Browse Cantonese dictionary — page 80 of 250

倌 (gun1) — keeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
倍兒 (pui5 ji4) — (coll.) very; really
倍兒棒 (pui5 ji4 paang5) — (dialect) awesome; excellent
倍增 (pui5 zang1) — to double; to redouble; to increase many times over; to multiply by a factor; m…
倍增器 (pui5 zang1 hei3) — multiplier
倍感 (pui5 gam2) — to feel even more (lonely etc); to be extremely (sad, delighted etc)
倍數 (pui5 sou3) — multiple; multiplier; factor
倍足綱 (pui5 zuk1 gong1) — Diplopoda (zoology)
倍足類 (pui5 zuk1 leoi6) — Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centi…
倍頻器 (pui5 pan4 hei3) — frequency multiplier
倏地 (suk1 dei6) — swiftly; suddenly
倏忽 (suk1 fat1) — (literary) suddenly
倏然 (suk1 jin4) — (literary) suddenly
們 (mun4) — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
倒下 (dou2 haa6) — to collapse; to topple over
倒伏 (dou2 fuk6) — (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
倒休 (dou3 jau1) — to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
倒位 (dou2 wai6) — inversion
倒倉 (dou2 cong1) — to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it); voice breaking (of male opera …
倒像 (dou2 zoeng6) — (optics) inverted image
倒刺 (dou3 ci3) — barb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
倒反 (dou2 faan2) — instead; on the contrary; contrary (to expectations)
倒吊蠟燭 (dou2 diu3 laap6 zuk1) — Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's …
倒噍 (dou2 ziu6) — to ruminate (of cows)
倒地 (dou2 dei6) — to fall to the ground
倒坍 (dou2 taan1) — to collapse (of building)
倒塌 (dou2 taap3) — to collapse (of building); to topple over
倒寫 (dou2 se2) — mirror writing; upside down writing
倒帳 (dou2 zoeng3) — variant of 倒賬|倒账[dao3 zhang4]
倒帶 (dou3 daai2) — rewind (media player)
倒序 (dou2 zeoi6) — reverse order; inverted order
倒座兒 (dou2 zo6 ji4) — the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院[si4 he2 yuan4]
倒弄 (dou2 lung6) — to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
倒彩 (dou2 coi2) — adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate appl…
倒彩聲 (dou2 coi2 sing1) — jeering; booing; catcalls
倒影 (dou2 jing2) — inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down)
倒懸 (dou3 jyun4) — lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits
倒懸之危 (dou3 jyun4 zi1 ngai4) — lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical si…
倒懸之急 (dou3 jyun4 zi1 gap1) — lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical si…
倒懸之苦 (dou3 jyun4 zi1 fu2) — lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situ…
倒戈 (dou2 gwo1) — to change sides in a war; turncoat
倒戈卸甲 (dou2 gwo1 se3 gaap3) — to lay down arms
倒扁 (dou2 bin2) — Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Sh…
倒手 (dou2 sau2) — to shift from one hand to the other; to change hands (of merchandise)
倒打一耙 (dou2 daa2 jat1 paa4) — lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West…
倒把 (dou2 baa2) — to play the market; to speculate (on financial markets); to profiteer
倒抽一口氣 (dou2 cau1 jat1 hau2 hei3) — to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
倒掛 (dou3 gwaa3) — lit. to hang upside down; fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing …
倒插門 (dou2 caap3 mun4) — (of the husband) to marry into and live with the wife's family (inverting tradi…
倒換 (dou2 wun6) — to take turns; to rotate (responsibility)
倒放 (dou2 fong3) — to place upside down; to play (a video) backwards
倒敗 (dou2 baai6) — to collapse (of building)
倒敘 (dou3 zeoi6) — to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from …
倒數 (dou3 sou3) — to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines o…
倒斃 (dou2 bai6) — to fall dead
倒映 (dou2 jing2) — to reflect (producing an inverted image)
倒春寒 (dou2 ceon1 hon4) — cold snap during the spring
倒是 (dou3 si6) — contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you
倒替 (dou2 tai3) — to take turns (responsibility); to replace
