| 啊 |
ā |
叹 |
interjection of surprise/Ah!/Oh!/interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer/Eh?/what?/interjection of surprise or doubt/My!/what's up?/interjection or grunt of agreement/uhm/Ah, OK/expression of recognition/Oh, it's you!/modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 爱情 |
àiqíng |
名 |
romance; love (romantic) |
| 爱心 |
àixīn |
名 |
compassion/kindness/care for others/love/charity (bazaar, golf day etc)/heart (the symbol ♥) |
| 按 |
àn |
动、介 |
to press/to push/to leave aside or shelve/to control/to restrain/to keep one's hand on/to check or refer to/according to/in the light of/(of an editor or author) to make a comment |
| 安检 |
ānjiǎn |
动 |
security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1quan2 jian3cha2])/to do a security check |
| 安排 |
ānpái |
动 |
to arrange/to plan/to set up/arrangements/plans |
| 按时 |
ànshí |
副 |
on time/before deadline/on schedule |
| 按照 |
ànzhào |
介 |
according to/in accordance with/in the light of/on the basis of |
| 白酒 |
báijiǔ |
名 |
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum/(Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3]) |
| 棒 |
bàng |
形、名 |
stick/club/cudgel/smart/capable/strong/wonderful/classifier for legs of a relay race |
| 办公 |
bàngōng |
动 |
to handle official business/to work (esp. in an office) |
| 办理 |
bànlǐ |
动 |
to handle; to transact; to conduct |
| 办事 |
bànshì |
动 |
to handle (affairs)/to work |
| 抱 |
bào |
动 |
to hold/to carry (in one's arms)/to hug/to embrace/to surround/to cherish/(coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely |
| 保护 |
bǎohù |
动 |
to protect/to defend/to safeguard/protection |
| 报考 |
bàokǎo |
动 |
to enter oneself for an examination |
| 报名 |
bàomíng |
动 |
to sign up/to enter one's name/to apply/to register/to enroll/to enlist |
| 抱歉 |
bàoqiàn |
形 |
to be sorry/to feel apologetic/sorry! |
| 保证 |
bǎozhèng |
动、名 |
guarantee/to guarantee/to ensure/to safeguard/to pledge |
| 倍 |
bèi |
量 |
(two, three etc) -fold/times (multiplier)/double/to increase or multiply |
| 背 |
bēi |
动 |
to be burdened/to carry on the back or shoulder/the back of a body or object/to turn one's back/to hide something from/to learn by heart/to recite from memory/unlucky (slang)/hard of hearing |
| 背包 |
bēibāo |
名 |
knapsack/rucksack/infantry pack/field pack/blanket roll |
| 北部 |
běibù |
名 |
northern part |
| 笨 |
bèn |
形 |
stupid/foolish/silly/slow-witted/clumsy |
| 本科 |
běnkē |
名 |
undergraduate course/undergraduate (attributive) |
| 本来 |
běnlái |
- |
形、副 original/originally/at first/it goes without saying/of course |
| 便于 |
biànyú |
动 |
easy to; convenient for |
| 表 |
biǎo |
名、动 |
exterior surface/family relationship via females/to show (one's opinion)/a model/a table (listing information)/a form/a meter (measuring sth)/watch (timepiece)/meter; gauge |
| 表格 |
biǎogé |
名 |
form/table |
| 表示 |
biǎoshì |
动 |
(of sb) to express; to state; to show/(of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show/expression; manifestation |
| 表现 |
biǎoxiàn |
动 |
to show/to show off/to display/to manifest/expression/manifestation/show/display/performance (at work etc)/behavior |
| 表扬 |
biǎoyáng |
动 |
to praise/to commend |
| 标准 |
biāozhǔn |
名、形 |
standard; norm; criterion/(adjective) standard/good; correct; conforming to a standard |
| 并 |
bìng |
- |
动、副、连 and/furthermore/also/together with/(not) at all/simultaneously/to combine/to join/to merge/to amalgamate/short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2] |
| 饼干 |
bǐnggān |
名 |
biscuit; cracker; cookie |
| 并且 |
bìngqiě |
连 |
and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 笔试 |
bǐshì |
动 |
written examination/paper test (for an applicant) |
| 毕业 |
bìyè |
动 |
graduation/to graduate/to finish school |
| 毕业生 |
bìyèshēng |
名 |
graduate |
| 鼻子 |
bízi |
名 |
nose |
| 播放 |
bōfàng |
动 |
to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV) |
| 博士 |
bóshì |
名 |
doctor (as an academic degree)/(old) person specialized in a skill or trade/(old) court academician |
| 步 |
bù |
名 |
surname Bu/a step/a pace/walk/march/stages in a process/situation |
| 部 |
bù |
- |
名、量 ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc |
| 不必 |
búbì |
副 |
need not/does not have to/not necessarily |
| 不便 |
búbiàn |
形、动 |
inconvenient/inappropriate/unsuitable/short of cash |
| 不得不 |
bùdébù |
副 |
have no choice or option but to/cannot but/have to/can't help it/can't avoid |
| 不断 |
búduàn |
- |
动、副 unceasing/uninterrupted/continuous/constant |
| 部分 |
bùfen |
名 |
part; portion; piece/Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 不够 |
búgòu |
- |
动、副 not enough/insufficient/inadequate |
| 不管 |
bùguǎn |
连 |
not to be concerned/regardless of/no matter |
| 不光 |
bùguāng |
- |
副、连 not the only one/not only |
| 不过 |
búguò |
- |
连、副 only/merely/no more than/but/however/anyway (to get back to a previous topic)/cannot be more (after adjectival) |
| 不仅 |
bùjǐn |
连 |
not just; not limited to/(as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) |
| 不论 |
búlùn |
连 |
whatever/no matter what (who, how etc)/regardless of/not to discuss |
| 不满 |
bùmǎn |
形 |
resentful/discontented/dissatisfied |
| 部门 |
bùmén |
名 |
department/branch/section/division |
| 不如 |
bùrú |
动 |
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to/it would be better to |
| 擦 |
cā |
动 |
to rub; to scratch/to wipe; to polish/to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)/to brush (past)/to shred (a vegetable etc) |
| 猜 |
cāi |
动 |
to guess |
| 材料 |
cáiliào |
名 |
(raw) material/data/(fig.) person who has the potential to do the job |
| 参观 |
cānguān |
动 |
to look around/to tour/to visit |
| 参赛 |
cānsài |
动 |
to compete/to take part in a competition |
| 餐厅 |
cāntīng |
名 |
dining hall/dining room/restaurant |
| 操场 |
cāochǎng |
名 |
playground/sports field/drill ground |
| 厕所 |
cèsuǒ |
名 |
toilet; lavatory |
| 查看 |
chákàn |
动 |
to look over/to examine/to check up/to ferret out |
| 厂 |
chǎng |
名 |
factory/yard/depot/workhouse/works/(industrial) plant |
| 场 |
chǎng |
量 |
threshing floor/classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout/large place used for a specific purpose/stage/scene (of a play)/classifier for sporting or recreational activities/classifier for number of exams |
| 产生 |
chǎnshēng |
动 |
to arise; to come into being; to come about/to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
| 超过 |
chāoguò |
动 |
to surpass/to exceed/to outstrip |
| 茶叶 |
cháyè |
名 |
tea/tea leaves |
| 差一点儿 |
chàyìdiǎnr |
- |
形、副 almost/nearly |
| 查找 |
cházhǎo |
动 |
to search for/to look up |
| 城 |
chéng |
名 |
city walls/city/town |
| 乘 |
chéng |
动 |
surname Cheng/to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take advantage of/to multiply (math.)/Buddhist sect or creed |
| 成功 |
chénggōng |
动、形 |
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan/to succeed/success/successful; fruitful |
| 乘客 |
chéngkè |
名 |
passenger |
| 诚实 |
chéngshí |
形 |
honest |
| 成为 |
chéngwéi |
动 |
to become; to turn into |
| 乘坐 |
chéngzuò |
动 |
to ride (in a vehicle) |
| 车速 |
chēsù |
名 |
vehicle speed |
| 车位 |
chēwèi |
名 |
parking spot/unloading point/garage place/stand for taxi |
| 迟 |
chí |
形 |
surname Chi/late/delayed/slow |
| 吃惊 |
chījīng |
动 |
to be startled/to be shocked/to be amazed |
| 重 |
chóng |
- |
副、动 to repeat/repetition/again/re-/classifier: layer |
| 重新 |
chóngxīn |
副 |
again; once more; re- |
| 窗 |
chuāng |
名 |
window |
| 窗户 |
chuānghu |
名 |
window |
| 出差 |
chūchāi |
动 |
to go on an official or business trip |
| 厨房 |
chúfáng |
名 |
kitchen |
| 吹 |
chuī |
动 |
to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through |
| 出口 |
chūkǒu |
名、动 |
an exit/to speak/to export/(of a ship) to leave port |
| 厨师 |
chúshī |
名 |
cook/chef |
| 出现 |
chūxiàn |
动 |
to appear/to arise/to emerge/to show up |
| 出行 |
chūxíng |
动 |
to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)/to set off on a journey (longer trip) |
| 出租 |
chūzū |
动 |
to rent |
| 此 |
cǐ |
代 |
this; these |
| 此次 |
cǐcì |
- |
this time |
| 此外 |
cǐwài |
连 |
besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 词语 |
cíyǔ |
名 |
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)/term (e.g. technical term)/expression |
| 从此 |
cóngcǐ |
副 |
from now on/since then/henceforth |
| 从来 |
cónglái |
副 |
always/at all times/never (if used in negative sentence) |
| 从中 |
cóngzhōng |
副 |
from within/therefrom |
| 粗 |
cū |
形 |
(of sth long) wide; thick/(of sth granular) coarse/(of a voice) gruff/(of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude |
| 存 |
cún |
动 |
to exist/to deposit/to store/to keep/to survive |
| 村 |
cūn |
名 |
village |
| 错过 |
cuòguò |
动 |
to miss (train, opportunity etc) |
| 错误 |
cuòwù |
形、名 |
mistaken; false; wrong/error; mistake |
| 粗心 |
cūxīn |
形 |
careless/thoughtless |
| 答 |
dá |
动 |
bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc/to answer/to reply/to respond |
| 打招呼 |
dǎzhāohu |
- |
to greet sb by word or action/to give prior notice |
| 答案 |
dáàn |
名 |
answer/solution |
| 大巴 |
dàbā |
名 |
(coll.) large bus/coach/(abbr. for 大型巴士) |
| 打败 |
dǎbài |
动 |
to defeat/to overpower/to beat/to be defeated |
| 大大 |
dàdà |
副 |
greatly/enormously/(dialect) dad/uncle |
| 达到 |
dádào |
动 |
to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 打工 |
dǎgōng |
动 |
to work a temporary or casual job/(of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation |
| 戴 |
dài |
动 |
surname Dai/to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)/to respect/to bear/to support |
