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區域網路 (keoi1 wik6 mong5 lou6) — local area network; LAN
區塊 (keoi1 faai3) — block; segment; section; sector; area
區字框 (keoi1 zi6 kwaang1) — radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22)
區旗 (keoi1 kei4) — district flag
區畫 (keoi1 waak6) — subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
區碼 (keoi1 maa5) — area code; telephone dialing code
區處 (keoi1 cyu2) — (literary) to handle; to treat
區號 (keoi1 hou6) — area code
區議會 (keoi1 ji5 wui2) — district council
區長 (keoi1 zoeng2) — district chief
區間 (keoi1 gaan3) — delimited area; defined section of a train or bus route; numerical range; (math…
區間車 (keoi1 gaan1 ce1) — train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
區隔 (keoi1 gaak3) — to mark off; interval; segment (e.g. of market); compartment; segmentation
十一 (sap6 jat1) — PRC National Day (October 1st)
十一月 (sap6 jat1 jyut6) — November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
十一月份 (sap6 jat1 jyut6 fan6) — November
十一路 (sap6 jat1 lou6) — (coll.) going on foot
十七 (sap6 cat1) — seventeen; 17
十七孔橋 (sap6 cat1 hung2 kiu4) — Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing
十三 (sap6 saam1) — thirteen; 13
十三日 (sap6 saam1 jat6) — thirteenth day of a month
十三經 (sap6 saam1 ging1) — the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book …
十之八九 (sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2) — most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
十九 (sap6 gau2) — nineteen; 19
十二 (sap6 ji6) — twelve; 12
十二分 (sap6 ji6 fan1) — exceedingly; hundred percent; everything and more
十二地支 (sap6 ji6 dei6 zi1) — the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclicall…
十二宮 (sap6 ji6 gung1) — the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronom…
十二指腸 (sap6 ji6 zi2 coeng4) — duodenum
十二支 (sap6 ji6 zi1) — the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclicall…
十二星座 (sap6 ji6 sing1 zo6) — the twelve signs of the zodiac
十二時辰 (sap6 ji6 si4 san4) — twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and ast…
十二月 (sap6 ji6 jyut6) — December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十二月份 (sap6 ji6 jyut6 fan6) — December
十二碼 (sap6 ji6 maa5) — 12-yard (sports); penalty kick
十二經 (sap6 ji6 ging1) — twelve channels of TCM
十二經脈 (sap6 ji6 ging1 mak6) — twelve channels of TCM
十二角形 (sap6 ji6 gok3 jing4) — dodecagon
十二邊形 (sap6 ji6 bin1 jing4) — dodecagon
十二面體 (sap6 ji6 min6 tai2) — dodecahedron
十五 (sap6 ng5) — fifteen; 15
十位 (sap6 wai2) — the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
十倍 (sap6 pui5) — tenfold; ten times (sth)
十億 (sap6 jik1) — one billion; giga-
十克 (sap6 hak1) — decagram
十全 (sap6 cyun4) — perfect; complete
十全十美 (sap6 cyun4 sap6 mei5) — complete and beautiful; to be perfect (idiom)
十八 (sap6 baat3) — eighteen; 18
十六 (sap6 luk6) — sixteen; 16
十六國 (sap6 luk6 gwok3) — Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also wr…
十六國春秋 (sap6 luk6 gwok3 ceon1 cau1) — history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the …
十六烷值 (sap6 luk6 jyun4 zik6) — cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)
十六進制 (sap6 luk6 zeon3 zai3) — hexadecimal
十分 (sap6 fan1) — very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide in…
十分之一 (sap6 fan6 zi1 jat1) — one tenth
十動然拒 (sap6 dung6 jin4 keoi5) — to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)
十四 (sap6 sei3) — fourteen; 14
十四行詩 (sap6 sei3 hong4 si1) — sonnet
十國春秋 (sap6 gwok3 ceon1 cau1) — History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣[Wu2 Ren4 chen…
十堰 (sap6 jin2) — see 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4]
十堰市 (sap6 jin2 si5) — Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
十多億 (sap6 do1 jik1) — over one billion; more than a billion
十大神獸 (sap6 daai6 san4 sau3) — the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC I…
十天干 (sap6 tin1 gon1) — the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[g…
十字 (sap6 zi6) — cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten
十字形 (sap6 zi6 jing4) — cruciform; cross shape
十字架刑 (sap6 zi6 gaa2 jing4) — crucifiction
十字絲 (sap6 zi6 si1) — crosshairs
十字繡 (sap6 zi6 sau3) — cross-stitch
十字花科 (sap6 zi6 faa1 fo1) — Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowe…
十字路口 (sap6 zi6 lou6 hau2) — crossroads; intersection
十字軍 (sap6 zi6 gwan1) — the Crusades; Crusader army; (fig.) crusade; militant campaign for a cause
十字軍東征 (sap6 zi6 gwan1 dung1 zing1) — the Crusades
十字轉門 (sap6 zi6 zyun3 mun4) — turnstile
十字鎬 (sap6 zi6 gou2) — pickaxe
十常侍 (sap6 soeng4 si6) — Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
