| 唉 |
ài |
叹 |
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)/to sigh/alas/oh dear |
| 哎 |
āi |
叹 |
hey!/(interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) |
| 爱护 |
àihù |
动 |
to cherish/to treasure/to take care of/to love and protect |
| 哎呀 |
āiyā |
叹 |
interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 暗 |
àn |
形 |
dark/to turn dark/secret; hidden/(literary) confused; ignorant |
| 安 |
ān |
形、动 |
surname An/(bound form) calm; peaceful/to calm; to set at ease/safe; secure; in good health/content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2])/to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)/to install; to fix; to fit/to bring (a charge against sb)/to harbor (certain intentions)/ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) |
| 安全带 |
ānquándài |
名 |
seat belt/safety belt |
| 安慰 |
ānwèi |
动、形 |
to comfort/to console |
| 安装 |
ānzhuāng |
动 |
to install/to erect/to fix/to mount/installation |
| 熬夜 |
áoyè |
动 |
to stay up late or all night |
| 白 |
bái |
- |
形、副 surname Bai/white/snowy/pure/bright/empty/blank/plain/clear/to make clear/in vain/gratuitous/free of charge/reactionary/anti-communist/funeral/to stare coldly/to write wrong character/to state/to explain/vernacular/spoken lines in opera |
| 傍晚 |
bàngwǎn |
名 |
in the evening/when night falls/towards evening/at night fall/at dusk |
| 半夜 |
bànyè |
- |
数量、名 midnight/in the middle of the night |
| 薄 |
báo |
形 |
thin/cold in manner/indifferent/weak/light/infertile |
| 宝 |
bǎo |
名 |
jewel/gem/treasure/precious |
| 保 |
bǎo |
动、名 |
Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3jia1li4ya4])/to defend; to protect; to keep/to guarantee; to ensure/(old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system |
| 保安 |
bǎoān |
动、名 |
to ensure public security/to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)/public security/security guard |
| 宝贝 |
bǎobèi |
名 |
treasured object/treasure/darling/baby/cowry/good-for-nothing or queer character |
| 保持 |
bǎochí |
动 |
to keep/to maintain/to hold/to preserve |
| 保存 |
bǎocún |
动 |
to conserve/to preserve/to keep/to save (a file etc) (computing) |
| 报到 |
bàodào |
动 |
to report for duty/to check in/to register |
| 报道 |
bàodào |
动、名 |
to report (news)/report |
| 报告 |
bàogào |
动、名 |
to inform/to report/to make known/report/speech/talk/lecture |
| 宝贵 |
bǎoguì |
形 |
valuable/precious/to value/to treasure/to set store by |
| 包裹 |
bāoguǒ |
动、名 |
to wrap up/to bind up/bundle/parcel/package |
| 包含 |
bāohán |
动 |
to contain/to embody/to include |
| 报警 |
bàojǐng |
动 |
to sound an alarm/to report sth to the police |
| 包括 |
bāokuò |
动 |
to comprise/to include/to involve/to incorporate/to consist of |
| 保留 |
bǎoliú |
动 |
to keep/to retain/to have reservations (about sth)/to hold back (from saying sth)/to put aside for later |
| 保险 |
bǎoxiǎn |
名、形 |
insurance/to insure/safe/secure/be sure/be bound to |
| 暴雨 |
bàoyǔ |
名 |
torrential rain/rainstorm |
| 抱怨 |
bàoyuàn |
动 |
to complain/to grumble/to harbor a complaint/to feel dissatisfied |
| 保质期 |
bǎozhìqī |
名 |
shelf life/expiration date |
| 包装 |
bāozhuāng |
动、名 |
to pack/to package/to wrap/packaging |
| 把握 |
bǎwò |
动、名 |
to grasp (also fig.)/to seize/to hold/assurance/certainty/sure (of the outcome) |
| 背 |
bèi |
名、动、形 |
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 |
| 背后 |
bèihòu |
名 |
behind/at the back/in the rear/behind sb's back |
| 背景 |
bèijǐng |
名 |
background; backdrop; context/(fig.) powerful backer |
| 被子 |
bèizi |
名 |
quilt |
| 本 |
běn |
- |
副、代 (bound form) root; stem/(bound form) origin; source/(bound form) one's own; this/(bound form) this; the current (year etc)/(bound form) original/(bound form) inherent/originally; initially/capital; principal/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 本地 |
běndì |
名 |
local/this locality |
| 本领 |
běnlǐng |
名 |
skill/ability/capability |
| 本人 |
běnrén |
代 |
I; me; myself/oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned |
| 本质 |
běnzhì |
名 |
essence/nature/innate character/intrinsic quality |
| 必 |
bì |
副 |
certainly/must/will/necessarily |
| 便 |
biàn |
副 |
plain/informal/suitable/convenient/opportune/to urinate or defecate/equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then/in that case/even if/soon afterwards |
| 变动 |
biàndòng |
动 |
to change/to fluctuate/change/fluctuation |
| 便利 |
biànlì |
形、动 |
convenient/easy/to facilitate |
| 便利店 |
biànlìdiàn |
名 |
convenience store |
| 表达 |
biǎodá |
动 |
to express; to convey |
| 表面 |
biǎomiàn |
名 |
surface/face/outside/appearance |
| 表明 |
biǎomíng |
动 |
to make clear/to make known/to state clearly/to indicate/known |
| 表情 |
biǎoqíng |
名 |
(facial) expression/to express one's feelings |
| 标题 |
biāotí |
名 |
title/heading/headline/caption/subject |
| 标志 |
biāozhì |
名、动 |
sign; mark; symbol; logo/to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 彼此 |
bǐcǐ |
代 |
each other; one another |
| 别 |
bié |
动 |
surname Bie/to leave; to part (from)/(literary) to differentiate; to distinguish/(bound form) other; another; different/don't ...!/to fasten with a pin or clip/to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)/(noun suffix) category (e.g. 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])/to make sb change their ways, opinions etc |
| 比分 |
bǐfēn |
名 |
score (of a game or competition) |
| 毕竟 |
bìjìng |
副 |
after all/all in all/when all is said and done/in the final analysis |
| 比例 |
bǐlì |
名 |
proportion/scale |
| 避免 |
bìmiǎn |
动 |
to avert/to prevent/to avoid/to refrain from |
| 闭幕式 |
bìmùshì |
名 |
closing ceremony |
| 饼 |
bǐng |
名 |
round flat cake/cookie/cake/pastry |
| 病房 |
bìngfáng |
名 |
ward (of a hospital)/sickroom |
| 病情 |
bìngqíng |
名 |
state of an illness/patient's condition |
| 必然 |
bìrán |
形、名 |
inevitable/certain/necessity |
| 必需 |
bìxū |
动 |
to need/to require/essential/indispensable |
| 必要 |
bìyào |
形 |
necessary/essential/indispensable/required |
| 比喻 |
bǐyù |
动、名 |
to compare/to liken to/metaphor/analogy/figure of speech/figuratively |
| 拨打 |
bōdǎ |
动 |
to call/to dial |
| 玻璃 |
bōli |
名 |
glass/(slang) male homosexual |
| 博物馆 |
bówùguǎn |
名 |
museum |
| 补充 |
bǔchōng |
动 |
to replenish/to supplement/to complement/additional/supplementary |
| 不得了 |
bùdéliǎo |
形 |
desperately serious/disastrous/extremely/exceedingly |
| 不符 |
bùfú |
动 |
inconsistent/not in agreement with/not agree or tally with/not conform to |
| 不利 |
búlì |
形 |
unfavorable/disadvantageous/harmful/detrimental |
| 不良 |
bùliáng |
形 |
bad/harmful/unhealthy |
| 不然 |
bùrán |
- |
连、形 not so/no/or else/otherwise/if not/How about ...? |
| 不幸 |
búxìng |
形、名 |
misfortune/adversity/unfortunate/sad/unfortunately |
| 步行 |
bùxíng |
动 |
to go on foot/to walk |
| 不要紧 |
búyàojǐn |
形 |
unimportant/not serious/it doesn't matter/never mind/it looks all right, but |
| 不足 |
bùzú |
动、名 |
insufficient/lacking/deficiency/not enough/inadequate/not worth/cannot/should not |
| 才 |
cái |
名 |
ability; talent/sb of a certain type/a capable individual/then and only then/just now/(before an expression of quantity) only |
| 采访 |
cǎifǎng |
动 |
to interview/to gather news/to hunt for and collect/to cover |
| 裁判 |
cáipàn |
动、名 |
(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement/(sports) to referee/(sports) umpire; referee; judge |
| 采取 |
cǎiqǔ |
动 |
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)/to take |
| 彩色 |
cǎisè |
名 |
color/multicolored |
| 采用 |
cǎiyòng |
动 |
to adopt/to employ/to use |
| 藏 |
cáng |
动 |
to conceal/to hide away/to harbor/to store/to collect |
| 参考 |
cānkǎo |
动 |
consultation/reference/to consult/to refer |
| 餐饮 |
cānyǐn |
名 |
food and beverage/catering/repast |
| 参与 |
cānyù |
动 |
to participate (in sth) |
| 操作 |
cāozuò |
动 |
to work/to operate/to manipulate |
| 册 |
cè |
量 |
book/booklet/classifier for books |
| 测 |
cè |
动 |
to survey/to measure/to conjecture |
| 曾 |
céng |
副 |
once/already/ever (in the past)/former/previously/(past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾经 |
céngjīng |
副 |
once/already/former/previously/ever/(past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 测试 |
cèshì |
动 |
to test (machinery etc)/to test (a person's skill in a particular area)/a test/(computing) beta (version of software) |
| 插 |
chā |
动 |
to insert/stick in/pierce/to take part in/to interfere/to interpose |
| 差别 |
chābié |
名 |
difference; distinction; disparity |
| 拆 |
chāi |
动 |
to tear open/to tear down/to tear apart/to open |
| 差距 |
chājù |
名 |
disparity/gap |
| 产 |
chǎn |
动 |
to give birth/to reproduce/to produce/product/resource/estate/property |
| 长处 |
chángchù |
名 |
good aspects/strong points |
| 长度 |
chángdù |
名 |
length |
| 长久 |
chángjiǔ |
形 |
long-time; long-term/lasting; enduring; permanent/for a long time |
| 长期 |
chángqī |
名、形 |
long term/long time/long range (of a forecast) |
| 常识 |
chángshí |
名 |
common sense/general knowledge |
| 尝试 |
chángshì |
动 |
to try; to attempt |
| 场所 |
chǎngsuǒ |
名 |
location/place |
| 长途 |
chángtú |
形 |
long distance |
| 长远 |
chángyuǎn |
形 |
long-term/long-range |
| 产量 |
chǎnliàng |
名 |
output |
| 产品 |
chǎnpǐn |
名 |
goods/merchandise/product |
| 产业 |
chǎnyè |
名 |
industry/estate/property/industrial |
| 朝 |
cháo |
动、介 |
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea/imperial or royal court/government/dynasty/reign of a sovereign or emperor/court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor/to make a pilgrimage to/facing/towards |
| 吵 |
chǎo |
形、动 |
to quarrel/to make a noise/noisy/to disturb by making a noise |
| 炒 |
chǎo |
动 |
to sauté; to stir-fry/to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp/to hype up/to sack; to fire (sb) |
| 超 |
chāo |
动 |
to exceed/to overtake/to surpass/to transcend/to pass/to cross/ultra-/super- |
| 超出 |
chāochū |
动 |
to exceed/to overstep/to go too far/to encroach |
| 超级 |
chāojí |
形 |
super-/ultra-/hyper- |
| 超速 |
chāosù |
动 |
to exceed the speed limit/to speed/high-speed |
| 叉子 |
chāzi |
名 |
fork |
| 彻底 |
chèdǐ |
形 |
thorough/thoroughly/complete |
| 车祸 |
chēhuò |
名 |
traffic accident/car crash |
| 车库 |
chēkù |
名 |
garage |
| 车辆 |
chēliàng |
名 |
vehicle |
| 沉 |
chén |
动、形 |
to submerge/to immerse/to sink/to keep down/to lower/to drop/deep/profound/heavy |
| 称 |
chēng |
动 |
to weigh/to state/to name/name/appellation/to praise |
| 称 |
chēng |
动 |
to weigh/to state/to name/name/appellation/to praise |
| 成本 |
chéngběn |
名 |
(manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 承担 |
chéngdān |
动 |
to undertake/to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 程度 |
chéngdù |
名 |
degree; level; extent |
| 成分 |
chéngfèn |
名 |
composition; ingredient; element; component/one's social status |
| 成果 |
chéngguǒ |
名 |
result/achievement/gain/profit |
| 成就 |
chéngjiù |
名、动 |
accomplishment/success/achievement/to achieve (a result)/to create/to bring about |
| 成立 |
chénglì |
动 |
to establish/to set up/to be tenable/to hold water |
| 成年 |
chéngnián |
动 |
to grow to adulthood/fully grown; adult/the whole year |
| 城区 |
chéngqū |
名 |
city district/urban area |
| 成人 |
chéngrén |
动、名 |
to reach adulthood/an adult |
| 承认 |
chéngrèn |
动 |
to admit/to concede/to recognize/recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)/to acknowledge |
| 承受 |
chéngshòu |
动 |
to bear/to support/to inherit |
| 成熟 |
chéngshú |
动、形 |
mature; ripe/to mature; to ripen/Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2] |
| 称为 |
chēngwéi |
动 |
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 乘务员 |
chéngwùyuán |
名 |
attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
| 程序 |
chéngxù |
名 |
procedures/sequence/order/computer program |
| 成员 |
chéngyuán |
名 |
member |
| 称赞 |
chēngzàn |
动 |
to praise/to acclaim/to commend/to compliment |
| 成长 |
chéngzhǎng |
动 |
to mature/to grow/growth |
| 橙子 |
chéngzi |
名 |
orange |
| 沉默 |
chénmò |
动 |
taciturn/uncommunicative/silent |
| 车厢 |
chēxiāng |
名 |
carriage |
| 车主 |
chēzhǔ |
名 |
vehicle owner |
| 池 |
chí |
名 |
surname Chi/pond/reservoir/moat |
| 翅膀 |
chìbǎng |
名 |
wing |
| 持续 |
chíxù |
动 |
to continue/to persist/to last/sustainable/preservation |
| 尺子 |
chǐzi |
名 |
ruler (measuring instrument) |
| 冲 |
chōng |
动 |
(of water) to dash against/to mix with water/to infuse/to rinse/to flush/to develop (a film)/to rise in the air/to clash/to collide with/thoroughfare/to go straight ahead/to rush/powerful/vigorous/pungent/towards/in view of |
| 充电 |
chōngdiàn |
动 |
to recharge (a battery)/(fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure)/to update one's skills and knowledge |
| 充分 |
chōngfèn |
形 |
ample/sufficient/adequate/full/fully/to the full |
| 重复 |
chóngfù |
动 |
to repeat/to duplicate |
| 充满 |
chōngmǎn |
动 |
full of/brimming with/very full/permeated |
| 宠物 |
chǒngwù |
名 |
house pet |
| 充值 |
chōngzhí |
动 |
to recharge (money onto a card) |
| 虫子 |
chóngzi |
名 |
insect/bug/worm |
| 充足 |
chōngzú |
形 |
adequate/sufficient/abundant |
| 臭 |
chòu |
形 |
stench/smelly/to smell (bad)/repulsive/loathsome/terrible/bad/severely/ruthlessly/dud (ammunition) |
| 丑 |
chǒu |
形 |
surname Chou/clown/2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox/ancient Chinese compass point: 30°/shameful/ugly/disgraceful |
| 抽 |
chōu |
动 |
to draw out/to pull out from in between/to remove part of the whole/(of certain plants) to sprout or bud/to whip or thrash |
| 处 |
chù |
名 |
to reside/to live/to dwell/to be in/to be situated at/to stay/to get along with/to be in a position of/to deal with/to discipline/to punish/place/location/spot/point/office/department/bureau/respect/classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point |
| 处 |
chǔ |
动 |
to reside/to live/to dwell/to be in/to be situated at/to stay/to get along with/to be in a position of/to deal with/to discipline/to punish/place/location/spot/point/office/department/bureau/respect/classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point |
| 初 |
chū |
- |
名、副、前缀 at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic |
| 传 |
chuán |
动 |
to pass on/to spread/to transmit/to infect/to transfer/to circulate/to conduct (electricity) |
| 传播 |
chuánbō |
动 |
to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 传递 |
chuándì |
动 |
to transmit; to pass on to sb else/(math.) transitive |
| 床单 |
chuángdān |
名 |
bed sheet |
| 窗台 |
chuāngtái |
名 |
windowsill; window ledge |
| 创新 |
chuàngxīn |
动、名 |
