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產鉗 (caan2 kim4) — obstetric forceps
產銷 (caan2 siu1) — production and sales; production and marketing
產院 (caan2 jyun2) — maternity hospital
甥 (sang1) — (bound form) sister's son; nephew
甦醒 (sou1 sing2) — to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
用不了 (jung6 bat1 liu5) — to not use all of; to use less than
用不著 (jung6 bat1 zoek6) — not need; have no use for
用人 (jung6 jan4) — servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
用人經費 (jung6 jan4 ging1 fai3) — personnel expenditure (accountancy)
用以 (jung6 ji5) — in order to; so as to
用作 (jung6 zok3) — to use for the purpose of; to serve as
用來 (jung6 loi4) — to be used for
用光 (jung6 gwong1) — out of (supply); spent; exhausted (used up); depleted
用具 (jung6 geoi6) — appliance; utensil; gear; equipment
用力 (jung6 lik6) — to exert oneself physically
用功 (jung6 gung1) — diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort
用命 (jung6 ming6) — to follow orders; to abide by; to obey
用場 (jung6 coeng4) — use; application
用字 (jung6 zi6) — to use letters; to use words; diction
用完 (jung6 jyun4) — used up; finished
用度 (jung6 dou6) — expense
用得上 (jung6 dak1 soeng5) — needed; to come in useful
用得其所 (jung6 dak1 kei4 so2) — used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its …
用得著 (jung6 dak1 zoek6) — to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary …
用心良苦 (jung6 sam1 loeng4 fu2) — to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
用意 (jung6 ji3) — intention; purpose
用戶 (jung6 wu6) — user; consumer; subscriber; customer
用戶創造內容 (jung6 wu6 cong3 zou6 noi6 jung4) — user-generated content (of a website)
用戶名 (jung6 wu6 meng2) — username; user ID
用戶界面 (jung6 wu6 gaai3 min2) — user interface
用戶端設備 (jung6 wu6 dyun1 cit3 bei6) — customer premise equipment; CPE
用戶線 (jung6 wu6 sin3) — subscriber line
用料 (jung6 liu2) — ingredients; material
用武之地 (jung6 mou5 zi1 dei6) — ample scope for abilities; favorable position for the use of one's skills (idio…
用法 (jung6 faat3) — usage
用盡 (jung6 zeon6) — to exhaust; to use up completely
用盡心機 (jung6 zeon6 sam1 gei1) — to tax one's ingenuity
用膳 (jung6 sin6) — to dine
用計 (jung6 gai3) — to employ a stratagem
用詞 (jung6 ci4) — usage (of a term); wording; phrasing
用語 (jung6 jyu5) — choice of words; wording; phraseology; term
用量 (jung6 loeng6) — quantity used; usage; consumption; dose
用錢 (jung6 cin2) — variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4 qian5]
用間 (jung6 gaan3) — using spies
用項 (jung6 hong6) — items of expenditure; expenditures
用飯 (jung6 faan6) — to eat; to have a meal
用餐 (jung6 caan1) — to eat a meal
甩上 (lat1 soeng5) — to slam (a door); to fling up; to splash up
甩動 (lat1 dung6) — to shake; to fling one's arm; to lash; to swing
甩包袱 (lat1 baau1 fuk6) — lit. to fling off a bundle; fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth; to wa…
甩尾 (lat1 mei5) — drifting (motorsport)
甩手 (lat1 sau2) — to swing one's arms; to wash one's hands of sth
甩手掌櫃 (lat1 sau2 zoeng2 gwai2) — lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing …
甩手頓腳 (lat1 sau2 deon6 goek3) — to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
甩掉 (lat1 diu6) — to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump
甩臉子 (lat1 lim5 zi2) — to grimace with displeasure; to pull a long face
甩袖子 (lat1 zau6 zi2) — to swing one's sleeve (in anger)
甩賣 (lat1 maai6) — to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