| 待 |
dāi |
动 |
to stay/to wait/to treat/to deal with/to need/going to (do sth)/about to/intending to |
| 大夫 |
dàifu |
名 |
doctor/physician |
| 袋子 |
dàizi |
名 |
bag |
| 大量 |
dàliàng |
形 |
great amount/large quantity/bulk/numerous/generous/magnanimous |
| 当 |
dāng |
动、介 |
(onom.) dong/ding dong (bell)/to be/to act as/manage/withstand/when/during/ought/should/match equally/equal/same/obstruct/just at (a time or place)/on the spot/right/just at/at or in the very same.../suitable/adequate/fitting/proper/to replace/to regard as/to think/to pawn/(coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 当时 |
dāngshí |
名 |
then/at that time/while/at once/right away |
| 单位 |
dānwèi |
名 |
unit (of measure)/unit (group of people as a whole)/work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) |
| 倒 |
dào |
- |
动、副 to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally/to fail; to go bankrupt/to overthrow/to change (trains or buses)/to move around/to resell at a profit/to invert; to place upside down or frontside back/to pour out/to tip out; to dump/inverted; upside down; reversed/to go backward/contrary to what one might expect; but; yet |
| 道 |
dào |
- |
名、量 road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])/(bound form) way; reason; principle/(bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization/(Daoism) the Way; the Dao/to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)/(bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)/classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process/(old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 刀 |
dāo |
名 |
surname Dao/knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/(slang) dollar (loanword)/classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)/classifier for knife cuts or stabs |
| 到底 |
dàodǐ |
副 |
finally/in the end/when all is said and done/after all/to the end/to the last |
| 到来 |
dàolái |
动 |
to arrive/arrival; advent |
| 道路 |
dàolù |
名 |
road/path/way |
| 道歉 |
dàoqiàn |
动 |
to apologize |
| 导游 |
dǎoyóu |
动、名 |
tour guide/guidebook/to conduct a tour |
| 打扰 |
dǎrǎo |
动 |
to disturb/to bother/to trouble |
| 大赛 |
dàsài |
名 |
grand contest |
| 大厅 |
dàtīng |
名 |
hall; concourse; public lounge; (hotel) lobby |
| 打印 |
dǎyìn |
动 |
to affix a seal/to stamp/to print out (with a printer) |
| 答应 |
dāying |
动 |
to answer; to respond/to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise |
| 打印机 |
dǎyìnjī |
名 |
printer |
| 大约 |
dàyuē |
副 |
approximately/probably |
| 打折 |
dǎzhé |
动 |
to give a discount |
| 打针 |
dǎzhēn |
动 |
to give or have an injection |
| 大自然 |
dàzìrán |
名 |
nature (the natural world) |
| 等 |
děng |
- |
助、名、量 to wait for; to await/by the time; when; till/and so on; etc.; et al./(bound form) class; rank; grade/(bound form) equal to; same as/(used to end an enumeration)/(literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) |
| 等到 |
děngdào |
介 |
to wait until/by the time when (sth is ready etc) |
| 登机 |
dēngjī |
动 |
to board a plane |
| 得意 |
déyì |
形 |
proud of oneself/pleased with oneself/complacent |
| 底 |
dǐ |
名 |
background/bottom/base/end (of the month, year etc)/remnants/(math.) radix |
| 低 |
dī |
形、动 |
low/beneath/to lower (one's head)/to let droop/to hang down/to incline |
| 电动车 |
diàndòngchē |
名 |
electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc) |
| 点名 |
diǎnmíng |
动 |
roll call/to mention sb by name/(to call or praise or criticize sb) by name |
| 电视剧 |
diànshìjù |
名 |
TV series/TV drama |
| 点头 |
diǎntóu |
动 |
to nod |
| 掉 |
diào |
动 |
to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to exchange/to swap/to show off/to shed (hair)/(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) |
| 调查 |
diàochá |
动 |
investigation/inquiry/to investigate/to survey/survey/(opinion) poll |
| 低价 |
dījià |
名 |
low price |
| 订 |
dìng |
动 |
to agree/to conclude/to draw up/to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)/to order |
| 定 |
dìng |
动 |
to fix; to set; to make definite/to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)/to congeal; to coagulate/(literary) definitely |
| 地球 |
dìqiú |
名 |
the earth |
| 低温 |
dīwēn |
名 |
low temperature |
| 底下 |
dǐxia |
名 |
the location below sth/afterwards |
| 低于 |
dīyú |
动 |
to be lower than |
| 地址 |
dìzhǐ |
名 |
address |
| 东部 |
dōngbù |
名 |
the east/eastern part |
| 动车 |
dòngchē |
名 |
(PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train/power car/multiple-unit train (abbr. for 動車組|动车组[dong4che1zu3]) |
| 动作 |
dòngzuò |
名 |
movement; motion; action (CL:個|个[ge4])/to act; to move |
| 短信 |
duǎnxìn |
名 |
text message/SMS |
| 堵车 |
dǔchē |
动 |
traffic jam/(of traffic) to get congested |
| 队 |
duì |
- |
名、量 squadron/team/group |
| 对方 |
duìfāng |
名 |
the other person; the other side; the other party |
| 对面 |
duìmiàn |
名 |
(sitting) opposite/across (the street)/directly in front/to be face to face |
| 对于 |
duìyú |
介 |
regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 队员 |
duìyuán |
名 |
team member |
| 队长 |
duìzhǎng |
名 |
captain/team leader |
| 度假 |
dùjià |
动 |
to go on holidays/to spend one's vacation |
| 顿 |
dùn |
- |
量、动 to stop/to pause/to arrange/to lay out/to kowtow/to stamp (one's foot)/at once/classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
| 多么 |
duōme |
副 |
how (wonderful etc)/what (a great idea etc)/however (difficult it may be etc)/(in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)/to what extent |
| 多数 |
duōshù |
名 |
majority; most |
| 多样 |
duōyàng |
形 |
diverse/diversity/manifold |
| 读者 |
dúzhě |
名 |
reader |
| 肚子 |
dùzi |
名 |
belly/abdomen/stomach |
| 而 |
ér |
连 |
and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast) |
| 儿童 |
értóng |
名 |
child |
| 法 |
fǎ |
名 |
France/French/abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]/Taiwan pr. [Fa4]/law/method/way/to emulate/(Buddhism) dharma/(abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists/(physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1]) |
| 发出 |
fāchū |
动 |
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch/to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) |
| 法律 |
fǎlǜ |
名 |
law |
| 烦 |
fán |
形、动 |
to feel vexed/to bother/to trouble/superfluous and confusing/edgy |
| 反对 |
fǎnduì |
动 |
to oppose; to be against; to object to |
| 房东 |
fángdōng |
名 |
landlord |
| 方面 |
fāngmiàn |
名 |
respect/aspect/field/side |
| 放弃 |
fàngqì |
动 |
to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 方式 |
fāngshì |
名 |
way; manner; style; mode; pattern |
| 放松 |
fàngsōng |
动 |
to relax; to slacken; to loosen |
| 房租 |
fángzū |
名 |
rent for a room or house |
| 烦恼 |
fánnǎo |
形 |
to be worried/to be distressed/worries |
| 翻译 |
fānyì |
动、名 |
to translate/to interpret/translator/interpreter/translation/interpretation |
| 发送 |
fāsòng |
动 |
to transmit/to dispatch/to issue (an official document or credential) |
| 费 |
fèi |
名、动 |
surname Fei/to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses |
| 费用 |
fèiyong |
名 |
cost/expenditure/expense |
| 份 |
fèn |
量 |
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 丰富 |
fēngfù |
形 |
to enrich/rich/plentiful/abundant |
| 风景 |
fēngjǐng |
名 |
scenery; landscape |
| 分数 |
fēnshù |
名 |
(exam) grade/mark/score/fraction |
| 分为 |
fēnwéi |
动 |
to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide |
| 否则 |
fǒuzé |
连 |
otherwise; if not; or (else) |
| 幅 |
fú |
量 |
width/roll/classifier for textiles or pictures |
| 付 |
fù |
动 |
surname Fu/to pay/to hand over to/classifier for pairs or sets of things |
| 符合 |
fúhé |
动 |
in keeping with/in accordance with/tallying with/in line with/to agree with/to accord with/to conform to/to correspond with/to manage/to handle |
| 父母 |
fùmǔ |
名 |
father and mother; parents |
| 父女 |
fùnǚ |
名 |
father and daughter |
| 父亲 |
fùqīn |
名 |
father/also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
| 复印 |
fùyìn |
动 |
to photocopy/to duplicate a document |
| 复杂 |
fùzá |
形 |
complicated; complex |
| 负责 |
fùzé |
动、形 |
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for/conscientious |
| 负责人 |
fùzérén |
名 |
person in charge |
| 父子 |
fùzǐ |
名 |
father and son |
| 改 |
gǎi |
动 |
to change/to alter/to transform/to correct |
| 改变 |
gǎibiàn |
动 |
to change/to alter/to transform |
| 赶 |
gǎn |
动 |
to overtake; to catch up with/to hurry; to rush/to try to catch (the bus etc)/to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away/to avail oneself of (an opportunity)/until; by (a certain time) |
| 敢 |
gǎn |
动 |
to dare/daring/(polite) may I venture |
| 感 |
gǎn |
后缀 |
to feel/to move/to touch/to affect/feeling/emotion/(suffix) sense of ~ |
| 干 |
gān |
形、名 |
surname Gan/dry/dried food/empty; hollow/taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster/futile; in vain/(dialect) rude; blunt/(dialect) to cold-shoulder/(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with/one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]/(archaic) shield/tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to work/to do/capable/cadre/to kill (slang)/to fuck (vulgar)/(coll.) pissed off/annoyed |
| 干杯 |
gānbēi |
动 |
to drink a toast/Cheers! (proposing a toast)/Here's to you!/Bottoms up!/lit. dry cup |
| 感动 |
gǎndòng |
形、动 |
to move (sb)/to touch (sb emotionally)/moving |
| 钢琴 |
gāngqín |
名 |
piano |
| 干活儿 |
gànhuór |
动 |
to work/to be employed/manual labor |
| 赶紧 |
gǎnjǐn |
副 |
hurriedly/without delay |
| 感觉 |
gǎnjué |
名、动 |
