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反腐 (faan2 fu6) — anti-corruption
反腐倡廉 (faan2 fu6 coeng3 lim4) — to fight corruption and advocate probity
反腐敗 (faan2 fu6 baai6) — to oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
反臉無情 (faan2 lim5 mou4 cing4) — to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a frie…
反興奮劑 (faan2 hing1 fan5 zai1) — (sports) anti-doping
反艦導彈 (faan2 laam6 dou6 daan2) — anti-ship missile
反艦艇 (faan2 laam6 teng5) — anti-ship
反芻 (faan2 co1) — to ruminate; to chew the cud
反芻動物 (faan2 co1 dung6 mat6) — ruminant
反英 (faan2 jing1) — anti-English
反英雄 (faan2 jing1 hung4) — antihero
反華 (faan2 waa4) — anti-Chinese
反衝 (faan2 cung1) — recoil (of a gun); to bounce back; backlash
反衝力 (faan2 cung1 lik6) — backlash; recoil; reactive force
反袁 (faan2 jyun4) — opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护…
反袁運動 (faan2 jyun4 wan6 dung6) — anti-Yuan movement, opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] in National P…
反袁鬥爭 (faan2 jyun4 dau3 zang1) — war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
反裘負芻 (faan2 kau4 fu6 co1) — lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom); fi…
反覆 (faan2 fuk1) — repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) …
反觀 (faan2 gun1) — by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; intro…
反角 (faan2 gok3) — reflex angle
反訴 (faan2 sou3) — counterclaim; countercharge (law)
反訴狀 (faan2 sou3 zong6) — counterclaim
反詩 (faan2 si1) — verse criticizing officials; satirical verse
反詰 (faan2 kit3) — to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical …
反詰問 (faan2 kit3 man6) — to cross-examine
反話 (faan2 waa2) — irony; ironic remark
反語 (faan2 jyu5) — irony
反誣 (faan2 mou4) — to make a false countercharge
反諷 (faan2 fung3) — irony; to satirize
反證 (faan2 zing3) — disproof; rebuttal; reductio ad absurdum
反證法 (faan2 zing3 faat3) — reductio ad absurdum
反貪 (faan2 taam1) — anti-corruption (policy)
反貪污 (faan2 taam1 wu1) — anticorruption
反貪腐 (faan2 taam1 fu6) — anti-corruption
反赤道流 (faan2 cek3 dou6 lau4) — equatorial counter current
反走私 (faan2 zau2 si1) — to oppose smuggling; anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)
反超 (faan2 ciu1) — to reverse (the score); to pull off a comeback; to take the lead
反身 (faan2 san1) — to turn around
反身代詞 (faan2 san1 doi6 ci4) — reflexive pronoun
反躬自問 (faan2 gung1 zi6 man6) — introspection; to ask oneself
反轉 (faan2 zyun3) — reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to fr…
反轉錄 (faan2 zyun3 luk6) — (molecular biology) reverse transcription
反轉錄病毒 (faan2 zyun3 luk6 beng6 duk6) — retrovirus
反過來 (faan2 gwo3 loi4) — conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
反過來說 (faan2 gwo3 loi4 syut3) — on the other hand
反酷刑折磨公約 (faan2 huk6 jing4 zit3 mo4 gung1 joek3) — UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
反酸 (faan2 syun1) — acid reflux; regurgitation
反鋸齒 (faan2 goe3 ci2) — anti-aliasing
反錄病毒 (faan2 luk6 beng6 duk6) — reverse transcription virus; retrovirus
反鎖 (faan2 so2) — locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
反鏟 (faan2 caan2) — backhoe
反間 (faan2 gaan3) — to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies; to sow discord in the…
反間計 (faan2 gaan3 gai3) — stratagem of sowing dissension
反間諜 (faan2 gaan3 dip6) — counterintelligence; protection against espionage
反電子 (faan2 din6 zi2) — positron; also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
反面人物 (faan2 min6 jan4 mat6) — negative character; bad guy (in a story)
反面兒 (faan2 min6 ji4) — erhua variant of 反面[fan3 mian4]
反革命 (faan2 gaak3 ming6) — counterrevolutionary
反革命宣傳煽動罪 (faan2 gaak3 ming6 syun1 cyun4 sin3 dung6 zeoi6) — the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
反響 (faan2 hoeng2) — repercussions; reaction; echo
