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鞘翅 (ciu3 ci3) — elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
鞘翅目 (ciu3 ci3 muk6) — Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
鞘脂 (ciu3 zi1) — sphingolipid
鞝鞋 (zoeng2 haai4) — variant of 上鞋[shang4 xie2]
鞞 (bing2) — scabbard
鞠躬 (guk1 gung1) — to bow; (literary) to bend down
鞠躬盡瘁 (guk1 gung1 zeon6 seoi6) — to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞣製 (jau4 zai3) — to tan (leather); tanning
鞣質 (jau4 zat1) — tannin
鞣酸 (jau4 syun1) — tannic acid; tannin
鞥 (ang1) — (literary) reins (for a horse)
鞦韆 (cau1 cin1) — swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
鞧 (cau1) — crupper; leather strap; (dialect) to draw back; to shrink
鞭子 (bin1 zi2) — whip
鞭打 (bin1 daa2) — to whip; to lash; to flog; to thrash
鞭撻 (bin1 taat3) — to lash; (fig.) to castigate
鞭毛 (bin1 mou4) — flagellum
鞭毛綱 (bin1 mou4 gong1) — flagellate
鞭炮 (bin1 paau3) — firecrackers; string of small firecrackers
鞭痕 (bin1 han4) — welt; whip scar; lash mark
鞭笞 (bin1 ci1) — to flog; to lash; to whip; to urge or goad along
鞭策 (bin1 caak3) — to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
鞭節 (bin1 zit3) — flagellum
鞭蟲 (bin1 cung4) — whipworm
鞭長莫及 (bin1 coeng4 mok6 kap6) — lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence; too far to be able …
鞭闢入裡 (bin1 pik1 jap6 leoi5) — penetrated; trenchant; incisive
鞶 (pun4) — large belt
韁 (goeng1) — bridle; reins; halter
韁繩 (goeng1 sing4) — reins
韃虜 (taat3 lou5) — Tartar (derogatory); also used as an insulting term for Manchus around 1900
韃靼 (taat3 daat3) — Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China); Tatar (Turkic ethnic group i…
韃靼人 (taat3 daat3 jan4) — Tatar (person)
韃靼海峽 (taat3 daat3 hoi2 haap6) — Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
韋伯 (wai4 baak3) — (surname) Weber; Webber; Webb
韋利 (wai4 lei6) — Waley or Whaley (name); Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist
韋德 (wai4 dak1) — Wade (name); Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪|威妥玛[Wei1 Tuo3 …
韋慕庭 (wai4 mou6 ting4) — Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia Uni…
韋應物 (wai4 jing1 mat6) — Wei Yingwu (c. 737 – c. 792), Tang dynasty poet
韋斯卡 (wai4 si1 kaa1) — Uesca or Huesca, Spain
韋格納 (wai4 gaak3 naap6) — Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originat…
韋氏拼法 (wai4 si6 ping3 faat3) — Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
韋氏鶲鶯 (wai4 si6 jung1 ang1) — (bird species of China) Whistler's warbler (Phylloscopus whistleri)
韋爾弗雷茲 (wai4 ji5 fat1 leoi4 zi1) — (George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)
韋爾瓦 (wai4 ji5 ngaa5) — Huelva, Spain
韋瓦第 (wai4 ngaa5 dai6) — Vivaldi (name); Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer
韋科 (wai4 fo1) — Waco
韋編三絕 (wai4 pin1 saam1 zyut6) — lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times; fig. to…
韋達 (wai4 daat6) — François Viète (1540-1603), French mathematician, father of modern algebraic no…
韋馱菩薩 (wai4 to4 pou4 saat3) — Skanda, the general or guardian Bodhisattva
韌帶 (jan6 daai2) — ligament
韌性 (ngan6 sing3) — toughness
韌皮部 (ngan6 pei4 bou6) — phloem
韌體 (ngan6 tai2) — firmware
韍 (fat1) — kneepad
韓世昌 (hon4 sai3 coeng1) — Han Shichang (1897-1977), actor specializing in Kunqu opera 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3]
韓亞航空 (hon4 aa3 hong4 hung1) — Asiana Airlines, South Korean airline
韓亞龍 (hon4 aa3 lung4) — H Mart, Korean supermarket chain in US and Canada
韓信 (hon4 seon3) — Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang…
韓元 (hon4 jyun4) — won (currency of South Korea)
韓半島 (hon4 bun3 dou2) — Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