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails/innovation |
| 创业 |
chuàngyè |
动 |
to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise/entrepreneurship |
| 创造 |
chuàngzào |
动 |
to create/to bring about/to produce/to set (a record) |
| 创作 |
chuàngzuò |
动、名 |
to create; to produce; to write/a creative work; a creation |
| 传说 |
chuánshuō |
动、名 |
legend; folk tale/to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 传统 |
chuántǒng |
名、形 |
tradition/traditional/convention/conventional |
| 出版 |
chūbǎn |
动 |
to publish |
| 初级 |
chūjí |
形 |
junior/primary |
| 处理 |
chǔlǐ |
动 |
to handle; to deal with/to punish/to treat sth by a special process; to process/to sell at reduced prices |
| 初期 |
chūqī |
名 |
initial stage/beginning period |
| 出色 |
chūsè |
形 |
remarkable; outstanding |
| 出售 |
chūshòu |
动 |
to sell/to offer for sale/to put on the market |
| 除夕 |
chúxī |
名 |
lunar New Year's Eve |
| 出席 |
chūxí |
动 |
to attend/to participate/present |
| 处于 |
chǔyú |
动 |
to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 出自 |
chūzì |
动 |
to come from |
| 此后 |
cǐhòu |
名 |
after this/afterwards/hereafter |
| 词汇 |
cíhuì |
名 |
vocabulary/list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)/word |
| 刺激 |
cìjī |
动、名 |
to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite/irritant |
| 此前 |
cǐqián |
名 |
before this/before then/previously |
| 此时 |
cǐshí |
名 |
now/this moment |
| 辞职 |
cízhí |
动 |
to resign |
| 从不 |
cóngbù |
- |
never |
| 从而 |
cóng’ér |
连 |
thus/thereby |
| 从前 |
cóngqián |
名 |
previously/formerly/once upon a time |
| 从事 |
cóngshì |
动 |
to go for/to engage in/to undertake/to deal with/to handle/to do |
| 催 |
cuī |
动 |
to urge/to press/to prompt/to rush sb/to hasten sth/to expedite |
| 促进 |
cùjìn |
动 |
to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 存放 |
cúnfàng |
动 |
to deposit/to store/to leave in sb's care |
| 存款 |
cúnkuǎn |
动、名 |
to deposit money (in a bank etc)/bank savings/bank deposit |
| 存在 |
cúnzài |
动 |
to exist/to be/existence |
| 措施 |
cuòshī |
名 |
measure/step |
| 促使 |
cùshǐ |
动 |
to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 促销 |
cùxiāo |
动 |
to promote sales |
| 打扮 |
dǎban |
动 |
to decorate/to dress/to make up/to adorn/manner of dressing/style of dress |
| 打包 |
dǎbāo |
动 |
to wrap; to pack/to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out/(computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) |
| 达成 |
dáchéng |
动 |
to reach (an agreement)/to accomplish |
| 大胆 |
dàdǎn |
形 |
brazen/audacious/outrageous/bold/daring/fearless |
| 打断 |
dǎduàn |
动 |
to interrupt/to break off/to break (a bone) |
| 大多 |
dàduō |
副 |
for the most part/many/most/the greater part/mostly |
| 大会 |
dàhuì |
名 |
general assembly/general meeting/convention |
| 代 |
dài |
动、名 |
to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon |
| 代表 |
dàibiǎo |
名、动 |
representative/delegate/to represent/to stand for/on behalf of/in the name of |
| 带动 |
dàidòng |
动 |
to spur; to provide impetus; to drive |
| 代替 |
dàitì |
动 |
to replace; to take the place of |
| 待遇 |
dàiyù |
名 |
treatment/pay/salary/status/rank |
| 大力 |
dàlì |
- |
名、副 energetically; vigorously |
| 大妈 |
dàmā |
名 |
father's elder brother's wife/aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 大米 |
dàmǐ |
名 |
(husked) rice |
| 淡 |
dàn |
形 |
insipid/diluted/weak/mild/light in color/tasteless/fresh/indifferent/nitrogen |
| 单 |
dān |
- |
形、副、名、量 bill/list/form/single/only/sole/odd number |
| 大脑 |
dànǎo |
名 |
brain/cerebrum |
| 单独 |
dāndú |
副 |
alone/by oneself/on one's own |
| 当 |
dàng |
动 |
(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) |
| 挡 |
dǎng |
动 |
to resist/to obstruct/to hinder/to keep off/to block (a blow)/to get in the way of/cover/gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)/to arrange/to put in order |
| 当成 |
dàngchéng |
动 |
to consider as; to take to be |
| 当地 |
dāngdì |
名 |
local |
| 当年 |
dāngnián |
名 |
in those days/then/in those years/during that time/that very same year |
| 当前 |
dāngqián |
动、名 |
the present time/to be faced with |
| 当中 |
dāngzhōng |
名 |
among/in the middle/in the center |
| 当作 |
dàngzuò |
动 |
to treat as/to regard as |
| 担任 |
dānrèn |
动 |
to hold a governmental office or post/to assume office of/to take charge of/to serve as |
| 胆小 |
dǎnxiǎo |
形 |
cowardice/timid |
| 单一 |
dānyī |
形 |
single/only/sole |
| 单元 |
dānyuán |
名 |
unit (forming an entity)/element/(in a residential building) entrance or staircase |
| 倒 |
dǎo |
动 |
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 |
| 到达 |
dàodá |
动 |
to reach; to arrive |
| 道理 |
dàolǐ |
名 |
reason/argument/sense/principle/basis/justification |
| 到期 |
dàoqī |
动 |
to fall due (loan etc)/to expire (visa etc)/to mature (investment bond etc) |
| 导演 |
dǎoyǎn |
动、名 |
to direct/director (film etc) |
| 导致 |
dǎozhì |
动 |
to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 大批 |
dàpī |
形 |
large quantities of |
| 打破 |
dǎpò |
动 |
to break; to smash |
| 大厦 |
dàshà |
名 |
large building/edifice/mansion |
| 大事 |
dàshì |
名 |
major event/major political event (war or change of regime)/major social event (wedding or funeral)/(do sth) in a big way |
| 打听 |
dǎting |
动 |
to ask about/to make some inquiries/to ask around |
| 大象 |
dàxiàng |
名 |
elephant |
| 大型 |
dàxíng |
形 |
large/large-scale |
| 大爷 |
dàye |
名 |
arrogant idler/self-centered show-off/(coll.) father's older brother/uncle/term of respect for older man |
| 大于 |
dàyú |
动 |
greater than; bigger than; more than |
| 大众 |
dàzhòng |
名 |
Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)/the masses/the great bulk of the population/popular (of music, science etc) |
| 登 |
dēng |
动 |
to scale (a height)/to ascend/to mount/to publish or record/to enter (e.g. in a register)/to press down with the foot/to step or tread on/to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)/to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) |
| 等待 |
děngdài |
动 |
to wait; to wait for |
| 灯光 |
dēngguāng |
名 |
(stage) lighting/light |
| 等候 |
děnghòu |
动 |
to wait/to wait for |
| 登记 |
dēngjì |
动 |
to register (one's name) |
| 登录 |
dēnglù |
动 |
to register/to log in |
| 等于 |
děngyú |
动 |
to equal/to be tantamount to |
| 递 |
dì |
动 |
to hand over; to pass on; to deliver/(bound form) progressively; in the proper order |
| 电池 |
diànchí |
名 |
battery |
| 电动 |
diàndòng |
形 |
electric-powered/(Tw) video game |
| 电器 |
diànqì |
名 |
(electrical) appliance/device |
| 电商 |
diànshāng |
名 |
e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务[dian4 zi3 shang1 wu4])/(old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone |
| 电视台 |
diànshìtái |
名 |
television station |
| 点心 |
diǎnxin |
名 |
light refreshments/pastry/dim sum (in Cantonese cooking)/dessert |
| 点赞 |
diǎnzàn |
动 |
to like; to upvote (on social media) |
| 电子版 |
diànzǐbǎn |
名 |
electronic edition/digital version |
| 调 |
diào |
动 |
to transfer/to move (troops or cadres)/to investigate/to enquire into/accent/view/argument/key (in music)/mode (music)/tune/tone/melody |
| 调研 |
diàoyán |
动 |
to investigate and research/research/investigation |
| 地理 |
dìlǐ |
名 |
geography |
| 地面 |
dìmiàn |
名 |
floor/ground/surface |
| 定期 |
dìngqī |
动、形 |
at set dates/at regular intervals/periodic/limited to a fixed period of time/fixed term |
| 地区 |
dìqū |
名 |
local/regional/district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)/region/area/as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) |
| 的确 |
díquè |
副 |
really/indeed |
| 敌人 |
dírén |
名 |
enemy |
| 低头 |
dītóu |
动 |
to bow the head/to yield/to give in |
| 丢失 |
diūshī |
动 |
to lose; to misplace |
| 地位 |
dìwèi |
名 |
position/status/place |
| 地下 |
dìxià |
名、形 |
underground/subterranean/covert |
| 地震 |
dìzhèn |
动 |
earthquake |
| 冻 |
dòng |
动 |
to freeze/to feel very cold/aspic or jelly |
| 洞 |
dòng |
名 |
cave/hole/zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) |
| 动画 |
dònghuà |
名 |
animation/cartoon |
| 动人 |
dòngrén |
形 |
touching/moving |
| 动手 |
dòngshǒu |
动 |
to set about (a task)/to hit/to punch/to touch |
| 豆腐 |
dòufu |
名 |
tofu/bean curd |
| 豆浆 |
dòujiāng |
名 |
soy milk |
| 度 |
dù |
- |
量、名、动、后缀 to pass/to spend (time)/measure/limit/extent/degree of intensity/degree (angles, temperature etc)/kilowatt-hour/classifier for events and occurrences |
| 堵 |
dǔ |
- |
动、形、量 to block up (a road, pipe etc)/to stop up (a hole)/(fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress/wall (literary)/(classifier for walls) |
| 断 |
duàn |
动 |
to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely/definitely/decidedly |
| 短处 |
duǎnchù |
名 |
shortcoming/defect/fault/one's weak points |
| 短期 |
duǎnqī |
名、形 |
short term/short-term |
| 堆 |
duī |
- |
动、名、量 to pile up/to heap up/a mass/pile/heap/stack/large amount |
| 对比 |
duìbǐ |
动、名 |
to contrast/contrast/ratio |
| 对待 |
duìdài |
动 |
to treat/treatment |
| 对手 |
duìshǒu |
名 |
opponent/rival/competitor/(well-matched) adversary/match |
| 队伍 |
duìwu |
名 |
ranks/troops/queue/line/procession |
| 对象 |
duìxiàng |
名 |
target; object/partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 独立 |
dúlì |
动、形 |
independent/independence/to stand alone |
| 吨 |
dūn |
量 |
ton (loanword)/Taiwan pr. [dun4] |
| 朵 |
duǒ |
量 |
flower/earlobe/fig. item on both sides/classifier for flowers, clouds etc |
| 躲 |
duǒ |
动 |
to hide/to dodge/to avoid |
| 独特 |
dútè |
形 |
unique; distinctive |
| 读音 |
dúyīn |
名 |
pronunciation/literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 独自 |
dúzì |
副 |
alone |
| 儿女 |
érnǚ |
名 |
children; sons and daughters/a young man and a young woman (in love) |
| 二手 |
èrshǒu |
形 |
indirectly acquired/second-hand (information, equipment etc)/assistant |
| 二维码 |
èrwéimǎ |
名 |
2D barcode; matrix code/(esp.) QR code |
| 罚 |
fá |
动 |
to punish; to penalize; to fine |
| 发表 |
fābiǎo |
动 |
to issue/to publish |
| 发布 |
fābù |
动 |
to release/to issue/to announce/to distribute/also written 發布|发布[fa1 bu4] |
| 发达 |
fādá |
形、动 |
well-developed; flourishing/to develop; to promote; to expand/(literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper |
| 发挥 |
fāhuī |
动 |
to display/to exhibit/to bring out implicit or innate qualities/to express (a thought or moral)/to develop (an idea)/to elaborate (on a theme) |
| 罚款 |
fákuǎn |
动、名 |
to fine/penalty/fine (monetary) |
| 发明 |
fāmíng |
动、名 |
to invent/an invention |
| 反 |
fǎn |
- |
形、动、副 contrary/in reverse/inside out or upside down/to reverse/to return/to oppose/opposite/against/anti-/to rebel/to use analogy/instead/abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system |
| 翻 |
fān |
动 |
to turn over/to flip over/to overturn/to rummage through/to translate/to decode/to double/to climb over or into/to cross |
| 反而 |
fǎn’ér |
副 |
instead/on the contrary/contrary (to expectations) |
| 反复 |
fǎnfù |
- |
副、动、名 repeatedly/over and over/to upend/unstable/to come and go/(of an illness) to return |
| 防 |
fáng |
动 |
to protect/to defend/to guard against/to prevent |
| 方 |
fāng |
形、名 |
surname Fang/square/power or involution (math.)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 方案 |
fāngàn |
名 |
plan/program (for action etc)/proposal/proposed bill |
| 仿佛 |
fǎngfú |
副 |
to seem/as if/alike/similar |
| 访问 |
fǎngwèn |
动 |
to visit; to call on/to interview |
| 房屋 |
fángwū |
名 |
house/building |
| 防止 |
fángzhǐ |
动 |
to prevent/to guard against/to take precautions |
| 返回 |
fǎnhuí |
动 |
to return to/to come (or go) back |
| 番茄 |
fānqié |
名 |
tomato |
| 繁荣 |
fánróng |
形、动 |
prosperous; booming |
| 范围 |
fànwéi |
名 |
range/scope/limit/extent |
| 反应 |
fǎnyìng |
动、名 |
to react/to respond/reaction/response/reply/chemical reaction |
| 反映 |
fǎnyìng |
动 |
to mirror/to reflect/mirror image/reflection/(fig.) to report/to make known/to render |
| 反正 |
fǎnzhèng |
副 |
anyway/in any case/to come over from the enemy's side |
| 发起 |
fāqǐ |
动 |
to originate/to initiate/to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)/to start/to propose sth (for the first time) |
| 发言 |
fāyán |
动、名 |
to make a speech/statement/utterance |
| 发音 |
fāyīn |
动、名 |
to pronounce/pronunciation/to emit sound |
| 法院 |
fǎyuàn |
名 |
court of law/court |
| 飞行 |
fēixíng |
动 |
(of planes etc) to fly/flying/flight/aviation |
| 飞行员 |
fēixíngyuán |
名 |
pilot/aviator |
| 非洲 |
Fēizhōu |
名 |
Africa/abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1] |
| 分别 |
fēnbié |
- |
动、副、名 to part; to leave each other/to distinguish; to tell apart/difference; distinction/in different ways; differently/separately; individually |
| 分布 |
fēnbù |
动 |
to scatter/to distribute/to be distributed (over an area etc)/(statistical, geographic) distribution |
| 奋斗 |
fèndòu |
动 |
to strive; to struggle |
| 纷纷 |
fēnfēn |
- |
形、副 one after another/in succession/one by one/continuously/diverse/in profusion/numerous and confused/pell-mell |
| 丰富多彩 |
fēngfù-duōcǎi |
- |
richly colorful |
| 风格 |
fēnggé |
名 |
style |
| 疯狂 |
fēngkuáng |
形 |
crazy; frenzied; wild |
| 风俗 |
fēngsú |
名 |
social custom |
| 风险 |
fēngxiǎn |
名 |
risk; hazard |
| 分类 |
fēnlèi |
动 |
to classify |
| 分离 |
fēnlí |
动 |
to separate |
| 分配 |
fēnpèi |
动 |
to distribute/to assign/to allocate/to partition (a hard drive) |
| 分手 |
fēnshǒu |
动 |
to part company/to split up/to break up |
| 分析 |
fēnxī |
动 |
to analyze/analysis |
| 分享 |
fēnxiǎng |
动 |
to share (let others have some of sth good) |
| 否定 |
fǒudìng |
动、形 |
to negate/to deny/to reject/negative (answer)/negation |
| 否认 |
fǒurèn |
动 |
to declare to be untrue/to deny |
| 扶 |
fú |
动 |
to support with the hand/to help sb up/to support oneself by holding onto something/to help |
| 福 |
fú |
名 |
surname Fu/abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2jian4 sheng3]/good fortune/happiness/luck |
| 副 |
fù |
量 |
secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb/classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions |
| 富 |
fù |
形 |
surname Fu/rich/abundant/wealthy |
| 付出 |
fùchū |
动 |
to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) |
| 负担 |
fùdān |
动、名 |
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)/burden |
| 夫妇 |
fūfù |
名 |
a (married) couple/husband and wife |
| 妇女 |
fùnǚ |
名 |
woman |
| 富有 |
fùyǒu |
形、动 |
rich; wealthy; affluent/to be rich in; to be replete with |
| 复制 |
fùzhì |
动 |
to duplicate/to make a copy of/to copy/to reproduce/to clone |
| 服装 |
fúzhuāng |
名 |
dress/clothing/costume/clothes |
| 盖 |
gài |
名、动 |