十干 (sap6 gon1) — same as 天干; the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically…
十幾 (sap6 gei2) — more than ten; a dozen or more
十成 (sap6 sing4) — completely
十成九穩 (sap6 sing4 gau2 wan2) — see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3]
十戒 (sap6 gaai3) — the ten commandments (religion)
十拿九穩 (sap6 naa4 gau2 wan2) — (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag; (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
十指不沾陽春水 (sap6 zi2 bat1 zim1 joeng4 ceon1 seoi2) — (saying) (usu. of a woman) to have no need to do household chores (washing clot…
十數 (sap6 sou3) — more than ten; a dozen or more
十日談 (sap6 jat6 taam4) — Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people …
十月 (sap6 jyut6) — October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
十月份 (sap6 jyut6 fan6) — October
十月革命 (sap6 jyut6 gaak3 ming6) — October Revolution
十有八九 (sap6 jau5 baat3 gau2) — most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
十萬 (sap6 maan6) — hundred thousand
十萬位 (sap6 maan6 wai2) — the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
十萬火急 (sap6 maan6 fo2 gap1) — most urgent; posthaste; express
十角形 (sap6 gok3 jing4) — decagon
十誡 (sap6 gaai3) — ten commandments
十足 (sap6 zuk1) — ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
十進 (sap6 zeon3) — decimal; calculations to base 10
十進位 (sap6 zeon3 wai2) — decimal system
十進位法 (sap6 zeon3 wai2 faat3) — decimal system
十進制 (sap6 zeon3 zai3) — decimal
十邊形 (sap6 bin1 jing4) — decagon
十里洋場 (sap6 lei5 joeng4 coeng4) — the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements; (fig.) a bustling, cosmopoli…
十錦 (sap6 gam2) — variant of 什錦|什锦[shi2 jin3]
十面埋伏 (sap6 min6 maai4 fuk6) — Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by…
十項 (sap6 hong6) — ten items; decathlon (athletics)
十項全能 (sap6 hong6 cyun4 nang4) — decathlon
千伏 (cin1 fuk6) — kilovolt
千位 (cin1 wai2) — the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
千佛洞 (cin1 fat6 dung6) — Buddhist grottos
千依百順 (cin1 ji1 baak3 seon6) — totally submissive (idiom)
千億 (cin1 jik1) — myriads; hundred billion
千兆 (cin1 siu6) — giga-; (computer networking) gigabits per second; 1000Base-T
千克 (cin1 hak1) — kilogram
千兒八百 (cin1 ji4 baat3 baak3) — (coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
千刀萬剮 (cin1 dou1 maan6 gwaa2) — (idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
千千萬萬 (cin1 cin1 maan6 maan6) — lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerabl…
千卡 (cin1 kaa1) — kilocalorie; kcal
千古 (cin1 gu2) — for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wr…
千古罪人 (cin1 gu2 zeoi6 jan4) — sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遺恨 (cin1 gu2 wai4 han6) — to have eternal regrets (idiom)
千叮萬囑 (cin1 ding1 maan6 zuk1) — repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again
千周 (cin1 zau1) — kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
千噸 (cin1 deon1) — kiloton
千夫 (cin1 fu1) — a lot of people (literary)
千奇百怪 (cin1 kei4 baak3 gwaai3) — fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千姿百態 (cin1 zi1 baak3 taai3) — (idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
千字文 (cin1 zi6 man4) — Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading prim…
千字節 (cin1 zi6 zit3) — kilobyte
千家萬戶 (cin1 gaa1 maan6 wu6) — every family (idiom)
千層麵 (cin1 cang4 min6) — lasagna
千山區 (cin1 saan1 keoi1) — Qianshan, a district of Anshan City 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4], Liaoning
千島湖 (cin1 dou2 wu4) — Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a larg…
千島群島 (cin1 dou2 kwan4 dou2) — Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia
千島醬 (cin1 dou2 zoeng3) — thousand island dressing
千差萬別 (cin1 caa1 maan6 bit6) — (idiom) extremely diverse; to vary greatly
千帕 (cin1 paak3) — kilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure)
千年 (cin1 nin4) — millennium
千挑萬選 (cin1 tiu1 maan6 syun2) — to select very carefully
千斤頂 (cin1 gan1 ding2) — jack (mechanical lifting device)
千方百計 (cin1 fong1 baak3 gai3) — lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千瓦 (cin1 ngaa5) — kilowatt
千瘡百孔 (cin1 cong1 baak3 hung2) — see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]
千真萬確 (cin1 zan1 maan6 kok3) — absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view
千禧一代 (cin1 hei1 jat1 doi6) — Generation Y; Millennial Generation
千禧年 (cin1 hei1 nin4) — the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
千秋 (cin1 cau1) — a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
千秋萬代 (cin1 cau1 maan6 doi6) — throughout the ages
