mut6) — foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble
• 泡沫經濟 (pou5 mut6 ging1 zai3) — bubble economy
• 泡泡 (pou5 pou5) — bubbles
• 泡泡口香糖 (pou5 pou5 hau2 hoeng1 tong2) — bubble-gum
• 泡泡浴 (pou5 pou5 juk6) — bubble bath
• 泡泡浴露 (pou5 pou5 juk6 lou6) — bubble bath lotion
• 泡泡糖 (pou5 pou5 tong2) — bubble gum
• 泡泡紗 (pou5 pou5 saa1) — seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)
• 泡湯 (paau3 tong1) — (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a …
• 泡溫泉 (paau3 wan1 cyun4) — to soak in a spa or hot spring
• 泡漩 (paau1 syun4) — eddy; whirlpool
• 泡澡 (paau3 cou3) — to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
• 泡病號 (paau3 beng6 hou6) — to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill; to malinger
• 泡罩塔 (pou5 zaau3 taap3) — distillation tower; bubble tower; plate column
• 泡腳 (paau3 goek3) — to soak the feet
• 泡芙 (paau1 fu1) — cream puff (loanword); profiterole
• 泡茶 (paau3 caa4) — to make tea
• 泡菜 (paau3 coi3) — pickled cabbage
• 泡蘑菇 (paau3 mo4 gu1) — to procrastinate; to shilly-shally and waste time
• 泡貨 (paau1 fo3) — light but bulky goods
• 泡飯 (paau3 faan6) — to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water
• 泡饃 (paau3 mo4) — meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
• 泡騰 (pou5 tang4) — to bubble; to fizz; to effervesce
• 泡麵 (paau3 min6) — instant noodles; (Tw) pirated software
• 波什格倫 (bo1 sap6 gaak3 leon4) — Porsgrunn (city in Telemark, Norway)
• 波來古 (bo1 loi4 gu2) — Pleiku, Vietnam
• 波光 (bo1 gwong1) — gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
• 波函數 (bo1 haam4 sou3) — wave function (in quantum mechanics)
• 波利尼西亞 (bo1 lei6 nei4 sai1 aa3) — Polynesia
• 波動 (bo1 dung6) — to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall
• 波動力學 (bo1 dung6 lik6 hok6) — wave mechanics (physics)
• 波動性 (bo1 dung6 sing3) — fluctuation
• 波及 (bo1 kap6) — to spread to; to involve; to affect
• 波哥大 (bo1 go1 daai6) — Bogota, capital of Colombia
• 波士尼亞 (bo1 si6 nei4 aa3) — Bosnia (Tw)
• 波士頓 (bo1 si6 deon2) — Boston, capital of Massachusetts
• 波士頓大學 (bo1 si6 deon2 daai6 hok6) — Boston University
• 波士頓紅襪 (bo1 si6 deon2 hung4 mat6) — Boston Red Sox (baseball) team
• 波多馬克河 (bo1 do1 maa5 hak1 ho4) — see 波托馬克河|波托马克河[Bo1 tuo1 ma3 ke4 He2]
• 波多黎各 (bo1 do1 lai4 gok3) — Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
• 波季 (bo1 gwai3) — Poti, port city in Georgia, on the coast of the Black Sea
• 波密 (bo1 mat6) — see 波密縣|波密县[Bo1 mi4 Xian4]
• 波密縣 (bo1 mat6 jyun6) — Bomê, a county in Nyingchi City 林芝市[Lin2 zhi1 Shi4], Tibet
• 波導 (bo1 dou6) — waveguide (electronics)
• 波峰 (bo1 fung1) — wave crest
• 波希米亞 (bo1 hei1 mai5 aa3) — variant of 波西米亞|波西米亚[Bo1 xi1 mi3 ya4]
• 波帶片 (bo1 daai3 pin3) — zone plate
• 波幅 (bo1 fuk1) — amplitude
• 波弗特海 (bo1 fat1 dak6 hoi2) — Beaufort Sea (off Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territory)
• 波形 (bo1 jing4) — wave form
• 波德 (bo1 dak1) — Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer
• 波德申 (bo1 dak1 san1) — Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)
• 波恩 (bo1 jan1) — Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
• 波恩大學 (bo1 jan1 daai6 hok6) — University of Bonn
• 波托馬克河 (bo1 tok3 maa5 hak1 ho4) — Potomac River
• 波折 (bo1 zit3) — twists and turns
• 波拉波拉島 (bo1 laai1 bo1 laai1 dou2) — Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
