Browse Cantonese dictionary — page 89 of 250

剎住 (saat3 zyu6) — to stop; to come to a halt
剎把 (saat3 baa2) — brake lever; crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery
剎時 (saat3 si4) — in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
剎車 (saat3 ce1) — to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake
剎車燈 (saat3 ce1 dang1) — brake light
剔牙 (tik1 ngaa4) — to pick one's teeth
剔除 (tik1 ceoi4) — to reject; to discard; to get rid of
剖 (fau2) — to cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. [pou3]
剖宮產 (fau2 gung1 caan2) — birth by caesarean section
剖宮產手術 (fau2 gung1 caan2 sau2 seot6) — cesarean section
剖析 (fau2 sik1) — to analyze; to dissect
剖白 (fau2 baak6) — to explain oneself
剖肝瀝膽 (fau2 gon1 lik6 daam2) — see 披肝瀝膽|披肝沥胆[pi1 gan1 li4 dan3]
剖腹 (fau2 fuk1) — to cut open the abdomen; to disembowel; to speak from the heart
剖腹產 (fau2 fuk1 caan2) — cesarean birth
剖腹產手術 (fau2 fuk1 caan2 sau2 seot6) — cesarean section
剖腹自殺 (fau2 fuk1 zi6 saat3) — hara-kiri
剖腹藏珠 (fau2 fuk1 cong4 zyu1) — lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom); fig. wasting a lot of effor…
剖視 (fau2 si6) — to analyze; to dissect
剖視圖 (fau2 si6 tou4) — section view; cutaway view
剖解 (fau2 gaai2) — to analyze
剖解圖 (fau2 gaai2 tou4) — cutaway diagram
剖辯 (fau2 bin6) — to analyze; to explain
剖面 (fau2 min6) — profile; section
剛一 (gong1 jat1) — to be just about to; to have just started to
剛健 (gong1 gin6) — energetic; robust
剛剛 (gong1 gong1) — just recently; just a moment ago
剛勁 (gong1 ging6) — bold; vigorous
剛好 (gong1 hou2) — just; exactly; to happen to be
剛察 (gong1 caat3) — see 剛察縣|刚察县[Gang1 cha2 Xian4]
剛察縣 (gong1 caat3 jyun6) — Gangca, a county in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang…
剛巧 (gong1 haau2) — by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
剛度 (gong1 dou6) — stiffness
剛強 (gong1 koeng4) — firm; unyielding
剛性 (gong1 sing3) — rigidity
剛愎 (gong1 bik1) — headstrong; perverse
剛愎自用 (gong1 bik1 zi6 jung6) — obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
剛才 (gong1 coi4) — just now; a moment ago
剛果 (gong1 gwo2) — Congo (Congo-Brazzaville or Congo-Kinshasa)
剛果民主共和國 (gong1 gwo2 man4 zyu2 gung6 wo4 gwok3) — Democratic Republic of Congo
剛果河 (gong1 gwo2 ho4) — Congo River
剛架 (gong1 gaa2) — rigid frame
剛柔並濟 (gong1 jau4 bing6 zai3) — to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
剛正 (gong1 zing3) — honest; upright
剛正不阿 (gong1 zing3 bat1 o1) — upright and plainspoken
剛毅 (gong1 ngai6) — resolute; steadfast; stalwart
剛毅木訥 (gong1 ngai6 muk6 neot6) — resolute and taciturn (idiom)
剛毛 (gong1 mou4) — bristle
剛烈 (gong1 lit6) — resolute and upright in character; unyielding; staunch
剛玉 (gong1 juk6) — corundum (mineral)
剛直 (gong1 zik6) — upright and outspoken
剛纔 (gong1 coi4) — just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2])
剛體 (gong1 tai2) — rigid body
剝削 (mok1 soek3) — to exploit; exploitation
剝削者 (mok1 soek3 ze2) — exploiter (of labor)
剝削階級 (mok1 soek3 gaai1 kap1) — exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
剝啄 (mok1 doek3) — (onom.) tap (on a door or window)
剝奪 (mok1 dyut6) — to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
剝掉 (mok1 diu6) — to peel off; to strip off
剝採比 (mok1 coi2 bei2) — stripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio
剝皮 (mok1 pei4) — to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr.…
剝皮器 (mok1 pei4 hei3) — peeler (e.g. for vegetables)
剝皮鉗 (mok1 pei4 kim2) — wire stripper
剝落 (mok1 lok6) — to peel off
剝蝕 (mok1 sik6) — to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology)