甩車 (lat1 ce1) — to uncouple (wagons or trucks from a train)
甩遠 (lat1 jyun5) — to cast far from oneself; to leave sb far behind; to outdistance
甩開 (lat1 hoi1) — to shake off; to get rid of
甩開膀子 (lat1 hoi1 bong2 zi2) — to throw off inhibitions; to go all out
甩頭 (lat1 tau4) — to fling back one's head
甪 (luk6) — surname Lu; place name
甪端 (luk6 dyun1) — Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth
甬江 (jung2 gong1) — Yong River in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1]
甬路 (jung2 lou6) — paved path
甬道 (jung2 dou6) — walled-in path; paved pathway; canopied passageway; corridor; tunnel
田七 (tin4 cat1) — pseudo-ginseng; radix notoginseng
田中 (tin4 zung1) — Tanaka (Japanese surname)
田中角榮 (tin4 zung1 gok3 wing4) — Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
田亮 (tin4 loeng6) — Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
田園 (tin4 jyun4) — fields; countryside; rural; bucolic
田土 (tin4 tou2) — farmland
田埂 (tin4 gang2) — embankment between fields
田家庵 (tin4 gaa1 am1) — see 田家庵區|田家庵区[Tian2 jia1 an1 Qu1]
田家庵區 (tin4 gaa1 am1 keoi1) — Tianjia'an, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui
田役 (tin4 jik6) — farm work
田徑 (tin4 ging3) — track and field (athletics)
田徑賽 (tin4 ging3 coi3) — track and field competition
田徑運動 (tin4 ging3 wan6 dung6) — track and field sports
田忌賽馬 (tin4 gei6 coi3 maa5) — Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (id…
田文 (tin4 man4) — birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring …
田東 (tin4 dung1) — see 田東縣|田东县[Tian2 dong1 Xian4]
田東縣 (tin4 dung1 jyun6) — Tiandong, a county in Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi
田林 (tin4 lam4) — see 田林縣|田林县[Tian2 lin2 Xian4]
田林縣 (tin4 lam4 jyun6) — Tianlin, a county in Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi
田格本 (tin4 gaak3 bun2) — exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a g…
田漢 (tin4 hon3) — Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of t…
田灣 (tin4 waan1) — Tianwan in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, site of large nuclear power plant
田獵 (tin4 lip6) — to hunt
田產 (tin4 caan2) — estate; lands
田畝 (tin4 mau5) — field
田納西 (tin4 naap6 sai1) — Tennessee
田納西州 (tin4 naap6 sai1 zau1) — Tennessee
田舍 (tin4 se3) — farmhouse
田螺 (tin4 lo2) — river snail
田賦 (tin4 fu3) — land tax
田賽 (tin4 coi3) — field events (athletics competition)
田野 (tin4 je5) — field; open land
田長霖 (tin4 coeng4 lam4) — Chang-lin Tien (1935–2002), Chinese-American professor, chancellor of the Unive…
田間 (tin4 gaan1) — field; farm; farming area; village
田間管理 (tin4 gaan1 gun2 lei5) — land management
田陌 (tin4 mak6) — path between fields; fields
田陽 (tin4 joeng4) — see 田陽區|田阳区[Tian2 yang2 Qu1]
田雞 (tin4 gai1) — frog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
田鵐 (tin4 mou4) — (bird species of China) rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica)
田鶇 (tin4 dung1) — (bird species of China) fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
田鷚 (tin4 lau6) — (bird species of China) Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi)
田鼠 (tin4 syu2) — vole
由來 (jau4 loi4) — origin
由徑 (jau4 ging3) — to follow a narrow path
由憐生愛 (jau4 lin4 sang1 oi3) — to develop love for sb out of pity for them
由於 (jau4 jyu1) — due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
由旬 (jau4 ceon4) — yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
由此 (jau4 ci2) — hereby; from this
由此可見 (jau4 ci2 ho2 gin3) — from this, it can be seen that...
