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• 主持人 (zyu2 ci4 jan4) — host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research pro…
• 主掌 (zyu2 zoeng2) — in charge (of a position etc); the person in charge; responsible
• 主播 (zyu2 bo3) — (news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
• 主攻 (zyu2 gung1) — main assault; to focus on; to specialize in; to major in
• 主教 (zyu2 gaau3) — bishop
• 主料 (zyu2 liu2) — main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
• 主族 (zyu2 zuk6) — main group
• 主日 (zyu2 jat6) — Sabbath; Sunday
• 主日學 (zyu2 jat6 hok6) — Sunday School
• 主材 (zyu2 coi4) — principal or main material (engineering)
• 主板 (zyu2 baan2) — (computing) motherboard; (stock market) main board
• 主格 (zyu2 gaak3) — nominative case (grammar)
• 主業 (zyu2 jip6) — main business
• 主樓 (zyu2 lau4) — main building
• 主機 (zyu2 gei1) — main engine; (military) lead aircraft; (computing) host computer; main processo…
• 主機名 (zyu2 gei1 meng2) — hostname (of a networked computer)
• 主機板 (zyu2 gei1 baan2) — motherboard
• 主權 (zyu2 kyun4) — sovereignty
• 主權國家 (zyu2 kyun4 gwok3 gaa1) — sovereign country
• 主治醫師 (zyu2 zi6 ji1 si1) — attending physician
• 主法向量 (zyu2 faat3 hoeng3 loeng6) — principal normal vector (to a space curve)
• 主流 (zyu2 lau4) — main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter;…
• 主演 (zyu2 jin2) — to play the leading role; to star; lead actor
• 主犯 (zyu2 faan2) — culprit
• 主球 (zyu2 kau4) — cue ball (in pool etc)
• 主環 (zyu2 waan4) — primary ring
• 主祭 (zyu2 zai3) — to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
• 主禱文 (zyu2 tou2 man4) — Lord's Prayer
• 主科 (zyu2 fo1) — required courses in the major subject
• 主管 (zyu2 gun2) — in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
• 主管人員 (zyu2 gun2 jan4 jyun4) — executive
• 主管機關 (zyu2 gun2 gei1 gwaan1) — the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
• 主簿 (zyu2 bou6) — official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
• 主線 (zyu2 sin3) — main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central t…
• 主編 (zyu2 pin1) — editor in chief
• 主罰 (zyu2 fat6) — penalty (kick)
• 主義 (zyu2 ji6) — -ism; ideology
• 主航道 (zyu2 hong4 dou6) — main channel
• 主菜 (zyu2 coi3) — main course
• 主見 (zyu2 gin3) — one's own view; definite opinion
• 主觀 (zyu2 gun1) — subjective
• 主觀主義 (zyu2 gun1 zyu2 ji6) — subjectivism
• 主角 (zyu2 gok3) — leading role; lead; protagonist
• 主計 (zyu2 gai3) — chief accounting officer; controller; comptroller; (Han Dynasty) treasurer
• 主計室 (zyu2 gai3 sat1) — auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office
• 主詞 (zyu2 ci4) — subject
• 主語 (zyu2 jyu5) — subject (in grammar)
• 主調 (zyu2 diu6) — main point of an argument; a principal viewpoint
• 主謂句 (zyu2 wai6 geoi3) — subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause
• 主謂結構 (zyu2 wai6 git3 kau3) — subject-predicate construction
• 主謂賓 (zyu2 wai6 ban1) — subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in C…
• 主講 (zyu2 gong2) — to give a lecture; to lecture on
• 主賓 (zyu2 ban1) — guest of honor; host and guests
• 主賓謂 (zyu2 ban1 wai6) — subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in J…
• 主車群 (zyu2 ce1 kwan4) — peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race)
• 主軸 (zyu2 zuk6) — axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc); main axle (of engine)
• 主軸承 (zyu2 zuk6 sing4) — main bearing
• 主辦 (zyu2 baan6) — to organize; to host (a conference or sports event)
• 主辦國 (zyu2 baan6 gwok3) — host country
• 主辦權 (zyu2 baan6 kyun4) — the right to host (an international meeting)
• 主銷 (zyu2 siu1) — kingpin (vehicle part); to focus one's marketing efforts on (a region, product …
• 主隊 (zyu2 deoi6) — host team (at sports event); host side