剝離 (mok1 lei4) — to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
剞 (gei1) — used in 剞劂[ji1 jue2]
剟 (zyut3) — to prick; to cut blocks, to engrave
剡 (jim5) — river in Zhejiang
剩下 (zing6 haa6) — to remain; to be left over
剩磁 (sing6 ci4) — residual magnetism
剩菜 (zing6 coi3) — leftovers (food)
剩錢 (sing6 cin2) — to have money left; remaining money
剩飯 (zing6 faan6) — leftover food
剩餘 (zing6 jyu4) — to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left
剩餘價值 (sing6 jyu4 gaa3 zik6) — (economics) surplus value
剩餘定理 (sing6 jyu4 ding6 lei5) — the Remainder Theorem
剩餘放射性 (sing6 jyu4 fong3 se6 sing3) — residual radioactivity
剩餘輻射 (sing6 jyu4 fuk1 se6) — residual radiation
剪刀 (zin2 dou1) — scissors
剪刀差 (zin2 dou1 caa1) — (economics) price scissors
剪切 (zin2 cit3) — to cut (with scissors or similar tool); to shear; (geology) shear; (computing) …
剪切力 (zin2 cit3 lik6) — shear; shearing force
剪切形變 (zin2 cit3 jing4 bin3) — shearing; shear deformation
剪力 (zin2 lik6) — shear; shearing force
剪嘴鷗 (zin2 zeoi2 au1) — (bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
剪報 (zin2 bou3) — newspaper cutting; clippings
剪子 (zin2 zi2) — clippers; scissors; shears
剪彩 (zin2 coi2) — to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
剪影 (zin2 jing2) — paper-cut silhouette; outline; sketch
剪徑 (zin2 ging3) — to waylay and rob; highway robbery
剪應力 (zin2 jing3 lik6) — shear stress
剪成 (zin2 sing4) — cut into
剪掉 (zin2 diu6) — to cut off; to cut away; to trim
剪接 (zin2 zip3) — to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc); (genetics) to splice
剪斷 (zin2 tyun5) — to cut; to snip
剪枝 (zin2 zi1) — to prune (branches etc)
剪紙 (zin2 zi2) — papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts
剪綵 (zin2 coi2) — to cut the ribbon (at an opening)
剪草機 (zin2 cou2 gei1) — lawnmower
剪草除根 (zin2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1) — see 斬草除根|斩草除根[zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1]
剪裁 (zin2 coi4) — to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
剪貼板 (zin2 tip3 baan2) — (computing) clipboard
剪貼簿 (zin2 tip3 bou2) — scrapbook
剪輯 (zin2 cap1) — to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc); edited version
剪除 (zin2 ceoi4) — to eradicate; to exterminate
剪頭髮 (zin2 tau4 faat3) — (to get a) haircut
副主任 (fu3 zyu2 jam6) — deputy director; assistant head
副主席 (fu3 zyu2 zik6) — vice-chairperson
副作用 (fu3 zok3 jung6) — side effect
副傷寒 (fu3 soeng1 hon4) — paratyphoid fever
副刊 (fu3 hon1) — supplement
副司令 (fu3 si1 ling6) — second in command
副國務卿 (fu3 gwok3 mou6 hing1) — undersecretary of state
副地級市 (fu3 dei6 kap1 si5) — sub-prefecture-level city (county level division, administered by province, not…
副室 (fu3 sat1) — concubine (old)
副將 (fu3 zoeng3) — deputy general
副州長 (fu3 zau1 zoeng2) — deputy governor (of a province or colony); lieutenant governor of US state
副市長 (fu3 si5 zoeng2) — deputy mayor
副手 (fu3 sau2) — assistant
副教授 (fu3 gaau3 sau6) — associate professor (university post)
副書記 (fu3 syu1 gei3) — deputy secretary
副本 (fu3 bun2) — copy; duplicate; transcript; (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
副校長 (fu3 haau6 zoeng2) — vice-principal
副業 (fu3 jip6) — sideline; side occupation
副標題 (fu3 biu1 tai4) — subtitle (of a book etc); subheading
副歌 (fu3 go1) — chorus; refrain
副法向量 (fu3 faat3 hoeng3 loeng6) — binormal vector (to a space curve)
副熱帶 (fu3 jit6 daai3) — subtropical (zone or climate)
副理 (fu3 lei5) — deputy director; assistant manager
副產品 (fu3 caan2 ban2) — by-product
副產物 (fu3 caan2 mat6) — by-product (lit. and fig.)