lid/top/cover/canopy/to cover/to conceal/to build |
| 改革 |
gǎigé |
动 |
reform/to reform |
| 改进 |
gǎijìn |
动 |
to improve; to make better/improvement |
| 概括 |
gàikuò |
动、形 |
to summarize; to generalize/briefly; in broad outline |
| 概念 |
gàiniàn |
名 |
concept/idea |
| 改善 |
gǎishàn |
动 |
to make better; to improve |
| 改天 |
gǎitiān |
副 |
another day/some other time/to find another day (for appointment etc)/to take a rain check |
| 改正 |
gǎizhèng |
动 |
to correct/to amend/to put right/correction |
| 刚好 |
gānghǎo |
- |
形、副 just/exactly/to happen to be |
| 敢于 |
gǎnyú |
动 |
to have the courage to do sth/to dare to/bold in |
| 搞 |
gǎo |
动 |
to do/to make/to go in for/to set up/to get hold of/to take care of |
| 告别 |
gàobié |
动 |
to leave; to part from/to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to |
| 高大 |
gāodà |
形 |
tall; lofty; towering |
| 高档 |
gāodàng |
形 |
superior quality/high grade/top grade |
| 高度 |
gāodù |
名、形 |
height/altitude/elevation/high degree/highly |
| 高级 |
gāojí |
形 |
high level/high grade/advanced/high-ranking |
| 高科技 |
gāokējì |
名 |
high tech; high technology |
| 高效 |
gāoxiào |
形 |
efficient/highly effective |
| 隔 |
gé |
动 |
to separate/to partition/to stand or lie between/at a distance from/after or at an interval of |
| 个别 |
gèbié |
- |
副、形 individually; one by one/just one or two; exceptional; rare |
| 歌词 |
gēcí |
名 |
song lyric/lyrics |
| 各行各业 |
gèháng-gèyè |
- |
every trade/all professions/all walks of life |
| 根 |
gēn |
- |
名、量 root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings/radical (chemistry) |
| 根本 |
gēnběn |
- |
名、形、副 fundamental/basic/root/simply/absolutely (not)/(not) at all |
| 更换 |
gēnghuàn |
动 |
to replace (a worn-out tire etc)/to change (one's address etc) |
| 更新 |
gēngxīn |
动 |
to replace the old with new/to renew/to renovate/to upgrade/to update/to regenerate |
| 歌曲 |
gēqǔ |
名 |
song |
| 个人 |
gèrén |
名 |
individual/personal/oneself |
| 格外 |
géwài |
副 |
especially/particularly |
| 个性 |
gèxìng |
名 |
individuality/personality |
| 各自 |
gèzì |
代 |
each/respective/apiece |
| 公布 |
gōngbù |
动 |
to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 工程 |
gōngchéng |
名 |
engineering/an engineering project/project/undertaking |
| 工程师 |
gōngchéngshī |
名 |
engineer |
| 工具 |
gōngjù |
名 |
tool/instrument/utensil/means (to achieve a goal etc) |
| 功能 |
gōngnéng |
名 |
function; capability |
| 公平 |
gōngpíng |
形 |
fair/impartial |
| 公务员 |
gōngwùyuán |
名 |
civil servant; public servant |
| 恭喜 |
gōngxǐ |
动 |
to congratulate/(interj.) congratulations! |
| 贡献 |
gòngxiàn |
动、名 |
to contribute/to dedicate/to devote/contribution |
| 共享 |
gòngxiǎng |
动 |
to share/to enjoy together |
| 工业 |
gōngyè |
名 |
industry |
| 工艺 |
gōngyì |
名 |
arts and crafts/industrial arts |
| 公寓 |
gōngyù |
名 |
apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) |
| 构成 |
gòuchéng |
动、名 |
to constitute/to form/to compose/to make up/to configure (computing) |
| 沟通 |
gōutōng |
动 |
to join; to connect; to link up/to communicate |
| 古 |
gǔ |
形 |
surname Gu/ancient/old/paleo- |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
名、动、形 |
drum/to drum/to strike/to rouse/to bulge/to swell |
| 挂号 |
guàhào |
动 |
to register (at a hospital etc)/to send by registered mail |
| 怪 |
guài |
- |
形、动、副 bewildering/odd/strange/uncanny/devil/monster/to wonder at/to blame/quite/rather |
| 关闭 |
guānbì |
动 |
to close; to shut (a window etc)/(of a shop, school etc) to shut down |
| 观察 |
guānchá |
动 |
to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观点 |
guāndiǎn |
名 |
point of view/viewpoint/standpoint |
| 广 |
guǎng |
形 |
surname Guang/wide/numerous/to spread |
| 广场 |
guǎngchǎng |
名 |
public square; plaza |
| 广大 |
guǎngdà |
形 |
(of an area) vast or extensive/large-scale/widespread/(of people) numerous |
| 广泛 |
guǎngfàn |
形 |
wide; broad; extensive; widespread |
| 光临 |
guānglín |
动 |
(formal) to honor with one's presence/to attend |
| 光明 |
guāngmíng |
名、形 |
light/radiance/(fig.) bright (prospects etc)/openhearted |
| 光线 |
guāngxiàn |
名 |
light ray/light/illumination/lighting (for a photograph) |
| 冠军 |
guànjūn |
名 |
champion |
| 观念 |
guānniàn |
名 |
notion/thought/concept/sense/views/ideology/general impressions |
| 古代 |
gǔdài |
名 |
ancient times |
| 固定 |
gùdìng |
动 |
to fix/to fasten/to set rigidly in place/fixed/set/regular |
| 规律 |
guīlǜ |
名、形 |
rule (e.g. of science)/law of behavior/regular pattern/rhythm/discipline |
| 规模 |
guīmó |
名 |
scale/scope/extent |
| 贵姓 |
guìxìng |
名 |
what is your surname?/(May I ask) your surname? |
| 规则 |
guīzé |
名、形 |
rule/regulation/rules and regulations |
| 柜子 |
guìzi |
名 |
cupboard/cabinet |
| 古老 |
gǔlǎo |
形 |
ancient/old/age-old |
| 滚 |
gǔn |
动 |
to boil/to roll/to take a hike/Get lost! |
| 锅 |
guō |
名 |
pot; pan; wok; cauldron/pot-shaped thing |
| 过度 |
guòdù |
形 |
excessive/over-/excess/going too far/extravagant/intemperate/overdue |
| 过分 |
guòfèn |
形 |
excessive; undue/unduly; overly |
| 国画 |
guóhuà |
名 |
traditional Chinese painting |
| 过敏 |
guòmǐn |
动 |
oversensitive/allergic/allergy |
| 过期 |
guòqī |
动 |
to be overdue/to exceed the time limit/to expire (as in expiration date) |
| 国庆 |
guóqìng |
名 |
National Day |
| 果然 |
guǒrán |
副 |
really/sure enough/as expected/if indeed |
| 果实 |
guǒshí |
名 |
fruit (produced by a plant)/(fig.) fruits (of success etc)/results/gains |
| 过于 |
guòyú |
副 |
excessively; too |
| 故乡 |
gùxiāng |
名 |
home/homeland/native place |
| 鼓掌 |
gǔzhǎng |
动 |
to applaud/to clap |
| 哈 |
hā |
- |
拟声、叹 abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1sa4ke4si1tan3], Kazakhstan/abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1er3bin1], Harbin/(interj.) ha!/(onom. for laughter)/(slang) to be infatuated with; to adore/(bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1shi4qi2])/a Pekinese; a pug/(dialect) to scold |
| 海关 |
hǎiguān |
名 |
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) |
| 海外 |
hǎiwài |
名 |
overseas; abroad |
| 海鲜 |
hǎixiān |
名 |
seafood |
| 含 |
hán |
动 |
to keep in the mouth/to contain |
| 行 |
háng |
- |
名、量 row/line/commercial firm/line of business/profession/to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)/(in data tables) row/(Tw) column |
| 行业 |
hángyè |
名 |
trade; profession; industry; business |
| 含量 |
hánliàng |
名 |
content/quantity contained |
| 汗水 |
hànshuǐ |
名 |
sweat/perspiration |
| 含有 |
hányǒu |
动 |
to contain/including |
| 好 |
hào |
动 |
good/appropriate; proper/all right!/(before a verb) easy to/(before a verb) good to/(before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so/(verb complement indicating completion)/(of two people) close; on intimate terms/(after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好评 |
hǎopíng |
名 |
favorable criticism/positive evaluation |
| 好奇 |
hàoqí |
形 |
inquisitive/curious/inquisitiveness/curiosity |
| 好运 |
hǎoyùn |
名 |
good luck |
| 好转 |
hǎozhuǎn |
动 |
to improve/to take a turn for the better/improvement |
| 合 |
hé |
动 |
to close/to join/to fit/to be equal/to whole together/round (in battle)/conjunction (astronomy)/1st note of pentatonic scale |
| 合法 |
héfǎ |
形 |
lawful/legitimate/legal |
| 盒饭 |
héfàn |
名 |
meal in a partitioned box |
| 黑 |
hēi |
形 |
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]/black/dark/sinister/secret/shady/illegal/to hide (sth) away/to vilify/(loanword) to hack (computing) |
| 合理 |
hélǐ |
形 |
rational; reasonable; sensible; fair |
| 河流 |
héliú |
名 |
river |
| 合同 |
hétóng |
名 |
contract; agreement |
| 合影 |
héyǐng |
动、名 |
to take a joint photo/group photo |
| 合作 |
hézuò |
动 |
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 红 |
hóng |
形 |
surname Hong/red/popular/revolutionary/bonus |
| 厚度 |
hòudù |
名 |
thickness |
| 后果 |
hòuguǒ |
名 |
consequences/aftermath |
| 猴子 |
hóuzi |
名 |
monkey |
| 湖 |
hú |
名 |
lake |
| 滑 |
huá |
形、动 |
surname Hua/to slip; to slide/slippery; smooth/sly; slippery; not to be trusted |
| 划 |
huá |
动 |
to row/to paddle/profitable/worth (the effort)/it pays (to do sth)/to cut/to slash/to scratch (cut into the surface of sth)/to strike (a match)/to delimit/to transfer/to assign/to plan/to draw (a line)/stroke of a Chinese character |
| 化 |
huà |
- |
后缀、动 to make into/to change into/-ization/to ... -ize/to transform/abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] |
| 话费 |
huàfèi |
名 |
call charge |
| 花费 |
huāfèi |
动 |
expense/cost/to spend (time or money)/expenditure |
| 画面 |
huàmiàn |
名 |
scene/tableau/picture/image/screen (displayed by a computer)/(motion picture) frame/field of view |
| 黄瓜 |
huángguā |
名 |
cucumber |
| 黄金 |
huángjīn |
名 |
gold/golden (opportunity)/prime (time) |
| 环节 |
huánjié |
名 |
(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)/(fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc |
| 缓解 |
huǎnjiě |
动 |
to bring relief/to alleviate (a crisis)/to dull (a pain) |
| 缓慢 |
huǎnmàn |
形 |
slow |
| 话题 |
huàtí |
名 |
subject (of a talk or conversation)/topic |
| 化学 |
huàxué |
名 |
chemistry/chemical |
| 蝴蝶 |
húdié |
名 |
butterfly |
| 互动 |
hùdòng |
动 |
to interact/interactive |
| 灰 |
huī |
名、形 |
ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged; dejected |
| 挥 |
huī |
动 |
to wave/to brandish/to command/to conduct/to scatter/to disperse |
| 恢复 |
huīfù |
动 |
to reinstate/to resume/to restore/to recover/to regain/to rehabilitate |
| 汇率 |
huìlǜ |
名 |
exchange rate |
| 灰色 |
huīsè |
名、形 |
gray/ash gray/grizzly/pessimistic/gloomy/dispirited/ambiguous |
| 回收 |
huíshōu |
动 |
to recycle/to reclaim/to retrieve/to recover/to recall (a defective product) |
| 婚礼 |
hūnlǐ |
名 |
wedding ceremony/wedding |
| 伙 |
huǒ |
量 |
companion/partner/group/classifier for groups of people/to combine/together |
| 伙伴 |
huǒbàn |
名 |
partner/companion/comrade |
| 火锅 |
huǒguō |
名 |
hotpot/(basketball) a blocked shot; a block |
| 或是 |
huòshì |
- |
副、连 or/either one or the other |
| 货物 |
huòwù |
名 |
goods/commodity/merchandise |
| 或许 |
huòxǔ |
副 |
perhaps; maybe |
| 忽视 |
hūshì |
动 |
to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore |
| 胡同 |
hútòng |
名 |
lane/alley |
| 户外 |
hùwài |
名 |
outdoor |
| 呼吸 |
hūxī |
动 |
to breathe |
| 及 |
jí |
连 |
and/to reach/up to/in time for |
| 级 |
jí |
- |
名、量 level/grade/rank/step (of stairs)/classifier: step, level |
| 集 |
jí |
- |
名、量 to gather/to collect/collected works/classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode |
| 系 |
jì |
动 |
to tie/to fasten/to button up |
| 挤 |
jǐ |
动、形 |
to crowd in/to cram in/to force others aside/to press/to squeeze/to find (time in one's busy schedule) |
| 架 |
jià |
- |
名、动、量 to support/frame/rack/framework/classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc |
| 甲 |
jiǎ |
名 |
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/(used for an unspecified person or thing)/first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)/letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/armor plating/shell or carapace/(of the fingers or toes) nail/bladed leather or metal armor (old)/ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)/civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)/ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 嘉宾 |
jiābīn |
名 |
esteemed guest/honored guest/guest (on a show) |
| 家电 |
jiādiàn |
名 |
household electric appliance/abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 |
| 加工 |
jiāgōng |
动 |
to process/processing/working (of machinery) |
| 建 |
jiàn |
动 |
to establish/to found/to set up/to build/to construct |
| 键 |
jiàn |
名 |
key (on a piano or computer keyboard)/button (on a mouse or other device)/chemical bond/linchpin |
| 捡 |
jiǎn |
动 |
to pick up; to collect; to gather |
| 剪 |
jiǎn |
动 |
surname Jian/scissors/shears/clippers/to cut with scissors/to trim/to wipe out or exterminate |
| 剪刀 |
jiǎndāo |
名 |
scissors |
| 减肥 |
jiǎnféi |
动 |
to lose weight |
| 讲话 |
jiǎnghuà |
名 |
a speech/to speak/to talk/to address |
| 将近 |
jiāngjìn |
副 |
almost/nearly/close to |
| 讲究 |
jiǎngjiu |
动、形 |
to pay particular attention to/carefully selected for quality/tastefully chosen |
| 奖励 |
jiǎnglì |
动 |
to reward/reward (as encouragement) |
| 讲述 |
jiǎngshù |
动 |
to talk about; to narrate; to give an account |
| 降水 |
jiàngshuǐ |
动 |
rain and snow/precipitation (meteorology) |
| 讲座 |
jiǎngzuò |
名 |
course of lectures; lecture series/chair (academic position) |
| 渐渐 |
jiànjiàn |
副 |
gradually |
| 艰苦 |
jiānkǔ |
形 |
difficult/hard/arduous |
| 建立 |
jiànlì |
动 |
to establish/to set up/to found |
| 简历 |
jiǎnlì |
名 |
curriculum vitae (CV)/résumé/biographical notes |
| 键盘 |
jiànpán |
名 |
keyboard |
| 坚强 |
jiānqiáng |
形 |
staunch/strong |
| 建设 |
jiànshè |
动 |
to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建造 |
jiànzào |
动 |
to construct; to build |
| 简直 |
jiǎnzhí |
副 |
simply; really |
| 建筑 |
jiànzhù |
动、名 |
to construct/building |
| 较 |
jiào |
- |
介、副 (bound form) to compare/(literary) to dispute/compared to/(before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather/also pr. [jiao3] |
| 浇 |
jiāo |
动 |
to pour liquid/to irrigate (using waterwheel)/to water/to cast (molten metal)/to mold |
| 脚步 |
jiǎobù |
名 |
footstep/step |
| 教材 |
jiàocái |
名 |
teaching material |
| 角度 |
jiǎodù |
名 |
angle/point of view |
| 交换 |
jiāohuàn |
动 |
to exchange/to swap/to switch (telecom)/commutative (math)/to commute |
| 交往 |
jiāowǎng |
动 |
to associate (with)/to have contact (with)/to hang out (with)/to date/(interpersonal) relationship/association/contact |
| 交易 |
jiāoyì |
动、名 |
to deal; to trade; to transact/transaction; deal |
| 加热 |
jiārè |
动 |
to heat |
| 假如 |
jiǎrú |
连 |
if |
| 加深 |
jiāshēn |
动 |
to deepen |
| 驾驶 |
jiàshǐ |
动 |
to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc)/driver; pilot; captain |
| 加速 |
jiāsù |
动 |
to speed up/to expedite |
| 家务 |
jiāwù |
名 |
household duties/housework |
| 驾照 |
jiàzhào |
名 |
driver's license |
| 价值 |
jiàzhí |
名 |
value/worth/fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) |
| 疾病 |
jíbìng |
名 |
disease; sickness; ailment |
| 季度 |
jìdù |
名 |
quarter of a year/season (sports) |
| 结 |
jié |
动、名 |
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)/Taiwan pr. [jie2]/knot/sturdy/bond/to tie/to bind/to check out (of a hotel) |
| 届 |
jiè |
量 |
to arrive at (place or time)/period/to become due/classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) |
| 接触 |
jiēchù |
动 |
to touch/to contact/access/in touch with |
| 接待 |
jiēdài |