倒果為因 (dou2 gwo2 wai4 jan1) — to reverse cause and effect; to put the horse before the cart
倒栽蔥 (dou2 zoi1 cung1) — to fall headlong; (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
倒楣 (dou2 mei4) — variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]
倒槽 (dou2 cou4) — to die out (of livestock)
倒流 (dou2 lau4) — to flow backwards; reverse flow
倒海翻江 (dou2 hoi2 faan1 gong1) — see 翻江倒海[fan1 jiang1 dao3 hai3]
倒灌 (dou2 gun3) — to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; t…
倒灶 (dou2 zou3) — to fall (from power); in decline; unlucky
倒煙 (dou2 jin1) — to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chi…
倒爺 (dou2 je4) — (coll.) a profiteer; (business) wheeler-dealer
倒班 (dou2 baan1) — to change shifts; to work in turns
倒相 (dou2 soeng3) — phase reversal; phase inversion
倒睫 (dou2 zit3) — trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)
倒空 (dou2 hung1) — to empty (a bag); to turn inside out; to turn out
倒立 (dou2 laap6) — a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down
倒立像 (dou2 laap6 zoeng6) — inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down)
倒糞 (dou2 fan3) — to turn over manure; fig. to offend others by endlessly repeating unpleasant re…
倒置 (dou3 zi3) — to invert
倒胃口 (dou2 wai6 hau2) — to spoil one's appetite; fig. to get fed up with sth
倒背如流 (dou2 bui3 jyu4 lau4) — to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
倒背手 (dou2 bui3 sau2) — with one's hands behind one's back
倒背手兒 (dou2 bui3 sau2 ji4) — erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3]
倒臥 (dou2 ngo6) — to lie down; to drop dead
倒臺 (dou2 toi4) — to fall from power; to collapse; downfall
倒苦水 (dou2 fu2 seoi2) — to pour out one's grievances
倒茬 (dou2 caa4) — rotation of crops
倒蛋 (dou2 daan2) — mischief; to make trouble
倒行逆施 (dou3 hang4 jik6 si1) — to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back his…
倒裝 (dou2 zong1) — (linguistics) to invert (word order)
倒裝句 (dou2 zong1 geoi3) — (linguistics) inverted sentence
倒計時 (dou2 gai3 si4) — to count down; countdown
倒買倒賣 (dou2 maai5 dou2 maai6) — to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate
倒貼 (dou3 tip3) — to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually tak…
倒賠 (dou2 pui4) — to sustain loss in trade
倒賣 (dou2 maai6) — to resell at a profit; to speculate
倒賬 (dou2 zoeng3) — unrecoverable debt; bad debt; to evade debt
倒車 (dou2 ce1) — to change buses, trains etc
倒車擋 (dou2 ce1 dong3) — reverse gear
倒轉 (dou2 zyun3) — to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to tur…
倒退 (dou3 teoi3) — to fall back; to go in reverse
倒運 (dou2 wan6) — to have bad luck
倒過兒 (dou2 gwo3 ji4) — the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
倒采 (dou2 coi2) — variant of 倒彩[dao4 cai3]
倒鉤 (dou2 ngau1) — barb; (football) bicycle kick; overhead kick
倒鎖 (dou2 so2) — locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
倒閉 (dou2 bai3) — to go bankrupt; to close down
倒開 (dou2 hoi1) — to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards
倒陽 (dou2 joeng4) — (med.) to be impotent
倒霉 (dou2 mui4) — to have bad luck; to be out of luck
倒霉蛋 (dou2 mui4 daan2) — (coll.) poor devil; unfortunate man
倒霉蛋兒 (dou2 mui4 daan2 ji4) — erhua variant of 倒霉蛋[dao3 mei2 dan4]
倒頭 (dou2 tau4) — to lie down; to die
倒騰 (dou2 tang4) — to move; to shift; to exchange; to buy and sell; peddling
倖存 (hang6 cyun4) — to survive (a disaster)
倘佯 (soeng4 joeng4) — variant of 徜徉[chang2 yang2]
倘或 (tong2 waak6) — if; supposing that
倘然 (tong2 jin4) — if; supposing that; leisurely
倘能如此 (tong2 nang4 jyu4 ci2) — if this can be done
倘若 (tong2 joek6) — if; supposing; in case
候任 (hau6 jam6) — -elect; designate; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
候審 (hau6 sam2) — awaiting trial
候機廳 (hau6 gei1 teng1) — airport lounge
候機樓 (hau6 gei1 lau4) — airport terminal
候缺 (hau6 kyut3) — waiting for a vacancy