反顧 (faan2 gu3) — to glance back; (fig.) to regret; to have second thoughts about sth
反饋 (faan2 gwai6) — to send back information; feedback
反駁 (faan2 bok3) — to retort; to refute
反高潮 (faan2 gou1 ciu4) — anticlimax
反黨 (faan2 dong2) — anti-party
叔丈人 (suk1 zoeng6 jan4) — wife's uncle
叔丈母 (suk1 zoeng6 mou5) — wife's aunt
叔伯 (suk1 baak3) — (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
叔公 (suk1 gung1) — great uncle; grandfather's younger brother; husband's father's younger brother
叔叔 (suk1 suk1) — father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for …
叔婆 (suk1 po4) — aunt by marriage; husband's aunt; husband's father's younger brother's wife
叔子 (suk1 zi2) — brother-in-law; husband's younger brother
叔岳 (suk1 ngok6) — wife's uncle
叔本華 (suk1 bun2 waa4) — Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
叔母 (suk1 mou5) — aunt; wife of father's younger brother
叔祖 (suk1 zou2) — grandfather's younger brother
叔祖母 (suk1 zou2 mou5) — wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
取保候審 (ceoi2 bou2 hau6 sam2) — release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (…
取保釋放 (ceoi2 bou2 sik1 fong3) — to be released on bail (law)
取其精華 (ceoi2 kei4 zing1 waa4) — to take the best; to absorb the essence
取出 (ceoi2 ceot1) — to take out; to extract; to draw out
取勝 (ceoi2 sing3) — to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
取名 (ceoi2 meng2) — to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame
取向 (ceoi2 hoeng3) — orientation; direction
取回 (ceoi2 wui4) — to retrieve
取巧 (ceoi2 haau2) — quick fix; opportune short cut (around a difficulty); cheap trick (to get what …
取得 (ceoi2 dak1) — to acquire; to get; to obtain
取得一致 (ceoi2 dak1 jat1 zi3) — to reach a consensus
取得勝利 (ceoi2 dak1 sing3 lei6) — to prevail; to achieve victory; to be victorious
取悅 (ceoi2 jyut6) — to try to please
取捨 (ceoi2 se2) — to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
取景器 (ceoi2 ging2 hei3) — viewfinder (of a camera etc)
取景框 (ceoi2 ging2 kwaang1) — rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by…
取暖 (ceoi2 nyun5) — to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)
取材 (ceoi2 coi4) — to collect material
取樂 (ceoi2 lok6) — to find amusement; to amuse oneself
取模 (ceoi2 mou4) — modulo (math.)
取樣 (ceoi2 joeng6) — to take a sample
取款 (ceoi2 fun2) — to withdraw money from a bank
取款機 (ceoi2 fun2 gei1) — ATM
取水 (ceoi2 seoi2) — water intake; to obtain water (from a well etc)
取決 (ceoi2 kyut3) — (usually followed by 於|于[yu2]) to hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on
取消 (ceoi2 siu1) — to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
取燈兒 (ceoi2 dang1 ji4) — (dialect) match (for lighting fire)
取現 (ceoi2 jin6) — to withdraw money
取用 (ceoi2 jung6) — to access; to make use of
取笑 (ceoi2 siu3) — to tease; to make fun of
取經 (ceoi2 ging1) — to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studyin…
取締 (ceoi2 dai3) — to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
取而代之 (ceoi2 ji4 doi6 zi1) — (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
取證 (ceoi2 zing3) — to collect evidence
取走 (ceoi2 zau2) — to remove; to take away
取道 (ceoi2 dou6) — via; by way of; en route to
取銀 (ceoi2 ngan4) — to take silver; to come second in a competition
取錢 (ceoi2 cin2) — to withdraw money
取長補短 (ceoi2 coeng4 bou2 dyun2) — lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius…
取關 (ceoi2 gwaan1) — to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注[qu3 xiao1 guan1 zhu4])
取鬧 (ceoi2 naau6) — to make trouble; to make fun of
受不了 (sau6 bat1 liu5) — unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
受事 (sau6 si6) — object (of a transitive verb); to receive a task
受享 (sau6 hoeng2) — to enjoy
受任 (sau6 jam6) — to appoint; to be appointed
