| 岸 |
àn |
名 |
bank; shore; beach; coast |
| 昂贵 |
ángguì |
形 |
expensive/costly |
| 案例 |
ànlì |
名 |
case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example |
| 按摩 |
ànmó |
动 |
massage/to massage |
| 暗示 |
ànshì |
动 |
to hint; to suggest/hint; suggestion |
| 败 |
bài |
动 |
to defeat/to damage/to lose (to an opponent)/to fail/to wither |
| 摆 |
bǎi |
动 |
to arrange/to exhibit/to move to and fro/a pendulum |
| 白白 |
báibái |
副 |
in vain/to no purpose/for nothing/white |
| 拜访 |
bàifǎng |
动 |
to pay a visit; to call on |
| 摆放 |
bǎifàng |
动 |
to set up; to arrange; to lay out |
| 百分点 |
bǎifēndiǎn |
名 |
percentage point |
| 百货 |
bǎihuò |
名 |
general merchandise |
| 白领 |
báilǐng |
名 |
white-collar/white-collar worker |
| 拜年 |
bàinián |
动 |
to pay a New Year call/to wish sb a Happy New Year |
| 摆脱 |
bǎituō |
动 |
to break away from/to cast off (old ideas etc)/to get rid of/to break away (from)/to break out (of)/to free oneself from/to extricate oneself |
| 版 |
bǎn |
- |
名、量 a register/block of printing/edition/version/page |
| 版本 |
bǎnběn |
名 |
version/edition/release |
| 棒球 |
bàngqiú |
名 |
baseball |
| 榜样 |
bǎngyàng |
名 |
example/model |
| 伴随 |
bànsuí |
动 |
to accompany/to follow/to occur together with/concomitant |
| 扮演 |
bànyǎn |
动 |
to play the role of/to act |
| 爆 |
bào |
动 |
to explode or burst/to quick fry or quick boil |
| 爆发 |
bàofā |
动 |
to break out/to erupt/to explode/to burst out |
| 保管 |
bǎoguǎn |
动 |
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care/to guarantee/certainly; surely/custodian; curator |
| 保健 |
bǎojiàn |
动 |
health protection/health care/to maintain in good health |
| 报刊 |
bàokān |
名 |
newspapers and periodicals/the press |
| 暴力 |
bàolì |
名 |
violence/force/violent |
| 暴露 |
bàolù |
动 |
to expose/to reveal/to lay bare/also pr. [pu4 lu4] |
| 保暖 |
bǎonuǎn |
动 |
to keep warm |
| 报社 |
bàoshè |
名 |
newspaper (i.e. a company) |
| 保修 |
bǎoxiū |
动 |
to promise to keep sth in good repair/guarantee; warranty |
| 爆炸 |
bàozhà |
动 |
explosion/to explode/to blow up/to detonate |
| 保障 |
bǎozhàng |
动、名 |
to ensure/to guarantee/to safeguard |
| 被动 |
bèidòng |
形 |
passive |
| 悲观 |
bēiguān |
形 |
pessimistic |
| 北极 |
běijí |
名 |
the North Pole; the Arctic Pole/the north magnetic pole |
| 悲剧 |
bēijù |
名 |
tragedy |
| 北美洲 |
Běiměizhōu |
名 |
North America |
| 被迫 |
bèipò |
动 |
to be compelled/to be forced |
| 悲伤 |
bēishāng |
形 |
sad; sorrowful |
| 背心 |
bèixīn |
名 |
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) |
| 备用 |
bèiyòng |
动 |
reserve/spare/alternate/backup |
| 倍增 |
bèizēng |
动 |
to double/to redouble/to increase many times over/to multiply by a factor/multiplication |
| 本能 |
běnnéng |
- |
名、副 instinct |
| 奔跑 |
bēnpǎo |
动 |
to run |
| 本身 |
běnshēn |
代 |
itself/in itself/per se |
| 本土 |
běntǔ |
名 |
one's native country/native/local/metropolitan territory |
| 闭 |
bì |
动 |
to close/to stop up/to shut/to obstruct |
| 避 |
bì |
动 |
to avoid/to shun/to flee/to escape/to keep away from/to leave/to hide from |
| 逼 |
bī |
动 |
to force (sb to do sth)/to compel/to press for/to extort/to press on towards/to press up to/to close in on |
| 编 |
biān |
动 |
to weave/to plait/to organize/to group/to arrange/to edit/to compile/to write/to compose/to fabricate/to make up |
| 遍地 |
biàndì |
- |
动、副 everywhere/all over |
| 编辑 |
biānjí |
动、名 |
to edit/to compile/editor/compiler |
| 便捷 |
biànjié |
形 |
convenient and fast |
| 编写 |
biānxiě |
动 |
to compile |
| 变质 |
biànzhì |
动 |
to degenerate; to deteriorate/(of food) to go bad; to go off/(geology) metamorphism |
| 比方 |
bǐfang |
动 |
analogy/instance/for instance |
| 兵 |
bīng |
名 |
soldiers/a force/an army/weapons/arms/military/warlike |
| 病毒 |
bìngdú |
名 |
virus |
| 必修 |
bìxiū |
形 |
(of an academic course) required/compulsory |
| 比重 |
bǐzhòng |
名 |
proportion/specific gravity |
| 播 |
bō |
动 |
to sow/to scatter/to spread/to broadcast/Taiwan pr. [bo4] |
| 博览会 |
bólǎnhuì |
名 |
exposition/international fair |
| 薄弱 |
bóruò |
形 |
weak; frail |
| 播种 |
bōzhǒng |
动 |
to sow seeds/to grow (maize etc) from seed/to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed |
| 脖子 |
bózi |
名 |
neck |
| 布 |
bù |
名 |
cloth/to declare/to announce/to spread/to make known |
| 补 |
bǔ |
动 |
to repair/to patch/to mend/to make up for/to fill (a vacancy)/to supplement |
| 捕 |
bǔ |
动 |
to catch; to seize; to capture |
| 不耐烦 |
búnàifán |
- |
impatient/to lose patience |
| 不安 |
bù’ān |
形 |
unpeaceful/unstable/uneasy/disturbed/restless/worried |
| 不曾 |
bùcéng |
副 |
hasn't yet; hasn't ever |
| 补偿 |
bǔcháng |
动 |
to compensate/to make up |
| 不成 |
bùchéng |
- |
动、形、助 won't do/unable to/(at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? |
| 不得 |
bùdé |
动 |
must not/may not/not to be allowed/cannot |
| 部队 |
bùduì |
名 |
army/armed forces/troops/force/unit |
| 不顾 |
búgù |
动 |
in spite of; regardless of |
| 不禁 |
bùjīn |
副 |
can't help (doing sth)/can't refrain from |
| 补课 |
bǔkè |
动 |
to make up missed lesson/to reschedule a class |
| 不料 |
búliào |
连 |
unexpectedly/to one's surprise |
| 不适 |
búshì |
形 |
unwell/indisposed/out of sorts |
| 不时 |
bùshí |
- |
副、名 from time to time/now and then/occasionally/frequently |
| 补贴 |
bǔtiē |
动、名 |
to subsidize/subsidy/allowance/to supplement (one's salary etc)/benefit |
| 部位 |
bùwèi |
名 |
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc) |
| 补习 |
bǔxí |
动 |
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor |
| 不许 |
bùxǔ |
动 |
not to allow/must not/can't |
| 不宜 |
bùyí |
动 |
not suitable/inadvisable/inappropriate |
| 不已 |
bùyǐ |
动 |
(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly |
| 布置 |
bùzhì |
动 |
to put in order/to arrange/to decorate/to fix up/to deploy |
| 不止 |
bùzhǐ |
- |
动、副 incessantly/without end/more than/not limited to |
| 不至于 |
búzhìyú |
动 |
unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as |
| 步骤 |
bùzhòu |
名 |
procedure/step |
| 踩 |
cǎi |
动 |
to step on/to tread/to stamp/to press a pedal/to pedal (a bike)/(online) to downvote |
| 猜测 |
cāicè |
动 |
to guess/to conjecture/to surmise |
| 财产 |
cáichǎn |
名 |
property/assets/estate |
| 财富 |
cáifù |
名 |
wealth/riches |
| 采购 |
cǎigòu |
动、名 |
to procure (for an enterprise etc)/to purchase |
| 彩虹 |
cǎihóng |
名 |
rainbow |
| 才华 |
cáihuá |
名 |
talent |
| 采集 |
cǎijí |
动 |
to gather/to collect/to harvest |
| 采纳 |
cǎinà |
动 |
to accept/to adopt |
| 才能 |
cáinéng |
名 |
talent/ability/capacity |
| 彩票 |
cǎipiào |
名 |
lottery ticket |
| 财务 |
cáiwù |
名 |
financial affairs |
| 财物 |
cáiwù |
名 |
property/belongings |
| 材质 |
cáizhì |
名 |
texture of timber/quality of material/material (that sth is made of) |
| 仓库 |
cāngkù |
名 |
depot/storehouse/warehouse |
| 残疾 |
cánjí |
名 |
disabled/handicapped/deformity on a person or animal |
| 参展 |
cānzhǎn |
动 |
to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc |
| 草原 |
cǎoyuán |
名 |
grassland/prairie |
| 侧 |
cè |
名、动 |
the side/to incline towards/to lean/inclined/lateral/side |
| 策划 |
cèhuà |
动 |
to plot/to scheme/to bring about/to engineer/planning/producer/planner |
| 测量 |
cèliáng |
动 |
survey/to measure/to gauge/to determine |
| 策略 |
cèlüè |
名 |
strategy; tactics/crafty; adroit |
| 层次 |
céngcì |
名 |
layer/level/gradation/arrangement of ideas/(a person's) standing |
| 层面 |
céngmiàn |
名 |
aspect; facet/level (political, psychological, spiritual etc)/(geology) bedding plane |
| 叉 |
chā |
名、动 |
fork/pitchfork/prong/pick/cross/intersect/"X"/to cross/be stuck/to diverge/to open (as legs) |
| 拆除 |
chāichú |
动 |
to tear down/to demolish/to dismantle/to remove |
| 产出 |
chǎnchū |
动 |
to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc)/output |
| 产地 |
chǎndì |
名 |
source (of a product)/place of origin/manufacturing location |
| 肠 |
cháng |
名 |
intestines |
| 场次 |
chǎngcì |
名 |
the number of showings of a movie, play etc/screening; performance |
| 场地 |
chǎngdì |
名 |
space/site/place/sports pitch |
| 长短 |
chángduǎn |
名 |
length/accident; mishap/right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits |
| 场馆 |
chǎngguǎn |
名 |
sporting venue/arena |
| 常规 |
chángguī |
名、形 |
code of conduct; conventions; common practice/routine (medical procedure etc) |
| 场合 |
chǎnghé |
名 |
situation/occasion/context/setting/location/venue |
| 厂家 |
chǎngjiā |
名 |
factory; manufacturer/(coll.) a factory owner; the factory management |
| 场景 |
chǎngjǐng |
名 |
scene; scenario; situation; setting |
| 场面 |
chǎngmiàn |
名 |
scene/spectacle/occasion/situation |
| 常年 |
chángnián |
- |
副、名 all year round/for years on end/average year |
| 厂商 |
chǎngshāng |
名 |
manufacturer/producer |
| 长寿 |
chángshòu |
形 |
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4]/longevity/long-lived |
| 畅通 |
chàngtōng |
形 |
unimpeded/free-flowing/straight path/unclogged/move without obstruction |
| 常温 |
chángwēn |
名 |
room temperature/ordinary temperatures |
| 畅销 |
chàngxiāo |
动 |
to sell well/bestselling; chart-topping |
| 抄 |
chāo |
动 |
to make a copy/to plagiarize/to search and seize/to raid/to grab/to go off with/to take a shortcut/to make a turning move/to fold one's arms |
| 朝代 |
cháodài |
名 |
dynasty/reign (of a king) |
| 炒股 |
chǎogǔ |
动 |
(coll.) to speculate in stocks |
| 吵架 |
chǎojià |
动 |
to quarrel/to have a row/quarrel |
| 潮流 |
cháoliú |
名 |
tide/current/trend |
| 潮湿 |
cháoshī |
形 |
damp/moist |
| 嘲笑 |
cháoxiào |
动 |
to jeer at/to deride/to ridicule/mockery/derision |
| 超越 |
chāoyuè |
动 |
to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 查询 |
cháxún |
动 |
to check/to inquire/to consult (a document etc)/inquiry/query |
| 差异 |
chāyì |
名 |
difference; discrepancy |
| 插座 |
chāzuò |
名 |
socket/outlet |
| 撤回 |
chèhuí |
动 |
to recall/to revoke/to retract |
| 趁 |
chèn |
介 |
to avail oneself of/to take advantage of |
| 成 |
chéng |
量 |
surname Cheng/to succeed/to finish/to complete/to accomplish/to become/to turn into/to be all right/OK!/one tenth |
| 乘 |
chéng |
动 |
surname Cheng/to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take advantage of/to multiply (math.)/Buddhist sect or creed |
| 盛 |
chéng |
动 |
to hold/to contain/to ladle/to pick up with a utensil |
| 撑 |
chēng |
动 |
to support/to prop up/to push or move with a pole/to maintain/to open or unfurl/to fill to bursting point/brace/stay/support |
| 承办 |
chéngbàn |
动 |
to undertake/to accept a contract |
| 惩罚 |
chéngfá |
动 |
penalty/punishment/to punish |
| 称号 |
chēnghào |
名 |
name/term of address/title |
| 称呼 |
chēnghu |
动、名 |
to call; to address as/form of address; appellation |
| 成交 |
chéngjiāo |
动 |
to complete a contract/to reach a deal |
| 承诺 |
chéngnuò |
动 |
to promise/to undertake to do something/commitment |
| 成千上万 |
chéngqiān-shàngwàn |
- |
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers/innumerable/thousands upon thousands |
| 呈现 |
chéngxiàn |
动 |
to appear/to emerge/to present (a certain appearance)/to demonstrate |
| 成效 |
chéngxiào |
名 |
effect/result |
| 诚信 |
chéngxìn |
形 |
honesty; trustworthiness; good faith |
| 成语 |
chéngyǔ |
名 |
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage |
| 城镇 |
chéngzhèn |
名 |
town/cities and towns |
| 称作 |
chēngzuò |
动 |
to be called; to be known as |
| 沉重 |
chénzhòng |
形 |
heavy/hard/serious/critical |
| 撤销 |
chèxiāo |
动 |
to repeal/to revoke/(computing) to undo |
| 尺 |
chǐ |
- |
量、名 a Chinese foot/one-third of a meter/a ruler/a tape-measure/one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine |
| 尺寸 |
chǐcùn |
名 |
size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)/(coll.) propriety |
| 持久 |
chíjiǔ |
形 |
lasting/enduring/persistent/permanent/protracted/endurance/persistence/to last long |
| 持有 |
chíyǒu |
动 |
to hold (passport, views etc) |
| 冲 |
chòng |
动、介 |
(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 |
| 崇拜 |
chóngbài |
动 |
to worship/adoration |
| 冲动 |
chōngdòng |
名、形 |
to have an urge/to be impetuous/impulse/urge |
| 冲击 |
chōngjī |
动 |
to attack/to batter/(of waves) to pound against/shock/impact |
| 重建 |
chóngjiàn |
动 |
to rebuild/to reestablish/reconstruction/rebuilding |
| 充实 |
chōngshí |
形、动 |
rich/full/substantial/to enrich/to augment/to substantiate (an argument) |
| 冲突 |
chōngtū |
动 |
conflict/to conflict/clash of opposing forces/collision (of interests)/contention |
| 愁 |
chóu |
动 |
to worry about |
| 筹备 |
chóubèi |
动 |
preparations/to get ready for sth |
| 抽奖 |
chōujiǎng |
动 |
to draw a prize/a lottery/a raffle |
| 抽象 |
chōuxiàng |
形 |
abstract/abstraction |
| 除 |
chú |
动、介 |
to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to divide/except/not including |
| 串 |
chuàn |
- |
名、量 to string together/to skewer/to connect wrongly/to gang up/to rove/string/bunch/skewer/classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of/to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)/to move across |
| 传承 |
chuánchéng |
动 |
to pass on (to future generations)/passed on (from former times)/a continued tradition/an inheritance |
| 传达 |
chuándá |
动 |
to pass on/to convey/to relay/to transmit/transmission |
| 闯 |
chuǎng |
动 |
to rush/to charge/to dash/to break through/to temper oneself (through battling hardships) |
| 创办 |
chuàngbàn |
动 |
to establish; to found |
| 创建 |
chuàngjiàn |
动 |
to found; to establish |
| 窗口 |
chuāngkǒu |
名 |
window/opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)/computer operating system window/fig. medium/intermediary/showpiece/testing ground |
| 创立 |
chuànglì |
动 |
to establish; to set up; to found |
| 穿过 |
chuānguò |
动 |
to pass through |
| 创意 |
chuàngyì |
名、动 |
creative/creativity |
| 传染 |
chuánrǎn |
动 |
to infect/contagious |
| 传染病 |
chuánrǎnbìng |
名 |
infectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease |
| 传授 |
chuánshòu |
动 |
to impart; to pass on; to teach |
| 传输 |
chuánshū |
动 |
to transmit/transmission |
| 传真 |
chuánzhēn |
名 |
to fax/a fax/(literary) to portray vividly in painting |
| 船只 |
chuánzhī |
名 |
ship/boat/vessel |
| 初步 |
chūbù |
形 |
initial/preliminary/tentative |
| 出场 |
chūchǎng |
动 |
(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform/(of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete/(fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product)/(of an examinee etc) to leave the venue |
| 处处 |
chùchù |
副 |
everywhere/in all respects |
| 储存 |
chǔcún |
动 |
stockpile/to store/to stockpile/storage |
| 初等 |
chūděng |
形 |
elementary (i.e. easy) |
| 处罚 |
chǔfá |
动 |
to penalize/to punish |
| 除非 |
chúfēi |
连 |
only if (..., or otherwise, ...)/only when/only in the case that/unless |
| 垂直 |
chuízhí |
动 |
perpendicular; vertical |
| 出境 |
chūjìng |
动 |
to leave a country or region/outbound (tourism) |
| 出力 |
chūlì |
动 |
to exert oneself |
| 出名 |
chūmíng |
形 |
well-known for sth/to become well known/to make one's mark/to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) |
| 纯 |
chún |
- |
形、副 pure/simple/unmixed/genuine |
| 出入 |
chūrù |
名 |
to go out and come in/entrance and exit/expenditure and income/discrepancy/inconsistent |
| 出示 |
chūshì |
动 |
to show/to take out and show to others/to display |
| 储蓄 |
chǔxù |
动、名 |
to save money (in a bank)/savings |
| 出游 |
chūyóu |
动 |
to go on a tour/to have an outing |
| 出于 |
chūyú |
动 |
due to/to stem from |
| 刺 |
cì |
动、名 |
(onom.) whoosh/thorn/sting/thrust/to prick/to pierce/to stab/to assassinate/to murder |
| 此刻 |
cǐkè |
名 |
this moment/now/at present |
| 瓷器 |
cíqì |
名 |
chinaware/porcelain |
| 次数 |
cìshù |
名 |
number of times/frequency/order number (in a series)/power (math.)/degree of a polynomial (math.) |
| 匆匆 |
cōngcōng |
形 |
hurriedly |
| 匆忙 |
cōngmáng |
形 |
hasty/hurried |
| 从未 |
cóngwèi |
副 |
never |
| 从业 |
cóngyè |