候補 (hau6 bou2) — to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
候補名單 (hau6 bou2 ming4 daan1) — waiting list
候診 (hau6 can2) — waiting to see a doctor; awaiting treatment
候診室 (hau6 can2 sat1) — waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
候車亭 (hau6 ce1 ting4) — bus shelter
候車室 (hau6 ce1 sat1) — waiting room (for train, bus etc)
候選 (hau6 syun2) — candidate (attributive)
候選人 (hau6 syun2 jan4) — candidate
候風地動儀 (hau6 fung1 dei6 dung6 ji4) — the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132
候駕 (hau6 gaa3) — to await (your) gracious presence
候鳥 (hau6 niu5) — migratory bird
倚仗 (ji2 zoeng6) — to lean on; to rely on
倚天屠龍記 (ji2 tin1 tou4 lung4 gei3) — Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) n…
倚賴 (ji2 laai6) — to rely on; to be dependent on
倚重 (ji2 zung6) — to rely heavily upon
倚靠 (ji2 kaau3) — to lean on; to rest against; to rely on; support; backing; back of a chair
倜儻 (tik1 tong2) — (literary) (of a man) dashing; suave; free-spirited
借代 (ze3 doi6) — metonymy
借以 (ze3 ji5) — so as to; for the purpose of; in order to
借位 (ze3 wai2) — in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
借住 (ze3 zyu6) — to lodge
借債 (ze3 zaai3) — to borrow money
借債人 (ze3 zaai3 jan4) — debtor; borrower
借光 (ze3 gwong1) — excuse me (i.e. let me through, please); reflected glory; to benefit from sb el…
借入方 (ze3 jap6 fong1) — borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet)
借出 (ze3 ceot1) — to lend
借刀殺人 (ze3 dou1 saat3 jan4) — to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack…
借助 (ze3 zo6) — to draw support from; with the help of
借勢 (ze3 sai3) — to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity
借取 (ze3 ceoi2) — to borrow
借口 (ze3 hau2) — to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
借古喻今 (ze3 gu2 jyu6 gam1) — to borrow the past as a model for the present
借古諷今 (ze3 gu2 fung3 gam1) — to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借命 (ze3 ming6) — to live out a pointless existence
借問 (ze3 man6) — (honorific) May I ask?
借單 (ze3 daan1) — receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU
借單兒 (ze3 daan1 ji4) — receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU
借喻 (ze3 jyu6) — to use sth as a metaphor
借契 (ze3 kai3) — contract for a loan
借字 (ze3 zi6) — see 通假字[tong1 jia3 zi4]
借字兒 (ze3 zi6 ji4) — IOU; receipt for a loan
借宿 (ze3 suk1) — to stay with sb; to ask for lodging
借屍還魂 (ze3 si1 waan4 wan4) — lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited id…
借指 (ze3 zi2) — to refer to; metaphor
借據 (ze3 geoi3) — receipt for a loan
借支 (ze3 zi1) — to get an advance on one's pay
借故 (ze3 gu3) — to find an excuse
借方 (ze3 fong1) — borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet)
借方差額 (ze3 fong1 caa1 ngaak2) — debit balance (accountancy)
借書單 (ze3 syu1 daan1) — book slip
借書證 (ze3 syu1 zing3) — library card
借東風 (ze3 dung1 fung1) — lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom); fig. to use sb's help
借條 (ze3 tiu4) — receipt for a loan; IOU
借機 (ze3 gei1) — to seize the opportunity
借款 (ze3 fun2) — to lend money; to borrow money; loan
借款人 (ze3 fun2 jan4) — the borrower
借火 (ze3 fo2) — to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
借用 (ze3 jung6) — to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use
借端 (ze3 dyun1) — to use as pretext
借箸 (ze3 zyu6) — lit. to borrow chopsticks; to make plans for sb else
借給 (ze3 kap1) — to lend to sb
借腹生子 (ze3 fuk1 sang1 zi2) — surrogate pregnancy
借花獻佛 (ze3 faa1 hin3 fat6) — lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or …
借記 (ze3 gei3) — to debit
借記卡 (ze3 gei3 kaat1) — debit card
借詞 (ze3 ci4) — loanword; pretext
借調 (ze3 diu6) — to temporarily transfer (personnel)
借讀 (ze3 duk6) — to attend school on a temporary basis
借貸 (ze3 taai3) — to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet
借賬 (ze3 zoeng3) — to borrow money; to take a loan
借過 (ze3 gwo3) — excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
