| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 㱾 | 㱾 | gāi | - a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits |
| 䕭 | 䕭 | qián | - a variety of grass - nettle |
| 䕭 | 䕭 | xián | - a kind of vegetable |
| 一 | 一 | yī | - one - 1 - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire - whole - all - throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 乪 | 乪 | nāng | - a bend in a river (Cantonese) |
| 井 | 井 | jǐng | - a well - CL:口[kou3] - neat - orderly |
| 俎 | 俎 | zǔ | - a stand for food at sacrifice |
| 侪 | 儕 | chái | - a class - a company - companion |
| 两 | 兩 | liǎng | - two - both - some - a few - tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 兵 | 兵 | bīng | - soldiers - a force - an army - weapons - arms - military - warlike - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 凹 | 凹 | āo | - a depression - indentation - concave - hollow |
| 分 | 分 | fēn | - to divide - to separate - to distribute - to allocate - to distinguish (good and bad) - part or subdivision - fraction - one tenth (of certain units) - unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm - minute - a point (in sports or games) - 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 创 | 創 | chuāng | - a wound - cut - injury - trauma |
| 劙 | 劙 | lí | - a divide, to partition |
| 匾 | 匾 | biǎn | - a tablet - a board with an inscription - a sign hung above a door |
| 卡 | 卡 | qiǎ | - to block - to be stuck - to be wedged - customs station - a clip - a fastener - a checkpost - Taiwan pr. [ka3] |
| 印 | 印 | yìn | - to print - to mark - to engrave - a seal - a print - a stamp - a mark - a trace - image |
| 厜 | 厜 | zuī | - a mountain peak |
| 厣 | 厴 | yǎn | - operculum (Latin: little lid) - a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy) |
| 咾 | 咾 | lǎo | - a noise - a sound |
| 哈 | 哈 | hǎ | - a Pekinese - a pug - (dialect) to scold |
| 哨 | 哨 | shào | - a whistle - sentry |
| 唅 | 唅 | hān | - a sound - to put in the mouth |
| 唬 | 唬 | hǔ | - a tiger's roar - to scare |
| 啲 | 啲 | dī | - some - few - a little (Cantonese) |
| 喻 | 喻 | yù | - to describe sth as - an analogy - a simile - a metaphor - an allegory |
| 哓 | 嘵 | xiāo | - a cry of alarm - querulous |
| 圈 | 圈 | juàn | - pen (pig) - a fold |
| 圱 | 圱 | qiān | - a field of three li - old variant of 阡[qian1] |
| 圻 | 圻 | qí | - boundary - a border |
| 坋 | 坋 | fèn | - dust, earth - a bank of earth - to dig - to bring together |
| 坪 | 坪 | píng | - a plain - ping, unit of area equal to 3.3 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) |
| 坳 | 坳 | ào | - a depression - cavity - hollow |
| 坴 | 坴 | lù | - a clod of earth - land |
| 垔 | 垔 | yīn | - to restrain - to dam a stream and change its direction - a mound |
| 堆 | 堆 | duī | - to pile up - to heap up - a mass - pile - heap - stack - large amount |
| 堭 | 堭 | huáng | - a dry moat outside a city wall - a dry ditch |
| 堮 | 堮 | è | - a boundary - a border |
| 茔 | 塋 | yíng | - a grave |
| 墦 | 墦 | fán | - a grave |
| 多 | 多 | duō | - many - much - often - a lot of - numerous - more - in excess - how (to what extent) - multi- - Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how" |
| 契 | 契 | qì | - to carve - carved words - to agree - a contract - a deed |
| 套 | 套 | tào | - cover - sheath - to encase - a case - to overlap - to interleave - bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) - harness - classifier for sets, collections - tau (Greek letter Ττ) |
| 奠 | 奠 | diàn | - to fix - to settle - a libation to the dead |
| 媛 | 媛 | yuàn | - a beauty |
| 嫦 | 嫦 | cháng | - a legendary beauty who flew to the moon - the lady in the moon |
| 嫭 | 嫭 | hù | - beautiful - a beauty |
| 寸 | 寸 | cùn | - a unit of length - inch - thumb |
| 尐 | 尐 | jié | - (literary) few - a couple of |
| 尤 | 尤 | yóu | - outstanding - particularly, especially - a fault - to express discontentment against |
| 尺 | 尺 | chǐ | - a Chinese foot - one-third of a meter - a ruler - a tape-measure - one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine - CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] |
| 巟 | 巟 | huāng | - a watery waste - to reach |
| 帣 | 帣 | juàn | - a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure) |
| 幮 | 幮 | chú | - a kind of mosquito net - bed curtain |
| 几 | 幾 | jǐ | - how much - how many - several - a few |
| 庉 | 庉 | dùn | - a village - to dwell together |
| 庋 | 庋 | guǐ | - a cupboard or pantry to store |
| 廆 | 廆 | huì | - a room - the wall of a house - a man's name |
| 弓 | 弓 | gōng | - a bow (weapon) - CL:張|张[zhang1] - to bend - to arch (one's back etc) |
| 吊 | 弔 | diào | - a string of 100 cash (arch.) - to lament - to condole with - variant of 吊[diao4] |
| 弯 | 彎 | wān | - to bend - bent - a bend - a turn (in the road etc) - CL:道[dao4] |
| 徻 | 徻 | wèi | - a wide room |
| 忧 | 憂 | yōu | - to worry - to concern oneself with - worried - anxiety - sorrow - a parent's funeral - inconvenienced by being orphaned |
| 戣 | 戣 | kuí | - a lance |
| 户 | 戶 | hù | - a household - door - family |
| 才 | 才 | cái | - ability - talent - sb of a certain type - a capable individual - only - only then - just now |
| 折 | 折 | shé | - to break (e.g. stick or bone) - a loss |
| 拐 | 拐 | guǎi | - to turn - to kidnap - to swindle - to misappropriate - a cane - seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]) |
| 招 | 招 | zhāo | - to recruit - to provoke - to beckon - to incur - to infect - contagious - a move (chess) - a maneuver - device - trick - to confess |
| 捆 | 捆 | kǔn | - a bunch - to tie together - bundle |
| 排 | 排 | pái | - a row - a line - to set in order - to arrange - to line up - to eliminate - to drain - to push open - platoon - raft - classifier for lines, rows etc |
| 摞 | 摞 | luò | - to pile up - to stack - a pile - a stack |
| 摆 | 擺 | bǎi | - to arrange - to exhibit - to move to and fro - a pendulum |
| 攺 | 攺 | yǐ | - a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits |
| 旋 | 旋 | xuán | - to revolve - a loop - a circle |
| 昆 | 昆 | kūn | - descendant - elder brother - a style of Chinese poetry |
| 会 | 會 | huì | - can - to be possible - to be able to - will - to be likely to - to be sure to - to assemble - to meet - to gather - to see - union - group - association - CL:個|个[ge4] - a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3]) |
| 期 | 期 | qī | - a period of time - phase - stage - classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study - time - term - period - to hope - Taiwan pr. [qi2] |
| 札 | 札 | zhá | - thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) - a kind of official document (in former times) - letter - note |
| 材 | 材 | cái | - material - timber - ability - aptitude - a capable individual - coffin (old) |
| 杖 | 杖 | zhàng | - a staff - a rod - cane - walking stick - to flog with a stick (old) |
| 杸 | 杸 | shū | - to kill - a spear |
| 杽 | 杽 | chǒu | - a kind of wooden handcuffs |
| 林 | 林 | lín | - woods - forest - CL:片[pian4] - circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) - a collection (of similar things) |
| 某 | 某 | mǒu | - some - a certain - sb or sth indefinite - such-and-such |
| 柘 | 柘 | zhè | - a thorny tree - sugarcane - Cudrania triloba - three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) - Chinese mulberry (Cudrania) |
| 柦 | 柦 | dàn | - a kind of wooden desk without legs |
| 株 | 株 | zhū | - tree trunk - stump (tree root) - a plant - classifier for trees or plants - to involve others (in shady business) |
| 梃 | 梃 | tǐng | - a club (weapon) |
| 梳 | 梳 | shū | - a comb - to comb |
| 棋 | 棋 | qí | - chess - chess-like game - a game of chess - CL:盤|盘[pan2] - chess piece - CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 栈 | 棧 | zhàn | - a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle - wood or bamboo trestlework - a warehouse |