动 |
to practice (a trade) |
| 醋 |
cù |
名 |
vinegar/jealousy (in love rivalry) |
| 脆 |
cuì |
形 |
brittle/fragile/crisp/crunchy/clear and loud voice/neat |
| 脆弱 |
cuìruò |
形 |
weak/frail |
| 寸 |
cùn |
量 |
a unit of length/inch/thumb |
| 存储 |
cúnchǔ |
动 |
to store up/to stockpile/(computer) to save/to store/memory/storage |
| 村庄 |
cūnzhuāng |
名 |
village/hamlet |
| 挫折 |
cuòzhé |
动 |
setback/reverse/check/defeat/frustration/disappointment/to frustrate/to discourage/to set sb back/to blunt/to subdue |
| 搭 |
dā |
动 |
to put up/to build (scaffolding)/to hang (clothes on a pole)/to connect/to join/to arrange in pairs/to match/to add/to throw in (resources)/to take (boat, train) |
| 打交道 |
dǎjiāodao |
- |
to come into contact with/to have dealings |
| 大臣 |
dàchén |
名 |
chancellor (of a monarchy)/cabinet minister |
| 大吃一惊 |
dàchī-yìjīng |
- |
to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled/gobsmacked |
| 大地 |
dàdì |
名 |
earth/mother earth |
| 打动 |
dǎdòng |
动 |
to move (to pity)/arousing (sympathy)/touching |
| 大都 |
dàdū |
副 |
Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing/for the most part/on the whole/metropolitan |
| 大方 |
dàfang |
形 |
expert/scholar/mother earth/a type of green tea/generous/magnanimous/stylish/in good taste/easy-mannered/natural and relaxed |
| 答复 |
dáfù |
动 |
to answer/to reply/Reply to: (in email header) |
| 大幅 |
dàfú |
副 |
a big margin/substantially |
| 大伙儿 |
dàhuǒr |
代 |
everybody/everyone/we all |
| 待 |
dài |
动 |
to stay/to wait/to treat/to deal with/to need/going to (do sth)/about to/intending to |
| 呆 |
dāi |
形 |
foolish/stupid/expressionless/blank/to stay |
| 代价 |
dàijià |
名 |
price/cost/consideration (in share dealing) |
| 贷款 |
dàikuǎn |
动、名 |
a loan/to provide a loan (e.g. bank)/to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) |
| 代理 |
dàilǐ |
动 |
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position/to act as an agent or proxy/surrogate/(computing) proxy |
| 带领 |
dàilǐng |
动 |
to guide/to lead |
| 打击 |
dǎjī |
动 |
to hit/to strike/to attack/to crack down on sth/blow/(psychological) shock/percussion (music) |
| 打架 |
dǎjià |
动 |
to fight/to scuffle/to come to blows |
| 打卡 |
dǎkǎ |
动 |
(of an employee) to clock on (or off)/to punch in (or out)/(on social media) to check in to a location |
| 打雷 |
dǎléi |
动 |
to rumble with thunder/clap of thunder |
| 蛋白质 |
dànbáizhì |
名 |
protein |
| 单纯 |
dānchún |
形 |
simple/pure/unsophisticated/merely/purely |
| 单调 |
dāndiào |
形 |
monotonous |
| 档案 |
dàngàn |
名 |
file; record; archive |
| 当场 |
dāngchǎng |
副 |
at the scene; on the spot |
| 当初 |
dāngchū |
名 |
at that time/originally |
| 当代 |
dāngdài |
名 |
the present age/the contemporary era |
| 当今 |
dāngjīn |
名 |
the present time/(old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty |
| 当面 |
dāngmiàn |
副 |
to sb's face/in sb's presence |
| 当天 |
dàngtiān |
名 |
on that day/the same day |
| 当下 |
dāngxià |
- |
名、副 immediately/at once/at that moment/at the moment |
| 当选 |
dāngxuǎn |
动 |
to be elected/to be selected |
| 诞生 |
dànshēng |
动 |
to be born |
| 耽误 |
dānwu |
动 |
to delay/to hold up/to waste time/to interfere with |
| 担忧 |
dānyōu |
动 |
to worry/to be concerned |
| 岛 |
dǎo |
名 |
island |
| 倒闭 |
dǎobì |
动 |
to go bankrupt/to close down |
| 倒车 |
dǎochē |
动 |
to change buses, trains etc/to reverse (a vehicle)/to drive backwards |
| 道德 |
dàodé |
名、形 |
virtue/morality/ethics |
| 倒是 |
dàoshì |
副 |
contrary to what one might expect/actually/contrariwise/why don't you |
| 导师 |
dǎoshī |
名 |
tutor/teacher/academic advisor |
| 搭配 |
dāpèi |
动、形 |
to pair up/to match/to arrange in pairs/to add sth into a group |
| 大使 |
dàshǐ |
名 |
ambassador/envoy |
| 大师 |
dàshī |
名 |
great master/master |
| 大洋洲 |
Dàyángzhōu |
名 |
Oceania |
| 打造 |
dǎzào |
动 |
to create/to build/to develop/to forge (of metal) |
| 打仗 |
dǎzhàng |
动 |
to fight a battle/to go to war |
| 大致 |
dàzhì |
- |
形、副 more or less; roughly; approximately |
| 得了 |
déle |
- |
动、助 all right!/that's enough! |
| 等级 |
děngjí |
名 |
grade/rank/status |
| 灯笼 |
dēnglong |
名 |
lantern |
| 得以 |
déyǐ |
动 |
able to/so that sb can/enabling/in order to/finally in a position to/with sth in view |
| 得知 |
dézhī |
动 |
to find out/to learn of |
| 滴 |
dī |
动、量 |
a drop/to drip |
| 电饭锅 |
diànfànguō |
名 |
electric rice cooker |
| 点击 |
diǎnjī |
动 |
to hit/to press/to strike (on the keyboard)/to click (a web page button) |
| 电力 |
diànlì |
名 |
electrical power/electricity |
| 典礼 |
diǎnlǐ |
名 |
ceremony; celebration |
| 店铺 |
diànpù |
名 |
store/shop |
| 点燃 |
diǎnrán |
动 |
to ignite/to set on fire/aflame |
| 典型 |
diǎnxíng |
名、形 |
model/typical case/archetype/typical/representative |
| 电源 |
diànyuán |
名 |
electric power source |
| 吊 |
diào |
动 |
to suspend/to hang up/to hang a person |
| 调动 |
diàodòng |
动 |
to transfer/to maneuver (troops etc)/movement of personnel/to mobilize/to bring into play |
| 钓鱼 |
diàoyú |
动 |
to fish (with line and hook); to angle/(fig.) to entrap/(Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing |
| 抵达 |
dǐdá |
动 |
to arrive/to reach (a destination) |
| 地道 |
dìdao |
形 |
tunnel/causeway/authentic/genuine/proper |
| 跌 |
diē |
动 |
to fall/to tumble/to trip/(of prices etc) to drop/Taiwan pr. [die2] |
| 地方 |
dìfāng |
名 |
region/regional (away from the central administration)/local/area/place/space/room/territory |
| 抵抗 |
dǐkàng |
动 |
to resist/resistance |
| 顶 |
dǐng |
- |
名、动、量 apex/crown of the head/top/roof/most/to carry on the head/to push to the top/to go against/to replace/to substitute/to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc)/(slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile/classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc |
| 订单 |
dìngdān |
名 |
(purchase) order |
| 订婚 |
dìnghūn |
动 |
to get engaged |
| 定价 |
dìngjià |
动、名 |
to set a price/to fix a price |
| 定时 |
dìngshí |
动、名 |
to fix a time/fixed time/timed (of explosive etc) |
| 定位 |
dìngwèi |
动、名 |
to orientate/to position/to categorize (as)/to characterize (as)/positioning/position/niche |
| 定义 |
dìngyì |
名、动 |
definition/to define |
| 定制 |
dìngzhì |
动 |
custom-made; made-to-order/to have sth custom made |
| 低碳 |
dītàn |
形 |
(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet) |
| 地形 |
dìxíng |
名 |
topography/terrain/landform |
| 地域 |
dìyù |
名 |
area/district/region |
| 地质 |
dìzhì |
名 |
geology |
| 栋 |
dòng |
量 |
classifier for houses or buildings/ridgepole (old) |
| 动机 |
dòngjī |
名 |
motive; motivation |
| 动力 |
dònglì |
名 |
motive power/force/(fig.) motivation/impetus |
| 动漫 |
dòngmàn |
名 |
cartoons and comics/anime and manga/cartoon (animated movie)/anime |
| 动态 |
dòngtài |
名、形 |
movement/motion/development/trend/dynamic (science) |
| 动听 |
dòngtīng |
形 |
pleasant to listen to |
| 逗 |
dòu |
动、形 |
to stay/to stop/to tease (play with)/amusing/short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma |
| 斗争 |
dòuzhēng |
动、名 |
a struggle/fight/battle |
| 毒 |
dú |
名、动、形 |
poison/to poison/poisonous/malicious/cruel/fierce/narcotics |
| 渡 |
dù |
动 |
to cross/to pass through/to ferry |
| 端 |
duān |
动 |
end/extremity/item/port/to hold sth level with both hands/to carry/regular |
| 短缺 |
duǎnquē |
动 |
shortage |
| 对称 |
duìchèn |
形 |
symmetry/symmetrical |
| 对接 |
duìjiē |
动 |
to join up/to dock/a joint (between components) |
| 对抗 |
duìkàng |
动 |
to withstand/to resist/to stand off/antagonism/confrontation |
| 对立 |
duìlì |
动 |
to oppose/to set sth against/to be antagonistic to/antithetical/relative opposite/opposing/diametrical |
| 对应 |
duìyìng |
动、形 |
to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to |
| 蹲 |
dūn |
动 |
to crouch/to squat/to stay (somewhere) |
| 顿时 |
dùnshí |
副 |
immediately/suddenly |
| 夺 |
duó |
动 |
to seize/to take away forcibly/to wrest control of/to compete or strive for/to force one's way through/to leave out/to lose |
| 躲避 |
duǒbì |
动 |
to hide/to evade/to dodge/to take shelter/to avoid (difficulties) |
| 多才多艺 |
duōcái-duōyì |
- |
multitalented |
| 多亏 |
duōkuī |
动 |
thanks to/luckily |
| 多媒体 |
duōméitǐ |
名 |
multimedia |
| 夺取 |
duóqǔ |
动 |
to seize/to capture/to wrest control of |
| 多余 |
duōyú |
动、形 |
superfluous/unnecessary/surplus |
| 多元 |
duōyuán |
形 |
poly-/multi-/multielement/multivariant/multivariate (math.) |
| 都市 |
dūshì |
名 |
city; metropolis |
| 恶劣 |
èliè |
形 |
vile/nasty/of very poor quality |
| 耳环 |
ěrhuán |
名 |
earring |
| 儿科 |
érkē |
名 |
pediatrics |
| 二氧化碳 |
èryǎnghuàtàn |
名 |
carbon dioxide CO2 |
| 恶心 |
ěxin |
形、动 |
nausea/to feel sick/disgust/nauseating/to embarrass (deliberately)/bad habit/vicious habit/vice |
| 发病 |
fābìng |
动 |
(of an illness) to occur/(of a person) to get sick; to fall ill/onset (of a medical condition) |
| 发愁 |
fāchóu |
动 |
to worry/to fret/to be anxious/to become sad |
| 发电 |
fādiàn |
动 |
to generate electricity/to send a telegram |
| 法定 |
fǎdìng |
形 |
statutory; law-based; legal |
| 发动 |
fādòng |
动 |
to start/to launch/to unleash/to mobilize/to arouse |
| 发放 |
fāfàng |
动 |
to provide/to give/to grant |
| 法官 |
fǎguān |
名 |
judge (in court) |
| 发光 |
fāguāng |
动 |
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous |
| 法规 |
fǎguī |
名 |
legislation/statute |
| 犯 |
fàn |
动 |
to violate/to offend/to assault/criminal/crime/to make a mistake/recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) |
| 番 |
fān |
量 |
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian/classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort/(classifier) a kind; a sort/(classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") |
| 妨碍 |
fángài |
动 |
to hinder/to obstruct |
| 放大 |
fàngdà |
动 |
to enlarge/to magnify |
| 方方面面 |
fāngfāngmiànmiàn |
名 |
all sides; all aspects/multifaceted |
| 放飞 |
fàngfēi |
动 |
to allow to fly |
| 房价 |
fángjià |
名 |
house price/cost of housing |
| 访谈 |
fǎngtán |
动 |
to visit and discuss/to interview |
| 方位 |
fāngwèi |
名 |
direction/points of the compass/bearing/position/azimuth |
| 方言 |
fāngyán |
名 |
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters/topolect/dialect |
| 防治 |
fángzhì |
动 |
to prevent and cure/prevention and cure |
| 反馈 |
fǎnkuì |
动 |
to send back information/feedback |
| 繁忙 |
fánmáng |
形 |
busy/bustling |
| 凡是 |
fánshì |
副 |
each and every; every; all; any |
| 反思 |
fǎnsī |
动 |
to think back over sth/to review/to revisit/to rethink/reflection/reassessment |
| 繁殖 |
fánzhí |
动 |
to breed/to reproduce/to propagate |
| 发票 |
fāpiào |
名 |
invoice; receipt; bill/uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票[tong3yi1 fa1piao4]) |
| 发行 |
fāxíng |
动 |
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute |
| 发炎 |
fāyán |
动 |
to become inflamed/inflammation |
| 发育 |
fāyù |
动 |
to develop/to mature/growth/development/(sexually) mature |
| 肥 |
féi |
- |
形、动、名 fat/fertile/loose-fitting or large/to fertilize/to become rich by illegal means/fertilizer/manure |
| 肺 |
fèi |
名 |
lung |
| 肥胖 |
féipàng |
形 |
fat; obese |
| 飞速 |
fēisù |
副 |
swift/rapidly |
| 肥沃 |
féiwò |
形 |
fertile |
| 肺炎 |
fèiyán |
名 |
pneumonia/inflammation of the lungs |
| 粉 |
fěn |
名、形 |
powder/cosmetic face powder/food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour/to turn to powder/(dialect) to whitewash/white/pink/(suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1])/to be a fan of |
| 封闭 |
fēngbì |
动 |
to close; to seal off/to close down (an illegal venue)/closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) |
| 风光 |
fēngguāng |
名 |
scene/view/sight/landscape/to be well-regarded/to be well-off/grand (dialect)/impressive (dialect) |
| 风力 |
fēnglì |
名 |
wind force/wind power |
| 分工 |
fēngōng |
动 |
to divide up the work/division of labor |
| 丰收 |
fēngshōu |
动 |
bumper harvest |
| 奉献 |
fèngxiàn |
动 |
to offer respectfully/to consecrate/to dedicate/to devote |
| 风雨 |
fēngyǔ |
名 |
wind and rain/the elements/(fig.) trials and hardships |
| 分级 |
fēnjí |
动 |
to rank/to grade/to classify/rank/grade/classification |
| 愤怒 |
fènnù |
形 |
angry/indignant/wrath/ire |
| 分期 |
fēnqī |
动 |
by stages/staggered/step by step/in installments |
| 分散 |
fēnsàn |
形、动 |
to scatter/to disperse/to distribute |
| 氛围 |
fēnwéi |
名 |
ambience; atmosphere |
| 服 |
fú |
动 |
clothes/dress/garment/to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)/to obey/to be convinced (by an argument)/to convince/to admire/to acclimatize/to take (medicine)/mourning clothes/to wear mourning clothes/classifier for medicine: dose/Taiwan pr. [fu2] |
| 浮 |
fú |
动 |
to float/superficial/floating/unstable/movable/provisional/temporary/transient/impetuous/hollow/inflated/to exceed/superfluous/excessive/surplus |
| 副 |
fù |
形 |
secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb/classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions |
| 服从 |
fúcóng |
动 |
to obey (an order)/to comply/to defer |
| 辅导 |
fǔdǎo |
动 |
to give guidance/to mentor/to counsel/to coach/to tutor |
| 幅度 |
fúdù |
名 |
width/extent/range/scope |
| 覆盖 |
fùgài |
动 |
to cover |
| 符号 |
fúhào |
名 |
symbol; mark; sign |
| 附件 |
fùjiàn |
名 |
appendix (in a document)/enclosure (accompanying a document)/(email) attachment/accessory (for a car, computer etc)/(anatomy) adnexa |
| 福利 |
fúlì |
名、动 |
material benefit/benefit in kind/(social) welfare |
| 负面 |
fùmiàn |
形 |
negative/the negative side |
| 夫人 |
fūrén |
名 |
lady/madam/Mrs. |
| 服用 |
fúyòng |
动 |
to take (medicine) |
| 富裕 |
fùyù |
形、动 |
Fuyu county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang/prosperous; well-to-do; well-off |
| 赋予 |
fùyǔ |
动 |
to assign/to entrust (a task)/to give/to bestow |
| 辅助 |
fǔzhù |
动、形 |
to assist; to aid/supplementary; auxiliary |
| 该 |
gāi |
代 |
should/ought to/probably/must be/to deserve/to owe/to be sb's turn to do sth/that/the above-mentioned |
| 改编 |
gǎibiān |
动 |
to adapt/to rearrange/to revise |
| 概率 |
gàilǜ |
名 |
probability (math.) |
| 改造 |
gǎizào |
动 |
to transform/to reform/to remodel/to remold |
| 肝 |
gān |
名 |
liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4])/(slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game)/(of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy |
| 干脆 |
gāncuì |
- |
形、副 candid/direct and to the point/simply/just/might as well |
| 尴尬 |
gāngà |
形 |
awkward; embarrassed |
| 钢笔 |
gāngbǐ |
名 |
fountain pen |
| 港口 |
gǎngkǒu |
名 |
port/harbor |
| 岗位 |
gǎngwèi |
名 |
a post; a job |
| 干旱 |
gānhàn |
形 |
drought/arid/dry |
| 感激 |
gǎnjī |
动 |
to be grateful/to appreciate/thankful |
| 赶忙 |
gǎnmáng |
副 |
to hurry/to hasten/to make haste |
| 感染 |
gǎnrǎn |
动 |
to infect; infection/(fig.) to influence |
| 干扰 |
gānrǎo |
动 |
to disturb/to interfere/perturbation/interference (physics) |
| 感想 |
gǎnxiǎng |
名 |
impressions/reflections/thoughts |
| 干燥 |
gānzào |
形 |
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid/(of skin, mouth etc) dry/(fig.) dull; dry; boring/(of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure |
| 高层 |
gāocéng |
名、形 |
high-rise/high level; high class |
| 高超 |
gāochāo |
形 |
excellent/superlative |
| 高等 |
gāoděng |
形 |
high-level/higher (animals, education etc)/advanced (math etc) |
| 高端 |
gāoduān |
形、名 |
high-end |
| 高峰 |
gāofēng |
名 |
peak/summit/height |
| 稿件 |
gǎojiàn |
名 |
piece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article |
| 高尚 |
gāoshàng |
形 |
noble/lofty/refined/exquisite |
| 高手 |
gāoshǒu |
名 |
expert/past master/dab hand |
| 高新技术 |
gāoxīn-jìshù |
- |
High-tech |
| 高原 |
gāoyuán |
名 |
plateau |
| 稿子 |
gǎozi |
名 |
draft of a document/script/manuscript/mental plan/precedent |
| 割 |
gē |
动 |
to cut/to cut apart |
| 隔壁 |
gébì |
名 |
next door/neighbor |
| 歌唱 |
