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茶點 (caa4 dim2) — tea and cake; refreshments; tea and dim sum
茸毛 (jung4 mou4) — fuzz
茹古涵今 (jyu4 gu2 haam4 gam1) — to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
茹毛飲血 (jyu4 mou4 jam2 hyut3) — devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
茹痛 (jyu4 tung3) — to endure (suffering or sorrow)
茹素 (jyu4 sou3) — to eat a vegetarian diet
茹苦含辛 (jyu4 fu2 ham4 san1) — see 含辛茹苦[han2 xin1 ru2 ku3]
茹葷 (jyu4 fan1) — to eat meat
茹葷飲酒 (jyu4 fan1 jam2 zau2) — to eat meat and drink wine
茹誌鵑 (jyu4 zi3 gyun1) — Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician
茹魚 (jyu4 jyu2) — putrid fish
茼蒿 (tung4 hou1) — crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria)
荀子 (seon1 zi2) — Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philo…
荀彧 (seon1 juk1) — Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms
荁 (wun4) — (vegetable); Viola vaginata
荃灣 (cyun4 waan1) — Tsuen Wan district of New Territories, Hong Kong
荇菜 (hang6 coi3) — yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
草包 (cou2 baau1) — bag made of woven straw; bag filled with straw; (fig.) a good-for-nothing; clum…
草原 (cou2 jyun4) — grassland; prairie
草原巨蜥 (cou2 jyun4 geoi6 sik1) — Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
草原灰伯勞 (cou2 jyun4 fui1 baak3 lou4) — (bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
草原百靈 (cou2 jyun4 baak3 ling4) — (bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
草原鵰 (cou2 jyun4 diu1) — (bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
草原鷂 (cou2 jyun4 jiu6) — (bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
草叢 (cou2 cung4) — underbrush
草圖 (cou2 tou4) — a sketch; rough drawing
草地鷚 (cou2 dei6 lau6) — (bird species of China) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
草坪 (cou2 ping4) — lawn
草坪機 (cou2 ping4 gei1) — lawn mower
草場 (cou2 coeng4) — pastureland
草墊 (cou2 zin3) — straw mattress
草墊子 (cou2 zin3 zi2) — straw mattress; palliasse
草大青 (cou2 daai6 cing1) — Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
草字頭兒 (cou2 zi6 tau4 ji4) — grass radical 艹
草寇 (cou2 kau3) — bandits
草屋 (cou2 uk1) — thatched hut
草山 (cou2 saan1) — Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
草帽 (cou2 mou2) — straw hat
草擬 (cou2 ji5) — first draft; to draw up (a first version)
草料 (cou2 liu2) — fodder
草書 (cou2 syu1) — grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
草木 (cou2 muk6) — vegetation; plants
草木灰 (cou2 muk6 fui1) — plant ash
草木皆兵 (cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1) — lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat every…
草木鳥獸 (cou2 muk6 niu5 sau3) — flora and fauna
草本 (cou2 bun2) — herbaceous; original draft (of a manuscript etc)
草本植物 (cou2 bun2 zik6 mat6) — herbaceous plant
草果 (cou2 gwo2) — black cardamom; (dialect) strawberry
草根 (cou2 gan1) — grass roots (lit. and fig.)
草根網民 (cou2 gan1 mong5 man4) — grassroots netizens
草案 (cou2 on3) — draft (legislation, proposal etc)
草標 (cou2 biu1) — (old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, ind…
草民 (cou2 man4) — the grass roots; the hoi polloi
草泥馬 (cou2 nai4 maa5) — see 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] (near homophone of 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] used to avoi…
草海 (cou2 hoi2) — Caohai Lake, Guizhou
草滿囹圄 (cou2 mun5 ling4 jyu5) — lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
草爬子 (cou2 paa4 zi2) — tick (zoology)
草率 (cou2 seot1) — careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious
草率收兵 (cou2 seot1 sau1 bing1) — to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked
草珊瑚 (cou2 saan1 wu4) — Sarcandra glabra (botany)
草甸 (cou2 din6) — meadow
草皮 (cou2 pei4) — turf; sward; sod
草石蠶 (cou2 sek6 caam4) — Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
草碼 (cou2 maa5) — the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades…