副相 (fu3 soeng3) — deputy prime minister
副省級 (fu3 saang2 kap1) — sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)
副省級城市 (fu3 saang2 kap1 sing4 si5) — subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)
副經理 (fu3 ging1 lei5) — deputy director; assistant manager
副總理 (fu3 zung2 lei5) — vice-premier; vice prime minister; deputy prime minister
副總統 (fu3 zung2 tung2) — vice-president
副總裁 (fu3 zung2 coi4) — vice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company); deputy gover…
副翼 (fu3 jik6) — aileron (aeronautics)
副腎 (fu3 san6) — adrenal glands
副詞 (fu3 ci4) — adverb
副議長 (fu3 ji5 zoeng2) — vice-chairman
副部長 (fu3 bou6 zoeng2) — assistant (government) minister
副院長 (fu3 jyun2 zoeng2) — deputy chair of board; vice-president (of a university etc)
副食 (fu3 sik6) — non-staple food
副食品 (fu3 sik6 ban2) — non-staple foods; (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and form…
副駕駛員 (fu3 gaa3 sai2 jyun4) — copilot; co-driver
副黏液病毒 (fu3 nim1 jik6 beng6 duk6) — paramyxovirus
割傷 (got3 soeng1) — to gash; to cut; gash; cut
割包 (got3 baau1) — see 刈包[gua4 bao1]
割包皮 (got3 baau1 pei4) — to circumcise
割取 (got3 ceoi2) — to cut off
割愛 (got3 oi3) — to part with sth cherished; to forsake
割捨 (got3 se2) — to give up; to part with
割接 (got3 zip3) — (network) cutover; (system) migration
割據 (got3 geoi3) — to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentati…
割斷 (got3 tyun5) — to cut off; to sever
割棄 (got3 hei3) — to discard; to abandon; to give (sth) up
割禮 (got3 lai5) — circumcision (male or female)
割線 (got3 sin3) — secant line (math.)
割草 (got3 cou2) — mow grass
割草機 (got3 cou2 gei1) — lawn mower (machine)
割袍斷義 (got3 pou4 dyun6 ji6) — to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom); to brea…
割裂 (got3 lit6) — to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate
割讓 (got3 joeng6) — to cede; cession
割除 (got3 ceoi4) — to amputate; to excise (cut out)
割雞焉用牛刀 (got3 gai1 jin1 jung6 ngau4 dou1) — see 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
創下 (cong3 haa6) — to establish; to set (a new record)
創下高票房 (cong3 haa6 gou1 piu3 fong4) — to set a box office record
創世 (cong3 sai3) — the creation of the world
創世紀 (cong3 sai3 gei2) — Genesis (first book of the Bible); the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西…
創世記 (cong3 sai3 gei3) — Genesis (first book of the Bible)
創世論 (cong3 sai3 leon6) — creationism
創作 (cong3 zok3) — to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
創作力 (cong3 zok3 lik6) — originality
創作者 (cong3 zok3 ze2) — creator; author
創傷 (cong3 soeng1) — wound; injury; trauma
創價學會 (cong3 gaa3 hok6 wui2) — Soka Gakkai International
創優 (cong3 jau1) — to strive for excellence
創刊 (cong3 hon2) — to start publishing; to found a journal
創刊號 (cong3 hon2 hou6) — first issue
創利 (cong3 lei6) — to make a profit
創匯 (cong3 wui6) — to earn foreign exchange
創口 (cong3 hau2) — wound; cut
創可貼 (cong3 ho2 tip3) — band-aid; sticking plaster
創始 (cong3 ci2) — to initiate; to found
創始人 (cong3 ci2 jan4) — creator; founder; initiator
創始者 (cong3 ci2 ze2) — creator; initiator
創巨痛深 (cong1 geoi6 tung3 sam1) — (idiom) deeply distressed
創建 (cong3 gin3) — to found; to establish
創建者 (cong3 gin3 ze2) — founder; creator
創意 (cong3 ji3) — creative; creativity
創投基金 (cong3 tau4 gei1 gam1) — venture capital fund
創收 (cong3 sau1) — to generate revenue; to create extra income
創新 (cong3 san1) — to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
創新精神 (cong3 san1 zing1 san4) — creativity
創業 (cong3 jip6) — to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
創業投資 (cong3 jip6 tau4 zi1) — venture capital investment
創業精神 (cong3 jip6 zing1 san4) — enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
創業者 (cong3 jip6 ze2) — entrepreneur
創牌子 (cong3 paai4 zi2) — (of a company) to establish a brand name
創痛 (cong3 tung3) — physical or emotional pain