feeling; impression; sensation/to feel; to perceive |
| 赶快 |
gǎnkuài |
副 |
quickly; at once |
| 感情 |
gǎnqíng |
名 |
emotion; sentiment/affection; feelings between two persons |
| 感人 |
gǎnrén |
形 |
touching; moving |
| 赶上 |
gǎnshàng |
动 |
to keep up with/to catch up with/to overtake/to chance upon/in time for |
| 感受 |
gǎnshòu |
动、名 |
to sense/perception/to feel (through the senses)/to experience/a feeling/an impression/an experience |
| 感谢 |
gǎnxiè |
动 |
(express) thanks/gratitude/grateful/thankful/thanks |
| 高价 |
gāojià |
名 |
high price |
| 高考 |
gāokǎo |
名 |
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4])/(Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试) |
| 高速 |
gāosù |
形 |
high speed/expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1su4 gong1lu4]) |
| 高温 |
gāowēn |
名 |
high temperature |
| 高于 |
gāoyú |
动 |
greater than/to exceed |
| 各 |
gè |
- |
代、副 each/every |
| 胳膊 |
gēbo |
名 |
arm |
| 各地 |
gèdì |
名 |
in all parts of (a country)/various regions |
| 各个 |
gègè |
- |
代、副 every/various/separately, one by one |
| 更加 |
gèngjiā |
副 |
more (than sth else)/even more |
| 歌声 |
gēshēng |
名 |
singing voice/fig. original voice of a poet |
| 歌手 |
gēshǒu |
名 |
singer |
| 各位 |
gèwèi |
代 |
everybody/all (guests, colleagues etc)/all of you |
| 各种 |
gèzhǒng |
代 |
every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 共 |
gòng |
副 |
common/general/to share/together/total/altogether/abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party |
| 工厂 |
gōngchǎng |
名 |
factory |
| 功夫 |
gōngfu |
名 |
skill/art/kung fu/labor/effort |
| 公共 |
gōnggòng |
形 |
public; common; communal |
| 功课 |
gōngkè |
名 |
homework/assignment/task/classwork/lesson/study |
| 公里 |
gōnglǐ |
量 |
kilometer |
| 公路 |
gōnglù |
名 |
highway/road |
| 工人 |
gōngrén |
名 |
worker |
| 共同 |
gòngtóng |
形 |
common/joint/jointly/together/collaborative |
| 工资 |
gōngzī |
名 |
wages; pay |
| 够 |
gòu |
- |
动、副 enough (sufficient)/enough (too much)/(coll.) (before adj.) really/(coll.) to reach by stretching out |
| 购买 |
gòumǎi |
动 |
to purchase; to buy |
| 购物 |
gòuwù |
动 |
shopping |
| 挂 |
guà |
动 |
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)/to hang up (the phone)/(of a line) to be dead/to be worried; to be concerned/(dialect) to make a phone call/to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)/(slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)/classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 管 |
guǎn |
- |
动、名、量 surname Guan/to take care (of)/to control/to manage/to be in charge of/to look after/to run/to care about/tube/pipe/woodwind/classifier for tube-shaped objects/particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions/writing brush/(coll.) to/towards |
| 逛 |
guàng |
动 |
to stroll/to visit |
| 光 |
guāng |
- |
名、形、动、副 light; ray (CL:道[dao4])/bright; shiny/only; merely/used up; finished/to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 广播 |
guǎngbō |
动、名 |
broadcast/broadcasting/to broadcast/(formal) to propagate/to publicize |
| 广告 |
guǎnggào |
名 |
to advertise/a commercial/advertisement |
| 关键 |
guānjiàn |
名、形 |
crucial point/crux/key/crucial/pivotal |
| 观看 |
guānkàn |
动 |
to watch; to view |
| 管理 |
guǎnlǐ |
动 |
to supervise/to manage/to administer/management/administration |
| 观众 |
guānzhòng |
名 |
spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
| 规定 |
guīdìng |
动、名 |
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)/regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
| 估计 |
gūjì |
动 |
to estimate; to assess; to calculate/(coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...) |
| 顾客 |
gùkè |
名 |
customer; client |
| 鼓励 |
gǔlì |
动 |
to encourage |
| 姑娘 |
gūniang |
名 |
girl/young woman/young lady/daughter/paternal aunt (old) |
| 过程 |
guòchéng |
名 |
course of events/process |
| 国籍 |
guójí |
名 |
nationality |
| 国际 |
guójì |
形、名 |
international |
| 果汁 |
guǒzhī |
名 |
fruit juice |
| 故意 |
gùyì |
副 |
deliberately; on purpose |
| 害羞 |
hàixiū |
形 |
shy/embarrassed/bashful |
| 海洋 |
hǎiyáng |
名 |
ocean |
| 汗 |
hàn |
名 |
perspiration/sweat/to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection) |
| 喊 |
hǎn |
动 |
to yell/to shout/to call out for (a person) |
| 航班 |
hángbān |
名 |
(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing |
| 寒假 |
hánjià |
名 |
winter vacation |
| 寒冷 |
hánlěng |
形 |
cold (climate)/frigid/very cold |
| 好处 |
hǎochù |
名 |
easy to get along with/benefit; advantage; merit/gain; profit/also pr. [hao3chu4] |
| 好好 |
hǎohǎo |
- |
形、副 well; carefully; nicely; properly |
| 好笑 |
hǎoxiào |
形 |
laughable; funny; ridiculous |
| 合格 |
hégé |
形 |
to meet the standard required/qualified/eligible (voter etc) |
| 盒子 |
hézi |
名 |
box; case/hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines |
| 红包 |
hóngbāo |
名 |
money wrapped in red as a gift/bonus payment/kickback/bribe |
| 厚 |
hòu |
形 |
thick/deep or profound/kind/generous/rich or strong in flavor/to favor/to stress |
| 后悔 |
hòuhuǐ |
动 |
to regret; to feel remorse |
| 坏处 |
huàichù |
名 |
harm/troubles |
| 怀疑 |
huáiyí |
动 |
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of/to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that |
| 话剧 |
huàjù |
名 |
stage play/modern drama |
| 环保 |
huánbǎo |
名、形 |
environmental protection/environmentally friendly/abbr. for 環境保護|环境保护[huan2 jing4 bao3 hu4] |
| 换乘 |
huànchéng |
动 |
to change train (plane, bus etc)/transfer between modes of transport |
| 回复 |
huífù |
动 |
to reply/to recover/to return (to a previous condition)/Re: in reply to (email) |
| 回信 |
huíxìn |
动、名 |
to reply/to write back/letter written in reply |
| 回忆 |
huíyì |
动 |
to recall/memories |
| 会员 |
huìyuán |
名 |
member |
| 互联网 |
hùliánwǎng |
名 |
Internet |
| 活 |
huó |
- |
动、形、名 to live/alive/living/work/workmanship |
| 货 |
huò |
名 |
goods/money/commodity |
| 火 |
huǒ |
名、形 |
fire/urgent/ammunition/fiery or flaming/internal heat (Chinese medicine)/hot (popular)/classifier for military units (old)/Kangxi radical 86 |
| 获得 |
huòdé |
动 |
to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 活动 |
huódòng |
动、名 |
to exercise/to move about/to operate/to use connections (personal influence)/loose/shaky/active/movable/activity/campaign/maneuver/behavior |
| 获奖 |
huòjiǎng |
动 |
to win an award |
| 活泼 |
huópō |
形 |
lively/vivacious/brisk/active/(chemistry) reactive |
| 获取 |
huòqǔ |
动 |
to gain; to get; to acquire |
| 忽然 |
hūrán |
副 |
suddenly; all of a sudden |
| 护士 |
hùshi |
名 |
nurse |
| 互相 |
hùxiāng |
副 |
each other/mutually/mutual |
| 既 |
jì |
- |
副、连 already/since/both... (and...) |
| 寄 |
jì |
动 |
to send/to mail/to entrust/to depend on/to attach oneself to/to live (in a house)/to lodge/foster (son etc) |
| 假 |
jiǎ |
形 |
fake/false/artificial/to borrow/if/suppose/vacation |
| 加班 |
jiābān |
动 |
to work overtime |
| 价格 |
jiàgé |
名 |
price |
| 家具 |
jiājù |
名 |
furniture |
| 加快 |
jiākuài |
动 |
to accelerate/to speed up |
| 减 |
jiǎn |
动 |
to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish |
| 降 |
jiàng |
动 |
to drop/to fall/to come down/to descend |
| 奖 |
jiǎng |
名、动 |
prize; award; bonus; reward/(bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise/to award; to give as a reward |
| 江 |
jiāng |
名 |
surname Jiang/river |
| 将 |
jiāng |
- |
介、副 will/shall/to use/to take/to checkmate/just a short while ago/(introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])/(bound form) a general/(literary) to command; to lead/(Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) |
| 降低 |
jiàngdī |
动 |
to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 降价 |
jiàngjià |
动 |
to cut the price/to drive down the price/to get cheaper |
| 奖金 |
jiǎngjīn |
名 |
premium/award money/bonus |
| 将来 |
jiānglái |
名 |
in the future/future/the future |
| 降落 |
jiàngluò |
动 |
to descend/to land |
| 降温 |
jiàngwēn |
动 |
to become cooler/to lower the temperature/cooling/(of interest, activity etc) to decline |
| 奖学金 |
jiǎngxuéjīn |
名 |
scholarship |
| 将要 |
jiāngyào |
副 |
will/shall/to be going to |
| 减轻 |
jiǎnqīng |
动 |
to lighten/to ease/to alleviate |
| 减少 |
jiǎnshǎo |
动 |
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 健身 |
jiànshēn |
动 |
to exercise/to keep fit/to work out/physical exercise |
| 健身房 |
jiànshēnfáng |
名 |
gym/gymnasium |
| 建议 |
jiànyì |
动、名 |
to propose; to suggest; to recommend/proposal; suggestion; recommendation |
| 交 |
jiāo |
动、名 |
to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines) |
| 骄傲 |
jiāoào |
形、名 |
pride/arrogance/conceited/proud of sth |
| 交警 |
jiāojǐng |
名 |
traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1tong1 jing3cha2]) |
| 教练 |
jiàoliàn |
名 |
to coach; to train/instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]) |
| 交流 |
jiāoliú |
动 |
to exchange/exchange/communication/interaction/to have social contact (with sb) |
| 郊区 |
jiāoqū |
名 |
Jiaoqu, a district of Tongling City 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2ling2 Shi4], Anhui/suburban district; outskirts; suburbs |
| 教师 |
jiàoshī |
名 |
teacher |
| 教授 |
jiàoshòu |
名 |
professor/to instruct/to lecture on |
| 交通 |
jiāotōng |
名 |
to be connected/traffic/transportation/communications/liaison |
| 教学 |
jiàoxué |
名 |
to teach (as a professor)/teaching; instruction |
| 教育 |
jiàoyù |
名、动 |
to educate/to teach/education |
| 叫作 |
jiàozuò |
动 |
to call/to be called |
| 价钱 |
jiàqián |
名 |
price |
| 加强 |
jiāqiáng |
动 |
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 假日 |
jiàrì |
名 |
a holiday; a day off |
| 加入 |
jiārù |
动 |