gēchàng |
动 |
to sing |
| 革命 |
gémìng |
动、形 |
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)/revolution/revolutionary/to revolt (against sb or sth)/to revolutionize (sth)/(separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) |
| 跟前 |
gēnqián |
名 |
the front (of)/(in) front/(in) sb's presence/just before (a date)/(of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one |
| 跟随 |
gēnsuí |
动 |
to follow |
| 跟踪 |
gēnzōng |
动 |
to follow sb's tracks/to tail/to shadow/tracking |
| 个体 |
gètǐ |
名 |
individual |
| 公 |
gōng |
形 |
public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-in-law/male (animal) |
| 宫 |
gōng |
名 |
surname Gong/palace/temple/castration (as corporal punishment)/first note in pentatonic scale |
| 公安 |
gōngān |
名 |
(Ministry of) Public Security/public safety/public security |
| 工地 |
gōngdì |
名 |
construction site |
| 工夫 |
gōngfu |
名 |
(old) laborer/period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)/spare time/skill/labor/effort |
| 公告 |
gōnggào |
动、名 |
post/announcement |
| 巩固 |
gǒnggù |
形、动 |
to consolidate; to strengthen/firm; solid; stable |
| 共计 |
gòngjì |
动 |
to sum up to/to total |
| 供给 |
gōngjǐ |
动 |
to furnish/to provide/supply (as in supply and demand) |
| 攻击 |
gōngjī |
动 |
to attack/to accuse/to charge/an attack (terrorist or military) |
| 公开 |
gōngkāi |
形、动 |
open; overt; public/to make public; to release |
| 公民 |
gōngmín |
名 |
citizen |
| 公认 |
gōngrèn |
动 |
publicly known (to be)/accepted (as) |
| 功效 |
gōngxiào |
名 |
efficacy |
| 工序 |
gōngxù |
名 |
working procedure/process |
| 公益 |
gōngyì |
名 |
public good; public welfare; public interest |
| 供应 |
gōngyìng |
动 |
to supply/to provide/to offer |
| 公元 |
gōngyuán |
名 |
CE (Common Era)/Christian Era/AD (Anno Domini) |
| 公正 |
gōngzhèng |
形 |
just; fair; equitable |
| 公众 |
gōngzhòng |
名 |
public |
| 公主 |
gōngzhǔ |
名 |
princess |
| 沟 |
gōu |
名 |
ditch/gutter/groove/gully/ravine |
| 构造 |
gòuzào |
动 |
structure/composition/tectonic (geology) |
| 顾 |
gù |
动 |
surname Gu/to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |
| 拐 |
guǎi |
动 |
cane/walking stick/crutch/old man's staff |
| 拐弯 |
guǎiwān |
动 |
to go round a curve/to turn a corner/fig. a new direction |
| 罐 |
guàn |
名 |
can/jar/pot |
| 官 |
guān |
名 |
surname Guan/government official/governmental/official/public/organ of the body |
| 关爱 |
guān’ài |
动 |
to show concern and care for |
| 管道 |
guǎndào |
名 |
tubing/pipeline/(fig.) channel/means |
| 官方 |
guānfāng |
名 |
government/official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 广阔 |
guǎngkuò |
形 |
wide/vast |
| 观光 |
guānguāng |
动 |
to tour/sightseeing/tourism |
| 关怀 |
guānhuái |
动 |
care/solicitude/to show care for/concerned about/attentive to |
| 关联 |
guānlián |
动 |
to be related; to be connected/relationship; connection |
| 观赏 |
guānshǎng |
动 |
to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous)/ornamental |
| 官员 |
guānyuán |
名 |
official (in an organization or government)/administrator |
| 古典 |
gǔdiǎn |
形 |
classical |
| 孤独 |
gūdú |
形 |
lonely/solitary |
| 姑姑 |
gūgu |
名 |
paternal aunt |
| 跪 |
guì |
动 |
to kneel |
| 归 |
guī |
动、介 |
surname Gui/to return/to go back to/to give back to/(of a responsibility) to be taken care of by/to belong to/to gather together/(used between two identical verbs) despite/to marry (of a woman) (old)/division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor |
| 轨道 |
guǐdào |
名 |
track (for trains etc)/orbit (of a satellite)/(fig.) a person's established path in life/desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor)/(audio engineering) track/(quantum mechanics) orbital |
| 规范 |
guīfàn |
- |
名、形、动 norm/standard/specification/regulation/rule/within the rules/to fix rules/to regulate/to specify |
| 规划 |
guīhuà |
名、动 |
to draw up a plan; to map out a program/a plan; a program |
| 归还 |
guīhuán |
动 |
to return sth/to revert |
| 规矩 |
guīju |
名、形 |
lit. compass and set square/fig. established standard/rule/customs/practices/fig. upright and honest/well-behaved |
| 贵重 |
guìzhòng |
形 |
precious |
| 古迹 |
gǔjì |
名 |
places of historic interest/historical sites |
| 棍 |
gùn |
名 |
stick; rod; truncheon/scoundrel; villain |
| 国宝 |
guóbǎo |
名 |
national treasure |
| 国产 |
guóchǎn |
形 |
domestically produced |
| 过渡 |
guòdù |
动 |
to cross over (by ferry)/transition/interim/caretaker (administration) |
| 国歌 |
guógē |
名 |
national anthem |
| 过后 |
guòhòu |
名 |
after the event |
| 国旗 |
guóqí |
名 |
flag (of a country) |
| 国情 |
guóqíng |
名 |
the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country/current state of a country |
| 过时 |
guòshí |
动、形 |
old-fashioned/out of date/to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon |
| 国王 |
guówáng |
名 |
king |
| 股票 |
gǔpiào |
名 |
share certificate/stock (finance) |
| 古人 |
gǔrén |
名 |
people of ancient times/the ancients/extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis/(literary) deceased person |
| 股市 |
gǔshì |
名 |
stock market |
| 固体 |
gùtǐ |
名 |
solid |
| 骨头 |
gǔtou |
名 |
bone/moral character/bitterness/Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] |
| 顾问 |
gùwèn |
名 |
adviser/consultant |
| 鼓舞 |
gǔwǔ |
动、形 |
to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
| 故障 |
gùzhàng |
名 |
malfunction/breakdown/defect/shortcoming/fault/failure/impediment/error/bug (in software) |
| 害 |
hài |
名、动 |
to do harm to/to cause trouble to/harm/evil/calamity |
| 海内外 |
hǎinèiwài |
- |
domestic and international; at home and abroad |
| 海岸 |
hǎiàn |
名 |
coastal/seacoast |
| 海拔 |
hǎibá |
名 |
height above sea level/elevation |
| 海面 |
hǎimiàn |
名 |
the surface of the sea; ocean surface |
| 海域 |
hǎiyù |
名 |
sea area/territorial waters/maritime space |
| 寒冬 |
hándōng |
名 |
cold winter |
| 航空 |
hángkōng |
动 |
aviation |
| 罕见 |
hǎnjiàn |
形 |
rare/rarely seen |
| 含义 |
hányì |
名 |
meaning (implicit in a phrase)/implied meaning/hidden meaning/hint/connotation |
| 旱灾 |
hànzāi |
名 |
drought |
| 毫不 |
háobù |
- |
hardly/not in the least/not at all |
| 毫无 |
háowú |
- |
not in the least/to completely lack |
| 好不 |
hǎobù |
副 |
not at all .../how very ... |
| 好感 |
hǎogǎn |
名 |
good opinion/favorable impression |
| 好客 |
hàokè |
形 |
hospitality/to treat guests well/to enjoy having guests/hospitable/friendly |
| 毫米 |
háomǐ |
量 |
millimeter |
| 好容易 |
hǎoróngyì |
形 |
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty/to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc)/(literal usage) so easy |
| 毫升 |
háoshēng |
量 |
milliliter |
| 好学 |
hàoxué |
动 |
easy to learn/eager to study/studious/erudite |
| 号召 |
hàozhào |
动 |
to call/to appeal |
| 合并 |
hébìng |
动 |
to merge/to annex |
| 合成 |
héchéng |
动 |
to compose/to constitute/compound/synthesis/mixture/synthetic |
| 嘿 |
hēi |
叹 |
hey |
| 黑暗 |
hēiàn |
形 |
dark/darkly/darkness |
| 恨 |
hèn |
动 |
to hate/to regret |
| 狠 |
hěn |
- |
形、动、副 fierce/very |
| 横 |
héng |
- |
形、动、名 horizontal/across/crosswise/horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)/to place (sth) flat (on a surface)/to cross (a river, etc)/in a jumble/chaotic/(in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable/violent/harsh and unreasonable/unexpected |
| 衡量 |
héngliáng |
动 |
to weigh/to examine/to consider |
| 痕迹 |
hénjì |
名 |
vestige/mark/trace |
| 和平 |
hépíng |
名 |
Heping District of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning/Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan/peace/peaceful |
| 和谐 |
héxié |
形 |
harmonious/harmony/(euphemism) to censor |
| 核心 |
héxīn |
名 |
core; nucleus |
| 宏大 |
hóngdà |
形 |
great; grand |
| 洪水 |
hóngshuǐ |
名 |
deluge; flood |
| 后代 |
hòudài |
名 |
descendant; progeny/posterity; later ages; later generations |
| 后期 |
hòuqī |
名 |
late stage/later period |
| 后人 |
hòurén |
名 |
later generation |
| 后退 |
hòutuì |
动 |
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat |
| 后者 |
hòuzhě |
名 |
the latter |
| 壶 |
hú |
名 |
pot/classifier for bottled liquid |
| 户 |
hù |
量 |
a household/door/family |
| 划 |
huà |
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 |
| 滑冰 |
huábīng |
动 |
to skate/skating |
| 花朵 |
huāduǒ |
名 |
flower |
| 划分 |
huàfēn |
动 |
to divide up/to partition/to differentiate |
| 怀 |
huái |
名、动 |
surname Huai/bosom/heart/mind/to think of/to harbor in one's mind/to conceive (a child) |
| 怀念 |
huáiniàn |
动 |
to cherish the memory of/to think of/to reminisce |
| 怀孕 |
huáiyùn |
动 |
pregnant/to have conceived/gestation/pregnancy |
| 环 |
huán |
- |
名、量、动 surname Huan/ring/hoop/loop/(chain) link/classifier for scores in archery etc/to surround/to encircle/to hem in |
| 患 |
huàn |
动 |
to suffer (from illness)/to contract (a disease)/misfortune/trouble/danger/worry |
| 黄 |
huáng |
名 |
surname Huang or Hwang/yellow/pornographic/to fall through |
| 皇帝 |
huángdì |
名 |
emperor |
| 欢乐 |
huānlè |
形 |
gaiety/gladness/glee/merriment/pleasure/happy/joyous/gay |
| 幻想 |
huànxiǎng |
动、名 |
to fantasize; to imagine/an illusion; a fantasy |
| 还原 |
huányuán |
动 |
to restore to the original state/to reconstruct (an event)/reduction (chemistry) |
| 患者 |
huànzhě |
名 |
patient; sufferer |
| 花生 |
huāshēng |
名 |
peanut |
| 化石 |
huàshí |
名 |
fossil |
| 话筒 |
huàtǒng |
名 |
microphone/(telephone) receiver; handset/megaphone/(fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson |
| 滑行 |
huáxíng |
动 |
to slide/to coast/to glide/(of an aircraft) to taxi |
| 滑雪 |
huáxuě |
动 |
to ski/skiing |
| 化妆 |
huàzhuāng |
动 |
to put on makeup |
| 汇 |
huì |
动 |
to remit/to converge (of rivers)/to exchange/class/collection |
| 回报 |
huíbào |
动 |
(in) return/reciprocation/payback/retaliation/to report back/to reciprocate |
| 汇报 |
huìbào |
动 |
to report/to give an account of/to collect information and report back/report |
| 灰尘 |
huīchén |
名 |
dust |
| 回顾 |
huígù |
动 |
to look back/to review |
| 绘画 |
huìhuà |
动 |
to draw; to paint |
| 会见 |
huìjiàn |
动 |
to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) |
| 汇款 |
huìkuǎn |
动、名 |
to remit money/remittance |
| 回头 |
huítóu |
- |
动、副、连 to turn round; to turn one's head/later; by and by |
| 灰心 |
huīxīn |
形 |
to lose heart/to be discouraged |
| 忽略 |
hūlüè |
动 |
to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 混 |
hùn |
- |
动、副 to mix/to mingle/muddled/to drift along/to muddle along/to pass for/to get along with sb/thoughtless/reckless |
| 混合 |
hùnhé |
动 |
to mix; to blend/hybrid; composite |
| 混乱 |
hùnluàn |
形 |
confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 婚姻 |
hūnyīn |
名 |
marriage; matrimony |
| 货币 |
huòbì |
名 |
currency/monetary/money |
| 火柴 |
huǒchái |
名 |
match (for lighting fire) |
| 货车 |
huòchē |
名 |
truck/van/freight wagon |
| 活力 |
huólì |
名 |
energy/vitality/vigor/vital force |
| 活跃 |
huóyuè |
形、动 |
active/lively/excited/to enliven/to brighten up |
| 火灾 |
huǒzāi |
名 |
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| 互助 |
hùzhù |
动 |
Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai/to help each other |
| 胡子 |
húzi |
名 |
beard/mustache or whiskers/facial hair/(coll.) bandit |
| 嫁 |
jià |
动 |
(of a woman) to marry/to marry off a daughter/to shift (blame etc) |
| 夹 |
jiā |
动 |
to press from either side/to place in between/to sandwich/to carry sth under armpit/wedged between/between/to intersperse/to mix/to mingle/clip/folder/Taiwan pr. [jia2]/double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)/Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2] |
| 加倍 |
jiābèi |
- |
动、副 to double/to redouble |
| 家常 |
jiācháng |
名 |
the daily life of a family |
| 家家户户 |
jiājiāhùhù |
名 |
each and every family (idiom)/every household |
| 加剧 |
jiājù |
动 |
to intensify |
| 家居 |
jiājū |
名 |
home; residence/to stay at home (unemployed) |
| 剑 |
jiàn |
名 |
double-edged sword/classifier for blows of a sword |
| 箭 |
jiàn |
名 |
arrow |
| 尖 |
jiān |
形、名 |
pointed; tapering; sharp/(of a sound) shrill; piercing/(of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen/to make (one's voice) shrill/sharp point; tip/the best of sth; the cream of the crop |
| 肩膀 |
jiānbǎng |
名 |
shoulder |
| 检测 |
jiǎncè |
动 |
to detect/to test/detection/sensing |
| 监测 |
jiāncè |
动 |
to monitor |
| 鉴定 |
jiàndìng |
动、名 |
to appraise/to identify/to evaluate |
| 坚定 |
jiāndìng |
形、动 |
firm/steady/staunch/resolute |
| 监督 |
jiāndū |
动 |
to control/to supervise/to inspect |
| 酱 |
jiàng |
名、动 |
thick paste of fermented soybean/marinated in soy paste/paste/jam |
| 间隔 |
jiàngé |
名、动 |
gap/interval/compartment/to divide/to separate/to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) |
| 讲解 |
jiǎngjiě |
动 |
to explain |
| 将军 |
jiāngjūn |
名 |
(common place name)/general/high-ranking military officer/to check or checkmate/fig. to embarrass/to challenge/to put sb on the spot |
| 奖牌 |
jiǎngpái |
名 |
medal (awarded as a prize) |
| 奖品 |
jiǎngpǐn |
名 |
award/prize |
| 坚固 |
jiāngù |
形 |
firm/firmly/hard/stable |
| 酱油 |
jiàngyóu |
名 |
soy sauce |
| 简化 |
jiǎnhuà |
动 |
to simplify |
| 间接 |
jiànjiē |
形 |
indirect |
| 简介 |
jiǎnjiè |
动、名 |
summary/brief introduction |
| 坚决 |
jiānjué |
形 |
firm; resolute; determined |
| 艰难 |
jiānnán |
形 |
difficult/hard/challenging |
| 健全 |
jiànquán |
形、动 |
robust/sound |
| 减弱 |
jiǎnruò |
动 |
to weaken; to diminish |
| 艰辛 |
jiānxīn |
形 |
hardships/arduous/difficult |
| 减压 |
jiǎnyā |
动 |
to reduce pressure/to relax |
| 检验 |
jiǎnyàn |
动 |
to inspect/to examine/to test |
| 坚硬 |
jiānyìng |
形 |
hard/solid |
| 兼职 |
jiānzhí |
动、名 |
to hold concurrent posts/concurrent job/moonlighting |
| 建筑物 |
jiànzhùwù |
名 |
building/structure/edifice |
| 胶带 |
jiāodài |
名 |
adhesive tape/magnetic tape |
| 焦点 |
jiāodiǎn |
名 |
focal point; focus (lit. and fig.) |
| 交际 |
jiāojì |
动 |
communication/social intercourse |
| 焦虑 |
jiāolǜ |
形 |
anxious/worried/apprehensive |
| 角落 |
jiǎoluò |
名 |
nook; corner |
| 胶水 |
jiāoshuǐ |
名 |
glue |
| 交谈 |
jiāotán |
动 |
to discuss; to converse/chat; discussion |
| 郊外 |
jiāowài |
名 |
outskirts |
| 较为 |
jiàowéi |
副 |
comparatively/relatively/fairly |
| 教训 |
jiàoxùn |
动、名 |
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid/a talking-to; a bitter lesson |
| 脚印 |
jiǎoyìn |
名 |
footprint |
| 假设 |
jiǎshè |
动、名 |
to suppose/to presume/to assume/supposing that .../if/hypothesis/conjecture |
| 家属 |
jiāshǔ |
名 |
family member/(family) dependent |
| 加以 |
jiāyǐ |
- |
动、连 in addition/moreover/(used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)/to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)/to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) |
| 家园 |
jiāyuán |
名 |
home/homeland |
| 加重 |
jiāzhòng |
动 |
to make heavier/to emphasize/(of an illness etc) to become more serious/to aggravate (a bad situation)/to increase (a burden, punishment etc) |
| 击败 |
jībài |
动 |
to defeat/to beat |
| 即便 |
jíbiàn |
连 |
even if/even though/right away/immediately |
| 继承 |
jìchéng |
动 |
to inherit/to succeed to (the throne etc)/to carry on (a tradition etc) |
| 基地 |
jīdì |
名 |
al-Qaeda/base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
| 机动车 |
jīdòngchē |
名 |
motor vehicle |
| 极端 |
jíduān |
- |
名、副、形 extreme |
| 解 |
jiě |
动 |
to divide/to break up/to split/to separate/to dissolve/to solve/to melt/to remove/to untie/to loosen/to open/to emancipate/to explain/to understand/to know/a solution/a dissection/to transport under guard |
| 结 |
jiē |
动 |
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)/Taiwan pr. [jie2]/knot/sturdy/bond/to tie/to bind/to check out (of a hotel) |
| 饥饿 |
jīè |
形 |
hunger/starvation/famine |
| 杰出 |
jiéchū |
形 |
outstanding/distinguished/remarkable/prominent/illustrious |
| 解答 |
jiědá |
动 |