受保人 (sau6 bou2 jan4) — the insured person; the person covered by an insurance policy
受俸 (sau6 fung2) — to receive an official's salary
受傷 (sau6 soeng1) — to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed
受僱 (sau6 gu3) — to be employed; to be hired; hired; paid
受凍挨餓 (sau6 dung3 aai1 ngo6) — see 挨餓受凍|挨饿受冻[ai2 e4 shou4 dong4]
受刑 (sau6 jing4) — beaten; tortured; executed
受刑人 (sau6 jing4 jan4) — person being executed; victim of corporal punishment; person serving a sentence
受到 (sau6 dou3) — to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educat…
受制 (sau6 zai3) — to be controlled (by sb); to suffer under a yoke
受取 (sau6 ceoi2) — to accept; to receive
受命 (sau6 ming6) — ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
受困 (sau6 kwan3) — trapped; stranded
受夠 (sau6 gau3) — to have had enough of; to be fed up with; to have had one's fill of
受孕 (sau6 jan6) — to become pregnant; to conceive
受害 (sau6 hoi6) — to suffer damage, injury etc; damaged; injured; killed; robbed
受害人 (sau6 hoi6 jan4) — victim
受害者 (sau6 hoi6 ze2) — casualty; victim; those injured and wounded
受寒 (sau6 hon4) — affected by cold; to catch cold
受審 (sau6 sam2) — to stand trial; to be on trial (for a crime)
受寵 (sau6 cung2) — to receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered
受寵若驚 (sau6 cung2 joek6 ging1) — overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
受性 (sau6 sing3) — inborn (ability, defect)
受惠 (sau6 wai6) — to benefit; favored
受戒 (sau6 gaai3) — to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism); to take orders
受持 (sau6 ci4) — to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
受挫 (sau6 co3) — thwarted; obstructed; setback
受損 (sau6 syun2) — to suffer damage
受支配 (sau6 zi1 pui3) — subject to (foreign domination, emotions etc)
受教 (sau6 gaau3) — to receive instruction; to benefit from advice
受暑 (sau6 syu2) — to suffer heatstroke; to suffer heat exhaustion
受格 (sau6 gaak3) — objective
受業 (sau6 jip6) — to study; to learn from a master; (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
受權 (sau6 kyun4) — authorized; entrusted (with authority)
受歡迎 (sau6 fun1 jing4) — to be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received
受氣 (sau6 hei3) — to be mistreated; to be bullied
受氣包 (sau6 hei3 baau1) — (fig.) punching bag
受洗 (sau6 sai2) — to receive baptism; baptized
受洗命名 (sau6 sai2 ming6 ming4) — to be christened
受涼 (sau6 loeng4) — to catch cold
受潮 (sau6 ciu4) — to get moist; to get damp (due to humidity, seepage etc)
受災 (sau6 zoi1) — disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
受熱 (sau6 jit6) — heated; sunstroke
受理 (sau6 lei5) — to accept to hear a case; to handle (a service)
受用 (sau6 jung6) — to enjoy; to reap the benefits (of sth)
受病 (sau6 beng6) — to fall ill
受癟 (sau6 bit6) — discomfited; to get into a mess
受益 (sau6 jik1) — to benefit from; profit
受益人 (sau6 jik1 jan4) — beneficiary
受益匪淺 (sau6 jik1 fei2 cin2) — to benefit (from)
受盡 (sau6 zeon6) — to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of
受看 (sau6 hon3) — good-looking
受眾 (sau6 zung3) — recipients (of information, media etc); audience
受知 (sau6 zi1) — recognized (for one's talents)
受禪 (sau6 sin6) — to accept abdication
受禮 (sau6 lai5) — to accept a gift; to acknowledge greetings
受窘 (sau6 kwan3) — embarrassed; bothered; in an awkward position
受窮 (sau6 kung4) — poor
受精 (sau6 zing1) — to be fertilized; to be inseminated
受精卵 (sau6 zing1 leon2) — fertilized ovum
受精囊 (sau6 zing1 nong4) — seminal receptacle
受約束 (sau6 joek3 cuk1) — restricted; constrained
受納 (sau6 naap6) — to accept; to receive (tribute)
受累 (sau6 leoi6) — to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)
受罪 (sau6 zeoi6) — to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance
受聘 (sau6 ping3) — hired (for employment); invited (e.g. to lecture); engaged (for a task); (in ol…