借酒澆愁 (ze3 zau2 giu1 sau4) — (idiom) to drown one's sorrows
借重 (ze3 cung5) — to rely on sb for support
借錢 (ze3 cin2) — to borrow money; to lend money
借鏡 (ze3 geng3) — (Tw) to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); les…
借鑒 (ze3 gaam3) — to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson t…
借閱 (ze3 jyut6) — to borrow books to read
借題發揮 (ze3 tai4 faat3 fai1) — to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext t…
倡始 (coeng3 ci2) — to initiate
倡導 (coeng3 dou6) — to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or school o…
倡導者 (coeng3 dou6 ze2) — proponent; advocate; pioneer
倡狂 (coeng3 kwong4) — variant of 猖狂[chang1 kuang2]
倡言 (coeng3 jin4) — to propose; to put forward (an idea); to initiate
倡言者 (coeng3 jin4 ze2) — proposer
倡議 (coeng3 ji5) — to suggest; to initiate; proposal; initiative
倡議書 (coeng3 ji5 syu1) — written proposal; document outlining an initiative
倥侗 (hung1 tung4) — ignorant; unenlightened
倥傯 (hung2 zung2) — pressing; urgent; poverty-stricken; destitute
倦怠 (gyun6 toi5) — worn out; exhausted; dispirited
倨傲 (geoi3 ngou6) — arrogant
倩影 (sin6 jing2) — beautiful image of a woman
倩碧 (sin6 bik1) — Clinique (brand)
倩裝 (sin6 zong1) — beautiful attire
倪匡 (ngai4 hong1) — Ni Kuang (1935–2022), Chinese novelist and screenwriter
倪嗣沖 (ngai4 zi6 cung1) — Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi…
倪柝聲 (ngai4 tok3 sing1) — Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
倪桂珍 (ngai4 gwai3 zan1) — Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄[Song4 …
倫巴 (leon4 baa1) — (loanword) rhumba
倫常 (leon4 soeng4) — proper human relationships
倫敦 (leon4 deon1) — London, capital of United Kingdom
倫敦國際金融期貨交易所 (leon4 deon1 gwok3 zai3 gam1 jung4 kei4 fo3 gaau1 jik6 so2) — London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE)
倫敦大學亞非學院 (leon4 deon1 daai6 hok6 aa3 fei1 hok6 jyun2) — London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
倫敦大學學院 (leon4 deon1 daai6 hok6 hok6 jyun2) — University College, London
倫敦證券交易所 (leon4 deon1 zing3 hyun3 gaau1 jik6 so2) — London Stock Exchange (LSE)
倫理學 (leon4 lei5 hok6) — ethics
倫琴 (leon4 kam4) — Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer
倫琴射線 (leon4 kam4 se6 sin3) — X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
倭人 (wo1 jan4) — dwarf; (old) (derog.) Japanese person
倭寇 (wo1 kau3) — Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
倭瓜 (wo1 gwaa1) — (dialect) pumpkin
倭軍 (wo1 gwan1) — Japanese army (derog.) (old)
倭馬亞王朝 (wo1 maa5 aa3 wong4 ciu4) — Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
倭黑猩猩 (wo1 hak1 sing1 sing1) — bonobo; pygmy chimpanzee
倷 (noi6) — you (dialect)
值勤 (zik6 kan4) — variant of 執勤|执勤[zhi2 qin2]
值域 (zik6 wik6) — image (or range) of a function (math.)
值夜 (zik6 je6) — on night duty
值守 (zik6 sau2) — (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things; to keep watch
值宿 (zik6 suk1) — on night duty
值得 (zik6 dak1) — worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
值得一提 (zik6 dak1 jat1 tai4) — to be worth mentioning
值日 (zik6 jat6) — on day duty
值日生 (zik6 jat6 sang1) — student on duty; prefect
值星 (zik6 sing1) — (of army officers) to be on duty for the week
值班 (zik6 baan1) — to work a shift; on duty
值遇 (zik6 jyu6) — to meet with; to bump into
值錢 (zik6 cin2) — valuable; costly; expensive
偃師 (jin2 si1) — see 偃師區|偃师区[Yan3 shi1 Qu1]
偃旗息鼓 (jin2 kei4 sik1 gu2) — lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in
假一賠十 (gaa2 jat1 pui4 sap6) — lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them; fig. (of goods) 10…
假人 (gaa2 jan4) — dummy (for crash testing, displaying clothes etc)
假人像 (gaa2 jan4 zoeng6) — an effigy
假仁假義 (gaa2 jan4 gaa2 ji6) — hypocrisy; pretended righteousness
假令 (gaa2 ling6) — if; supposing that; acting county magistrate
假作 (gaa2 zok3) — to feign; to pretend
假使 (gaa2 si2) — if; in case; suppose; given ...