草稈 (cou2 gon2) — straw; grain stalks
草稿 (cou2 gou2) — draft; outline; sketch
草紙 (cou2 zi2) — rough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper
草耙 (cou2 baa3) — a rake
草船借箭 (cou2 syun4 ze3 zin3) — lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 y…
草草 (cou2 cou2) — carelessly; hastily
草草了事 (cou2 cou2 liu5 si6) — to rush through the work; to get through a thing carelessly
草草收兵 (cou2 cou2 sau1 bing1) — to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked
草草收場 (cou2 cou2 sau1 coeng4) — to rush to conclude a matter; to end up abruptly
草莓 (cou2 mui2) — strawberry; (Tw) hickey; love bite
草莓族 (cou2 mui2 zuk6) — pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
草莽 (cou2 mong5) — a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness
草菅人命 (cou2 gaan1 jan4 ming6) — to have disregard for human life (idiom)
草菇 (cou2 gu1) — straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea); paddy straw mushroom
草薦 (cou2 zin3) — straw mattress; palliasse
草藥 (cou2 joek6) — herbal medicine
草蜻蛉 (cou2 cing1 ling4) — green lacewing
草酸 (cou2 syun1) — oxalic acid C2H2O4
草雞 (cou2 gai1) — free-range chicken; (dialect) hen; cowardly
草鞋 (cou2 haai4) — straw sandals
草食動物 (cou2 sik6 dung6 mat6) — herbivore
草體 (cou2 tai2) — see 草書|草书[cao3 shu1]
草魚 (cou2 jyu2) — grass carp
草鴞 (cou2 hiu1) — (bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
草鷺 (cou2 lou6) — (bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
荊山 (ging1 saan1) — Thorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei
荊州 (ging1 zau1) — see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]; see 荊州區|荆州区[Jing1 zhou1 Qu1]
荊州區 (ging1 zau1 keoi1) — Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
荊州市 (ging1 zau1 si5) — Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
荊棘 (ging1 gik1) — thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
荊棘載途 (ging1 gik1 zoi3 tou4) — lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idio…
荊榛滿目 (ging1 zeon1 mun5 muk6) — thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles
荊江 (ging1 gong1) — Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 長江|长江, Hunan
荊芥 (ging1 gaai3) — schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
荊軻 (ging1 o1) — Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King…
荊門 (ging1 mun4) — see 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4]
荊門市 (ging1 mun4 si5) — Jingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
荍 (kiu4) — common mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 蕎|荞[qiao2]
荒僻 (fong1 pik1) — desolate; deserted; out-of-the-way
荒原 (fong1 jyun4) — wasteland
荒唐 (fong1 tong4) — beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
荒唐無稽 (fong1 tong4 mou4 kai1) — preposterous
荒地 (fong1 dei6) — wasteland; uncultivated land
荒寒 (fong1 hon4) — desolate and cold; frozen wastes
荒山 (fong1 saan1) — desert mountain; barren hill
荒山野嶺 (fong1 saan1 je5 leng5) — wild, mountainous country
荒島 (fong1 dou2) — barren or uninhabited island
荒廢 (fong1 fai3) — to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to …
荒怪不經 (fong1 gwaai3 bat1 ging1) — absurd; unthinkable
荒旱 (fong1 hon5) — drought and famine
荒村 (fong1 cyun1) — an abandoned village
荒棄 (fong1 hei3) — to abandon; to let go to waste
荒淫 (fong1 jam4) — licentious
荒淫無恥 (fong1 jam4 mou4 ci2) — shameless
荒漠 (fong1 mok6) — desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate
荒漠伯勞 (fong1 mok6 baak3 lou4) — (bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
荒漠化 (fong1 mok6 faa3) — desertification
荒無人煙 (fong1 mou4 jan4 jin1) — desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
荒煙蔓草 (fong1 jin1 maan6 cou2) — lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds; desolate (idiom)
荒疏 (fong1 so1) — to be out of practice; rusty
荒瘠 (fong1 zek3) — desolate and poor; infertile
荒草 (fong1 cou2) — weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland
荒誕 (fong1 daan3) — beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic
荒誕不經 (fong1 daan3 bat1 ging1) — absurd; preposterous; ridiculous
荒誕無稽 (fong1 daan3 mou4 kai1) — ridiculous; unbelievable; absurd
荒謬 (fong1 mau6) — absurd; ridiculous
荒謬無稽 (fong1 mau6 mou4 kai1) — completely ridiculous and unfounded
荒謬絕倫 (fong1 mau6 zyut6 leon4) — absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous; the height of folly
荒遐 (fong1 haa4) — remote region
荒郊 (fong1 gaau1) — desolate area outside a town
荒野 (fong1 je5) — wilderness
荔城 (lai6 sing4) — see 荔城區|荔城区[Li4 cheng2 Qu1]
荔城區 (lai6 sing4 keoi1) — Licheng, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian
荔枝 (lai6 zi1) — litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
荔枝核 (lai6 zi1 wat6) — seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
荔波 (lai6 bo1) — see 荔波縣|荔波县[Li4 bo1 Xian4]
荔波縣 (lai6 bo1 jyun6) — Libo, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2…
荔浦 (lai6 pou2) — see 荔浦市[Li4 pu3 Shi4]
荔灣 (lai6 waan1) — see 荔灣區|荔湾区[Li4 wan1 Qu1]
荔灣區 (lai6 waan1 keoi1) — Liwan, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
荷包 (ho4 baau1) — embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing)
荷包蛋 (ho4 baau1 daan2) — poached egg; egg fried on both sides
荷塘區 (ho4 tong4 keoi1) — Hetang, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
荷尼阿拉 (ho4 nei4 aa3 laai1) — Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
荷屬安的列斯 (ho4 suk6 on1 dik1 lit6 si1) — Netherlands Antilles
荷巴特 (ho4 baa1 dak6) — Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia
荷槍實彈 (ho6 coeng1 sat6 daan2) — (idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm
荷澤寺 (ho4 zaak6 zi2) — Heze temple in Fuzhou, Fujian
荷爾蒙 (ho4 ji5 mung4) — (loanword) hormone
荷花 (ho4 faa1) — lotus
荷蘭 (ho4 laan1) — Holland; the Netherlands
荷蘭式拍賣 (ho4 laan1 sik1 paak3 maai6) — Dutch auction; descending-price auction
荷蘭王國 (ho4 laan1 wong4 gwok3) — Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Kingdom of the Netherlands
荷蘭皇家航空 (ho4 laan1 wong4 gaa1 hong4 hung1) — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
荷蘭盾 (ho4 laan1 teon5) — Dutch gulden
荷蘭石竹 (ho4 laan1 sek6 zuk1) — grenadine; carnation; clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
荷蘭芹 (ho4 laan1 kan4) — parsley
荷蘭語 (ho4 laan1 jyu5) — Dutch (language)
荷蘭豆 (ho4 laan1 dau2) — snow pea
荷蘭豬 (ho4 laan1 zyu1) — guinea pig
荷重 (ho6 cung5) — weight load; load capacity
荷馬 (ho4 maa5) — Homer, poet of ancient Greece
荸薺 (but6 cai4) — Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
荼毒 (tou4 duk6) — (literary) to cause great suffering
荼毒生靈 (tou4 duk6 sang1 ling4) — to torment the people (idiom)
莆田 (pou4 tin4) — see 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4]
莆田市 (pou4 tin4 si5) — Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
莊周 (zong1 zau1) — same as Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC), Daoist author
莊周夢蝶 (zong1 zau1 mung6 dip6) — Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dream…
莊嚴 (zong1 jim4) — solemn; dignified; stately
莊園 (zong1 jyun4) — manor; feudal land; villa and park
莊子 (zong1 zi2) — Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC), Daoist philosopher; the eponymous Daoist classic
莊客 (zong1 haak3) — farm hand
莊家 (zong1 gaa1) — farmhouse; banker (gambling)
莊河 (zong1 ho4) — see 莊河市|庄河市[Zhuang1 he2 Shi4]
莊河市 (zong1 ho4 si5) — Zhuanghe, a county-level city in Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning
莊浪 (zong1 long6) — see 莊浪縣|庄浪县[Zhuang1 lang4 Xian4]
莊浪縣 (zong1 long6 jyun6) — Zhuanglang, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu
莊稼 (zong1 gaa3) — farm crop
莊稼人 (zong1 gaa3 jan4) — (coll.) farmer
莊稼地 (zong1 gaa3 dei6) — crop land; arable land
莊稼戶 (zong1 gaa3 wu6) — wealthy farmer; landlord
莊稼戶兒 (zong1 gaa3 wu6 ji4) — erhua variant of 莊稼戶|庄稼户[zhuang1 jia5 hu4]
莊稼活兒 (zong1 gaa3 wut6 ji4) — farm work