受聽 (sau6 ting1) — nice to hear; worth listening to
受胎 (sau6 toi1) — to become pregnant; to conceive; impregnated; insemination
受苦 (sau6 fu2) — to suffer hardship
受訓 (sau6 fan3) — to receive training
受託 (sau6 tok3) — to be entrusted; to be commissioned
受託人 (sau6 tok3 jan4) — (law) trustee
受託者 (sau6 tok3 ze2) — trustee
受訪 (sau6 fong2) — to give an interview; to be interviewed; to respond to (questions, a survey etc)
受訪者 (sau6 fong2 ze2) — participant in a survey; interviewee; respondent
受詞 (sau6 ci4) — object (linguistics)
受試者 (sau6 si3 ze2) — subject (in an experiment); participant (in a clinical trial etc)
受賄 (sau6 kui2) — to accept a bribe
受賞 (sau6 soeng2) — to receive a prize
受辱 (sau6 juk6) — insulted; humiliated; disgraced
受阻 (sau6 zo2) — to be obstructed; to be hindered
受降 (sau6 hong4) — to accept surrender
受降儀式 (sau6 hong4 ji4 sik1) — a surrender ceremony
受難 (sau6 naan6) — to suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress
受難日 (sau6 naan6 jat6) — Good Friday
受難紀念 (sau6 naan6 gei2 nim6) — memorial
受難者 (sau6 naan6 ze2) — sufferer; a victim of a calamity; a person in distress
受電弓 (sau6 din6 gung1) — pantograph (transportation)
受領 (sau6 ling5) — to receive
受騙 (sau6 pin3) — to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked
受驚 (sau6 ging1) — startled
受體 (sau6 tai2) — receptor (biochemistry); acceptor (semiconductors)
叛亂 (bun6 lyun6) — armed rebellion
叛亂罪 (bun6 lyun6 zeoi6) — the crime of armed rebellion
叛匪 (bun6 fei2) — rebel bandit
叛國 (bun6 gwok3) — treason
叛國罪 (bun6 gwok3 zeoi6) — the crime of treason
叛徒 (bun6 tou4) — traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent
叛教 (bun6 gaau3) — apostasy
叛變 (bun6 bin3) — to defect; to betray; to mutiny
叛賊 (bun6 caak6) — renegade; traitor
叛賣 (bun6 maai6) — to betray
叛軍 (bun6 gwan1) — rebel army
叛逃 (bun6 tou4) — to defect
叛逆者 (bun6 jik6 ze2) — traitor
叛離 (bun6 lei4) — to betray; to desert; to defect from; to turn renegade
叛黨 (bun6 dong2) — to betray one's party; to defect (from the communist party); renegade faction
叢冢 (cung4 cung2) — mass grave; cluster of graves
叢書 (cung4 syu1) — a series of books; a collection of books
叢林 (cung4 lam4) — jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
叢生 (cung4 sang1) — growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social di…
叢臺 (cung4 toi4) — see 叢臺區|丛台区[Cong2 tai2 Qu1]
叢臺區 (cung4 toi4 keoi1) — Congtai, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
叢談 (cung4 taam4) — discussion; forum
口不應心 (hau2 bat1 jing3 sam1) — to say one thing but mean another; to dissimulate
口不擇言 (hau2 bat1 zaak6 jin4) — to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly
口乾舌燥 (hau2 gon1 sit3 cou3) — lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
口交 (hau2 gaau1) — oral sex
口令 (hau2 ling6) — oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password…
口供 (hau2 gung1) — oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement; deposition
口傳 (hau2 cyun4) — to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stori…
口出狂言 (hau2 ceot1 kwong4 jin4) — to speak conceited nonsense; to come out with arrogant claptrap
口北 (hau2 bak1) — the area north of the Great Wall
口口聲聲 (hau2 hau2 seng1 seng1) — to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
口吃 (hau2 hek3) — to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
口吸盤 (hau2 kap1 pun4) — oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
口味 (hau2 mei6) — a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor
口哨 (hau2 saau3) — whistle
口器 (hau2 hei3) — mouthparts (of an arthropod)
口子 (hau2 zi2) — hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used …
口實 (hau2 sat6) — food; salary (old); a pretext; a cause for gossip
口射 (hau2 se6) — to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