动 |
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients) |
| 阶段 |
jiēduàn |
名 |
stage/section/phase/period |
| 结构 |
jiégòu |
名 |
structure/composition/makeup/architecture |
| 结合 |
jiéhé |
动 |
to combine/to link/to integrate/binding |
| 接近 |
jiējìn |
动 |
to approach; to get close to |
| 结论 |
jiélùn |
名 |
conclusion/verdict/to conclude/to reach a verdict |
| 节省 |
jiéshěng |
动 |
saving/to save/to use sparingly/to cut down on |
| 接收 |
jiēshōu |
动 |
reception (of transmitted signal)/to receive/to accept/to admit/to take over (e.g. a factory)/to expropriate |
| 及格 |
jígé |
动 |
to pass an exam or a test/to meet a minimum standard |
| 机构 |
jīgòu |
名 |
mechanism/structure/organization/agency/institution |
| 集合 |
jíhé |
动 |
to gather; to assemble/(math.) set |
| 即将 |
jíjiāng |
副 |
about to; on the point of; soon |
| 激烈 |
jīliè |
形 |
(of competition or fighting) intense/fierce/(of pain) acute/(of an expression of opinion) impassioned/vehement/(of a course of action) drastic/extreme |
| 记录 |
jìlù |
动、名 |
to record/record (written account)/note-taker/record (in sports etc) |
| 纪录 |
jìlù |
名 |
to record/record (written account)/note-taker/record (in sports etc) |
| 纪录片 |
jìlùpiàn |
名 |
newsreel/documentary (film or TV program) |
| 急忙 |
jímáng |
副 |
hastily |
| 紧 |
jǐn |
形、动 |
tight/strict/close at hand/near/urgent/tense/hard up/short of money/to tighten |
| 进步 |
jìnbù |
动、形 |
progress; improvement/to improve; to progress |
| 近代 |
jìndài |
名 |
the not-very-distant past/modern times, excluding recent decades/(in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)/capitalist times (pre-1949) |
| 技能 |
jìnéng |
名 |
technical ability/skill |
| 静 |
jìng |
形、动 |
still/calm/quiet/not moving |
| 经典 |
jīngdiǎn |
名、形 |
the classics/scriptures/classical/classic (example, case etc)/typical |
| 精力 |
jīnglì |
名 |
energy |
| 精神 |
jīngshen |
名、形 |
spirit/mind/consciousness/thought/mental/psychological/essence/gist/vigor; vitality/spirited/good-looking |
| 惊喜 |
jīngxǐ |
形 |
nice surprise/to be pleasantly surprised |
| 经营 |
jīngyíng |
动 |
to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate |
| 纪念 |
jìniàn |
动、名 |
to commemorate; to honor the memory of/memento; keepsake; souvenir |
| 纪念日 |
jìniànrì |
名 |
day of commemoration/memorial day |
| 紧急 |
jǐnjí |
形 |
urgent/emergency |
| 进口 |
jìnkǒu |
动 |
to import/imported/entrance/inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) |
| 尽快 |
jǐnkuài |
副 |
as quickly as possible; as soon as possible |
| 尽力 |
jìnlì |
动 |
to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort |
| 尽量 |
jǐnliàng |
副 |
as much as possible/to the greatest extent |
| 紧密 |
jǐnmì |
形 |
inseparably close |
| 近年来 |
jìnniánlái |
- |
for the past few years |
| 近期 |
jìnqī |
名 |
near in time/in the near future/very soon/recent |
| 近日 |
jìnrì |
名 |
(in) the past few days/recently/(within) the next few days |
| 今日 |
jīnrì |
名 |
today |
| 谨慎 |
jǐnshèn |
形 |
cautious/prudent |
| 进一步 |
jìnyíbù |
副 |
to go a step further/(develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 极其 |
jíqí |
副 |
extremely |
| 机器 |
jīqì |
名 |
machine |
| 机器人 |
jīqìrén |
名 |
robot; android |
| 肌肉 |
jīròu |
名 |
muscle/flesh |
| 计算 |
jìsuàn |
动 |
to count/to calculate/to compute |
| 计算机 |
jìsuànjī |
名 |
computer/(Tw) calculator |
| 集体 |
jítǐ |
名 |
collective (decision)/joint (effort)/a group/a team/en masse/as a group |
| 救 |
jiù |
动 |
to save/to assist/to rescue |
| 酒吧 |
jiǔbā |
名 |
bar (place to buy drinks) |
| 救护车 |
jiùhùchē |
名 |
ambulance |
| 就业 |
jiùyè |
动 |
to get a job/employment |
| 久远 |
jiǔyuǎn |
形 |
old/ancient/far away |
| 急需 |
jíxū |
动 |
to urgently need/urgent need |
| 记忆 |
jìyì |
动、名 |
to remember; to recall/memory |
| 记载 |
jìzǎi |
动 |
to write down/to record/written account |
| 急诊 |
jízhěn |
动、名 |
to give or receive urgent medical treatment/emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) |
| 集中 |
jízhōng |
动、形 |
to concentrate/to centralize/to focus/centralized/concentrated/to put together |
| 据 |
jù |
介 |
according to/to act in accordance with/to depend on/to seize/to occupy |
| 距 |
jù |
动 |
to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from/(bound form) distance/spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc) |
| 捐 |
juān |
动 |
to relinquish; to abandon/to contribute; to donate/(bound form) tax; levy |
| 具备 |
jùbèi |
动 |
to possess/to have/equipped with/able to fulfill (conditions or requirements) |
| 剧场 |
jùchǎng |
名 |
theater |
| 巨大 |
jùdà |
形 |
huge/immense/very large/tremendous/gigantic/enormous |
| 绝对 |
juéduì |
- |
形、副 absolute; unconditional |
| 决赛 |
juésài |
动、名 |
finals (of a competition) |
| 角色 |
juésè |
名 |
role; part (in a play or movie etc)/also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 决心 |
juéxīn |
名、动 |
determination/resolution/determined/firm and resolute/to make up one's mind |
| 居民 |
jūmín |
名 |
resident; inhabitant |
| 居然 |
jūrán |
副 |
unexpectedly/to one's surprise/go so far as to |
| 据说 |
jùshuō |
动 |
it is said that; reportedly |
| 具体 |
jùtǐ |
形、动 |
concrete; specific; detailed |
| 具有 |
jùyǒu |
动 |
to have; to possess |
| 居住 |
jūzhù |
动 |
to reside/to dwell/to live in a place/resident in |
| 橘子 |
júzi |
名 |
tangerine |
| 开发 |
kāifā |
动 |
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 开放 |
kāifàng |
动、形 |
to bloom/to open/to be open (to the public)/to open up (to the outside)/to be open-minded/unrestrained by convention/unconstrained in one's sexuality |
| 开幕 |
kāimù |
动 |
to open (a conference)/to inaugurate |
| 开幕式 |
kāimùshì |
名 |
opening ceremony |
| 开水 |
kāishuǐ |
名 |
boiled water/boiling water |
| 开通 |
kāitōng |
动 |
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)/open-minded |
| 开业 |
kāiyè |
动 |
to open a business/to open a practice/open (for business) |
| 开展 |
kāizhǎn |
动 |
to launch/to develop/to unfold/(of an exhibition etc) to open |
| 看 |
kān |
动 |
to see; to look at/to read/to watch/to visit; to call on/to consider; to regard as/to look after/to treat (a patient or illness)/to depend on/to feel (that)/(after a verb) to give it a try/to watch out for |
| 看望 |
kànwàng |
动 |
to pay a visit to; to see (sb) |
| 看作 |
kànzuò |
动 |
to look upon as/to regard as |
| 靠 |
kào |
动 |
to lean against or on/to stand by the side of/to come near to/to depend on/to trust/to fuck (vulgar)/traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) |
| 靠近 |
kàojìn |
动 |
to be close to/to approach; to draw near |
| 颗 |
kē |
量 |
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc |
| 克服 |
kèfú |
动 |
(try to) overcome (hardships etc)/to conquer/to put up with/to endure |
| 客服 |
kèfú |
形 |
customer service |
| 客观 |
kèguān |
形 |
objective/impartial |
| 客户 |
kèhù |
名 |
client/customer |
| 可见 |
kějiàn |
连 |
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)/it is (thus) clear/clear/visible |
| 可靠 |
kěkào |
形 |
reliable |
| 可怕 |
kěpà |
形 |
awful/dreadful/fearful/formidable/frightful/scary/hideous/horrible/terrible/terribly |
| 科研 |
kēyán |
动 |
(scientific) research |
| 空间 |
kōngjiān |
名 |
space; room/(fig.) scope; leeway/(astronomy) outer space/(physics, math.) space |
| 控制 |
kòngzhì |
动 |
to control |
| 空中 |
kōngzhōng |
名、形 |
in the sky/in the air |
| 口袋 |
kǒudai |
名 |
pocket/bag; sack |
| 口味 |
kǒuwèi |
名 |
a person's preferences/tastes (in food)/flavor |
| 库 |
kù |
名 |
warehouse/storehouse/(file) library |
| 宽 |
kuān |
- |
形、名、动 surname Kuan/wide/broad/loose/relaxed/lenient |
| 宽度 |
kuāndù |
名 |
width |
| 亏 |
kuī |
动 |
to lose (money); to have a deficit/to be deficient/to treat unfairly/luckily; fortunately; thanks to/(used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations) |
| 昆虫 |
kūnchóng |
名 |
insect |
| 扩大 |
kuòdà |
动 |
to expand/to enlarge/to broaden one's scope |
| 来源 |
láiyuán |
名、动 |
source (of information etc)/origin |
| 老百姓 |
lǎobǎixìng |
名 |
ordinary people/the "person in the street" |
| 老板 |
lǎobǎn |
名 |
Robam (brand)/boss/business proprietor |
| 劳动 |
láodòng |
名、动 |
work/toil/physical labor |
| 老公 |
lǎogōng |
名 |
(coll.) husband/(coll.) eunuch/see also 老公[lao3 gong1] |
| 姥姥 |
lǎolao |
名 |
(coll.) mother's mother/maternal grandmother |
| 老婆 |
lǎopo |
名 |
(coll.) wife |
| 姥爷 |
lǎoye |
名 |
maternal grandfather (dialectal) |
| 乐观 |
lèguān |
形 |
optimistic; hopeful |
| 泪 |
lèi |
名 |
(bound form) tears; teardrops |
| 类 |
lèi |
- |
名、量 kind/type/class/category/similar/like/to resemble |
| 泪水 |
lèishuǐ |
名 |
teardrop/tears |
| 类似 |
lèisì |
动 |
similar; analogous |
| 类型 |
lèixíng |
名 |
type; kind; category/(computer programming) type |
| 乐趣 |
lèqù |
名 |
delight; pleasure; joy |
| 梨 |
lí |
名 |
pear |
| 力 |
lì |
- |
名、后缀 surname Li/power/force/strength/ability/strenuously |
| 恋爱 |
liànài |
动、名 |
(romantic) love/in love/to have an affair |
| 量 |
liàng |
名 |
to measure/capacity/quantity/amount/to estimate/abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)/measure word |
| 良好 |
liánghǎo |
形 |
good/favorable/well/fine |
| 粮食 |
liángshi |
名 |
foodstuff/cereals |
| 联合 |
liánhé |
动、形 |
to combine/to join/unite/alliance |
| 连接 |
liánjiē |
动 |
to link; to join; to connect |
| 连忙 |
liánmáng |
副 |
promptly/at once |
| 脸色 |
liǎnsè |
名 |
complexion/look |
| 连续 |
liánxù |
动 |
continuous/in a row/serial/consecutive |
| 了不起 |
liǎobuqǐ |
形 |
amazing/terrific/extraordinary |
| 列车 |
lièchē |
名 |
(railway) train |
| 离婚 |
líhūn |
动 |
to divorce |
| 立即 |
lìjí |
副 |
immediately |
| 立刻 |
lìkè |
副 |
forthwith/immediate/prompt/promptly/straightway/thereupon/at once |
| 力量 |
lìliàng |
名 |
power; force; strength |
| 理论 |
lǐlùn |
名、动 |
theory/to argue/to take notice of |
| 厘米 |
límǐ |
量 |
centimeter |
| 铃 |
líng |
名 |
(small) bell |
| 令 |
lìng |
动、名 |
classifier for a ream of paper/to order/to command/an order/warrant/writ/to cause/to make sth happen/virtuous/honorific title/season/government position (old)/type of short song or poem |
| 领 |
lǐng |
名、动 |
neck/collar/to lead/to receive/classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc |
| 领带 |
lǐngdài |
名 |
necktie |
| 领导 |
lǐngdǎo |
动、名 |
lead/leading/to lead/leadership/leader |
| 灵活 |
línghuó |
形 |
flexible/nimble/agile |
| 领取 |
lǐngqǔ |
动 |
to receive; to draw; to get |
| 领先 |
lǐngxiān |
动 |
to lead/to be in front |
| 领域 |
lǐngyù |
名 |
domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 临时 |
línshí |
- |
副、形 as the time draws near/at the last moment/temporary/interim/ad hoc |
| 利润 |
lìrùn |
名 |
profits |
| 里头 |
lǐtou |
名 |
inside/interior |
| 流传 |
liúchuán |
动 |
to spread/to circulate/to hand down |
| 流感 |
liúgǎn |
名 |
flu; influenza |
| 浏览 |
liúlǎn |
动 |
to skim over/to browse |
| 留言 |
liúyán |
动、名 |
to leave a message; to leave one's comments/message |
| 利益 |
lìyì |
名 |
benefit/(in sb's) interest |
| 利用 |
lìyòng |
动 |
to exploit/to make use of/to use/to take advantage of/to utilize |
| 理由 |
lǐyóu |
名 |
reason/grounds/justification |
| 离职 |
lízhí |
动 |
to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)/to leave one's job; to resign |
| 龙 |
lóng |
名 |
surname Long/Chinese dragon; loong/(fig.) emperor/dragon/(bound form) dinosaur |
| 漏 |
lòu |
动 |
to leak/to divulge/to leave out by mistake/waterclock or hourglass (old) |
| 录 |
lù |
动 |
to carve wood/surname Lu/diary/record/to hit/to copy |
| 陆地 |
lùdì |
名 |
dry land (as opposed to the sea) |
| 论文 |
lùnwén |
名 |
paper/treatise/thesis/to discuss a paper or thesis (old) |
| 逻辑 |
luójí |
名 |
logic (loanword) |
| 录取 |
lùqǔ |
动 |
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam/to admit (a student)/to hire (a job candidate) |
| 路人 |
lùrén |
名 |
passer-by/stranger |
| 路线 |
lùxiàn |
名 |
itinerary/route/political line (e.g. right revisionist road) |
| 旅行社 |
lǚxíngshè |
名 |
travel agency |
| 陆续 |
lùxù |
副 |
in turn/successively/one after the other/bit by bit |
| 录音 |
lùyīn |
动、名 |
to record (sound)/sound recording |
| 骂 |
mà |
动 |
to scold/to abuse/to curse |
| 买卖 |
mǎimai |
名 |
buying and selling/business/business transactions |
| 忙碌 |
mánglù |
形 |
busy; bustling |
| 满足 |
mǎnzú |
动 |
to satisfy/to meet (the needs of)/satisfied/content |
| 毛笔 |
máobǐ |
名 |
writing brush |
| 毛病 |
máobìng |
名 |
fault/defect/shortcomings/ailment |
| 矛盾 |
máodùn |
名、动、形 |
contradiction/conflicting views/contradictory |
| 没法儿 |
méifǎr |
动 |
(coll.) can't do anything about it/(coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that .../(coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) |
| 玫瑰 |
méigui |
名 |
rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa)/rose flower |
| 魅力 |
mèilì |
名 |
charm/fascination/glamor/charisma |
| 美术 |
měishù |
名 |
art/fine arts/painting |
| 媒体 |
méitǐ |
名 |
media, esp. news media |
| 美味 |
měiwèi |
名 |
delicious/delicious food/delicacy |
| 门诊 |
ménzhěn |
动 |
outpatient service |
| 迷 |
mí |
动 |
to bewilder/crazy about/fan/enthusiast/lost/confused |
| 面 |
miàn |
名 |
face/side/surface/aspect/top/classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc/flour/noodles/(of food) soft (not crunchy)/(slang) (of a person) ineffectual/spineless |
| 面积 |
miànjī |
名 |
area (of a floor, piece of land etc)/surface area/tract of land |
| 面临 |
miànlín |
动 |
to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 面向 |
miànxiàng |
动 |
to face/to turn towards/to incline to/geared towards/catering for/-oriented/facial feature/appearance/aspect/facet |
| 描述 |
miáoshù |
动 |
to describe/description |
| 迷路 |
mílù |
动 |
to lose the way/lost/labyrinth/labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) |
| 秘密 |
mìmì |
形、名 |
secret; private; confidential; clandestine/a secret (CL:個|个[ge4]) |
| 命 |
mìng |
名 |
life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc |
| 敏感 |
mǐngǎn |
形 |
sensitive/susceptible |
| 名称 |
míngchēng |
名 |
name (of a thing)/name (of an organization) |
| 名牌 |
míngpái |
名 |
famous brand/nameplate/name tag |
| 名片 |
míngpiàn |
名 |
(business) card |
| 明确 |
míngquè |
形、动 |
clear-cut; definite; explicit/to clarify; to specify; to make definite |
| 明显 |
míngxiǎn |
形 |
clear/distinct/obvious |
| 明星 |
míngxīng |
名 |
star; celebrity |
| 命运 |
mìngyùn |
名 |
fate; destiny |
| 密切 |
mìqiè |
形、动 |
close/familiar/intimate/closely (related)/to foster close ties/to pay close attention |
| 秘书 |
mìshū |
名 |
secretary |
| 摸 |
mō |
动 |
to feel with the hand/to touch/to stroke/to grope/to steal/to abstract |
| 模糊 |
móhu |
形、动 |
vague/indistinct/fuzzy |
| 陌生 |
mòshēng |
形 |
strange/unfamiliar |
| 模式 |