千米 (cin1 mai5) — kilometer
千萬 (cin1 maan6) — ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
千葉 (cin1 jip6) — Chiba (Japanese surname, prefecture, and city)
千言萬語 (cin1 jin4 maan6 jyu5) — thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop
千變萬化 (cin1 bin3 maan6 faa3) — countless changes; constant permutation
千變萬軫 (cin1 bin3 maan6 zan2) — constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
千赫 (cin1 haak1) — kilohertz
千赫茲 (cin1 haak1 zi1) — kilohertz; kHz
千足蟲 (cin1 zuk1 cung4) — millipede
千軍萬馬 (cin1 gwan1 maan6 maa5) — magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display o…
千載難逢 (cin1 zoi2 naan4 fung4) — extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon
千辛萬苦 (cin1 san1 maan6 fu2) — to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; a…
千里 (cin1 lei5) — a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
千里之外 (cin1 lei5 zi1 ngoi6) — thousand miles distant
千里寄鵝毛 (cin1 lei5 gei3 ngo4 mou4) — goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought…
千里眼 (cin1 lei5 ngaan5) — clairvoyance
千里迢迢 (cin1 lei5 tiu4 tiu4) — (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar
千里送鵝毛 (cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4) — goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought…
千里達及托巴哥 (cin1 lei5 daat6 kap6 tok3 baa1 go1) — Trinidad and Tobago (Tw)
千里達和多巴哥 (cin1 lei5 daat6 wo4 do1 baa1 go1) — Trinidad and Tobago
千里馬 (cin1 lei5 maa5) — lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed
千里鵝毛 (cin1 lei5 ngo4 mou4) — goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought be…
千金 (cin1 gam1) — thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (supp…
千金一擲 (cin1 gam1 jat1 zaak6) — lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money …
千金一諾 (cin1 gam1 jat1 nok6) — a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
千金方 (cin1 gam1 fong1) — Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicin…
千金要方 (cin1 gam1 jiu3 fong1) — Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicin…
千金難買 (cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5) — can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
千鈞一髮 (cin1 gwan1 jat1 faat3) — (lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); (fig.) (at the) critical; p…
千錘百鍊 (cin1 ceoi4 baak3 lin6) — after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life
千陽 (cin1 joeng4) — see 千陽縣|千阳县[Qian1 yang2 Xian4]
千陽縣 (cin1 joeng4 jyun6) — Qianyang, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
千難萬難 (cin1 naan4 maan6 naan4) — extremely difficult
千頭萬緒 (cin1 tau4 maan6 seoi5) — plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
千鹼基對 (cin1 gaan2 gei1 deoi3) — kilobase pair (molecular biology)
升任 (sing1 jam6) — to be promoted to
升堂入室 (sing1 tong4 jap6 sat1) — lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom); fig. to gradually at…
升天 (sing1 tin1) — lit. to ascend to heaven; to die
升學 (sing1 hok6) — to enter the next grade school
升官 (sing1 gun1) — to get promoted
升官發財 (sing1 gun1 faat3 coi4) — to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
升市 (sing1 si5) — rising prices; bull market
升幅 (sing1 fuk1) — extent of an increase; percentage rise
升序 (sing1 zeoi6) — ascending order
升息 (sing1 sik1) — (finance) to raise interest rates
升斗 (sing1 dau2) — liter and decaliter dry measure; (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff
升斗小民 (sing1 dau2 siu2 man4) — (idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
升旗 (sing1 kei4) — to raise a flag; to hoist a flag
升旗儀式 (sing1 kei4 ji4 sik1) — flag raising ceremony
升格 (sing1 gaak3) — promotion; upgrade
升汞 (sing1 hung6) — mercuric chloride (HgCl)
升溫 (sing1 wan1) — to become hot; temperature rise; (fig.) to intensify; to hot up; to escalate; t…
升級 (sing1 kap1) — to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) …
升結腸 (sing1 git3 coeng2) — ascending colon (anatomy); first section of large intestine
升職 (sing1 zik1) — to get promoted (at work etc); promotion
升華 (sing1 waa4) — to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; pro…
升號 (sing1 hou6) — (music) sharp (♯)
升起 (sing1 hei2) — to raise; to hoist; to rise
升遐 (sing1 haa4) — to pass away (of an emperor)
升遷 (sing1 cin1) — to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a…
升降機 (sing1 gong3 gei1) — aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift; elevator
升騰 (sing1 tang4) — to rise; to ascend; to leap up
午 (ng5) — 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), …
午休 (ng5 jau1) — noon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap
午前 (ng5 cin4) — morning; a.m.