• 波拿巴 (bo1 naa4 baa1) — Bonaparte (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
• 波推 (bo1 teoi1) — see 胸推[xiong1 tui1]
• 波數 (bo1 sou3) — wave number (reciprocal of frequency)
• 波斑鴇 (bo1 baan1 bou2) — (bird species of China) MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
• 波斯 (bo1 si1) — Persia
• 波斯尼亞 (bo1 si1 nei4 aa3) — Bosnia
• 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那共和國 (bo1 si1 nei4 aa3 wo4 hak1 sak1 go1 wai4 naa5 gung6 wo4 gwok3) — Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the stat…
• 波斯尼亞語 (bo1 si1 nei4 aa3 jyu5) — Bosnian (language)
• 波斯教 (bo1 si1 gaau3) — Zoroastrianism
• 波斯普魯斯 (bo1 si1 pou2 lou5 si1) — Bosphorus
• 波斯普魯斯海峽 (bo1 si1 pou2 lou5 si1 hoi2 haap6) — the Bosphorus (strait)
• 波斯灣 (bo1 si1 waan1) — Persian Gulf
• 波斯語 (bo1 si1 jyu5) — Persian (language); Farsi
• 波斯貓 (bo1 si1 maau1) — Persian (cat)
• 波方程 (bo1 fong1 cing4) — wave equation (math. physics)
• 波旁 (bo1 pong4) — Bourbon
• 波昂 (bo1 ngong4) — Bonn, city in Germany (Tw)
• 波普藝術 (bo1 pou2 ngai6 seot6) — pop art (loanword)
• 波札那 (bo1 zaat3 naa5) — (Tw) Botswana
• 波束 (bo1 cuk1) — beam
• 波森莓 (bo1 sam1 mui4) — boysenberry (hybrid of raspberry and blackberry)
• 波段 (bo1 dyun6) — wave band
• 波江座 (bo1 gong1 zo6) — Eridanus (constellation)
• 波河 (bo1 ho4) — Po River, longest river in Italy
• 波波頭 (bo1 bo1 tau4) — bob (hairstyle)
• 波洛涅斯 (bo1 lok6 nip6 si1) — (name) Polonius; Shakespearean character, father of Ophelia, accidentally kille…
• 波浪 (bo1 long6) — wave
• 波濤 (bo1 tou4) — billows; great waves; surging waves
• 波瀾 (bo1 laan4) — billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
• 波瀾壯闊 (bo1 laan4 zong3 fut3) — surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale
• 波瀾老成 (bo1 laan4 lou5 sing4) — splendid and powerful (of story); majestic; awesome
• 波瀾起伏 (bo1 laan4 hei2 fuk6) — one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
• 波爾卡 (bo1 ji5 kaa1) — polka (dance) (loanword)
• 波爾多 (bo1 ji5 do1) — Bordeaux
• 波爾多液 (bo1 ji5 do1 jik6) — Bordeaux mixture
• 波爾布特 (bo1 ji5 bou3 dak6) — Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader
• 波特 (bo1 dak6) — (surname) Potter or Porter
• 波特蘭市 (bo1 dak6 laan4 si5) — Portland (city)
• 波特酒 (bo1 dak6 zau2) — Port wine
• 波狀 (bo1 zong6) — wave-shaped
• 波狀熱 (bo1 zong6 jit6) — undulant fever; brucellosis
• 波狀雲 (bo1 zong6 wan4) — undulatus
• 波粒二象性 (bo1 lap1 ji6 zoeng6 sing3) — wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics
• 波紋 (bo1 man4) — ripple; corrugation
• 波羅 (bo1 lo4) — Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo
• 波羅的海 (bo1 lo4 dik1 hoi2) — Baltic Sea
• 波羅蜜 (bo1 lo4 mat6) — variant of 菠蘿蜜|菠萝蜜[bo1 luo2 mi4]
• 波美度 (bo1 mei5 dou6) — Baume degrees
• 波美拉尼亞 (bo1 mei5 laai1 nei4 aa3) — Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea
• 波美比重計 (bo1 mei5 bei2 cung5 gai3) — Baume hydrometer
• 波義耳 (bo1 ji6 ji5) — Boyle (name); Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer c…
• 波茨坦 (bo1 ci4 taan2) — Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany
• 波茨坦公告 (bo1 ci4 taan2 gung1 gou3) — Potsdam Declaration
• 波茨坦會議 (bo1 ci4 taan2 wui6 ji5) — Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime …
• 波茲南 (bo1 zi1 naam4) — Poznan (city in Poland)
• 波茲坦 (bo1 zi1 taan2) — Potsdam, Germany
• 波茲曼 (bo1 zi1 maan6) — Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
• 波萊羅 (bo1 loi4 lo4) — bolero (dance) (loanword)