to solve (a problem)/to resolve (a difficulty)/to provide an answer/solution/resolution/answer |
| 解读 |
jiědú |
动 |
to decipher/to decode/to interpret |
| 解放 |
jiěfàng |
动 |
to liberate/to emancipate/liberation/refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 |
| 结果 |
jiēguǒ |
动 |
to bear fruit/outcome/result/conclusion/in the end/as a result/to kill/to dispatch |
| 借鉴 |
jièjiàn |
动 |
to draw on (others' experience)/to learn from (how others do things)/lesson to be learned (by observing others) |
| 接连 |
jiēlián |
- |
动、副 on end/in a row/in succession |
| 节能 |
jiénéng |
动 |
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption |
| 结实 |
jiēshi |
形 |
to bear fruit/rugged/sturdy/strong/durable/buff (physique) |
| 解说 |
jiěshuō |
动 |
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary |
| 街头 |
jiētóu |
名 |
street |
| 结尾 |
jiéwěi |
动、名 |
ending/coda/to wind up |
| 截至 |
jiézhì |
动 |
up to (a time)/by (a time) |
| 截止 |
jiézhǐ |
动 |
to end; to close/(electricity) cut-off |
| 戒指 |
jièzhi |
名 |
(finger) ring |
| 借助 |
jièzhù |
动 |
to draw support from/with the help of |
| 节奏 |
jiézòu |
名 |
rhythm/tempo/musical pulse/cadence/beat |
| 激发 |
jīfā |
动 |
to arouse/to stimulate/(physics) to excite |
| 基金 |
jījīn |
名 |
fund |
| 急救 |
jíjiù |
动 |
to give emergency treatment/first aid |
| 季军 |
jìjūn |
名 |
third in a race/bronze medalist |
| 激励 |
jīlì |
动 |
to encourage/to urge/motivation/incentive |
| 纪律 |
jìlǜ |
名 |
discipline |
| 寂寞 |
jìmò |
形 |
lonely/lonesome/(of a place) quiet/silent |
| 尽 |
jìn |
- |
动、副 to the greatest extent/(when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme/to be within the limits of/to give priority to/to use up/to exhaust/to end/to finish/to the utmost/exhausted/finished/to the limit (of sth)/all/entirely |
| 进而 |
jìn’ér |
连 |
and then (what follows next) |
| 进度 |
jìndù |
名 |
rate of progress |
| 金额 |
jīné |
名 |
sum of money/monetary value |
| 净 |
jìng |
- |
形、副 clean/completely/only/net (income, exports etc)/(Chinese opera) painted face male role |
| 井 |
jǐng |
名 |
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy/surname Jing/a well/neat/orderly |
| 警告 |
jǐnggào |
动 |
to warn/to admonish |
| 景观 |
jǐngguān |
名 |
landscape |
| 精美 |
jīngměi |
形 |
exquisite; elegant; fine |
| 精确 |
jīngquè |
形 |
accurate; precise |
| 惊人 |
jīngrén |
形 |
astonishing |
| 竞赛 |
jìngsài |
动 |
to compete; to race/contest; competition; match; race |
| 经商 |
jīngshāng |
动 |
to trade/to carry out commercial activities/in business |
| 精通 |
jīngtōng |
动 |
to be proficient in/to master (a subject) |
| 镜头 |
jìngtóu |
名 |
camera lens/camera shot (in a movie etc)/scene |
| 景象 |
jǐngxiàng |
名 |
scene/sight (to behold) |
| 精心 |
jīngxīn |
形 |
with utmost care/fine/meticulous/detailed |
| 惊讶 |
jīngyà |
形 |
amazed/astonished/to surprise/amazing/astonishment/awe |
| 精致 |
jīngzhì |
形 |
delicate; fine; exquisite; refined |
| 颈椎 |
jǐngzhuī |
名 |
cervical vertebra/the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals |
| 精准 |
jīngzhǔn |
形 |
accurate/exact/precise/precision |
| 进化 |
jìnhuà |
动 |
evolution |
| 近来 |
jìnlái |
名 |
recently/lately |
| 金牌 |
jīnpái |
名 |
gold medal |
| 金钱 |
jīnqián |
名 |
money/currency |
| 金融 |
jīnróng |
名 |
banking/finance/financial |
| 近视 |
jìnshì |
形 |
shortsighted/nearsighted/myopia |
| 金属 |
jīnshǔ |
名 |
metal |
| 进展 |
jìnzhǎn |
动 |
to make headway; to make progress |
| 金子 |
jīnzi |
名 |
Kaneko (Japanese surname)/gold |
| 技巧 |
jìqiǎo |
名 |
skill/technique |
| 急切 |
jíqiè |
形 |
eager/impatient |
| 激情 |
jīqíng |
名 |
passion/fervor/enthusiasm/strong emotion |
| 集团 |
jítuán |
名 |
group/bloc/corporation/conglomerate |
| 就读 |
jiùdú |
动 |
to go to school |
| 纠纷 |
jiūfēn |
名 |
dispute |
| 酒精 |
jiǔjīng |
名 |
alcohol/ethanol CH3CH2OH/ethyl alcohol/also written 乙醇/grain alcohol |
| 舅舅 |
jiùjiu |
名 |
mother's brother/maternal uncle (informal) |
| 救命 |
jiùmìng |
动 |
to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me! |
| 酒水 |
jiǔshuǐ |
名 |
beverage; drink |
| 就算 |
jiùsuàn |
连 |
(coll.) even if |
| 救援 |
jiùyuán |
动 |
to save/to support/to help/to assist |
| 救灾 |
jiùzāi |
动 |
to relieve disaster/to help disaster victims |
| 纠正 |
jiūzhèng |
动 |
to correct/to make right |
| 救助 |
jiùzhù |
动 |
to help sb in trouble/aid/assistance |
| 极为 |
jíwéi |
副 |
extremely; exceedingly |
| 吉祥 |
jíxiáng |
形 |
lucky/auspicious/propitious |
| 机械 |
jīxiè |
名、形 |
machine/machinery/mechanical/(old) cunning/scheming |
| 技艺 |
jìyì |
名 |
skill/art |
| 基因 |
jīyīn |
名 |
gene (loanword) |
| 给予 |
jǐyǔ |
动 |
(literary) to give; to accord; to render |
| 机遇 |
jīyù |
名 |
opportunity/favorable circumstance/stroke of luck |
| 机制 |
jīzhì |
名 |
mechanism/machine-processed; machine-made |
| 局 |
jú |
量 |
narrow/office/situation/classifier for games: match, set, round etc/cramped; narrow |
| 局 |
jú |
名 |
narrow/office/situation/classifier for games: match, set, round etc/cramped; narrow |
| 卷 |
juàn |
- |
量、名 to roll up/roll/classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)/scroll/book/volume/chapter/examination paper/classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll/to sweep up; to carry along/a roll/classifier for rolls, spools etc |
| 卷 |
juǎn |
- |
动、名、量 to roll up/roll/classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)/scroll/book/volume/chapter/examination paper/classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll/to sweep up; to carry along/a roll/classifier for rolls, spools etc |
| 捐款 |
juānkuǎn |
动、名 |
to donate money/to contribute funds/donation/contribution (of money) |
| 捐赠 |
juānzèng |
动 |
to contribute (as a gift)/to donate/benefaction |
| 剧本 |
jùběn |
名 |
drama; play/script; screenplay; scenario; libretto |
| 举动 |
jǔdòng |
名 |
act/action/activity/move/movement |
| 决策 |
juécè |
动、名 |
strategic decision/decision-making/policy decision/to determine policy |
| 绝望 |
juéwàng |
动 |
to despair/to give up all hope/desperate/desperation |
| 菊花 |
júhuā |
名 |
chrysanthemum/(TCM) chrysanthemum flower/(slang) anus |
| 聚集 |
jùjí |
动 |
to assemble; to gather |
| 俱乐部 |
jùlèbù |
名 |
(loanword) club (the organisation or its premises) |
| 剧烈 |
jùliè |
形 |
violent; acute; severe; fierce |
| 局面 |
júmiàn |
名 |
aspect/phase/situation |
| 军队 |
jūnduì |
名 |
armed forces; troops |
| 军人 |
jūnrén |
名 |
serviceman/soldier/military personnel |
| 均匀 |
jūnyún |
形 |
even/well-distributed/homogeneous/well-proportioned (figure, body etc) |
| 局限 |
júxiàn |
动 |
to limit/to confine/to restrict sth within set boundaries |
| 开创 |
kāichuàng |
动 |
to initiate; to start; to found |
| 开关 |
kāiguān |
名 |
power switch/gas valve/to open the city (or frontier) gate/to open and close/to switch on and off |
| 开启 |
kāiqǐ |
动 |
to open/to start/(computing) to enable |
| 开设 |
kāishè |
动 |
to offer (goods or services)/to open (for business etc) |
| 开头 |
kāitóu |
动、名 |
beginning/to start |
| 砍 |
kǎn |
动 |
to chop/to cut down/to throw sth at sb |
| 看不起 |
kànbuqǐ |
动 |
to look down upon/to despise |
| 看待 |
kàndài |
动 |
to look upon; to regard |
| 看得起 |
kàndeqǐ |
动 |
to show respect for/to think highly of |
| 康复 |
kāngfù |
动 |
to recuperate/to recover (health)/to convalesce |
| 看好 |
kànhǎo |
动 |
to keep an eye on/to regard as having good prospects |
| 看似 |
kànsì |
动 |
to look as if; to seem |
| 看中 |
kànzhòng |
动 |
to have a preference for/to fancy/to choose after consideration/to settle on |
| 看重 |
kànzhòng |
动 |
to regard as important; to value |
| 考察 |
kǎochá |
动 |
to inspect/to observe and study/on-the-spot investigation |
| 考古 |
kǎogǔ |
动、名 |
archaeology |
| 考核 |
kǎohé |
动 |
to examine/to check up on/to assess/to review/appraisal/review/evaluation |
| 考验 |
kǎoyàn |
动 |
to test/to put to the test/trial/ordeal |
| 卡片 |
kǎpiàn |
名 |
card |
| 科 |
kē |
名 |
branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to levy (taxes etc)/to fine sb |
| 客车 |
kèchē |
名 |
coach/bus/passenger train |
| 科幻 |
kēhuàn |
名 |
science fiction/abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3] |
| 可口 |
kěkǒu |
形 |
tasty; to taste good |
| 可怜 |
kělián |
形、动 |
pitiful/pathetic/to have pity on |
| 科目 |
kēmù |
名 |
academic subject/field of study |
| 肯 |
kěn |
动 |
to agree; to consent/to be willing to |
| 科普 |
kēpǔ |
动 |
popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1xue2 pu3ji2])/(attributive) popular science/(coll.) to explain in layperson's terms |
| 课题 |
kètí |
名 |
task/problem/issue |
| 渴望 |
kěwàng |
动 |
to thirst for/to long for |
| 可行 |
kěxíng |
形 |
feasible |
| 空地 |
kòngdì |
名 |
air-to-surface (missile)/vacant land/open space |
| 恐惧 |
kǒngjù |
形 |
to be frightened/fear/dread |
| 空闲 |
kòngxián |
形、名 |
leisure; spare time/(of a person) free; unoccupied/(of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied; unused; idle; vacant; spare |
| 扣 |
kòu |
动、名 |
to fasten/to button/button/buckle/knot/to arrest/to confiscate/to deduct (money)/discount/to knock/to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)/to cover (with a bowl etc)/(fig.) to tag a label on sb/(Tw) (loanword) code |
| 口感 |
kǒugǎn |
名 |
mouthfeel; texture (of food) |
| 口号 |
kǒuhào |
名 |
slogan/catchphrase |
| 口腔 |
kǒuqiāng |
名 |
oral cavity |
| 口头 |
kǒutóu |
名、形 |
oral/verbal |
| 酷 |
kù |
形 |
ruthless/strong (e.g. of wine)/(loanword) cool/hip |
| 夸 |
kuā |
动 |
to boast; to exaggerate/to praise |
| 会计 |
kuàijì |
名 |
accountant/accountancy/accounting |
| 快捷 |
kuàijié |
形 |
quick/fast/nimble/agile/(computer) shortcut |
| 夸奖 |
kuājiǎng |
动 |
to praise/to applaud/to compliment |
| 款 |
kuǎn |
- |
名、量 section/paragraph/funds/classifier for versions or models (of a product) |
| 款式 |
kuǎnshì |
名 |
pattern/style/design/elegant/elegance/good taste |
| 夸张 |
kuāzhāng |
形 |
to exaggerate/overstated; exaggerated/hyperbole/(coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous |
| 亏损 |
kuīsǔn |
动 |
deficit/(financial) loss |
| 困扰 |
kùnrǎo |
动 |
to perplex/to disturb/to cause complications |
| 扩展 |
kuòzhǎn |
动 |
to extend/to expand/extension/expansion |
| 枯燥 |
kūzào |
形 |
dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious |
| 啦 |
la |
- |
助 (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc/(phonetic)/(dialect) to chat/sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation/particle placed after each item in a list of examples |
| 落 |
là |
动 |
to leave out/to be missing/to leave behind or forget to bring/to lag or fall behind |
| 赖 |
lài |
形、动 |
surname Lai/(Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app/to depend on/to hang on in a place/bad/to renege (on promise)/to disclaim/to rat (on debts)/rascally/to blame/to put the blame on |
| 来临 |
láilín |
动 |
to approach; to come closer |
| 来往 |
láiwǎng |
动 |
to come and go/to have dealings with/to be in relation with |
| 辣椒 |
làjiāo |
名 |
hot pepper/chili |
| 拦 |
lán |
动 |
to block sb's path/to obstruct/to flag down (a taxi) |
| 栏 |
lán |
名 |
fence/railing/hurdle/column or box (of text or other data) |
| 烂 |
làn |
形 |
soft; mushy/well-cooked and soft/to rot; to decompose/rotten/worn out/chaotic; messy/utterly; thoroughly/crappy; bad |
| 狼 |
láng |
名 |
wolf |
| 朗读 |
lǎngdú |
动 |
to read aloud |
| 兰花 |
lánhuā |
名 |
cymbidium/orchid |
| 牢 |
láo |
名、形 |
firm/sturdy/fold (for animals)/sacrifice/prison |
| 劳动力 |
láodònglì |
名 |
labor force/manpower |
| 老实 |
lǎoshi |
形 |
honest; sincere/well-behaved/naive; gullible |
| 老鼠 |
lǎoshǔ |
名 |
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) |
| 老太太 |
lǎotàitai |
名 |
elderly lady (respectful)/esteemed mother |
| 雷 |
léi |
名 |
surname Lei/thunder/(bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine/(coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound/(Tw) (coll.) spoiler/(Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) |
| 类别 |
lèibié |
名 |
classification/category |
| 乐于 |
lèyú |
动 |
willing (to do sth)/to take pleasure in |
| 立 |
lì |
动 |
surname Li/to stand/to set up/to establish/to lay down/to draw up/at once/immediately |
| 粒 |
lì |
- |
名、量 grain; granule; pellet; particle/classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)/(Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc) |
| 理 |
lǐ |
名、动 |
texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic order/reason/logic/truth/science/natural science (esp. physics)/to manage/to pay attention to/to run (affairs)/to handle/to put in order/to tidy up |
| 晾 |
liàng |
动 |
to dry in the air/(fig.) to cold-shoulder |
| 两岸 |
liǎngàn |
名 |
bilateral/both shores/both sides/both coasts/Taiwan and mainland |
| 两极 |
liǎngjí |
名 |
the two poles/the north and south poles/both ends of sth/electric or magnetic poles |
| 联合国 |
Liánhéguó |
名 |
United Nations |
| 链接 |
liànjiē |
动 |
link (on a web page) |
| 联网 |
liánwǎng |
动 |
to connect (or be connected) to a network; to network |
| 联想 |
liánxiǎng |
动 |
Lenovo/to associate (cognitively)/to make an associative connection/mental association/word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs |
| 料 |
liào |
名 |
material/stuff/grain/feed/to expect/to anticipate/to guess |
| 料 |
liào |
动 |
material/stuff/grain/feed/to expect/to anticipate/to guess |
| 理财 |
lǐcái |
动 |
to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management |
| 立场 |
lìchǎng |
名 |
position/standpoint |
| 力度 |
lìdù |
名 |
strength/vigor/efforts/(music) dynamics |
| 历经 |
lìjīng |
动 |
to experience; to go through |
| 理科 |
lǐkē |
名 |
the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1]) |
| 淋 |
lín |
动 |
to sprinkle/to drip/to pour/to drench/to filter/to strain/to drain/gonorrhea/(TCM) strangury |
| 凌晨 |
língchén |
名 |
very early in the morning/in the wee hours |
| 历年 |
lìnián |
名 |
calendar year/over the years/bygone years |
| 理念 |
lǐniàn |
名 |
idea/concept/philosophy/theory |
| 流程 |
liúchéng |
名 |
course/stream/sequence of processes/work flow in manufacturing |
| 流动 |
liúdòng |
动 |
to flow/to circulate/to go from place to place/to be mobile/(of assets) liquid |
| 浏览器 |
liúlǎnqì |
名 |
browser (software) |
| 流量 |
liúliàng |
名 |
flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic/(hydrology) discharge/data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data |
| 流入 |
liúrù |
动 |
to flow into/to drift into/influx/inflow |
| 流通 |
liútōng |
动 |
to circulate; to distribute/circulation; distribution |
| 例外 |
lìwài |
动、名 |
exception/to be an exception |
| 利息 |
lìxī |
名 |
interest (on a loan) |
| 理性 |
lǐxìng |
形、名 |
reason/rationality/rational |
| 露 |
lòu |
动 |
to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose |
| 楼道 |
lóudào |
名 |
corridor/passageway (in storied building) |
| 漏洞 |
lòudòng |
名 |
leak/hole/gap/loophole |
| 露 |
lù |
动 |
surname Lu/dew/syrup/nectar/outdoors (not under cover)/to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose |
| 率 |
lǜ |
后缀 |
rate/frequency |
| 路程 |
lùchéng |
名 |
route/path traveled/distance traveled/course (of development) |
| 旅程 |
lǚchéng |
名 |
journey/trip |
| 绿化 |
lǜhuà |
动 |
to make green with plants/to reforest/(Internet slang) Islamization |
| 路况 |
lùkuàng |
名 |
road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) |
| 路面 |
lùmiàn |
名 |
road surface |
| 轮 |
lún |
- |
名、动、量 wheel; disk; ring/steamship/to take turns; to rotate/classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn |
| 轮船 |
lúnchuán |
名 |
steamship; steamer; steamboat |
| 轮流 |
lúnliú |
动 |
to alternate; to take turns |
| 论坛 |
lùntán |
名 |
forum (for discussion) |
| 轮椅 |
lúnyǐ |
名 |
wheelchair |
| 轮子 |
lúnzi |
名 |
wheel/(derog.) Falun Gong practitioner |
| 落地 |
luòdì |
动 |
to fall to the ground/to be set on the ground/to reach to the ground/to be born/(of a plane) to land |