由盛轉衰 (jau4 sing6 zyun2 seoi1) — from prosperity to decline; at its peak before the decline
由著 (jau4 zoek6) — let (one) have his way; as (one) pleases; at (one's) will
由表及裡 (jau4 biu2 kap6 leoi5) — to proceed from the outside to the inside; to see the essence merely by looking…
由衷 (jau4 cung1) — heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
由頭 (jau4 tau4) — pretext; excuse; justification; reason
甲乙 (gaap3 jyut3) — first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
甲二醇 (gaap3 ji6 seon4) — methylene glycol
甲亢 (gaap3 gong1) — hyperthyroidism (abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进[jia3 zhuang4 xian4 gong1 neng2 kang4…
甲冑 (gaap3 zau6) — variant of 甲胄[jia3 zhou4]
甲午 (gaap3 ng5) — thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
甲午戰爭 (gaap3 ng5 zin3 zang1) — First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
甲型 (gaap3 jing4) — type A; type I; alpha-
甲型球蛋白 (gaap3 jing4 kau4 daan2 baak6) — alpha globulin; alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
甲型肝炎 (gaap3 jing4 gon1 jim4) — hepatitis A
甲基 (gaap3 gei1) — methyl group (chemistry)
甲基安非他命 (gaap3 gei1 on1 fei1 taa1 ming6) — methamphetamine
甲基苯丙胺 (gaap3 gei1 bun2 bing2 on1) — methamphetamine
甲子 (gaap3 zi2) — first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the…
甲寅 (gaap3 jan4) — 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
甲戌 (gaap3 seot1) — eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
甲方 (gaap3 fong1) — party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方[yi3 fang1], party B)
甲板 (gaap3 baan2) — deck (of a ship or boat)
甲殼 (gaap3 hok3) — carapace; crust; outer shell; also pr. [jia3 ke2]
甲殼動物 (gaap3 hok3 dung6 mat6) — crustacean
甲殼素 (gaap3 hok3 sou3) — chitin
甲殼蟲 (gaap3 hok3 cung4) — the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
甲殼蟲類 (gaap3 hok3 cung4 leoi6) — insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
甲殼類 (gaap3 hok3 leoi6) — crustacean
甲氧基 (gaap3 joeng5 gei1) — methoxy (chemistry)
甲氧西林 (gaap3 joeng5 sai1 lam4) — methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
甲氨基 (gaap3 on1 gei1) — methyalamino group
甲流 (gaap3 lau4) — type A influenza (abbr. for 甲型流感[jia3 xing2 liu2 gan3]); (in the context of the…
甲溝炎 (gaap3 kau1 jim4) — paronychia (medicine)
甲烷 (gaap3 jyun4) — methane CH4
甲狀腺 (gaap3 zong6 sin3) — (anatomy) thyroid gland
甲狀腺功能亢進 (gaap3 zong6 sin3 gung1 nang4 gong1 zeon3) — hyperthyroidism
甲狀腺素 (gaap3 zong6 sin3 sou3) — thyroid hormone; thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
甲狀腺腫 (gaap3 zong6 sin3 zung2) — goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
甲申 (gaap3 san1) — 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
甲申政變 (gaap3 san1 zing3 bin3) — unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against cons…
甲硝唑 (gaap3 siu1 zo6) — metronidazole (antibacterial agent); Flagyl (trade name)
甲硫氨酸 (gaap3 lau4 on1 syun1) — methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
甲磺磷定 (gaap3 wong4 leon4 ding6) — pralidoxime mesylate
甲第 (gaap3 dai6) — residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations
甲等 (gaap3 dang2) — grade A; first-class
甲級 (gaap3 kap1) — first rate; top class; excellent
甲級戰犯 (gaap3 kap1 zin3 faan2) — a grade A war criminal
甲紫 (gaap3 zi2) — gentian violet
甲肝 (gaap3 gon1) — hepatitis A
甲胄 (gaap3 zau6) — armor
甲胺 (gaap3 on1) — (chemistry) methylamine
甲胺磷 (gaap3 on1 leon4) — methamidophos (chemistry)
甲苯 (gaap3 bun2) — toluene C6H5CH3; methylbenzene
甲蟲車 (gaap3 cung4 ce1) — Volkswagen Beetle
甲辰 (gaap3 san4) — 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
甲酚 (gaap3 fan1) — cresol (chemistry)
甲酸 (gaap3 syun1) — formylic acid (HCOOH); formic acid; methanoic acid
甲醇 (gaap3 seon4) — methyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH; wood alcohol; wood spirit
甲醚 (gaap3 mai4) — methyl ether CH3OCH3