韓國 (hon4 gwok3) — South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring Sta…
韓國人 (hon4 gwok3 jan4) — Korean (person)
韓國泡菜 (hon4 gwok3 paau3 coi3) — kimchi
韓國聯合通訊社 (hon4 gwok3 lyun4 hap6 tung1 seon3 se5) — Yonghap (South Korean news agency)
韓國語 (hon4 gwok3 jyu5) — Korean language
韓國銀行 (hon4 gwok3 ngan4 hong4) — Bank of Korea
韓圓 (hon4 jyun4) — variant of 韓元|韩元[han2 yuan2]
韓城 (hon4 sing4) — see 韓城市|韩城市[Han2 cheng2 Shi4]
韓城市 (hon4 sing4 si5) — Hancheng, a county-level and sub-prefectural city of historic significance in W…
韓媒 (hon4 mui4) — South Korean news media
韓寒 (hon4 hon4) — Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
韓山師範學院 (hon4 saan1 si1 faan6 hok6 jyun2) — Hanshan Normal University, Shantou, Guangdong
韓彥直 (hon4 jin6 zik6) — Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange …
韓德爾 (hon4 dak1 ji5) — (Tw) Handel (name); George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British com…
韓愈 (hon4 jyu6) — Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical wri…
韓愛晶 (hon4 oi3 zing1) — Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spen…
韓戰 (hon4 zin3) — Korean War (1950-1953)
韓文 (hon4 man2) — hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean written language
韓文字母 (hon4 man2 zi6 mou5) — hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
韓方 (hon4 fong1) — the Korean side
韓日 (hon4 jat6) — Korea and Japan
韓服 (hon4 fuk6) — hanbok (traditional Korean clothing)
韓朝 (hon4 ciu4) — North and South Korea; bilateral Korean relations
韓棒子 (hon4 paang5 zi2) — Korean (derog.)
韓正 (hon4 zing3) — Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-)
韓江 (hon4 gong1) — the Han river in Guangdong
韓澳 (hon4 ou3) — South Korea and Australia
韓素音 (hon4 sou3 jam1) — Han Suyin (1917-2012), Eurasian physician and author
韓美 (hon4 mei5) — South Korean-US
韓聯社 (hon4 lyun4 se5) — Yonhap (South Korean news agency)
韓語 (hon4 jyu5) — Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
韓邦慶 (hon4 bong1 hing3) — Han Bangqing (1856-1894), writer and publisher of experimental literary journal…
韓非 (hon4 fei1) — Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3] (c. 280-233 BC), Legali…
韓非子 (hon4 fei1 zi2) — another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC)…
韛 (bai6) — bellows (for blowing air into a fire)
韜光養晦 (tou1 gwong1 joeng5 fui3) — to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom); to hide one's light und…
韭菜 (gau2 coi3) — garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easily e…
韭菜花 (gau2 coi3 faa1) — chive flowers
音位 (jam1 wai6) — phoneme
音信 (jam1 seon3) — message
音值 (jam1 zik6) — phonetic value
音像 (jam1 zoeng6) — audio and video; audiovisual
音叉 (jam1 caa1) — tuning fork
音名 (jam1 meng2) — names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
音域 (jam1 wik6) — vocal range; register (music)
音容 (jam1 jung4) — voice and features; (sb's) appearance
音帶 (jam1 daai2) — audio tape
音效 (jam1 haau6) — sound effect
音樂 (jam1 ngok6) — music
音樂之聲 (jam1 ngok6 zi1 sing1) — The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (19…
音樂光碟 (jam1 ngok6 gwong1 dip2) — music CD
音樂學 (jam1 ngok6 hok6) — musicology
音樂學院 (jam1 ngok6 hok6 jyun2) — music academy; conservatory
音樂家 (jam1 ngok6 gaa1) — musician
音樂廳 (jam1 ngok6 teng1) — concert hall; auditorium
音樂節 (jam1 ngok6 zit3) — music festival
音樂電視 (jam1 ngok6 din6 si6) — Music Television MTV
音標 (jam1 biu1) — phonetic symbol
音步 (jam1 bou6) — foot (syllabic unit in verse); meter; scansion
音波 (jam1 bo1) — sound wave
音爆 (jam1 baau3) — sonic boom
音痴 (jam1 ci1) — tone deaf
音程 (jam1 cing4) — interval (music)