口岸 (hau2 ngon6) — a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries
口弦 (hau2 jin4) — Jew's harp
口彩 (hau2 coi2) — complimentary remarks; well-wishing
口徑 (hau2 ging3) — bore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of eve…
口德 (hau2 dak1) — propriety in speech
口快心直 (hau2 faai3 sam1 zik6) — see 心直口快[xin1 zhi2 kou3 kuai4]
口感 (hau2 gam2) — mouthfeel; texture (of food)
口才 (hau2 coi4) — eloquence
口技 (hau2 gei6) — beat boxing; vocal mimicry; ventriloquism
口是心非 (hau2 si6 sam1 fei1) — duplicity; hypocrisy (idiom)
口服 (hau2 fuk6) — to take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc); to say that one is convinced
口條 (hau2 tiu4) — (ox etc) tongue (as food); (dialect) elocution; articulation
口欲期 (hau2 juk6 kei4) — oral stage (psychology)
口水仗 (hau2 seoi2 zoeng3) — dispute; spat; shouting match
口水歌 (hau2 seoi2 go1) — bubblegum pop song; cover song
口沫 (hau2 mut6) — spittle; saliva
口活 (hau2 wut6) — oral sex
口淫 (hau2 jam4) — oral sex; fellatio
口無擇言 (hau2 mou4 zaak6 jin4) — to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom); wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[k…
口無遮攔 (hau2 mou4 ze1 laan4) — to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe
口爆 (hau2 baau3) — (slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
口琴 (hau2 kam4) — harmonica
口甜 (hau2 tim4) — soft-spoken; affable; full of honeyed words
口瘡 (hau2 cong1) — mouth ulcer
口白 (hau2 baak6) — narrator; spoken parts in an opera
口眼歪斜 (hau2 ngaan5 waai1 ce4) — facial nerve paralysis
口碑 (hau2 bei1) — public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
口碑流傳 (hau2 bei1 lau4 cyun4) — widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
口碑載道 (hau2 bei1 zoi3 dou6) — lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation
口福 (hau2 fuk1) — happy knack for chancing upon fine food
口稱 (hau2 cing1) — to speak; to say
口簧 (hau2 wong4) — Jew's harp
口簧琴 (hau2 wong4 kam4) — Jew's harp
口糧 (hau2 loeng4) — ration
口紅 (hau2 hung4) — lipstick
口絡 (hau2 lok6) — muzzle (over a dog's mouth)
口罩 (hau2 zaau3) — mask (surgical etc)
口腔 (hau2 hong1) — oral cavity
口腔炎 (hau2 hong1 jim4) — stomatitis; ulceration of oral cavity; inflammation of the mucous lining of the…
口腹之慾 (hau2 fuk1 zi1 juk6) — desire for good food
口臭 (hau2 cau3) — bad breath; halitosis
口舌 (hau2 sit3) — dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round
口若懸河 (hau2 joek6 jyun4 ho4) — mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab
口蘑 (hau2 mo4) — Saint George's mushroom (Tricholoma mongplicum)
口號 (hau2 hou6) — slogan; catchphrase
口蜜腹劍 (hau2 mat6 fuk1 gim3) — lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murdero…
口袋 (hau2 doi2) — pocket; bag; sack
口袋妖怪 (hau2 doi6 jiu1 gwaai3) — Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
口角戰 (hau2 gok3 zin3) — war of words
口訣 (hau2 kyut3) — mnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke orde…
口試 (hau2 si5) — oral examination; oral test
口誅筆伐 (hau2 zyu1 bat1 fat6) — to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen
口語 (hau2 jyu5) — colloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip
口語溝通 (hau2 jyu5 kau1 tung1) — oral communication (psychology)
口譯 (hau2 jik6) — interpreting
口譯員 (hau2 jik6 jyun4) — interpreter; oral translator
口蹄疫 (hau2 tai4 jik6) — foot-and-mouth disease (FMD); aphthous fever
口述 (hau2 seot6) — to dictate; to recount orally
口鋒 (hau2 fung1) — manner of speech; tone of voice
口音 (hau2 jam1) — (linguistics) oral speech sounds
口頭禪 (hau2 tau4 sim4) — Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; s…
口頭語 (hau2 tau4 jyu5) — pet phrase; regularly used expression; manner of speaking
口風 (hau2 fung1) — meaning behind the words; what sb really means to say; one's intentions as reve…