甲醛 (gaap3 cyun4) — formaldehyde (HCHO)
甲鎧 (gaap3 hoi2) — armor
甲骨 (gaap3 gwat1) — tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1…
甲骨文 (gaap3 gwat1 man4) — oracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
甲骨文字 (gaap3 gwat1 man4 zi6) — oracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
甲魚 (gaap3 jyu2) — softshell turtle
申不害 (san1 bat1 hoi6) — Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
申令 (san1 ling6) — an order; a command
申冤 (san1 jyun1) — to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance
申命記 (san1 ming6 gei3) — Book of Deuteronomy; Fifth Book of Moses
申城 (san1 sing4) — alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; alternative name for Xinyang Cit…
申報 (san1 bou3) — to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs)
申報單 (san1 bou3 daan1) — declaration form
申奏 (san1 zau3) — to present (a document); to submit (a petition)
申屠 (san1 tou4) — two-character surname Shentu
申扎 (san1 zaat3) — see 申扎縣|申扎县[Shen1 zha1 Xian4]
申扎縣 (san1 zaat3 jyun6) — Xainza, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet
申斥 (san1 cik1) — to rebuke; to blame; to denounce
申明 (san1 ming4) — to declare; to aver; to state formally
申時 (san1 si4) — 3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
申曲 (san1 kuk1) — Shanghai opera; same as 滬劇|沪剧
申根 (san1 gan1) — Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement t…
申狀 (san1 zong6) — to present (a document); to submit (a petition)
申猴 (san1 hau4) — Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
申理 (san1 lei5) — to right a wrong; to seek justice
申申 (san1 san1) — cozy and comfortable; to repeat endlessly
申言 (san1 jin4) — to profess; to declare
申討 (san1 tou2) — to denounce
申訴 (san1 sou3) — to file a complaint; to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc)…
申訴書 (san1 sou3 syu1) — written appeal
申說 (san1 syut3) — to state; to assert
申請 (san1 cing2) — to apply for sth; application form (CL:份[fen4])
申請人 (san1 cing2 jan4) — applicant
申請書 (san1 cing2 syu1) — application; application form; petition (to higher authorities)
申請表 (san1 cing2 biu2) — application form
申論 (san1 leon6) — to give a detailed exposition; to state in detail
申謝 (san1 ze6) — to express gratitude; to thank
申購 (san1 gau3) — to ask to buy; to bid for purchase
申辦 (san1 baan6) — to apply for; to bid for
申辯 (san1 bin6) — to defend oneself; to rebut a charge
申述 (san1 seot6) — to state; to assert; to allege; to specify
申雪 (san1 syut3) — to right a wrong; to redress an injustice
申領 (san1 ling5) — to apply (for license, visa etc)
申飭 (san1 cik1) — to warn; to blame; to rebuke; also written 申斥
男中音 (naam4 zung1 jam1) — baritone
男人 (naam4 jan4) — a man; a male; men
男人婆 (naam4 jan4 po4) — tomboy
男人膝下有黃金 (naam4 jan4 sat1 haa6 jau5 wong4 gam1) — lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in …
男低音 (naam4 dai1 jam1) — (music) bass voice
男修道院長 (naam4 sau1 dou6 jyun2 zoeng2) — abbot
男儐相 (naam4 ban1 soeng3) — best man (in a marriage)
男兒 (naam4 ji4) — a (real) man; boy; son
男兒有淚不輕彈 (naam4 ji4 jau5 leoi6 bat1 hing1 taan4) — real men do not easily cry (idiom)
男友 (naam4 jau5) — boyfriend
男同 (naam4 tung4) — gay guy (coll.)
男同胞 (naam4 tung4 baau1) — man; male; male compatriot
男單 (naam4 daan1) — men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
男基尼 (naam4 gei1 nei4) — mankini (loanword)
男士 (naam4 si6) — man; gentleman
男妓 (naam4 gei6) — male prostitute; (old) pimp
男娃 (naam4 waa1) — (dialect) boy; guy
男嬰 (naam4 jing1) — male baby
男子 (naam4 zi2) — a man; a male
男子氣 (naam4 zi2 hei3) — manly; masculine
男子氣概 (naam4 zi2 hei3 koi3) — masculinity; manliness
男子漢 (naam4 zi2 hon3) — man (i.e. manly, masculine)
男子漢大丈夫 (naam4 zi2 hon3 daai6 zoeng6 fu1) — (coll.) he-man
男子籃球 (naam4 zi2 laam4 kau4) — men's basketball
男孩 (naam4 haai4) — boy
男孩兒 (naam4 haai4 ji4) — erhua form of 男孩[nan2 hai2]
男孩子 (naam4 haai4 zi2) — boy