創立 (cong3 laap6) — to establish; to set up; to found
創立人 (cong3 laap6 jan4) — founder
創立者 (cong3 laap6 ze2) — founder
創練 (cong3 lin6) — to form and train (a military unit); to create and practice (a martial art); to…
創舉 (cong3 geoi2) — pioneering work
創見 (cong3 gin3) — an original idea
創見性 (cong3 gin3 sing3) — original (idea, discovery etc)
創記錄 (cong3 gei3 luk6) — to set a record
創設 (cong3 cit3) — to establish; to set up; to create (suitable conditions etc)
創議 (cong3 ji5) — to propose; proposal
創辦 (cong3 baan6) — to establish; to found
創辦人 (cong3 baan6 jan4) — founder (of an institution etc)
創辦者 (cong3 baan6 ze2) — founder; creator
創造 (cong3 zou6) — to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
創造力 (cong3 zou6 lik6) — ingenuity; creativity
創造性 (cong3 zou6 sing3) — creativeness; creativity
創造者 (cong3 zou6 ze2) — creator
創造論 (cong3 zou6 leon6) — creationism (religion)
剷除 (caan2 ceoi4) — to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
剽悍 (piu5 hon6) — swift and fierce
剽竊 (piu5 sit3) — to plunder; to plagiarize
剿說 (caau1 syut3) — to plagiarize
劂 (kyut3) — used in 剞劂[ji1 jue2]
劃一 (waak6 jat1) — uniform; to standardize
劃一不二 (waak6 jat1 bat1 ji6) — fixed; unalterable
劃傷 (waak6 soeng1) — to damage by scratching; to gash; to lacerate
劃價 (waak6 gaa3) — to price (medical prescription)
劃分 (waak6 fan1) — to divide up; to partition; to differentiate
劃切 (waak6 cit3) — to slice; to dice
劃十字 (waak6 sap6 zi6) — variant of 畫十字|画十字[hua4 shi2 zi4]
劃圓防守 (waak6 jyun4 fong4 sau2) — to counter (a stroke in fencing)
劃定 (waak6 ding6) — to demarcate; to delimit
劃掉 (waak6 diu6) — to cross out; to cross off
劃撥 (waak6 but6) — to assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account)
劃時代 (waak6 si4 doi6) — epoch-marking
劃歸 (waak6 gwai1) — to incorporate; to put under (external administration)
劃清 (waak6 cing1) — to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
劃痕 (waak6 han4) — a scratch
劃破 (waak6 po3) — to cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (screa…
劃線 (waak6 sin3) — to delineate; to draw a line; to underline
劃線板 (waak6 sin3 baan2) — ruler (used for drawing lines)
劃花 (waak6 faa1) — engraving (on porcelain etc)
劃過 (waak6 gwo3) — (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky); (of a searchlight, lightning etc)…
劇 (kek6) — theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); …
劇作家 (kek6 zok3 gaa1) — playwright
劇團 (kek6 tyun4) — theatrical troupe
劇場 (kek6 coeng4) — theater
劇增 (kek6 zang1) — dramatic increase
劇壇 (kek6 taan4) — the world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles
劇情 (kek6 cing4) — story line; plot; drama (genre)
劇本 (kek6 bun2) — script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
劇毒 (kek6 duk6) — highly toxic; extremely poisonous
劇烈 (kek6 lit6) — violent; acute; severe; fierce
劇照 (kek6 ziu3) — photo taken during a theatrical production; a still (from a movie)
劇痛 (kek6 tung3) — acute pain; sharp pain; twinge; stab; pang
劇目 (kek6 muk6) — theatrical piece (play or opera); repertoire; list of plays or operas
劇社 (kek6 se5) — theater company
劇終 (kek6 zung1) — The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
劇組 (kek6 zou2) — cast and crew; performers and production team
劇變 (kek6 bin3) — to change dramatically; radical change
劇透 (kek6 tau3) — plot leak; spoiler
劇院 (kek6 jyun2) — theater
劈叉 (pik1 caa1) — the splits (move in dancing); to do the splits; Taiwan pr. [pi3 cha1]
劈啪 (pik1 paak1) — (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
劈情操 (pik1 cing4 cou3) — to have a friendly chat (Shanghai)
劈手 (pek3 sau2) — with a lightning move of the hand
劈掛拳 (pek3 gwaa3 kyun4) — Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
劈柴 (pek3 caai4) — to chop firewood; to split logs
劈空扳害 (pek3 hung1 paan1 hoi6) — damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