午夜 (ng5 je6) — midnight
午安 (ng5 on1) — Good afternoon!; Hello (daytime greeting)
午宴 (ng5 jin3) — lunch banquet
午後 (ng5 hau6) — afternoon
午時 (ng5 si4) — 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
午睡 (ng5 seoi6) — to take a nap in the afternoon
午覺 (ng5 gaau3) — siesta; afternoon nap
午餐 (ng5 caan1) — lunch; luncheon
午餐會 (ng5 caan1 wui2) — luncheon
午馬 (ng5 maa5) — Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
半中腰 (bun3 zung1 jiu1) — middle; halfway
半乳糖 (bun3 jyu5 tong4) — galactose (CH2O)6; brain sugar
半乳糖血症 (bun3 jyu5 tong4 hyut3 zing3) — galactosemia
半人馬 (bun3 jan4 maa5) — centaur (mythology)
半人馬座 (bun3 jan4 maa5 zo6) — Centaurus (constellation)
半保留複製 (bun3 bou2 lau4 fuk1 zai3) — semiconservative replication
半信半疑 (bun3 seon3 bun3 ji4) — (idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
半個 (bun3 go3) — half of sth
半個人 (bun3 go3 jan4) — (not) a single person; (no) one
半價 (bun3 gaa3) — half price
半公開 (bun3 gung1 hoi1) — semiovert; more or less open
半分 (bun3 fan1) — a little bit
半分兒 (bun3 fan1 ji4) — erhua variant of 半分[ban4 fen1]
半勞動力 (bun3 lou4 dung6 lik6) — one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) wo…
半半拉拉 (bun3 bun3 laai1 laai1) — incomplete; unfinished
半吊子 (bun3 diu3 zi2) — dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
半圓 (bun3 jyun4) — semicircle
半圓儀 (bun3 jyun4 ji4) — protractor
半圓形 (bun3 jyun4 jing4) — semicircular
半坡 (bun3 bo1) — Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
半坡遺址 (bun3 bo1 wai4 zi2) — Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
半場 (bun3 coeng4) — half of a game or contest; half-court
半壁江山 (bun3 bik1 gong1 saan1) — half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); v…
半壁河山 (bun3 bik1 ho4 saan1) — see 半壁江山[ban4 bi4 jiang1 shan1]
半夏 (bun3 haa6) — Pinellia ternata
半夜 (bun3 je6) — midnight; in the middle of the night
半夜三更 (bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1) — see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]
半天 (bun3 tin1) — half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair
半失業 (bun3 sat1 jip6) — semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed
半官方 (bun3 gun1 fong1) — semiofficial
半封建 (bun3 fung1 gin3) — semifeudal
半封建半殖民地 (bun3 fung1 gin3 bun3 zik6 man4 dei6) — semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the l…
半導瓷 (bun3 dou6 ci4) — semiconducting ceramic (electronics)
半導體 (bun3 dou6 tai2) — semiconductor
半小時 (bun3 siu2 si4) — half an hour; 30 minutes
半山區 (bun3 saan1 keoi1) — mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
半島電視台 (bun3 dou2 din6 si6 toi4) — Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
半工半讀 (bun3 gung1 bun3 duk6) — part work, part study; work-study program
半年 (bun3 nin4) — half a year
半徑 (bun3 ging3) — radius
半復賽 (bun3 fuk6 coi3) — eighth finals
半成品 (bun3 sing4 ban2) — semi-manufactured goods; semifinished articles; semifinished products
半截 (bun3 zit6) — half (of sth); halfway through
半截衫 (bun3 zit6 saam1) — upper jacket
半打 (bun3 daa1) — half a dozen
半托 (bun3 tok3) — day care
半拉 (bun3 laai1) — (coll.) half
半拱 (bun3 gung2) — semiarch; half arch
半推半就 (bun3 teoi1 bun3 zau6) — half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resist…
半數 (bun3 sou3) — half the number; half
半數以上 (bun3 sou3 ji5 soeng6) — more than half
半文盲 (bun3 man4 maang4) — semiliterate
半斤八兩 (bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5) — not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
半旗 (bun3 kei4) — half-mast; half-staff
半日制學校 (bun3 jat6 zai3 hok6 haau6) — half-day (or double-shift) school
半日工作 (bun3 jat6 gung1 zok3) — part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning …
半明不滅 (bun3 ming4 bat1 mit6) — dull (lamplight)
半晌 (bun3 hoeng2) — half of the day; a long time; quite a while
半月 (bun3 jyut6) — half-moon; fortnight
半月刊 (bun3 jyut6 hon2) — fortnightly; twice a month
半月板 (bun3 jyut6 baan2) — meniscus (anatomy)
半月瓣 (bun3 jyut6 baan6) — semilunar valve (anatomy)
半桶水 (bun3 tung2 seoi2) — (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb w…
半條命 (bun3 tiu4 meng6) — half a life; only half alive; barely alive; (scared, beaten etc) half to death
半死 (bun3 sei2) — half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) ou…
半殖民地 (bun3 zik6 man4 dei6) — semicolonial
半決賽 (bun3 kyut3 coi3) — semifinals
半流體 (bun3 lau4 tai2) — semifluid
半無限 (bun3 mou4 haan6) — semi-infinite
半熟練 (bun3 suk6 lin6) — semiskilled
半球 (bun3 kau4) — hemisphere
半瓶子醋 (bun3 ping4 zi2 cou3) — see 半瓶醋[ban4 ping2 cu4]
半瓶水響叮噹 (bun3 ping4 seoi2 hoeng2 ding1 dong1) — lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); fig. empty vessel…
半瓶醋 (bun3 peng4 cou3) — dabbler; dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
半生 (bun3 sang1) — half a lifetime
半生不熟 (bun3 saang1 bat1 suk6) — underripe; half-cooked; (fig.) not mastered (of a technique); clumsy; halting
半白 (bun3 baak6) — fifty (years of age)
半真半假 (bun3 zan1 bun3 gaa2) — (idiom) half true and half false
半票 (bun3 piu3) — half-price ticket; half fare
半空 (bun3 hung1) — midair
半空中 (bun3 hung1 zung1) — in midair; in the air
半糖夫妻 (bun3 tong4 fu1 cai1) — weekend spouse; relationship involving a sugar-daddy
半翅目 (bun3 ci3 muk6) — Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
半老徐娘 (bun3 lou5 ceoi4 noeng4) — middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
半職 (bun3 zik1) — part-time work
半胱氨酸 (bun3 gwong1 on1 syun1) — cysteine (Cys), an amino acid; mercaptoethyl amine
半脫產 (bun3 tyut3 caan2) — partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work
半腰 (bun3 jiu1) — middle; halfway
半腱肌 (bun3 gin3 gei1) — semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
半膜肌 (bun3 mok6 gei1) — semimembranosus (anatomy)
半自動 (bun3 zi6 dung6) — semiautomatic
半自耕農 (bun3 zi6 gaang1 nung4) — semi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant
半表半裡 (bun3 biu2 bun3 leoi5) — half outside, half inside; half interior, half exterior
半衰期 (bun3 seoi1 kei4) — (physics) half-life
半裸體 (bun3 lo2 tai2) — half-naked
半規則 (bun3 kwai1 zak1) — quasi-regular
半規管 (bun3 kwai1 gun2) — (anatomy) semicircular canal
半視野 (bun3 si6 je5) — half visual field
半跏坐 (bun3 gaa1 zo6) — sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
半路 (bun3 lou6) — halfway; midway; on the way
半路出家 (bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1) — (lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom); (fig.) to change one's c…
半蹲 (bun3 cyun4) — half squat
半蹼鷸 (bun3 pok3 wat6) — (bird species of China) Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
半身像 (bun3 san1 zoeng6) — half-length photo or portrait; bust
半軸 (bun3 zuk6) — semiaxis; half axle
半載 (bun3 zoi2) — half a year
半輩子 (bun3 bui3 zi2) — half of a lifetime
半透明 (bun3 tau3 ming4) — translucent; semitransparent
半途 (bun3 tou4) — halfway; midway
半通不通 (bun3 tung1 bat1 tung1) — to not fully understand (idiom)
半邊 (bun3 bin1) — half of sth; one side of sth
半邊天 (bun3 bin1 tin1) — half the sky; women of the new society; womenfolk
半長軸 (bun3 coeng4 zuk6) — semiaxis; radius
半開化 (bun3 hoi1 faa3) — semicivilized
半開半關 (bun3 hoi1 bun3 gwaan1) — half-open, half closed
半開門 (bun3 hoi1 mun4) — half-open door; fig. prostitute
半開門兒 (bun3 hoi1 mun4 ji4) — erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2]
半間不界 (bun3 gaan1 bat1 gaai3) — shallow; not thorough; superficial