莊稼漢 (zong1 gaa3 hon3) — peasant; farmer
莊老 (zong1 lou5) — Zhuangzi and Laozi, the Daoist masters
莊重 (zong1 zung6) — grave; solemn; dignified
莎士比亞 (saa1 si6 bei2 aa3) — Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
莎拉 (saa1 laai1) — Sara or Sarah (name)
莎拉波娃 (saa1 laai1 bo1 waa1) — Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)
莎翁 (saa1 jung1) — Shakespeare; slang or popular culture abbr. of 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
莎草 (so1 cou2) — coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
莎莎舞 (saa1 saa1 mou5) — salsa (dance)
莎車 (saa1 ce1) — see 莎車縣|莎车县[Sha1 che1 Xian4]
莎車縣 (saa1 ce1 jyun6) — Yarkant, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
莎麗 (saa1 lai6) — sari (loanword)
莒光 (geoi2 gwong1) — Chukuang Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Chukuang township in Lienchiang coun…
莒南 (geoi2 naam4) — see 莒南縣|莒南县[Ju3 nan2 Xian4]
莒南縣 (geoi2 naam4 jyun6) — Junan, a county in Linyi City 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4], Shandong
莒國 (geoi2 gwok3) — the state of Ju, ancient Dongyi state
莒縣 (geoi2 jyun6) — Ju County or Juxian, a county in Rizhao City 日照市[Ri4 zhao4 Shi4], Shandong
莘縣 (san1 jyun6) — Shen County or Shenxian, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4], Sha…
莘莘 (san1 san1) — numerous
莘莘學子 (san1 san1 hok6 zi2) — a great number of students (idiom)
莙 (kwan5) — species of water plant
莜麥 (jau4 mak6) — naked oat (Avena nuda)
莜麥菜 (jau4 mak6 coi3) — variant of 油麥菜|油麦菜[you2 mai4 cai4]
莞爾 (wun5 ji5) — (literary) to smile
莢 (gaap3) — pod (botany)
莢果 (gaap3 gwo2) — seed pod; legume
莢膜組織胞漿菌 (gaap3 mok2 zou2 zik1 baau1 zoeng1 kwan2) — Histoplasma capsulatum
莧科 (jin6 fo1) — Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranth…
莧菜 (jin6 coi3) — amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
莨菪 (long6 dong6) — black henbane
莩 (fu1) — membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem; culm
莫三比克 (mok6 saam1 bei2 hak1) — Mozambique (Tw)
莫不 (mok6 bat1) — none doesn't; there is none who isn't; everyone
莫不是 (mok6 bat1 si6) — probably; perhaps; could it be that...?
莫不然 (mok6 bat1 jin4) — equally true for (all the rest); the same thing applies (for everyone)
莫不逾侈 (mok6 bat1 jyu4 ci2) — there is no-one who is not extravagant
莫伊謝耶夫 (mok6 ji1 ze6 je4 fu1) — Moiseyev (name); Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of fol…
莫伯日 (mok6 baak3 jat6) — Maubeuge (French city)
莫傑斯特 (mok6 git6 si1 dak6) — Modest (name); Modeste (name)
莫克姆灣 (mok6 hak1 mou5 waan1) — Morecambe Bay
莫內 (mok6 noi6) — Taiwan equivalent of 莫奈[Mo4 nai4]
莫利森 (mok6 lei6 sam1) — Morrison (name)
莫力達瓦達斡爾族自治旗 (mok6 lik6 daat6 ngaa5 daat6 waat3 ji5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 kei4) — Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], In…
莫可名狀 (mok6 ho2 ming4 zong6) — indescribable (joy); inexpressible (pleasure)
莫可指數 (mok6 ho2 zi2 sou3) — countless; innumerable
莫吉托 (mok6 gat1 tok3) — Mojito
莫名 (mok6 ming4) — inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
莫名其妙 (mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6) — (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
莫哈韋沙漠 (mok6 haa1 wai4 saa1 mok6) — Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
莫塔馬灣 (mok6 taap3 maa5 waan1) — Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)
莫大 (mok6 daai6) — greatest; most important
莫奈 (mok6 noi6) — Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
莫如 (mok6 jyu4) — it would be better
莫扎特 (mok6 zaat3 dak6) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
莫拉萊斯 (mok6 laai1 loi4 si1) — Morales
莫斯特 (mok6 si1 dak6) — Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)
莫斯科 (mok6 si1 fo1) — Moscow, capital of Russia
莫明其妙 (mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6) — variant of 莫名其妙[mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4]