假借 (gaa2 ze3) — to make use of; to use sth as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise o…
假借字 (gaa2 ze3 zi6) — loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); ch…
假借義 (gaa2 ze3 ji6) — the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a sim…
假充 (gaa2 cung1) — to pose as sb; to act a part; imposture
假公濟私 (gaa2 gung1 zai3 si1) — official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends b…
假冒 (gaa2 mou6) — to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake …
假冒偽劣 (gaa2 mou6 ngai6 lyut3) — cheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities
假冒品 (gaa2 mou6 ban2) — counterfeit object; fake
假分數 (gaa2 fan1 sou3) — improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths); see also: …
假動作 (gaa2 dung6 zok3) — fake move or pass (sports); feint
假名 (gaa2 meng2) — false name; pseudonym; alias; pen name; the Japanese kana scripts; hiragana 平假名…
假吏 (gaa2 lei6) — acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times)
假唱 (gaa2 coeng3) — to lip-sync (singing)
假善人 (gaa2 sin6 jan4) — false compassion; bogus charity
假嗓 (gaa2 song2) — falsetto (in opera)
假嗓子 (gaa2 song1 zi2) — falsetto (in opera)
假報告 (gaa2 bou3 gou3) — false report; forgery; fabricated declaration (e.g. income tax return)
假大空 (gaa2 daai6 hung1) — empty words; bogus speech
假如 (gaa2 jyu4) — if
假子 (gaa2 zi2) — adopted son; stepson
假定 (gaa2 ding6) — to assume; to suppose; supposed; so-called; assumption; hypothesis
假寐 (gaa2 mei6) — to doze; to take a nap; nodding off to sleep
假小子 (gaa2 siu2 zi2) — tomboy
假山 (gaa2 saan1) — rock garden; rockery
假性 (gaa2 sing3) — pseudo-
假性近視 (gaa2 sing3 gan6 si6) — pseudomyopia
假想 (gaa2 soeng2) — imaginary; virtual; to imagine; hypothesis
假惺惺 (gaa2 sing1 sing1) — (of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony
假意 (gaa2 ji3) — insincerity; hypocrisy; insincerely
假慈悲 (gaa2 ci4 bei1) — phony mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears
假戲真唱 (gaa2 hei3 zan1 coeng3) — fiction comes true; play-acting that turns into reality
假手 (gaa2 sau2) — to get (sb else) to perform the task; to rely on (sb else) to do it; prosthetic…
假托 (gaa2 tok3) — to pretend; to use a pretext; to make sth up; to pass oneself off as sb else; t…
假扮 (gaa2 baan6) — to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else
假拱 (gaa2 gung2) — blind arch; false arch
假日 (gaa3 jat6) — a holiday; a day off
假案 (gaa2 on3) — fabricated legal case; frame-up
假條 (gaa3 tiu4) — leave of absence request (from work or school); excuse note
假正經 (gaa2 zing3 ging1) — demure; prudish; hypocritical
假死 (gaa2 sei2) — suspended animation; feigned death; to play dead
假牙 (gaa2 ngaa4) — false teeth; dentures