口香糖 (hau2 hoeng1 tong2) — chewing gum
口鼻 (hau2 bei6) — mouth and nose; (an animal's) snout
口齒不清 (hau2 ci2 bat1 cing1) — to lisp; unclear articulation; inarticulate
口齒伶俐 (hau2 ci2 ling4 lei6) — eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab
口齒清楚 (hau2 ci2 cing1 co2) — clear diction; clear articulation
口齒生香 (hau2 ci2 sang1 hoeng1) — eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
古丈 (gu2 zoeng6) — see 古丈縣|古丈县[Gu3 zhang4 Xian4]
古丈縣 (gu2 zoeng6 jyun6) — Guzhang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xi…
古交 (gu2 gaau1) — see 古交市[Gu3 jiao1 Shi4]
古交市 (gu2 gaau1 si5) — Gujiao, a county-level city in Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
古人 (gu2 jan4) — people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erect…
古人類 (gu2 jan4 leoi6) — ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
古今 (gu2 gam1) — then and now; ancient and modern
古今中外 (gu2 gam1 zung1 ngoi6) — at all times and in all places (idiom)
古今小說 (gu2 gam1 siu2 syut3) — Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of …
古代 (gu2 doi6) — ancient times
古代史 (gu2 doi6 si2) — ancient history
古來 (gu2 loi4) — since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
古傑拉爾 (gu2 git6 laai1 ji5) — (name) Gujral; Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012), Indian politician, prime ministe…
古傑拉特邦 (gu2 git6 laai1 dak6 bong1) — Gujarat, Indian state
古典文學 (gu2 din2 man4 hok6) — classical literature
古典樂 (gu2 din2 ngok6) — classical music (mainly Western)
古典派 (gu2 din2 paai3) — classicists
古典語言 (gu2 din2 jyu5 jin4) — classical language
古典音樂 (gu2 din2 jam1 ngok6) — classical music
古冶 (gu2 je5) — see 古冶區|古冶区[Gu3 ye3 Qu1]
古冶區 (gu2 je5 keoi1) — Guye, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei
古剎 (gu2 saat3) — old Buddhist temple
古北界 (gu2 bak1 gaai3) — Palearctic realm
古史 (gu2 si2) — ancient history
古吉拉特 (gu2 gat1 laai1 dak6) — Gujarat, state in west India
古吉拉特邦 (gu2 gat1 laai1 dak6 bong1) — Gujarat, state in west India
古國 (gu2 gwok3) — ancient country
古地磁 (gu2 dei6 ci4) — paleomagnetism
古城 (gu2 sing4) — ancient city
古城區 (gu2 sing4 keoi1) — Gucheng, a district of Lijiang City 麗江市|丽江市[Li4 jiang1 Shi4], Yunnan
古堡 (gu2 bou2) — ancient castle
古塔 (gu2 taap3) — see 古塔區|古塔区[Gu3 ta3 Qu1]
古塔區 (gu2 taap3 keoi1) — Guta, a district of Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3 zhou1 Shi4], Liaoning
古墓 (gu2 mou6) — old tomb (archaeology)
古墓葬群 (gu2 mou6 zong3 kwan4) — (archeology) burial complex
古墓麗影 (gu2 mou6 lai6 jing2) — Tomb Raider (computer game)
古奇 (gu2 kei4) — Gucci (brand)
古字 (gu2 zi6) — ancient character; archaic form of a Chinese character
古宅 (gu2 zaak6) — former residence
古巴 (gu2 baa1) — Cuba
古巴比倫 (gu2 baa1 bei2 leon4) — ancient Babylon
古希臘 (gu2 hei1 laap6) — ancient Greece
古希臘語 (gu2 hei1 laap6 jyu5) — Ancient Greek (language)
古幣 (gu2 bai6) — old coin
古往今來 (gu2 wong5 gam1 loi4) — since ancient times; since times immemorial
古怪 (gu2 gwaai3) — strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
古惑仔 (gu2 waak6 zai2) — gangster; hooligan; problem youth; at-risk youth
古拉格 (gu2 laai1 gaak3) — gulag (loanword)
古文 (gu2 man4) — old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang…
古文字學 (gu2 man4 zi6 hok6) — paleography
古文明 (gu2 man4 ming4) — ancient civilization
古文觀止 (gu2 man4 gun1 zi2) — Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and…
古文運動 (gu2 man4 wan6 dung6) — cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different per…
古新世 (gu2 san1 sai3) — Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)
古新統 (gu2 san1 tung2) — Palaeocene system (geology)
古方 (gu2 fong1) — ancient prescription
古早 (gu2 zou2) — (Tw) old times; former times
古昔 (gu2 sik1) — (literary) ancient times; in olden days
古時 (gu2 si4) — antiquity
古時候 (gu2 si4 hau6) — in ancient times; in olden days