男孩樂隊 (naam4 haai4 ngok6 deoi2) — boy band (type of pop group)
男家 (naam4 gaa1) — man's family (in marriage)
男工 (naam4 gung1) — male worker
男巫 (naam4 mou4) — wizard; warlock
男廁 (naam4 ci3) — men's restroom; men's toilet
男性主義 (naam4 sing3 zyu2 ji6) — masculism
男性化 (naam4 sing3 faa3) — to masculinize; masculinization
男性厭惡 (naam4 sing3 jim3 wu3) — misandry
男性貶抑 (naam4 sing3 bin2 jik1) — misandry
男排 (naam4 paai4) — men's volleyball; abbr. for 男子排球
男方 (naam4 fong1) — (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
男星 (naam4 sing1) — male star; famous actor
男朋友 (naam4 pang4 jau5) — boyfriend
男根 (naam4 gan1) — penis
男爵 (naam4 zoek3) — baron
男生 (naam4 sang1) — schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)
男的 (naam4 dik1) — man
男神 (naam4 san4) — Mr Perfect; Adonis; Prince Charming
男票 (naam4 piu3) — boyfriend (Internet slang)
男童 (naam4 tung4) — boy; male child
男管家 (naam4 gun2 gaa1) — butler; majordomo; housekeeper
男色 (naam4 sik1) — male homosexuality
男蟲 (naam4 cung4) — swindler; conman
男裝 (naam4 zong1) — men's clothes
男雙 (naam4 soeng1) — men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
男風 (naam4 fung1) — male homosexuality; buggery
男高音 (naam4 gou1 jam1) — tenor (singing voice); a tenor
甾酮 (zoi1 tung4) — sterone (steroid containing a ketone group); steroid hormone
甾醇 (zoi1 seon4) — sterol (chemistry)
畇 (wan4) — reclaimed land
畋獵 (tin4 lip6) — to hunt
界乎 (gaai3 fu4) — variant of 介乎[jie4 hu1]
界內球 (gaai3 noi6 kau4) — ball within bounds (sports); in; fair ball (baseball)
界別 (gaai3 bit6) — to divide up into different zones; (HK) sector of society; constituency; (taxon…
界定 (gaai3 ding6) — definition; to delimit
界尺 (gaai3 cek3) — straightedge (also used as a paperweight)
界標 (gaai3 biu1) — landmark
界河 (gaai3 ho4) — border river (between countries or regions)
界畫 (gaai3 waak6) — accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of…
界碑 (gaai3 bei1) — tablet marking the boundary between two regions, districts etc
界線 (gaai3 sin3) — limits; bounds; dividing line
界限 (gaai3 haan6) — boundary
界面 (gaai3 min2) — contact surface; (computing) interface
界首 (gaai3 sau2) — see 界首市[Jie4 shou3 Shi4]
界首市 (gaai3 sau2 si5) — Jieshou, a county-level city in Fuyang City 阜陽市|阜阳市[Fu4 yang2 Shi4], Anhui
畏友 (wai3 jau5) — revered friend
畏忌 (wai3 gei6) — to be arrested by fear; restraint; scruple
畏懼 (wai3 geoi6) — to fear; to dread; foreboding
畏畏縮縮 (wai3 wai3 suk1 suk1) — cowering; cringing
畏縮不前 (wai3 suk1 bat1 cin4) — to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
畏罪 (wai3 zeoi6) — to dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime
畏罪自殺 (wai3 zeoi6 zi6 saat3) — to commit suicide to escape punishment
畏途 (wai3 tou4) — dangerous road; (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking
畏首畏尾 (wai3 sau2 wai3 mei5) — afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; af…
畑 (tin4) — used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc; dry field (i.e. no…
畔援 (bun6 wun4) — domineering; tyrannical
留一手 (lau4 jat1 sau2) — to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (…
留下 (lau4 haa6) — to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
留任 (lau4 jam6) — to remain in office; to hold on to one's job
留住 (lau4 zyu6) — to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)
留作 (lau4 zok3) — to set aside for; to keep as
留傳 (lau4 cyun4) — to bequeath (to later generations); a legacy
留別 (lau4 bit6) — a departing gift; a souvenir on leaving; a poem to mark one's departure
留園 (lau4 jyun4) — Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a …
留壩 (lau4 baa3) — see 留壩縣|留坝县[Liu2 ba4 Xian4]
留壩縣 (lau4 baa3 jyun6) — Liuba, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
留存 (lau4 cyun4) — to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past)
留存收益 (lau4 cyun4 sau1 jik1) — retained earnings