莫札特 (mok6 zaat3 dak6) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer (Tw)
莫桑比克 (mok6 song1 bei2 hak1) — Mozambique
莫泊桑 (mok6 bok6 song1) — Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
莫洛尼 (mok6 lok3 nei4) — Moroni, capital of Comoros (Tw)
莫測高深 (mok6 cak1 gou1 sam1) — enigmatic; beyond one's depth; unfathomable
莫爾斯 (mok6 ji5 si1) — Morse (name)
莫爾斯電碼 (mok6 ji5 si1 din6 maa5) — Morse code
莫爾茲比港 (mok6 ji5 zi1 bei2 gong2) — Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea
莫罕達斯 (mok6 hon2 daat6 si1) — Mohandas (name)
莫羅尼 (mok6 lo4 nei4) — Moroni, capital of Comoros
莫耳 (mok6 ji5) — (chemistry) mole (loanword) (Tw)
莫臥兒王朝 (mok6 ngo6 ji4 wong4 ciu4) — Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
莫衷一是 (mok6 cung1 jat1 si6) — unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice; no unanim…
莫言 (mok6 jin4) — Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
莫講 (mok6 gong2) — let alone; not to speak of (all the others)
莫迪 (mok6 dik6) — Modi (name); Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or India…
莫逆 (mok6 jik6) — very friendly; intimate
莫逆之交 (mok6 jik6 zi1 gaau1) — intimate friendship; bosom buddies
莫過於 (mok6 gwo3 jyu1) — nothing can surpass
莫里哀 (mok6 lei5 oi1) — Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
莫霍洛維奇 (mok6 fok3 lok6 wai4 kei4) — Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismo…
莫霍洛維奇不連續面 (mok6 fok3 lok6 wai4 kei4 bat1 lin4 zuk6 min6) — Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosph…
莫霍面 (mok6 fok3 min6) — Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosph…
莫非 (mok6 fei1) — can it be possible that; could it be
莫須有 (mok6 seoi1 jau5) — groundless; baseless
莫高窟 (mok6 gou1 fat1) — Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
莰烯 (ham2 hei1) — camphene C10H16
莰烷 (ham2 jyun4) — camphane; bornane C10H18
莰酮 (ham2 tung4) — (chemistry) camphor (C10H16O)
莽撞 (mong5 zong6) — rash; reckless
莽漢 (mong5 hon3) — boor
莽草 (mong5 cou2) — Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
菁英 (zing1 jing1) — elite
菁華 (zing1 waa4) — the cream; essence; the quintessence
菅直人 (gaan1 zik6 jan4) — KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2010-20…
菉 (luk6) — Arthraxon ciliare; green; rhodacene
菊 (guk1) — (bound form) chrysanthemum
菊科 (guk1 fo1) — Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants …
菊芋 (guk1 wu6) — Jerusalem artichoke
菊花 (guk1 faa1) — chrysanthemum; (TCM) chrysanthemum flower; (slang) anus
菊花茶 (guk1 faa1 caa4) — chrysanthemum tea
菌傘 (kwan2 saan3) — mushroom top
菌子 (kwan2 zi2) — (dialect) mushroom
菌托 (kwan2 tok3) — volva (bag containing spores on stem of fungi)
菌柄 (kwan2 beng3) — mushroom stem
菌界 (kwan2 gaai3) — fungus (taxonomic kingdom); mycota
菌絲 (kwan2 si1) — mycelium; hypha
菌肥 (kwan2 fei4) — bacterial manure
菌膠團 (kwan2 gaau1 tyun4) — zoogloea
菌苗 (kwan2 miu4) — vaccine
菌落 (kwan2 lok6) — bacterial colony; microbial colony
菌蓋 (kwan2 goi3) — cap of mushroom
菌陳蒿 (kwan2 can4 hou1) — tarragon
菌類 (kwan2 leoi6) — fungus
菏澤 (ho4 zaak6) — see 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4]
菏澤市 (ho4 zaak6 si5) — Heze, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
菖蒲 (coeng1 pou4) — Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag
菘藍 (sung1 laam4) — Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye)
菜刀 (coi3 dou1) — vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver
菜包子 (coi3 baau1 zi2) — steamed bun stuffed with vegetables; (fig.) useless person; a good-for-nothing
菜單 (coi3 daan1) — menu
菜單條 (coi3 daan1 tiu4) — menu bar (of a computer application)
菜單欄 (coi3 daan1 laan4) — menu bar (computing)
菜圃 (coi3 pou2) — vegetable field; vegetable bed
菜園 (coi3 jyun4) — vegetable garden
菜地 (coi3 dei6) — vegetable field
菜場 (coi3 coeng4) — food market
菜墩子 (coi3 deon1 zi2) — chopping block
菜市 (coi3 si5) — food market
菜市場 (coi3 si5 coeng4) — food market
菜式 (coi3 sik1) — dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