| 椊 | 椊 | zuó | - to fit a handle into a socket - a plug or cork |
| 椎 | 椎 | chuí | - a hammer |
| 楬 | 楬 | jié | - a peg - tally - score |
| 榤 | 榤 | jié | - a stump on which chickens roost |
| 槎 | 槎 | chá | - a raft made of bamboo or wood - to fell trees - to hew |
| 槢 | 槢 | xí | - a hard wood |
| 樘 | 樘 | chěng | - a pillar |
| 樶 | 樶 | zuī | - knag - a kind of sled used to cross a muddy area (old) |
| 橎 | 橎 | fǎn | - a kind of tree |
| 橕 | 橕 | chēng | - a prop - a shore |
| 橛 | 橛 | jué | - a peg - low post |
| 棹 | 櫂 | zhào | - oar (archaic) - scull - paddle - to row - a boat |
| 櫠 | 櫠 | fèi | - a variety of pomelo (old) |
| 櫹 | 櫹 | xiāo | - a type of big tree (archaic) |
| 步 | 步 | bù | - a step - a pace - walk - march - stages in a process - situation |
| 殡 | 殯 | bìn | - a funeral - to encoffin a corpse - to carry to burial |
| 毾 | 毾 | tà | - a coarse, woollen serge |
| 沆 | 沆 | hàng | - a ferry - fog - flowing |
| 泜 | 泜 | zhī | - a river in Hebei province |
| 泭 | 泭 | fū | - a raft |
| 津 | 津 | jīn | - saliva - sweat - a ferry crossing - a ford (river crossing) - abbr. for Tianjin 天津 |
| 洫 | 洫 | xù | - to ditch - a moat |
| 淼 | 淼 | miǎo | - a flood - infinity |
| 渧 | 渧 | dì | - to drop, as liquids - a drop |
| 渨 | 渨 | wēi | - cove - bay - a bend or nook in the hills - the curve of a bow |
| 滴 | 滴 | dī | - a drop - to drip |
| 漎 | 漎 | cóng | - a place where small streams flow into a large one |
| 泻 | 瀉 | xiè | - to flow out swiftly - to flood - a torrent - diarrhea - laxative |
| 沥 | 瀝 | lì | - to drip - to strain or filter - a trickle |
| 灥 | 灥 | xún | - a group of springs |
| 煆 | 煆 | xiā | - a raging fire |
| 荧 | 熒 | yíng | - a glimmer - glimmering - twinkling - fluorescence - phosphorescence - perplexed - dazzled and confused - planet Mars (arch.) |
| 毁 | 燬 | huǐ | - variant of 毀|毁[hui3] - to destroy by fire - a blaze |
| 片 | 片 | piàn | - thin piece - flake - a slice - film - TV play - to slice - to carve thin - partial - incomplete - one-sided - classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water - classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc - used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc |
| 版 | 版 | bǎn | - a register - block of printing - edition - version - page |
| 狈 | 狽 | bèi | - a legendary wolf - distressed - wretched |
| 猁 | 猁 | lì | - a kind of monkey |
| 猵 | 猵 | biān | - a kind of otter |
| 獍 | 獍 | jìng | - a mythical animal that eats its mother |
| 猃 | 獫 | xiǎn | - a kind of dog with a long snout - see 獫狁|猃狁[Xian3 yun3] |
| 玗 | 玗 | yú | - semiprecious stone - a kind of jade |
| 玞 | 玞 | fū | - a kind of jade |
| 珅 | 珅 | shēn | - a kind of jade |
| 珚 | 珚 | yān | - a kind of jade |
| 珷 | 珷 | wǔ | - inferior gem - a kind of jade |
| 瑟 | 瑟 | sè | - a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings |
| 瑿 | 瑿 | yī | - a black stone like jade - jet |
| 璺 | 璺 | wèn | - a crack, as in porcelain |
| 瓿 | 瓿 | bù | - a kind of vase (old) - see 安瓿[an1 bu4] |
| 甋 | 甋 | dì | - a jar without ears |
| 甏 | 甏 | bàng | - a squat jar for holding wine, sauces etc |
| 畚 | 畚 | běn | - a basket or pan used for earth - manure etc |
| 畹 | 畹 | wǎn | - a field of 20 or 30 mu |
| 痏 | 痏 | wěi | - a bruise or contusion |
| 瘜 | 瘜 | xī | - a polypus |
| 盏 | 盞 | zhǎn | - a small cup - classifier for lamps |
| 矸 | 矸 | gān | - a rock or cliff |
| 砆 | 砆 | fū | - agate - inferior gem - a kind of jade |
| 砢 | 砢 | luǒ | - a heap - pile (of rocks) |
| 砬 | 砬 | lá | - a huge boulder - a towering rock |
| 碑 | 碑 | bēi | - a monument - an upright stone tablet - stele - CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] |
| 碔 | 碔 | wǔ | - inferior gem - a kind of jade |
| 磥 | 磥 | lěi | - a heap of stones - boulders |
| 磪 | 磪 | cuī | - a high mountain - precipitous |
| 礓 | 礓 | jiāng | - a small stone |
| 秋 | 秋 | qiū | - autumn - fall - harvest time - a swing |
| 稍 | 稍 | shāo | - somewhat - a little |
| 筃 | 筃 | yīn | - a kind of bamboo - old variant of 茵[yin1] |
| 篃 | 篃 | mèi | - a kind of bamboo |
| 簿 | 簿 | bù | - a book - a register - account-book |
| 篱 | 籬 | lí | - a fence |
| 粑 | 粑 | bā | - a round flat cake (dialect) |
| 紟 | 紟 | jīn | - a sash - to tie |
| 綀 | 綀 | shū | - a kind of sackcloth |
| 緪 | 緪 | gēng | - a rope |
| 繘 | 繘 | yù | - a well-rope |
| 繨 | 繨 | dá | - a knot (of a rope) |
| 才 | 纔 | cái | - a moment ago - just now - (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until - (followed by a numerical clause) only |
| 钵 | 缽 | bō | - small earthenware plate or basin - a monk's alms bowl - Sanskrit paatra |
| 膻 | 羴 | shān | - a flock of sheep (or goats) - old variant of 膻[shan1] - old variant of 羶[shan1] |
| 耙 | 耙 | bà | - a hoe - to harrow |
| 耙 | 耙 | pá | - a rake |
| 耦 | 耦 | ǒu | - a pair - a mate - a couple - to couple - plowshare |
| 听 | 聽 | tīng | - to listen - to hear - to obey - a can (loanword from English "tin") - classifier for canned beverages |
| 肙 | 肙 | yuān | - a small worm - to twist - to surround - empty |
| 臇 | 臇 | juǎn | - fat, rich - a stew of fish |
| 臾 | 臾 | yú | - a moment - little while |
| 舋 | 舋 | xìn | - variant of 釁|衅 - quarrel - dispute - a blood sacrifice (arch.) |
| 艅 | 艅 | yú | - a despatch boat |
| 艜 | 艜 | dài | - a long narrow vessel with two masts |
| 芔 | 芔 | huì | - a general term for plants |
| 芕 | 芕 | suī | - a kind of medicinal herb |
| 芞 | 芞 | qì | - a kind of aromatic herb (old) |
| 芭 | 芭 | bā | - a herb - banana |
| 茬 | 茬 | chá | - stubble land after crop has been taken - a second crop obtained by rotation of land - an opportunity |
| 万 | 萬 | wàn | - ten thousand - a great number |
| 蒯 | 蒯 | kuǎi | - a rush - scirpus cyperinus |
| 蓒 | 蓒 | xuān | - a kind of smelly water plant |
| 蓔 | 蓔 | yǎo | - a variety of grass |
| 蔯 | 蔯 | chén | - a variety of artemisia |
| 蕔 | 蕔 | bāo | - a kind of grass (old) |
| 蘘 | 蘘 | ráng | - a kind of wild ginger |
| 蘻 | 蘻 | jì | - a kind of herb (old) |
| 蚆 | 蚆 | bā | - a kind of shell |
| 蚽 | 蚽 | pí | - a kind of insect (old) |
| 蛅 | 蛅 | rán | - a caterpillar |
| 蛘 | 蛘 | yáng | - a weevil found in rice etc |
| 蛟 | 蛟 | jiāo | - a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods - see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2] |
| 蛩 | 蛩 | qióng | - anxious - grasshopper - a cricket |
| 蝍 | 蝍 | jí | - a centipede |
| 蠩 | 蠩 | zhū | - a toad |
| 行 | 行 | háng | - a row - series - age order (of brothers) - profession - professional - relating to company |
| 行 | 行 | xíng | - to walk - to go - to travel - a visit - temporary - makeshift - current - in circulation - to do - to perform - capable - competent - effective - all right - OK! - will do - behavior - conduct - Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense |
| 表 | 表 | biǎo | - exterior surface - family relationship via females - to show (one's opinion) - a model - a table (listing information) - a form - a meter (measuring sth) |
| 裍 | 裍 | kǔn | - a border or band on the edge of a dress |
| 裛 | 裛 | yì | - to wrap and bind - damp - dripping - wet - a book bag |
| 裹 | 裹 | guǒ | - to bind - to wrap - a bundle - a parcel |
| 袆 | 褘 | huī | - a queen's ceremonial gowns |
| 规 | 規 | guī | - compass - a rule - regulation - to admonish - to plan - to scheme |
| 觉 | 覺 | jiào | - a nap - a sleep - CL:場|场[chang2] |
| 解 | 解 | jiě | - 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 |
| 说 | 說 | shuō | - to speak - to say - to explain - to scold - to tell off - a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) |
| 谽 | 谽 | hān | - a mouth or opening |
| 豖 | 豖 | chù | - a shackled pig |
| 豦 | 豦 | qú | - a wild boar - to fight |