| 落后 |
luòhòu |
动、形 |
to fall behind/to lag (in technology etc)/backward/to retrogress |
| 旅途 |
lǚtú |
名 |
journey; trip |
| 录像 |
lùxiàng |
动、名 |
to videotape/to videorecord/video recording |
| 履行 |
lǚxíng |
动 |
to fulfill (one's obligations)/to carry out (a task)/to implement (an agreement)/to perform |
| 录用 |
lùyòng |
动 |
to hire (an employee)/to accept (a manuscript) for publication |
| 录制 |
lùzhì |
动 |
to record (video or audio) |
| 嘛 |
ma |
- |
助 modal particle indicating that sth is obvious/particle indicating a pause for emphasis |
| 马虎 |
mǎhu |
形 |
careless/sloppy/negligent/skimpy |
| 埋 |
mái |
动 |
to bury |
| 迈 |
mài |
动 |
to take a step/to stride |
| 麦克风 |
màikèfēng |
名 |
(loanword) microphone |
| 漫长 |
màncháng |
形 |
very long/endless |
| 盲人 |
mángrén |
名 |
blind person |
| 漫画 |
mànhuà |
名 |
caricature/cartoon/Japanese manga |
| 冒 |
mào |
动 |
surname Mao/to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)/to brave; to face/(bound form) reckless/to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign/(literary) to cover |
| 冒险 |
màoxiǎn |
动 |
to take risks/to take chances/foray/adventure |
| 贸易 |
màoyì |
名 |
(commercial) trade |
| 码头 |
mǎtóu |
名 |
dock/pier/wharf |
| 蚂蚁 |
mǎyǐ |
名 |
ant |
| 煤 |
méi |
名 |
coal |
| 美观 |
měiguān |
形 |
pleasing to the eye/beautiful/artistic |
| 梅花 |
méihuā |
名 |
plum blossom/clubs ♣ (a suit in card games)/wintersweet (dialect) |
| 眉毛 |
méimao |
名 |
eyebrow |
| 密 |
mì |
形 |
surname Mi/name of an ancient state/dense; close; thick/intimate; close/(bound form) secret; confidential/(Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM |
| 棉 |
mián |
名 |
generic term for cotton or kapok/cotton/padded or quilted with cotton |
| 免 |
miǎn |
动 |
to excuse sb/to exempt/to remove or dismiss from office/to avoid/to avert/to escape/to be prohibited |
| 面部 |
miànbù |
名 |
face (body part) |
| 面粉 |
miànfěn |
名 |
flour |
| 勉强 |
miǎnqiǎng |
形、动 |
to do with difficulty/to force sb to do sth/reluctant/barely enough |
| 免税 |
miǎnshuì |
动 |
not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc)/tax free/duty free (shop) |
| 免疫 |
miǎnyì |
动 |
immunity (to disease) |
| 面子 |
miànzi |
名 |
outer surface; the outside of sth/social prestige; face/(medicinal) powder |
| 妙 |
miào |
形 |
clever/wonderful |
| 描绘 |
miáohuì |
动 |
to describe; to depict; to portray |
| 描写 |
miáoxiě |
动 |
to describe/to depict/to portray/description |
| 弥补 |
míbǔ |
动 |
to complement/to make up for a deficiency |
| 密度 |
mìdù |
名 |
density/thickness |
| 灭 |
miè |
动 |
to extinguish or put out/to go out (of a fire etc)/to exterminate or wipe out/to drown |
| 蜜蜂 |
mìfēng |
名 |
bee/honeybee |
| 密集 |
mìjí |
动、形 |
concentrated/crowded together/intensive/compressed |
| 名额 |
míngé |
名 |
quota/number of places/place (in an institution, a group etc) |
| 民歌 |
míngē |
名 |
folk song |
| 明亮 |
míngliàng |
形 |
bright/shining/glittering/to become clear |
| 命令 |
mìnglìng |
动、名 |
order/command |
| 明明 |
míngmíng |
副 |
obviously/plainly/undoubtedly/definitely |
| 命名 |
mìngmíng |
动 |
to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming |
| 名气 |
míngqi |
名 |
reputation; fame |
| 名胜 |
míngshèng |
名 |
a place famous for its scenery or historical relics/scenic spot |
| 民间 |
mínjiān |
名 |
among the people/popular/folk/non-governmental/involving people rather than governments |
| 民俗 |
mínsú |
名 |
popular custom |
| 民宿 |
mínsù |
名 |
(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension |
| 民众 |
mínzhòng |
名 |
the populace; the masses; the common people |
| 民主 |
mínzhǔ |
名、形 |
democracy/democratic |
| 迷人 |
mírén |
形 |
fascinating/enchanting/charming/tempting |
| 模仿 |
mófǎng |
动 |
to imitate/to copy/to emulate/to mimic/model |
| 默默 |
mòmò |
副 |
in silence; not speaking |
| 模拟 |
mónǐ |
动 |
imitation/to simulate/to imitate/analog (device, as opposed to digital) |
| 模特儿 |
mótèr |
名 |
(fashion) model (loanword) |
| 摩托车 |
mótuōchē |
名 |
(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle |
| 模型 |
móxíng |
名 |
model/mold/matrix/pattern |
| 母 |
mǔ |
形 |
mother/elderly female relative/origin/source/(of animals) female |
| 木材 |
mùcái |
名 |
wood |
| 目录 |
mùlù |
名 |
catalog/table of contents/directory (on computer hard drive)/list/contents |
| 模样 |
múyàng |
名 |
look/style/appearance/approximation/about/also pr. [mo2 yang4] |
| 母语 |
mǔyǔ |
名 |
native language/mother tongue/(linguistics) parent language |
| 奶粉 |
nǎifěn |
名 |
powdered milk |
| 难点 |
nándiǎn |
名 |
difficulty |
| 南极洲 |
Nánjízhōu |
名 |
Antarctica |
| 南美洲 |
Nánměizhōu |
名 |
South America |
| 难免 |
nánmiǎn |
形 |
hard to avoid/difficult to escape from/will inevitably |
| 脑袋 |
nǎodai |
名 |
head/skull/brains/mental capability |
| 脑子 |
nǎozi |
名 |
brains/mind |
| 内涵 |
nèihán |
名 |
meaningful content/implication/(semantics) connotation/inner qualities (of a person) |
| 内科 |
nèikē |
名 |
internal medicine; general medicine |
| 内外 |
nèiwài |
名 |
inside and outside/domestic and foreign/approximately/about |
| 内衣 |
nèiyī |
名 |
undergarment/underwear |
| 能量 |
néngliàng |
名 |
energy/capabilities |
| 能源 |
néngyuán |
名 |
energy/power source |
| 泥 |
ní |
名 |
mud/clay/paste/pulp/restrained |
| 年度 |
niándù |
名 |
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)/annual |
| 念书 |
niànshū |
动 |
to read; to study/to attend school |
| 年终 |
niánzhōng |
名 |
end of the year |
| 扭 |
niǔ |
动 |
to turn/to twist/to wring/to sprain/to swing one's hips |
| 农产品 |
nóngchǎnpǐn |
名 |
agricultural produce |
| 浓厚 |
nónghòu |
形 |
dense/thick (fog, clouds etc)/to have a strong interest in/deep/fully saturated (color) |
| 农田 |
nóngtián |
名 |
farmland/cultivated land |
| 暖 |
nuǎn |
形、动 |
warm/to warm |
| 暖气 |
nuǎnqì |
名 |
central heating/heater/warm air |
| 偶像 |
ǒuxiàng |
名 |
idol |
| 排除 |
páichú |
动 |
to eliminate/to remove/to exclude/to rule out |
| 排放 |
páifàng |
动 |
to arrange in order/to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)/(of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen |
| 排练 |
páiliàn |
动 |
to rehearse/rehearsal |
| 排名 |
páimíng |
动 |
to rank (1st, 2nd etc)/ranking |
| 盘 |
pán |
- |
量、动 plate/dish/tray/board/hard drive (computing)/to build/to coil/to check/to examine/to transfer (property)/to make over/classifier for food: dish, helping/classifier for coils of wire/classifier for games of chess |
| 庞大 |
pángdà |
形 |
huge; enormous; tremendous |
| 盼望 |
pànwàng |
动 |
to hope for; to look forward to |
| 泡 |
pào |
名、动 |
puffed; swollen; spongy/small lake (esp. in place names)/classifier for urine or feces/bubble; foam/blister/to soak; to steep; to infuse/to dawdle; to loiter/to pick up (a girl)/to get off with (a sexual partner)/classifier for occurrences of an action/classifier for number of infusions |
| 抛 |
pāo |
动 |
to throw/to toss/to fling/to cast/to abandon |
| 配备 |
pèibèi |
动、名 |
to allocate/to provide/to outfit with |
| 赔偿 |
péicháng |
动 |
to compensate |
| 佩服 |
pèifú |
动 |
to admire |
| 配套 |
pèitào |
动 |
to form a complete set/compatible/matching/complementary |
| 陪同 |
péitóng |
动 |
to accompany |
| 培育 |
péiyù |
动 |
to train/to breed |
| 喷 |
pēn |
动 |
to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff/(slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)/(of a smell) strong/peak season (of a crop)/(classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) |
| 捧 |
pěng |
动、量 |
to hold or offer with both hands/to sing the praises of/classifier for what can be held in both hands |
| 碰撞 |
pèngzhuàng |
动 |
to collide/collision |
| 皮 |
pí |
名、形 |
surname Pi/leather/skin/fur/pico- (one trillionth)/naughty |
| 披 |
pī |
动 |
to drape over one's shoulders/to open/to unroll/to split open/to spread out |
| 片刻 |
piànkè |
名 |
short period of time/a moment |
| 片面 |
piànmiàn |
形 |
unilateral/one-sided |
| 骗子 |
piànzi |
名 |
swindler/a cheat |
| 飘 |
piāo |
动、形 |
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft/complacent; frivolous/weak; shaky; wobbly |
| 漂 |
piāo |
动 |
to float/to drift/to bleach |
| 疲劳 |
píláo |
形 |
fatigue/wearily/weariness/weary |
| 品尝 |
pǐncháng |
动 |
to taste a small amount/to sample |
| 频道 |
píndào |
名 |
frequency/(television) channel |
| 频繁 |
pínfán |
形 |
frequently/often |
| 平等 |
píngděng |
形 |
equal/equality |
| 平凡 |
píngfán |
形 |
commonplace/ordinary/mediocre |
| 平方 |
píngfāng |
- |
名、量 square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) |
| 平方米 |
píngfāngmǐ |
量 |
square meter |
| 评估 |
pínggū |
动 |
to evaluate/to assess/assessment/evaluation |
| 评论 |
pínglùn |
动、名 |
to comment on/to discuss/comment/commentary |
| 评选 |
píngxuǎn |
动 |
to select on the basis of a vote or consensus |
| 贫困 |
pínkùn |
形 |
impoverished/poverty |
| 频率 |
pínlǜ |
名 |
frequency |
| 坡 |
pō |
名、形 |
slope/sloping/slanted |
| 泼 |
pō |
动 |
to splash/to spill/rough and coarse/brutish |
| 破产 |
pòchǎn |
动 |
to go bankrupt/to become impoverished/bankruptcy |
| 迫切 |
pòqiè |
形 |
urgent; pressing |
| 扑 |
pū |
动 |
to throw oneself at/to pounce on/to devote one's energies/to flap/to flutter/to dab/to pat/to bend over |
| 铺 |
pū |
动 |
to spread/to display/to set up/(old) holder for door-knocker/plank bed/place to sleep/shop/store/(old) relay station |
| 扑灭 |
pūmiè |
动 |
to eradicate/to extinguish |
| 朴素 |
pǔsù |
形 |
plain and simple/unadorned/simple living/not frivolous |
| 恰当 |
qiàdàng |
形 |
appropriate/suitable |
| 恰好 |
qiàhǎo |
副 |
as it turns out/by lucky coincidence/(of number, time, size etc) just right |
| 牵 |
qiān |
动 |
to lead along/to pull (an animal on a tether)/(bound form) to involve/to draw in |
| 枪 |
qiāng |
名 |
surname Qiang/gun/firearm/rifle/spear/thing with shape or function similar to a gun/to substitute for another person in a test/to knock/classifier for rifle shots |
| 墙壁 |
qiángbì |
名 |
wall |
| 强化 |
qiánghuà |
动 |
to strengthen/to intensify |
| 强迫 |
qiǎngpò |
动 |
to compel/to force |
| 强壮 |
qiángzhuàng |
形、动 |
strong/sturdy/robust |
| 千家万户 |
qiānjiā-wànhù |
- |
every family (idiom) |
| 前景 |
qiánjǐng |
名 |
foreground/vista (future)/prospects/perspective |
| 潜力 |
qiánlì |
名 |
potential; latent capacity |
| 前期 |
qiánqī |
名 |
preceding period/early stage |
| 前提 |
qiántí |
名 |
premise/precondition/prerequisite |
| 谦虚 |
qiānxū |
形、动 |
modest/self-effacing/to make modest remarks |
| 前者 |
qiánzhě |
名 |
the former |
| 瞧 |
qiáo |
动 |
to look at/to see/to see (a doctor)/to visit |
| 桥梁 |
qiáoliáng |
名 |
bridge (lit. and fig.) |
| 巧妙 |
qiǎomiào |
形 |
ingenious; clever/ingenuity; artifice |
| 恰恰 |
qiàqià |
副 |
exactly/just/precisely |
| 起初 |
qǐchū |
名 |
originally; at first; at the outset |
| 起点 |
qǐdiǎn |
名 |
starting point |
| 启动 |
qǐdòng |
动 |
to start (a machine)/(fig.) to set in motion/to launch (an operation)/to activate (a plan) |
| 切实 |
qièshí |
形 |
feasible/realistic/practical/earnestly/conscientiously |
| 启发 |
qǐfā |
动 |
to enlighten/to explain (a text etc)/to stimulate (a mental attitude)/enlightenment/revelation/motivation |
| 气氛 |
qìfēn |
名 |
atmosphere; mood |
| 其间 |
qíjiān |
名 |
in between/within that interval/in the meantime |
| 清 |
qīng |
形、动 |
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911)/surname Qing/(of water etc) clear; clean/quiet; still/pure; uncorrupted/clear; distinct/to clear; to settle (accounts) |
| 清晨 |
qīngchén |
名 |
early morning |
| 青春 |
qīngchūn |
名 |
youth/youthfulness |
| 青春期 |
qīngchūnqī |
名 |
puberty/adolescence |
| 清淡 |
qīngdàn |
形 |
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)/insipid/slack (sales) |
| 情节 |
qíngjié |
名 |
circumstances/plot; storyline |
| 清洁 |
qīngjié |
形 |
clean/to clean |
| 晴朗 |
qínglǎng |
形 |
sunny and cloudless |
| 清理 |
qīnglǐ |
动 |
to clear up/to tidy up/to dispose of |
| 清扫 |
qīngsǎo |
动 |
to tidy up/to mop up/a sweep (against crime) |
| 倾听 |
qīngtīng |
动 |
to listen attentively |
| 清洗 |
qīngxǐ |
动 |
to wash/to clean/to purge |
| 清晰 |
qīngxī |
形 |
clear; distinct |
| 倾向 |
qīngxiàng |
动、名 |
trend/tendency/orientation |
| 情形 |
qíngxing |
名 |
circumstances/situation |
| 清醒 |
qīngxǐng |
形、动 |
clear-headed/sober/awake |
| 勤劳 |
qínláo |
形 |
hardworking/industrious/diligent |
| 亲密 |
qīnmì |
形 |
intimate/close |
| 亲属 |
qīnshǔ |
名 |
kin/kindred/relatives |
| 欺骗 |
qīpiàn |
动 |
to deceive/to cheat |
| 齐全 |
qíquán |
形 |
complete/comprehensive |
| 启示 |
qǐshì |
动、名 |
to reveal/to enlighten/enlightenment/revelation/illumination/moral (of a story etc)/lesson |
| 启事 |
qǐshì |
名 |
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)/to post information/a notice |
| 气体 |
qìtǐ |
名 |
gas (i.e. gaseous substance) |
| 求 |
qiú |
动 |
to seek/to look for/to request/to demand/to beseech |
| 求婚 |
qiúhūn |
动 |
to propose marriage |
| 求救 |
qiújiù |
动 |
to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties) |
| 求职 |
qiúzhí |
动 |
to seek employment |
| 求助 |
qiúzhù |
动 |
to request help/to appeal (for help) |
| 期望 |
qīwàng |
动 |
to have expectations/to earnestly hope/expectation/hope |
| 气味 |
qìwèi |
名 |
odor; scent |
| 期限 |
qīxiàn |
名 |
time limit/deadline/allotted time |
| 起源 |
qǐyuán |
动、名 |
origin/to originate/to come from |
| 气质 |
qìzhì |
名 |
personality traits; temperament; disposition/aura; air; feel; vibe/refinement; sophistication; class |
| 棋子 |
qízǐ |
名 |
chess piece/(fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) |
| 曲 |
qǔ |
名 |
surname Qu/bent/crooked/wrong/tune/song/yeast/Aspergillus (includes many common molds)/Taiwan pr. [qu2] |
| 娶 |
qǔ |
动 |
to take a wife/to marry (a woman) |
| 券 |
quàn |
名 |
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)/contract/deed (i.e. title deeds)/ticket/voucher/certificate |
| 圈 |
quān |
名、动 |
circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个[ge4])/classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc/to surround; to circle |
| 全程 |
quánchéng |
名 |
the whole distance/from beginning to end |
| 权力 |
quánlì |
名 |
power/authority |
| 取代 |
qǔdài |
动 |
to replace/to supersede/to supplant/(chemistry) substitution |
| 渠道 |
qúdào |
名 |
irrigation ditch/(fig.) channel/means |
| 确立 |
quèlì |
动 |
to establish/to institute |
| 缺陷 |
quēxiàn |
名 |
defect; flaw |
| 区分 |
qūfēn |
动 |
to differentiate/to draw a distinction/to divide into categories |
| 群众 |
qúnzhòng |
名 |
mass/multitude/the masses |
| 趣味 |
qùwèi |
名 |
fun; interest; delight/taste; liking; preference |
| 染 |
rǎn |
动 |
to dye/to catch (a disease)/to acquire (bad habits etc)/to contaminate/to add color washes to a painting |
| 燃料 |
ránliào |
名 |
fuel |
| 热点 |
rèdiǎn |
名 |
hot spot/point of special interest |
| 热度 |
rèdù |
名 |
level of heat/(fig.) zeal/fervor/(coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) |
| 热门 |
rèmén |
名 |
popular; hot; in vogue |
| 认错 |
rèncuò |
动 |
to admit an error/to acknowledge one's mistake |
| 认定 |
rèndìng |
动 |
to maintain (that sth is true)/to determine (a fact)/determination (of an amount)/of the firm opinion/to believe firmly/to set one's mind on/to identify with |
| 仍旧 |
réngjiù |
副 |
still (remaining)/to remain (the same)/yet |
| 人工智能 |
réngōngzhìnéng |
- |
artificial intelligence (AI) |
| 人家 |
rénjia |
代 |
household/dwelling/family/sb else's house/household business/house of woman's husband-to-be/other people/sb else/he, she or they/I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") |
| 人均 |
rénjūn |
动 |
per capita |
| 认可 |
rènkě |
动 |
to approve/approval/acknowledgment/OK |
| 人山人海 |
rénshān-rénhǎi |
- |
multitude/vast crowd |
| 人士 |
rénshì |
名 |
person/figure/public figure |
| 人事 |
rénshì |
名 |
personnel/human resources/human affairs/ways of the world/(euphemism) sexuality/the facts of life |
| 忍受 |
rěnshòu |
动 |
to bear; to endure |
| 认同 |
rèntóng |
动 |