to become a member/to join/to mix into/to participate in/to add in |
| 加上 |
jiāshàng |
连 |
plus/to put in/to add/to add on/to add into/in addition/on top of that |
| 家庭 |
jiātíng |
名 |
family/household |
| 家乡 |
jiāxiāng |
名 |
hometown/native place |
| 加油 |
jiāyóu |
动 |
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel/to accelerate; to step on the gas/(fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on |
| 加油站 |
jiāyóuzhàn |
名 |
gas station |
| 家长 |
jiāzhǎng |
名 |
head of a household/family head/patriarch/parent or guardian of a child |
| 基本 |
jīběn |
- |
形、副 basic/fundamental/main/elementary |
| 基本上 |
jīběnshàng |
副 |
basically/on the whole |
| 基础 |
jīchǔ |
名 |
base; foundation; basis/basic; fundamental |
| 激动 |
jīdòng |
形、动 |
to move emotionally/to stir up (emotions)/to excite |
| 街道 |
jiēdào |
名 |
street/subdistrict/residential district |
| 结果 |
jiéguǒ |
- |
名、连 to bear fruit/outcome/result/conclusion/in the end/as a result/to kill/to dispatch |
| 节假日 |
jiéjiàrì |
名 |
public holiday |
| 解释 |
jiěshì |
动 |
explanation/to explain/to interpret/to resolve |
| 接受 |
jiēshòu |
动 |
to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 节约 |
jiéyuē |
动 |
to economize/to conserve (resources)/economy/frugal |
| 结账 |
jiézhàng |
动 |
to pay the bill/to settle accounts/also written 結帳|结帐 |
| 接着 |
jiēzhe |
- |
动、副 to catch and hold on/to continue/to go on to do sth/to follow/to carry on/then/after that/subsequently/to proceed/to ensue/in turn/in one's turn |
| 计划 |
jìhuà |
名、动 |
plan/project/program/to plan/to map out |
| 积极 |
jījí |
形 |
active/energetic/vigorous/positive (outlook)/proactive |
| 积累 |
jīlěi |
动 |
to accumulate/accumulation/cumulative/cumulatively |
| 仅 |
jǐn |
副 |
barely/only/merely |
| 精彩 |
jīngcǎi |
形 |
wonderful/marvelous/brilliant |
| 警察 |
jǐngchá |
名 |
police; police officer |
| 景点 |
jǐngdiǎn |
名 |
tourist attraction; scenic spot |
| 经济 |
jīngjì |
名、形 |
economy/economic |
| 京剧 |
jīngjù |
名 |
Beijing opera |
| 经历 |
jīnglì |
动、名 |
experience/to experience/to go through |
| 景区 |
jǐngqū |
名 |
scenic area |
| 竟然 |
jìngrán |
副 |
unexpectedly/to one's surprise/in spite of everything/in that crazy way/actually/to go as far as to |
| 景色 |
jǐngsè |
名 |
scenery/scene/landscape/view |
| 尽管 |
jǐnguǎn |
- |
副、连 despite/although/even though/in spite of/unhesitatingly/do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)/(go ahead and do it) without hesitating |
| 经验 |
jīngyàn |
名 |
experience/to experience |
| 竞争 |
jìngzhēng |
动 |
to compete/competition |
| 镜子 |
jìngzi |
名 |
mirror |
| 今后 |
jīnhòu |
名 |
hereafter/henceforth/in the future/from now on |
| 仅仅 |
jǐnjǐn |
副 |
barely/only/merely/only (this and nothing more) |
| 进入 |
jìnrù |
动 |
to enter/to join/to go into |
| 进行 |
jìnxíng |
动 |
to advance/to conduct/underway/in progress/to do/to carry out/to carry on/to execute |
| 紧张 |
jǐnzhāng |
形 |
nervous/keyed up/intense/tense/strained/in short supply/scarce |
| 禁止 |
jìnzhǐ |
动 |
to prohibit/to forbid/to ban |
| 既然 |
jìrán |
连 |
since; as; this being the case |
| 及时 |
jíshí |
- |
形、副 timely; at the right time/promptly; without delay |
| 即使 |
jíshǐ |
连 |
even if; even though |
| 技术 |
jìshù |
名 |
technology; technique; skill |
| 究竟 |
jiūjìng |
- |
副、名 to go to the bottom of a matter/after all/when all is said and done/(in an interrogative sentence) finally/outcome/result |
| 就是 |
jiùshì |
- |
助、副、连 exactly; precisely/only; simply; just/(used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if |
| 继续 |
jìxù |
动 |
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 记者 |
jìzhě |
名 |
reporter; journalist |
| 聚 |
jù |
动 |
to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive)/(chemistry) poly- |
| 举 |
jǔ |
动 |
to lift/to hold up/to cite/to enumerate/to act/to raise/to choose/to elect/act/move/deed |
| 举办 |
jǔbàn |
动 |
to conduct/to hold |
| 聚餐 |
jùcān |
动 |
communal meal/formal dinner of club or group |
| 聚会 |
jùhuì |
动、名 |
party/gathering/to meet/to get together |
| 拒绝 |
jùjué |
动 |
to refuse; to decline; to reject |
| 距离 |
jùlí |
动、名 |
distance/to be apart from |
| 举例 |
jǔlì |
动 |
to give an example |
| 举行 |
jǔxíng |
动 |
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 剧院 |
jùyuàn |
名 |
theater |
| 开玩笑 |
kāiwánxiào |
- |
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 看法 |
kànfǎ |
名 |
way of looking at a thing/view/opinion |
| 烤 |
kǎo |
动 |
to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread)/to warm oneself by a fire |
| 考虑 |
kǎolǜ |
动 |
to think over/to consider/consideration |
| 考生 |
kǎoshēng |
名 |
exam candidate/student whose name has been put forward for an exam |
| 咳 |
ké |
动 |
cough |
| 克 |
kè |
量 |
abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia/(Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia/to be able to/to subdue/to restrain/to overcome/gram/Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares/Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 棵 |
kē |
量 |
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc |
| 课程 |
kèchéng |
名 |
course; academic program |
| 科技 |
kējì |
名 |
science and technology |
| 肯定 |
kěndìng |
- |
动、形、副 to be certain; to be positive/assuredly; definitely/to give recognition; to affirm/affirmative (answer) |
| 客气 |
kèqi |
形、动 |
polite/courteous/formal/modest |
| 咳嗽 |
késou |
动 |
to cough |
| 课堂 |
kètáng |
名 |
classroom |
| 客厅 |
kètīng |
名 |
drawing room (room for arriving guests)/living room |
| 可惜 |
kěxī |
形 |
it is a pity/what a pity/unfortunately |
| 科学 |
kēxué |
名、形 |
science/scientific knowledge/scientific/rational |
| 空 |
kòng |
- |
动、形、名 empty/air/sky/in vain/to empty/vacant/unoccupied/space/leisure/free time |
| 空 |
kōng |
- |
形、副 empty/air/sky/in vain/to empty/vacant/unoccupied/space/leisure/free time |
| 恐怕 |
kǒngpà |
- |
动、副 fear/to dread/I'm afraid that.../perhaps/maybe |
| 空气 |
kōngqì |
名 |
air/atmosphere |
| 口语 |
kǒuyǔ |
名 |
colloquial speech/spoken language/vernacular language/slander/gossip |
| 苦 |
kǔ |
形 |
bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to/painstakingly |
| 快餐 |
kuàicān |
名 |
fast food/snack/quick meal |
| 快递 |
kuàidì |
名 |
express delivery |
| 快速 |
kuàisù |
形 |
fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 困 |
kùn |
形、动 |
to trap/to surround/hard-pressed/stranded/destitute/sleepy/tired |
| 困难 |
kùnnan |
形、名 |
difficult/challenging/straitened circumstances/difficult situation |
| 辣 |
là |
形 |
hot (spicy)/pungent/(of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting/to burn |
| 拉 |
lā |
动 |
to pull/to play (a bowed instrument)/to drag/to draw/to chat/(coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 来不及 |
láibují |
动 |
there's not enough time (to do sth)/it's too late (to do sth) |
| 来得及 |
láidejí |
动 |
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it |
| 垃圾 |
lājī |
名 |
trash/refuse/garbage/(coll.) of poor quality/Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] |
| 懒 |
lǎn |
形 |
lazy |
| 浪费 |
làngfèi |
动 |
to waste/to squander |
| 浪漫 |
làngmàn |
形 |
romantic |
| 老虎 |
lǎohǔ |
名 |
tiger |
| 老家 |
lǎojiā |
名 |
native place/place of origin/home state or region |
| 老年 |
lǎonián |
名 |
elderly/old age/autumn of one's years |
| 老是 |
lǎoshì |
副 |
always |
| 冷静 |
lěngjìng |
形 |
calm; cool-headed; dispassionate/(of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 俩 |
liǎ |
- |
数量 two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个)/both/some |
| 连 |
lián |
- |
介、动、副 surname Lian/to link/to join/to connect/continuously/in succession/including/(used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even/company (military) |
| 凉 |
liáng |
形 |
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)/cool/cold/to let sth cool down |
| 量 |
liáng |
动 |
to measure/capacity/quantity/amount/to estimate/abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)/measure word |
| 亮 |
liàng |
形、动 |
bright; light/to shine; to flash/loud and clear/to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc) |
| 两 |
liǎng |
量 |
two/both/some/a few/tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 联系 |
liánxì |
动 |
connection/contact/relation/to get in touch with/to integrate/to link/to touch |
| 列 |
liè |
动、量 |
to arrange/to line up/file/series/(in data tables) column/(Tw) row |
| 理发 |
lǐfà |
动 |
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done/to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut |
| 厉害 |
lìhai |
形 |
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding/(of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough/(of an animal) fierce/(of a resemblance) striking/(of liquor or chili pepper) strong/(of bacteria) virulent |
| 理解 |
lǐjiě |
动 |
to comprehend; to understand |
| 礼貌 |
lǐmào |
名、形 |
courtesy; politeness; manners/courteous; polite |
| 另 |
lìng |
- |
代、副 other/another/separate/separately |
| 零下 |
língxià |
- |
below zero |
| 零花钱 |
línghuāqián |
名 |
pocket money/allowance |
| 零钱 |
língqián |
名 |
change (of money)/small change/pocket money |
| 零食 |
língshí |
名 |
between-meal nibbles/snacks |
| 另外 |
lìngwài |
- |
代、副、连 additional/in addition/besides/separate/other/moreover/furthermore |
| 力气 |
lìqi |
名 |
physical strength |
| 例如 |
lìrú |
动 |
for example; for instance; such as |
| 留 |
liú |
动 |
to leave (a message etc)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve |
| 流 |
liú |
动 |
to flow/to disseminate/to circulate or spread/to move or drift/to degenerate/to banish or send into exile/stream of water or sth resembling one/class, rate or grade |