音符 (jam1 fu4) — (music) note; phonetic component of a Chinese character; phonetic symbol; phono…
音管 (jam1 gun2) — pipe (of an organ)
音箱 (jam1 soeng1) — loudspeaker box; speaker (audio equipment); resonating chamber of a musical ins…
音節 (jam1 zit3) — syllable
音節體 (jam1 zit3 tai2) — syllabic script
音級 (jam1 kap1) — a note on a musical scale
音素 (jam1 sou3) — phoneme
音義 (jam1 ji6) — sound and meaning
音耗 (jam1 hou3) — message
音色 (jam1 sik1) — tone; timbre; sound color
音視 (jam1 si6) — sound and video
音視頻 (jam1 si6 pan4) — sound and video
音訊 (jam1 seon3) — news; tidings; word; (Tw) audio signal; (attributive) audio
音調 (jam1 diu6) — pitch of voice (high or low); pitch (of a musical note); tone
音譯 (jam1 jik6) — transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese cha…
音讀 (jam1 duk6) — reading or phonetic value of a character; (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a …
音變 (jam1 bin3) — phonetic change
音質 (jam1 zat1) — tone; sound quality; timbre
音軌 (jam1 gwai2) — sound track; track number (e.g. on a CD)
音速 (jam1 cuk1) — speed of sound
音量 (jam1 loeng6) — loudness; volume
音長 (jam1 coeng4) — sound duration; length of a musical note
音階 (jam1 gaai1) — musical scale
音韻 (jam1 wan5) — music; rhyme and rhythm; initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a …
音韻學 (jam1 wan5 hok6) — Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
音響 (jam1 hoeng2) — sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响…
音響效果 (jam1 hoeng2 haau6 gwo2) — sound effects
音響設備 (jam1 hoeng2 cit3 bei6) — sound equipment; stereo
音頻 (jam1 pan4) — audio; sound; audio frequency; sound frequency
音頻文件 (jam1 pan4 man4 gin2) — audio file (computer)
音頻設備 (jam1 pan4 cit3 bei6) — audio equipment
音高 (jam1 gou1) — pitch (music); tone
韶山 (siu4 saan1) — see 韶山市[Shao2 shan1 Shi4]
韶山市 (siu4 saan1 si5) — Shaoshan, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4], Hunan
韶關 (siu4 gwaan1) — see 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4]
韶關市 (siu4 gwaan1 si5) — Shaoguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Shen…
韻事 (wan5 si6) — poetic occasion; elegant situation; in literature, the cue for a poem
韻人韻事 (wan5 jan4 wan5 si6) — a charming man enjoys charming pursuits (idiom)
韻味 (wan5 mei6) — implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
韻尾 (wan5 mei5) — (phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g.…
韻文 (wan5 man4) — verse (as opposed to prose 散文[san3 wen2])
韻書 (wan5 syu1) — rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by…
韻母 (wan5 mou5) — the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after re…
韻白 (wan5 baak6) — form of rhymed baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] in Beijing opera
韻目 (wan5 muk6) — rhyme entry; subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the…
韻緻 (wan5 zi3) — grace; natural charm
韻腳 (wan5 goek3) — rhyming word ending a line of verse; rhyme
韻腹 (wan5 fuk1) — main vowel in diphthong
韻致 (wan5 zi3) — grace; natural charm
韻詩 (wan5 si1) — rhyming verse
韻語 (wan5 jyu5) — rhymed language
韻調 (wan5 diu6) — rhyme and tone; intonation
韻頭 (wan5 tau4) — leading vowel of diphthong
響亮 (hoeng2 loeng6) — loud and clear; resounding
響叮噹 (hoeng2 ding1 dong1) — to tinkle; to jingle; to clank
響器 (hoeng2 hei3) — percussion instrument
響噹噹 (hoeng2 dong1 dong1) — resounding; loud; well known; famous
響尾蛇 (hoeng2 mei5 se4) — rattlesnake
響徹 (hoeng2 cit3) — to resound; to resonate
響應 (hoeng2 jing3) — to respond to; answer
響應時間 (hoeng2 jing3 si4 gaan3) — response time
響板 (hoeng2 baan2) — castanets (music)
響水 (hoeng2 seoi2) — see 響水縣|响水县[Xiang3 shui3 Xian4]
響水縣 (hoeng2 seoi2 jyun6) — Xiangshui, a county in Yancheng City 鹽城市|盐城市[Yan2 cheng2 Shi4], Jiangsu