• 主音 (zyu2 jam1) — keynote; principal tone; tonic; vowel
• 主頁 (zyu2 jip6) — home page
• 主題 (zyu2 tai4) — theme; subject
• 主顧 (zyu2 gu3) — client; customer
• 主顯節 (zyu2 hin2 zit3) — (Christianity) Epiphany
• 主食 (zyu2 sik6) — staple food
• 主體 (zyu2 tai2) — main part; bulk; body; subject; agent
• 主體思想 (zyu2 tai2 si1 soeng2) — Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independe…
• 主麻 (zyu2 maa4) — (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from …
• 乃堆拉 (naai5 deoi1 laai1) — Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
• 乃堆拉山口 (naai5 deoi1 laai1 saan1 hau2) — Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern In…
• 乃是 (naai5 si6) — equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
• 乃東 (naai5 dung1) — see 乃東區|乃东区[Nai3 dong1 Qu1]
• 乃爾 (naai5 ji5) — thus; like this
• 乃至 (naai5 zi3) — and even; to go so far as to
• 久久 (gau2 gau2) — for a very long time
• 久之 (gau2 zi1) — for a long time
• 久仰 (gau2 joeng5) — honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you …
• 久仰大名 (gau2 joeng5 daai6 ming4) — I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
• 久假不歸 (gau2 gaa3 bat1 gwai1) — to fail to return a borrowed item
• 久別 (gau2 bit6) — a long period of separation
• 久別重逢 (gau2 bit6 cung5 fung4) — to meet again after a long period of separation
• 久已 (gau2 ji5) — long ago; a long time since
• 久慕 (gau2 mou6) — lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).; I've been looking forward t…
• 久攻不下 (gau2 gung1 bat1 haa6) — to attack for a long time without success
• 久曠 (gau2 kwong3) — to leave uncultivated for a long time; by extension, to neglect one's work; to …
• 久治 (gau2 zi6) — see 久治縣|久治县[Jiu3 zhi4 Xian4]
• 久治縣 (gau2 zi6 jyun6) — Jigzhi, a county in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 果洛藏族自治州[Guo3 luo4 Zang4…
• 久留 (gau2 lau4) — to stay for a long time
• 久病 (gau2 beng6) — my old illness; chronic condition
• 久病成良醫 (gau2 beng6 sing4 loeng4 ji1) — long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
• 久病成醫 (gau2 beng6 sing4 ji1) — (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor
• 久等 (gau2 dang2) — to wait for a long time
• 久經考驗 (gau2 ging1 haau2 jim6) — well tested over a long period of time (idiom); seasoned
• 久而久之 (gau2 ji4 gau2 zi1) — over time; as time passes; in the fullness of time
• 久聞大名 (gau2 man4 daai6 ming4) — your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
• 久負盛名 (gau2 fu6 sing6 ming4) — seasoned; honed to perfection over centuries; special reserve
• 久違 (gau2 wai4) — (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
• 久遠 (gau2 jyun5) — lasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time
• 久長 (gau2 coeng4) — a long time
• 久闊 (gau2 fut3) — a long period of separation
• 久陪 (gau2 pui4) — to accompany over long term
• 乇 (tok3) — "blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
• 么並矢 (jiu1 bing6 ci2) — idemfactor (math.)
• 么二 (jiu1 ji6) — one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute
• 么麼小醜 (jiu1 mo1 siu2 cau2) — (idiom) insignificant wretch
• 么點 (jiu1 dim2) — ace
• 之一 (zi1 jat1) — one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
• 之上 (zi1 soeng6) — above
• 之下 (zi1 haa6) — under; beneath; less than
• 之中 (zi1 zung1) — inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
• 之乎者也 (zi1 fu4 ze2 jaa5) — (lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Class…
• 之內 (zi1 noi6) — inside; within
• 之前 (zi1 cin4) — before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
• 之外 (zi1 ngoi6) — outside; excluding
• 之字形 (zi1 zi6 jing4) — Z-shaped; zigzag
• 之後 (zi1 hau6) — after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
• 之所以 (zi1 so2 ji5) — (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|…