假眼 (gaa2 ngaan5) — artificial eye; glass eye
假種皮 (gaa2 zung2 pei4) — (botany) aril
假而 (gaa2 ji4) — if
假聲 (gaa2 seng1) — falsetto (cf. 真聲|真声[zhen1 sheng1], natural or modal voice)
假肢 (gaa2 zi1) — artificial limb; prosthetic limb
假肯定句 (gaa2 hang2 ding6 geoi3) — false affirmative
假腿 (gaa2 teoi2) — false leg
假芫茜 (gaa2 jyun4 sai1) — Eryngium foetidum
假若 (gaa2 joek6) — if; supposing; in case
假藥 (gaa2 joek6) — fake drugs
假裝 (gaa2 zong1) — to feign; to pretend
假託 (gaa2 tok3) — variant of 假托[jia3 tuo1]
假設 (gaa2 cit3) — to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjectu…
假設性 (gaa2 cit3 sing3) — hypothetical
假設語氣 (gaa2 cit3 jyu5 hei3) — subjunctive
假話 (gaa2 waa2) — a lie; untrue statement; misstatement
假說 (gaa2 syut3) — hypothesis
假證 (gaa2 zing3) — false testimony
假證件 (gaa2 zing3 gin2) — false documents
假象 (gaa2 zoeng6) — false appearance; facade
假象牙 (gaa2 zoeng6 ngaa4) — celluloid
假貨 (gaa2 fo3) — counterfeit article; fake; dummy; simulacrum
假途滅虢 (gaa2 tou4 mit6 gwik1) — lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a thir…
假造 (gaa2 zou6) — to forge; fake; to fabricate (a story)
假道 (gaa2 dou6) — via; by way of
假道伐虢 (gaa2 dou6 fat6 gwik1) — to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo; to borrow the resources of …
假釋 (gaa2 sik1) — parole
假鈔 (gaa2 caau1) — counterfeit money; forged note
假面 (gaa2 min6) — mask
假面具 (gaa2 min6 geoi6) — mask; fig. false façade; deceptive front
假面舞會 (gaa2 min6 mou5 wui2) — masked ball; masquerade
假音 (gaa2 jam1) — falsetto, same as 假聲|假声
假高音 (gaa2 gou1 jam1) — falsetto, same as 假聲|假声
假髮 (gaa2 faat3) — wig
偉人 (wai5 jan4) — great person
偉力 (wai5 lik6) — mighty force
偉哥 (wai5 go1) — Viagra (male impotence drug)
偉器 (wai5 hei3) — great talent
偉士牌 (wai5 si6 paai4) — Vespa (scooter)
偉岸 (wai5 ngon6) — imposing; upright and tall; outstanding; gigantic in stature
偉晶岩 (wai5 zing1 ngaam4) — pegmatite
偉業 (wai5 jip6) — exploit; great undertaking
偉績 (wai5 zik1) — great acts
偉舉 (wai5 geoi2) — great feat; splendid achievement
偉觀 (wai5 gun1) — magnificent vista; a wonder
偉麗 (wai5 lai6) — magnificent; imposing and beautiful
偌大 (je6 daai6) — so big; such a big
偎傍 (wui1 bong6) — to snuggle up to
偏低 (pin1 dai1) — to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
偏偏 (pin1 pin1) — (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfort…
偏僻 (pin1 pik1) — remote; desolate; far from the city
偏光 (pin1 gwong1) — polarized light
偏勞 (pin1 lou4) — undue trouble; Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
偏向 (pin1 hoeng3) — partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Re…
偏執 (pin1 zap1) — extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology)…
偏執型 (pin1 zap1 jing4) — paranoid (psych.)