| 流利 |
liúlì |
形 |
fluent |
| 留下 |
liúxia |
动 |
to leave behind/to stay behind/to remain/to keep/not to let (sb) go |
| 流行 |
liúxíng |
动 |
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread/to propagate/(of a style of clothing, song etc) popular/fashionable |
| 理想 |
lǐxiǎng |
名、形 |
an ideal/a dream/ideal/perfect |
| 例子 |
lìzi |
名 |
case/(for) instance/example |
| 乱 |
luàn |
- |
形、副 in confusion or disorder/in a confused state of mind/disorder/upheaval/riot/illicit sexual relations/to throw into disorder/to mix up/indiscriminate/random/arbitrary |
| 旅馆 |
lǚguǎn |
名 |
hotel |
| 路过 |
lùguò |
动 |
to pass by or through |
| 旅客 |
lǚkè |
名 |
traveler; tourist |
| 落 |
luò |
动 |
to fall or drop/(of the sun) to set/(of a tide) to go out/to lower/to decline or sink/to lag or fall behind/to fall onto/to rest with/to get or receive/to write down/whereabouts/settlement |
| 律师 |
lǜshī |
名 |
lawyer |
| 旅行 |
lǚxíng |
动 |
to travel/journey; trip |
| 麻烦 |
máfan |
- |
形、动、名 trouble; inconvenience/inconvenient; troublesome; annoying/to bother sb; to put sb to trouble |
| 满 |
mǎn |
形、动 |
Manchu ethnic group/to fill/full/filled/packed/fully/completely/quite/to reach the limit/to satisfy/satisfied/contented |
| 馒头 |
mántou |
名 |
steamed bun |
| 毛巾 |
máojīn |
名 |
towel |
| 毛衣 |
máoyī |
名 |
(wool) sweater |
| 帽子 |
màozi |
名 |
hat/cap/(fig.) label/bad name |
| 美 |
měi |
形 |
beautiful/very satisfactory; good/to beautify/to be pleased with oneself |
| 美好 |
měihǎo |
形 |
beautiful/fine |
| 美景 |
měijǐng |
名 |
beautiful scenery |
| 美丽 |
měilì |
形 |
beautiful |
| 美食 |
měishí |
名 |
culinary delicacy/fine food/gourmet food |
| 梦 |
mèng |
名、动 |
dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4])/(bound form) to dream |
| 梦想 |
mèngxiǎng |
动、名 |
(fig.) to dream of/dream |
| 面对 |
miànduì |
动 |
to face; to confront |
| 免费 |
miǎnfèi |
动 |
free (of charge) |
| 面试 |
miànshì |
动 |
to be interviewed (as a candidate)/interview |
| 秒 |
miǎo |
量 |
second (unit of time)/arc second (angular measurement unit)/(coll.) instantly |
| 密码 |
mìmǎ |
名 |
cipher; secret code/password; PIN |
| 民族 |
mínzú |
名 |
nationality; ethnic group |
| 末 |
mò |
名 |
tip/end/final stage/latter part/inessential detail/powder/dust/opera role of old man |
| 目标 |
mùbiāo |
名 |
target/goal/objective |
| 目的 |
mùdì |
名 |
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
| 目的地 |
mùdìdì |
名 |
destination (location) |
| 母女 |
mǔnǚ |
名 |
mother and daughter/mother-daughter |
| 目前 |
mùqián |
名 |
at the present time/currently |
| 母亲 |
mǔqīn |
名 |
mother/also pr. [mu3 qin5] |
| 母子 |
mǔzǐ |
名 |
mother and child/parent and subsidiary (companies)/principal and interest |
| 耐心 |
nàixīn |
形、名 |
to be patient/patience |
| 南部 |
nánbù |
名 |
southern part |
| 难道 |
nándào |
副 |
don't tell me .../could it be that...? |
| 男士 |
nánshì |
名 |
man/gentleman |
| 难受 |
nánshòu |
形 |
to feel unwell/to suffer pain/to be difficult to bear |
| 难忘 |
nánwàng |
动 |
unforgettable |
| 男性 |
nánxìng |
名 |
the male sex/a male |
| 内 |
nèi |
名 |
inside/inner/internal/within/interior |
| 内容 |
nèiróng |
名 |
content/substance/details |
| 内心 |
nèixīn |
名 |
heart; innermost being/(math.) incenter |
| 能否 |
néngfǒu |
- |
whether or not/can it or can't it/is it possible? |
| 能够 |
nénggòu |
动 |
to be capable of/to be able to/can |
| 能力 |
nénglì |
名 |
capability/ability |
| 嗯 |
ǹg |
叹 |
interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement |
| 年底 |
niándǐ |
名 |
the end of the year/year-end |
| 年龄 |
niánlíng |
名 |
(a person's) age |
| 弄 |
nòng |
动 |
to do/to manage/to handle/to play with/to fool with/to mess with/to fix/to toy with |
| 农村 |
nóngcūn |
名 |
rural area/village |
| 暖和 |
nuǎnhuo |
形、动 |
warm/nice and warm |
| 女性 |
nǚxìng |
名 |
woman/the female sex |
| 偶尔 |
ǒuěr |
- |
副、形 occasionally/once in a while/sometimes |
| 排 |
pái |
- |
动、名、量 a row/a line/to set in order/to arrange/to line up/to eliminate/to drain/to push open/platoon/raft/classifier for lines, rows etc |
| 牌 |
pái |
名 |
mahjong tile/playing card/game pieces/signboard/plate/tablet/medal |
| 拍 |
pāi |
动、名 |
to pat/to clap/to slap/to swat/to take (a photo)/to shoot (a film)/racket (sports)/beat (music) |
| 排队 |
páiduì |
动 |
to line up |
| 排球 |
páiqiú |
名 |
volleyball |
| 牌子 |
páizi |
名 |
sign/trademark/brand |
| 判断 |
pànduàn |
动 |
to judge/to determine/judgment |
| 陪 |
péi |
动 |
to accompany/to keep sb company/to assist |
| 片 |
piàn |
- |
名、量 disk/sheet/thin piece/flake/a slice/film/TV play/to slice/to carve thin/partial/incomplete/one-sided/classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water/classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc/used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc/Kangxi radical 91 |
| 篇 |
piān |
- |
名、量 sheet/piece of writing/bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)/classifier for written items: chapter, article |
| 皮肤 |
pífū |
名 |
skin |
| 平常 |
píngcháng |
形、名 |
ordinary/common/usually/ordinarily |
| 乒乓球 |
pīngpāngqiú |
名 |
table tennis/ping-pong/table tennis ball |
| 批评 |
pīpíng |
动 |
to criticize; criticism |
| 脾气 |
píqi |
名 |
character; temperament; disposition/bad temper |
| 皮鞋 |
píxié |
名 |
leather shoes |
| 破 |
pò |
动、形 |
broken/damaged/worn out/lousy/rotten/to break, split or cleave/to get rid of/to destroy/to break with/to defeat/to capture (a city etc)/to expose the truth of |
| 普遍 |
pǔbiàn |
形 |
universal/general/widespread/common |
| 葡萄 |
pútao |
名 |
grape |
| 葡萄酒 |
pútaojiǔ |
名 |
(grape) wine |
| 普通 |
pǔtōng |
形 |
common/ordinary/general/average |
| 普通话 |
pǔtōnghuà |
名 |
Mandarin (common language)/Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)/ordinary speech |
| 气 |
qì |
名、动 |
gas; air/smell/weather/to make angry; to annoy; to get angry/vital energy; qi |
| 期 |
qī |
量 |
a period of time/phase/stage/classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study/time/term/period/to hope/Taiwan pr. [qi2] |
| 前方 |
qiánfāng |
名 |
ahead/the front |
| 强 |
qiáng |
形 |
surname Qiang/strong/powerful/better/slightly more than/vigorous/violent/best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]/to force/to compel/to strive/to make an effort |
| 前后 |
qiánhòu |
名 |
around/from beginning to end/all around/front and rear |
| 千克 |
qiānkè |
量 |
kilogram |
| 千万 |
qiānwàn |
副 |
ten million/countless/many/one must by all means |
| 签证 |
qiānzhèng |
动、名 |
visa/to issue a visa |
| 桥 |
qiáo |
名 |
bridge |
| 巧 |
qiǎo |
形 |
opportunely/coincidentally/as it happens/skillful/timely |
| 敲 |
qiāo |
动 |
to hit/to strike/to tap/to rap/to knock/to rip sb off/to overcharge |
| 巧克力 |
qiǎokèlì |
名 |
chocolate (loanword) |
| 其次 |
qícì |
代 |
next/secondly |
| 起到 |
qǐdào |
动 |
(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role) |
| 气候 |
qìhòu |
名 |
(meteorology) climate/(fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 期末 |
qīmò |
名 |
end of term |
| 琴 |
qín |
名 |
guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither)/musical instrument in general |
| 轻 |
qīng |
形 |
light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral/to disparage |
| 情况 |
qíngkuàng |
名 |
circumstances; state of affairs; situation |
| 青年 |
qīngnián |
名 |
youth/youthful years/young person/the young |
| 轻松 |
qīngsōng |
形 |
light/gentle/relaxed/effortless/uncomplicated/to relax/to take things less seriously |
| 庆祝 |
qìngzhù |
动 |
to celebrate |
| 亲戚 |
qīnqi |
名 |
a relative (i.e. family relation) |
| 汽水 |
qìshuǐ |
名 |
soda pop; carbonated soft drink |
| 球队 |
qiúduì |
名 |
sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 球迷 |
qiúmí |
名 |
fan (ball sports) |
| 气温 |
qìwēn |
名 |
air temperature |
| 其中 |
qízhōng |
名 |
among/in/included among these |
| 期中 |
qīzhōng |
名 |
interim/midterm |
| 取 |
qǔ |
动 |
to take/to get/to choose/to fetch |
| 区 |
qū |
名 |
area/region/district/small/distinguish |
| 全 |
quán |
- |
形、副 surname Quan/all/whole/entire/every/complete |
| 全部 |
quánbù |
名 |
whole; all |
| 全都 |
quándōu |
副 |
all/without exception |
| 全球 |
quánqiú |
名 |
the whole world/worldwide; global |
| 全身 |
quánshēn |
名 |
the whole body/(typography) em |
| 区别 |
qūbié |
动、名 |
difference/to distinguish/to discriminate/to make a distinction |
| 取得 |
qǔdé |
动 |
to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 却 |
què |
副 |
but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless/even though |
| 缺 |
quē |
动 |
deficiency/lack/scarce/vacant post/to run short of |
| 缺点 |
quēdiǎn |
名 |
weak point/fault/shortcoming/disadvantage |
| 缺少 |
quēshǎo |
动 |
lack/shortage of/shortfall/to be short (of)/to lack |
| 确实 |
quèshí |
副 |
indeed/really/reliable/real/true |
| 取消 |
qǔxiāo |
动 |
to cancel/cancellation |
| 然而 |
rán’ér |
连 |
however/yet/but |
| 热闹 |
rènao |
- |
形、动、名 bustling with noise and excitement/lively |
| 仍 |
réng |
副 |
still; yet/to remain/(literary) frequently; often |
| 扔 |
rēng |
动 |
to throw/to throw away |
| 仍然 |
réngrán |
副 |
still; as before; yet |
| 任何 |
rènhé |
代 |
any; whatever; whichever |
| 人生 |
rénshēng |
名 |
life (one's time on earth) |
| 人数 |
rénshù |
名 |
number of people |
| 任务 |
rènwu |
名 |
mission; assignment; task; duty; role |
| 人员 |
rényuán |
名 |
staff/crew/personnel |
| 日常 |
rìcháng |
形 |
day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 日记 |
rìjì |
名 |
diary |
| 日期 |
rìqī |
名 |
date |
| 日子 |
rìzi |
名 |
day/a (calendar) date/days of one's life |
| 入 |
rù |
动 |