móshì |
名 |
mode/method/pattern |
| 某 |
mǒu |
代 |
some/a certain/sb or sth indefinite/such-and-such |
| 目光 |
mùguāng |
名 |
gaze; (fig.) attention/expression in one's eyes; look/(lit. and fig.) sight; vision |
| 木头 |
mùtou |
名 |
slow-witted/blockhead/log (of wood, timber etc) |
| 难得 |
nándé |
形 |
seldom/rare/hard to come by |
| 难度 |
nándù |
名 |
degree of difficulty |
| 难以 |
nányǐ |
动 |
hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 男子 |
nánzǐ |
名 |
a man; a male |
| 闹 |
nào |
形、动 |
noisy/cacophonous/to make noise/to disturb/to vent (feelings)/to fall ill/to have an attack (of sickness)/to go in (for some activity)/to joke |
| 闹钟 |
nàozhōng |
名 |
alarm clock |
| 哪怕 |
nǎpà |
连 |
even/even if/even though/no matter how |
| 内部 |
nèibù |
名 |
interior/inside (part, section)/internal |
| 能干 |
nénggàn |
形 |
capable/competent |
| 念 |
niàn |
动 |
to read/to study (a subject)/to attend (a school)/to read aloud/to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4])/to miss (sb)/idea/remembrance/twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) |
| 年初 |
niánchū |
名 |
beginning of the year |
| 年代 |
niándài |
名 |
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)/age/era/period |
| 年纪 |
niánjì |
名 |
age |
| 年夜饭 |
niányèfàn |
名 |
New Year's Eve family dinner |
| 牛仔裤 |
niúzǎikù |
名 |
jeans |
| 浓 |
nóng |
形 |
concentrated/dense/strong (smell etc) |
| 农民 |
nóngmín |
名 |
peasant; farmer |
| 农业 |
nóngyè |
名 |
agriculture/farming |
| 女子 |
nǚzǐ |
名 |
woman/female |
| 哦 |
ò |
叹 |
oh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise)/oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth)/sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy/may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of |
| 偶然 |
ǒurán |
形 |
incidentally/occasional/occasionally/by chance/randomly |
| 欧洲 |
Ōuzhōu |
名 |
Europe |
| 派 |
pài |
- |
动、名、量 clique/school/group/faction/to dispatch/to send/to assign/to appoint/pi (Greek letter Ππ)/the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926/(loanword) pie |
| 派出所 |
pàichūsuǒ |
名 |
local police station |
| 排列 |
páiliè |
动 |
to arrange in order/(math.) permutation |
| 拍摄 |
pāishè |
动 |
to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 跑道 |
pǎodào |
名 |
athletic track/track/runway (i.e. airstrip) |
| 赔 |
péi |
动 |
to compensate for loss/to indemnify/to suffer a financial loss |
| 配 |
pèi |
动、形 |
to join/to fit/to mate/to mix/to match/to deserve/to make up (a prescription)/to allocate |
| 陪伴 |
péibàn |
动 |
to accompany |
| 配合 |
pèihé |
动 |
matching/fitting in with/compatible with/to correspond/to fit/to conform to/rapport/to coordinate with/to act in concert with/to cooperate/to become man and wife/to combine parts of machine |
| 配送 |
pèisòng |
动 |
to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配貨|配货[pei4 huo4] and 送貨|送货[song4 huo4])/to deliver (goods) |
| 培训 |
péixùn |
动 |
to cultivate/to train/to groom/training |
| 培养 |
péiyǎng |
动 |
to cultivate/to breed/to foster/to nurture/to educate/to groom (for a position)/education/fostering/culture (biology) |
| 盆 |
pén |
名 |
basin/flower pot/unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters |
| 碰 |
pèng |
动 |
to touch/to meet with/to bump |
| 碰见 |
pèngjiàn |
动 |
to run into/to meet (unexpectedly)/to bump into |
| 匹 |
pǐ |
量 |
(bound form) matching; comparable to/(bound form) alone; single; one of a pair/classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1])/classifier for cloth: bolt/horsepower |
| 批 |
pī |
量 |
to ascertain/to act on/to criticize/to pass on/classifier for batches, lots, military flights/tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) |
| 批 |
pī |
动 |
to ascertain/to act on/to criticize/to pass on/classifier for batches, lots, military flights/tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) |
| 骗 |
piàn |
动 |
to cheat/to swindle/to deceive/to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over |
| 品 |
pǐn |
- |
后缀、动 (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods/(bound form) grade; rank/kind; type; variety/character; disposition; nature; temperament/to taste sth; to sample/to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up/fret (on a guitar or lute) |
| 拼 |
pīn |
动 |
to piece together/to join together/to stake all/adventurous/at the risk of one's life/to spell |
| 平 |
píng |
形、动 |
surname Ping/flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] |
| 评 |
píng |
动 |
to discuss/to comment/to criticize/to judge/to choose (by public appraisal) |
| 凭 |
píng |
动、介 |
to lean against/to rely on/on the basis of/no matter (how, what etc)/proof |
| 平安 |
píngān |
形 |
safe and sound/well/without mishap/quiet and safe/at peace |
| 平衡 |
pínghéng |
形、动 |
balance/equilibrium |
| 评价 |
píngjià |
动、名 |
to evaluate/to assess |
| 凭借 |
píngjiè |
动 |
to rely on/to depend on/by means of/thanks to/sth that one relies on |
| 平静 |
píngjìng |
形 |
tranquil/undisturbed/serene |
| 平均 |
píngjūn |
动、形 |
average; on average/evenly; in equal proportions |
| 屏幕 |
píngmù |
名 |
screen (TV, computer or movie) |
| 平台 |
píngtái |
名 |
platform/terrace/flat-roofed building |
| 品牌 |
pǐnpái |
名 |
brand name/trademark |
| 聘请 |
pìnqǐng |
动 |
to engage/to hire (a lawyer etc) |
| 拼音 |
pīnyīn |
动 |
phonetic writing/pinyin (Chinese romanization) |
| 品质 |
pǐnzhì |
名 |
character/intrinsic quality (of a person)/quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) |
| 品种 |
pǐnzhǒng |
名 |
breed/variety |
| 批准 |
pīzhǔn |
动 |
to approve; to ratify |
| 破坏 |
pòhuài |
动 |
destruction/damage/to wreck/to break/to destroy |
| 普及 |
pǔjí |
动 |
to spread extensively/to generalize/widespread/popular/universal/ubiquitous/pervasive |
| 齐 |
qí |
- |
形、动、副 (name of states and dynasties at several different periods)/surname Qi/neat/even/level with/identical/simultaneous/all together/to even sth out |
| 其 |
qí |
代 |
his/her/its/their/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 欠 |
qiàn |
动 |
to owe/to lack/(literary) to be deficient in/(bound form) yawn/to raise slightly (a part of one's body) |
| 浅 |
qiǎn |
形 |
shallow/light (color) |
| 签 |
qiān |
动 |
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc)/small wood sliver/label/tag |
| 签订 |
qiāndìng |
动 |
to agree to and sign (a treaty etc) |
| 墙 |
qiáng |
名 |
wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])/(slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) |
| 抢 |
qiǎng |
动 |
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)/opposite in direction; contrary/to fight over/to rush/to scramble/to grab/to rob/to snatch |
| 强大 |
qiángdà |
形 |
big and strong; formidable; powerful |
| 强调 |
qiángdiào |
动 |
to emphasize (a statement)/to stress |
| 强度 |
qiángdù |
名 |
strength/intensity |
| 抢救 |
qiǎngjiù |
动 |
to rescue |
| 强烈 |
qiángliè |
形 |
strong; intense |
| 前进 |
qiánjìn |
动 |
to go forward/to forge ahead/to advance/onward |
| 前来 |
qiánlái |
动 |
to come (formal)/before/previously |
| 签名 |
qiānmíng |
动、名 |
to sign (one's name with a pen etc)/to autograph/signature |
| 前途 |
qiántú |
名 |
prospects/future outlook/journey |
| 前往 |
qiánwǎng |
动 |
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 签字 |
qiānzì |
动、名 |
to sign (one's name)/signature |
| 悄悄 |
qiāoqiāo |
副 |
quiet; making little or no noise/surreptitious; stealthy/anxious; worried/Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3] |
| 期待 |
qīdài |
动 |
to look forward to/to await/expectation |
| 切 |
qiē |
动 |
to cut; to slice; to carve/(math) tangential/definitely; absolutely (not)/(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!/to grind/(bound form) close to/(bound form) eager/to correspond to/(used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) |
| 奇迹 |
qíjì |
名 |
miracle/miraculous/wonder/marvel |
| 期间 |
qījiān |
名 |
period of time/time/time period/period |
| 亲 |
qīn |
形、动 |
parent/one's own (flesh and blood)/relative/related/marriage/bride/close/intimate/in person/first-hand/in favor of/pro-/to kiss/(Internet slang) dear |
| 亲爱 |
qīnài |
形 |
dear/beloved/darling |
| 勤奋 |
qínfèn |
形 |
hardworking/diligent |
| 青 |
qīng |
形 |
abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province/green/blue/black/youth/young (of people) |
| 情感 |
qínggǎn |
名 |
feeling/emotion/to move (emotionally) |
| 请教 |
qǐngjiào |
动 |
to ask for guidance/to consult |
| 情景 |
qíngjǐng |
名 |
scene; spectacle/circumstances; situation |
| 请求 |
qǐngqiú |
动、名 |
to request; to ask/request (CL:個|个[ge4]) |
| 情绪 |
qíngxù |
名 |
mood/state of mind/moodiness |
| 轻易 |
qīngyì |
- |
形、副 easy; simple/rashly; offhandedly |
| 轻重 |
qīngzhòng |
名 |
severity (of the case)/degree of seriousness/whether sth is slight or serious |
| 亲朋好友 |
qīnpéng-hǎoyǒu |
- |
friends and family/kith and kin |
| 亲切 |
qīnqiè |
形 |
amiable/cordial/close and dear/familiar |
| 亲情 |
qīnqíng |
名 |
affection/family love/love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children |
| 亲人 |
qīnrén |
名 |
one's close relatives |
| 亲自 |
qīnzì |
副 |
personally/in person/oneself |
| 穷 |
qióng |
形 |
poor/destitute/to use up/to exhaust/thoroughly/extremely/(coll.) persistently and pointlessly |
| 气球 |
qìqiú |
名 |
balloon |
| 企业 |
qǐyè |
名 |
company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 汽油 |
qìyóu |
名 |
gasoline |
| 其余 |
qíyú |
代 |
the rest/the others/remaining/remainder/apart from them |
| 权 |
quán |
- |
名、副 surname Quan/authority/power/right/(literary) to weigh/expedient/temporary |
| 劝 |
quàn |
动 |
to advise/to urge/to try to persuade/to exhort/to console/to soothe |
| 权利 |
quánlì |
名 |
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)/(classical) power and wealth |
| 全力 |
quánlì |
- |
名、副 with all one's strength/full strength/all-out (effort)/fully (support) |
| 全面 |
quánmiàn |
形 |
all-around/comprehensive/total/overall |
| 全体 |
quántǐ |
名 |
all/entire |
| 全新 |
quánxīn |
形 |
all new; completely new |
| 确保 |
quèbǎo |
动 |
to ensure; to guarantee |
| 确定 |
quèdìng |
形、动 |
definite/certain/fixed/to fix (on sth)/to determine/to be sure/to ensure/to make certain/to ascertain/to clinch/to recognize/to confirm/OK (on computer dialog box) |
| 缺乏 |
quēfá |
动 |
to lack; to be short of |
| 确认 |
quèrèn |
动 |
to confirm/to verify/confirmation |
| 群 |
qún |
- |
量、名 group/crowd/flock, herd, pack etc |
| 群体 |
qúntǐ |
名 |
community/colony |
| 去世 |
qùshì |
动 |
to pass away/to die |
| 趋势 |
qūshì |
名 |
trend; tendency |
| 区域 |
qūyù |
名 |
area/region/district |
| 燃烧 |
ránshāo |
动 |
to ignite/to combust/to burn/combustion/flaming |
| 绕 |
rào |
动 |
to wind/to coil (thread)/to rotate around/to spiral/to move around/to go round (an obstacle)/to by-pass/to make a detour/to confuse/to perplex |
| 热爱 |
rèài |
动 |
to love ardently/to adore |
| 热量 |
rèliàng |
名 |
heat/quantity of heat/calorific value |
| 热烈 |
rèliè |
形 |
enthusiastic/ardent/warm |
| 认 |
rèn |
动 |
to recognize/to know/to admit |
| 忍 |
rěn |
动 |
to bear/to endure/to tolerate/to restrain oneself |
| 人才 |
réncái |
名 |
talent/talented person/looks/attractive looks |
| 人工 |
réngōng |
形、名 |
artificial/manpower/manual work |
| 人际 |
rénjì |
形 |
human relationships/interpersonal |
| 人口 |
rénkǒu |
名 |
population/people |
| 人类 |
rénlèi |
名 |
humanity/human race/mankind |
| 人力 |
rénlì |
名 |
manpower/labor power |
| 人民 |
rénmín |
名 |
the people |
| 人民币 |
rénmínbì |
名 |
Renminbi (RMB)/Chinese Yuan (CNY) |
| 人群 |
rénqún |
名 |
crowd |
| 人体 |
réntǐ |
名 |
human body |
| 人物 |
rénwù |
名 |
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)/character (in a play, novel etc)/(genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting |
| 热心 |
rèxīn |
形 |
enthusiastic; ardent; zealous |
| 日历 |
rìlì |
名 |
calendar |
| 日用品 |
rìyòngpǐn |
名 |
articles for daily use |
| 如 |
rú |
- |
动、连 as/as if/such as |
| 软 |
ruǎn |
形 |
soft/flexible |
| 软件 |
ruǎnjiàn |
名 |
(computer) software |
| 如此 |
rúcǐ |
代 |
like this; so; such |
| 如何 |
rúhé |
代 |
how/what way/what |
| 如今 |
rújīn |
名 |
nowadays; now |
| 弱 |
ruò |
形 |
weak; feeble/young/inferior; not as good as/(following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than |
| 如同 |
rútóng |
动 |
like/as |
| 如下 |
rúxià |
动 |
as follows |
| 洒 |
sǎ |
动 |
to sprinkle/to spray/to spill/to shed |
| 赛场 |
sàichǎng |
名 |
racetrack/field (for athletics competition) |
| 色彩 |
sècǎi |
名 |
tint; coloring; coloration/(fig.) flavor; character |
| 傻 |
shǎ |
形 |
foolish |
| 晒 |
shài |
动 |
(of the sun) to shine on/to bask in (the sunshine)/to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun/(fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share")/(coll.) to give the cold shoulder to |
| 沙漠 |
shāmò |
名 |
desert |
| 删 |
shān |
动 |
to delete |
| 扇 |
shān |
动 |
to fan/to slap sb on the face/fan/sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth/classifier for doors, windows etc |
| 擅长 |
shàncháng |
动 |
to be good at; to be expert in |
| 删除 |
shānchú |
动 |
to delete/to cancel |
| 赏 |
shǎng |
动 |
to bestow (a reward)/to give (to an inferior)/to hand down/a reward (bestowed by a superior)/to appreciate (beauty) |
| 伤 |
shāng |
名、动 |
to injure/injury/wound |
| 上传 |
shàngchuán |
动 |
to upload |
| 伤害 |
shānghài |
动 |
to injure; to harm |
| 商家 |
shāngjiā |
名 |
merchant/business/enterprise |
| 商人 |
shāngrén |
名 |
merchant/businessman |
| 上升 |
shàngshēng |
动 |
to rise/to go up/to ascend |
| 商务 |
shāngwù |
名 |
commercial affairs/commercial/commerce/business |
| 上下 |
shàngxià |
名 |
up and down/top and bottom/old and young/length/about |
| 商业 |
shāngyè |
名 |
business/trade/commerce |
| 上涨 |
shàngzhǎng |
动 |
to rise/to go up |
| 善良 |
shànliáng |
形 |
good and honest/kindhearted |
| 山区 |
shānqū |
名 |
mountain area |
| 善于 |
shànyú |
动 |
to be good at; to be adept at |
| 扇子 |
shànzi |
名 |
fan |
| 烧 |
shāo |
动、名 |
to burn/to cook/to stew/to bake/to roast/to heat/to boil (tea, water etc)/fever/to run a temperature/(coll.) to let things go to one's head |
| 烧烤 |
shāokǎo |
名 |
barbecue/to roast |
| 沙子 |
shāzi |
名 |
sand/grit |
| 蛇 |
shé |
名 |
snake/serpent |
| 设备 |
shèbèi |
名 |
equipment; facilities; installations |
| 舍不得 |
shěbude |
动 |
to hate to do sth/to hate to part with/to begrudge |
| 舍得 |
shěde |
动 |
to be willing to part with sth |
| 设计 |
shèjì |
动、名 |
to design; to plan/design; plan |
| 设立 |
shèlì |
动 |
to set up; to establish |
| 伸 |
shēn |
动 |
to stretch/to extend |
| 身材 |
shēncái |
名 |
stature/build (height and weight)/figure |
| 深度 |
shēndù |