偏執狂 (pin1 zap1 kwong4) — paranoia; monomania
偏壓 (pin1 aat3) — biasing (electronics); bias voltage
偏好 (pin1 hou3) — to have a special liking (for sth)
偏安 (pin1 on1) — content to hold a small part of the territory; fig. forced to relinquish the mi…
偏宕 (pin1 dong6) — extremely (stubborn, contrary, disobedient etc)
偏寵 (pin1 cung2) — to favor; to prefer; to show favoritism
偏將 (pin1 zoeng3) — deputy general
偏巧 (pin1 haau2) — by coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately; against expectation
偏差 (pin1 caa1) — bias; deviation
偏差距離 (pin1 caa1 keoi5 lei4) — offset distance
偏師 (pin1 si1) — military auxiliaries (archaic)
偏廈 (pin1 haa6) — side annex; lean-to
偏廢 (pin1 fai3) — to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others
偏待 (pin1 doi6) — to show favoritism against sb; to treat unfairly
偏微分 (pin1 mei4 fan1) — (math.) partial differential; (math.) partial derivative
偏微分方程 (pin1 mei4 fan1 fong1 cing4) — partial differential equation (PDE)
偏心 (pin1 sam1) — partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric
偏心眼 (pin1 sam1 ngaan5) — bias; partiality; to be partial
偏心矩 (pin1 sam1 geoi2) — axis of eccentricity
偏愛 (pin1 oi3) — to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite
偏態 (pin1 taai3) — skewness (math)
偏房 (pin1 fong2) — side room; concubine
偏才 (pin1 coi4) — talent in a particular area
偏振 (pin1 zan3) — polarization (of waves)
偏振光 (pin1 zan3 gwong1) — polarization of light; polarized light
偏振波 (pin1 zan3 bo1) — polarized wave
偏斜 (pin1 ce4) — crooked; not upright; diverging from straight line; improper; dishonest
偏方 (pin1 fong1) — folk remedy; home remedy
偏旁 (pin1 pong4) — component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
偏析 (pin1 sik1) — segregation (metallurgy)
偏極 (pin1 gik6) — (physics) polarization
偏極化 (pin1 gik6 faa3) — polarization; polarized
偏極鏡 (pin1 gik6 geng3) — polarizing lens; polarizer
偏正式合成詞 (pin1 zing3 sik1 hap6 sing4 ci4) — modified compound word
偏殿 (pin1 din6) — side palace hall; side chamber
偏激 (pin1 gik1) — extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)
偏狹 (pin1 haap6) — prejudiced; narrow-minded
偏疼 (pin1 tang4) — to favor a junior; to show favoritism to some juniors
偏癱 (pin1 taan2) — paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia
偏私 (pin1 si1) — to practice favoritism
偏科 (pin1 fo1) — to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others); overdoing it; to go ove…
偏移 (pin1 ji4) — displacement; deviation; offset
偏置 (pin1 zi3) — offset; biasing (electronics); bias voltage
偏置電流 (pin1 zi3 din6 lau4) — bias current (electronics)
偏置電阻 (pin1 zi3 din6 zo2) — bias impedance (electronics)
偏聽偏信 (pin1 ting1 pin1 seon3) — selective listening; to hear what one wants to hear
偏航 (pin1 hong4) — (of a ship or aircraft) to deviate from its course; (aviation) to yaw
偏蝕 (pin1 sik6) — partial eclipse
偏袒 (pin1 taan2) — to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
偏西 (pin1 sai1) — inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the d…
偏要 (pin1 jiu3) — to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything
偏見 (pin1 gin3) — prejudice; bias
偏角 (pin1 gok3) — angle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course); angle of divergence
偏註 (pin1 zyu3) — to stress in a prejudiced way; to emphasize sth unduly
偏誤 (pin1 ng6) — bias (statistics)
偏護 (pin1 wu6) — to protect a croney; to give unprincipled support
偏轉 (pin1 zyun3) — deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)
偏轉角 (pin1 zyun2 gok3) — angle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course); angle of divergence
偏辭 (pin1 ci4) — one-sided words; prejudice; flattery
偏遠 (pin1 jyun5) — remote; far from civilization
偏邪不正 (pin1 ce4 bat1 zing3) — biased; prejudiced (idiom)
偏重 (pin1 cung5) — to stress in a prejudiced way; to emphasize sth unduly
偏鋒 (pin1 fung1) — (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle,…
偏關 (pin1 gwaan1) — see 偏關縣|偏关县[Pian1 guan1 Xian4]
偏關縣 (pin1 gwaan1 jyun6) — Pianguan, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
偏離 (pin1 lei4) — to deviate; to diverge; to wander
偏頗 (pin1 po2) — biased; partial
偏頭痛 (pin1 tau4 tung3) — migraine
偏題 (pin1 tai4) — to go off-topic; to stray from the topic; obscure question; trick exam question…
偏食 (pin1 sik6) — partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy); having likes and dislikes; par…
偏高 (pin1 gou1) — to be on the high side; to be unusually high
偕同 (gaai1 tung4) — along with; accompanied by; together with
偕老 (gaai1 lou5) — to grow old together