| 贷 | 貸 | dài | - to lend on interest - to borrow - a loan - leniency - to make excuses - to pardon - to forgive |
| 赏 | 賞 | shǎng | - to bestow (a reward) - to give (to an inferior) - to hand down - a reward (bestowed by a superior) - to appreciate (beauty) |
| 趒 | 趒 | tiáo | - to jump - to climb over - to leap - to posture - a gangway |
| 趟 | 趟 | tàng | - classifier for times, round trips or rows - a time - a trip |
| 輤 | 輤 | qiàn | - a pall to cover the hearse |
| 轿 | 轎 | jiào | - a sedan chair - a palanquin - a litter |
| 辫 | 辮 | biàn | - a braid or queue - to plait |
| 郎 | 郎 | láng | - (arch.) minister - official - noun prefix denoting function or status - a youth |
| 衅 | 釁 | xìn | - quarrel - dispute - a blood sacrifice (arch.) |
| 釪 | 釪 | yú | - an alms bowl - a small bell |
| 钎 | 釺 | qiān | - a drill (for boring through rock) |
| 钭 | 鈄 | tǒu | - a wine flagon |
| 鉝 | 鉝 | lì | - a kind of eating utensil - (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) - livermorium (chemistry) |
| 鋊 | 鋊 | yù | - a poker - brass filings - to file |
| 锄 | 鋤 | chú | - a hoe - to hoe or dig - to weed - to get rid of |
| 锯 | 鋸 | jù | - a saw - to cut with a saw |
| 鋹 | 鋹 | chǎng | - sharp - a keen edge - sharp point |
| 鍐 | 鍐 | cōng | - a headstall, ornament on a bridle |
| 镐 | 鎬 | gǎo | - a pick |
| 闪 | 閃 | shǎn | - 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 |
| 阉 | 閹 | yān | - to castrate - a castrate - neuter |
| 阹 | 阹 | qū | - a pen - to surround |
| 雀 | 雀 | qiāo | - a freckle - lentigo |
| 雗 | 雗 | hàn | - a white pheasant |
| 鞃 | 鞃 | hóng | - a leaning board on carriage |
| 秋 | 鞦 | qiū | - a swing |
| 鞬 | 鞬 | jiān | - a quiver on a horse - a store |
| 鞑 | 韃 | Dá | - Tartar - a tribe in China |
| 千 | 韆 | qiān | - a swing |
| 韎 | 韎 | mèi | - a grass that gives red dye |
| 顷 | 頃 | qǐng | - unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares - a short while - a little while ago - circa. (for approximate dates) |
| 头 | 頭 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 馕 | 饢 | náng | - a kind of a flat bread |
| 驳 | 駁 | bó | - variegated - heterogeneous - to refute - to contradict - to ship by barge - a barge - a lighter (ship) |
| 骘 | 騭 | zhì | - a stallion - to rise - to arrange - to stabilize - to differentiate - to judge |
| 骜 | 驁 | ào | - a noble steed - untamed |
| 欢 | 驩 | huān | - a breed of horse - variant of 歡|欢[huan1] |
| 骉 | 驫 | biāo | - a horde of horses |
| 骴 | 骴 | cī | - a putrid carcass |
| 髲 | 髲 | pì | - a wig |
| 鬟 | 鬟 | huán | - a knot of hair on top of head |
| 鮀 | 鮀 | tuó | - catfish - a kind of small fish - Chinese alligator |
| 鮠 | 鮠 | wéi | - a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon |
| 鰅 | 鰅 | yú | - a kind of striped fish |
| 鳠 | 鱯 | hù | - a species of freshwater catfish |
| 鳦 | 鳦 | yǐ | - a swallow (bird) |
| 鴠 | 鴠 | dàn | - a kind of nightingale |
| 鸹 | 鴰 | guā | - a crow |
| 䴔 | 鵁 | jiāo | - a kind of aquatic bird |
| 鵙 | 鵙 | jú | - a shrike |
| 鵺 | 鵺 | yè | - a kind of bird similar to pheasant |
| 鶒 | 鶒 | chì | - a kind of water bird |
| 鶗 | 鶗 | tí | - a kind of hawk |
| 鹢 | 鷁 | yì | - a kind of aquatic bird |
| 鷾 | 鷾 | yì | - a swallow |
| 黈 | 黈 | tǒu | - a yellow color |
| 鼗 | 鼗 | táo | - a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) - rattle-drum |
| 鼭 | 鼭 | shí | - a kind of rat |
| 龖 | 龖 | dá | - a vista of a dragon in flight |
| A咖 | A咖 | Akā | - class "A" - top grade |
| A片 | A片 | Apiàn | - adult movie - pornography |
| 一些 | 一些 | yīxiē | - some - a few - a little |
| 一口 | 一口 | yīkǒu | - readily - flatly (deny, admit and so on) - a mouthful - a bite |
| 一句 | 一句 | yījù | - a line of verse - a sentence |
| 一向 | 一向 | yīxiàng | - always (previously) - a period of time in the recent past |
| 一周 | 一周 | yīzhōu | - one week - all the way around - a whole cycle |
| 一套 | 一套 | yītào | - suit - a set - a collection - of the same kind - the same old stuff - set pattern of behavior |
| 一定 | 一定 | yīdìng | - surely - certainly - necessarily - fixed - a certain (extent etc) - given - particular - must |
| 一手 | 一手 | yīshǒu | - a skill - mastery of a trade - by oneself - without outside help |
| 一方 | 一方 | yīfāng | - a party (in a contract or legal case) - one side - area - region |
| 一时 | 一時 | yīshí | - a period of time - a while - for a short while - temporary - momentary - at the same time |
| 一会 | 一會 | yīhuì | - a moment - a while - in a moment - also pr. [yi1 hui3] |
| 一眼 | 一眼 | yīyǎn | - a glance - a quick look - a glimpse |
| 一等 | 一等 | yīděng | - first class - grade A |
| 一级 | 一級 | yījí | - first class - category A |
| 一举 | 一舉 | yījǔ | - a move - an action - in one move - at a stroke - in one go |
| 一身 | 一身 | yīshēn | - whole body - from head to toe - single person - a suit of clothes |
| 一阵 | 一陣 | yīzhèn | - a burst - a fit - a peal - a spell (period of time) |
| 一头 | 一頭 | yītóu | - one head - a head full of sth - one end (of a stick) - one side - headlong - directly - rapidly - simultaneously |
| 一点 | 一點 | yīdiǎn | - a bit - a little - one dot - one point |
| 七彩 | 七彩 | qīcǎi | - seven colors - a variety of colors - multi-colored - rainbow-colored |
| 上扬 | 上揚 | shàngyáng | - to rise (i.e. number increases) - a price rise - to raise |
| 上演 | 上演 | shàngyǎn | - to screen (a movie) - to stage (a play) - a screening - a staging |
| 上农 | 上農 | shàngnóng | - a rich farmer - to stress the importance of agriculture (in ancient philosophy) |
| 不少 | 不少 | bùshǎo | - many - a lot - not few |
| 丐帮 | 丐幫 | gàibāng | - beggars' union - a group of beggars |
| 中原 | 中原 | zhōngyuán | - the central plains of China - the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei - a plain |
| 中奖 | 中獎 | zhòngjiǎng | - to win a prize - a successful gamble |
| 中医 | 中醫 | Zhōngyī | - traditional Chinese medical science - a doctor trained in Chinese medicine |
| 主调 | 主調 | zhǔdiào | - main point of an argument - a principal viewpoint |
| 久别 | 久別 | jiǔbié | - a long period of separation |
| 久已 | 久已 | jiǔyǐ | - long ago - a long time since |
| 久违 | 久違 | jiǔwéi | - (haven't done sth) for a long time - a long time since we last met |
| 久长 | 久長 | jiǔcháng | - a long time |
| 久阔 | 久闊 | jiǔkuò | - a long period of separation |
| 幺二 | 么二 | yāoèr | - one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) - a prostitute |
| 些许 | 些許 | xiēxǔ | - a few - a little - a bit |
| 亮彩 | 亮彩 | liàngcǎi | - a bright color - sparkle - shine - glitter |
| 亮相 | 亮相 | liàngxiàng | - a still pose on stage - to appear in public - to reveal one's position - to see the light of day |
| 人情 | 人情 | rénqíng | - reason - human emotions - human interaction - social relationship - friendship - favor - a good turn |
| 人死 | 人死 | rénsǐ | - a person's death |
| 人海 | 人海 | rénhǎi | - a multitude - a sea of people |
| 人潮 | 人潮 | réncháo | - a tide of people |
| 人龙 | 人龍 | rénlóng | - a queue of people - a crocodile (of school children) |
| 代写 | 代寫 | dàixiě | - to write as substitute for sb - a ghost writer - plagiarism |
| 代书 | 代書 | dàishū | - to write for sb else - a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients |
| 代办 | 代辦 | dàibàn | - to act for sb else - to act on sb's behalf - an agent - a diplomatic representative - a chargé d'affaires |
| 任重 | 任重 | rènzhòng | - a load - a heavy burden |
| 伯乐 | 伯樂 | BóLè | - Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period) - a good judge of talent - talent scout |
| 伽倻 | 伽倻 | Jiāyē | - Kaya - a country or province to the South of Silla 新羅|新罗 in south Korea around 500 AD |
| 低热 | 低熱 | dīrè | - a low fever (up to 38°C) |
| 低烧 | 低燒 | dīshāo | - a low fever (up to 38°C) |
| 供奉 | 供奉 | gòngfèng | - to consecrate - to enshrine and worship - an offering (to one's ancestors) - a sacrifice (to a God) |