to approve of/to endorse/to acknowledge/to recognize/to identify oneself with |
| 人为 |
rénwéi |
形 |
artificial/man-made/having human cause or origin/human attempt or effort |
| 人行道 |
rénxíngdào |
名 |
sidewalk |
| 认知 |
rènzhī |
动 |
cognition/cognitive/understanding/perception/awareness/to be cognizant of/to recognize/to realize |
| 热水器 |
rèshuǐqì |
名 |
water heater |
| 热线 |
rèxiàn |
名 |
hotline (communications link) |
| 热议 |
rèyì |
动 |
to discuss passionately/heated debate |
| 日后 |
rìhòu |
名 |
sometime/someday (in the future) |
| 日前 |
rìqián |
名 |
the other day/a few days ago |
| 日夜 |
rìyè |
名 |
day and night/around the clock |
| 日益 |
rìyì |
副 |
day by day/more and more/increasingly/more and more with each passing day |
| 融合 |
rónghé |
动 |
a mixture/an amalgam/fusion/welding together/to be in harmony with (nature)/to harmonize with/to fit in |
| 融化 |
rónghuà |
动 |
to melt/to thaw/to dissolve/to blend into/to combine/to fuse |
| 容量 |
róngliàng |
名 |
capacity/volume/quantitative (science) |
| 融入 |
róngrù |
动 |
to blend into/to integrate/to assimilate/to merge |
| 荣誉 |
róngyù |
名 |
honor/credit/glory/(honorable) reputation/honorary |
| 柔软 |
róuruǎn |
形 |
soft |
| 入境 |
rùjìng |
动 |
to enter a country |
| 入门 |
rùmén |
动、名 |
entrance door/to enter a door/introduction (to a subject)/to learn the basics of a subject |
| 弱点 |
ruòdiǎn |
名 |
weak point/failing |
| 入选 |
rùxuǎn |
动 |
to be included among those selected for |
| 撒 |
sǎ |
动 |
to let go/to cast/to let loose/to discharge/to give expression to/(coll.) to pee/to scatter/to sprinkle/to spill |
| 塞 |
sāi |
动、名 |
Serbia/Serbian/abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]/to stop up/to squeeze in/to stuff/cork/stopper/strategic pass/tactical border position |
| 赛事 |
sàishì |
名 |
competition (e.g. sporting) |
| 散 |
sàn |
动 |
scattered/loose/to come loose/to fall apart/leisurely/powdered medicine/to scatter/to break up (a meeting etc)/to disperse/to disseminate/to dispel/(coll.) to sack |
| 散 |
sǎn |
动 |
scattered/loose/to come loose/to fall apart/leisurely/powdered medicine/to scatter/to break up (a meeting etc)/to disperse/to disseminate/to dispel/(coll.) to sack |
| 散发 |
sànfā |
动 |
to distribute/to emit/to issue |
| 丧失 |
sàngshī |
动 |
to lose/to forfeit |
| 嗓子 |
sǎngzi |
名 |
throat/voice |
| 散文 |
sǎnwén |
名 |
prose/essay |
| 扫描 |
sǎomiáo |
动 |
to scan |
| 杀 |
shā |
动 |
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack/to weaken; to reduce/(dialect) to smart/(used after a verb) extremely |
| 刹车 |
shāchē |
动、名 |
to brake (when driving)/to stop/to switch off/to check (bad habits)/a brake |
| 筛选 |
shāixuǎn |
动 |
to filter |
| 扇 |
shàn |
量 |
to fan/to slap sb on the face/fan/sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth/classifier for doors, windows etc |
| 闪 |
shǎn |
动 |
surname Shan/to dodge/to duck out of the way/to beat it/shaken (by a fall)/to sprain/to pull a muscle/lightning/spark/a flash/to flash (across one's mind)/to leave behind/(Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine |
| 闪电 |
shǎndiàn |
名 |
lightning |
| 山顶 |
shāndǐng |
名 |
hilltop |
| 山峰 |
shānfēng |
名 |
(mountain) peak |
| 商标 |
shāngbiāo |
名 |
trademark/logo |
| 上当 |
shàngdàng |
动 |
taken in (by sb's deceit)/to be fooled/to be duped |
| 上级 |
shàngjí |
名 |
higher authorities/superiors |
| 上进 |
shàngjìn |
动 |
to make progress/to do better/fig. ambitious to improve oneself/to move forwards |
| 伤口 |
shāngkǒu |
名 |
wound/cut |
| 上市 |
shàngshì |
动 |
to hit the market (of a new product)/to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 上述 |
shàngshù |
形 |
aforementioned/above-mentioned |
| 上台 |
shàngtái |
动 |
to rise to power (in politics)/to go on stage (in the theater) |
| 伤亡 |
shāngwáng |
动、名 |
casualties/injuries and deaths |
| 上旬 |
shàngxún |
名 |
first third of a month |
| 伤员 |
shāngyuán |
名 |
wounded person |
| 山坡 |
shānpō |
名 |
hillside |
| 少儿 |
shàoér |
名 |
child |
| 鲨鱼 |
shāyú |
名 |
shark |
| 社 |
shè |
名 |
(bound form) society; organization; agency/(old) god of the land |
| 射 |
shè |
动 |
to shoot/to launch/to allude to/radio- (chemistry) |
| 涉及 |
shèjí |
动 |
to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon |
| 射击 |
shèjī |
动 |
to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
| 神 |
shén |
名、形 |
God/god; deity/supernatural; magical; mysterious/spirit; mind; energy/lively; expressive/look; expression/(coll.) awesome; amazing |
| 升 |
shēng |
量 |
to ascend/to rise to the rank of/to promote/to hoist/liter/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3] |
| 生成 |
shēngchéng |
动 |
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being/to be born with; to be blessed with |
| 声调 |
shēngdiào |
名 |
tone/note/a tone (on a Chinese syllable) |
| 生命力 |
shēngmìnglì |
名 |
vitality |
| 生态 |
shēngtài |
名 |
ecology |
| 升学 |
shēngxué |
动 |
to enter the next grade school |
| 剩余 |
shèngyú |
动 |
remainder/surplus |
| 神经 |
shénjīng |
名 |
nerve/mental state/(coll.) unhinged/nutjob |
| 审美 |
shěnměi |
动 |
esthetics/appreciating the arts/taste |
| 神奇 |
shénqí |
形 |
magical/mystical/miraculous |
| 身心 |
shēnxīn |
名 |
body and mind/mental and physical |
| 深夜 |
shēnyè |
名 |
very late at night |
| 舌头 |
shétou |
名 |
tongue/enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information |
| 摄像 |
shèxiàng |
动 |
to videotape |
| 设想 |
shèxiǎng |
动 |
to imagine/to assume/to envisage/tentative plan/to have consideration for |
| 摄像头 |
shèxiàngtóu |
名 |
webcam/surveillance camera |
| 识 |
shí |
动 |
to know/knowledge/Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 拾 |
shí |
动 |
to pick up/to collate or arrange/ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 识别 |
shíbié |
动 |
to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize |
| 士兵 |
shìbīng |
名 |
soldier |
| 诗词 |
shīcí |
名 |
verse |
| 适度 |
shìdù |
形 |
moderately/appropriate |
| 湿度 |
shīdù |
名 |
humidity level |
| 示范 |
shìfàn |
动 |
to demonstrate/to show how to do sth/demonstration/a model example |
| 释放 |
shìfàng |
动 |
to release/to set free/to liberate (a prisoner)/to discharge |
| 师父 |
shīfu |
名 |
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)/master/qualified worker |
| 诗歌 |
shīgē |
名 |
poem |
| 时光 |
shíguāng |
名 |
time/era/period of time |
| 事后 |
shìhòu |
名 |
after the event/in hindsight/in retrospect |
| 实话 |
shíhuà |
名 |
truth |
| 实惠 |
shíhuì |
名、形 |
tangible benefit/material advantages/cheap/economical/advantageous (deal)/substantial (discount) |
| 时机 |
shíjī |
名 |
opportunity; opportune moment |
| 使劲 |
shǐjìn |
动 |
to exert all one's strength |
| 视觉 |
shìjué |
名 |
sight/vision/visual |
| 势力 |
shìlì |
名 |
power/influence/a force (military, political etc) |
| 视力 |
shìlì |
名 |
vision/eyesight |
| 时尚 |
shíshàng |
名、形 |
fashion/fad/fashionable |
| 实时 |
shíshí |
副 |
(in) real time/instantaneous |
| 时速 |
shísù |
名 |
speed per hour |
| 试图 |
shìtú |
动 |
to attempt/to try |
| 事务 |
shìwù |
名 |
(political, economic etc) affairs/work/transaction (as in a computer database) |
| 事项 |
shìxiàng |
名 |
matter/item |
| 适宜 |
shìyí |
形 |
suitable/appropriate |
| 石油 |
shíyóu |
名 |
oil/petroleum |
| 食欲 |
shíyù |
名 |
appetite |
| 实质 |
shízhì |
名 |
substance/essence |
| 狮子 |
shīzi |
名 |
Leo (star sign)/Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan/lion |
| 十足 |
shízú |
形 |
ample/complete/hundred percent/a pure shade (of some color) |
| 手臂 |
shǒubì |
名 |
arm/helper |
| 收藏 |
shōucáng |
动 |
to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark/a collection |
| 手法 |
shǒufǎ |
名 |
technique/trick/skill |
| 收购 |
shōugòu |
动 |
to buy; to purchase; to procure |
| 寿命 |
shòumìng |
名 |
life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine) |
| 收取 |
shōuqǔ |
动 |
to receive/to collect |
| 手势 |
shǒushì |
名 |
gesture; sign; signal |
| 首要 |
shǒuyào |
形 |
the most important/of chief importance |
| 收益 |
shōuyì |
名 |
earnings/profit |
| 受灾 |
shòuzāi |
动 |
disaster-stricken/to be hit by a natural calamity |
| 竖 |
shù |
- |
形、动、名 to erect/vertical/vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) |
| 属 |
shǔ |
动 |
category/genus (taxonomy)/family members/dependents/to belong to/subordinate to/affiliated with/be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)/to be/to prove to be/to constitute |
| 衰老 |
shuāilǎo |
形 |
to age/to deteriorate with age/old and weak |
| 率领 |
shuàilǐng |
动 |
to lead/to command/to head |
| 率先 |
shuàixiān |
副 |
to take the lead/to show initiative |
| 输出 |
shūchū |
动 |
to export/to output |
| 书画 |
shūhuà |
名 |
painting and calligraphy |
| 水稻 |
shuǐdào |
名 |
rice/paddy |
| 水库 |
shuǐkù |
名 |
reservoir |
| 水流 |
shuǐliú |
名 |
river/stream |
| 水面 |
shuǐmiàn |
名 |
water surface |
| 水泥 |
shuǐní |
名 |
cement |
| 书籍 |
shūjí |
名 |
books/works |
| 树立 |
shùlì |
动 |
to set up/to establish |
| 书面 |
shūmiàn |
形 |
in writing/written |
| 数目 |
shùmù |
名 |
amount/number |
| 瞬间 |
shùnjiān |
名 |
in an instant; in a flash |
| 薯片 |
shǔpiàn |
名 |
fried potato chips |
| 输送 |
shūsòng |
动 |
to transport; to convey; to deliver |
| 书写 |
shūxiě |
动 |
to write |
| 数字化 |
shùzìhuà |
动 |
to digitize |
| 思路 |
sīlù |
名 |
line of thought; way of thinking |
| 思念 |
sīniàn |
动 |
to think of/to long for/to miss |
| 死亡 |
sǐwáng |
动 |
to die/death |
| 松 |
sōng |
形、动 |
surname Song/pine/loose/to loosen/to relax/floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) |
| 艘 |
sōu |
量 |
classifier for ships/Taiwan pr. [sao1] |
| 搜集 |
sōují |
动 |
to gather/to collect |
| 算了 |
suànle |
- |
动、助 let it be/let it pass/forget about it |
| 算是 |
suànshì |
- |
动、副 considered to be/at last |
| 虽 |
suī |
连 |
although/even though |
| 岁数 |
suìshu |
名 |
age (number of years old) |
| 岁月 |
suìyuè |
名 |
years/time |
| 损坏 |
sǔnhuài |
动 |
to damage/to injure |
| 损伤 |
sǔnshāng |
动 |
to harm/to damage/to injure/impairment/loss/disability |
| 所 |
suǒ |
- |
助 actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 塑造 |
sùzào |
动 |
to model; to mold/(fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)/(fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) |
| 素质 |
sùzhì |
名 |
inner quality/basic essence |
| 塔 |
tǎ |
名 |
pagoda/tower/minaret/stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) |
| 台风 |
táifēng |
名 |
stage presence, poise/typhoon |
| 太空 |
tàikōng |
名 |
outer space |
| 台球 |
táiqiú |
名 |
billiards |
| 太阳能 |
tàiyángnéng |
名 |
solar energy |
| 烫 |
tàng |
动、形 |
to scald/to burn (by scalding)/to blanch (cooking)/to heat (sth) up in hot water/to perm/to iron/scalding hot |
| 糖果 |
tángguǒ |
名 |
candy |
| 汤圆 |
tāngyuán |
名 |
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival |
| 谈论 |
tánlùn |
动 |
to discuss; to talk about |
| 谈判 |
tánpàn |
动 |
to negotiate/negotiation/talks/conference |
| 探索 |
tànsuǒ |
动 |
to explore; to probe |
| 探讨 |
tàntǎo |
动 |
to investigate/to probe |
| 弹性 |
tánxìng |
名 |
flexibility/elasticity |
| 逃 |
táo |
动 |
to escape/to run away/to flee |
| 掏 |
tāo |
动 |
to fish out (from pocket)/to scoop |
| 套餐 |
tàocān |
名 |
set meal/(fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) |
| 逃跑 |
táopǎo |
动 |
to flee from sth/to run away/to escape |
| 淘气 |
táoqì |
形 |
naughty/mischievous |
| 淘汰 |
táotài |
动 |
to wash out/(fig.) to cull/to weed out/to eliminate/to die out/to phase out |
| 踏实 |
tāshi |
形 |
firmly-based/steady/steadfast/to have peace of mind/free from anxiety/Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2] |
| 特 |
tè |
副 |
special/unique/distinguished/especially/unusual/very/abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex |
| 特长 |
tècháng |
名 |
personal strength/one's special ability or strong points |
| 特地 |
tèdì |
副 |
specially/for a special purpose |
| 特定 |
tèdìng |
形 |
special; specific; designated; particular |
| 特性 |
tèxìng |
名 |
property/characteristic |
| 特意 |
tèyì |
副 |
specially/intentionally |
| 田 |
tián |
名 |
surname Tian/field/farm |
| 添 |
tiān |
动 |
to add; to increase; to replenish |
| 天才 |
tiāncái |
名 |
talent/gift/genius/talented/gifted |
| 添加 |
tiānjiā |
动 |
to add; to increase |
| 田径 |
tiánjìng |
名 |
track and field (athletics) |
| 天然 |
tiānrán |
形 |
natural |
| 天然气 |
tiānránqì |
名 |
natural gas |
| 天文 |
tiānwén |
名 |
astronomy |
| 天下 |
tiānxià |
名 |
land under heaven/the whole world/the whole of China/realm/rule |
| 天真 |
tiānzhēn |
形 |
naive/innocent/artless |
| 调节 |
tiáojié |
动 |
to adjust/to regulate/to harmonize/to reconcile (accountancy etc) |
| 跳水 |
tiàoshuǐ |
动 |
to dive (into water)/(sports) diving/to commit suicide by jumping into water/(fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically |
| 题材 |
tícái |
名 |
subject matter |
| 体操 |
tǐcāo |
名 |
gymnastic/gymnastics |
| 贴近 |
tiējìn |
动、形 |
to press close to/to snuggle close/intimate |
| 体积 |
tǐjī |
名 |
volume/bulk |
| 听话 |
tīnghuà |
形 |
to do what one is told/obedient |
| 听觉 |
tīngjué |
名 |
sense of hearing/auditory |
| 听取 |
tīngqǔ |
动 |
to hear (news); to listen to |
| 提取 |
tíqǔ |
动 |
to withdraw (money)/to collect (left luggage)/to extract/to refine |
| 提示 |
tíshì |
动 |
to point out/to remind (sb of sth)/to suggest/suggestion/tip/reminder/notice |
| 体系 |
tǐxì |
名 |
system/setup |
| 铜 |
tóng |
名 |
copper (chemistry)/see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] |
| 同伴 |
tóngbàn |
名 |
companion; comrade; fellow |
| 通道 |
tōngdào |
名 |
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huai2 hua4], Hunan/(communications) channel/thoroughfare/passage |
| 通风 |
tōngfēng |
动 |
airy/ventilation/to ventilate/to disclose information |
| 同行 |
tóngháng |
动、名 |
person of the same profession/of the same trade, occupation or industry |
| 童话 |
tónghuà |
名 |
children's fairy tales |
| 通话 |
tōnghuà |
动 |
to hold a conversation/to talk over the telephone/phone call |
| 痛快 |
tòngkuài |
形 |
delighted/to one's heart's content/straightforward/also pr. [tong4 kuai5] |
| 同类 |
tónglèi |
形、名 |
similar/same type/alike |
| 铜牌 |
tóngpái |
名 |
bronze medal/bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc |
| 通信 |
tōngxìn |
动 |
to correspond (by letter etc)/to communicate/communication |
| 通讯 |
tōngxùn |
名 |
communications/news story/dispatch |
| 通用 |
tōngyòng |
动 |
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)/to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)/(of two or more things) interchangeable |
| 透 |
tòu |
动、形 |
(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through/to tell secretly; to leak/thoroughly; through and through/to appear; to show |
| 偷 |
tōu |
- |
动、副 to steal/to pilfer/to snatch/thief/stealthily |
| 透过 |
tòuguò |
动 |
to pass through/to penetrate/by means of/via |
| 透露 |
tòulù |
动 |
to leak out/to divulge/to reveal |
| 透明 |
tòumíng |
形 |
transparent/(fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny |
| 头脑 |
tóunǎo |
名 |
brains/mind/skull/(fig.) gist (of a matter)/leader/boss |
| 投票 |
tóupiào |
动 |
to vote/vote |
| 投诉 |
tóusù |
动 |
complaint/to complain; to register a complaint (esp. as a customer) |
| 偷偷 |
tōutōu |
副 |
stealthily/secretly/covertly/furtively/on the sly |
| 投资 |
tóuzī |
动、名 |
investment/to invest |
| 吐 |
tù |
动 |
to spit/to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)/to say/to pour out (one's grievances)/to vomit/to throw up |
| 吐 |
tǔ |
动 |
to spit/to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)/to say/to pour out (one's grievances)/to vomit/to throw up |
| 图案 |
túàn |
名 |
design; pattern |
| 团结 |
tuánjié |
动、形 |
to unite/unity; solidarity/united |
| 团体 |
tuántǐ |
名 |
group/organization/team |
| 团圆 |
tuányuán |
动 |
to have a reunion |
| 图表 |
túbiǎo |
名 |
chart/diagram |
| 徒弟 |
túdì |
名 |
apprentice/disciple |
| 突发 |
tūfā |