響聲 (hoeng2 seng1) — noise
響遍 (hoeng2 pin3) — to resound (all over the place)
響雷 (hoeng2 leoi4) — to be thundering; thunder clap
響音 (hoeng2 jam1) — sonorant
響頭 (hoeng2 tau4) — to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
頁岩 (jip6 ngaam4) — shale
頁底 (jip6 dai2) — the bottom of the page
頁心 (jip6 sam1) — type page
頁框 (jip6 kwaang1) — frame (computing)
頁碼 (jip6 maa5) — page number
頁蒿 (jip6 hou1) — caraway
頁邊 (jip6 bin1) — (page) margin
頁面 (jip6 min2) — page; web page
頁首 (jip6 sau2) — the top of the page; (word processing) page header
頂上 (ding2 soeng5) — on top of; at the summit
頂事 (deng2 si6) — useful; fitting
頂住 (ding2 zyu6) — to withstand; to stand up to
頂冒 (ding2 mou6) — abbr. for 頂名冒姓|顶名冒姓[ding3 ming2 mao4 xing4]
頂名冒姓 (ding2 ming4 mou6 sing3) — to pretend to be sb else
頂呱呱 (ding2 gwaa1 gwaa1) — excellent; first-rate; top-notch; superb
頂嘴 (ding2 zeoi2) — to talk back; to answer back
頂多 (ding2 do1) — at most; at best
頂天立地 (ding2 tin1 laap6 dei6) — lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom)
頂夸克 (deng2 kwaa1 hak1) — top quark (particle physics)
頂客 (ding2 haak3) — see 丁克[ding1 ke4]
頂尖 (ding2 zim1) — peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a cer…
頂尖兒 (ding2 zim1 ji4) — erhua variant of 頂尖|顶尖[ding3 jian1]
頂尖級 (ding2 zim1 kap1) — first class; top; world best
頂層 (deng2 cang4) — top floor; the top of a building
頂峰 (ding2 fung1) — peak; summit; fig. high point; masterpiece
頂崗 (ding2 gong1) — to replace sb on a workshift; to substitute for
頂戴 (ding2 daai3) — cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
頂拜 (ding2 baai3) — to prostrate oneself; to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, w…
頂撞 (ding2 zong6) — to contradict (elders or superiors)
頂擋 (ding2 dong2) — to resist; to obstruct; to bear responsibility for
頂替 (ding2 tai3) — to replace
頂板 (deng2 baan2) — roof; roof plate; rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine; abacus
頂格 (ding2 gaak3) — (typesetting) to not indent; to set text flush with the left (or top) margin; (…
頂桿 (deng2 gon1) — top bar; crown bar
頂梁柱 (ding2 loeng4 cyu5) — pillar; backbone
頂棒 (deng2 paang5) — bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven)
頂棚 (deng2 paang4) — ceiling; awning (under ceiling)
頂樓 (deng2 lau4) — top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an out…
頂燈 (deng2 dang1) — dome light (of a taxi etc); ceiling light (in a room); interior light (of a car…
頂牛兒 (ding2 ngau4 ji4) — to push with the forehead; to lock horns; to be at loggerheads
頂班 (ding2 baan1) — to take over sb else's job; to substitute for
頂用 (ding2 jung6) — to be of use
頂目 (ding2 muk6) — item; event; project
頂端 (ding2 dyun1) — summit; peak
頂級 (ding2 kap1) — top-notch; first-rate
頂缸 (ding2 gong1) — to take the blame; to be a scapegoat; to carry the can
頂罪 (ding2 zeoi6) — to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dr…
頂芽 (ding2 ngaa4) — terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
頂葉 (ding2 jip6) — parietal lobe
頂蓋 (deng2 goi3) — roof; lid
頂補 (ding2 bou2) — to fill a vacancy; to substitute for
頂角 (ding2 gok3) — angle at apex; summit angle; cusp
頂謝 (ding2 ze6) — to bow in thanks
頂讓 (ding2 joeng6) — (Tw) to hand over (a business etc) for an agreed price
頂輪 (ding2 leon4) — sahasrāra or sahasrara, the crown or fontanel chakra 查克拉, residing at the top o…
頂部 (deng2 bou6) — roof; topmost part; top (of tree, wall etc); apex
頂針 (ding2 zam1) — thimble
頂門壯戶 (ding2 mun4 zong3 wu6) — to support the family business (idiom)
頂閥 (deng2 fat6) — top valve; head valve
頂面 (deng2 min6) — top; top side; top surface