菜心 (coi3 sam1) — choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage
菜板 (coi3 baan2) — chopping board; cutting board
菜油 (coi3 jau4) — rapeseed oil; canola oil
菜牛 (coi3 ngau4) — beef cattle (grown for meat)
菜瓜 (coi3 gwaa1) — snake melon; loofah
菜畦 (coi3 kwai4) — vegetable field; vegetable bed
菜籃子 (coi3 laam4 zi2) — vegetable or food basket; (fig.) food supply
菜籽 (coi3 zi2) — vegetable seeds; rapeseed
菜色 (coi3 sik1) — dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (fr…
菜花 (coi3 faa1) — cauliflower; gonorrhea
菜茹 (coi3 jyu4) — greens; green vegetables
菜蔬 (coi3 so1) — greens; vegetables; vegetable side dish
菜譜 (coi3 pou2) — menu (in restaurant); recipe; cookbook
菜豆 (coi3 dau2) — kidney bean
菜農 (coi3 nung4) — vegetable farmer
菜頭 (coi3 tau4) — (Tw) radish, esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]
菜餚 (coi3 ngaau4) — vegetable and meat dishes; dish
菜館 (coi3 gun2) — (dialect) restaurant
菜鳥 (coi3 niu5) — (coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie; beginner; newbie
菟絲子 (tou3 si1 zi2) — dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
菠 (bo1) — spinach
菠烷 (bo1 jyun4) — bornane; camphane C10H18
菠菜 (bo1 coi3) — spinach (CL:棵[ke1]); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2 cai…
菠蘿 (bo1 lo4) — pineapple
菠蘿蜜 (bo1 lo4 mat6) — jackfruit
菥蓂 (sik1 mik6) — pennycress
菩提 (pou4 tai4) — bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism)
菩提樹 (pou4 tai4 syu6) — peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
菩提道場 (pou4 tai4 dou6 coeng4) — Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)
菩提達摩 (pou4 tai4 daat6 mo1) — Bodhidharma
華中 (waa4 zung1) — central China
華亭 (waa4 ting4) — see 華亭市|华亭市[Hua2 ting2 Shi4]
華人 (waa4 jan4) — ethnic Chinese person or people
華佗 (waa4 to4) — Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
華僑 (waa4 kiu4) — overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Ch…
華僑報 (waa4 kiu4 bou3) — Va Kio Daily
華僑大學 (waa4 kiu4 daai6 hok6) — Huaqiao University
華北 (waa4 bak1) — North China
華北事變 (waa4 bak1 si6 bin3) — North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a p…
華北平原 (waa4 bak1 ping4 jyun4) — North China Plain
華北龍 (waa4 bak1 lung4) — Huabeisaurus (Huabeisaurus allocotus)
華南 (waa4 naam4) — Southern China
華南冠紋柳鶯 (waa4 naam4 gun3 man4 lau5 ang1) — (bird species of China) Hartert's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus goodsoni)
華南斑胸鉤嘴鶥 (waa4 naam4 baan1 hung1 ngau1 zeoi2 mei4) — (bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)
華南理工大學 (waa4 naam4 lei5 gung1 daai6 hok6) — South China University of Technology
華南虎 (waa4 naam4 fu2) — South China Tiger
華商報 (waa4 soeng1 bou3) — China Business News (newspaper)
華商晨報 (waa4 soeng1 san4 bou3) — China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报)
華嚴宗 (faa1 jim4 zung1) — Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garl…
華嚴經 (faa1 jim4 ging1) — Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school; also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya…
華坪 (waa4 ping4) — see 華坪縣|华坪县[Hua2 ping2 Xian4]
華坪縣 (waa4 ping4 jyun6) — Huaping, a county in Lijiang City 麗江市|丽江市[Li4 jiang1 Shi4], Yunnan
華埠 (waa4 fau6) — Chinatown; also called 唐人街[Tang2 ren2 jie1]
華夏 (waa4 haa6) — old name for China; Cathay
華夏銀行 (waa4 haa6 ngan4 hong4) — Huaxia Bank
華威 (waa4 wai1) — Warwick (name); University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
華威大學 (waa4 wai1 daai6 hok6) — University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
華安 (waa4 on1) — see 華安縣|华安县[Hua2 an1 Xian4]
華安縣 (waa4 on1 jyun6) — Hua'an, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
華容 (waa4 jung4) — see 華容縣|华容县[Hua2 rong2 Xian4]; see 華容區|华容区[Hua2 rong2 Qu1]
華容區 (waa4 jung4 keoi1) — Huarong, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
華容縣 (waa4 jung4 jyun6) — Huarong, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