• 之至 (zi1 zi3) — extremely
• 之間 (zi1 gaan1) — (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to fo…
• 之際 (zi1 zai3) — during; at the time of
• 之類 (zi1 leoi6) — and so on; and such
• 乍得 (zaa3 dak1) — Chad
• 乍得湖 (zaa3 dak1 wu4) — Lake Chad
• 乍浦 (zaa3 pou2) — Zhapu, a town and port on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang, historic…
• 乍看 (zaa3 hon3) — at first glance
• 乍青乍白 (zaa3 ceng1 zaa3 baak6) — (of sb's face) turning alternately green and white
• 乏人照顧 (fat6 jan4 ziu3 gu3) — (of a person) left unattended; not cared for
• 乏力 (fat6 lik6) — lacking in strength; weak; feeble; not up to the task
• 乏味 (fat6 mei6) — tedious
• 乏善可陳 (fat6 sin6 ho2 can4) — (idiom) to be nothing to write home about
• 乏燃料 (fat6 jin4 liu2) — (nuclear energy) spent fuel
• 乏燃料棒 (fat6 jin4 liu2 paang5) — (nuclear energy) spent fuel rods
• 乒乓 (bing1 bam1) — (onom.) rattle; clatter; (sports) ping-pong; table tennis
• 乒乓球 (bing1 bam1 kau4) — table tennis; ping-pong; table tennis ball
• 乒乓球拍 (bing1 bam1 kau4 paak2) — ping-pong paddle
• 乒乓球檯 (bing1 bam1 kau4 toi2) — table-tennis table
• 乖 (gwaai1) — (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary …
• 乖僻 (gwaai1 pik1) — peculiar; eccentric
• 乖巧 (gwaai1 haau2) — clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
• 乖張 (gwaai1 zoeng1) — recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish
• 乖忤 (gwaai1 ng5) — stubborn; contrary; disobedient
• 乖戾 (gwaai1 leoi6) — perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character)
• 乖离 (gwaai1 lei4) — to part; to separate; to deviate
• 乖覺 (gwaai1 gok3) — perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd
• 乖謬 (gwaai1 mau6) — ridiculous; abnormal
• 乖迕 (gwaai1 ng6) — stubborn; contrary; disobedient
• 乖順 (gwaai1 seon6) — obedient (colloquial)
• 乘人不備 (sing4 jan4 bat1 bei6) — to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom); to take sb by surprise
• 乘人之危 (sing4 jan4 zi1 ngai4) — to take advantage of sb's precarious position
• 乘便 (sing4 bin6) — at your convenience
• 乘冪 (sing4 mik6) — (math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power; exponentiation; power
• 乘務 (sing4 mou6) — service (on a train, a plane etc)
• 乘務員 (sing4 mou6 jyun4) — attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
• 乘勝 (sing4 sing3) — to follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy
• 乘勝追擊 (sing4 sing3 zeoi1 gik1) — to follow up a victory and press home the attack; to pursue retreating enemy
• 乘勢 (sing4 sai3) — to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot
• 乘坐 (sing4 zo6) — to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
• 乘堅策肥 (sing4 gin1 caak3 fei4) — to live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
• 乘客 (sing4 haak3) — passenger
• 乘數 (sing4 sou3) — multiplier
• 乘方 (sing4 fong1) — (math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power; exponentiation; power
• 乘機 (sing4 gei1) — to take the opportunity; to take a plane
• 乘法 (sing4 faat3) — multiplication
• 乘法表 (sing4 faat3 biu2) — multiplication table
• 乘法逆 (sing4 faat3 jik6) — multiplicative inverse (math.)
• 乘涼 (sing4 loeng4) — to enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)
• 乘火打劫 (sing4 fo2 daa2 gip3) — to take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot
• 乘用車 (sing4 jung6 ce1) — passenger vehicle
• 乘積 (sing4 zik1) — product (result of multiplication)
• 乘興 (sing4 hing3) — while in high spirits; feeling upbeat; on an impulse
• 乘船 (sing4 syun4) — to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
• 乘虛 (sing4 heoi1) — to take advantage of weakness
• 乘虛而入 (sing4 heoi1 ji4 jap6) — to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
• 乘號 (sing4 hou6) — multiplication sign (math.)