頂頭 (ding2 tau4) — to come directly towards one; top; immediate (superior)
頂風 (deng2 fung1) — to face into the wind; against the wind; fig. against the law
頂骨 (ding2 gwat1) — parietal bone
頂點 (ding2 dim2) — summit; peak; (math.) vertex
頃久 (king2 gau2) — an instant or an eternity
頃之 (king2 zi1) — in a moment; shortly after
頃刻 (king2 hak1) — instantly; in no time
頃刻間 (king2 hak1 gaan1) — in an instant
頃者 (king2 ze2) — just now; a short while ago
項上人頭 (hong6 soeng6 jan4 tau4) — head; neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
項圈 (hong6 hyun1) — necklace
項城 (hong6 sing4) — see 項城市|项城市[Xiang4 cheng2 Shi4]
項城市 (hong6 sing4 si5) — Xiangcheng, a county-level city in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan
項目 (hong6 muk6) — item; project; (sports) event
項目管理 (hong6 muk6 gun2 lei5) — project management
項羽 (hong6 jyu5) — Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
項英 (hong6 jing1) — Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Ar…
項莊舞劍 (hong6 zong1 mou5 gim3) — lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|…
項鏈 (hong6 lin6) — necklace
項頸 (hong6 geng2) — back of neck
順位 (seon6 wai6) — rank; place; position
順便 (seon6 bin2) — conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
順其自然 (seon6 kei4 zi6 jin4) — to let nature take its course (idiom)
順利 (seon6 lei6) — smoothly; without a hitch
順勢 (seon6 sai3) — to take advantage; to seize an opportunity; in passing; without taking extra tr…
順勢療法 (seon6 sai3 liu4 faat3) — homeopathy (alternative medicine)
順化 (seon6 faa3) — Hue, city in central Vietnam and capital of Thua Thien province
順口 (seon6 hau2) — to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's tast…
順口溜 (seon6 hau2 lau6) — popular piece of doggerel; common phrase repeated as a jingle
順和 (seon6 wo4) — gentle; affable
順嘴 (seon6 zeoi2) — to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's tast…
順嘴兒 (seon6 zeoi2 ji4) — to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's tast…
順坦 (seon6 taan2) — smoothly; as one expects
順城 (seon6 sing4) — see 順城區|顺城区[Shun4 cheng2 Qu1]
順城區 (seon6 sing4 keoi1) — Shuncheng, a district of Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning
順境 (seon6 ging2) — favorable circumstances
順導 (seon6 dou6) — to guide sth on its proper course; to guide towards profitable outcome
順差 (seon6 caa1) — (trade or budget) surplus
順帶 (seon6 daai3) — (do sth) in passing; incidentally (while doing sth else)
順平 (seon6 ping4) — see 順平縣|顺平县[Shun4 ping2 Xian4]
順平縣 (seon6 ping4 jyun6) — Shunping, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
順序數 (seon6 zeoi6 sou3) — ordinal number
順延 (seon6 jin4) — to be postponed accordingly (e.g. due to weather or other stated factors)
順式 (seon6 sik1) — cis- (isomer) (chemistry); see also 反式[fan3 shi4]
順從 (seon6 cung4) — obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer
順德 (seon6 dak1) — see 順德區|顺德区[Shun4 de2 Qu1]
順德區 (seon6 dak1 keoi1) — Shunde, a district of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong
順心 (seon6 sam1) — happy; satisfactory
順意 (seon6 ji3) — pleasant; agreeable
順慶 (seon6 hing3) — see 順慶區|顺庆区[Shun4 qing4 Qu1]
順慶區 (seon6 hing3 keoi1) — Shunqing, a district of Nanchong City 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4], Sichuan
順應 (seon6 jing3) — to comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
順應不良 (seon6 jing3 bat1 loeng4) — inability to adjust; unable to adapt
順應天時 (seon6 jing3 tin1 si4) — going with nature and the seasons (TCM)
順我者昌逆我者亡 (seon6 ngo5 ze2 coeng1 jik6 ngo5 ze2 mong4) — submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