劈臉 (pek3 lim5) — right in the face
劈裂 (pek3 lit6) — to split open; to cleave; to rend
劈開 (pik1 hoi1) — to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs)
劈離 (pek3 lei4) — split
劈面 (pik1 min6) — right in the face
劈頭蓋臉 (pek3 tau4 goi3 lim5) — lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain …
劉 (lau4) — surname Liu
劉伯溫 (lau4 baak3 wan1) — Liu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Z…
劉備 (lau4 bei6) — Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han…
劉光第 (lau4 gwong1 dai6) — Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 ju…
劉公島 (lau4 gung1 dou2) — Liugong island in the Yellow sea
劉厚總 (lau4 hau5 zung2) — Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang K…
劉向 (lau4 hoeng3) — Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
劉基 (lau4 gei1) — Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1] (1311-1375), general under the first…
劉天華 (lau4 tin1 waa4) — Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer
劉奭 (lau4 sik1) — Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4]
劉姥姥進大觀園 (lau4 lou5 lou5 zeon3 daai6 gun1 jyun4) — Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens; (of a simple person) to be overwhelme…
劉安 (lau4 on1) — Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing…
劉宋 (lau4 sung3) — Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
劉宋時代 (lau4 sung3 si4 doi6) — Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
劉家輝 (lau4 gaa1 fai1) — Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor
劉少奇 (lau4 siu3 kei4) — Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revo…
劉師培 (lau4 si1 pui4) — Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist
劉德華 (lau4 dak1 waa4) — Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
劉心武 (lau4 sam1 mou5) — Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist
劉恆 (lau4 hang4) — Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝; Liu Heng (1954-), Chi…
劉慈欣 (lau4 ci4 jan1) — Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
劉昫 (lau4 heoi2) — Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4…
劉曉波 (lau4 hiu2 bo1) — Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of …
劉松齡 (lau4 cung4 ling4) — Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astron…
劉毅 (lau4 ngai6) — Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western…
劉洋 (lau4 joeng4) — Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
劉海 (lau4 hoi2) — bangs; fringe (hair)
劉涓子 (lau4 gyun1 zi2) — Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
劉涓子鬼遺方 (lau4 gyun1 zi2 gwai2 wai4 fong1) — Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
劉淵 (lau4 jyun1) — Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 …
劉熙 (lau4 hei1) — Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2]
劉禹錫 (lau4 jyu5 sek3) — Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
劉義慶 (lau4 ji6 hing3) — Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A Ne…
劉翔 (lau4 coeng4) — Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
劉表 (lau4 biu2) — Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
劉裕 (lau4 jyu6) — Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away…
劉貴今 (lau4 gwai3 gam1) — Liu Guijin (1945–), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001–2007
劉賓雁 (lau4 ban1 ngaan6) — Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist f…
劉邦 (lau4 bong1) — Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Ga…
劉金寶 (lau4 gam1 bou2) — Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed afte…
劉雲山 (lau4 wan4 saan1) — Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia…
劉青雲 (lau4 cing1 wan4) — Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
劉鶚 (lau4 ngok6) — Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4]
劊 (kui2) — to amputate; to cut off; also pr. [kuai4]