• 乘警 (sing4 ging2) — police on trains; train marshal
• 乘車 (sing4 ce1) — to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor
• 乘除 (sing4 ceoi4) — to multiply and divide
• 乘隙 (sing4 kwik1) — to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole)
• 乘風 (sing4 fung1) — to ride the wind; to use a fair wind; to take an opportunity
• 乘風破浪 (sing4 fung1 po3 long6) — to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
• 乘鶴 (sing4 hok6) — to fly on a crane; to die
• 乘龍 (sing4 lung4) — to ride the dragon; to die (of emperors and kings)
• 乘龍快婿 (sing4 lung4 faai3 sai3) — ideal son-in-law
• 乙丑 (jyut3 cau2) — second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
• 乙二醇 (jyut3 ji6 seon4) — glycol; ethylene glycol C2H4(OH)2 (antifreeze)
• 乙亥 (jyut3 hoi6) — twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055
• 乙卯 (jyut3 maau5) — fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
• 乙型 (jyut3 jing4) — type B; type II; beta-
• 乙型肝炎 (jyut3 jing4 gon1 jim4) — hepatitis B
• 乙型腦炎 (jyut3 jing4 nou5 jim4) — Japanese encephalitis, aka epidemic encephalitis B
• 乙基 (jyut3 gei1) — ethyl group (chemistry)
• 乙太 (jyut3 taai3) — variant of 以太[yi3 tai4]
• 乙巳 (jyut3 zi6) — forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
• 乙方 (jyut3 fong1) — party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方[jia3 fang1], party A)
• 乙未 (jyut3 mei6) — thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
• 乙氧基 (jyut3 joeng5 gei1) — ethoxy (chemistry)
• 乙氨基 (jyut3 on1 gei1) — ethylamino group
• 乙炔 (jyut3 kyut3) — acetylene; ethyne C2H2
• 乙烯 (jyut3 hei1) — ethylene
• 乙烯基 (jyut3 hei1 gei1) — (chemistry) vinyl group; ethenyl group
• 乙烷 (jyut3 jyun4) — ethane (C2H6)
• 乙狀結腸 (jyut3 zong6 git3 coeng4) — sigmoid colon (anatomy); bent colon, linking the descending colon to the rectum
• 乙種 (jyut3 zung2) — type B; category B; second class or grade; beta-
• 乙種射線 (jyut3 zung2 se6 sin3) — beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
• 乙種粒子 (jyut3 zung2 lap1 zi2) — beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleu…
• 乙肝 (jyut3 gon1) — hepatitis B
• 乙腦 (jyut3 nou5) — Japanese encephalitis (abbr. for 乙型腦炎|乙型脑炎[yi3 xing2 nao3 yan2])
• 乙酉 (jyut3 jau5) — twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
• 乙酰 (jyut3 sin1) — acetyl (chemistry)
• 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮 (jyut3 sin1 on1 bei2 lok6 jyun4 tung4) — (pharmacology) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic
• 乙酰膽鹼 (jyut3 sin1 daam2 gaan2) — acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
• 乙酸 (jyut3 syun1) — acetic acid (CH3COOH); ethanoic acid
• 乙酸基 (jyut3 syun1 gei1) — acetyl radical CH3COO-
• 乙酸根 (jyut3 syun1 gan1) — acetyl radical CH3COO-
• 乙酸鹽 (jyut3 syun1 jim4) — acetate CH3COO-
• 乙醇 (jyut3 seon4) — ethanol; ethyl alcohol
• 乙醇酸 (jyut3 seon4 syun1) — glycolic acid C2H4O3
• 乙醚 (jyut3 mai4) — ether; diethyl ether C2H5OC2H5
• 乙醛 (jyut3 cyun4) — acetaldehyde H3CCHO; ethanal
• 乜嘢 (mat1 je5) — what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
• 乜斜 (me1 ce4) — to squint
• 九一八事變 (gau2 jat1 baat3 si6 bin3) — the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Ja…
• 九三學社 (gau2 saam1 hok6 se5) — Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
• 九九乘法表 (gau2 gau2 sing4 faat3 biu2) — multiplication table
• 九九歸一 (gau2 gau2 gwai1 jat1) — nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule); when all is said and done
• 九九重陽 (gau2 gau2 cung4 joeng4) — Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month
• 九份 (gau2 fan6) — Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold …
• 九分之一 (gau2 fan6 zi1 jat1) — one ninth
• 九十 (gau2 sap6) — ninety
• 九卿 (gau2 hing1) — the nine top officials (in imperial China)
• 九原區 (gau2 jyun4 keoi1) — Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
• 九台 (gau2 toi4) — see 九台區|九台区[Jiu3 tai2 Qu1]
• 九天 (gau2 tin1) — the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
• 九天攬月 (gau2 tin1 laam5 jyut6) — (idiom) to reach for the stars
• 九孔 (gau2 hung2) — abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
• 九孔螺 (gau2 hung2 lo4) — see 九孔[jiu3 kong3]
• 九官鳥 (gau2 gun1 niu5) — (Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
• 九宮山 (gau2 gung1 saan1) — Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan…