| 供献 | 供獻 | gōngxiàn | - a contribution |
| 俗辣 | 俗辣 | súlà | - (Taiwan slang) coward - paper tiger - a nobody |
| 信标 | 信標 | xìnbiāo | - a signal |
| 信管 | 信管 | xìnguǎn | - a fuse (for explosive charge) - detonator |
| 俱全 | 俱全 | jùquán | - every kind - every variety under the sun - a complete gamut |
| 俩钱 | 倆錢 | liǎqián | - two bits - a small amount of money |
| 个展 | 個展 | gèzhǎn | - a one-person exhibition |
| 个把 | 個把 | gèbǎ | - one or two - a couple of |
| 个案 | 個案 | gèàn | - a case - an individual case - case-by-case |
| 倒立 | 倒立 | dàolì | - a handstand - to turn upside down - to stand on one's head - upside down |
| 假托 | 假託 | jiǎtuō | - pretext - a false pretext |
| 假话 | 假話 | jiǎhuà | - a lie - untrue statement - misstatement |
| 伟观 | 偉觀 | wěiguān | - magnificent vista - a wonder |
| 侦察 | 偵察 | zhēnchá | - to investigate a crime - to scout - to reconnoiter - reconnaissance - detection - a scout |
| 偶遇 | 偶遇 | ǒuyù | - a chance encounter - to meet accidentally |
| 传人 | 傳人 | chuánrén | - to teach - to impart - a disciple - descendant |
| 传唤 | 傳喚 | chuánhuàn | - a summons (to the police) - subpoena |
| 传承 | 傳承 | chuánchéng | - to pass on (to future generations) - passed on (from former times) - a continued tradition - an inheritance |
| 传道 | 傳道 | chuándào | - to lecture on doctrine - to expound the wisdom of ancient sages - to preach - a sermon |
| 倾巢 | 傾巢 | qīngcháo | - lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) - a turn-out in full force (of a gang of villains) |
| 倾盆 | 傾盆 | qīngpén | - a downpour - rain bucketing down |
| 儒士 | 儒士 | Rúshì | - a Confucian scholar |
| 元宝 | 元寶 | yuánbǎo | - a silver or gold ingot - mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) - a name for ancient currency - a rare genius |
| 先验 | 先驗 | xiānyàn | - a priori (philosophy) |
| 光棍 | 光棍 | guānggùn | - gangster - hoodlum - a single person - bachelor |
| 内行 | 內行 | nèiháng | - expert - adept - experienced - an expert - a professional |
| 公决 | 公決 | gōngjué | - public decision (by ballot) - majority decision - a joint decision - referendum |
| 兵书 | 兵書 | bīngshū | - a book on the art of war |
| 兼营 | 兼營 | jiānyíng | - a second job - supplementary way of making a living |
| 册子 | 冊子 | cèzi | - a book - a volume |
| 再赛 | 再賽 | zàisài | - a replay (of sports match) - a play-off |
| 冒头 | 冒頭 | màotóu | - to emerge - to crop up - a little more than |
| 冷遇 | 冷遇 | lěngyù | - a cold reception - to cold-shoulder sb |
| 冷门 | 冷門 | lěngmén | - a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) - fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition |
| 凹进 | 凹進 | āojìn | - concave - a concavity (lower than the surrounding area) - a depression - hollow - dented |
| 出缺 | 出缺 | chūquē | - to fall vacant - a job opening at a high level |
| 出路 | 出路 | chūlù | - a way out (of a difficulty etc) |
| 出险 | 出險 | chūxiǎn | - to get out of trouble - to escape from danger - a danger appears - threatened by danger |
| 出头 | 出頭 | chūtóu | - to get out of a predicament - to stick out - to take the initiative - remaining odd fraction after a division - a little more than |
| 分拆 | 分拆 | fènchāi | - to separate off - to hive off - a demerger |
| 分文 | 分文 | fēnwén | - a single penny - a single cent |
| 列举 | 列舉 | lièjǔ | - a list - to list - to enumerate |
| 别论 | 別論 | biélùn | - a different matter - another story - (old) objection |
| 刺儿 | 刺兒 | cìr | - a thorn - fig. to ridicule sb - fig. sth wrong |
| 刺痛 | 刺痛 | cìtòng | - stab of pain - sting - fig. stimulus to action - a prick |
| 前些 | 前些 | qiánxiē | - a few (days, years etc) ago |
| 前锋 | 前鋒 | qiánfēng | - vanguard - front line - a forward (sports) |
| 刹车 | 剎車 | shāchē | - to brake (when driving) - to stop - to switch off - to check (bad habits) - a brake |
| 刚才 | 剛才 | gāngcái | - just now - a moment ago |
| 创口 | 創口 | chuāngkǒu | - a wound - a cut |
| 划痕 | 劃痕 | huáhén | - a scratch |
| 力作 | 力作 | lìzuò | - to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc) - a masterpiece |
| 加赛 | 加賽 | jiāsài | - a play-off - replay |
| 助力 | 助力 | zhùlì | - a helping hand - help - assistance |
| 劲卒 | 勁卒 | jìngzú | - elite soldiers - a crack force |
| 勇士 | 勇士 | yǒngshì | - a warrior - a brave person |
| 包袱 | 包袱 | bāofu | - wrapping cloth - a bundle wrapped in cloth - load - weight - burden - funny part - punchline |
| 汇点 | 匯點 | huìdiǎn | - confluence - a meeting point |
| 匹偶 | 匹偶 | pǐǒu | - a married couple |
| 匾额 | 匾額 | biǎné | - a horizontal inscribed board |
| 十几 | 十幾 | shíjǐ | - more than ten - a dozen or more |
| 十数 | 十數 | shíshù | - more than ten - a dozen or more |
| 十足 | 十足 | shízú | - ample - complete - hundred percent - a pure shade (of some color) |
| 千夫 | 千夫 | qiānfū | - a lot of people (literary) |
| 千秋 | 千秋 | qiānqiū | - a thousand years - your birthday (honorific) |
| 千里 | 千里 | qiānlǐ | - a thousand miles - a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) - a long distance |
| 半分 | 半分 | bànfēn | - a little bit |
| 半天 | 半天 | bàntiān | - half of the day - a long time - quite a while - midair - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 半晌 | 半晌 | bànshǎng | - half of the day - a long time - quite a while |
| 半响 | 半響 | bànxiǎng | - half the day - a long time - quite a while |
| 协会 | 協會 | xiéhuì | - an association - a society - CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] |
| 卡奴 | 卡奴 | kǎnú | - a slave to one's credit card - sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings |
| 危及 | 危及 | wēijí | - to endanger - to jeopardize - a danger (to life, national security etc) |
| 厘金 | 厘金 | líjīn | - a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion |
| 反攻 | 反攻 | fǎngōng | - to counterattack - a counter-offensive |
| 受气 | 受氣 | shòuqì | - (to suffer) maltreatment - a bullied (person) |
| 受罪 | 受罪 | shòuzuì | - to endure - to suffer - hardships - torments - a hard time - a nuisance |
| 叛逆 | 叛逆 | pànnì | - to rebel - to revolt - a rebel |
| 丛书 | 叢書 | cóngshū | - a series of books - a collection of books |
| 口令 | 口令 | kǒulìng | - oral command - a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) - password (used by sentry) |
| 口味 | 口味 | kǒuwèi | - a person's preferences - tastes (in food) - flavor |
| 口子 | 口子 | kǒuzi | - a hole - an opening - a cut - a gap - a gash |
| 口实 | 口實 | kǒushí | - food - salary (old) - a pretext - a cause for gossip |
| 口岸 | 口岸 | kǒuàn | - a port for external trade - a trading or transit post on border between countries |
| 另册 | 另冊 | lìngcè | - the Other List (Qing dynasty register of outlaws) - a blacklist of undesirables |
| 另案 | 另案 | lìngàn | - another case (in law) - a case to treat separately |
| 可人 | 可人 | kěrén | - pleasant - agreeable - a person after one's heart (charming person) - a gifted person |
| 可儿 | 可兒 | kěér | - a person after one's heart (charming person) - capable person |
| 吃货 | 吃貨 | chīhuò | - chowhound - foodie - a good-for-nothing |
| 合营 | 合營 | héyíng | - to operate jointly - a joint venture - cooperative |
| 吉它 | 吉它 | jítā | - a guitar |
| 吊塔 | 吊塔 | diàotǎ | - a tower crane |
| 吊坠 | 吊墜 | diàozhuì | - a pendant (jewelry) |
| 吊扇 | 吊扇 | diàoshàn | - a ceiling fan - a punka |
| 吊杆 | 吊杆 | diàogān | - a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) |
| 吊梯 | 吊梯 | diàotī | - a rope ladder |
| 吊楼 | 吊樓 | diàolóu | - a building supported on pillars projecting over a river - a mountain hut supported on pillars |
| 吊窗 | 吊窗 | diàochuāng | - a sash window |
| 吊门 | 吊門 | diàomén | - an overhung door - a door that hinges upwards |
| 同源 | 同源 | tóngyuán | - homology (biology) - a common origin |
| 同谋 | 同謀 | tóngmóu | - to conspire with sb - to plot - a conspirator - a partner in crime - an accomplice |
| 名分 | 名分 | míngfèn | - a person's status |