to enter; to go into/to join; to become a member of/(bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2])/abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]/(on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
| 入口 |
rùkǒu |
名 |
entrance/to import |
| 入学 |
rùxué |
动 |
to enter a school or college/to go to school for the first time as a child |
| 入住 |
rùzhù |
动 |
to check in (at a hotel etc) |
| 散步 |
sànbù |
动 |
to take a walk; to go for a walk |
| 扫码 |
sǎomǎ |
动 |
to scan a QR code or barcode |
| 森林 |
sēnlín |
名 |
forest |
| 商量 |
shāngliang |
动 |
to consult/to talk over/to discuss |
| 上门 |
shàngmén |
动 |
to drop in/to visit/to lock a door/(of a shop) to close/to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family |
| 商品 |
shāngpǐn |
名 |
commodity; goods; merchandise |
| 伤心 |
shāngxīn |
形 |
to grieve/to be broken-hearted/to feel deeply hurt |
| 稍 |
shāo |
副 |
somewhat/a little |
| 少见 |
shǎojiàn |
形 |
rare; seldom seen/(formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you |
| 少量 |
shǎoliàng |
形 |
a smidgen/a little bit/a few |
| 少年 |
shàonián |
名 |
early youth/youngster/(literary) youth; young man |
| 少数 |
shǎoshù |
名 |
small number/few/minority |
| 稍微 |
shāowēi |
副 |
a little bit |
| 社会 |
shèhuì |
名 |
society |
| 身 |
shēn |
- |
名、量 body/life/oneself/personally/one's morality and conduct/the main part of a structure or body/pregnant/classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset/Kangxi radical 158 |
| 深 |
shēn |
- |
形、副 deep (lit. and fig.) |
| 身份证 |
shēnfènzhèng |
名 |
identity card/ID |
| 剩 |
shèng |
动 |
to remain/to be left/to have as remainder |
| 省 |
shěng |
名 |
to save; to economize; to be frugal/to omit; to delete; to leave out/province/provincial capital/a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 生 |
shēng |
动 |
to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student |
| 生 |
shēng |
- |
形、副 to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student |
| 生命 |
shēngmìng |
名 |
life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being; creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]) |
| 生意 |
shēngyi |
名 |
life force/vitality/business |
| 申请 |
shēnqǐng |
动 |
to apply for sth/application form (CL:份[fen4]) |
| 甚至 |
shènzhì |
连 |
even; so much so that |
| 摄氏度 |
shèshìdù |
量 |
°C (degrees Celsius) |
| 使 |
shǐ |
动 |
to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/to send/to instruct sb to do sth/envoy/messenger |
| 失败 |
shībài |
动、形 |
to be defeated/to lose/to fail (e.g. experiments)/failure/defeat |
| 市场 |
shìchǎng |
名 |
marketplace/market (also in abstract) |
| 十分 |
shífēn |
副 |
very/completely/utterly/extremely/absolutely/hundred percent/to divide into ten equal parts |
| 是否 |
shìfǒu |
副 |
whether (or not)/if/is or isn't |
| 师傅 |
shīfu |
名 |
master/qualified worker/respectful form of address for older men |
| 使馆 |
shǐguǎn |
名 |
consulate/diplomatic mission |
| 适合 |
shìhé |
动 |
to fit; to suit |
| 实际 |
shíjì |
名、形 |
reality/practice/practical/realistic/real/actual |
| 世纪 |
shìjì |
名 |
century |
| 时间表 |
shíjiānbiǎo |
名 |
schedule/timetable |
| 实际上 |
shíjìshàng |
副 |
in fact/in reality/as a matter of fact/in practice |
| 食品 |
shípǐn |
名 |
foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 视频 |
shìpín |
名 |
video |
| 市区 |
shìqū |
名 |
urban district/downtown/city center |
| 失去 |
shīqù |
动 |
to lose |
| 师生 |
shīshēng |
名 |
teachers and students |
| 食堂 |
shítáng |
名 |
dining hall; cafeteria |
| 试题 |
shìtí |
名 |
exam question/test topic |
| 失望 |
shīwàng |
动、形 |
disappointed/to lose hope/to despair |
| 食物 |
shíwù |
名 |
food |
| 适应 |
shìyìng |
动 |
to adapt/to fit/to suit |
| 使用 |
shǐyòng |
动 |
to use/to employ/to apply/to make use of |
| 实在 |
shízài |
- |
形、副 really/actually/indeed/true/real/honest/dependable/(philosophy) reality |
| 十字路口 |
shízìlùkǒu |
- |
crossroads/intersection |
| 首 |
shǒu |
量 |
head/chief/first (occasion, thing etc)/classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 受不了 |
shòubuliǎo |
动 |
unbearable/unable to endure/can't stand |
| 首都 |
shǒudū |
名 |
capital (city) |
| 收费 |
shōufèi |
动 |
to charge a fee |
| 售票员 |
shòupiàoyuán |
名 |
ticket seller |
| 收入 |
shōurù |
动、名 |
to take in/income/revenue |
| 受伤 |
shòushāng |
动 |
to sustain injuries/wounded (in an accident etc)/harmed |
| 收拾 |
shōushi |
动 |
to put in order/to tidy up/to pack/to repair/(coll.) to sort sb out/to fix sb |
| 收听 |
shōutīng |
动 |
to listen to (a radio broadcast) |
| 首先 |
shǒuxiān |
- |
副、代 first (of all)/in the first place |
| 数 |
shù |
- |
名、数 to count/to count as; to regard as/to enumerate; to list/number; figure/several; a few |
| 输 |
shū |
动 |
to lose; to be beaten/(bound form) to transport/(literary) to donate; to contribute/(coll.) to enter (a password) |
| 熟 |
shú/shóu |
形 |
cooked (of food)/ripe (of fruit)/mature (of seeds)/familiar/skilled/done |
| 帅 |
shuài |
形 |
surname Shuai/(bound form) commander-in-chief/(bound form) to lead; to command/handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant/(coll.) cool!; sweet!/(Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) |
| 暑假 |
shǔjià |
名 |
summer vacation |
| 数量 |
shùliàng |
名 |
amount; quantity (CL:個|个[ge4])/quantitative/(math.) scalar quantity |
| 树林 |
shùlín |
名 |
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/woods/grove/forest |
| 顺便 |
shùnbiàn |
副 |
conveniently/in passing/without much extra effort |
| 顺利 |
shùnlì |
形 |
smoothly; without a hitch |
| 顺序 |
shùnxù |
名 |
sequence/order |
| 说法 |
shuōfǎ |
名 |
to expound Buddhist teachings/way of speaking/wording/formulation/one's version (of events)/statement/theory/hypothesis/interpretation |
| 说明 |
shuōmíng |
动、名 |
to explain/to illustrate/to indicate/to show/to prove/explanation/directions/caption |
| 说明书 |
shuōmíngshū |
名 |
(technical) manual/(book of) directions/synopsis (of a play or film)/specification (patent) |
| 硕士 |
shuòshì |
名 |
master's degree/person who has a master's degree/learned person |
| 熟悉 |
shúxi |
动 |
to be familiar with; to know well |
| 数字 |
shùzì |
名 |
numeral/digit/number/figure/amount/digital (electronics etc) |
| 死 |
sǐ |
- |
动、形、副 to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely/damned |
| 算 |
suàn |
- |
动、副 to regard as/to figure/to calculate/to compute |
| 酸 |
suān |
形 |
sour/tart/sick at heart/grieved/sore/aching/pedantic/impractical/to make sarcastic remarks about sb/an acid |
| 酸奶 |
suānnǎi |
名 |
yogurt |
| 速度 |
sùdù |
名 |
speed/rate/velocity/(music) tempo |
| 随便 |
suíbiàn |
- |
动、形、连 as one wishes/as one pleases/at random/negligent/casual/wanton |
| 随着 |
suízhe |
介 |
along with/in the wake of/following |
| 塑料 |
sùliào |
名 |
plastics |
| 孙女 |
sūnnǚ |
名 |
son's daughter/granddaughter |
| 孙子 |
sūnzi |
名 |
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]/grandson/son's son |
| 所有 |
suǒyǒu |
- |
形、动、名 all/to have; to possess; to own |
| 台 |
tái |
- |
量、名 Taiwan (abbr.)/surname Tai/desk; table; counter/platform/stage/terrace/stand/support/station/broadcasting station/classifier for vehicles or machines/typhoon |
| 抬 |
tái |
动 |
to lift/to raise/(of two or more persons) to carry |
| 态度 |
tàidù |
名 |
manner/bearing/attitude/approach |
| 抬头 |
táitóu |
动 |
to raise one's head/to gain ground/account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc |
| 弹 |
tán |
动 |
to pluck (a string)/to play (a string instrument)/to spring or leap/to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)/(of cotton) to fluff or tease/to flick/to flip/to accuse/to impeach/elastic (of materials) |
| 谈 |
tán |
动 |
surname Tan/to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss |
| 趟 |
tàng |
量 |
to wade/to trample/to turn the soil/classifier for times, round trips or rows/a time/a trip |
| 躺 |
tǎng |
动 |
to recline/to lie down |
| 汤 |
tāng |
名 |
surname Tang/soup/hot or boiling water/decoction of medicinal herbs/water in which sth has been boiled |
| 讨论 |
tǎolùn |
动 |
to discuss; to talk over |
| 讨厌 |
tǎoyàn |
形、动 |
to dislike/to loathe/disagreeable/troublesome/annoying |
| 特点 |
tèdiǎn |
名 |
characteristic (feature)/trait/feature |
| 提 |
tí |
动 |
to carry (hanging down from the hand)/to lift/to put forward/to mention/to raise (an issue)/upwards character stroke/lifting brush stroke (in painting)/scoop for measuring liquid |
| 填写 |
tiánxiě |
动 |
to fill in a form/to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form) |
| 条件 |
tiáojiàn |
名 |
condition; circumstance; term; factor/requirement; prerequisite; qualification/situation; state; condition |
| 提出 |
tíchū |
动 |
to raise (an issue)/to propose/to put forward/to suggest/to post (on a website)/to withdraw (cash) |
| 提到 |
tídào |
动 |
to mention/to raise (a subject)/to refer to |
| 提供 |
tígōng |
动 |
to offer/to supply/to provide/to furnish |
| 体检 |
tǐjiǎn |
动 |
abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] |
| 停 |
tíng |
动 |
to stop/to halt/to park (a car) |
| 停车 |
tíngchē |
动 |
to pull up (stop one's vehicle)/to park/(of a machine) to stop working/to stall |
| 停车场 |
tíngchēchǎng |
名 |
parking lot/car park |
| 听力 |
tīnglì |
名 |
hearing/listening ability |
| 停止 |
tíngzhǐ |
动 |
to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 听众 |
tīngzhòng |
名 |
audience/listeners |
| 提前 |
tíqián |
动 |
to shift to an earlier date/to do sth ahead of time/in advance |
| 体温 |
tǐwēn |
名 |
(body) temperature |
| 提醒 |
tíxǐng |
动 |
to remind/to call attention to/to warn of |
| 体重 |
tǐzhòng |
名 |
body weight |
| 痛 |
tòng |
- |
形、副 ache/pain/sorrow/deeply/thoroughly |
| 桶 |
tǒng |
名 |
bucket/(trash) can/barrel (of oil etc) |
| 通 |