名、形 |
depth/(of a speech etc) profundity/advanced stage of development |
| 身份 |
shēnfèn |
名 |
identity/aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc)/role/capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4])/status (social, legal etc)/position/rank |
| 胜 |
shèng |
动 |
victory/success/to beat/to defeat/to surpass/victorious/superior to/to get the better of/better than/surpassing/superb (of vista)/beautiful (scenery)/wonderful (view)/(Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear/equal to (a task) |
| 省 |
shěng |
动 |
to save; to economize; to be frugal/to omit; to delete; to leave out/province/provincial capital/a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 升 |
shēng |
动 |
to ascend/to rise to the rank of/to promote/to hoist/liter/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3] |
| 生产 |
shēngchǎn |
动 |
to produce; to manufacture/to give birth to a child |
| 生存 |
shēngcún |
动 |
to exist/to survive |
| 生动 |
shēngdòng |
形 |
vivid/lively |
| 省份 |
shěngfèn |
名 |
province |
| 省会 |
shěnghuì |
名 |
provincial capital |
| 升级 |
shēngjí |
动 |
to go up by one grade; to be promoted/to escalate (in intensity)/(computing) to upgrade |
| 胜利 |
shènglì |
动 |
victory |
| 升温 |
shēngwēn |
动 |
to become hot/temperature rise/(fig.) to intensify/to hot up/to escalate/to get a boost |
| 生物 |
shēngwù |
名 |
organism/living creature/life form/biological |
| 生肖 |
shēngxiào |
名 |
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]/animal from the Chinese zodiac |
| 生长 |
shēngzhǎng |
动 |
to grow/to grow up/to be brought up |
| 深厚 |
shēnhòu |
形 |
deep; profound |
| 神话 |
shénhuà |
名 |
legend/fairy tale/myth/mythology |
| 深刻 |
shēnkè |
形 |
profound/deep/deep-going |
| 神秘 |
shénmì |
形 |
mysterious/mystery |
| 深入 |
shēnrù |
动、形 |
to penetrate deeply/thorough |
| 深远 |
shēnyuǎn |
形 |
far-reaching/profound and long-lasting |
| 社区 |
shèqū |
名 |
community/neighborhood |
| 设施 |
shèshī |
名 |
facilities/installation |
| 摄影 |
shèyǐng |
动 |
to take a photograph/photography/to shoot (a movie) |
| 设置 |
shèzhì |
动 |
to set up; to install |
| 式 |
shì |
后缀 |
type/form/pattern/style |
| 诗 |
shī |
名 |
abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs/poem/poetry/verse |
| 湿 |
shī |
形 |
moist/wet |
| 时差 |
shíchā |
名 |
time difference/time lag/jet lag |
| 时常 |
shícháng |
副 |
often/frequently |
| 时代 |
shídài |
名 |
Time, US weekly news magazine/age/era/epoch/period (in one's life) |
| 适当 |
shìdàng |
形 |
suitable; appropriate |
| 似的 |
shìde |
- |
助 seems as if/rather like/Taiwan pr. [si4 de5] |
| 使得 |
shǐde |
动 |
usable; serviceable/feasible; workable; doable/to make; to cause; to bring about |
| 事故 |
shìgù |
名 |
accident |
| 实践 |
shíjiàn |
动 |
practice/to put into practice/to live up to (a promise)/to carry out (a project) |
| 事件 |
shìjiàn |
名 |
incident; event |
| 试卷 |
shìjuàn |
名 |
examination paper/test paper |
| 时刻 |
shíkè |
- |
名、副 time/juncture/moment/period of time/constantly/always |
| 实力 |
shílì |
名 |
strength |
| 失恋 |
shīliàn |
动 |
to lose one's love/to break up (in a romantic relationship)/to feel jilted |
| 失眠 |
shīmián |
动 |
to suffer from insomnia |
| 市民 |
shìmín |
名 |
city resident |
| 时期 |
shíqī |
名 |
period/phase |
| 诗人 |
shīrén |
名 |
bard/poet |
| 实施 |
shíshī |
动 |
to implement/to carry out |
| 事实 |
shìshí |
名 |
fact |
| 石头 |
shítou |
名 |
stone |
| 视为 |
shìwéi |
动 |
to view as/to see as/to consider to be/to deem |
| 事物 |
shìwù |
名 |
thing; object |
| 失误 |
shīwù |
动、名 |
lapse/mistake/to make a mistake/fault/service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) |
| 实习 |
shíxí |
动 |
to practice/field work/to intern/internship |
| 实现 |
shíxiàn |
动 |
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 事先 |
shìxiān |
名 |
in advance/before the event/beforehand/prior |
| 实行 |
shíxíng |
动 |
to implement/to carry out/to put into practice |
| 实验 |
shíyàn |
动、名 |
experiment/test/experimental/to experiment |
| 试验 |
shìyàn |
动 |
experiment/test/to experiment/experimental |
| 实验室 |
shíyànshì |
名 |
laboratory |
| 事业 |
shìyè |
名 |
undertaking/project/activity/(charitable, political or revolutionary) cause/publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation/career/occupation |
| 失业 |
shīyè |
动 |
unemployment/to lose one's job |
| 实用 |
shíyòng |
形 |
practical/functional/pragmatic/applied (science) |
| 食用 |
shíyòng |
动 |
to eat; to consume/edible |
| 试用 |
shìyòng |
动 |
to try sth out/to be on probation |
| 适用 |
shìyòng |
形 |
to be applicable |
| 始终 |
shǐzhōng |
- |
名、副 from beginning to end/all along |
| 守 |
shǒu |
动 |
to guard/to defend/to keep watch/to abide by the law/to observe (rules or ritual)/nearby/adjoining |
| 首次 |
shǒucì |
- |
数量 first/first time/for the first time |
| 手段 |
shǒuduàn |
名 |
method; way; means (of doing sth)/skill; ability/trick; wile |
| 手工 |
shǒugōng |
名 |
handwork/manual |
| 收获 |
shōuhuò |
动、名 |
to harvest/to reap/to gain/crop/harvest/profit/gain/bonus/reward |
| 收集 |
shōují |
动 |
to gather/to collect |
| 售价 |
shòujià |
名 |
selling price |
| 收看 |
shōukàn |
动 |
to watch (a TV program) |
| 手术 |
shǒushù |
名、动 |
(surgical) operation/surgery |
| 手套 |
shǒutào |
名 |
glove/mitten |
| 手续 |
shǒuxù |
名 |
procedure/formalities |
| 手指 |
shǒuzhǐ |
名 |
finger |
| 束 |
shù |
量 |
surname Shu/to bind/bunch/bundle/classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc/to control |
| 数 |
shǔ |
动 |
to count/to count as; to regard as/to enumerate; to list/number; figure/several; a few |
| 摔 |
shuāi |
动 |
to throw down/to fall/to drop and break |
| 双方 |
shuāngfāng |
名 |
bilateral/both sides/both parties involved |
| 鼠标 |
shǔbiāo |
名 |
mouse (computing) |
| 蔬菜 |
shūcài |
名 |
vegetables |
| 书法 |
shūfǎ |
名 |
calligraphy/handwriting/penmanship |
| 书房 |
shūfáng |
名 |
study (room)/studio |
| 税 |
shuì |
名 |
taxes/duties |
| 水分 |
shuǐfèn |
名 |
moisture content/(fig.) overstatement/padding |
| 睡眠 |
shuìmián |
名 |
sleep/to sleep/(computing) to enter sleep mode |
| 书架 |
shūjià |
名 |
bookshelf |
| 数据 |
shùjù |
名 |
data |
| 熟练 |
shúliàn |
形 |
practiced/proficient/skilled/skillful |
| 树木 |
shùmù |
名 |
tree |
| 顺 |
shùn |
- |
动、介、形 to obey/to follow/to arrange/to make reasonable/along/favorable |
| 说不定 |
shuōbudìng |
- |
动、副 can't say for sure/maybe |
| 说服 |
shuōfú |
动 |
to persuade/to convince/to talk sb over/Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] |
| 熟人 |
shúrén |
名 |
acquaintance/friend |
| 输入 |
shūrù |
动 |
to import/to input |
| 舒适 |
shūshì |
形 |
cozy/snug |
| 属于 |
shǔyú |
动 |
to be classified as/to belong to/to be part of |
| 四处 |
sìchù |
名 |
all over the place/everywhere and all directions |
| 似乎 |
sìhū |
副 |
it seems; seemingly; as if |
| 思考 |
sīkǎo |
动 |
to reflect on/to ponder over |
| 私人 |
sīrén |
名 |
private/personal/interpersonal/sb with whom one has a close personal relationship/a member of one's clique |
| 思维 |
sīwéi |
名、动 |
(line of) thought/thinking |
| 思想 |
sīxiǎng |
名 |
thought/thinking/idea/ideology |
| 四周 |
sìzhōu |
名 |
all around |
| 搜 |
sōu |
动 |
to search |
| 搜索 |
sōusuǒ |
动 |
to search (a place)/to search (a database)/to search for (sth) |
| 酸甜苦辣 |
suān-tián-kǔ-là |
- |
sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot/fig. the joys and sorrows of life |
| 随 |
suí |
动 |
surname Sui/to follow/to comply with/varying according to.../to allow/subsequently |
| 碎 |
suì |
动、形 |
(transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble/broken; fragmentary; scattered/garrulous |
| 随后 |
suíhòu |
副 |
soon after |
| 随时 |
suíshí |
副 |
at any time; at all times/at the right time; whenever necessary |
| 随手 |
suíshǒu |
副 |
conveniently/without extra trouble/while doing it/in passing |
| 随意 |
suíyì |
形 |
as one wishes/according to one's wishes/at will/voluntary/conscious |
| 损害 |
sǔnhài |
动 |
harm/to damage/to impair |
| 损失 |
sǔnshī |
动、名 |
loss/damage/to lose/to suffer damage |
| 所 |
suǒ |
- |
量、名 actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 锁 |
suǒ |
名、动 |
to lock; to lock up/a lock (CL:把[ba3]) |
| 缩短 |
suōduǎn |
动 |
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 缩小 |
suōxiǎo |
动 |
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink |
| 宿舍 |
sùshè |
名 |
dormitory/dorm room/living quarters/hostel |
| 台灯 |
táidēng |
名 |
desk lamp/table lamp |
| 台阶 |
táijiē |
名 |
steps/flight of steps/step (over obstacle)/fig. way out of an embarrassing situation/bench (geology) |
| 太太 |
tàitai |
名 |
married woman/Mrs./Madam/wife |
| 谈话 |
tánhuà |
动 |
to talk (with sb)/to have a conversation/talk/conversation |
| 桃 |
táo |
名 |
peach |
| 套 |
tào |
- |
名、动、量 to cover/to encase/cover/sheath/to overlap/to interleave/to model after/to copy/formula/harness/loop of rope/(fig.) to fish for/to obtain slyly/classifier for sets, collections/bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)/tau (Greek letter Ττ) |
| 他人 |
tārén |
代 |
another person; sb else; other people |
| 特产 |
tèchǎn |
名 |
special local product/(regional) specialty |
| 疼痛 |
téngtòng |
形 |
pain/(of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt/(of a person) to be in pain |
| 特色 |
tèsè |
名 |
characteristic/distinguishing feature or quality |
| 特殊 |
tèshū |
形 |
special/particular/unusual/extraordinary |
| 特有 |
tèyǒu |
形 |
specific (to)/characteristic (of)/distinctive |
| 特征 |
tèzhēng |
名 |
characteristic/diagnostic property/distinctive feature/trait |
| 替 |
tì |
动、介 |
to substitute for/to take the place of/to replace/for/on behalf of/to stand in for |
| 填 |
tián |
动 |
to fill or stuff/(of a form etc) to fill in |
| 天空 |
tiānkōng |
名 |
sky |
| 甜品 |
tiánpǐn |
名 |
dessert |
| 天上 |
tiānshàng |
名 |
celestial/heavenly |
| 调 |
tiáo |
动 |
to harmonize/to reconcile/to blend/to suit well/to adjust/to regulate/to season (food)/to provoke/to incite |
| 挑 |
tiāo |
动 |
to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick/to raise/to dig up/to poke/to prick/to incite/to stir up |
| 跳高 |
tiàogāo |
动 |
high jump (athletics) |
| 调皮 |
tiáopí |
形 |
naughty/mischievous/unruly |
| 挑选 |
tiāoxuǎn |
动 |
to choose/to select |
| 跳远 |
tiàoyuǎn |
动 |
long jump (athletics) |
| 挑战 |
tiǎozhàn |
动、名 |
to challenge/challenge |
| 调整 |
tiáozhěng |
动 |
to adjust/adjustment/revision |
| 提倡 |
tíchàng |
动 |
to promote/to advocate |
| 贴 |
tiē |
动 |
to stick/to paste/to post (e.g. on a blog)/to keep close to/to fit snugly/to subsidize/allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)/sticker/classifier for sticking plaster: strip |
| 铁路 |
tiělù |
名 |
railroad/railway |
| 体会 |
tǐhuì |
动、名 |
to know from experience/to learn through experience/to realize/understanding/experience |
| 提交 |
tíjiāo |
动 |
to submit (a report etc)/to refer (a problem) to sb |
| 体力 |
tǐlì |
名 |
physical strength/physical power |
| 题目 |
tímù |
名 |
subject; title; topic (CL:個|个[ge4])/exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4]) |
| 停留 |
tíngliú |
动 |
to stay somewhere temporarily/to stop over |
| 提起 |
tíqǐ |
动 |
to mention/to speak of/to lift/to pick up/to arouse/to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) |
| 提升 |
tíshēng |
动 |
to promote (to a higher-ranking position)/to lift; to hoist/(fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve |
| 提问 |
tíwèn |
动 |
to question; to quiz; to grill |
| 体现 |
tǐxiàn |
动 |
to embody/to reflect/to incarnate |
| 体验 |
tǐyàn |
动 |
to experience for oneself |
| 同 |
tóng |
- |
形、动、副、介、连 like/same/similar/together/alike/with |
| 通常 |
tōngcháng |
- |
形、副 regular; usual; normal/usually; normally |
| 统计 |
tǒngjì |
动 |
statistics/to count/to add up |
| 痛苦 |
tòngkǔ |
形 |
pain/suffering/painful |
| 同情 |
tóngqíng |
动 |
to sympathize with/sympathy |
| 通行 |
tōngxíng |
动 |
to go through; to pass through/to be in general use |
| 同一 |
tóngyī |
形 |
identical; the same |
| 统一 |
tǒngyī |
动、形 |
7-Eleven (convenience store chain)/to unify; to integrate/unified; integrated |
| 头 |
tou |
后缀 |
head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspect/first/leading/classifier for pigs or livestock/suffix for nouns |
| 投 |
tóu |
动 |
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)/to cast (a ballot)/to cast (a glance, a shadow etc)/to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine)/to send (a letter, a manuscript etc)/to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide)/to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of/(coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water |
| 投入 |
tóurù |
- |
动、形、名 to throw into/to put into/to throw oneself into/to participate in/to invest in/absorbed/engrossed |
| 团 |
tuán |
- |
动、名、量 round/lump/ball/to roll into a ball/to gather/regiment/group/society/classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)/dumpling |
| 团队 |
tuánduì |
名 |
team |
| 突出 |
tūchū |
动、形 |
prominent/outstanding/to give prominence to/to protrude/to project |
| 土地 |
tǔdì |
名 |
land/soil/territory/local god/genius loci |
| 土豆 |
tǔdòu |
名 |
potato (CL:個|个[ge4])/(Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) |
| 图画 |
túhuà |
名 |
drawing/picture |
| 退 |
tuì |
动 |
to retreat; to withdraw/to reject; to return (sth)/to decline |
| 退出 |
tuìchū |
动 |
to withdraw/to abort/to quit/to log out (computing) |
| 推动 |
tuīdòng |
动 |
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 推广 |
tuīguǎng |
动 |
to extend/to spread/to popularize/generalization/promotion (of a product etc) |
| 退还 |
tuìhuán |
动 |
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate |
| 推荐 |
tuījiàn |
动 |
to recommend/recommendation |
| 推进 |
tuījìn |
动 |
to impel/to carry forward/to push on/to advance/to drive forward |
| 退休 |
tuìxiū |
动 |
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 拖鞋 |
tuōxié |
名 |
slippers/sandals/flip-flops |
| 图书 |
túshū |
名 |
books (in a library or bookstore) |
| 兔子 |
tùzi |
名 |
hare/rabbit |
| 外部 |
wàibù |
名 |
the outside; (attributive) external/exterior; surface |
| 外公 |
wàigōng |
名 |
(coll.) mother's father/maternal grandfather |
| 外观 |
wàiguān |
名 |
outward appearance |
| 外婆 |
wàipó |
名 |
(coll.) mother's mother/maternal grandmother |
| 外形 |
wàixíng |
名 |
figure/shape/external form/contour |
| 弯 |
wān |
- |
形、动、名 to bend/bent/a bend; a turn (in a road etc) |
| 往返 |
wǎngfǎn |
动 |
to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip |
| 网络 |
wǎngluò |
名 |
Internet/network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc) |
| 玩具 |
wánjù |
名 |
plaything/toy |
| 完美 |
wánměi |
形 |
perfect |
| 完善 |
wánshàn |