古晉 (gu2 zeon3) — Kuching (city in Malaysia)
古書 (gu2 syu1) — ancient book; old book
古板 (gu2 baan2) — outmoded; old-fashioned; inflexible
古柯 (gu2 o1) — (botany) coca (source of cocaine)
古柯樹 (gu2 o1 syu6) — coca plant (source of cocaine)
古柯鹼 (gu2 o1 gaan2) — (loanword) cocaine
古根海姆 (gu2 gan1 hoi2 mou5) — Guggenheim (name)
古樸 (gu2 pok3) — simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
古氣候學 (gu2 hei3 hau6 hok6) — paleoclimatology
古波 (gu2 bo1) — Gubo (a personal name)
古浪 (gu2 long6) — see 古浪縣|古浪县[Gu3 lang4 Xian4]
古浪縣 (gu2 long6 jyun6) — Gulang, a county in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu
古爾班通古特沙漠 (gu2 ji5 baan1 tung1 gu2 dak6 saa1 mok6) — Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
古爾邦節 (gu2 ji5 bong1 zit3) — (Islam) Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th…
古物 (gu2 mat6) — antique
古玩 (gu2 wun6) — antique; curio
古玩店 (gu2 wun6 dim3) — antique store
古琴 (gu2 kam4) — guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
古生代 (gu2 sang1 doi6) — Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovi…
古生物 (gu2 sang1 mat6) — organism from the geological past
古生物學 (gu2 sang1 mat6 hok6) — palaeontology
古生物學家 (gu2 sang1 mat6 hok6 gaa1) — paleontologist; paleobiologist
古田 (gu2 tin4) — see 古田縣|古田县[Gu3 tian2 Xian4]
古田縣 (gu2 tin4 jyun6) — Gutian, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian
古登堡 (gu2 dang1 bou2) — (name) Gutenberg; Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468), inventor in Europe of the …
古盜鳥 (gu2 dou6 niu5) — Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
古硯 (gu2 jin6) — antique ink slab
古稀 (gu2 hei1) — seventy years old
古箏 (gu2 zaang1) — guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3 qi…
古籍 (gu2 zik6) — ancient text; antique books
古縣 (gu2 jyun6) — Gu County or Guxian, a county in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi
古縴道 (gu2 cim1 dou6) — Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
古羅馬 (gu2 lo4 maa5) — ancient Rome
古義 (gu2 ji6) — ancient meaning; original or etymological meaning of a word
古脊椎動物學 (gu2 zek3 zeoi1 dung6 mat6 hok6) — vertebrate paleontology
古舊 (gu2 gau6) — archaic
古色古香 (gu2 sik1 gu2 hoeng1) — interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
古董灘 (gu2 dung2 taan1) — Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1…
古藺 (gu2 leon6) — see 古藺縣|古蔺县[Gu3 lin4 Xian4]
古藺縣 (gu2 leon6 jyun6) — Gulin, a county in Luzhou City 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan
古蘭經 (gu2 laan4 ging1) — the Koran
古裝 (gu2 zong1) — ancient costume; period costume (in movies etc)
古裝劇 (gu2 zong1 kek6) — costume drama
古詩 (gu2 si1) — old verse; Classical Chinese poem
古語 (gu2 jyu5) — ancient language; old expression
古諺 (gu2 jin6) — ancient proverb; old saying
古諾 (gu2 nok6) — Gounod (name); Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer
古道 (gu2 dou6) — ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
古都 (gu2 dou1) — ancient capital
古里古怪 (gu2 lei5 gu2 gwaai3) — quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful
古銅色 (gu2 tung4 sik1) — bronze color
古銅色卷尾 (gu2 tung4 sik1 gyun2 mei5) — (bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
古雅典 (gu2 ngaa5 din2) — ancient Athens
古靈精怪 (gu2 ling4 zing1 gwaai3) — (idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
古音 (gu2 jam1) — ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character; classical speech s…
古風 (gu2 fung1) — old style; old custom; a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 s…
古馳 (gu2 ci4) — Gucci (brand)
古騰堡計劃 (gu2 tang4 bou2 gai3 waak6) — Project Gutenberg
古魯 (gu2 lou5) — guru (loanword)
古魯魯 (gu2 lou5 lou5) — (onom.) the sound of a rolling object
古龍 (gu2 lung4) — Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