華容道 (waa4 jung4 dou6) — Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based…
華寧 (waa4 ning4) — see 華寧縣|华宁县[Hua2 ning2 Xian4]
華寧縣 (waa4 ning4 jyun6) — Huaning, a county in Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan
華屋 (waa4 uk1) — magnificent residence; splendid house
華屋丘墟 (waa4 uk1 jau1 heoi1) — magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans…
華山 (waa4 saan1) — Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
華府 (waa4 fu2) — Washington, D.C.; the US federal government
華彩 (waa4 coi2) — gorgeous; resplendent or rich color
華拳 (waa4 kyun4) — Hua Quan - "Flowery Fist? Magnificent Fist?" - Martial Art
華文 (waa4 man4) — Chinese language; Chinese script
華族 (waa4 zuk6) — noble family; of Chinese ancestry
華東 (waa4 dung1) — East China
華東師範大學 (waa4 dung1 si1 faan6 daai6 hok6) — East China Normal University (ECNU)
華東理工大學 (waa4 dung1 lei5 gung1 daai6 hok6) — East China University of Science and Technology
華林 (waa4 lam4) — Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
華林部 (waa4 lam4 bou6) — Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
華氏 (waa4 si6) — Fahrenheit
華氏度 (waa4 si6 dou6) — °F (degrees Fahrenheit)
華池縣 (waa4 ci4 jyun6) — Huachi, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu
華沙 (waa4 saa1) — Warsaw, capital of Poland
華法林 (waa4 faat3 lam4) — warfarin (loanword)
華潤 (waa4 jeon6) — China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate
華潤萬家 (waa4 jeon6 maan6 gaa1) — CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong …
華為 (waa4 wai4) — Huawei (brand)
華燈 (waa4 dang1) — decorated lantern; lantern light
華燈初上 (waa4 dang1 co1 soeng5) — early evening when lanterns are first lit
華爾茲 (waa4 ji5 zi1) — (loanword) waltz (dance)
華爾街 (waa4 ji5 gaai1) — Wall Street, New York; by extension, American big business
華爾街日報 (waa4 ji5 gaai1 jat6 bou3) — Wall Street Journal
華特 (waa4 dak6) — Walt (name)
華盛頓 (waa4 sing6 deon6) — Washington (name); George Washington (1732-1799), first US president; Washingto…
華盛頓時報 (waa4 sing6 deon6 si4 bou3) — Washington Times (newspaper)
華盛頓特區 (waa4 sing6 deon6 dak6 keoi1) — Washington D.C. (US federal capital)
華盛頓郵報 (waa4 sing6 deon6 jau4 bou3) — Washington Post (newspaper)
華碩 (waa4 sek6) — Asus (computer manufacturer)
華羅庚 (waa4 lo4 gang1) — Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
華美 (waa4 mei5) — magnificent; gorgeous; ornate
華而不實 (waa4 ji4 bat1 sat6) — flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside; flashy
華胄 (waa4 zau6) — (literary) Han people; descendants of nobles
華興會 (waa4 hing1 wui2) — anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in Changsha by 黃興|黄兴[Huang2 Xing1] in 1904…
華航 (waa4 hong4) — China Airlines (Taiwan); abbr. for 中華航空公司|中华航空公司[Zhong1 hua2 Hang2 kong1 Gong1 …
華蓋 (waa4 goi3) — imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo
華表 (waa4 biu2) — marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)
華西 (waa4 sai1) — West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
華誕 (waa4 daan3) — (formal) birthday; anniversary of the founding of an organization
華語 (waa4 jyu5) — Chinese language
華貴 (waa4 gwai3) — sumptuous; luxurious
華轂 (waa4 guk1) — decorated carriage
華里 (waa4 lei5) — li (Chinese unit of distance)
華鎣 (waa4 jing4) — see 華鎣市|华蓥市[Hua2 ying2 Shi4]
華鎣市 (waa4 jing4 si5) — Huaying, a county-level city in Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
華陀 (waa4 to4) — variant of 華佗|华佗[Hua4 Tuo2]
華陰 (waa4 jam1) — see 華陰市|华阴市[Hua2 yin1 Shi4]
華陰市 (waa4 jam1 si5) — Huayin, a county-level city in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi
華靡 (waa4 mei5) — luxurious; opulent
華髮 (waa4 faat3) — (literary) gray hair
華麗 (waa4 lai6) — gorgeous
華龍 (waa4 lung4) — see 華龍區|华龙区[Hua4 long2 Qu1]
華龍區 (waa4 lung4 keoi1) — Hualong, a district of Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4], Henan
菱 (ling4) — (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