做不到 (zou6 bat1 dou3) — impossible
做主 (zou6 zyu2) — variant of 作主[zuo4 zhu3]
做事 (zou6 si6) — to work; to handle matters; to have a job
做人家 (zou6 jan4 gaa1) — thrifty; economical
做人情 (zou6 jan4 cing4) — to do a favor to sb
做伴 (zou6 pun5) — to keep sb company; to accompany
做伴兒 (zou6 bun6 ji4) — erhua variant of 做伴[zuo4 ban4]
做作 (zou6 zok3) — affected; artificial
做出 (zou6 ceot1) — to put out; to issue
做到 (zou6 dou3) — to accomplish; to achieve
做功 (zou6 gung1) — (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
做功夫 (zou6 gung1 fu1) — to practice (work skills)
做壽 (zou6 sau6) — to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
做夢 (zou6 mung6) — to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
做大 (zou6 daai6) — arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a …
做好做歹 (zou6 hou2 zou6 daai2) — to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop i…
做學問 (zou6 hok6 man6) — to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
做完 (zou6 jyun4) — to finish; to complete the task
做官 (zou6 gun1) — to take an official post; to become a government employee
做客 (zou6 haak3) — to be a guest or visitor
做小 (zou6 siu2) — to be sb's concubine
做小抄 (zou6 siu2 caau1) — to prepare a crib sheet; to crib; to cheat by copying
做工 (zou6 gung1) — to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship
做工作 (zou6 gung1 zok3) — to do one's work; to work on sb; to try to persuade sb
做工夫 (zou6 gung1 fu1) — to practice (work skills)
做市商 (zou6 si5 soeng1) — market maker
做廳長 (zou6 teng1 zoeng2) — (jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
做張做勢 (zou6 zoeng1 zou6 sai3) — to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge i…
做張做智 (zou6 zoeng1 zou6 zi3) — to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge i…
做張做致 (zou6 zoeng1 zou6 zi3) — see 做張做智|做张做智[zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4]
做愛 (zou6 oi3) — to make love
做戲 (zou6 hei3) — to act in a play; to put on a play
做手 (zou6 sau2) — to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer
做掉 (zou6 diu6) — to kill; to get rid of; (sports) to defeat; to eliminate
做操 (zou6 cou1) — to do exercises; to do gymnastics
做文章 (zou6 man4 zoeng1) — to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance
做法 (zou6 faat3) — way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice
做活 (zou6 wut6) — to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in…
做活兒 (zou6 wut6 ji4) — erhua variant of 做活[zuo4 huo2]
做派 (zou6 paai3) — way of doing sth; behavior; to act in an affected manner; mannerism; gestures i…
做準備工作 (zou6 zeon2 bei6 gung1 zok3) — to make preparations
做滿月 (zou6 mun5 jyut6) — to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of…
做為 (zou6 wai4) — to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为
做牛做馬 (zou6 ngau4 zou6 maa5) — lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
做球 (zou6 kau4) — to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score); to throw a game
做生意 (zou6 saang1 ji3) — to do business
做生日 (zou6 saang1 jat6) — to celebrate a birthday
做生活 (zou6 sang1 wut6) — to work; to do manual labor
做眉做眼 (zou6 mei4 zou6 ngaan5) — to frown
做眼 (zou6 ngaan5) — (in the game of Go) to make an "eye"; to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and se…
做眼色 (zou6 ngaan5 sik1) — to give sb a meaningful look
做禮拜 (zou6 lai5 baai3) — to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosqu…
做禱告 (zou6 tou2 gou3) — to pray
做絕 (zou6 zyut6) — to go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver
做聲 (zou6 seng1) — to speak; to emit sound
做臉 (zou6 lim5) — to win honor; to put on a stern face; to have a facial (beauty treatment)
做自己 (zou6 zi6 gei2) — to be oneself
做菜 (zou6 coi3) — to cook; cooking
做親 (zou6 can3) — to become related by marriage; to marry
做買賣 (zou6 maai5 maai6) — to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal
做賊心虛 (zou6 caak6 sam1 heoi1) — to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
做針線 (zou6 zam1 sin3) — to do needlework
做錯 (zou6 co3) — to make an error
做雞 (zou6 gai1) — (slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
做飯 (zou6 faan6) — to prepare a meal; to cook
做鬼 (zou6 gwai2) — to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up …
做鬼臉 (zou6 gwai2 lim5) — to pull a face; to grimace; to scowl
做鴨 (zou6 aap2) — (slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
停下 (ting4 haa6) — to stop
停下來 (ting4 haa6 loi4) — to stop
停住 (ting4 zyu6) — to stop; to halt; to cease

← Prev Next →

Word of the day · Pinyin converter · FAQ · About · Contact · Privacy