劊子手 (kui2 zi2 sau2) — executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer
劍 (gim3) — double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
劍嘴鶥 (gim3 zeoi2 mei4) — (bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus supercili…
劍客 (gim3 haak3) — swordsman
劍尖 (gim3 zim1) — point; sharp end
劍川 (gim3 cyun1) — see 劍川縣|剑川县[Jian4 chuan1 Xian4]
劍川縣 (gim3 cyun1 jyun6) — Jianchuan, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 …
劍拔弩張 (gim3 bat6 nou5 zoeng1) — lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility;…
劍柄 (gim3 beng3) — sword hilt
劍橋 (gim3 kiu4) — Cambridge
劍橋大學 (gim3 kiu4 daai6 hok6) — University of Cambridge
劍河 (gim3 ho4) — see 劍河縣|剑河县[Jian4 he2 Xian4]
劍河縣 (gim3 ho4 jyun6) — Jianhe, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|…
劍法 (gim3 faat3) — fencing; sword-play
劍術 (gim3 seot6) — swordsmanship
劍走偏鋒 (gim3 zau2 pin1 fung1) — the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; …
劍走蜻蛉 (gim3 zau2 cing1 ling4) — the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move;…
劍身 (gim3 san1) — sword blade
劍道 (gim3 dou6) — kendō (sports)
劍閣 (gim3 gok3) — see 劍閣縣|剑阁县[Jian4 ge2 Xian4]
劍閣縣 (gim3 gok3 jyun6) — Jiange, a county in Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan
劍魚 (gim3 jyu2) — swordfish
劍魚座 (gim3 jyu4 zo6) — Dorado (constellation)
劍鴴 (gim3 hang4) — (bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
劍麻 (gim3 maa4) — sisal hemp
劍齒虎 (gim3 ci2 fu2) — saber-toothed tiger
劍龍 (gim3 lung4) — stegosaurus
劑型 (zai1 jing4) — delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc)
劑子 (zai1 zi2) — piece of dough cut to the right size (for making jiaozi etc)
劑量 (zai1 loeng6) — dosage; prescribed dose of medicine
劑量當量 (zai1 loeng6 dong3 loeng6) — dose equivalent
力不勝任 (lik6 bat1 sing1 jam6) — not to be up to the task (idiom); incompetent
力不從心 (lik6 bat1 cung4 sam1) — (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
力主 (lik6 zyu2) — advocate strongly
力作 (lik6 zok3) — to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc); a masterpiece
力促 (lik6 cuk1) — to urge; to press (for action)
力保 (lik6 bou2) — to seek to protect; to ensure; to maintain; to guard
力偶 (lik6 ngau5) — moment of forces (mechanics)
力傳遞 (lik6 cyun4 dai6) — mechanical transmission
力克 (lik6 hak1) — to prevail with difficulty
力圖 (lik6 tou4) — to try hard to; to strive to
力場 (lik6 coeng4) — force field (physics)
力士 (lik6 si6) — strong man; sumo wrestler
力大無比 (lik6 daai6 mou4 bei2) — having matchless strength
力大無窮 (lik6 daai6 mou4 kung4) — extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
力嬌酒 (lik6 giu1 zau2) — (loanword) liqueur
力學 (lik6 hok6) — (physics) mechanics; (literary) to study hard
力學傳遞 (lik6 hok6 cyun4 dai6) — mechanical transmission
力寶 (lik6 bou2) — Lippo (Group) (Indonesian conglomerate)
力帆 (lik6 faan4) — Lifan Group (auto manufacturer in Chongqing)
力度 (lik6 dou6) — strength; vigor; efforts; (music) dynamics
力征 (lik6 zing1) — by force; to conquer by force of arms; power
力心 (lik6 sam1) — fulcrum; center of force
力戒 (lik6 gaai3) — to try everything to avoid; to guard against
力戰 (lik6 zin3) — to fight with all one's might
力所不及 (lik6 so2 bat1 kap6) — beyond one's power (to do sth)
力所能及 (lik6 so2 nang4 kap6) — as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability; with…
力拓 (lik6 tok3) — Rio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)
力挫 (lik6 co3) — to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition
力挺 (lik6 ting5) — to strongly support; to firmly back
力挽狂瀾 (lik6 waan5 kwong4 laan4) — to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a despe…
力排眾議 (lik6 paai4 zung3 ji5) — to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
力攻 (lik6 gung1) — to assault; to attack in force
力有未逮 (lik6 jau5 mei6 dai6) — beyond one's reach or power (to do sth)
力求 (lik6 kau4) — to make every effort to; striving to do one's best