形、动 |
(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive/well-developed/excellent/to refine/to improve |
| 万一 |
wànyī |
- |
名、连 just in case/if by any chance/contingency |
| 完整 |
wánzhěng |
形 |
complete/intact |
| 围 |
wéi |
动 |
to encircle/to surround/all around/to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) |
| 为 |
wéi |
介 |
because of/for/to |
| 胃 |
wèi |
名 |
stomach |
| 喂 |
wèi |
动 |
hello (when answering the phone)/hey/to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) |
| 尾巴 |
wěiba |
名 |
tail/colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] |
| 维持 |
wéichí |
动 |
to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 伟大 |
wěidà |
形 |
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) |
| 违法 |
wéifǎ |
动 |
illegal/to break the law |
| 违反 |
wéifǎn |
动 |
to violate (a law) |
| 危害 |
wēihài |
动 |
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger/harmful effect; damage |
| 围巾 |
wéijīn |
名 |
scarf/shawl |
| 未来 |
wèilái |
形、名 |
future/tomorrow/approaching/coming/pending |
| 围绕 |
wéirào |
动 |
to revolve around/to center on (an issue) |
| 微笑 |
wēixiào |
动、名 |
smile/to smile |
| 威胁 |
wēixié |
动 |
to threaten; to menace |
| 维修 |
wéixiū |
动 |
maintenance (of equipment)/to protect and maintain |
| 唯一 |
wéiyī |
形 |
only; sole |
| 位于 |
wèiyú |
动 |
to be located at/to be situated at/to lie |
| 位置 |
wèizhì |
名 |
position/place/seat |
| 稳定 |
wěndìng |
形、动 |
steady/stable/stability/to stabilize/to pacify |
| 问卷 |
wènjuàn |
名 |
questionnaire |
| 温暖 |
wēnnuǎn |
形、动 |
warm |
| 文学 |
wénxué |
名 |
literature |
| 握 |
wò |
动 |
to hold; to grasp/to clench (one's fist)/(bound form) to have in one's control/classifier: a handful |
| 卧室 |
wòshì |
名 |
bedroom |
| 握手 |
wòshǒu |
动 |
to shake hands |
| 雾 |
wù |
名 |
fog/mist |
| 舞蹈 |
wǔdǎo |
名 |
dance (performance art)/dancing |
| 无关 |
wúguān |
动 |
unrelated/having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 物价 |
wùjià |
名 |
(commodity) prices |
| 物理 |
wùlǐ |
名 |
physics |
| 无奈 |
wúnài |
- |
动、连 to have no alternative/frustrated/exasperated/helpless/(conjunction) but unfortunately |
| 物品 |
wùpǐn |
名 |
articles; goods |
| 无数 |
wúshù |
形 |
countless/numberless/innumerable |
| 武术 |
wǔshù |
名 |
military skill or technique (in former times)/all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)/self-defense/tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage)/also called kungfu 功夫 |
| 舞台 |
wǔtái |
名 |
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 无限 |
wúxiàn |
形 |
unlimited/unbounded |
| 无效 |
wúxiào |
动 |
not valid/ineffective/in vain |
| 五颜六色 |
wǔyán-liùsè |
- |
multi-colored/every color under the sun |
| 物业 |
wùyè |
名 |
property/real estate/abbr. for 物業管理|物业管理[wu4 ye4 guan3 li3], property management |
| 物质 |
wùzhì |
名 |
matter/substance/material/materialistic |
| 戏 |
xì |
名 |
trick/drama/play/show |
| 系 |
xì |
名 |
to connect/to relate to/to tie up/to bind/to be (literary)/system/department/faculty/to arrest/to worry |
| 闲 |
xián |
形 |
idle/unoccupied/leisure |
| 县 |
xiàn |
名 |
county |
| 现场 |
xiànchǎng |
名 |
the scene (of a crime, accident etc)/(on) the spot/(at) the site |
| 现代 |
xiàndài |
名、形 |
Hyundai, South Korean company/modern times/modern age/modern era |
| 现代化 |
xiàndàihuà |
动 |
modernization |
| 显得 |
xiǎnde |
动 |
to seem/to look/to appear |
| 乡 |
xiāng |
名 |
country or countryside/native place/home village or town/township (PRC administrative unit) |
| 相册 |
xiàngcè |
名 |
photo album |
| 相处 |
xiāngchǔ |
动 |
to be in contact (with sb)/to associate/to interact/to get along (well, poorly) |
| 乡村 |
xiāngcūn |
名 |
rustic/village/countryside |
| 相当 |
xiāngdāng |
- |
动、副 equivalent to/appropriate/considerably/to a certain extent/fairly/quite |
| 相对 |
xiāngduì |
动、形 |
relatively/opposite/to resist/to oppose/relative/vis-a-vis/counterpart |
| 相关 |
xiāngguān |
动 |
related/relevant/pertinent/to be interrelated/(statistics) correlation |
| 项目 |
xiàngmù |
名 |
item/project/(sports) event |
| 想念 |
xiǎngniàn |
动 |
to miss/to remember with longing/to long to see again |
| 橡皮 |
xiàngpí |
名 |
rubber/an eraser |
| 向上 |
xiàngshàng |
动 |
upward/up/to advance/to try to improve oneself/to make progress |
| 响声 |
xiǎngshēng |
名 |
noise |
| 享受 |
xiǎngshòu |
动 |
to enjoy/to live it up/pleasure |
| 相似 |
xiāngsì |
形 |
similar; alike |
| 想象 |
xiǎngxiàng |
动 |
to imagine; to envision/imagination |
| 象征 |
xiàngzhēng |
动、名 |
emblem/symbol/token/badge/to symbolize/to signify/to stand for |
| 先后 |
xiānhòu |
- |
名、副 early or late; first and last; priority/in succession; one after another |
| 先进 |
xiānjìn |
形、名 |
sophisticated; advanced (technology etc)/meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
| 线路 |
xiànlù |
名 |
(electricity) line; circuit; wire/(traffic) road; track; route |
| 显然 |
xiǎnrán |
形 |
clearly; evidently; obviously |
| 现实 |
xiànshí |
名、形 |
reality; actuality/real; actual/realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested |
| 显示 |
xiǎnshì |
动 |
to show/to illustrate/to display/to demonstrate |
| 现象 |
xiànxiàng |
名 |
phenomenon/appearance |
| 限制 |
xiànzhì |
动、名 |
to restrict/to limit/to confine/restriction/limit |
| 现状 |
xiànzhuàng |
名 |
current situation |
| 消费 |
xiāofèi |
动 |
to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消费者 |
xiāofèizhě |
名 |
consumer |
| 消化 |
xiāohuà |
动 |
to digest (food)/(fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process |
| 消极 |
xiāojí |
形 |
negative/passive/inactive |
| 小姐 |
xiǎojiě |
名 |
young lady/miss/(slang) prostitute |
| 销量 |
xiāoliàng |
名 |
sales volume |
| 效率 |
xiàolǜ |
名 |
efficiency |
| 消失 |
xiāoshī |
动 |
to disappear; to fade away |
| 销售 |
xiāoshòu |
动 |
to sell/to market/sales (representative, agreement etc) |
| 小型 |
xiǎoxíng |
形 |
small scale/small size |
| 小于 |
xiǎoyú |
动 |
less than, < |
| 下载 |
xiàzài |
动 |
to download/also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 西餐 |
xīcān |
名 |
Western-style food |
| 斜 |
xié |
形、动 |
inclined/slanting/oblique/tilting |
| 协议 |
xiéyì |
动、名 |
agreement/pact/protocol |
| 写作 |
xiězuò |
动 |
to write/to compose/writing/written works |
| 吸管 |
xīguǎn |
名 |
(drinking) straw/pipette/eyedropper/snorkel |
| 细节 |
xìjié |
名 |
details; particulars |
| 戏剧 |
xìjù |
名 |
a drama; a play; theater/script of a play |
| 信封 |
xìnfēng |
名 |
envelope |
| 行程 |
xíngchéng |
名 |
journey; travel route; distance of travel/course (of history)/stroke (of a piston)/(Tw) (computing) process |
| 形成 |
xíngchéng |
动 |
to form; to take shape |
| 行动 |
xíngdòng |
动、名 |
operation/action/to move about/mobile |
| 行人 |
xíngrén |
名 |
pedestrian/traveler on foot/passer-by/official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor |
| 形容 |
xíngróng |
动 |
to describe/(literary) countenance; appearance |
| 形式 |
xíngshì |
名 |
outer appearance/form/shape/formality |
| 形势 |
xíngshì |
名 |
circumstances/situation/terrain |
| 行驶 |
xíngshǐ |
动 |
to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) |
| 行为 |
xíngwéi |
名 |
action/conduct/behavior/activity |
| 形象 |
xíngxiàng |
名、形 |
image/form/figure/visualization/vivid |
| 幸运 |
xìngyùn |
名、形 |
fortunate; lucky/good fortune; luck |
| 性质 |
xìngzhì |
名 |
nature/characteristic |
| 形状 |
xíngzhuàng |
名 |
form; shape |
| 行走 |
xíngzǒu |
动 |
to walk |
| 新郎 |
xīnláng |
名 |
bridegroom; groom |
| 心理 |
xīnlǐ |
名 |
psychology/mentality |
| 新娘 |
xīnniáng |
名 |
bride |
| 信任 |
xìnrèn |
动 |
to trust/to have confidence in |
| 新人 |
xīnrén |
名 |
newcomer/fresh talent/newlywed, esp. new bride/bride and groom/(paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens |
| 欣赏 |
xīnshǎng |
动 |
to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire |
| 心态 |
xīntài |
名 |
attitude (of the heart)/state of one's psyche/way of thinking/mentality |
| 新型 |
xīnxíng |
形 |
new type; new kind |
| 信用 |
xìnyòng |
名 |
trustworthiness/(commerce) credit/(literary) to trust and appoint |
| 吸收 |
xīshōu |
动 |
to absorb/to assimilate/to ingest/to recruit |
| 系统 |
xìtǒng |
名、形 |
system |
| 修改 |
xiūgǎi |
动 |
to amend/to alter/to modify |
| 修建 |
xiūjiàn |
动 |
to build/to construct |
| 休闲 |
xiūxián |
动 |
leisure/relaxation/not working/idle/to enjoy leisure/to lie fallow |
| 西装 |
xīzhuāng |
名 |
suit/Western-style clothes |
| 需 |
xū |
动 |
to require/to need/to want/necessity/need |
| 宣布 |
xuānbù |
动 |
to declare/to announce/to proclaim |
| 宣传 |
xuānchuán |
动 |
to disseminate/to give publicity to/propaganda |
| 选手 |
xuǎnshǒu |
名 |
athlete/contestant |
| 学分 |
xuéfēn |
名 |
course credit |
| 雪糕 |
xuěgāo |
名 |
ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle |
| 学科 |
xuékē |
名 |
subject/branch of learning/course/academic discipline |
| 学历 |
xuélì |
名 |
educational background/academic qualifications |
| 学年 |
xuénián |
名 |
academic year |
| 学术 |
xuéshù |
名 |
learning/science/academic |
| 学者 |
xuézhě |
名 |
scholar |
| 训练 |
xùnliàn |
动 |
to train/to drill/training |
| 迅速 |
xùnsù |
形 |
rapid/speedy/fast |
| 询问 |
xúnwèn |
动 |
to inquire |
| 寻找 |
xúnzhǎo |
动 |
to seek; to look for |
| 需求 |
xūqiú |
名 |
requirement/to require/(economics) demand |
| 虚心 |
xūxīn |
形 |
open-minded/humble |
| 呀 |
yā |
叹 |
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |
| 牙齿 |
yáchǐ |
名 |
tooth/dental |
| 押金 |
yājīn |
名 |
deposit/down payment |
| 沿 |
yán |
- |
介、动、名 along/to follow (a line, tradition etc)/to carry on/to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)/border/edge |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
- |
名、量 eye/small hole/crux (of a matter)/classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) |
| 延长 |
yáncháng |
动 |
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi/to prolong/to extend/to delay |
| 研发 |
yánfā |
动 |
research and development/to develop |
| 样式 |
yàngshì |
名 |
type/style |
| 阳台 |
yángtái |
名 |
balcony/porch |
| 演讲 |
yǎnjiǎng |
动 |
to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 眼泪 |
yǎnlèi |
名 |
tear; teardrop |
| 严肃 |
yánsù |
形、动 |
(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious/(of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting/to strictly enforce |
| 研制 |
yánzhì |
动 |
to research and manufacture; to research and to develop |
| 摇 |
yáo |
动 |
surname Yao/to shake/to rock/to row/to crank |
| 咬 |
yǎo |
动 |
to bite/to nip |
| 腰 |
yāo |
名 |
waist/lower back/pocket/middle/loins |
| 要不然 |
yàobùrán |
连 |
otherwise/or else/or |
| 要不是 |
yàobúshì |
连 |
if it were not for/but for |
| 药品 |
yàopǐn |
名 |
medicaments/medicine/drug |
| 药物 |
yàowù |
名 |
medicaments/pharmaceuticals/medication/medicine/drug |
| 压岁钱 |
yāsuìqián |
名 |
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve |
| 鸭子 |
yāzi |
名 |
duck/male prostitute (slang) |
| 夜间 |
yèjiān |
名 |
nighttime/evening or night (e.g. classes) |
| 夜市 |
yèshì |
名 |
night market |
| 业务 |
yèwù |
名 |
business/professional work/service |
| 业余 |
yèyú |
形 |
in one's spare time/outside working hours/amateur (historian etc) |
| 移 |
yí |
动 |
to move/to shift/to change/to alter/to remove |
| 亿 |
yì |
- |
数 100 million |
| 乙 |
yǐ |
名 |
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/second in order/letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])/ethyl/bent/winding/radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)/ancient Chinese compass point: 105° |
| 以 |
yǐ |
- |
介、连 to use/by means of/according to/in order to/because of/at (a certain date or place) |
| 一次性 |
yícìxìng |
形 |
one-off (offer)/one-time/single-use/disposable (goods) |
| 一代 |
yídài |
名 |
generation |
| 一旦 |
yídàn |
副 |
in case (sth happens)/if/once (sth happens, then...)/when/in a short time/in one day |
| 移动 |
yídòng |
动 |
to move/movement/migration/mobile/portable |
| 遗憾 |
yíhàn |
名、形 |
regret/to regret/to be sorry that |
| 以及 |
yǐjí |
连 |
as well as/too/and |
| 依据 |
yījù |
- |
名、动、介 according to/basis/foundation |
| 依靠 |
yīkào |
动、名 |
to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on |
| 以来 |
yǐlái |
名 |
since (a previous event) |
| 医疗 |
yīliáo |
动 |
medical treatment |
| 一路 |
yílù |
- |
名、副 the whole journey/all the way/going the same way/going in the same direction/of the same kind |
| 一路顺风 |
yílù-shùnfēng |
- |
to have a pleasant journey (idiom) |
| 因而 |
yīn’ér |
连 |
therefore/as a result/thus |
| 迎 |
yíng |
动 |
to welcome; to meet/to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face |
| 硬 |
yìng |
- |
形、副 hard; stiff; solid/(fig.) strong; firm/resolutely; uncompromisingly/laboriously; with great difficulty/good (quality); able (person)/(of food) filling; substantial |
| 应当 |
yīngdāng |
动 |
should; ought to |
| 应对 |
yìngduì |
动 |
to answer; to reply/to handle; to deal with/response |
| 硬件 |
yìngjiàn |
名 |
hardware |
| 迎接 |
yíngjiē |
动 |
to welcome; to greet |
| 影片 |
yǐngpiàn |
名 |
a copy of a film/film; motion picture; movie |
| 影视 |
yǐngshì |
名 |
movies and television |
| 营养 |
yíngyǎng |
名 |
nutrition/nourishment |
| 营业 |
yíngyè |
动 |
to do business/to trade |
| 应用 |
yìngyòng |
动、形 |
to put to use; to apply/practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)/application; practical use/(computing) app |
| 引进 |
yǐnjìn |
动 |
to recommend/to introduce (from outside) |
| 音量 |
yīnliàng |
名 |
loudness/volume |
| 饮食 |
yǐnshí |
名 |
eating and drinking/food and drink; diet |
| 印刷 |
yìnshuā |
动 |
to print/printing |
| 因素 |
yīnsù |
名 |
element/factor |
| 依然 |
yīrán |
副 |
still; as before |
| 意识 |
yìshí |
动、名 |
consciousness; awareness/(usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize |
| 意外 |
yìwài |
形、名 |
unexpected/accident/mishap |
| 意味着 |
yìwèizhe |
动 |
to signify/to mean/to imply |
| 疑问 |
yíwèn |
名 |
question/interrogation/doubt |
| 义务 |
yìwù |
名、形 |
duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4])/volunteer (work etc) |
| 医学 |
yīxué |
名 |
medicine/medical science/study of medicine |
| 意义 |
yìyì |
名 |
sense/meaning/significance/importance |
| 一致 |
yízhì |
- |
形、副 consistent; unanimous; in agreement/together; in unison |
| 拥抱 |
yōngbào |
动 |
to embrace/to hug |
| 用法 |
yòngfǎ |
名 |
usage |
| 用户 |
yònghù |
名 |
user/consumer/subscriber/customer |
| 用力 |
yònglì |
动 |
to exert oneself physically |
| 用品 |
yòngpǐn |
名 |
articles for use/products/goods |
| 勇气 |
yǒngqì |
名 |
courage/valor |
| 用途 |
yòngtú |
名 |
use; application |
| 拥有 |
yōngyǒu |
动 |
to have; to possess |
| 由此 |
yóucǐ |
- |
hereby/from this |
| 有害 |
yǒuhài |
- |
destructive/harmful/damaging |
| 幼儿园 |
yòuéryuán |
名 |
kindergarten/nursery school |
| 优惠 |