• 九宮格數獨 (gau2 gung1 gaak3 sou3 duk6) — sudoku (puzzle game)
• 九寨溝 (gau2 zaai6 kau1) — Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan; Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
• 九寨溝縣 (gau2 zaai6 kau1 jyun6) — Jiuzhaigou, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州…
• 九寨溝風景名勝區 (gau2 zaai6 kau1 fung1 ging2 ming4 sing3 keoi1) — Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
• 九尾狐 (gau2 mei5 wu4) — nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
• 九尾龜 (gau2 mei5 gwai1) — nine-tailed turtle of mythology; The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing nov…
• 九層塔 (gau2 cang4 taap3) — basil
• 九嶷山 (gau2 ji4 saan1) — Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
• 九州 (gau2 zau1) — division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southe…
• 九巴 (gau2 baa1) — Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
• 九成 (gau2 sing4) — nine-tenths; ninety percent
• 九折 (gau2 zit3) — 10% off (price)
• 九月 (gau2 jyut6) — September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
• 九月份 (gau2 jyut6 fan6) — September
• 九校聯盟 (gau2 haau6 lyun4 mang4) — C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 19…
• 九歸 (gau2 gwai1) — abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
• 九死一生 (gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1) — nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
• 九江 (gau2 gong1) — see 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4]
• 九江市 (gau2 gong1 si5) — Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
• 九泉 (gau2 cyun4) — the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades
• 九流 (gau2 lau4) — the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and…
• 九淵 (gau2 jyun1) — abyss; deep chasm
• 九牛一毛 (gau2 ngau4 jat1 mou4) — (lit.) one hair from nine oxen (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean
• 九牛二虎之力 (gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6) — tremendous strength (idiom)
• 九竅 (gau2 hiu3) — nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
• 九章算術 (gau2 zoeng1 syun3 seot6) — The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
• 九聲六調 (gau2 sing1 luk6 diu6) — nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern language…
• 九華山 (gau2 waa4 saan1) — Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist…
• 九號球 (gau2 hou6 kau4) — nine-ball (billiards game)
• 九邊形 (gau2 bin1 jing4) — nonagon
• 九重霄 (gau2 cung4 siu1) — ninth heaven; Highest Heaven
• 九零後 (gau2 ling4 hau6) — 90s generation
• 九霄雲外 (gau2 siu1 wan4 ngoi6) — beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away
• 九面體 (gau2 min6 tai2) — enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
• 九頭鳥 (gau2 tau4 niu5) — legendary bird with nine heads (old); cunning or sly person
• 九鼎 (gau2 ding2) — the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
• 九齒釘耙 (gau2 ci2 deng1 baa3) — The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4])
• 九龍 (gau2 lung4) — Kowloon district of Hong Kong
• 九龍坡 (gau2 lung4 bo1) — see 九龍坡區|九龙坡区[Jiu3 long2 po1 Qu1]
• 九龍坡區 (gau2 lung4 bo1 keoi1) — Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
• 九龍城 (gau2 lung4 sing4) — Kowloon City, Hong Kong
• 九龍城寨 (gau2 lung4 sing4 zaai6) — Kowloon Walled City
• 九龍縣 (gau2 lung4 jyun6) — Jiulong, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4…
• 乞 (hat1) — to beg
• 乞丐 (hat1 koi3) — beggar
• 乞人 (hat1 jan4) — beggar
• 乞伏 (hat1 fuk6) — tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
• 乞休 (hat1 jau1) — to request permission to resign from an official position (old)
• 乞兒 (hat1 ji1) — beggar
• 乞力馬扎羅山 (hat1 lik6 maa5 zaat3 lo4 saan1) — Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
• 乞和 (hat1 wo4) — to sue for peace
• 乞哀告憐 (hat1 oi1 gou3 lin4) — begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
• 乞恕 (hat1 syu3) — to beg forgiveness
• 乞憐 (hat1 lin4) — to beg for pity
• 乞求 (hat1 kau4) — to beg
• 乞討 (hat1 tou2) — to beg; to go begging
• 乞貸 (hat1 taai3) — to beg for a loan
• 乞食 (hat1 sik6) — to beg for food
• 也好不了多少 (jaa5 hou2 bat1 liu5 do1 siu2) — hardly any better; just as bad
• 也好不到哪裡去 (jaa5 hou2 bat1 dou3 naa5 leoi5 heoi3) — just as bad; not much better
• 也就是 (jaa5 zau6 si6) — in other words; i.e.