动 |
to occur suddenly |
| 推测 |
tuīcè |
动 |
speculation/to conjecture/to surmise/to speculate |
| 退税 |
tuìshuì |
动 |
tax rebate or refund |
| 推销 |
tuīxiāo |
动 |
to market/to sell |
| 推行 |
tuīxíng |
动 |
to put into effect/to carry out |
| 途径 |
tújìng |
名 |
way; means; channel |
| 吞 |
tūn |
动 |
to swallow/to take |
| 拖 |
tuō |
动 |
to drag/to tow/to trail/to hang down/to mop (the floor)/to delay/to drag on |
| 拖延 |
tuōyán |
动 |
to delay/to put off/to procrastinate |
| 托运 |
tuōyùn |
动 |
to consign (goods)/to check through (baggage) |
| 突破 |
tūpò |
动 |
to break through/to make a breakthrough/to surmount (an obstacle)/(sports) to break through the opponent's defense |
| 土壤 |
tǔrǎng |
名 |
soil |
| 图像 |
túxiàng |
名 |
image; picture; graphic |
| 挖 |
wā |
动 |
to dig/to excavate/to scoop out |
| 哇 |
wā |
- |
拟声 Wow!/sound of a child's crying/sound of vomiting/replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao" |
| 歪 |
wāi |
形 |
askew/at a crooked angle/devious/noxious/(coll.) to lie on one's side/to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw) |
| 外表 |
wàibiǎo |
名 |
external/outside/outward appearance |
| 外交 |
wàijiāo |
名 |
diplomacy/diplomatic/foreign affairs |
| 外界 |
wàijiè |
名 |
the outside world/external |
| 外科 |
wàikē |
名 |
surgery (branch of medicine) |
| 外来 |
wàilái |
形 |
external/foreign/outside |
| 外甥 |
wàisheng |
名 |
sister's son/wife's sibling's son |
| 望 |
wàng |
动 |
full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards/towards |
| 网 |
wǎng |
名、动 |
net/network |
| 往后 |
wǎnghòu |
名 |
from now on/in the future/time to come |
| 往来 |
wǎnglái |
动 |
dealings/contacts/to go back and forth |
| 往年 |
wǎngnián |
名 |
in former years; in previous years |
| 王子 |
wángzǐ |
名 |
prince/son of a king |
| 顽强 |
wánqiáng |
形 |
tenacious/hard to defeat |
| 弯曲 |
wānqū |
形 |
to bend/to curve around/curved/crooked/to wind/to warp |
| 万物 |
wànwù |
名 |
all things/all that exists |
| 娃娃 |
wáwa |
名 |
baby/small child/doll |
| 未 |
wèi |
副 |
not yet/did not/have not/not/8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep/ancient Chinese compass point: 210° |
| 未必 |
wèibì |
副 |
not necessarily/maybe not |
| 未成年人 |
wèichéngniánrén |
名 |
minor (i.e. person under 18) |
| 为此 |
wèicǐ |
连 |
for this reason/with regards to this/in this respect/in order to do this/to this end |
| 违规 |
wéiguī |
动 |
to violate the rules |
| 为何 |
wèihé |
副 |
why |
| 维护 |
wéihù |
动 |
to defend/to safeguard/to protect/to uphold/to maintain |
| 危机 |
wēijī |
名 |
crisis |
| 味觉 |
wèijué |
名 |
sense of taste/gustation |
| 胃口 |
wèikǒu |
名 |
appetite/liking |
| 为难 |
wéinán |
形、动 |
to feel embarrassed or awkward/to make things difficult (for someone)/to find things difficult (to do or manage) |
| 围棋 |
wéiqí |
名 |
the game of Go |
| 为期 |
wéiqī |
动 |
(to be done) by (a certain date)/lasting (a certain time) |
| 委屈 |
wěiqu |
形、动 |
to feel wronged/to cause sb to feel wronged/grievance |
| 维生素 |
wéishēngsù |
名 |
vitamin |
| 委托 |
wěituō |
动 |
to entrust/to trust/to commission |
| 微小 |
wēixiǎo |
形 |
minute (i.e. extremely small)/infinitesimal |
| 为止 |
wéizhǐ |
动 |
until/(used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) |
| 文档 |
wéndàng |
名 |
(computer) file; document; documentation |
| 温和 |
wēnhé |
形 |
mild/gentle/moderate |
| 文具 |
wénjù |
名 |
stationery/item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc) |
| 文科 |
wénkē |
名 |
liberal arts/humanities |
| 文明 |
wénmíng |
名、形 |
civilized/civilization/culture |
| 闻名 |
wénmíng |
动 |
well-known/famous/renowned/eminent |
| 温柔 |
wēnróu |
形 |
gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) |
| 文物 |
wénwù |
名 |
cultural relic/historical relic |
| 文献 |
wénxiàn |
名 |
document |
| 文艺 |
wényì |
名 |
literature and art |
| 误 |
wù |
动 |
mistake/error/to miss/to harm/to delay/to neglect/mistakenly |
| 乌龟 |
wūguī |
名 |
tortoise/cuckold |
| 误解 |
wùjiě |
动、名 |
to misunderstand/misunderstanding |
| 武器 |
wǔqì |
名 |
weapon/arms |
| 污水 |
wūshuǐ |
名 |
sewage |
| 无所谓 |
wúsuǒwèi |
动 |
to be indifferent/not to matter/cannot be said to be |
| 物体 |
wùtǐ |
名 |
object; body; substance |
| 无疑 |
wúyí |
动 |
undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure |
| 吓 |
xià |
动 |
to frighten/to scare |
| 下功夫 |
xiàgōngfu |
- |
to put in time and energy/to concentrate one's efforts |
| 下单 |
xiàdān |
动 |
to place an order; to order |
| 夏令营 |
xiàlìngyíng |
名 |
summer camp |
| 嫌 |
xián |
动 |
to dislike/suspicion/resentment/enmity/abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect |
| 限 |
xiàn |
动 |
to limit/to restrict/(bound form) limit/bound |
| 线 |
xiàn |
- |
名、量 thread/string/wire/line/(after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) |
| 显 |
xiǎn |
形、动 |
to make visible/to reveal/prominent/conspicuous/(prefix) phanero- |
| 险 |
xiǎn |
- |
形、副 danger/dangerous/rugged |
| 现存 |
xiàncún |
动 |
extant/existent/in stock |
| 限度 |
xiàndù |
名 |
limitation/limit |
| 相差 |
xiāngchà |
动 |
to differ |
| 香肠 |
xiāngcháng |
名 |
sausage |
| 相传 |
xiāngchuán |
动 |
to pass on/to hand down/tradition has it that .../according to legend |
| 相等 |
xiāngděng |
动 |
equal/equally/equivalent |
| 项链 |
xiàngliàn |
名 |
necklace |
| 相连 |
xiānglián |
动 |
to link/to join/link/connection |
| 象棋 |
xiàngqí |
名 |
Chinese chess |
| 相声 |
xiàngsheng |
名 |
comic dialogue/sketch/crosstalk |
| 香水 |
xiāngshuǐ |
名 |
perfume/cologne |
| 向往 |
xiàngwǎng |
动 |
to yearn for/to look forward to |
| 相应 |
xiāngyìng |
动 |
to correspond/answering (one another)/to agree (among the part)/corresponding/relevant/appropriate/(modify) accordingly |
| 现货 |
xiànhuò |
名 |
merchandise or commodities available immediately after sale/merchandise in stock/available item/actuals (investment)/actual commodities |
| 鲜明 |
xiānmíng |
形 |
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear/clear-cut; distinct |
| 先前 |
xiānqián |
名 |
before; previously |
| 陷入 |
xiànrù |
动 |
to sink into/to get caught up in/to land in (a predicament) |
| 线索 |
xiànsuǒ |
名 |
trail/clues/thread (of a story) |
| 鲜艳 |
xiānyàn |
形 |
bright-colored; gaily-colored |
| 限于 |
xiànyú |
动 |
to be limited to/to be confined to |
| 显著 |
xiǎnzhù |
形 |
outstanding/notable/remarkable/statistically significant |
| 消除 |
xiāochú |
动 |
to eliminate/to remove |
| 消毒 |
xiāodú |
动 |
to disinfect; to sterilize |
| 消防 |
xiāofáng |
动 |
firefighting/fire control |
| 消耗 |
xiāohào |
动 |
to consume; to use up/to deplete; to expend/(old) news; mail; message |
| 小麦 |
xiǎomài |
名 |
wheat |
| 消灭 |
xiāomiè |
动 |
to put an end to/to annihilate/to cause to perish/to perish/annihilation (in quantum field theory) |
| 小气 |
xiǎoqi |
形 |
stingy/miserly/narrow-minded/petty |
| 笑容 |
xiàoróng |
名 |
smile/smiling expression |
| 小偷儿 |
xiǎotōur |
名 |
thief |
| 效应 |
xiàoyìng |
名 |
effect (scientific phenomenon) |
| 下线 |
xiàxiàn |
动 |
to go offline/(of a product) to roll off the assembly line/downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme) |
| 下旬 |
xiàxún |
名 |
last third of the month |
| 细胞 |
xìbāo |
名 |
cell (biology) |
| 歇 |
xiē |
动 |
to rest/to take a break/to stop/to halt/(dialect) to sleep/a moment/a short while |
| 携带 |
xiédài |
动 |
to carry (on one's person)/to support (old)/Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4] |
| 协会 |
xiéhuì |
名 |
an association/a society |
| 协调 |
xiétiáo |
形、动 |
to coordinate/to harmonize/to fit together/to match (colors etc)/harmonious/concerted |
| 协助 |
xiézhù |
动 |
to provide assistance/to aid |
| 媳妇 |
xífu |
名 |
daughter-in-law/wife (of a younger man)/young married woman/young woman |
| 喜剧 |
xǐjù |
名 |
a comedy |
| 细菌 |
xìjūn |
名 |
bacterium/germ |
| 系列 |
xìliè |
名 |
series/set |
| 心爱 |
xīnài |
形 |
beloved |
| 心底 |
xīndǐ |
名 |
bottom of one's heart |
| 型号 |
xínghào |
名 |
model (particular version of a manufactured article)/type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) |
| 性价比 |
xìngjiàbǐ |
名 |
cost-performance ratio |
| 性能 |
xìngnéng |
名 |
function; performance; behavior |
| 兴起 |
xīngqǐ |
动 |
to rise/to spring up/to burgeon/to be aroused/to come into vogue |
| 形态 |
xíngtài |
名 |
shape/form/pattern/morphology |
| 新款 |
xīnkuǎn |
名 |
new style/latest fashion/new model |
| 信赖 |
xìnlài |
动 |
to trust/to have confidence in/to have faith in/to rely on |
| 心灵 |
xīnlíng |
名 |
bright/smart/quick-witted/heart/thoughts/spirit |
| 新媒体 |
xīnméitǐ |
名 |
new media |
| 心目 |
xīnmù |
名 |
mind |
| 新能源 |
xīnnéngyuán |
名 |
new energy |
| 信念 |
xìnniàn |
名 |
faith/belief/conviction |
| 薪水 |
xīnshui |
名 |
salary/wage |
| 心疼 |
xīnténg |
动 |
to love dearly/to feel sorry for sb/to regret/to grudge/to be distressed |
| 新兴 |
xīnxīng |
形 |
Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[Yun2 fu2], Guangdong/Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan/(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising/emerging/in the ascendant |
| 新颖 |
xīnyǐng |
形 |
lit. new bud/fig. new and original |
| 心愿 |
xīnyuàn |
名 |
cherished desire/dream/craving/wish/aspiration |
| 心脏 |
xīnzàng |
名 |
heart |
| 胸 |
xiōng |
名 |
chest/bosom/heart/mind/thorax |
| 戏曲 |
xìqǔ |
名 |
Chinese opera |
| 吸取 |
xīqǔ |
动 |
to absorb/to draw (a lesson, insight etc)/to assimilate |
| 喜事 |
xǐshì |
名 |
happy occasion/wedding |
| 洗漱 |
xǐshù |
动 |
to wash the face and rinse the mouth |
| 习俗 |
xísú |
名 |
custom/tradition/local tradition/convention |
| 修订 |
xiūdìng |
动 |
to revise |
| 修复 |
xiūfù |
动 |
to restore; to renovate/(computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 袖子 |
xiùzi |
名 |
sleeve |
| 细致 |
xìzhì |
形 |
delicate/fine/careful/meticulous/painstaking |
| 选拔 |
xuǎnbá |
动 |
to select the best |
| 选修 |
xuǎnxiū |
动 |
(at a school) to take as an elective/an elective/elective (subject) |
| 旋转 |
xuánzhuǎn |
动 |
to rotate/to revolve/to spin/to whirl |
| 血管 |
xuèguǎn |
名 |
vein/artery |
| 学会 |
xuéhuì |
名 |
to learn; to master/institute; learned society; (scholarly) association |
| 学位 |
xuéwèi |
名 |
academic degree/place in school |
| 学问 |
xuéwen |
名 |
learning/knowledge |
| 血型 |
xuèxíng |
名 |
blood group/blood type |
| 血压 |
xuèyā |
名 |
blood pressure |
| 血液 |
xuèyè |
名 |
blood |
| 学员 |
xuéyuán |
名 |
student/member of an institution of learning/officer cadet |
| 许可 |
xǔkě |
动 |
to allow/to permit |
| 循环 |
xúnhuán |
动 |
to cycle/to circulate/circle/loop |
| 寻求 |
xúnqiú |
动 |
to seek; to look for |
| 叙述 |
xùshù |
动 |
to relate (a story or information)/to tell or talk about/to recount/narration/telling/narrative/account |
| 亚军 |
yàjūn |
名 |
second place (in a sports contest)/runner-up |
| 严 |
yán |
形 |
surname Yan/tight (closely sealed)/stern/strict/rigorous/severe/father |
| 淹 |
yān |
动 |
to flood/to submerge/to drown/to irritate the skin (of liquids)/to delay |
| 样 |
yàng |
量 |
manner/pattern/way/appearance/shape/classifier: kind, type |
| 仰 |
yǎng |
动 |
surname Yang/to face upward/to look up/to admire/to rely on |
| 痒 |
yǎng |
形 |
to itch/to tickle |
| 养老 |
yǎnglǎo |
动 |
to provide for the elderly (family members)/to enjoy a life in retirement |
| 养老院 |
yǎnglǎoyuàn |
名 |
nursing home |
| 氧气 |
yǎngqì |
名 |
oxygen |
| 眼光 |
yǎnguāng |
名 |
gaze/insight/foresight/vision/way of looking at things |
| 沿海 |
yánhǎi |
名 |
coastal |
| 严寒 |
yánhán |
形 |
bitter cold/severe winter |
| 宴会 |
yànhuì |
名 |
banquet/feast/dinner party |
| 严禁 |
yánjìn |
动 |
to strictly prohibit |
| 眼看 |
yǎnkàn |
- |
副、动 soon/in a moment/to look on as sth happens |
| 严厉 |
yánlì |
形 |
severe/strict |
| 淹没 |
yānmò |
动 |
to submerge/to drown/to flood/to drown out (also fig.) |
| 延期 |
yánqī |
动 |
to delay/to extend/to postpone/to defer |
| 炎热 |
yánrè |
形 |
blistering hot/sizzling hot (weather) |
| 延伸 |
yánshēn |
动 |
to extend/to spread |
| 研讨 |
yántǎo |
动 |
discussion |
| 延续 |
yánxù |
动 |
to continue/to go on/to last |
| 言语 |
yányǔ |
名 |
words/speech/(spoken) language/to speak/to tell |
| 炎症 |
yánzhèng |
名 |
inflammation |
| 验证 |
yànzhèng |
动 |
to inspect and verify/experimental verification/to validate (a theory)/to authenticate |
| 演奏 |
yǎnzòu |
动 |
to perform on a musical instrument |
| 要点 |
yàodiǎn |
名 |
main point/essential |
| 要么 |
yàome |
连 |
or/either one or the other |
| 要素 |
yàosù |
名 |
essential factor/key constituent |
| 遥远 |
yáoyuǎn |
形 |
distant; remote |
| 压缩 |
yāsuō |
动 |
to compress; compression |
| 业 |
yè |
后缀 |
surname Ye/line of business/industry/occupation/job/employment/school studies/enterprise/property/(Buddhism) karma/deed/to engage in/already |
| 野 |
yě |
形 |
field/plain/open space/limit/boundary/rude/feral |
| 也好 |
yěhǎo |
- |
助 that's fine/may as well/(reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... |
| 野生 |
yěshēng |
形 |
wild/undomesticated |
| 液体 |
yètǐ |
名 |
liquid |
| 野外 |
yěwài |
名 |
countryside/areas outside the city |
| 姨 |
yí |
名 |
mother's sister/aunt |
| 一辈子 |
yíbèizi |
名 |
(for) a lifetime |
| 以便 |
yǐbiàn |
连 |
so that/so as to/in order to |
| 遗产 |
yíchǎn |
名 |
heritage/legacy/inheritance/bequest |
| 异常 |
yìcháng |
- |
形、副 unusual; abnormal/extremely; exceptionally |
| 益处 |
yìchù |
名 |
benefit |
| 遗传 |
yíchuán |
动 |
heredity/to inherit (a trait)/to pass on (to one's offspring) |
| 一带 |
yídài |
名 |
region; area |
| 一道 |
yídào |
副 |
together |
| 一帆风顺 |
yìfān-fēngshùn |
- |
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)/plain sailing/to go smoothly/have a nice trip! |
| 一贯 |
yíguàn |
形 |
consistent/constant/from start to finish/all along/persistent |
| 疑惑 |
yíhuò |
动、名 |
to doubt/to distrust/unconvincing/to puzzle over/misgivings/suspicions |
| 依旧 |
yījiù |
- |
动、副 as before; still |
| 一口气 |
yìkǒuqì |
副 |
one breath/in one breath/at a stretch |
| 依赖 |
yīlài |
动 |
to depend on; to be dependent on |
| 一流 |
yīliú |
形 |
top quality/front ranking |
| 一律 |
yílǜ |
副 |
same/uniformly/all/without exception |
| 议论 |
yìlùn |
动、名 |
to comment/to talk about/to discuss/discussion |
| 以免 |
yǐmiǎn |
连 |
in order to avoid/so as not to |
| 移民 |
yímín |
动、名 |
to immigrate/to migrate/emigrant/immigrant |
| 一模一样 |
yìmú-yíyàng |
- |
exactly the same (idiom)/carbon copy |
| 银 |
yín |
名 |
silver/silver-colored/relating to money or currency |
| 印 |
yìn |
名、动 |
surname Yin/abbr. for 印度[Yin4du4], India/to print/to mark/to engrave/a seal/a print/a stamp/a mark/a trace/image |
| 引 |
yǐn |
动 |
to draw (e.g. a bow)/to pull/to stretch sth/to extend/to lengthen/to involve or implicate in/to attract/to lead/to guide/to leave/to provide evidence or justification for/old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters |
| 因 |
yīn |
- |
介、连 cause/reason/because |
| 隐藏 |
yǐncáng |
动 |
to hide/to conceal/to mask/to shelter/to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden)/to hide oneself/to lie low/to nestle/hidden/implicit/private/covert/recessed (lighting) |
| 引导 |
yǐndǎo |
动 |
to guide/to lead (around)/to conduct/to boot/introduction/primer |
| 引发 |
yǐnfā |
动 |
to lead to/to trigger/to initiate/to cause/to evoke (emotions) |
| 婴儿 |
yīngér |
名 |
infant/baby/lead (Pb) |
| 英雄 |
yīngxióng |
名 |
hero |
| 影子 |
yǐngzi |
名 |
shadow/reflection/(fig.) hint/indication/influence |
| 音节 |
yīnjié |
名 |
syllable |
| 银牌 |
yínpái |
名 |
silver medal |
| 引入 |
yǐnrù |
动 |
to draw into/to pull into/to introduce |
| 隐私 |
yǐnsī |
名 |
secrets/private business/privacy |
| 饮用水 |
yǐnyòngshuǐ |
名 |
drinking water; potable water |
| 仪器 |
yíqì |
名 |
instrument; apparatus |
| 艺人 |
yìrén |
名 |
performing artist/actor |
| 一身 |
yìshēn |
名 |
whole body/from head to toe/single person/a suit of clothes |
| 仪式 |
yíshì |
名 |
ceremony |
| 一时 |
yìshí |
- |
名、副 a period of time/a while/for a short while/temporary/momentary/at the same time |
| 衣食住行 |
yī-shí-zhù-xíng |