yōuhuì |
形 |
privilege/favorable (terms)/preferential (treatment)/discount (price) |
| 邮寄 |
yóujì |
动 |
to mail/to send by post |
| 悠久 |
yōujiǔ |
形 |
long (tradition, history etc) |
| 邮局 |
yóujú |
名 |
post office |
| 游览 |
yóulǎn |
动 |
to go sightseeing/to tour/to visit |
| 有力 |
yǒulì |
形 |
powerful/forceful/vigorous |
| 有利 |
yǒulì |
形 |
advantageous; favorable |
| 优良 |
yōuliáng |
形 |
fine/good/first-rate |
| 优美 |
yōuměi |
形 |
graceful/fine/elegant |
| 邮票 |
yóupiào |
名 |
(postage) stamp |
| 优势 |
yōushì |
名 |
superiority/dominance/advantage |
| 油条 |
yóutiáo |
名 |
youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)/slick and sly person |
| 有限 |
yǒuxiàn |
形 |
limited/finite |
| 有益 |
yǒuyì |
形 |
useful/beneficial/profitable |
| 犹豫 |
yóuyù |
形 |
to hesitate |
| 优质 |
yōuzhì |
形 |
excellent quality |
| 有助于 |
yǒuzhùyú |
动 |
to contribute to; to promote |
| 原 |
yuán |
形 |
surname Yuan/(Japanese surname) Hara/former/original/primary/raw/level/cause/source |
| 圆 |
yuán |
名、形 |
circle/round/circular/spherical/(of the moon) full/unit of Chinese currency (yuan)/tactful/to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) |
| 愿 |
yuàn |
动 |
(bound form) wish; hope; desire/to be willing/to wish (that sth may happen); may .../vow; pledge |
| 原有 |
yuányǒu |
- |
original/former |
| 元旦 |
Yuándàn |
名 |
New Year's Day |
| 员工 |
yuángōng |
名 |
staff; personnel; employee |
| 愿望 |
yuànwàng |
名 |
desire/wish |
| 原则 |
yuánzé |
名 |
principle/doctrine |
| 预报 |
yùbào |
动、名 |
forecast |
| 预测 |
yùcè |
动 |
to forecast/to predict |
| 预订 |
yùdìng |
动 |
to place an order/to book ahead |
| 约定 |
yuēdìng |
动 |
to agree on sth (after discussion)/to conclude a bargain/to arrange/to promise/to stipulate/to make an appointment/stipulated (time, amount, quality etc)/an arrangement/a deal/appointment/undertaking/commitment/understanding/engagement/stipulation |
| 预防 |
yùfáng |
动 |
to prevent/to take precautions against/to protect/to guard against/precautionary/prophylactic |
| 预计 |
yùjì |
动 |
to forecast/to predict/to estimate |
| 娱乐 |
yúlè |
动、名 |
to entertain/to amuse/entertainment/recreation/amusement/hobby/fun/joy |
| 玉米 |
yùmǐ |
名 |
corn/maize |
| 运 |
yùn |
动 |
to move/to transport/to use/to apply/fortune/luck/fate |
| 运费 |
yùnfèi |
名 |
freight fee |
| 运气 |
yùnqi |
名 |
luck (good or bad) |
| 运输 |
yùnshū |
动 |
to transport/to carry/transportation |
| 运用 |
yùnyòng |
动 |
to use/to put to use |
| 语气 |
yǔqì |
名 |
tone/manner of speaking/mood |
| 雨水 |
yǔshuǐ |
名 |
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March/rainwater; rainfall; rain |
| 语文 |
yǔwén |
名 |
literature and language/(PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
| 语音 |
yǔyīn |
名 |
speech sounds/pronunciation/colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character/phonetic/audio/voice/(Internet) to voice chat/voice message |
| 预约 |
yùyuē |
动 |
booking/reservation/to book/to make an appointment |
| 在场 |
zàichǎng |
动 |
to be present; to be on the scene |
| 在乎 |
zàihu |
动 |
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)/(often used in the negative) to care about |
| 在内 |
zàinèi |
名 |
(included) in it/among them |
| 在线 |
zàixiàn |
动 |
online |
| 在于 |
zàiyú |
动 |
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)/(of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb) |
| 赞成 |
zànchéng |
动 |
to approve/to endorse/(literary) to assist |
| 造 |
zào |
动 |
to make/to build/to manufacture/to invent/to fabricate/to go to/party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)/crop/classifier for crops |
| 糟 |
zāo |
形 |
dregs/draff/pickled in wine/rotten/messy/ruined |
| 造成 |
zàochéng |
动 |
to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 糟糕 |
zāogāo |
形 |
too bad/how terrible/what bad luck/terrible/bad |
| 早期 |
zǎoqī |
名 |
early period; early phase; early stage |
| 早晚 |
zǎowǎn |
- |
名、副 morning and evening/(in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days/(coll.) (this, or that) point of time/(dialect) at some time in the future |
| 早已 |
zǎoyǐ |
副 |
for a long time; long since/(dialect) in the past |
| 赠 |
zèng |
动 |
to give as a present/to repel/to bestow an honorary title after death (old) |
| 增 |
zēng |
动 |
(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to |
| 增进 |
zēngjìn |
动 |
to promote/to enhance/to further/to advance (a cause etc) |
| 增强 |
zēngqiáng |
动 |
to increase/to strengthen |
| 赠送 |
zèngsòng |
动 |
to present as a gift |
| 炸 |
zhá |
动 |
to deep fry/(coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)/Taiwan pr. [zha4]/to burst; to explode/to blow up; to bomb/(coll.) to fly into a rage/(coll.) to scamper off; to scatter |
| 窄 |
zhǎi |
形 |
narrow/narrow-minded/badly off |
| 摘 |
zhāi |
动 |
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)/to select; to pick out/to borrow money at a time of urgent need |
| 占 |
zhàn |
动 |
to observe/to divine/to take possession of/to occupy/to take up |
| 展出 |
zhǎnchū |
动 |
to put on display/to be on show/to exhibit |
| 涨 |
zhǎng |
动 |
to rise (of prices, rivers)/to swell/to distend |
| 账号 |
zhànghào |
名 |
account number; username |
| 账户 |
zhànghù |
名 |
bank account/online account |
| 涨价 |
zhǎngjià |
动 |
to appreciate (in value)/to increase in price |
| 掌声 |
zhǎngshēng |
名 |
applause |
| 掌握 |
zhǎngwò |
动 |
to grasp (often fig.)/to control/to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)/to master/to know well/to understand sth well and know how to use it/fluency |
| 展开 |
zhǎnkāi |
动 |
to unfold; to spread out; to open up/to launch; to carry out |
| 展览 |
zhǎnlǎn |
动 |
to put on display/to exhibit/exhibition/show |
| 展示 |
zhǎnshì |
动 |
to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit |
| 站台 |
zhàntái |
名 |
platform (at a railway station)/(Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate)/(Tw) website |
| 占线 |
zhànxiàn |
动 |
busy (telephone line) |
| 展现 |
zhǎnxiàn |
动 |
to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display |
| 召开 |
zhàokāi |
动 |
to convene (a conference or meeting)/to convoke/to call together |
| 着凉 |
zháoliáng |
动 |
to catch cold/Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2] |
| 折扣 |
zhékòu |
名 |
discount |
| 阵 |
zhèn |
量 |
disposition of troops/wave/spate/burst/spell/short period of time/classifier for events or states of short duration |
| 真诚 |
zhēnchéng |
形 |
sincere; genuine; true |
| 诊断 |
zhěnduàn |
动 |
to diagnose |
| 针对 |
zhēnduì |
动 |
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to |
| 挣 |
zhèng |
动 |
to struggle to get free/to strive to acquire/to make (money) |
| 争 |
zhēng |
动 |
to strive for/to vie for/to argue or debate/deficient or lacking (dialect)/how or what (literary) |
| 政府 |
zhèngfǔ |
名 |
government |
| 证据 |
zhèngjù |
名 |
evidence/proof/testimony |
| 整齐 |
zhěngqí |
形 |
orderly/neat/even/tidy |
| 争取 |
zhēngqǔ |
动 |
to fight for/to strive for/to win over |
| 正如 |
zhèngrú |
动 |
just as/precisely as |
| 证书 |
zhèngshū |
名 |
credentials/certificate |
| 整体 |
zhěngtǐ |
名 |
whole entity/entire body/synthesis/as a whole (situation, construction, team etc)/global/macrocosm/integral/holistic/whole |
| 珍贵 |
zhēnguì |
形 |
precious |
| 整整 |
zhěngzhěng |
副 |
whole/full |
| 政治 |
zhèngzhì |
名 |
politics/political |
| 真实 |
zhēnshí |
形 |
true; real |
| 珍惜 |
zhēnxī |
动 |
to treasure/to value/to cherish |
| 哲学 |
zhéxué |
名 |
philosophy |
| 直 |
zhí |
- |
形、动、副 surname Zhi/Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God/straight/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |
| 至 |
zhì |
动 |
to arrive/most/to/until |
| 治 |
zhì |
动 |
to rule/to govern/to manage/to control/to harness (a river)/to treat (a disease)/to wipe out (a pest)/to punish/to research |
| 止 |
zhǐ |
动 |
to stop/to prohibit/until/only |
| 支 |
zhī |
量 |
surname Zhi/to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw money/classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions |
| 直播 |
zhíbō |
动 |
(TV, radio) to broadcast live/live broadcast/(Internet) to livestream/(agriculture) direct seeding |
| 职场 |
zhíchǎng |
名 |
workplace/workforce (of a nation or industry etc)/job market |
| 指导 |
zhǐdǎo |
动 |
to guide; to direct; to instruct/coach; trainer |
| 制订 |
zhìdìng |
动 |
to work out/to formulate |
| 制定 |
zhìdìng |
动 |
to draw up; to formulate |
| 制度 |
zhìdù |
名 |
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)/institution |
| 职工 |
zhígōng |
名 |
employee; staff member; worker |
| 智慧 |
zhìhuì |
名 |
wisdom; intelligence |
| 至今 |
zhìjīn |
副 |
so far/to this day/until now |
| 治疗 |
zhìliáo |
动 |
to treat (an illness)/medical treatment/therapy |
| 知名 |
zhīmíng |
形 |
well-known; famous |
| 智能 |
zhìnéng |
名、形 |
intelligent/able/smart (phone, system, bomb etc) |
| 执行 |
zhíxíng |
动、形 |
to implement/to carry out/to execute/to run |
| 志愿者 |
zhìyuànzhě |
名 |
volunteer |
| 制造 |
zhìzào |
动 |
to manufacture; to make |
| 制作 |
zhìzuò |
动 |
to make; to manufacture |
| 重大 |
zhòngdà |
形 |
great/important/major/significant |
| 众多 |
zhòngduō |
形 |
numerous |
| 中华 |
Zhōnghuá |
名 |
China (alternate formal name) |
| 中华民族 |
ZhōnghuáMínzú |
- |
the Chinese nation/the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) |
| 中级 |
zhōngjí |
形 |
middle level (in a hierarchy) |
| 中介 |
zhōngjiè |
名 |
to act as intermediary/to link/intermediate/inter-/agency/agent |
| 种类 |
zhǒnglèi |
名 |
kind/genus/type/category/variety/species/sort/class |
| 重量 |
zhòngliàng |
名 |
weight |
| 中期 |
zhōngqī |
名 |
middle (of a period of time)/medium-term (plan, forecast etc) |
| 中外 |
zhōngwài |
名 |
Sino-foreign/Chinese-foreign/home and abroad |
| 中心 |
zhōngxīn |
名 |
center; heart; core |
| 中药 |
zhōngyào |
名 |
traditional Chinese medicine |
| 中医 |
zhōngyī |
名 |
traditional Chinese medical science/a doctor trained in Chinese medicine |
| 种植 |
zhòngzhí |
动 |
to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate |
| 种子 |
zhǒngzi |
名 |
seed |
| 周年 |
zhōunián |
名 |
anniversary/annual |
| 煮 |
zhǔ |
动 |
to cook/to boil |
| 猪 |
zhū |
名 |
hog/pig/swine |
| 抓 |
zhuā |
动 |
to grab/to catch/to arrest/to snatch/to scratch |
| 抓紧 |
zhuājǐn |
动 |
to keep a firm grip on/to pay close attention to/to lose no time in (doing sth) |
| 转变 |
zhuǎnbiàn |
动 |
to change/to transform/shift/transformation |
| 撞 |
zhuàng |
动 |
to knock against/to bump into/to run into/to meet by accident |
| 转告 |
zhuǎngào |
动 |
to pass on/to communicate/to transmit |
| 状况 |
zhuàngkuàng |
名 |
condition; state; situation |
| 装饰 |
zhuāngshì |
动、名 |
to decorate/decoration/decorative/ornamental |
| 状态 |
zhuàngtài |
名 |
condition; state; state of affairs |
| 装修 |
zhuāngxiū |
动 |
to decorate/interior decoration/to fit up/to renovate |
| 专家 |
zhuānjiā |
名 |
expert; specialist |
| 专心 |
zhuānxīn |
形 |
to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth) |
| 逐步 |
zhúbù |
副 |
progressively/step by step |
| 注册 |
zhùcè |
动 |
to register/to enroll |
| 主持 |
zhǔchí |
动 |
to take charge of/to manage or direct/to preside over/to uphold/to stand for (justice etc)/to host (a TV or radio program etc)/(TV) anchor |
| 主动 |
zhǔdòng |
形 |
to take the initiative/to do sth of one's own accord/spontaneous/active/opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]/drive (of gears and shafts etc) |
| 住房 |
zhùfáng |
名 |
housing |
| 主观 |
zhǔguān |
形 |
subjective |
| 追 |
zhuī |
动 |
to chase/to pursue/to look into/to investigate/to reminisce/to recall/to court (one's beloved)/to binge-watch (a TV drama)/retroactively/posthumously |
| 追求 |
zhuīqiú |
动 |
to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly/to seek after/to woo |
| 逐渐 |
zhújiàn |
副 |
gradually |
| 主人 |
zhǔrén |
名 |
master/host/owner |
| 主任 |
zhǔrèn |
名 |
director/head |
| 主食 |
zhǔshí |
名 |
staple food |
| 住宿 |
zhùsù |
动 |
to stay at/lodging/accommodation |
| 主题 |
zhǔtí |
名 |
theme/subject |
| 主席 |
zhǔxí |
名 |
chairperson/premier/chairman |
| 住址 |
zhùzhǐ |
名 |
address |
| 注重 |
zhùzhòng |
动 |
to pay attention to/to emphasize |
| 竹子 |
zhúzi |
名 |
bamboo |
| 紫 |
zǐ |
形 |
purple/violet |
| 自从 |
zìcóng |
介 |
since (a time)/ever since |
| 自动 |
zìdòng |
- |
副、形 automatic/voluntarily |
| 资格 |
zīgé |
名 |
qualifications/seniority |
| 资金 |
zījīn |
名 |
funds; capital |
| 自觉 |
zìjué |
动、形 |
conscious/aware/on one's own initiative/conscientious |
| 字母 |
zìmǔ |
名 |
letter (of the alphabet) |
| 子女 |
zǐnǚ |
名 |
children; sons and daughters |
| 自身 |
zìshēn |
名 |
itself/oneself/one's own |
| 姿势 |
zīshì |
名 |
posture/position |
| 咨询 |
zīxún |
动 |
to consult/to seek advice/consultation/(sales) inquiry (formal) |
| 自由 |
zìyóu |
形、名 |
freedom; liberty/free; unrestricted |
| 资源 |
zīyuán |
名 |
Ziyuan county in Guilin 桂林[Gui4 lin2], Guangxi/natural resource (such as water or minerals)/resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
| 总部 |
zǒngbù |
名 |
general headquarters |
| 总共 |
zǒnggòng |
副 |
altogether; in sum; in all; in total |
| 综合 |
zōnghé |
动 |
comprehensive/composite/synthesized/mixed/to sum up/to integrate/to synthesize |
| 总数 |
zǒngshù |
名 |
total/sum/aggregate |
| 总体 |
zǒngtǐ |
名 |
completely/totally/total/entire/overall/population (statistics) |
| 总统 |
zǒngtǒng |
名 |
president (of a country) |
| 总之 |
zǒngzhī |
连 |
in a word/in short/in brief |
| 族 |
zú |
后缀 |
race/nationality/ethnicity/clan/by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 组成 |
zǔchéng |
动 |
to form/to make up/to constitute |
| 足够 |
zúgòu |
动 |
enough; sufficient |
| 组合 |
zǔhé |
动、名 |
to assemble; to combine; to compose/combination; association; set; compilation/(math.) combinatorial |
| 醉 |
zuì |
动 |
intoxicated |
| 嘴巴 |
zuǐba |
名 |
mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1])/slap in the face (CL:個|个[ge4]) |
| 最初 |
zuìchū |
名 |
first/primary/initial/original/at first/initially/originally |
| 最佳 |
zuìjiā |
形 |
optimum/optimal/peak/best (athlete, movie etc) |
| 租金 |
zūjīn |
名 |
rent |
| 尊敬 |
zūnjìng |
动、形 |
to respect; to revere; to esteem/honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) |
| 遵守 |
zūnshǒu |
动 |
to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement) |
| 作出 |
zuòchū |
动 |
to put out/to come up with/to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)/to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)/to draw (conclusion)/to deliver (speech, judgment)/to devise (explanation)/to extract |
| 阻止 |
zǔzhǐ |
动 |
to prevent/to block |
| 组织 |
zǔzhī |
动、名 |
to organize/organization/(biology) tissue/(textiles) weave |