菱形 (ling4 jing4) — rhombus
菱花鏡 (ling4 faa1 geng3) — antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dyn…
菱鎂礦 (ling4 mei5 kwong3) — magnesite; magnesium ore
菱鏡 (ling4 geng3) — see 菱花鏡|菱花镜[ling2 hua1 jing4]
菱鐵礦 (ling4 tit3 kwong3) — siderite
菲亞特 (fei1 aa3 dak6) — Fiat
菲傭 (fei1 jung4) — Filipino maid
菲力 (fei1 lik6) — fillet (loanword)
菲力克斯 (fei1 lik6 hak1 si1) — Felix (name)
菲力牛排 (fei1 lik6 ngau4 paai4) — fillet steak
菲姬 (fei1 gei1) — Fergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson, 1975-), US pop singer
菲尼克斯 (fei1 nei4 hak1 si1) — Phoenix, capital of Arizona; also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2]
菲德爾 (fei1 dak1 ji5) — Fidel (name)
菲林 (fei1 lam2) — (dialect) film (loanword); roll of film
菲爾普斯 (fei1 ji5 pou2 si1) — Phelps (name); Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold med…
菲爾特 (fei1 ji5 dak6) — Fürth (city in Germany)
菲爾茲 (fei1 ji5 zi1) — Fields (name)
菲爾茲獎 (fei1 ji5 zi1 zoeng2) — Fields Medal (prestigious international award in mathematics)
菲茨傑拉德 (fei1 ci4 git6 laai1 dak1) — Fitzgerald (name)
菲菲 (fei1 fei1) — very fragrant; luxurious; beautiful
菹醢 (zeoi1 hoi2) — to execute sb and mince his flesh and bones (archaic form of retribution)
菻 (lam4) — ancient name for east Roman empire
菾菜 (tim4 coi3) — variant of 甜菜[tian2 cai4]
萃 (seoi6) — collect; collection; dense; grassy; thick; assemble; gather
萃取 (seoi6 ceoi2) — (chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract
萆 (bei1) — castor seed
萇楚 (coeng4 co2) — plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star f…
萊伊爾 (loi4 ji1 ji5) — Lyell (name); Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish geologist
萊佛士 (loi4 fat6 si6) — surname Raffles; Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), British statesman and founder of…
萊切 (loi4 cit3) — Lecce (city in Italy)
萊卡 (loi4 kaa1) — Leica camera; Lycra (fiber or fabric)
萊姆 (loi4 mou5) — (loanword) lime
萊姆病 (loi4 mou5 beng6) — Lyme disease
萊姆酒 (loi4 mou5 zau2) — see 朗姆酒[lang3 mu3 jiu3]
萊山 (loi4 saan1) — see 萊山區|莱山区[Lai2 shan1 Qu1]
萊山區 (loi4 saan1 keoi1) — Laishan, a district of Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong
萊州 (loi4 zau1) — see 萊州市|莱州市[Lai2 zhou1 Shi4]
萊州市 (loi4 zau1 si5) — Laizhou, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong
萊布尼茨 (loi4 bou3 nei4 ci4) — Leibniz (name); Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematicia…
萊布尼茲 (loi4 bou3 nei4 zi1) — Leibnitz (name); Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematici…
萊德杯 (loi4 dak1 bui1) — Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)
萊斯大學 (loi4 si1 daai6 hok6) — Rice University (Houston, Texas)
萊斯沃斯島 (loi4 si1 juk1 si1 dou2) — Lesbos (Greek island in the Aegean Sea 愛琴海|爱琴海[Ai4 qin2 Hai3])
萊斯特 (loi4 si1 dak6) — Lester or Leicester (name); Leicester, English city in East Midlands
萊斯特郡 (loi4 si1 dak6 gwan6) — Leicestershire, English county
萊旺厄爾 (loi4 wong6 aak1 ji5) — Levanger (city in Trøndelag, Norway)
萊昂納多 (loi4 ngong4 naap6 do1) — Leonardo (name)
萊比錫 (loi4 bei2 sek3) — Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany
萊溫斯基 (loi4 wan1 si1 gei1) — Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
萊特 (loi4 dak6) — (surname) Wright
萊特幣 (loi4 dak6 bai6) — Litecoin (cryptocurrency)
萊索托 (loi4 sok3 tok3) — Lesotho
萊茵河 (loi4 jan1 ho4) — Rhine River
萊菔 (loi4 fuk6) — radish
萊菔子 (loi4 fuk6 zi2) — radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
萊蕪 (loi4 mou4) — see 萊蕪區|莱芜区[Lai2 wu2 Qu1]
萊西 (loi4 sai1) — see 萊西市|莱西市[Lai2 xi1 Shi4]
萊西市 (loi4 sai1 si5) — Laixi, a county-level city in Qingdao City 青島市|青岛市[Qing1 dao3 Shi4], Shandong
萊里達 (loi4 lei5 daat6) — Lérida or Lleida, Spain
萊陽 (loi4 joeng4) — see 萊陽市|莱阳市[Lai2 yang2 Shi4]
萊陽市 (loi4 joeng4 si5) — Laiyang, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong

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