力波 (lik6 bo1) — Reeb, a beer brand
力爭 (lik6 zang1) — to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
力爭上游 (lik6 zang1 soeng6 jau4) — to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result; to have high ambitio…
力畜 (lik6 cuk1) — draft animal; beast of burden
力盡神危 (lik6 zeon6 san4 ngai4) — (idiom) physically and mentally exhausted
力矩 (lik6 geoi2) — torque
力臂 (lik6 bei3) — lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
力行 (lik6 hang4) — to practice diligently; to act energetically
力道 (lik6 dou6) — strength; power; efficacy
力量 (lik6 loeng6) — power; force; strength
力量均衡 (lik6 loeng6 gwan1 hang4) — balance of power
力錢 (lik6 cin4) — payment to a porter
力阻 (lik6 zo2) — to block; to prevent by force
功不可沒 (gung1 bat1 ho2 mut6) — one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
功令 (gung1 ling6) — (historical) official decree; statute
功利 (gung1 lei6) — utility
功利主義 (gung1 lei6 zyu2 ji6) — utilitarianism
功到自然成 (gung1 dou3 zi6 jin4 sing4) — effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
功力 (gung1 lik6) — merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
功名 (gung1 ming4) — scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
功名利祿 (gung1 ming4 lei6 luk6) — position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
功夫 (gung1 fu1) — skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
功夫球 (gung1 fu1 kau4) — see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2]
功夫茶 (gung1 fu1 caa4) — very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
功完行滿 (gung1 jyun4 hang4 mun5) — to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
功底 (gung1 dai2) — training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
功德 (gung1 dak1) — achievements and virtue
功德圓滿 (gung1 dak1 jyun4 mun5) — virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
功德無量 (gung1 dak1 mou4 loeng6) — no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
功成不居 (gung1 sing4 bat1 geoi1) — not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
功成名就 (gung1 sing4 ming4 zau6) — to win success and recognition (idiom)
功效 (gung1 haau6) — efficacy
功敗垂成 (gung1 baai6 seoi4 sing4) — to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the la…
功業 (gung1 jip6) — achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
功烈 (gung1 lit6) — achievement
功用 (gung1 jung6) — function
功績 (gung1 zik1) — feat; contribution; merits and achievements
功罪 (gung1 zeoi6) — achievements and crimes
功耗 (gung1 hou3) — electric consumption; power wastage
功能 (gung1 nang4) — function; capability
功能團 (gung1 nang4 tyun4) — (chemistry) functional group
功能性 (gung1 nang4 sing3) — functionality
功能性磁共振成像 (gung1 nang4 sing3 ci4 gung6 zan3 sing4 zoeng6) — functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
功能模塊 (gung1 nang4 mou4 faai3) — functional module
功能磁共振成像術 (gung1 nang4 ci4 gung6 zan3 sing4 zoeng6 seot6) — functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
功能群 (gung1 nang4 kwan4) — (ecology) functional group
功能表 (gung1 nang4 biu2) — menu (software)
功能詞 (gung1 nang4 ci4) — function word
功能集 (gung1 nang4 zaap6) — function library
功臣 (gung1 san4) — meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth …
功虧一簣 (gung1 kwai1 jat1 gwai6) — lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack…
功課 (gung1 fo3) — homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study
功過 (gung1 gwo3) — merits and demerits; contributions and errors
功高不賞 (gung1 gou1 bat1 soeng2) — high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
功高望重 (gung1 gou1 mong6 zung6) — high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
加上 (gaa1 soeng5) — to add; plus; in addition; moreover
加之 (gaa1 zi1) — moreover; in addition to that
加人一等 (gaa1 jan4 jat1 dang2) — a cut above; top quality
加來海峽 (gaa1 loi4 hoi2 haap6) — Strait of Calais in the English channel; Strait of Dover; Pas-de-Calais, départ…