留學 (lau4 hok6) — to study abroad
留學生 (lau4 hok6 saang1) — student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international stude…
留守 (lau4 sau2) — to stay behind to take care of things
留守兒童 (lau4 sau2 ji4 tung4) — "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as m…
留客 (lau4 haak3) — to ask a guest to stay; to detain a guest
留宿 (lau4 suk1) — to put up a guest; to stay overnight
留尼汪 (lau4 nei4 wong1) — Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)
留尾巴 (lau4 mei5 baa1) — to leave loose ends; to leave matters unresolved
留影 (lau4 jing2) — to take a photo as a souvenir; a souvenir photo
留待 (lau4 doi6) — to leave sth for later; to postpone (work, a decision etc)
留後路 (lau4 hau6 lou6) — to leave oneself a way out; to provide oneself with a fallback
留心 (lau4 sam1) — to be careful; to pay attention to
留念 (lau4 nim6) — to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
留情 (lau4 cing4) — to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; l…
留戀 (lau4 lyun2) — reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly
留成 (lau4 sing4) — to retain a portion (of profits etc)
留有餘地 (lau4 jau5 jyu4 dei6) — to leave some leeway; to allow for the unpredictable
留校 (lau4 haau6) — to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation; to remain at school du…
留步 (lau4 bou6) — (said by departing guest) no need to see me out
留洋 (lau4 joeng4) — (old) to study abroad; (sports) to train abroad
留海 (lau4 hoi2) — variant of 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
留班 (lau4 baan1) — to repeat a year in school
留用 (lau4 jung6) — to keep for use; to retain sth; to keep sb in his job
留白 (lau4 baak6) — to leave a message; to leave some empty space in a work of art; to leave idle m…
留神 (lau4 san4) — to take care; to be careful
留種 (lau4 zung2) — to keep a seed stock; seed held back for planting
留級 (lau4 kap1) — to repeat a year in school
留給 (lau4 kap1) — to set aside for
留置 (lau4 zi3) — to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain; to detain (a susp…
留聲機 (lau4 sing1 gei1) — gramophone; phonograph
留職 (lau4 zik1) — to keep an official position; to hold on to one's job
留蘭香 (lau4 laan4 hoeng1) — spearmint
留言 (lau4 jin4) — to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
留言本 (lau4 jin4 bun2) — guestbook
留言簿 (lau4 jin4 bou2) — visitor's book
留話 (lau4 waa6) — to leave a message
留連 (lau4 lin4) — variant of 流連|流连[liu2 lian2]
留遺 (lau4 wai4) — to leave behind; sb's legacy
留都 (lau4 dou1) — the old capital (after a move)
留醫 (lau4 ji1) — to be hospitalized
留針 (lau4 zam1) — to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
留門 (lau4 mun4) — to leave the door unlocked for sb
留難 (lau4 naan4) — to make sth difficult; to create obstacles
留題 (lau4 tai4) — extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit
留飯 (lau4 faan6) — to put some food aside for sb; to invite sb to stay for a meal; invitation to d…
留飲 (lau4 jam2) — (TCM) edema; dropsy
留餘地 (lau4 jyu4 dei6) — to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
留駐 (lau4 zyu3) — to keep stationed (of troops); to remain as a garrison
留鳥 (lau4 niu5) — nonmigratory bird
畚斗 (bun2 dau2) — dustpan
畚箕 (bun2 gei1) — a bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan
畛域 (can2 wik6) — (formal) boundary; scope
畜力 (cuk1 lik6) — animal power; animal-drawn (plow etc)
畜欄 (cuk1 laan4) — pen for livestock
畜牧業 (cuk1 muk6 jip6) — animal husbandry; stock raising; livestock raising
畜牲 (cuk1 saang1) — variant of 畜生[chu4 sheng5]
畜生 (cuk1 sang1) — domestic animal; brute; bastard
畜產品 (cuk1 caan2 ban2) — domesticated animal products
畜肥 (cuk1 fei4) — animal manure
畜類 (cuk1 leoi6) — domestic animal
畝 (mau5) — mu, Chinese unit of area equal to 1; 15 hectare (about 667 square meters)
畢其功於一役 (bat1 kei4 gung1 jyu1 jat1 jik6) — to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
畢加索 (bat1 gaa1 sok3) — Picasso