半音 (bun3 jam1) — semitone
半音程 (bun3 jam1 cing4) — semitone
半響 (bun3 hoeng2) — half the day; a long time; quite a while
半麻醉 (bun3 maa4 zeoi3) — local anesthetic; anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
半點 (bun3 dim2) — the least bit
卌 (se3) — forty
卑下 (bei1 haa6) — base; low
卑不足道 (bei1 bat1 zuk1 dou6) — not worth mentioning
卑劣 (bei1 lyut3) — base; mean; despicable
卑卑不足道 (bei1 bei1 bat1 zuk1 dou6) — to be too petty or insignificant to mention; to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
卑南族 (bei1 naam4 zuk6) — puyuma, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
卑微 (bei1 mei4) — lowly; humble
卑怯 (bei1 hip3) — mean and cowardly; abject
卑污 (bei1 wu1) — despicable and filthy; foul
卑爾根 (bei1 ji5 gan1) — Bergen
卑詩 (bei1 si1) — British Columbia, province of Canada (loanword from "BC")
卑賤 (bei1 zin6) — lowly; mean and low
卑躬屈節 (bei1 gung1 wat1 zit3) — to bow and scrape; to act servilely
卑躬屈膝 (bei1 gung1 wat1 sat1) — to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
卑辭厚幣 (bei1 ci4 hau5 bai6) — humble expression for generous donation
卑辭厚禮 (bei1 ci4 hau5 lai5) — humble expression for generous gift
卑鄙 (bei1 pei2) — base; mean; contemptible; despicable
卑鄙齷齪 (bei1 pei2 ak1 cuk1) — sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
卑陋 (bei1 lau6) — humble; petty; crude
卑陋齷齪 (bei1 lau6 ak1 cuk1) — sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
卒中 (zeot1 zung1) — stroke; cerebral hemorrhage
卒業 (zeot1 jip6) — to complete a course of study (old); to graduate
卓乎不群 (coek3 fu4 bat1 kwan4) — standing out from the common crowd (idiom); outstanding; preeminent
卓別林 (coek3 bit6 lam4) — Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director
卓尼 (coek3 nei4) — see 卓尼縣|卓尼县[Zhuo2 ni2 Xian4]
卓尼縣 (coek3 nei4 jyun6) — Jonê, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 …
卓有成效 (coek3 jau5 sing4 haau6) — highly effective; fruitful
卓然 (coek3 jin4) — outstanding; eminent
卓爾不群 (coek3 ji5 bat1 kwan4) — standing above the common crowd (idiom); outstanding; excellent and unrivaled
卓異 (coek3 ji6) — (of talent) outstanding; exceptional
卓絕 (coek3 zyut6) — unsurpassed; extreme; extraordinary
卓著 (coek3 zyu3) — outstanding; eminent; brilliant
卓識 (coek3 sik1) — superior judgment; sagacity
卓資 (coek3 zi1) — see 卓資縣|卓资县[Zhuo2 zi1 Xian4]
卓資縣 (coek3 zi1 jyun6) — Zhuozi, a county in Ulanqab City 烏蘭察布市|乌兰察布市[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4 Shi4], Inner Mon…
卓越 (coek3 jyut6) — outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
協作 (hip3 zok3) — cooperation; coordination
協力 (hip3 lik6) — to unite in common effort
協助 (hip3 zo6) — to provide assistance; to aid
協同 (hip3 tung4) — to cooperate; in coordination with; coordinated; collaborate; collaboration; co…
協同作用 (hip3 tung4 zok3 jung6) — synergy; cooperative interaction
協和 (hip3 wo4) — to harmonize; harmony; cooperation; (music) consonant
協和式客機 (hip3 wo4 sik1 haak3 gei1) — Concorde, supersonic passenger airliner
協和飛機 (hip3 wo4 fei1 gei1) — Concorde, supersonic passenger airliner
協商 (hip3 soeng1) — to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
協商會議 (hip3 soeng1 wui6 ji5) — consultative conference (political venue during early communist rule); consulta…
協奏 (hip3 zau3) — to perform (a concerto)
協奏曲 (hip3 zau3 kuk1) — concerto
協方差 (hip3 fong1 caa1) — (statistics) covariance
協會 (hip3 wui2) — an association; a society
協理 (hip3 lei5) — assistant manager; to assist in managing
協管 (hip3 gun2) — to assist in managing (e.g. traffic police or crowd control); to steward
協管員 (hip3 gun2 jyun4) — assistant manager; steward