| 名胜 | 名勝 | míngshèng | - a place famous for its scenery or historical relics - scenic spot - CL:處|处[chu4] |
| 名酒 | 名酒 | míngjiǔ | - a famous wine |
| 君臣 | 君臣 | jūnchén | - a ruler and his ministers (old) |
| 呼声 | 呼聲 | hūshēng | - a shout - fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group |
| 哨笛 | 哨笛 | shàodí | - a whistle |
| 唁信 | 唁信 | yànxìn | - a letter of condolence |
| 唁函 | 唁函 | yànhán | - a message of condolence |
| 唁电 | 唁電 | yàndiàn | - a telegram of condolence |
| 唐璜 | 唐璜 | tánghuáng | - a dandy - a fop - Don Juan - a ladies man |
| 唐诗 | 唐詩 | Tángshī | - Tang poetry - a Tang poem |
| 唧筒 | 唧筒 | jītǒng | - a pump - water pump |
| 商号 | 商號 | shānghào | - store - a business |
| 哑剧 | 啞劇 | yǎjù | - to mime - a dumb show |
| 哑巴 | 啞巴 | yǎba | - mute - muted - a dumb person - to be dumb |
| 哑鼓 | 啞鼓 | yǎgǔ | - drum practice pad (music) - a practice drum (music) |
| 启事 | 啟事 | qǐshì | - announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) - to post information - a notice |
| 单丛 | 單叢 | Dāncōng | - a class of Oolong tea |
| 单非 | 單非 | dānfēi | - a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen |
| 噍类 | 噍類 | jiàolèi | - a living being (esp. human) |
| 噪杂 | 噪雜 | zàozá | - a clamor - a din |
| 啮齿 | 嚙齒 | nièchǐ | - a rodent (rat, rabbit etc) |
| 回函 | 回函 | huíhán | - a reply (in writing) |
| 回扣 | 回扣 | huíkòu | - brokerage - a commission paid to a middleman - euphemism for a bribe - a kickback |
| 圈a | 圈a | quāna | - at symbol, @ |
| 国力 | 國力 | guólì | - a nation's power |
| 国策 | 國策 | guócè | - a national policy |
| 围堰 | 圍堰 | wéiyàn | - a cofferdam |
| 圆拱 | 圓拱 | yuángǒng | - a round vault |
| 图版 | 圖版 | túbǎn | - an engraved printing plate - a photographic plate |
| 地洞 | 地洞 | dìdòng | - a dug-out - a burrow |
| 城邦 | 城邦 | chéngbāng | - a city state (Greek polis) |
| 城郭 | 城郭 | chéngguō | - a city wall |
| 报单 | 報單 | bàodān | - a tax declaration form - a tax return |
| 块垒 | 塊壘 | kuàilěi | - gloom - a lump on the heart |
| 块规 | 塊規 | kuàiguī | - a gauge block (block for accurate measurement) |
| 块体 | 塊體 | kuàitǐ | - a block - body of person or animal as a block |
| 垫高 | 墊高 | diàngāo | - a support - to raise - to bolster - to jack up |
| 堕落 | 墮落 | duòluò | - to degrade - to degenerate - to become depraved - corrupt - a fall from grace |
| 坟丘 | 墳丘 | fénqiū | - a tomb |
| 壁橱 | 壁櫥 | bìchú | - a built-in wardrobe or cupboard - closet |
| 寿堂 | 壽堂 | shòutáng | - mourning hall - a hall for a birthday celebration |
| 多多 | 多多 | duōduō | - many - much - a lot - lots and lots - more - even more |
| 大国 | 大國 | dàguó | - a power (i.e. a dominant country) |
| 大将 | 大將 | dàjiàng | - a general or admiral |
| 大巴 | 大巴 | dàbā | - a big coach - tourist bus |
| 大幅 | 大幅 | dàfú | - a big margin - substantially |
| 大数 | 大數 | dàshù | - a large number |
| 大方 | 大方 | dàfāng | - expert - scholar - mother earth - a type of green tea |
| 大月 | 大月 | dàyuè | - solar month of 31 days - a lunar month of 30 days |
| 大略 | 大略 | dàlüè | - a broad outline - the general idea - roughly |
| 大笑 | 大笑 | dàxiào | - to laugh heartily - a belly laugh |
| 大义 | 大義 | dàyì | - righteousness - virtuous cause - a woman's marriage - main points of a piece of writing |
| 大钱 | 大錢 | dàqián | - high denomination of banknotes or coins - lots of money - a big sum (e.g. a bribe) |
| 大锅 | 大鍋 | dàguō | - a big wok - cauldron |
| 大队 | 大隊 | dàduì | - group - a large body of - production brigade - military group |
| 天幸 | 天幸 | tiānxìng | - providential good luck - a narrow escape |
| 天涯 | 天涯 | tiānyá | - the other end of the world - a far-away place |
| 天险 | 天險 | tiānxiǎn | - a natural stronghold |
| 太保 | 太保 | tàibǎo | - a very high official in ancient China - juvenile delinquents |
| 太半 | 太半 | tàibàn | - more than half - a majority - most - mostly |
| 太爷 | 太爺 | tàiyé | - (respectful for) one's grandfather - sb's father - older people - the head of the house (used by servants) - a district magistrate |
| 夫妇 | 夫婦 | fūfù | - a (married) couple - husband and wife - CL:對|对[dui4] |
| 失手 | 失手 | shīshǒu | - a slip - miscalculation - unwise move - accidentally - by mistake - to lose control - to be defeated |
| 失枕 | 失枕 | shīzhěn | - a crick in the neck - stiff neck |
| 失灵 | 失靈 | shīlíng | - out of order (of machine) - not working properly - a failing (of a system) |
| 夹道 | 夾道 | jiādào | - a narrow street (lined with walls) - to line the street |
| 夹杂 | 夾雜 | jiāzá | - to mix together (disparate substances) - to mingle - a mix - to be tangled up with |
| 奇珍 | 奇珍 | qízhēn | - a rare treasure - sth priceless and unique |
| 套服 | 套服 | tàofú | - a suit (of clothes) |
| 套筒 | 套筒 | tàotǒng | - sleeve - a tube for wrapping |
| 套索 | 套索 | tàosuǒ | - a lasso - noose |
| 套结 | 套結 | tàojié | - a noose |
| 套绳 | 套繩 | tàoshéng | - a lasso |
| 套衫 | 套衫 | tàoshān | - a pullover |
| 套购 | 套購 | tàogòu | - a fraudulent purchase - to buy up sth illegally |
| 奠仪 | 奠儀 | diànyí | - a gift of money to the family of the deceased |
| 奠酒 | 奠酒 | diànjiǔ | - a libation |
| 奢丽 | 奢麗 | shēlì | - sumptuous - a luxury |
| 奋起 | 奮起 | fènqǐ | - to rise vigorously - a spirited start |
| 女杰 | 女傑 | nǚjié | - woman of distinction - a woman to be admired or respected |
| 女同 | 女同 | nǚtóng | - a lesbian (coll.) |
| 奸官 | 奸官 | jiānguān | - a treacherous official - a mandarin who conspires against the state |
| 奸徒 | 奸徒 | jiāntú | - a crafty villain |
| 奸民 | 奸民 | jiānmín | - a scoundrel - a villain |
| 奸细 | 奸細 | jiānxi | - a spy - a crafty person |
| 奸臣 | 奸臣 | jiānchén | - a treacherous court official - a minister who conspires against the state |
| 奸诈 | 奸詐 | jiānzhà | - treachery - devious - a rogue |
| 奸贼 | 奸賊 | jiānzéi | - a traitor - a treacherous bandit |
| 奸邪 | 奸邪 | jiānxié | - crafty and evil - a treacherous villain |
| 奸党 | 奸黨 | jiāndǎng | - a clique of traitors |
| 好些 | 好些 | hǎoxiē | - a good deal of - quite a lot |
| 妄想 | 妄想 | wàngxiǎng | - to attempt vainly - a vain attempt - delusion |
| 妙品 | 妙品 | miàopǐn | - a fine work of art |
| 妥协 | 妥協 | tuǒxié | - to compromise - to reach terms - a compromise |
| 妨害 | 妨害 | fánghài | - to impair - damaging - harmful - a nuisance |
| 姻缘 | 姻緣 | yīnyuán | - a marriage predestined by fate |
| 嬉戏 | 嬉戲 | xīxì | - to frolic - fun - a romp |
| 婵娟 | 嬋娟 | chánjuān | - a beautiful woman - graceful and elegant posture - moon |
| 孀闺 | 孀閨 | shuāngguī | - a widow's chamber (old usage) |
| 季子 | 季子 | jìzǐ | - youngest brother - a period of two or three months |
| 季诺 | 季諾 | jìnuò | - a promise that can be realized |
| 学报 | 學報 | xuébào | - a scholarly journal - Journal, Bulletin etc |
| 宇文 | 宇文 | Yǔwén | - a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people - two-character surname Yuwen |
| 官职 | 官職 | guānzhí | - an official position - a job in the bureaucracy |
| 宣读 | 宣讀 | xuāndú | - to read out loud to an audience - a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) |
| 家计 | 家計 | jiājì | - family livelihood - a household's economic situation - family property |
| 寒噤 | 寒噤 | hánjìn | - a shiver |
| 寒意 | 寒意 | hányì | - a nip in the air - chilliness |
| 寒窗 | 寒窗 | hánchuāng | - a life of strenuous studies (idiom) |
| 实例 | 實例 | shílì | - an actual example - living example - an illustration - a demonstration |
| 审判 | 審判 | shěnpàn | - a trial - to try sb |
| 写手 | 寫手 | xiěshǒu | - person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) - scribe - copyist - a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy |
| 寸阴 | 寸陰 | cùnyīn | - a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch) |
| 封土 | 封土 | fēngtǔ | - to heap earth (to close a tomb) - a mound (covering a tomb) |
| 射频 | 射頻 | shèpín | - a radio frequency - RF |
| 对价 | 對價 | duìjià | - consideration (in exchange for shares) - a quid pro quo |