畢卡索 (bat1 kaa1 sok3) — Picasso (Tw)
畢命 (bat1 ming6) — to die (in an accident etc); to have one's life cut short
畢宿五 (bat1 suk1 ng5) — Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri
畢尼奧夫 (bat1 nei4 ou3 fu1) — Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist
畢尼奧夫帶 (bat1 nei4 ou3 fu1 daai3) — Benioff zone (geology); also called Wadati-Benioff zone
畢恭畢敬 (bat1 gung1 bat1 ging3) — reverent and respectful; extremely deferential
畢摩 (bat1 mo1) — shaman among the Yi ethnic group
畢業 (bat1 jip6) — graduation; to graduate; to finish school
畢業典禮 (bat1 jip6 din2 lai5) — graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
畢業生 (bat1 jip6 sang1) — graduate
畢業證書 (bat1 jip6 zing3 syu1) — (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has…
畢爾巴鄂 (bat1 ji5 baa1 ngok6) — Bilbao (city in Spain)
畢生 (bat1 sang1) — one's whole life; throughout one's life
畢竟 (bat1 ging2) — after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
畢節 (bat1 zit3) — see 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4]
畢節市 (bat1 zit3 si5) — Bijie, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]
畢肖 (bat1 ciu3) — to resemble closely; to be the very image of; to look very much like; to be the…
畢茲 (bat1 zi1) — QNB (quinuclidinyl benzilate)
畢設 (bat1 cit3) — graduation project (abbr. for 畢業設計|毕业设计[bi4 ye4 she4 ji4])
畢達哥拉斯 (bat1 daat6 go1 laai1 si1) — Pythagoras
畤 (zi6) — ancient sacrifice
畦 (kwai4) — small plot of farm land; Taiwan pr. [xi1]
番刀 (faan1 dou1) — type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided s…
番客 (faan1 haak3) — (old) foreigner; alien; (dialect) overseas Chinese
番木瓜 (faan1 muk6 gwaa1) — papaya
番木鱉鹼 (faan1 muk6 bit3 gaan2) — strychnine (C21H22N2O2)
番椒 (faan1 ziu1) — hot pepper; chili
番瀉葉 (faan1 se3 jip6) — senna leaf (Folium sennae)
番瓜 (faan1 gwaa1) — (dialect) pumpkin
番番 (faan1 faan1) — time and time again
番石榴 (faan1 sek6 lau2) — guava (fruit)
番禺 (pun1 jyu4) — see 番禺區|番禺区[Pan1 yu2 Qu1]
番禺區 (pun1 jyu4 keoi1) — Panyu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
番紅花 (faan1 hung4 faa1) — saffron (Crocus sativus)
番茄 (faan1 ke2) — tomato
番茄汁 (faan1 ke2 zap1) — tomato juice
番茄紅素 (faan1 ke2 hung4 sou3) — Lycopene
番茄醬 (faan1 ke2 zoeng3) — ketchup; tomato sauce
番荔枝 (faan1 lai6 zi1) — custard apple; soursop (Annonaceae)
番菜 (faan1 coi3) — (old) Western-style food; foreign food
番薯 (faan1 syu2) — (dialect) sweet potato; yam
番號 (faan1 hou6) — number of military unit
番邦 (faan1 bong1) — (old) foreign land; alien nation
番麥 (faan1 mak6) — (Tw) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
畫作 (waa2 zok3) — painting; picture
畫像 (waa2 zoeng6) — portrait; to do a portrait of sb
畫兒 (waa2 ji4) — picture; drawing; painting
畫冊 (waa2 caak3) — picture album
畫十字 (waak6 sap6 zi6) — to make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
畫圓 (waak6 jyun4) — to draw a circle
畫圖 (waak6 tou4) — to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city)
畫地為牢 (waak6 dei6 wai4 lou4) — lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); fig. to confin…
畫地為獄 (waak6 dei6 wai4 juk6) — see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]
畫地自限 (waak6 dei6 zi6 haan6) — lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom); fig. to impose restri…
畫報 (waa2 bou3) — illustrated magazine
畫壇 (waa2 taan4) — painting world; painting circles
畫外音 (waa2 ngoi6 jam1) — voice-over; background narration
畫室 (waa2 sat1) — artist's studio; atelier
畫展 (waa2 zin2) — art exhibition
畫布 (waa2 bou3) — canvas (artist's painting surface)
畫幅 (waa2 fuk1) — painting; picture; dimension of a painting
畫廊 (waa2 long4) — art gallery; decorated corridor
畫押 (waak6 aat3) — to sign; to make one's mark
畫架 (waa2 gaa2) — easel
畫框 (waa2 kwaang1) — picture frame
畫氈 (waa2 zin1) — felt desk pad for calligraphy
畫法 (waak6 faat3) — painting technique; drawing method