協約 (hip3 joek3) — entente; pact; agreement; negotiated settlement
協約國 (hip3 joek3 gwok3) — Allies; entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
協調 (hip3 tiu4) — to coordinate; to harmonize; to fit together; to match (colors etc); harmonious…
協調世界時 (hip3 tiu4 sai3 gaai3 si4) — Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
協調人 (hip3 tiu4 jan4) — coordinator
協調員 (hip3 tiu4 jyun4) — coordinator
協議 (hip3 ji5) — agreement; pact; protocol
協議書 (hip3 ji5 syu1) — contract; protocol
協辦 (hip3 baan6) — to assist; to help sb do sth; to cooperate in doing sth
協韻 (hip3 wan5) — to rhyme
南三角座 (naam4 saam1 gok3 zo6) — Triangulum Australe (constellation)
南下 (naam4 haa6) — to go down south
南丹 (naam4 daan1) — see 南丹縣|南丹县[Nan2 dan1 Xian4]
南丹縣 (naam4 daan1 jyun6) — Nandan, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi
南乳 (naam4 jyu5) — fermented soybean curd
南亞 (naam4 aa3) — southern Asia
南亞區域合作聯盟 (naam4 aa3 keoi1 wik6 hap6 zok3 lyun4 mang4) — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
南亞大草鶯 (naam4 aa3 daai6 cou2 ang1) — (bird species of China) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
南京 (naam4 ging1) — see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and …
南京大學 (naam4 ging1 daai6 hok6) — Nanjing University, NJU
南京大屠殺 (naam4 ging1 daai6 tou4 saat3) — the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
南京市 (naam4 ging1 si5) — Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1…
南京條約 (naam4 ging1 tiu4 joek3) — Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China …
南京理工大學 (naam4 ging1 lei5 gung1 daai6 hok6) — Nanjing University of Science and Technology
南京路 (naam4 ging1 lou6) — Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai
南京農業大學 (naam4 ging1 nung4 jip6 daai6 hok6) — Nanjing Agricultural University
南京郵電大學 (naam4 ging1 jau4 din6 daai6 hok6) — Nanjing Post and Communications University
南側 (naam4 zak1) — south side; south face
南充 (naam4 cung1) — see 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4]
南充市 (naam4 cung1 si5) — Nanchong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
南冕座 (naam4 min5 zo6) — Corona Australis (constellation)
南冰洋 (naam4 bing1 joeng4) — Southern Ocean
南北 (naam4 bak1) — north and south; north to south
南北朝 (naam4 bak1 ciu4) — Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
南北極 (naam4 bak1 gik6) — south and north poles
南北美 (naam4 bak1 mei5) — North and South America
南北長 (naam4 bak1 coeng4) — north-south distance
南北韓 (naam4 bak1 hon4) — North and South Korea
南十字座 (naam4 sap6 zi6 zo6) — (astronomy) the Southern Cross
南半球 (naam4 bun3 kau4) — the Southern Hemisphere
南卡羅來納 (naam4 kaa1 lo4 loi4 naap6) — South Carolina, US state
南召 (naam4 ziu6) — see 南召縣|南召县[Nan2 zhao4 Xian4]
南召縣 (naam4 ziu6 jyun6) — Nanzhao, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan
南史 (naam4 si2) — History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史…
南和 (naam4 wo4) — see 南和區|南和区[Nan2 he2 Qu1]
南唐 (naam4 tong4) — Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
南喬治亞島和南桑威奇 (naam4 kiu4 zi6 aa3 dou2 wo4 naam4 song1 wai1 kei4) — South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
南回歸線 (naam4 wui4 gwai1 sin3) — Tropic of Capricorn
南坡 (naam4 bo1) — south slope
南城 (naam4 sing4) — see 南城縣|南城县[Nan2 cheng2 Xian4]
南城縣 (naam4 sing4 jyun6) — Nancheng, a county in Fuzhou City 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
南大 (naam4 daai6) — Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学[Nan2 jing1 Da4 xue2])
南天門 (naam4 tin1 mun4) — South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most no…
南安 (naam4 on1) — see 南安市[Nan2 an1 Shi4]
南安市 (naam4 on1 si5) — Nan'an, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