- |
clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs |
| 一同 |
yìtóng |
副 |
together |
| 以往 |
yǐwǎng |
名 |
in the past; formerly |
| 一向 |
yíxiàng |
副 |
a period of time in the recent past/(indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time |
| 一系列 |
yíxìliè |
形 |
a series of/a string of |
| 医药 |
yīyào |
名 |
medical care and medicines/medicine (drug)/medical/pharmaceutical |
| 一一 |
yīyī |
副 |
one by one; one after another |
| 易于 |
yìyú |
动 |
very likely/prone to |
| 一再 |
yízài |
副 |
repeatedly |
| 一阵 |
yízhèn |
- |
数量 a burst/a fit/a peal/a spell (period of time) |
| 遗址 |
yízhǐ |
名 |
ruins/historic relics |
| 抑制 |
yìzhì |
动 |
to inhibit/to keep down/to suppress |
| 用餐 |
yòngcān |
动 |
to eat a meal |
| 用处 |
yòngchù |
名 |
usefulness |
| 用功 |
yònggōng |
动、形 |
diligent/industrious (in one's studies)/to study hard/to make great effort |
| 拥挤 |
yōngjǐ |
动、形 |
crowded/to throng/congestion |
| 用人 |
yòngrén |
动 |
servant/to employ sb for a job/to manage people/to be in need of staff |
| 涌现 |
yǒngxiàn |
动 |
to emerge in large numbers/to spring up/to emerge prominently |
| 用心 |
yòngxīn |
形 |
motive/intention/to be diligent or attentive/careful |
| 勇于 |
yǒngyú |
动 |
to dare to/to be brave enough to |
| 优化 |
yōuhuà |
动 |
to optimize |
| 有机 |
yǒujī |
形 |
organic |
| 有劲 |
yǒujìn |
动、形 |
vigorous; energetic/interesting; amusing |
| 由来 |
yóulái |
名 |
origin |
| 游人 |
yóurén |
名 |
a tourist |
| 犹如 |
yóurú |
动 |
similar to; like |
| 优先 |
yōuxiān |
动 |
to have priority; to take precedence |
| 有序 |
yǒuxù |
形 |
regular/orderly/successive/in order |
| 优异 |
yōuyì |
形 |
exceptional; outstandingly good |
| 于 |
yú |
介 |
surname Yu/(of time or place) in; at; on/(indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for/(indicating a source) from; out of/(used in comparison) than/(used in the passive voice) by |
| 余额 |
yú’é |
名 |
balance (of an account, bill etc)/surplus/remainder |
| 原本 |
yuánběn |
副 |
originally/original |
| 原材料 |
yuáncáiliào |
名 |
raw and semifinished materials |
| 远程 |
yuǎnchéng |
形 |
remote/long distance/long range |
| 远方 |
yuǎnfāng |
名 |
far away/a distant location |
| 原理 |
yuánlǐ |
名 |
principle/theory |
| 原料 |
yuánliào |
名 |
raw material |
| 园林 |
yuánlín |
名 |
gardens; park; landscape garden |
| 圆满 |
yuánmǎn |
形 |
satisfactory; consummate; perfect |
| 原始 |
yuánshǐ |
形 |
first/original/primitive/original (document etc) |
| 元素 |
yuánsù |
名 |
element (key component of sth)/(chemistry) element/(math.) element (member of a set) |
| 原先 |
yuánxiān |
名 |
originally/original/former |
| 元宵 |
yuánxiāo |
名 |
Lantern Festival/night of the 15th of the first lunar month/see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]/sticky rice dumplings |
| 源于 |
yuányú |
动 |
has its origins in |
| 预定 |
yùdìng |
动 |
to schedule in advance |
| 月光 |
yuèguāng |
名 |
moonlight |
| 乐器 |
yuèqì |
名 |
musical instrument |
| 月球 |
yuèqiú |
名 |
the moon |
| 乐曲 |
yuèqǔ |
名 |
musical composition |
| 约束 |
yuēshù |
动 |
to restrict/to limit to/to constrain/restriction/constraint |
| 预料 |
yùliào |
动、名 |
to forecast/to anticipate/expectation |
| 晕 |
yūn |
形、动 |
confused/dizzy/giddy/to faint/to swoon/to lose consciousness/to pass out/halo/ring around moon or sun |
| 晕车 |
yùnchē |
动 |
to be carsick |
| 运送 |
yùnsòng |
动 |
to transport/to carry |
| 运行 |
yùnxíng |
动 |
(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course/(fig.) to function; to be in operation/(of a train service etc) to operate; to run/(of a computer) to run |
| 运营 |
yùnyíng |
动 |
to be in operation/to do business/(of train, bus etc) to be in service/operation; service |
| 预期 |
yùqī |
动 |
to expect/to anticipate |
| 与其 |
yǔqí |
连 |
rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}") |
| 羽绒服 |
yǔróngfú |
名 |
down-filled garment |
| 浴室 |
yùshì |
名 |
bathroom (room used for bathing) |
| 欲望 |
yùwàng |
名 |
desire; longing; appetite; craving |
| 杂 |
zá |
形 |
mixed/miscellaneous/various/to mix |
| 灾 |
zāi |
名 |
disaster; calamity |
| 灾害 |
zāihài |
名 |
calamity/disaster |
| 灾难 |
zāinàn |
名 |
disaster; catastrophe |
| 灾区 |
zāiqū |
名 |
disaster area/stricken region |
| 再三 |
zàisān |
副 |
over and over again/again and again |
| 再生 |
zàishēng |
动 |
to be reborn/to regenerate/to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)/recycling/regeneration |
| 在意 |
zàiyì |
动 |
to care about/to mind |
| 赞赏 |
zànshǎng |
动 |
to admire/to praise/to appreciate |
| 赞同 |
zàntóng |
动 |
to approve of/to endorse/(vote) in favor |
| 遭到 |
zāodào |
动 |
to suffer/to meet with (sth unfortunate) |
| 噪声 |
zàoshēng |
名 |
noise |
| 遭受 |
zāoshòu |
动 |
to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) |
| 造型 |
zàoxíng |
动、名 |
to model; to shape/appearance; style; design; form; pose |
| 遭遇 |
zāoyù |
动、名 |
to meet with/to encounter/(bitter) experience |
| 则 |
zé |
- |
连、助 (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then/(bound form) standard; norm/(bound form) principle/(literary) to imitate; to follow/classifier for written items |
| 炸 |
zhà |
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 |
| 扎 |
zhā |
动 |
to prick/to run or stick (a needle etc) into/mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")/(of troops) to be stationed (at)/Taiwan pr. [zha2] |
| 粘 |
zhān |
动 |
to glue; to paste/to adhere; to stick to |
| 占比 |
zhànbǐ |
名 |
proportion; percentage |
| 战斗 |
zhàndòu |
名、动 |
to fight/to engage in combat/struggle/battle |
| 章 |
zhāng |
量 |
surname Zhang/chapter/section/clause/movement (of symphony)/seal/badge/regulation/order |
| 障碍 |
zhàngài |
名、动 |
barrier/obstruction/hindrance/impediment/obstacle |
| 长辈 |
zhǎngbèi |
名 |
one's elders/older generation |
| 账单 |
zhàngdān |
名 |
bill |
| 占据 |
zhànjù |
动 |
to occupy; to hold |
| 战胜 |
zhànshèng |
动 |
to prevail over/to defeat/to surmount |
| 粘贴 |
zhāntiē |
动 |
to stick/to affix/to adhere/to paste (as in "copy and paste")/Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1]/also written 黏貼|黏贴[nian2 tie1] |
| 崭新 |
zhǎnxīn |
形 |
brand new |
| 占有 |
zhànyǒu |
动 |
to have/to own/to hold/to occupy/to possess/to account for (a high proportion etc) |
| 战争 |
zhànzhēng |
名 |
war; conflict |
| 招 |
zhāo |
动 |
to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to incur/to infect/contagious/a move (chess)/a maneuver/device/trick/to confess |
| 招待 |
zhāodài |
动 |
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) |
| 照明 |
zhàomíng |
动 |
lighting/illumination/to light up/to illuminate |
| 招生 |
zhāoshēng |
动 |
to enroll new students/to get students |
| 招手 |
zhāoshǒu |
动 |
to wave/to beckon |
| 招收 |
zhāoshōu |
动 |
to hire/to recruit |
| 折 |
zhé |
动 |
to turn sth over/to turn upside down/to tip sth out (of a container)/to break/to fracture/to snap/to suffer loss/to bend/to twist/to turn/to change direction/convinced/to convert into (currency)/discount/rebate/tenth (in price)/classifier for theatrical scenes/to fold/accounts book |
| 镇 |
zhèn |
动、名 |
to press down/to calm/to subdue/to suppress/to guard/garrison/small town/to cool or chill (food or drinks) |
| 针 |
zhēn |
名 |
needle/pin/injection/stitch |
| 睁 |
zhēng |
动 |
to open (one's eyes) |
| 政策 |
zhèngcè |
名 |
policy |
| 争吵 |
zhēngchǎo |
动 |
to quarrel/dispute |
| 争夺 |
zhēngduó |
动 |
to fight over/to contest/to vie over |
| 正规 |
zhèngguī |
形 |
regular/according to standards |
| 争论 |
zhēnglùn |
动 |
to argue/to debate/to contend/argument/contention/controversy/debate |
| 正面 |
zhèngmiàn |
名、形 |
front/obverse side/right side/positive/direct/open |
| 征求 |
zhēngqiú |
动 |
to solicit/to seek/to request (opinions, feedback etc)/to petition |
| 证实 |
zhèngshí |
动 |
to confirm (sth to be true)/to verify |
| 正义 |
zhèngyì |
名、形 |
justice/righteousness/just/righteous |
| 争议 |
zhēngyì |
动 |
controversy/dispute/to dispute |
| 症状 |
zhèngzhuàng |
名 |
symptom (of an illness) |
| 枕头 |
zhěntou |
名 |
pillow |
| 真相 |
zhēnxiàng |
名 |
the truth about sth; the actual facts |
| 阵雨 |
zhènyǔ |
名 |
shower (rain) |
| 珍珠 |
zhēnzhū |
名 |
pearl |
| 制 |
zhì |
动 |
to manufacture/to make |
| 支 |
zhī |
动 |
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 |
| 枝 |
zhī |
- |
名、量 branch/classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc |
| 值班 |
zhíbān |
动 |
to work a shift/on duty |
| 支撑 |
zhīchēng |
动 |
to prop up/to support/strut/brace |
| 支出 |
zhīchū |
动、名 |
to spend; to pay out/expenses; expenditure |
| 只得 |
zhǐdé |
副 |
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to |
| 指定 |
zhǐdìng |
动 |
to appoint/to assign/to indicate clearly and with certainty/designated |
| 脂肪 |
zhīfáng |
名 |
fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) |
| 只顾 |
zhǐgù |
副 |
solely preoccupied (with one thing)/engrossed/focusing (on sth)/to look after only one aspect |
| 至关重要 |
zhìguān-zhòngyào |
- |
extremely important/vital/crucial/essential |
| 指挥 |
zhǐhuī |
动、名 |
to conduct/to command/to direct/conductor (of an orchestra) |
| 智力 |
zhìlì |
名 |
intelligence/intellect |
| 治理 |
zhìlǐ |
动 |
to govern/to administer/to manage/to control/governance |
| 制品 |
zhìpǐn |
名 |
products/goods |
| 指示 |
zhǐshì |
动、名 |
to point out/to indicate/to instruct/directives/instructions |
| 之所以 |
zhīsuǒyǐ |
连 |
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P/Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1suo3yi3 tao3yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" |
| 职位 |
zhíwèi |
名 |
position; post; job |
| 职务 |
zhíwù |
名 |
post/position/job/duties |
| 秩序 |
zhìxù |
名 |
order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) |
| 质疑 |
zhìyí |
动 |
to call into question/to question (truth or validity) |
| 至于 |
zhìyú |
动、介 |
as for/as to/to go so far as to |
| 职员 |
zhíyuán |
名 |
office worker/staff member |
| 职责 |
zhízé |
名 |
duty/responsibility/obligation |
| 指责 |
zhǐzé |
动 |
to criticize/to find fault with/to denounce |
| 侄子 |
zhízi |
名 |
brother's son; nephew |
| 中 |
zhòng |
动 |
within; among; in/middle; center/while (doing sth); during/(dialect) OK; all right |
| 肿 |
zhǒng |
动 |
to swell/swelling/swollen |
| 中等 |
zhōngděng |
形 |
medium |
| 种地 |
zhòngdì |
动 |
to farm; to work the land |
| 终点 |
zhōngdiǎn |
名 |
the end/end point/finishing line (in a race)/destination/terminus |
| 中毒 |
zhòngdú |
动 |
to be poisoned |
| 中断 |
zhōngduàn |
动 |
to cut short/to break off/to discontinue/to interrupt |
| 中奖 |
zhòngjiǎng |
动 |
to win a prize (in a lottery etc) |
| 众人 |
zhòngrén |
名 |
everyone |
| 终身 |
zhōngshēn |
名 |
lifelong/all one's life/marriage |
| 中暑 |
zhòngshǔ |
名、动 |
to suffer heat exhaustion/sunstroke; heatstroke |
| 众所周知 |
zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī |
- |
as everyone knows (idiom) |
| 钟头 |
zhōngtóu |
名 |
hour |
| 重心 |
zhòngxīn |
名 |
center of gravity/central core/main part |
| 中旬 |
zhōngxún |
名 |
middle third of a month |
| 中央 |
zhōngyāng |
名 |
central/middle/center/central authorities (of a state) |
| 州 |
zhōu |
名 |
prefecture/(old) province/(old) administrative division/state (e.g. of US)/oblast (Russia)/canton (Switzerland) |
| 粥 |
zhōu |
名 |
congee/gruel/porridge |
| 周边 |
zhōubiān |
名 |
periphery/rim/surroundings/all around/perimeter/peripheral (computing)/spin-offs |
| 周到 |
zhōudào |
形 |
thoughtful/considerate/attentive/thorough/also pr. [zhou1 dao5] |
| 周期 |
zhōuqī |
名 |
period/cycle |
| 株 |
zhū |
量 |
tree trunk/stump (tree root)/a plant/classifier for trees or plants/strain (biology)/to involve others (in shady business) |
| 转 |
zhuàn |
动 |
to turn/to change direction/to transfer/to forward (mail)/(Internet) to share (sb else's content)/to revolve/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm/classifier for repeated actions |
| 砖 |
zhuān |
名 |
brick/tile (floor or wall, not roof) |
| 转动 |
zhuàndòng |
动 |
to turn sth around/to swivel/to rotate (about an axis)/to revolve/to turn/to move in a circle/to gyrate |
| 装备 |
zhuāngbèi |
动、名 |
equipment/to equip/to outfit |
| 庄稼 |
zhuāngjia |
名 |
farm crop |
| 转换 |
zhuǎnhuàn |
动 |
to change/to switch/to convert/to transform |
| 转交 |
zhuǎnjiāo |
动 |
to pass on to sb/to carry and give to sb else |
| 专科 |
zhuānkē |
名 |
specialized subject/branch (of medicine)/specialized training school |
| 专利 |
zhuānlì |
名 |
patent/sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people/monopoly |
| 转让 |
zhuǎnràng |
动 |
to transfer (ownership, rights etc) |
| 转身 |
zhuǎnshēn |
动 |
(of a person) to turn round/to face about/(of a widow) to remarry (archaic) |
| 专题 |
zhuāntí |
名 |
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc)/article, report or program etc on a specific topic |
| 转移 |
zhuǎnyí |
动 |
to shift; to relocate; to transfer/(fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)/(medicine) to metastasize |
| 专用 |
zhuānyòng |
动 |
special/dedicated |
| 专注 |
zhuānzhù |
形 |
to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention |
| 主办 |
zhǔbàn |
动 |
to organize/to host (a conference or sports event) |
| 珠宝 |
zhūbǎo |
名 |
pearls/jewels/precious stones |
| 主播 |
zhǔbō |
动、名 |
(news) anchor/(program) host/(Internet) streamer |
| 主导 |
zhǔdǎo |
动、名 |
leading/dominant/prevailing/to lead/to direct/to dominate |
| 诸多 |
zhūduō |
形 |
(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of |
| 祝福 |
zhùfú |
动 |
blessings/to wish sb well |
| 主管 |
zhǔguǎn |
动、名 |
in charge/responsible for/person in charge/manager |
| 追究 |
zhuījiū |
动 |
to investigate/to look into |
| 主角 |
zhǔjué |
名 |
leading role; lead/protagonist |
| 助理 |
zhùlǐ |
形、名 |
assistant |
| 主流 |
zhǔliú |
名 |
main stream (of a river)/fig. the essential point/main viewpoint of a matter/mainstream (culture etc) |
| 捉 |
zhuō |
动 |
to clutch/to grab/to capture |
| 助手 |
zhùshǒu |
名 |
assistant; helper |
| 主演 |
zhǔyǎn |
动、名 |
to play the leading role; to star/lead actor |
| 祝愿 |
zhùyuàn |
动 |
to wish |
| 住宅 |
zhùzhái |
名 |
residence; dwelling; abode |
| 主张 |
zhǔzhāng |
动、名 |
to advocate/to stand for/view/position/stand/proposition/viewpoint/assertion |
| 著作 |
zhùzuò |
名 |
to write/literary work/book/article/writings |
| 资本 |
zīběn |
名 |
capital (economics) |
| 资产 |
zīchǎn |
名 |
property/assets |
| 自豪 |
zìháo |
形 |
proud (of one's achievements etc) |
| 自来水 |
zìláishuǐ |
名 |
running water; tap water |
| 自律 |
zìlǜ |
动 |
self-discipline/self-regulation/autonomy (ethics)/autonomic (physiology) |
| 字幕 |
zìmù |
名 |
caption/subtitle |
| 自杀 |
zìshā |
动 |
to kill oneself/to commit suicide/to attempt suicide |
| 自我 |
zìwǒ |
代 |
self-/ego (psychology) |
| 自言自语 |
zìyán-zìyǔ |
- |
to talk to oneself/to think aloud/to soliloquize |
| 自愿 |
zìyuàn |
动 |
voluntary |
| 自助 |
zìzhù |
动 |
self-service |
| 总裁 |
zǒngcái |
名 |
chairman/director-general (of a company etc) |
| 总计 |
zǒngjì |
动 |
(grand) total |
| 总理 |
zǒnglǐ |
名 |
premier/prime minister |
| 棕色 |
zōngsè |
名 |
brown |
| 总算 |
zǒngsuàn |
副 |
at long last/finally/on the whole |
| 粽子 |
zòngzi |
名 |
glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled |
| 走廊 |
zǒuláng |
名 |
corridor/aisle/hallway/passageway/veranda |
| 足 |
zú |
- |
形、副 (bound form) foot; leg/sufficient; ample/as much as; fully |
| 阻碍 |
zǔài |
动、名 |
to obstruct/to hinder/to block/obstruction/hindrance |
| 钻 |
zuān |
动 |
to drill/to bore/to get into/to make one's way into/to enter (a hole)/to thread one's way through/to study intensively/to dig into/to curry favor for personal gain/an auger/diamond |
| 阻挡 |
zǔdǎng |
动 |
to stop/to resist/to obstruct |
| 祖国 |
zǔguó |
名 |
motherland |
| 罪 |
zuì |
名 |
guilt/crime/fault/blame/sin |
| 祖先 |
zǔxiān |
名 |
ancestors; forebears/(biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved |
| 足以 |
zúyǐ |
动 |
sufficient to.../so much so that/so that |