順手 (seon6 sau2) — as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; s…
順手兒 (seon6 sau2 ji4) — handy; convenient and easy to use; smoothly
順手牽羊 (seon6 sau2 hin1 joeng4) — lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically po…
順敘 (seon6 zeoi6) — chronological narration
順昌 (seon6 coeng1) — see 順昌縣|顺昌县[Shun4 chang1 Xian4]
順昌縣 (seon6 coeng1 jyun6) — Shunchang, a county in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian
順時針 (seon6 si4 zam1) — clockwise
順服 (seon6 fuk6) — to submit to
順次 (seon6 ci3) — in order; in proper sequence
順民 (seon6 man4) — docile subject (of new dynasty); toady
順氣 (seon6 hei3) — nice; pleasant
順水 (seon6 seoi2) — with the current
順水人情 (seon6 seoi2 jan4 cing4) — to do sb a favor at little cost
順水推舟 (seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1) — lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation…
順水推船 (seon6 seoi2 teoi1 syun4) — lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation…
順河區 (seon6 ho4 keoi1) — Shunhe Hui district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan
順河回族區 (seon6 ho4 wui4 zuk6 keoi1) — Shunhe Hui District, a district of Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan
順治 (seon6 zi6) — reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)
順治帝 (seon6 zi6 dai3) — Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662
順溜 (seon6 lau6) — orderly; tidy; smooth
順潮 (seon6 ciu4) — favorable tide
順理成章 (seon6 lei5 sing4 zoeng1) — logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)
順產 (seon6 caan2) — to give birth without complications; easy childbirth; safe delivery; natural bi…
順當 (seon6 dong3) — smoothly
順眼 (seon6 ngaan5) — pleasing to the eye; nice to look at
順磁 (seon6 ci4) — paramagnetic
順義 (seon6 ji6) — see 順義區|顺义区[Shun4 yi4 Qu1]
順義區 (seon6 ji6 keoi1) — Shunyi, a district of Beijing
順耳 (seon6 ji5) — pleasing to the ear
順著 (seon6 zoek6) — to follow; following; along
順藤摸瓜 (seon6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1) — lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues
順行 (seon6 hang4) — circular motion in the same sense as the sun; clockwise
順訪 (seon6 fong2) — to visit in passing
順路 (seon6 lou6) — by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently
順遂 (seon6 seoi6) — everything is going smoothly; just as one wishes
順道 (seon6 dou6) — on the way
順適 (seon6 sik1) — agreeable; to conform
順風 (seon6 fung1) — lit. tail wind; Bon voyage!
順風耳 (seon6 fung1 ji5) — sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction); fig. a well-informed person
順風車 (seon6 fung1 ce1) — vehicle that gives one a free ride; (fig.) (ride on sb's) coattails; (take adva…
順風轉舵 (seon6 fung1 zyun2 to4) — to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
須丸 (seoi1 jyun2) — hematite Fe2O3
須彌 (seoi1 nei4) — Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in G…
須彌山 (seoi1 nei4 saan1) — Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in G…
須知 (seoi1 zi1) — key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
須臾 (seoi1 jyu4) — in a flash; in a jiffy
頌揚 (zung6 joeng4) — to eulogize; to praise
頌歌 (zung6 go1) — carol
頌聲載道 (zung6 sing1 zoi3 dou6) — lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation
頌詞 (zung6 ci4) — commendation speech; eulogy; ode
頎 (kei4) — tall
預付 (jyu6 fu6) — to pay in advance; prepaid
預估 (jyu6 gu2) — to estimate; to forecast; prediction; projection
預備 (jyu6 bei6) — to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
預兆 (jyu6 siu6) — omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow
預卜 (jyu6 buk1) — to foretell; to predict
預告 (jyu6 gou3) — to forecast; to predict; advance notice
預告片 (jyu6 gou3 pin2) — trailer (for a movie)