tōng |
- |
动、形、量 to go through/to know well/(suffix) expert/to connect/to communicate/open/to clear/classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc/classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 通过 |
tōngguò |
动、介 |
to pass through; to get through/to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)/to pass (a test)/by means of; through; via |
| 童年 |
tóngnián |
名 |
childhood |
| 同时 |
tóngshí |
- |
名、连 at the same time; simultaneously |
| 同样 |
tóngyàng |
形 |
same; equal; similar/similarly; also; too |
| 通知 |
tōngzhī |
动、名 |
to notify/to inform/notice/notification |
| 头痛 |
tóutòng |
形 |
to have a headache |
| 图 |
tú |
名、动 |
diagram/picture/drawing/chart/map/to plan/to scheme/to attempt/to pursue/to seek |
| 土 |
tǔ |
名、形 |
Tu (ethnic group)/surname Tu/earth/dust/clay/local/indigenous/crude opium/unsophisticated/one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 推 |
tuī |
动 |
to push/to cut/to refuse/to reject/to decline/to shirk (responsibility)/to put off/to delay/to push forward/to nominate/to elect/massage |
| 推迟 |
tuīchí |
动 |
to postpone/to put off/to defer |
| 推出 |
tuīchū |
动 |
to push out/to release/to launch/to publish/to recommend |
| 脱 |
tuō |
动 |
to shed/to take off/to escape/to get away from |
| 图片 |
túpiàn |
名 |
picture; photograph |
| 外出 |
wàichū |
动 |
to go out/to go away (on a trip etc) |
| 外套 |
wàitào |
名 |
coat/jacket |
| 晚安 |
wǎnān |
动 |
Good night!/Good evening! |
| 晚餐 |
wǎncān |
名 |
evening meal/dinner |
| 网购 |
wǎnggòu |
动 |
Internet shopping/to purchase online |
| 往往 |
wǎngwǎng |
副 |
usually/in many cases/more often than not |
| 网页 |
wǎngyè |
名 |
web page |
| 网友 |
wǎngyǒu |
名 |
online friend/Internet user |
| 网址 |
wǎngzhǐ |
名 |
website/web address/URL |
| 完全 |
wánquán |
- |
形、副 complete; whole/totally; entirely |
| 袜子 |
wàzi |
名 |
socks/stockings |
| 为 |
wéi |
动 |
because of/for/to |
| 味 |
wèi |
名 |
taste/smell/(fig.) (noun suffix) feel/quality/sense/(TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription |
| 味道 |
wèidào |
名 |
flavor; taste/(fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)/(fig.) interest; delight/(dialect) smell; odor |
| 卫生 |
wèishēng |
形、名 |
health/hygiene/sanitation |
| 危险 |
wēixiǎn |
形、名 |
danger/dangerous |
| 闻 |
wén |
动 |
surname Wen/to hear/news/well-known/famous/reputation/fame/to smell/to sniff at |
| 温度 |
wēndù |
名 |
temperature |
| 文件 |
wénjiàn |
名 |
document/file |
| 文章 |
wénzhāng |
名 |
article/essay/literary works/writings/hidden meaning |
| 文字 |
wénzì |
名 |
character/script/writing/written language/writing style/phraseology |
| 无 |
wú |
动 |
not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/-less |
| 午餐 |
wǔcān |
名 |
lunch/luncheon |
| 无法 |
wúfǎ |
动 |
unable to; incapable of |
| 误会 |
wùhuì |
动、名 |
to misunderstand/to mistake/misunderstanding |
| 无聊 |
wúliáo |
形 |
bored/boring/senseless |
| 无论 |
wúlùn |
连 |
no matter what or how/regardless of whether... |
| 污染 |
wūrǎn |
动 |
to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.) |
| 细 |
xì |
形 |
thin or slender/finely particulate/thin and soft/fine/delicate/trifling/(of a sound) quiet/frugal |
| 吸 |
xī |
动 |
to breathe/to suck in/to absorb/to inhale |
| 下降 |
xiàjiàng |
动 |
to decline/to drop/to fall/to go down/to decrease |
| 咸 |
xián |
形 |
surname Xian/all/everyone/each/widespread/harmonious/salted/salty/stingy/miserly |
| 鲜 |
xiān |
形 |
fresh/bright (in color)/delicious/tasty/delicacy/aquatic foods/few/rare |
| 项 |
xiàng |
量 |
surname Xiang/back of neck/item/thing/term (in a mathematical formula)/sum (of money)/classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 响 |
xiǎng |
动、形 |
echo/sound/noise/to make a sound/to sound/to ring/loud/classifier for noises |
| 香 |
xiāng |
形 |
fragrant/sweet smelling/aromatic/savory or appetizing/(to eat) with relish/(of sleep) sound/perfume or spice/joss or incense stick |
| 相比 |
xiāngbǐ |
动 |
to compare |
| 想法 |
xiǎngfǎ |
名 |
way of thinking; opinion; notion/to think of a way (to do sth) |
| 相反 |
xiāngfǎn |
- |
形、连 opposite/contrary |
| 相互 |
xiānghù |
副 |
each other/mutual |
| 相同 |
xiāngtóng |
形 |
identical/same |
| 详细 |
xiángxì |
形 |
detailed/in detail/minute |
| 鲜花 |
xiānhuā |
名 |
flower/fresh flowers |
| 现金 |
xiànjīn |
名 |
cash |
| 羡慕 |
xiànmù |
动 |
to envy/to admire |
| 线上 |
xiànshàng |
名 |
online |
| 线下 |
xiànxià |
名 |
offline/below the line |
| 现有 |
xiànyǒu |
动、形 |
currently existing/currently available |
| 小吃 |
xiǎochī |
名 |
street food; snack |
| 效果 |
xiàoguǒ |
名 |
result/effect/efficacy/(theater) sound or visual effects |
| 笑话 |
xiàohua |
名、动 |
joke; jest (CL:個|个[ge4])/to laugh at; to mock/ridiculous; absurd |
| 小伙子 |
xiǎohuǒzi |
名 |
young man/young guy/lad/youngster |
| 小说 |
xiǎoshuō |
名 |
novel/fiction |
| 消息 |
xiāoxi |
名 |
news/information |
| 小组 |
xiǎozǔ |
名 |
group |
| 西部 |
xībù |
名 |
western part |
| 血 |
xiě |
名 |
blood |
| 西红柿 |
xīhóngshì |
名 |
tomato |
| 心 |
xīn |
名 |
heart/mind/intention/center/core |
| 性 |
xìng |
后缀 |
nature/character/property/quality/attribute/sexuality/sex/gender/suffix forming adjective from verb/suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity/essence |
| 醒 |
xǐng |
动 |
to wake up/to be awake/to become aware/to sober up/to come to |
| 性别 |
xìngbié |
名 |
gender/sex |
| 兴奋 |
xīngfèn |
形、动 |
excited/excitement/(physiology) excitation |
| 幸福 |
xìngfú |
名、形 |
happiness/happy/blessed |
| 性格 |
xìnggé |
名 |
nature/disposition/temperament/character |
| 星星 |
xīngxing |
名 |
(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky |
| 信号 |
xìnhào |
名 |
signal |
| 辛苦 |
xīnkǔ |
形、动 |
exhausting/hard/tough/arduous/to work hard/to go to a lot of trouble/hardship(s) |
| 心情 |
xīnqíng |
名 |
mood; frame of mind |
| 信息 |
xìnxī |
名 |
information/news/message |
| 信心 |
xìnxīn |
名 |
confidence/faith (in sb or sth) |
| 熊 |
xióng |
名 |
surname Xiong/bear/(coll.) to scold; to rebuke/(coll.) weak; incapable |
| 兄弟 |
xiōngdì |
名 |
brothers/younger brother/I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)/brotherly/fraternal |
| 修 |
xiū |
动 |
surname Xiu/to decorate/to embellish/to repair/to build/to write/to cultivate/to study/to take (a class) |
| 修理 |
xiūlǐ |
动 |
to repair/to fix/to prune/to trim/(coll.) to sort sb out/to fix sb |
| 细心 |
xìxīn |
形 |
meticulous; careful; attentive |
| 吸引 |
xīyǐn |
动 |
to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 许多 |
xǔduō |
- |
数 many/a lot of/much |
| 学费 |
xuéfèi |
名 |
tuition fee/tuition |
| 学院 |
xuéyuàn |
名 |
college/educational institute/school/faculty |
| 压 |
yā |
动 |
to press/to push down/to keep under (control)/pressure |
| 牙膏 |
yágāo |
名 |
toothpaste |
| 压力 |
yālì |
名 |
pressure |
| 盐 |
yán |
名 |
salt |
| 演 |
yǎn |
动 |
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)/(bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task) |
| 烟 |
yān |
名 |
cigarette or pipe tobacco/smoke/mist/vapour/tobacco plant/(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |
| 演唱 |
yǎnchàng |
动 |
to sing (for an audience)/vocal performance |
| 演出 |
yǎnchū |
动 |
to act (in a play)/to perform/to put on (a performance)/performance/concert/show |
| 养成 |
yǎngchéng |
动 |
to cultivate/to raise/to form (a habit)/to acquire |
| 严格 |
yángé |
形、动 |
strict/stringent/tight/rigorous |
| 阳光 |
yángguāng |
名 |
sunshine/(of personality) upbeat; energetic/transparent (open to public scrutiny) |
| 样子 |
yàngzi |
名 |
appearance/manner/pattern/model |
| 眼镜 |
yǎnjìng |
名 |
spectacles/eyeglasses |
| 研究 |
yánjiū |
动 |
research/a study/to research/to look into |
| 研究生 |
yánjiūshēng |
名 |
graduate student/postgraduate student/research student |
| 眼前 |
yǎnqián |
名 |
before one's eyes/now/at present |
| 演员 |
yǎnyuán |
名 |
actor; actress; performer |
| 严重 |
yánzhòng |
形 |
grave/serious/severe/critical |
| 邀请 |
yāoqǐng |
动 |
to invite/invitation |
| 要是 |
yàoshi |
连 |
(coll.) if |
| 钥匙 |
yàoshi |
名 |
key |
| 亚洲 |
Yàzhōu |
名 |
Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4xi4ya4 Zhou1]) |
| 夜 |
yè |
- |
名、量 night |
| 夜晚 |
yèwǎn |
名 |
night |
| 也许 |
yěxǔ |
副 |
perhaps/maybe |
| 叶子 |
yèzi |
名 |
leaf (CL:片[pian4])/(slang) marijuana |
| 已 |
yǐ |
副 |
already/to stop/then/afterwards |
| 意见 |
yìjiàn |
名 |
idea/opinion/suggestion/objection/complaint |
| 因此 |
yīncǐ |
连 |
thus; consequently; as a result |
| 以内 |
yǐnèi |
名 |
within/less than |
| 赢 |
yíng |
动 |
to beat/to win/to profit |
| 赢得 |
yíngdé |
动 |
to win/to gain |
| 应聘 |
yìngpìn |
动 |
to accept a job offer/to apply for an advertised position |
| 引起 |
yǐnqǐ |
动 |
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 印象 |
yìnxiàng |
名 |
impression (sth that stays in one's mind)/a memory |
| 一切 |
yíqiè |
代 |
everything/every/all |
| 一生 |
yìshēng |
名 |
all one's life; throughout one's life |
| 艺术 |
yìshù |
名 |
art |
| 勇敢 |
yǒnggǎn |
形 |
brave; courageous |
| 用来 |
yònglái |
动 |
to be used for |
| 用于 |
yòngyú |
动 |
to use in; to use on; to use for |
| 永远 |
yǒngyuǎn |
- |
副、名 forever/eternal |
| 由 |
yóu |
介 |
to follow/from/because of; due to/by; via; through/(before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... |
| 油 |
yóu |
名 |
oil/fat/grease/petroleum/to apply tung oil, paint or varnish/oily/greasy/glib/cunning |
| 优点 |
yōudiǎn |
名 |
merit/benefit/strong point/advantage |
| 友好 |
yǒuhǎo |
形 |
Youhao district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang/friendly; amicable/close friend |
| 幽默 |
yōumò |
形 |
(loanword) humor/humorous |
| 尤其 |
yóuqí |
副 |
especially; particularly |
| 友情 |
yǒuqíng |
名 |
friendly feelings/friendship |