| 对应 | 對應 | duìyìng | - to correspond - a correspondence - corresponding - homologous - matching with sth - counterpart |
| 对接 | 對接 | duìjiē | - to join up - to dock - a joint (between components) |
| 小卒 | 小卒 | xiǎozú | - foot soldier - minor figure - a nobody - (chess) pawn |
| 小康 | 小康 | xiǎokāng | - moderately affluent - well-off - a period of peace and prosperity |
| 小滴 | 小滴 | xiǎodī | - a drop |
| 小产 | 小產 | xiǎochǎn | - to miscarry - a miscarriage - an abortion |
| 小节 | 小節 | xiǎojié | - a minor matter - trivia - bar (music) |
| 小量 | 小量 | xiǎoliàng | - a small quantity |
| 少刻 | 少刻 | shǎokè | - a short while - soon |
| 少许 | 少許 | shǎoxǔ | - a little - a few |
| 少量 | 少量 | shǎoliàng | - a smidgen - a little bit - a few |
| 少间 | 少間 | shǎojiàn | - soon - a short while - a narrow gap - slightly better (state of health) |
| 尾牙 | 尾牙 | wěiyá | - a year-end dinner for employees |
| 居心 | 居心 | jūxīn | - to harbor (evil) intentions - to be bent on - a tranquil heart or mind |
| 屋架 | 屋架 | wūjià | - a building - the frame of a building - roof beam - truss |
| 岗位 | 崗位 | gǎngwèi | - a post - a job |
| 左券 | 左券 | zuǒquàn | - a sure thing - a certainty - copy of a contract held by a creditor |
| 巧手 | 巧手 | qiǎoshǒu | - skillful hands - dexterous - a dab hand |
| 巨额 | 巨額 | jùé | - large sum (of money) - a huge amount |
| 布巾 | 布巾 | bùjīn | - a cloth |
| 席位 | 席位 | xíwèi | - a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) - parliamentary or congressional seat |
| 常数 | 常數 | chángshù | - a constant (math.) |
| 幅员 | 幅員 | fúyuán | - a country's surface area - extent of a country |
| 平局 | 平局 | píngjú | - a draw (in competition) - a tie |
| 年代 | 年代 | niándài | - a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) - age - era - period - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 年载 | 年載 | niánzǎi | - a year, more or less - years |
| 年头 | 年頭 | niántóu | - start of the year - whole year - a particular year - period - days - epoch - a year's harvest |
| 幸事 | 幸事 | xìngshì | - sth fortunate - a lucky chance |
| 几个 | 幾個 | jǐge | - a few - several - how many |
| 几分 | 幾分 | jǐfēn | - somewhat - a bit |
| 几年 | 幾年 | jǐnián | - a few years - several years - how many years |
| 几谏 | 幾諫 | jījiàn | - to admonish (a senior person) - a euphemism politely criticizing an older person |
| 厂房 | 廠房 | chǎngfáng | - a building used as a factory - factory (building) - CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] |
| 广告 | 廣告 | guǎnggào | - to advertise - a commercial - advertisement - CL:項|项[xiang4] |
| 广柑 | 廣柑 | Guǎnggān | - a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc |
| 吊丧 | 弔喪 | diàosāng | - condolences - a condolence visit |
| 吊孝 | 弔孝 | diàoxiào | - a condolence visit |
| 吊客 | 弔客 | diàokè | - a visitor offering condolences |
| 吊祭 | 弔祭 | diàojì | - a worship ceremony for the dead - to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) - a libation |
| 吊诡 | 弔詭 | diàoguǐ | - bizarre - paradoxical - a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) |
| 引信 | 引信 | yǐnxìn | - a detonator |
| 引爆 | 引爆 | yǐnbào | - to cause to burn - to ignite - to detonate - a fuse |
| 弱小 | 弱小 | ruòxiǎo | - small and weak - puny - a child |
| 强队 | 強隊 | qiángduì | - a powerful team (sports) |
| 弹指 | 彈指 | tánzhǐ | - a snap of the fingers - a short moment - in a flash - in the twinkling of an eye |
| 弥望 | 彌望 | míwàng | - a full view |
| 彪子 | 彪子 | biāozi | - a frolicsome creature |
| 律条 | 律條 | lǜtiáo | - a law |
| 后天 | 後天 | hòutiān | - the day after tomorrow - post-natal - acquired (not innate) - a posteriori |
| 后感 | 後感 | hòugǎn | - afterthought - reflection after an event - a review (of a movie etc) |
| 得罪 | 得罪 | dézui | - to offend somebody - to make a faux pas - a faux pas - see also 得罪[de2 zui4] |
| 得志 | 得誌 | dézhì | - to accomplish one's ambition - a dream come true - to enjoy success |
| 微火 | 微火 | wēihuǒ | - a low fire (for roasting) |
| 微量 | 微量 | wēiliàng | - a smidgen - minute - micro- - trace (element) |
| 微雕 | 微雕 | wēidiāo | - a miniature (carving) |
| 征发 | 徵發 | zhēngfā | - a punitive expedition - a requisition |
| 心事 | 心事 | xīnshì | - a load on one's mind - worry - CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1] |
| 心结 | 心結 | xīnjié | - a matter that gnaws at one's mind - preoccupation - sore point - rancor |
| 必修 | 必修 | bìxiū | - a required course |
| 忠告 | 忠告 | zhōnggào | - to give sb a word of advice - advice - counsel - a wise word |
| 快感 | 快感 | kuàigǎn | - pleasure - thrill - delight - joy - pleasurable sensation - a high |
| 恨事 | 恨事 | hènshì | - a matter for regret or resentment |
| 恩人 | 恩人 | ēnrén | - a benefactor - a person who has significantly helped sb else |
| 悠悠 | 悠悠 | yōuyōu | - lasting for ages - long drawn out - remote in time or space - unhurried - a great number (of events) - preposterous - pensive |
| 爱河 | 愛河 | àihé | - the river of love - a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) |
| 感受 | 感受 | gǎnshòu | - to sense - perception - to feel (through the senses) - to experience - a feeling - an impression - an experience |
| 慕容 | 慕容 | Mùróng | - a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people - two-character surname Murong |
| 慢跑 | 慢跑 | mànpǎo | - jogging - to jog - to canter - a slow trot |
| 憾事 | 憾事 | hànshì | - a matter for regret - sth that is a (great) pity |
| 应酬 | 應酬 | yìngchou | - social niceties - social interaction - a dinner party |
| 悬殊 | 懸殊 | xuánshū | - a wide gap - big contrast - large disparity - a mismatch |
| 成品 | 成品 | chéngpǐn | - finished goods - a finished product |
| 成书 | 成書 | chéngshū | - publication - a book's first appearance |
| 戒忌 | 戒忌 | jièjì | - a taboo - to avoid sth (as taboo) |
| 戒酒 | 戒酒 | jièjiǔ | - teetotal - to give up drinking - a ban on alcohol |
| 戗风 | 戧風 | qiāngfēng | - a headwind - a contrary wind |
| 战团 | 戰團 | zhàntuán | - fighting group - by extension, a fight - a fray |
| 战旗 | 戰旗 | zhànqí | - a war flag - an army banner |
| 戴表 | 戴表 | dàibiǎo | - to wear a watch - a homophone for 代表 used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC |
| 房奴 | 房奴 | fángnú | - a slave to one's mortgage |
| 手举 | 手舉 | shǒujǔ | - a salute - hands raised |
| 打击 | 打擊 | dǎjī | - to hit - to strike - to attack - to crack down on sth - a setback - a blow - percussion (music) |
| 打瓜 | 打瓜 | dǎguā | - a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds |
| 打赌 | 打賭 | dǎdǔ | - to bet - to make a bet - a wager |
| 扭伤 | 扭傷 | niǔshāng | - a sprain - a crick - to sprain |
| 批改 | 批改 | pīgǎi | - to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) - to correct and criticize (an article) - to check - to correct - a correction (to a piece of writing) |
| 把儿 | 把兒 | bàr | - a handle |
| 抑扬 | 抑揚 | yìyáng | - modulation (rising and falling pitch) - intonation - a cadence - to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) |
| 抒写 | 抒寫 | shūxiě | - to express (emotions in prose) - a written description (of emotions) |
| 抓饭 | 抓飯 | zhuāfàn | - pilau - pilaf - a type of food popular among Muslims |
| 投影 | 投影 | tóuyǐng | - to project - a projection |
| 投书 | 投書 | tóushū | - to deliver - to send a letter - a letter (of complaint, opinion etc) - to throw a book |
| 抗辩 | 抗辯 | kàngbiàn | - to counter accusations - to protest - to remonstrate - to retort - to plead - to demur - a plea (of not guilty) - a defense (against an allegation) - to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) |
| 折中 | 折中 | zhézhōng | - to compromise - to take the middle road - a trade-off - eclectic |
| 折本 | 折本 | shéběn | - a loss - to lose money |
| 折钱 | 折錢 | shéqián | - a loss - to lose money |
| 抱枕 | 抱枕 | bàozhěn | - bolster - a long pillow or cushion |
| 抽动 | 抽動 | chōudòng | - to twitch - to throb - a spasm - to extract and use |