• 波蕩 (bo1 dong6) — heave; surge
• 波蘭 (bo1 laan4) — Poland
• 波蘭斯基 (bo1 laan4 si1 gei1) — Polanski (name)
• 波蘭語 (bo1 laan4 jyu5) — Polish (language)
• 波西米亞 (bo1 sai1 mai5 aa3) — Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe; bohemian (i.e. artistic and uncon…
• 波語 (bo1 jyu5) — Polish language
• 波譜 (bo1 pou2) — spectrum
• 波谷 (bo1 guk1) — trough
• 波速 (bo1 cuk1) — wave velocity
• 波長 (bo1 coeng4) — wavelength
• 波阿斯 (bo1 aa3 si1) — Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
• 波阿次 (bo1 aa3 ci3) — Boaz (name)
• 波隆那 (bo1 lung4 naa5) — Bologna, city in Northern Italy
• 波霎 (bo1 saap3) — (astronomy) pulsar
• 波霸 (bo1 baa3) — (slang) (loanword) big boobs; big-breasted; (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 …
• 波霸奶茶 (bo1 baa3 naai5 caa4) — bubble milk tea (Tw); Boba milk tea; tapioca milk tea; see also 珍珠奶茶[zhen1 zhu1…
• 波面 (bo1 min6) — wave front
• 波音 (bo1 jam1) — Boeing (aerospace company)
• 波鴻 (bo1 hung4) — Bochum (city in Germany)
• 波黑 (bo1 hak1) — Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbr. for 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[Bo1 si1 ni2 ya4 he2 Hei…
• 泣諫 (jap1 gaan3) — to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
• 泥刀 (nai4 dou1) — trowel
• 泥古 (nai4 gu2) — stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative
• 泥古不化 (nai4 gu2 bat1 faa3) — conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
• 泥土 (nai4 tou2) — earth; soil; mud; clay
• 泥坑 (nai4 haang1) — mud pit; mire; morass
• 泥垢 (nai4 gau3) — dirt; grime
• 泥塑 (nai4 sou3) — clay modeling; clay figurine or statue
• 泥子 (nai4 zi2) — putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
• 泥孩 (nai4 haai4) — clay doll
• 泥守 (nai4 sau2) — stubborn and conservative
• 泥封 (nai4 fung1) — to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute; lute; luting
• 泥岩 (nai4 ngaam4) — mudstone; shale
• 泥工 (nai4 gung1) — mason; masonry work
• 泥水匠 (nai4 seoi2 zoeng6) — mason
• 泥沙 (nai4 saa1) — silt
• 泥沙俱下 (nai4 saa1 keoi1 haa6) — mud and sand flow together (idiom); good and bad mingle
• 泥沼 (nai4 ziu2) — swamp
• 泥淖 (nai4 naau6) — mud; muddy swamp; sump; fig. a sticky predicament
• 泥漿 (nai4 zoeng1) — slurry; mud
• 泥潭 (nai4 taam4) — quagmire
• 泥濘 (nai4 ning6) — muddy; mud
• 泥灰 (nai4 fui1) — lime plaster (construction)
• 泥炭 (nai4 taan3) — peat
• 泥炭蘚 (nai4 taan3 sin2) — matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
• 泥煤 (nai4 mui4) — peat
• 泥牛入海 (nai4 ngau4 jap6 hoi2) — lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of return…
• 泥瓦匠 (nai4 ngaa5 zoeng6) — bricklayer; tiler; mason
• 泥盆紀 (nai4 pun4 gei2) — Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
• 泥石流 (nai4 sek6 lau4) — landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide
• 泥胎 (nai4 toi1) — clay idol
• 泥腿 (nai4 teoi2) — peasant; yokel
• 泥腿子 (nai4 teoi2 zi2) — peasant; yokel
• 泥菩薩 (nai4 pou4 saat3) — clay Bodhisattva
• 泥質 (nai4 zat1) — muddy
• 泥質岩 (nai4 zat1 ngaam4) — mudstone (geology)
• 泥質頁岩 (nai4 zat1 jip6 ngaam4) — mudstone
• 泥醉 (nai4 zeoi3) — blind drunk; drunk as drunk can be
• 泥金 (nai4 gam1) — to gild; gilt
• 泥鏟 (nai4 caan2) — trowel
• 泥鰍 (nai4 cau1) — loach; mud fish
• 注入 (zyu3 jap6) — to pour into; to empty into
• 注冊人 (zyu3 caak3 jan4) — registrant
• 注冊表 (zyu3 caak3 biu2) — Windows registry
• 注塑 (zyu3 sou3) — injection molding