加俸 (gaa1 fung2) — to raise one's pay
加倍 (gaa1 pui5) — to double; to redouble
加值 (gaa1 zik6) — to recharge (money onto a card) (Tw)
加值型網路 (gaa1 zik6 jing4 mong5 lou6) — value added network; VAN
加價 (gaa1 gaa3) — to increase a price
加入 (gaa1 jap6) — to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
加冕 (gaa1 min5) — to crown; coronation
加冠 (gaa1 gun1) — (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
加冰 (gaa1 bing1) — (of a drink) iced; on the rocks
加分 (gaa1 fan1) — bonus point; extra credit; to award bonus points; to earn extra points
加利利 (gaa1 lei6 lei6) — Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
加利福尼亞 (gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3) — California
加利福尼亞大學 (gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3 daai6 hok6) — University of California
加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校 (gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3 daai6 hok6 lok6 caam3 gei1 fan1 haau6) — UCLA
加利福尼亞州 (gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3 zau1) — California
加利福尼亞理工學院 (gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3 lei5 gung1 hok6 jyun2) — California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
加利肋亞 (gaa1 lei6 lak6 aa3) — Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
加利西亞 (gaa1 lei6 sai1 aa3) — Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain
加劇 (gaa1 kek6) — to intensify
加加林 (gaa1 gaa1 lam4) — Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
加勁 (gaa1 ging3) — to increase efforts; to make extra efforts
加勁兒 (gaa1 ging6 ji4) — erhua variant of 加勁|加劲[jia1 jin4]
加勒比 (gaa1 lak6 bei2) — Caribbean
加勒比國家聯盟 (gaa1 lak6 bei2 gwok3 gaa1 lyun4 mang4) — Association of Caribbean States
加勒比海 (gaa1 lak6 bei2 hoi2) — Caribbean Sea
加吉魚 (gaa1 gat1 jyu2) — porgy (Pagrosomus major)
加哩 (gaa3 le1) — (loanword) curry
加固 (gaa1 gu3) — to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
加國 (gaa1 gwok3) — Canada
加塞兒 (gaa1 sak1 ji4) — to push into a line out of turn; to cut in line; to jump the queue
加壓 (gaa1 aat3) — to pressurize; to pile on pressure
加壓釜 (gaa1 aat3 fu2) — pressure chamber; pressurized cauldron
加多寶 (gaa1 do1 bou2) — JDB (Chinese beverage company)
加大 (gaa1 daai6) — to increase (e.g. one's effort)
加大力度 (gaa1 daai6 lik6 dou6) — to try harder; to redouble one's efforts
加大努力 (gaa1 daai6 nou5 lik6) — to try harder; to redouble one's efforts
加大油門 (gaa1 daai6 jau4 mun4) — to accelerate; to step on the gas
加央 (gaa1 joeng1) — Kangar city, capital of Perlis state 玻璃市[Bo1 li2 shi4], Malaysia
加委 (gaa1 wai2) — (of a government authority) to appoint (sb recommended by a subsidiary unit or …
加官 (gaa1 gun1) — to be promoted; additional government post
加官晉爵 (gaa1 gun1 zeon3 zoek3) — to confer a title an official position
加官晉級 (gaa1 gun1 zeon3 kap1) — to receive a promotion; to rise in rank
加官進位 (gaa1 gun1 zeon3 wai6) — promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官進爵 (gaa1 gun1 zeon3 zoek3) — promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官進祿 (gaa1 gun1 zeon3 luk6) — promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加害 (gaa1 hoi6) — to injure
加密 (gaa1 mat6) — to encrypt; encryption; to protect with a password
加密套接字協議層 (gaa1 mat6 tou3 zip3 zi6 hip3 ji5 cang4) — Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
加密貨幣 (gaa1 mat6 fo3 bai6) — cryptocurrency
加寬 (gaa1 fun1) — widen
加封 (gaa1 fung1) — to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document); to confer an additional t…
加封官階 (gaa1 fung1 gun1 gaai1) — to confer additional titles on a nobleman
加州 (gaa1 zau1) — California
加州大學 (gaa1 zau1 daai6 hok6) — University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学[Jia1 li4 fu2 ni2 ya4 Da4 xu…

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