預售 (jyu6 sau6) — to sell in advance
預報 (jyu6 bou3) — forecast
預定 (jyu6 ding6) — to arrange in advance
預定義 (jyu6 ding6 ji6) — predefined
預後 (jyu6 hau6) — prognosis
預想 (jyu6 soeng2) — to anticipate; to expect
預感 (jyu6 gam2) — to have a premonition; premonition
預應力 (jyu6 jing3 lik6) — prestressed
預扣 (jyu6 kau3) — to withhold
預提 (jyu6 tai4) — to withhold (tax); withholding
預支 (jyu6 zi1) — to pay in advance; to get payment in advance
預收費 (jyu6 sau1 fai3) — prepayment
預會 (jyu6 wui6) — variant of 與會|与会[yu4 hui4]
預期推理 (jyu6 kei4 teoi1 lei5) — predictive inference
預期用途 (jyu6 kei4 jung6 tou4) — intended use
預案 (jyu6 on3) — contingency plan
預測 (jyu6 cak1) — to forecast; to predict
預演 (jyu6 jin2) — dummy run; to run through sth; to rehearse
預熱 (jyu6 jit6) — to preheat; (fig.) to warm up; to prepare for
預留 (jyu6 lau4) — to set aside; to reserve
預知 (jyu6 zi1) — to anticipate; to foresee
預示 (jyu6 si6) — to indicate; to foretell; to forebode; to betoken
預祝 (jyu6 zuk1) — to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc)
預科 (jyu6 fo1) — preparatory course (in college)
預約 (jyu6 joek3) — booking; reservation; to book; to make an appointment
預習 (jyu6 zaap6) — to prepare a lesson
預裝 (jyu6 zong1) — prefabricated; preinstalled; bundled (software)
預製 (jyu6 zai3) — prefabricated; precut; to prefabricate
預見 (jyu6 gin3) — to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
預覽 (jyu6 laam5) — preview; to preview
預言家 (jyu6 jin4 gaa1) — prophet
預計 (jyu6 gai3) — to forecast; to predict; to estimate
預託證券 (jyu6 tok3 zing3 hyun3) — depository receipt (DR, in share dealing)
預設 (jyu6 cit3) — to presuppose; to predispose; to preset; presupposition; predisposition; defaul…
預試 (jyu6 si5) — pretest
預謀 (jyu6 mau4) — premeditated; to plan sth in advance (esp. a crime)
預謀殺人 (jyu6 mau4 saat3 jan4) — premeditated murder
預警 (jyu6 ging2) — warning; early warning
預警機 (jyu6 ging2 gei1) — early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS
預警系統 (jyu6 ging2 hai6 tung2) — early warning system
預購 (jyu6 kau3) — advance purchase
預賽 (jyu6 coi3) — preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats
預選 (jyu6 syun2) — preselection; short-listing; primary election
預配 (jyu6 pui3) — pre-allocated; prewired
預防 (jyu6 fong4) — to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precauti…
預防免疫 (jyu6 fong4 min5 jik6) — prophylactic inoculation
預防性 (jyu6 fong4 sing3) — prophylactic; preventative; protective
預防接種 (jyu6 fong4 zip3 zung2) — prophylactic inoculation
預防措施 (jyu6 fong4 cou3 si1) — protective step; protective measure
預防法 (jyu6 fong4 faat3) — prophylaxis; medical prevention
預防針 (jyu6 fong4 zam1) — immunization injection; fig. forewarning; heads-up; preventive measure
頑劣 (waan4 lyut3) — stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous
頑匪 (waan4 fei2) — gangster; bandit
頑固 (waan4 gu3) — stubborn; obstinate
頑梗 (waan4 gang2) — obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed
頑民 (waan4 man4) — unruly people; rebellious subjects; disloyal citizens
頑疾 (waan4 zat6) — stubborn illness; chronic disease; (fig.) deep-seated problem; systemic issue
頑症 (waan4 zing3) — see 頑疾|顽疾[wan2 ji2]
頑童 (waan4 tung4) — urchin
頑鈍 (waan4 deon6) — blunt (instrument); stupid; thick-headed
頒布 (baan1 bou3) — to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
頒授 (baan1 sau6) — to confer (e.g. a diploma); to award
頒獎 (baan1 zoeng2) — to confer an award
頒發 (baan1 faat3) — to issue; to promulgate; to award
頒白 (baan1 baak6) — variant of 斑白[ban1 bai2]
頒示 (baan1 si6) — to make public; to display
頒給 (baan1 kap1) — to award; to confer on (sb)
頒行 (baan1 hang4) — issue for enforcement