• 注射 (zyu3 se6) — injection; to inject
• 注射劑 (zyu3 se6 zai1) — injection; shot
• 注射器 (zyu3 se6 hei3) — syringe
• 注射針 (zyu3 se6 zam1) — needle; hypodermic needle
• 注射針頭 (zyu3 se6 zam1 tau4) — see 注射針|注射针[zhu4 she4 zhen1]
• 注念 (zyu3 nim6) — (literary) to ponder
• 注意 (zyu3 ji3) — to take note of; to pay attention to
• 注意力 (zyu3 ji3 lik6) — attention
• 注意力不足過動症 (zyu3 ji3 lik6 bat1 zuk1 gwo3 dung6 zing3) — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 注意力缺失症 (zyu3 ji3 lik6 kyut3 sat1 zing3) — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 注意力缺陷過動症 (zyu3 ji3 lik6 kyut3 haam6 gwo3 dung6 zing3) — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 注明 (zyu3 ming4) — to clearly indicate
• 注水 (zyu3 seoi2) — to pour water into; to inject water into
• 注目 (zyu3 muk6) — attention; to stare at; to fix attention on sth
• 注資 (zyu3 zi1) — to inject funds; to put money into (the market)
• 注釋 (zyu3 sik1) — to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
• 注重 (zyu3 zung6) — to pay attention to; to emphasize
• 注音 (zyu3 jam1) — to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo et…
• 注音一式 (zyu3 jam1 jat1 sik1) — Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1; Bopomofo; abbr. for 國語注音符號第一式|国语注音符号第一式[Guo2 yu3 z…
• 注音符號 (zyu3 jam1 fu4 hou6) — Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Tai…
• 泯沒 (man5 mut6) — to sink into oblivion; to be lost to memory; to vanish
• 泯滅 (man5 mit6) — to obliterate; to die out; to disappear
• 泰來 (taai3 loi4) — see 泰來縣|泰来县[Tai4 lai2 Xian4]
• 泰來縣 (taai3 loi4 jyun6) — Tailai, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
• 泰加林 (taai3 gaa1 lam4) — taiga (loanword)
• 泰勒 (taai3 lak6) — Taylor (name)
• 泰半 (taai3 bun3) — more than half; a majority; most; mostly
• 泰和 (taai3 wo4) — see 泰和縣|泰和县[Tai4 he2 Xian4]
• 泰和縣 (taai3 wo4 jyun6) — Taihe, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi
• 泰國 (taai3 gwok3) — Thailand
• 泰坦 (taai3 taan2) — Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc)
• 泰坦尼克號 (taai3 taan2 nei4 hak1 hou6) — RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
• 泰姬瑪哈陵 (taai3 gei1 maa5 haa1 ling4) — Taj Mahal; abbr. to 泰姬陵[Tai4 ji1 ling2]
• 泰姬陵 (taai3 gei1 ling4) — Taj Mahal (mausoleum in India)
• 泰安 (taai3 on1) — see 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4]
• 泰安市 (taai3 on1 si5) — Tai'an, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
• 泰安縣 (taai3 on1 jyun6) — Tai'an county in Shandong
• 泰寧 (taai3 ning4) — see 泰寧縣|泰宁县[Tai4 ning2 Xian4]
• 泰寧縣 (taai3 ning4 jyun6) — Taining, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian
• 泰山北斗 (taai3 saan1 bak1 dau2) — (lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom); (fig.) an outstanding figure in on…
• 泰山區 (taai3 saan1 keoi1) — Taishan, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
• 泰山鴻毛 (taai3 saan1 hung4 mou4) — as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
• 泰州 (taai3 zau1) — see 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 Shi4]
• 泰州市 (taai3 zau1 si5) — Taizhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
• 泰式 (taai3 sik1) — Thai-style (of food, massage etc)
• 泰戈爾 (taai3 gwo1 ji5) — Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
• 泰拳 (taai3 kyun4) — Muay Thai - "Thai fist" - Martial Art
• 泰文 (taai3 man4) — Thai (language)
• 泰斗 (taai3 dau2) — abbr. for 泰山北斗[Tai4 shan1 Bei3 dou3]