南安普敦 (naam4 on1 pou2 deon1) — Southampton, town in south England
南宋 (naam4 sung3) — the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
南定 (naam4 ding6) — Nam Dinh, Vietnam
南宮 (naam4 gung1) — two-character surname Nangong; see 南宮市|南宫市[Nan2 gong1 Shi4]
南宮市 (naam4 gung1 si5) — Nangong, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
南寧 (naam4 ning4) — see 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4]
南寧市 (naam4 ning4 si5) — Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region …
南屯區 (naam4 tyun4 keoi1) — Nantun District of Taichung, Taiwan
南山 (naam4 saan1) — see 南山區|南山区[Nan2 shan1 Qu1]
南山區 (naam4 saan1 keoi1) — Nanshan, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong; Nanshan,…
南岔 (naam4 caa3) — see 南岔縣|南岔县[Nan2 cha4 Xian4]
南岸 (naam4 ngon6) — see 南岸區|南岸区[Nan2 an4 Qu1]
南岸區 (naam4 ngon6 keoi1) — Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
南島 (naam4 dou2) — South Island (of New Zealand); (bound form) Austronesian
南崗 (naam4 gong1) — see 南崗區|南岗区[Nan2 gang3 Qu1]
南崗區 (naam4 gong1 keoi1) — Nangang, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
南嶺 (naam4 ling5) — Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
南嶽 (naam4 ngok6) — Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan; Mt Heng 衡山 i…
南嶽區 (naam4 ngok6 keoi1) — Nanyue, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
南川 (naam4 cyun1) — see 南川區|南川区[Nan2 chuan1 Qu1]
南川區 (naam4 cyun1 keoi1) — Nanchuan, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
南希 (naam4 hei1) — Nancy
南平 (naam4 ping4) — see 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4]
南平市 (naam4 ping4 si5) — Nanping, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
南康 (naam4 hong1) — see 南康區|南康区[Nan2 kang1 Qu1]
南征 (naam4 zing1) — punitive expedition to the south
南征北伐 (naam4 zing1 bak1 fat6) — war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北戰 (naam4 zing1 bak1 zin3) — war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北討 (naam4 zing1 bak1 tou2) — war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南投 (naam4 tau4) — Nantou city and county in central Taiwan
南投市 (naam4 tau4 si5) — Nantou city in central Taiwan, capital of Nantou county
南投縣 (naam4 tau4 jyun6) — Nantou County in central Taiwan
南拳 (naam4 kyun4) — Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
南拳媽媽 (naam4 kyun4 maa1 maa1) — Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group
南斯拉夫 (naam4 si1 laai1 fu1) — Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
南方 (naam4 fong1) — south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to area…
南方古猿 (naam4 fong1 gu2 jyun4) — Australopithecus
南方周末 (naam4 fong1 zau1 mut6) — Southern Weekend (newspaper)
南方澳漁港 (naam4 fong1 ou3 jyu4 gong2) — Nanfang-ao Port in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
南昌市 (naam4 coeng1 si5) — Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 …
南昌縣 (naam4 coeng1 jyun6) — Nanchang, a county in Nanchang City 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
南昌起義 (naam4 coeng1 hei2 ji6) — Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Com…
南明 (naam4 ming4) — see 南明區|南明区[Nan2 ming2 Qu1]
南明區 (naam4 ming4 keoi1) — Nanming, a district of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou
南普陀寺 (naam4 pou2 to4 zi6) — Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2]
南朝 (naam4 ciu4) — Southern Dynasties (420-589)
南朝宋 (naam4 ciu4 sung3) — Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing; also known a…
南朝梁 (naam4 ciu4 loeng4) — Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

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