頒賜 (baan1 ci3) — to award (a medal etc)
頒賞 (baan1 soeng2) — to bestow a prize or reward; an award
頓悟 (deon6 ng6) — a flash of realization; the truth in a flash; a moment of enlightenment (usuall…
頓挫 (deon6 co3) — a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a ca…
頓挫抑揚 (deon6 co3 jik1 joeng4) — cadence; modulation
頓時 (deon6 si4) — immediately; suddenly
頓河 (deon6 ho4) — Don River
頓涅斯克 (deon6 nip6 si1 hak1) — Donetsk region of W. Ukraine
頓涅茨克 (deon6 nip6 ci4 hak1) — Donetsk, city in Ukraine
頓然 (deon6 jin4) — suddenly; abruptly
頓號 (deon6 hou6) — enumeration comma (、) (used to separate words or phrases in a list)
頓覺 (deon6 gok3) — to feel suddenly; to realize abruptly
頓足 (deon6 zuk1) — stamp (one's feet)
頓首 (deon6 sau2) — kowtow
頗具 (po2 geoi6) — rather; quite; to have much
頗多 (po2 do1) — (quite) a lot; many
頗為 (po2 wai4) — rather; quite
領先 (ling5 sin1) — to lead; to be in front
領先地位 (ling5 sin1 dei6 wai6) — lead(ing) position
領到 (ling5 dou3) — to receive
領取 (ling5 ceoi2) — to receive; to draw; to get
領受 (ling5 sau6) — to accept; to receive
領口 (leng5 hau2) — collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet
領命 (ling5 ming6) — to accept an order
領唱 (ling5 coeng3) — to lead a chorus; choirmaster; leading singer
領土 (ling5 tou2) — territory
領土完整 (ling5 tou2 jyun4 zing2) — territorial integrity
領地 (ling5 dei6) — territory; domain; estate; (old) fief
領域 (ling5 wik6) — domain; sphere; field; territory; area
領子 (leng5 zi2) — shirt collar
領導 (ling5 dou6) — lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader
領導人 (ling5 dou6 jan4) — leader
領導層 (ling5 dou6 cang4) — ruling class; leaders (of society); oligarchy
領導權 (ling5 dou6 kyun4) — leadership authority
領導者 (ling5 dou6 ze2) — leader
領導能力 (ling5 dou6 nang4 lik6) — leadership (ability)
領導集體 (ling5 dou6 zaap6 tai2) — leadership group; collective of leaders
領岩鷚 (ling5 ngaam4 lau6) — (bird species of China) alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
領巾 (leng5 gan1) — neckcloth; neckerchief
領帶 (leng5 daai2) — necktie
領悟 (ling5 ng6) — to understand; to comprehend
領悟力 (ling5 ng6 lik6) — comprehension; perception; feeling
領情 (ling5 cing4) — to feel grateful to sb; to appreciate the kindness
領收 (ling5 sau1) — to accept (a favor); to receive
領教 (ling5 gaau3) — much obliged; thank you; to ask advice; (ironically or humorously) to experienc…
領料 (ling5 liu2) — receiving materials
領料單 (ling5 liu2 daan1) — material requisition form
領會 (ling5 wui6) — to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
領有 (ling5 jau5) — to possess; to own
領洗 (ling5 sai2) — to be baptized
領海 (ling5 hoi2) — territorial waters
領燕鴴 (ling5 jin3 hang4) — (bird species of China) collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
領獎 (ling5 zoeng2) — to receive an award
領獎臺 (ling5 zoeng2 toi4) — (winner's) podium
領班 (ling5 baan1) — supervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress
領空 (ling5 hung1) — territorial air space
領章 (ling5 zoeng1) — collar insignia
領結 (leng5 git3) — bow tie; loop of a necktie; lavaliere
領罪 (ling5 zeoi6) — to confess one's fault; to accept one's punishment
領航 (ling5 hong4) — navigation; navigator; to navigate
領航員 (ling5 hong4 jyun4) — navigator
領英 (ling5 jing1) — LinkedIn (professional networking website)
領袖 (ling5 zau6) — leader
領角鴞 (ling5 gok3 hiu1) — (bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia)
領諾 (ling5 nok6) — consent
領走 (leng5 zau2) — to lead (sb, or an animal) away; to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care bef…
領跑 (ling5 paau2) — to take the lead in a race; to set the pace

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