| 抽奖 | 抽獎 | chōujiǎng | - to draw a prize - a lottery - a raffle |
| 抽签 | 抽籤 | chōuqiān | - to perform divination with sticks - to draw lots - a ballot (in share dealing) |
| 拈指 | 拈指 | niānzhǐ | - a snap of the fingers - a short moment - in a flash - in the twinkling of an eye |
| 拉手 | 拉手 | lāshou | - a handle - to pull on a handle |
| 拉锯 | 拉鋸 | lājù | - a two-man saw - fig. to-and-fro between two sides |
| 拖船 | 拖船 | tuōchuán | - a tow - tugboat |
| 拖轮 | 拖輪 | tuōlún | - a tow - tugboat |
| 拱璧 | 拱璧 | gǒngbì | - a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center - fig. a treasure |
| 拱肩 | 拱肩 | gǒngjiān | - a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches) |
| 拱顶 | 拱頂 | gǒngdǐng | - an arched roof - a dome - a vault |
| 拾芥 | 拾芥 | shíjiè | - to pick up cress - fig. sth easy to do - a piece of cake |
| 指控 | 指控 | zhǐkòng | - accusation - a (criminal) charge - to accuse |
| 按揭 | 按揭 | ànjiē | - a mortgage - to buy property on a mortgage |
| 挽歌 | 挽歌 | wǎngē | - a dirge - an elegy |
| 卷扬 | 捲揚 | juǎnyáng | - a whirlwind |
| 排场 | 排場 | páichang | - ostentation - a show of extravagance - grand style - red tape |
| 排射 | 排射 | páishè | - a barrage of fire - a salvo |
| 排舞 | 排舞 | páiwǔ | - a dance in formation - choreographed dance - line dance |
| 探勘 | 探勘 | tànkān | - prospecting - exploration - a survey |
| 探头 | 探頭 | tàntóu | - to extend one's head (out or into) - a probe - detector - search unit |
| 掣电 | 掣電 | chèdiàn | - to flash - a flash (literary) |
| 控件 | 控件 | kòngjiàn | - a control (e.g. button, text box etc) (computing) |
| 提列 | 提列 | tíliè | - to make provision (against a loss) - a bookkeeping entry |
| 提手 | 提手 | tíshǒu | - a handle |
| 提法 | 提法 | tífǎ | - wording (of a proposal) - formulation - a technique of Chinese bone setting |
| 提灯 | 提燈 | tídēng | - a portable lamp |
| 提箱 | 提箱 | tíxiāng | - a suitcase - a traveling-bag |
| 提篮 | 提籃 | tílán | - a basket |
| 提级 | 提級 | tíjí | - a step up - to rise to the next level |
| 提词 | 提詞 | tící | - to prompt - a cue |
| 援手 | 援手 | yuánshǒu | - assistance - a helping hand - to lend a hand |
| 搜捕 | 搜捕 | sōubǔ | - to hunt and arrest (fugitives) - to track down and arrest - a manhunt |
| 搭扣 | 搭扣 | dākòu | - a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches) |
| 搭钩 | 搭鉤 | dāgōu | - a hook - to make contact with sb |
| 抢风 | 搶風 | qiāngfēng | - a headwind - a contrary wind |
| 撑杆 | 撐杆 | chēnggān | - a pole - a prop |
| 挤兑 | 擠兌 | jǐduì | - a run on a bank |
| 拟作 | 擬作 | nǐzuò | - to write in the style of some author - to write as if from the mouth of sb - a pastiche |
| 拟合 | 擬合 | nǐhé | - to fit (data to a model) - a (close) fit |
| 摊头 | 攤頭 | tāntóu | - a vendor's stall |
| 故知 | 故知 | gùzhī | - a close friend over many years |
| 败笔 | 敗筆 | bàibǐ | - a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting - a faulty expression in writing |
| 教案 | 教案 | jiàoàn | - lesson plan - teaching plan - a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) |
| 敝屣 | 敝屣 | bìxǐ | - worn-out shoes - a worthless thing |
| 敷粉 | 敷粉 | fūfěn | - to sprinkle powder - a dusting |
| 敷陈 | 敷陳 | fūchén | - to give an orderly account - a thorough narrative |
| 文童 | 文童 | wéntóng | - a person studying for the imperial examinations |
| 斜视 | 斜視 | xiéshì | - a squint - sideways glance - to look askance |
| 新丁 | 新丁 | xīndīng | - new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) - a boy who has just come of age - (in a job etc) newcomer - novice |
| 新意 | 新意 | xīnyì | - a new conception |
| 旗手 | 旗手 | qíshǒu | - a flag carrier (army) - ensign |
| 日前 | 日前 | rìqián | - the other day - a few days ago |
| 日子 | 日子 | rìzi | - day - a (calendar) date - days of one's life |
| 早些 | 早些 | zǎoxiē | - a bit earlier |
| 春秋 | 春秋 | chūnqiū | - spring and autumn - four seasons - year - a person's age - annals (used in book titles) |
| 暗疾 | 暗疾 | ànjí | - unmentionable disease - a disease one is ashamed of |
| 暗箭 | 暗箭 | ànjiàn | - attack by a hidden enemy - a stab in the back |
| 畅谈 | 暢談 | chàngtán | - to chat - a long talk - verbose - to talk freely to one's heart's content |
| 暂息 | 暫息 | zànxī | - a lull (in the storm) - brief break (in rain) |
| 暴民 | 暴民 | bàomín | - a mob of people |
| 暴洪 | 暴洪 | bàohóng | - a sudden, violent flood - flash flood |
| 暴热 | 暴熱 | bàorè | - to trend - to get popular quickly - a sudden heat wave (weather) |
| 更生 | 更生 | gēngshēng | - resurrection - rebirth - reinvigorated - rejuvenated - a new lease of life |
| 书库 | 書庫 | shūkù | - a store room for books - fig. an erudite person - the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus |
| 书社 | 書社 | shūshè | - a reading group - press (i.e. publishing house) |
| 会子 | 會子 | huìzi | - (coll.) a moment - a while |
| 会社 | 會社 | huìshè | - a guild - (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild - the Japanese word for company |
| 月事 | 月事 | yuèshì | - menses - menstruation - a woman's periods |
| 月经 | 月經 | yuèjīng | - menstruation - a woman's period |
| 有点 | 有點 | yǒudiǎn | - a little |
| 朝拜 | 朝拜 | cháobài | - to worship - to make customary deferences to - a pilgrimage |
| 木锯 | 木鋸 | mùjù | - a woodsaw |
| 未娶 | 未娶 | wèiqǔ | - a bachelor - an unmarried man |
| 本家 | 本家 | běnjiā | - a member of the same clan - a distant relative with the same family name |
| 本草 | 本草 | běncǎo | - a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine - Chinese materia medica |
| 束狭 | 束狹 | shùxiá | - narrow (of waterway) - a bottleneck |
| 杯托 | 杯托 | bēituō | - a saucer |
| 板胡 | 板胡 | bǎnhú | - a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard |
| 某事 | 某事 | mǒushì | - something - a certain matter |
| 某人 | 某人 | mǒurén | - someone - a certain person - some people - I (self-address after one's surname) |
| 柴鸡 | 柴雞 | cháijī | - a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs |
| 杆秤 | 桿秤 | gǎnchèng | - a steelyard (a type of balance) |
| 条形 | 條形 | tiáoxíng | - a bar - a strip |
| 栈径 | 棧徑 | zhànjìng | - a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff) |
| 栈桥 | 棧橋 | zhànqiáo | - a pier - a landing-stage - a loading trestle for goods or passengers - a platform |
| 枪匪 | 槍匪 | qiāngfěi | - bandits with guns - an armed criminal - a gunman |
| 枪支 | 槍支 | qiāngzhī | - a gun - guns in general |
| 枪枝 | 槍枝 | qiāngzhī | - a gun - guns in general - same as 槍支|枪支 |
| 乐谱 | 樂譜 | yuèpǔ | - a musical score - sheet music |
| 楼房 | 樓房 | lóufáng | - a building of two or more stories - CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] |
| 标架 | 標架 | biāojià | - a coordinate frame |
| 标点 | 標點 | biāodiǎn | - punctuation - a punctuation mark - to punctuate - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 桥头 | 橋頭 | qiáotóu | - either end of a bridge - a bridgehead |
| 机床 | 機床 | jīchuáng | - machine tool - a lathe - CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 机杼 | 機杼 | jīzhù | - a loom |
| 机车 | 機車 | jīchē | - locomotive - train engine car - scooter (Tw) - (Taiwan slang) hard to get along with - a pain in the ass - damn! - crap! |
| 横切 | 橫切 | héngqiē | - to cut across - a horizontal cut |
| 检定 | 檢定 | jiǎndìng | - a test - determination - to check up on - to examine - to assay |
| 槟子 | 檳子 | bīnzi | - binzi - a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent |
| 款子 | 款子 | kuǎnzi | - a sum of money - CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 款项 | 款項 | kuǎnxiàng | - funds - a sum of money - CL:宗[zong1] |
| 歌筵 | 歌筵 | gēyán | - a feast which also has a singing performance |
| 欢笑 | 歡笑 | huānxiào | - to laugh happily - a belly-laugh |
| 步武 | 步武 | bùwǔ | - to walk in someone's steps - to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) - a step (literary) |