句型 (geoi3 jing4) — sentence pattern (in grammar)
句子 (geoi3 zi2) — sentence
句容 (geoi3 jung4) — see 句容市[Ju4 rong2 Shi4]
句容市 (geoi3 jung4 si5) — Jurong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiang…
句式 (geoi3 sik1) — sentence pattern; sentence structure; syntax
句數 (geoi3 sou3) — number of sentences; number of lines (in verse etc)
句法 (geoi3 faat3) — syntax
句法分析 (geoi3 faat3 fan1 sik1) — syntactic analysis
句群 (geoi3 kwan4) — discourse; group of sentences with clear meaning; narrative
句讀 (geoi3 duk6) — pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation…
句逗 (geoi3 dau6) — punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)…
句首 (geoi3 sau2) — start of phrase or sentence
句驪河 (geoi3 lei4 ho4) — pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
另一 (ling6 jat1) — another ...; the other ...
另一半 (ling6 jat1 bun3) — other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half
另一方面 (ling6 jat1 fong1 min6) — on the other hand; another aspect
另冊 (ling6 caak3) — the Other List (Qing dynasty register of outlaws); a blacklist of undesirables
另加 (ling6 gaa1) — to add to; supplementary
另存 (ling6 cyun4) — to save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected …
另存為 (ling6 cyun4 wai4) — Save As ... (menu option in a software application)
另寄 (ling6 gei3) — to mail separately
另有 (ling6 jau5) — to have some other (reason etc)
另有企圖 (ling6 jau5 kei5 tou4) — (idiom) to have an ulterior motive
另案 (ling6 on3) — another case (in law); a case to treat separately
另用 (ling6 jung6) — diversion
另當別論 (ling6 dong3 bit6 leon6) — to treat differently; another cup of tea
另眼相看 (ling6 ngaan5 soeng1 hon1) — to treat sb favorably; to view in a new light
另見 (ling6 gin3) — cf.; see also
另覓新歡 (ling6 mik6 san1 fun1) — to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex); a bit on the side
另請高明 (ling6 cing2 gou1 ming4) — please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
另開 (ling6 hoi1) — to break up; to divide property and live apart; to start on a new (path)
另闢蹊徑 (ling6 pik1 hai4 ging3) — to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different…
另類 (ling6 leoi6) — offbeat; alternative; avant-garde; unconventional; weird
另類醫療 (ling6 leoi6 ji1 liu4) — alternative medicine
叨叨 (tou1 tou1) — to chatter; to hog the conversation
叨嘮 (dou1 lou4) — to be chattersome; to talk on and on without stopping; to nag
叨念 (dou1 nim6) — see 念叨[nian4 dao5]
叩應 (kau3 jing3) — call-in (loanword)
叩拜 (kau3 baai3) — to bow in salute; to kowtow
叩球 (kau3 kau4) — spike (volleyball)
叩見 (kau3 gin3) — to kowtow in salute
叩謁 (kau3 jit3) — to visit (esp. one's superiors)
叩門 (kau3 mun4) — to knock on a door
叩關 (kau3 gwaan1) — to knock at the gate (old); to make an approach; to invade; to attack the goal …
叩頭 (kau3 tau4) — to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pre…
叩首 (kau3 sau2) — to kowtow; also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
只不過 (zi2 bat1 gwo3) — only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
只好 (zi2 hou2) — to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
只得 (zi2 dak1) — to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
只怕 (zi2 paa3) — I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely
只是 (zi2 si6) — merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
只有 (zi2 jau5) — only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only…
只欠東風 (zi2 him3 dung1 fung1) — all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
只爭旦夕 (zi2 zang1 daan3 zik6) — see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhi3 zheng1 zhao1 xi1]
只爭朝夕 (zi2 zang1 ziu1 zik6) — (idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
只管 (zi2 gun2) — solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest…

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