| 有趣 |
yǒuqù |
形 |
interesting/fascinating/amusing |
| 游玩 |
yóuwán |
动 |
to amuse oneself/to have fun/to go sightseeing/to take a stroll |
| 有效 |
yǒuxiào |
动 |
effective/in effect/valid |
| 优秀 |
yōuxiù |
形 |
outstanding; excellent |
| 友谊 |
yǒuyì |
名 |
companionship/fellowship/friendship |
| 由于 |
yóuyú |
- |
介、连 due to/as a result of/thanks to/owing to/since/because |
| 有着 |
yǒuzhe |
动 |
to have/to possess |
| 与 |
yǔ |
- |
介、连 and/to give/together with/to take part in |
| 原来 |
yuánlái |
- |
名、形、副 original; former/originally; formerly; at first/so, actually, as it turns out |
| 远离 |
yuǎnlí |
动 |
to be far from/to keep away from |
| 原谅 |
yuánliàng |
动 |
to excuse/to forgive/to pardon |
| 原因 |
yuányīn |
名 |
cause/origin/root cause/reason |
| 院长 |
yuànzhǎng |
名 |
the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]/chair of a board/president of a university/department head/dean/premier of the Republic of China |
| 院子 |
yuànzi |
名 |
courtyard/garden/yard/patio/(old) servant |
| 约 |
yuē |
- |
动、副 to make an appointment/to invite/approximately/pact/treaty/to economize/to restrict/to reduce (a fraction)/concise |
| 月饼 |
yuèbing |
名 |
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) |
| 阅读 |
yuèdú |
动 |
to read/reading |
| 月份 |
yuèfèn |
名 |
month |
| 约会 |
yuēhuì |
动、名 |
appointment/engagement/date/to arrange to meet |
| 语法 |
yǔfǎ |
名 |
grammar |
| 愉快 |
yúkuài |
形 |
cheerful/cheerily/delightful/pleasant/pleasantly/pleasing/happy/delighted |
| 云 |
yún |
名 |
(classical) to say/surname Yun/abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3]/cloud |
| 允许 |
yǔnxǔ |
动 |
to permit/to allow |
| 于是 |
yúshì |
连 |
thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 预习 |
yùxí |
动 |
to prepare a lesson |
| 再次 |
zàicì |
副 |
once more; once again |
| 再说 |
zàishuō |
- |
动、连 to say again/to put off a discussion until later/moreover/what's more/besides |
| 暂时 |
zànshí |
形 |
temporary; provisional; for the time being |
| 暂停 |
zàntíng |
动 |
to suspend/time-out (e.g. in sports)/stoppage/pause (media player) |
| 早餐 |
zǎocān |
名 |
breakfast |
| 早晨 |
zǎochen |
名 |
early morning/also pr. [zao3chen5] |
| 杂志 |
zázhì |
名 |
magazine |
| 增加 |
zēngjiā |
动 |
to raise; to increase |
| 增长 |
zēngzhǎng |
动 |
to grow/to increase |
| 责任 |
zérèn |
名 |
responsibility/blame/duty |
| 着 |
zháo |
动 |
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])/trick; tactic/(dialect) okay; all right/(dialect) to put in; to add/to touch/to come in contact with/to feel/to be affected by/to catch fire/to burn/(coll.) to fall asleep/(after a verb) hitting the mark/succeeding in |
| 着火 |
zháohuǒ |
动 |
to catch fire |
| 招聘 |
zhāopìn |
动 |
to invite applications for a job/to recruit |
| 者 |
zhě |
- |
助 (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) .../(after a noun) person involved in .../-er/-ist/(used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously)/(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)/(old) (used at the end of a command)/(old) this |
| 证 |
zhèng |
名 |
certificate/proof/to prove/to demonstrate/to confirm |
| 整 |
zhěng |
形 |
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly/(bound form) in good order; tidy; neat/(bound form) to put in order; to straighten/(bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate/(coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb/(dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to |
| 正常 |
zhèngcháng |
形 |
regular/normal/ordinary |
| 整个 |
zhěnggè |
形 |
whole/entire/total |
| 正好 |
zhènghǎo |
- |
形、副 just (in time)/just right/just enough/to happen to/to chance to/by chance/it just so happens that |
| 证件 |
zhèngjiàn |
名 |
certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID |
| 整理 |
zhěnglǐ |
动 |
to arrange/to tidy up/to sort out/to straighten out/to list systematically/to collate (data, files)/to pack (luggage) |
| 证明 |
zhèngmíng |
动、名 |
proof/certificate/identification/testimonial/to prove/to testify/to confirm the truth of |
| 正确 |
zhèngquè |
形 |
correct; sound; right; proper |
| 正式 |
zhèngshì |
形 |
formal; official |
| 真正 |
zhēnzhèng |
- |
形、副 genuine; real; true/really; indeed |
| 值 |
zhí |
动、形 |
value/(to be) worth/to happen to/to be on duty |
| 指 |
zhǐ |
动 |
finger/to point at or to/to indicate or refer to/to depend on/to count on/(of hair) to stand on end |
| 之 |
zhī |
- |
助 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])/him/her/it |
| 支持 |
zhīchí |
动 |
to be in favor of/to support/to back/support/backing/to stand by |
| 指出 |
zhǐchū |
动 |
to indicate/to point out |
| 值得 |
zhídé |
动 |
worth the money/to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth) |
| 支付 |
zhīfù |
动 |
to pay (money) |
| 只好 |
zhǐhǎo |
副 |
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to |
| 之后 |
zhīhòu |
名 |
after; behind/(at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 之间 |
zhījiān |
名 |
(after a noun) between; among; amid/(used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) |
| 直接 |
zhíjiē |
形 |
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1])/immediate/straightforward |
| 纸巾 |
zhǐjīn |
名 |
paper towel/napkin/facial tissue |
| 质量 |
zhìliàng |
名 |
quality/(physics) mass |
| 之前 |
zhīqián |
名 |
before/prior to/ago/previously/beforehand |
| 至少 |
zhìshǎo |
副 |
at least/(to say the) least |
| 知识 |
zhīshi |
名 |
knowledge/intellectual |
| 植物 |
zhíwù |
名 |
plant/vegetation |
| 职业 |
zhíyè |
名 |
occupation; profession; vocation/professional |
| 之中 |
zhīzhōng |
名 |
inside/among/in the midst of (doing sth)/during |
| 种 |
zhòng |
动 |
seed/species/kind/type/classifier for types, kinds, sorts/to plant/to grow/to cultivate |
| 重 |
zhòng |
名、形 |
heavy/serious/to attach importance to |
| 中餐 |
zhōngcān |
名 |
lunch/Chinese meal; Chinese food |
| 重点 |
zhòngdiǎn |
- |
名、副 important point; main point; focus/key (project etc)/to focus on; to put the emphasis on |
| 中年 |
zhōngnián |
名 |
middle age |
| 重视 |
zhòngshì |
动 |
to attach importance to sth; to value |
| 周围 |
zhōuwéi |
名 |
environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 祝 |
zhù |
动 |
surname Zhu/to pray for/to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)/person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies |
| 赚 |
zhuàn |
动 |
to earn/to make a profit |
| 转 |
zhuǎn |
动 |
to turn/to change direction/to transfer/to forward (mail)/(Internet) to share (sb else's content)/to revolve/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm/classifier for repeated actions |
| 转发 |
zhuǎnfā |
动 |
to transmit/to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data)/to pass on/to republish (an article from another publication) |
| 装 |
zhuāng |
动 |
adornment/to adorn/dress/clothing/costume (of an actor in a play)/to play a role/to pretend/to install/to fix/to wrap (sth in a bag)/to load/to pack |
| 转机 |
zhuǎnjī |
动 |
(to take) a turn for the better/to change planes |
| 专门 |
zhuānmén |
- |
副、形 specialist/specialized/customized |
| 专业 |
zhuānyè |
名、形 |
specialty/specialized field/main field of study (at university)/major/professional |
| 祝贺 |
zhùhè |
动 |
to congratulate/congratulations |
| 著名 |
zhùmíng |
形 |
famous/noted/well-known/celebrated |
| 准 |
zhǔn |
- |
形、副 to allow/to grant/in accordance with/in the light of/accurate/standard/definitely/certainly/about to become (bride, son-in-law etc)/quasi-/para- |
| 准确 |
zhǔnquè |
形 |
accurate; exact; precise |
| 准时 |
zhǔnshí |
形 |
on time/punctual/on schedule |
| 主意 |
zhǔyi |
名 |
plan/idea/decision/Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5] |
| 自 |
zì |
介 |
(bound form) self; oneself/from; since/naturally; as a matter of course |
| 资料 |
zīliào |
名 |
material/resources/data/information/profile (Internet) |
| 自然 |
zìrán |
- |
名、形、副 nature/natural/naturally |
| 自习 |
zìxí |
动 |
to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)/to study in one's free time/individual study |
| 仔细 |
zǐxì |
形 |
careful; attentive; cautious/to be careful; to look out |
| 自信 |
zìxìn |
- |
动、名、形 to have confidence in oneself/self-confidence |
| 自学 |
zìxué |
动 |
self-study/to study on one's own |
| 总结 |
zǒngjié |
动、名 |
to sum up/to conclude/summary/résumé |
| 组 |
zǔ |
- |
名、动、量 surname Zu/to form/to organize/group/team/classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries |
| 租 |
zū |
动 |
to hire/to rent/to charter/to rent out/to lease out/rent/land tax |
| 最终 |
zuìzhōng |
名 |
final; ultimate |
| 尊重 |
zūnzhòng |
动、形 |
to esteem/to respect/to honor/to value/eminent/serious/proper |
| 座 |
zuò |
- |
名、量 seat/base/stand/(archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4]/classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects |
| 做法 |
zuòfǎ |
名 |
way of handling sth/method for making/work method/recipe/practice |
| 作家 |
zuòjiā |
名 |
author |
| 做梦 |
zuòmèng |
动 |
to dream/to have a dream/fig. illusion/fantasy/pipe dream |
| 作品 |
zuòpǐn |
名 |
work (of art)/opus |
| 作为 |
zuòwéi |
动、介 |
one's conduct/deed/activity/accomplishment/achievement/to act as/as (in the capacity of)/qua/to view as/to look upon (sth as)/to take sth to be |
| 座位 |
zuòwèi |
名 |
seat |
| 作文 |
zuòwén |
动、名 |
to write an essay/composition (student essay) |
| 作用 |
zuòyòng |
名、动 |
to act on; to affect/action; function; activity/impact; result; effect/purpose; intent/(suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition |
| 左右 |
zuǒyòu |
名、动 |
left and right/nearby/approximately/attendant/to control/to influence |
| 作者 |
zuòzhě |
名 |
author; writer |