• 泰晤士 (taai3 ng6 si6) — the Times (newspaper); River Thames, through London
• 泰晤士報 (taai3 ng6 si6 bou3) — Times (newspaper)
• 泰晤士河 (taai3 ng6 si6 ho4) — River Thames
• 泰東 (taai3 dung1) — the Far East; East Asia
• 泰格爾 (taai3 gaak3 ji5) — Tegel (name); Tiger (name)
• 泰然 (taai3 jin4) — calm; self-composed
• 泰然自若 (taai3 jin4 zi6 joek6) — cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves; perfectly composed
• 泰爾 (taai3 ji5) — Tyre (city in Lebanon)
• 泰瑟 (taai3 sat1) — Taser (electroshock weapon)
• 泰瑟槍 (taai3 sat1 coeng1) — Taser (electroshock weapon)
• 泰瑟爾島 (taai3 sat1 ji5 dou2) — Texel island, Netherlands
• 泰盧固語 (taai3 lou4 gu3 jyu5) — Telugu or Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India
• 泰米爾 (taai3 mai5 ji5) — Tamil
• 泰米爾伊拉姆猛虎解放組織 (taai3 mai5 ji5 ji1 laai1 mou5 maang5 fu2 gaai2 fong3 zou2 zik1) — Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
• 泰米爾猛虎組織 (taai3 mai5 ji5 maang5 fu2 zou2 zik1) — Tamil Tigers
• 泰米爾納德 (taai3 mai5 ji5 naap6 dak1) — Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]; formerly …
• 泰米爾納德邦 (taai3 mai5 ji5 naap6 dak1 bong1) — Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]; formerly …
• 泰米爾語 (taai3 mai5 ji5 jyu5) — Tamil language
• 泰縣 (taai3 jyun6) — Tai county in Jiangsu
• 泰興 (taai3 hing1) — see 泰興市|泰兴市[Tai4 xing1 Shi4]
• 泰興市 (taai3 hing1 si5) — Taixing, a county-level city in Taizhou City 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
• 泰華 (taai3 waa4) — Mt Tai 泰山 and Mt Hua 華山|华山; another name for Mt Hua
• 泰西 (taai3 sai1) — (old) the West; the Occident
• 泰西大儒 (taai3 sai1 daai6 jyu4) — Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)
• 泰語 (taai3 jyu5) — Thai (language)
• 泰迪熊 (taai3 dik6 hung4) — (loanword) teddy bear
• 泰達 (taai3 daat6) — TEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area)
• 泰銖 (taai3 zyu1) — Thai baht
• 泰雅族 (taai3 ngaa5 zuk6) — Atayal or Tayal, one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Taiwan
• 泰順 (taai3 seon6) — see 泰順縣|泰顺县[Tai4 shun4 Xian4]
• 泰順縣 (taai3 seon6 jyun6) — Taishun, a county in Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
• 泱泱 (joeng1 joeng1) — grand; magnificent; vast
• 泳 (wing6) — swimming; to swim
• 泳兒 (wing6 ji4) — Vincy Chan, Hong Kong female singer
• 泳帽 (wing6 mou2) — swimming cap
• 泳衣 (wing6 ji1) — swimsuit; bathing suit
• 泳裝 (wing6 zong1) — swimsuit
• 泳褲 (wing6 fu3) — swim trunks
• 泳鏡 (wing6 geng3) — swimming goggles
• 泵 (bam1) — pump (loanword)
• 泵柄 (bam1 beng3) — pump handle
• 泵浦 (bam1 pou2) — pump (loanword)
• 泵燈 (bam1 dang1) — lamp; turn signal
• 泵站 (bam1 zaam6) — pumping station
• 洄游 (wui4 jau4) — (of fish) to migrate
• 洇濕 (jan1 sap1) — to soak
• 洋中脊 (joeng4 zung1 zek3) — mid-ocean ridge (geology)
• 洋人 (joeng4 jan4) — foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
• 洋務 (joeng4 mou6) — foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
• 洋務學堂 (joeng4 mou6 hok6 tong4) — college of Western learning in late Qing
• 洋務派 (joeng4 mou6 paai3) — the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
• 洋務運動 (joeng4 mou6 wan6 dung6) — Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also name…
• 洋化 (joeng4 faa3) — to Westernize
• 洋味 (joeng4 mei6) — Western taste; Western style
• 洋員 (joeng4 jyun4) — Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)

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