畫法幾何 (waak6 faat3 gei2 ho4) — descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevatio…
畫皮 (waa6 pei4) — painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
畫眉 (waa6 mei4) — to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrul…
畫稿 (waa2 gou2) — rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing…
畫筆 (waa2 bat1) — painting brush
畫等號 (waak6 dang2 hou6) — to equate; to consider (two things) to be equivalent
畫舫 (waa2 fong2) — decorated pleasure boat
畫荻教子 (waak6 dik6 gaau3 zi2) — to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom); mother's admi…
畫虎類犬 (waak6 fu2 leoi6 hyun2) — to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom); to try to d…
畫蛇添足 (waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1) — lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superf…
畫軸 (waa2 zuk6) — character scroll; scroll painting
畫面 (waa2 min6) — scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion pictu…
畫風 (waak6 fung1) — painting style
畫餅充飢 (waak6 beng2 cung1 gei1) — lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idi…
畫龍點睛 (waak6 lung4 dim2 zing1) — to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing …
異丁烷 (ji6 ding1 jyun4) — isobutane
異丁苯丙酸 (ji6 ding1 bun2 bing2 syun1) — Ibuprofen or Nurofen; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names …
異丙醇 (ji6 bing2 seon4) — isopropanol; isopropyl alcohol C3H8O
異乎尋常 (ji6 fu4 cam4 soeng4) — unusual; extraordinary
異事 (ji6 si6) — sth else; a separate matter; not the same thing; with different jobs (not colle…
異亮氨酸 (ji6 loeng6 on1 syun1) — isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
異人 (ji6 jan4) — eccentric; unusual person; talented individual
異像 (ji6 zoeng6) — extraordinary image
異化 (ji6 faa3) — alienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation
異化作用 (ji6 faa3 zok3 jung6) — catabolism (biology); metabolic breaking down and waste disposal; dissimilation
異卵 (ji6 leon2) — (of twins) fraternal; dizygotic
異卵雙胞胎 (ji6 leon2 soeng1 baau1 toi1) — fraternal twins
異口同聲 (ji6 hau2 tung4 sing1) — different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)
異同 (ji6 tung4) — comparison; differences and similarities
異咯嗪 (ji6 lok6 ceon4) — isoalloxazine (name of organic chemical)
異國 (ji6 gwok3) — exotic; foreign
異國他鄉 (ji6 gwok3 taa1 hoeng1) — foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
異國情調 (ji6 gwok3 cing4 diu6) — exoticism; local color; exotic
異地 (ji6 dei6) — different place; abroad
異地戀 (ji6 dei6 lyun2) — long-distance romance; long-distance relationship
異域 (ji6 wik6) — foreign country; alien land
異己 (ji6 gei2) — dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others
異常 (ji6 soeng4) — unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
異形 (ji6 jing4) — not the usual type; atypical; heterotype
異形詞 (ji6 jing4 ci4) — variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 h…
異彩 (ji6 coi2) — extraordinary splendor
異心 (ji6 sam1) — disloyalty; infidelity
異性 (ji6 sing3) — the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature
異性性接觸 (ji6 sing3 sing3 zip3 zuk1) — heterosexual sex
異性戀 (ji6 sing3 lyun2) — heterosexuality; heterosexual love
異性戀主義 (ji6 sing3 lyun2 zyu2 ji6) — heterosexism
異性相吸 (ji6 sing3 soeng1 kap1) — opposite polarities attract; (fig.) opposite sexes attract; opposites attract
異想天開 (ji6 soeng2 tin1 hoi1) — (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
異戊二烯 (ji6 mou6 ji6 hei1) — isoprene
異戊巴比妥 (ji6 mou6 baa1 bei2 to5) — amobarbital (drug) (loanword)
異戊橡膠 (ji6 mou6 zoeng6 gaau1) — isoprene rubber
異才 (ji6 coi4) — extraordinary talent
異教 (ji6 gaau3) — heresy; heathenism
異教徒 (ji6 gaau3 tou4) — member of another religion; heathen; pagan; heretic; apostate
異文 (ji6 man4) — variant character; loan word; variant written form (for the same word); differe…

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