• 也就是說 (jaa5 zau6 si6 syut3) — in other words; that is to say; so; thus
• 也有今天 (jaa5 jau5 gam1 tin1) — (coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right; to get one's share of (go…
• 也罷 (jaa5 baa6) — (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or res…
• 也許 (jaa5 heoi2) — perhaps; maybe
• 也門 (jaa5 mun4) — Yemen
• 乩童 (gei1 tung4) — (Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a d…
• 乳交 (jyu5 gaau1) — mammary intercourse
• 乳劑 (jyu5 zai1) — emulsion
• 乳化 (jyu5 faa3) — to emulsify
• 乳化劑 (jyu5 faa3 zai1) — emulsifier
• 乳山 (jyu5 saan1) — see 乳山市[Ru3 shan1 Shi4]
• 乳山市 (jyu5 saan1 si5) — Rushan, a county-level city in Weihai City 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4], Shandong
• 乳房 (jyu5 fong4) — breast; udder
• 乳房攝影 (jyu5 fong4 sip3 jing2) — mammography
• 乳暈 (jyu5 wan6) — mammary areola
• 乳母 (jyu5 mou5) — wet nurse
• 乳汁 (jyu5 zap1) — milk; (botany) latex
• 乳液 (jyu5 jik6) — lotion; (chemistry) emulsion
• 乳源瑤族自治縣 (jyu5 jyun4 jiu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6) — Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4], Guang…
• 乳源縣 (jyu5 jyun4 jyun6) — see 乳源瑤族自治縣|乳源瑶族自治县[Ru3 yuan2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
• 乳溝 (jyu5 kau1) — cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)
• 乳漿 (jyu5 zoeng1) — milky liquid; whey
• 乳牙 (jyu5 ngaa4) — (dentistry) deciduous tooth; baby tooth; milk tooth
• 乳牛 (jyu5 ngau4) — dairy cattle
• 乳癌 (jyu5 ngaam4) — breast cancer
• 乳白 (jyu5 baak6) — milky white; cream color
• 乳白天空 (jyu5 baak6 tin1 hung1) — whiteout
• 乳白色 (jyu5 baak6 sik1) — milky white
• 乳突 (jyu5 dat6) — (anatomy) mastoid process
• 乳突竇 (jyu5 dat6 dau6) — (anatomy) mastoid antrum
• 乳糖 (jyu5 tong4) — lactose
• 乳糖不耐症 (jyu5 tong4 bat1 noi6 zing3) — lactose intolerance
• 乳糜瀉 (jyu5 mei4 se3) — celiac disease
• 乳罩 (jyu5 zaau3) — bra
• 乳脂 (jyu5 zi1) — cream; milk fat
• 乳腐 (jyu5 fu6) — fermented tofu
• 乳腺 (jyu5 sin3) — mammary gland
• 乳腺炎 (jyu5 sin3 jim4) — mastitis
• 乳腺癌 (jyu5 sin3 ngaam4) — breast cancer
• 乳膠 (jyu5 gaau1) — latex
• 乳膠漆 (jyu5 gaau1 cat1) — latex paint; emulsion paint
• 乳臭未乾 (jyu5 cau3 mei6 gon1) — lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom); fig. immature and inexperience…
• 乳草 (jyu5 cou2) — milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
• 乳製品 (jyu5 zai3 ban2) — dairy products
• 乳豬 (jyu5 zyu1) — suckling pig
• 乳部 (jyu5 bou6) — breasts
• 乳酪蛋糕 (jyu5 lok6 daan6 gou1) — cheesecake
• 乳酸 (jyu5 syun1) — lactic acid
• 乳酸菌 (jyu5 syun1 kwan2) — lactic acid bacteria
• 乳頭 (jyu5 tau4) — nipple
• 乳頭瘤 (jyu5 tau4 lau4) — papilloma
• 乳香 (jyu5 hoeng1) — frankincense
• 乳齒 (jyu5 ci2) — deciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth
• 乶下 (fu2 haa6) — Polha, a place in the Joseon dynasty province of Hamgyeong 咸鏡道|咸镜道[Xian2 jing4 …
• 乾俸 (gon1 fung2) — income provided by a sinecure
• 乾兒 (gon1 ji4) — adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 乾兒子 (gon1 ji4 zi2) — adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 乾冰 (gon1 bing1) — dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
• 乾嘉三大家 (kin4 gaa1 saam1 daai6 gaa1) — the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed…
• 乾嘔 (gon1 au2) — to retch
• 乾嚎 (gon1 hou4) — to cry out loud without tears
• 乾坤 (kin4 kwan1) — yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
• 乾娘 (gon1 noeng4) — adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 乾媽 (gon1 maa1) — adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 乾安 (kin4 on1) — see 乾安縣|乾安县[Qian2 an1 Xian4]
• 乾安縣 (kin4 on1 jyun6) — Qian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin
• 乾屍 (gon1 si1) — desiccated corpse; mummified body
• 乾巴巴 (gon1 baa1 baa1) — dry; parched; dull; insipid
• 乾打壘 (gon1 daa2 leoi5) — rammed earth; adobe house
• 乾旱 (gon1 hon5) — drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
• 乾旱土 (gon1 hon5 tou2) — aridisol (soil taxonomy)
• 乾杯 (gon1 bui1) — to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit…
• 乾果 (gon1 gwo2) — dried fruit; dry fruits (nuts etc)
• 乾枯 (gon1 fu1) — withered; shriveled; dried-up
• 乾梅子 (gon1 mui4 zi2) — prunes
• 乾洗 (gon1 sai2) — to dry clean; dry cleaning
• 乾涸 (gon1 kok3) — to dry up
• 乾淨 (gon1 zeng6) — clean; neat
• 乾淨利落 (gon1 zeng6 lei6 lok6) — squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient
• 乾渴 (gon1 hot3) — parched; dry mouth
• 乾潮 (gon1 ciu4) — low tide; low water
• 乾澀 (gon1 gip3) — dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)
• 乾煸 (gon1 bin1) — to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
• 乾煸四季豆 (gon1 bin1 sei3 gwai3 dau2) — fried beans, Sichuan style
• 乾煸土豆絲 (gon1 bin1 tou2 dau6 si1) — dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
• 乾燥 (gon1 cou3) — (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dul…
• 乾燥劑 (gon1 cou3 zai1) — desiccant
• 乾燥機 (gon1 cou3 gei1) — a drier
• 乾爹 (gon1 de1) — adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 乾爽 (gon1 song2) — dry and clean; clear and fresh
• 乾瘦 (gon1 sau3) — wizened; skinny and shriveled
• 乾癟 (gon1 bit6) — dried out; wizened; shriveled
• 乾癬 (gon1 sin2) — psoriasis
• 乾眼症 (gon1 ngaan5 zing3) — (medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
• 乾瞪眼 (gon1 cing4 ngaan5) — to watch helplessly
• 乾笑 (gon1 siu3) — to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh
• 乾等 (gon1 dang2) — to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
• 乾粉 (gon1 fan2) — dry powder
• 乾糧 (gon1 loeng4) — rations (to take on expedition)
• 乾縣 (kin4 jyun6) — Qian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], S…
• 乾脆 (gon1 ceoi3) — candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
• 乾脆利索 (gon1 ceoi3 lei6 sok3) — see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
• 乾脆利落 (gon1 ceoi3 lei6 lok6) — (of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
• 乾草 (gon1 cou2) — hay
• 乾菜 (gon1 coi3) — dried vegetable
• 乾著急 (gon1 zoek6 gap1) — to worry helplessly
• 乾薑 (gon1 goeng1) — dried ginger
• 乾號 (gon1 hou6) — to cry out loud without tears
• 乾衣 (gon1 ji1) — drysuit (diving)
• 乾裂 (gon1 lit6) — (of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
• 乾貝 (gon1 bui3) — conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
• 乾貨 (gon1 fo3) — dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and a…
• 乾透 (gon1 tau3) — to dry out; to dry completely
• 乾酪 (gon1 lok3) — cheese
• 乾酪素 (gon1 lok6 sou3) — casein
• 乾陵 (kin4 ling4) — Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 a…
• 乾隆 (kin4 lung4) — the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely ti…
• 乾飯 (gon1 faan6) — plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
• 乾餾 (gon1 lau6) — to carbonize; dry distillation; carbonization
• 亂世 (lyun6 sai3) — the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
• 亂世佳人 (lyun6 sai3 gaai1 jan4) — Gone with the Wind (film)
• 亂倫 (lyun6 leon4) — to violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest
• 亂動 (lyun6 dung6) — to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about
• 亂叫 (lyun6 giu3) — to inconsiderately shout
• 亂吃 (lyun6 hek3) — to eat indiscriminately
• 亂咕攘 (lyun6 gu1 joeng5) — to disturb (dialect)
• 亂哄哄 (lyun6 hung6 hung6) — noisy and in disarray; in an uproar
• 亂套 (lyun6 tou3) — in a mess; upside down
• 亂寫 (lyun6 se2) — to write without basis
• 亂彈琴 (lyun6 taan4 kam4) — to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
• 亂扔 (lyun6 jing4) — to throw (sth) without due care; (esp.) to litter
• 亂抓 (lyun6 zaau2) — to claw wildly; to scratch frantically; to arrest people indiscriminately
• 亂掉 (lyun6 diu6) — messed up; in disarray; chaotic
• 亂搞 (lyun6 gaau2) — to make a mess; to mess with; to be wild; to sleep around; to jump into bed
• 亂政 (lyun6 zing3) — to corrupt politics
• 亂民 (lyun6 man4) — rebels
• 亂畫 (lyun6 waak6) — to doodle; graffito; doodle
• 亂真 (lyun6 zan1) — to pass off as genuine; spurious
• 亂石 (lyun6 sek6) — rocks; stones; rubble; riprap
• 亂石砸死 (lyun6 sek6 zaap3 sei2) — to stone to death
• 亂碼 (lyun6 maa5) — mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text acco…
• 亂竄 (lyun6 cyun3) — to flee in disarray; to scatter
• 亂糟糟 (lyun6 zou1 zou1) — chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess
• 亂紀 (lyun6 gei2) — to break the rules; to break discipline
• 亂臣賊子 (lyun6 san4 caak6 zi2) — rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel
• 亂花 (lyun6 faa1) — to spend recklessly; to waste money
• 亂花錢 (lyun6 faa1 cin2) — to spend money recklessly; to squander
• 亂蓬蓬 (lyun6 pung4 pung4) — disheveled; tangled
• 亂說 (lyun6 syut3) — to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
• 亂講 (lyun6 gong2) — to talk nonsense; nonsense!
• 亂象 (lyun6 zoeng6) — disorderly situation; chaotic state of affairs
• 亂跑 (lyun6 paau2) — to run around; to run about aimlessly
• 亂跳 (lyun6 tiu3) — to jump about; (of the heart) to beat wildly
• 亂道 (lyun6 dou6) — see 亂說|乱说[luan4 shuo1]
• 亂麻 (lyun6 maa4) — lit. tangled skein; in a tremendous muddle; confused
• 亂黨 (lyun6 dong2) — the rebel party
• 了不起 (liu5 bat1 hei2) — amazing; terrific; extraordinary
• 了了 (liu5 liu5) — to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with
• 了事 (liu5 si6) — to dispose of a matter; to be done with it
• 了債 (liu5 zaai3) — to repay one's debt
• 了卻 (liu5 koek3) — to resolve; to settle
• 了卻此生 (liu5 koek3 ci2 sang1) — to live out one's life; to die
• 了去了 (liu5 heoi3 liu5) — (coll.) (after adjectives such as 多[duo1], 大[da4], 遠|远[yuan3], 高[gao1]) very; e…
• 了如指掌 (liu5 jyu4 zi2 zoeng2) — to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc…
• 了局 (liu5 guk6) — end; conclusion; solution
• 了得 (liu5 dak1) — exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling
• 了斷 (liu5 dyun6) — to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once an…
• 了然 (liu5 jin4) — to understand clearly; evident
• 了然於胸 (liu5 jin4 jyu1 hung1) — (idiom) to be well aware; to understand clearly
• 了當 (liu5 dong3) — frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle
• 了結 (liu5 git3) — to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
• 了若指掌 (liu5 joek6 zi2 zoeng2) — see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]
• 了解 (liu5 gaai2) — to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
• 予人口實 (jyu5 jan4 hau2 sat6) — to give cause for gossip
• 予以 (jyu5 ji5) — to give; to impose; to apply
• 事不宜遲 (si6 bat1 ji4 ci4) — the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose
• 事不關己 (si6 bat1 gwaan1 gei2) — a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
• 事事 (si6 si6) — everything
• 事件 (si6 gin2) — incident; event
• 事件相關電位 (si6 gin2 soeng1 gwaan1 din6 wai2) — (neuroscience) event-related potential
• 事例 (si6 lai6) — example; exemplar; typical case
• 事倍功半 (si6 pui5 gung1 bun3) — (idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
• 事假 (si6 gaa3) — leave of absence for a personal matter
• 事先通知 (si6 sin1 tung1 zi1) — preliminary notification; to announce in advance
• 事兒 (si6 ji4) — one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect)…
• 事典 (si6 din2) — encyclopedia
• 事到今日 (si6 dou3 gam1 jat6) — under the circumstances; the matter having come to that point
• 事到如今 (si6 dou3 jyu4 gam1) — as matters stand; things having reached this stage
• 事到臨頭 (si6 dou3 lam4 tau4) — when things come to a head (idiom)
• 事前 (si6 cin4) — in advance; before the event
• 事務 (si6 mou6) — (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
• 事務所 (si6 mou6 so2) — business office; firm
• 事務繁忙 (si6 mou6 faan4 mong4) — to be swamped with pressing affairs; to be snowed under with work
• 事勢 (si6 sai3) — state of affairs
• 事半功倍 (si6 bun3 gung1 pui5) — (idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
• 事危累卵 (si6 ngai4 leoi5 leon2) — lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
• 事在人為 (si6 zoi6 jan4 wai4) — the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effor…
• 事奉 (si6 fung6) — to serve

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