| 归属 | 歸屬 | guīshǔ | - to belong to - to be affiliated to - to fall under the jurisdiction of - a place where one feels that one belongs - one's final destination (where one need look no further) |
| 死尸 | 死屍 | sǐshī | - a corpse - a dead body |
| 殉难 | 殉難 | xùnnàn | - to sacrifice oneself in a just cause - a victim of a disaster |
| 殊色 | 殊色 | shūsè | - beautiful girl - a beauty |
| 残暴 | 殘暴 | cánbào | - bloody and cruel - a brutal person - to massacre - an atrocity |
| 段氏 | 段氏 | Duànshì | - a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people |
| 毒剂 | 毒劑 | dújì | - a poison - a toxic agent - poison gas - a chemical weapon |
| 毛根 | 毛根 | máogēn | - a strand of hair |
| 毫发 | 毫髮 | háofà | - a hair - the slightest |
| 汀曲 | 汀曲 | tīngqū | - a bend in a stream |
| 江南 | 江南 | Jiāngnán | - south of Changjiang or Yangtze river - south of the lower reaches of Changjiang - often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces - a province during Qing times - in literature, refers to the sunny south - Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) |
| 污吏 | 污吏 | wūlì | - a corrupt official |
| 决裂 | 決裂 | juéliè | - to rupture - to burst open - to break - to break off relations with - a rupture |
| 决斗 | 決鬥 | juédòu | - to duel - a duel - decisive struggle |
| 沙坝 | 沙壩 | shābà | - a sandbank - a sand bar |
| 沙袋 | 沙袋 | shādài | - a sandbag |
| 沱茶 | 沱茶 | tuóchá | - a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape - dome shaped tea-brick - caked tea |
| 油腻 | 油膩 | yóunì | - grease - greasy food - oily - rich (of food) - fatty - greasy and dirty - a slippery character |
| 油锅 | 油鍋 | yóuguō | - a deep fryer |
| 油鸡 | 油雞 | yóujī | - a variety of chicken |
| 泛音 | 泛音 | fànyīn | - overtone - a harmonic |
| 泰半 | 泰半 | tàibàn | - more than half - a majority - most - mostly |
| 洞窟 | 洞窟 | dòngkū | - a cave |
| 津梁 | 津梁 | jīnliáng | - lit. ferry bridge - fig. interim measure over some difficulty - a guide |
| 洪流 | 洪流 | hóngliú | - a powerful current - a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) |
| 活结 | 活結 | huójié | - a slip-knot - a noose |
| 流辈 | 流輩 | liúbèi | - a contemporary - similar class of people |
| 涓涓 | 涓涓 | juānjuān | - a trickle - tiny stream - sluggish - to flow sluggishly |
| 凉意 | 涼意 | liángyì | - a slight chill |
| 泪珠 | 淚珠 | lèizhū | - a teardrop |
| 清扫 | 清掃 | qīngsǎo | - to tidy up - to mop up - a sweep (against crime) |
| 清玩 | 清玩 | qīngwán | - a refined and elegant object for enjoyment - curio |
| 减产 | 減產 | jiǎnchǎn | - to lose output - a drop in crop yield - reduction in production |
| 溟海 | 溟海 | mínghǎi | - a dark sea |
| 溥俊 | 溥儁 | Pǔjùn | - a Qing prince who was the designated successor to emperor Guangxu until the Boxer uprising |
| 滑梯 | 滑梯 | huátī | - (children's) sliding board - a slide |
| 滴石 | 滴石 | dīshí | - a dripstone (geology) - stalactites and stalagmites |
| 卤壶 | 滷壺 | lǔhú | - a ceramic teapot |
| 满人 | 滿人 | Mǎnrén | - a Manchu |
| 满口 | 滿口 | mǎnkǒu | - a mouthful - (of speech) pure: perfect accent - substance of speech all of a kind (e.g. all lies) - unreservedly (accept, agree, promise etc) |
| 满嘴 | 滿嘴 | mǎnzuǐ | - a mouthful |
| 满堂 | 滿堂 | mǎntáng | - whole audience - a sell-out (capacity audience) - jam-packed |
| 满盘 | 滿盤 | mǎnpán | - a plateful - comprehensive - the full works (e.g. a banquet) - the full price |
| 漏泄 | 漏洩 | lòuxiè | - a leak (e.g. of chemicals) |
| 潜舰 | 潛艦 | qiánjiàn | - a submarine |
| 涧峡 | 澗峽 | jiànxiá | - a gorge |
| 济济 | 濟濟 | jìjì | - a horde or multitude of people |
| 滤网 | 濾網 | lǜwǎng | - filter - a sieve |
| 火炬 | 火炬 | huǒjù | - a torch - CL:把[ba3] |
| 炮钎 | 炮釺 | pàoqiān | - a drill - a hammer drill for boring through rock - same as 釺子|钎子 |
| 烈女 | 烈女 | liènǚ | - a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death |
| 烘托 | 烘托 | hōngtuō | - background (of a painting) - backdrop - a foil (to set off something to advantage) - to offset (something to advantage) |
| 无利 | 無利 | wúlì | - no profit - not profitable - a hindrance - (to lend money) at no interest |
| 无敌 | 無敵 | wúdí | - unequalled - without rival - a paragon |
| 炼珍 | 煉珍 | liànzhēn | - a delicacy (food) |
| 煞气 | 煞氣 | shāqì | - a leak |
| 煤层 | 煤層 | méicéng | - a coal bed - a coal seam |
| 煤田 | 煤田 | méitián | - a coalfield |
| 照壁 | 照壁 | zhàobì | - a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) |
| 照会 | 照會 | zhàohuì | - a diplomatic note - letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments |
| 熏染 | 熏染 | xūnrǎn | - to exert a gradual influence - to nurture - a corrupting influence |
| 荧荧 | 熒熒 | yíngyíng | - a glimmer - twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight) - flickering light |
| 热捧 | 熱捧 | rèpěng | - a craze - a popular wave - a hit with the public |
| 烧锅 | 燒鍋 | shāoguō | - a still (for distilling alcohol) |
| 营生 | 營生 | yíngshēng | - to earn a living - a livelihood |
| 爆冷 | 爆冷 | bàolěng | - an upset (esp. in sports) - unexpected turn of events - to pull off a coup - a breakthrough |
| 争辩 | 爭辯 | zhēngbiàn | - a dispute - to wrangle |
| 争霸 | 爭霸 | zhēngbà | - to contend for hegemony - a power struggle |
| 片刻 | 片刻 | piànkè | - short period of time - a moment |
| 片时 | 片時 | piànshí | - a short time - a moment |
| 牌戏 | 牌戲 | páixì | - a card game |
| 牙祭 | 牙祭 | yájì | - a good meal - sumptuous food |
| 牵头 | 牽頭 | qiāntóu | - to lead (an animal by the head) - to take the lead - to coordinate (a combined operation) - to mediate - a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) |
| 犯规 | 犯規 | fànguī | - to break the rules - an illegality - a foul |
| 猜拳 | 猜拳 | cāiquán | - a finger-guessing game - Morra - rock-paper-scissors game |
| 玉人 | 玉人 | yùrén | - a jade worker - a jade statuette - a beautiful person - (term of endearment) |
| 珍宝 | 珍寶 | zhēnbǎo | - a treasure |
| 理想 | 理想 | lǐxiǎng | - an ideal - a dream - ideal - perfect |
| 理发 | 理髮 | lǐfà | - a barber - hairdressing |
| 琴键 | 琴鍵 | qínjiàn | - a piano key |
| 环箍 | 環箍 | huángū | - a hoop |
| 瓜代 | 瓜代 | guādài | - a change-over of personnel - a new shift - lit. replacement for soldier on leave for the melon picking season |
| 甲型 | 甲型 | jiǎxíng | - type A - type I - alpha- |
| 甲等 | 甲等 | jiǎděng | - grade A - first-class |
| 甲肝 | 甲肝 | jiǎgān | - hepatitis A |
| 申令 | 申令 | shēnlìng | - an order - a command |
| 男人 | 男人 | nánrén | - a man - a male - men - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 男儿 | 男兒 | nánér | - a (real) man - boy - son |
| 男子 | 男子 | nánzǐ | - a man - a male |
| 男性 | 男性 | nánxìng | - the male sex - a male |
| 留传 | 留傳 | liúchuán | - a legacy - to bequeath (to later generations) |
| 留别 | 留別 | liúbié | - a departing gift - a souvenir on leaving - a poem to mark one's departure |
| 留影 | 留影 | liúyǐng | - to take photos as a souvenir - a souvenir photo |
| 留成 | 留成 | liúchéng | - a retained portion (of a sum of money) - to hold back a percentage (of the takings) |
| 畚箕 | 畚箕 | běnjī | - a bamboo or wicker scoop - dustpan |
| 略微 | 略微 | lüèwēi | - a little bit - slightly |
| 略释 | 略釋 | lüèshì | - a brief explanation - to summarize |
| 异事 | 異事 | yìshì | - sth else - a separate matter - not the same thing - with different jobs (not colleagues) - a remarkable thing - sth special - an odd thing - sth strange or incomprehensible |
| 异乡 | 異鄉 | yìxiāng | - foreign land - a place far from home |
| 疑团 | 疑團 | yítuán | - doubts and suspicions - a maze of doubts - puzzle - mystery |
| 疑案 | 疑案 | yíàn | - a doubtful case - a controversy |
| 疑犯 | 疑犯 | yífàn | - a suspect |
| 疑狱 | 疑獄 | yíyù | - a hard legal case to judge |
| 疑义 | 疑義 | yíyì | - a doubtful point |
| 疑阵 | 疑陣 | yízhèn | - a diversion - a feint attack to mislead the enemy |
| 疑云 | 疑雲 | yíyún | - a haze of doubts and suspicions |
| 疑点 | 疑點 | yídiǎn | - a doubtful point |
| 疫病 | 疫病 | yìbìng | - plague - a blight |
| 病友 | 病友 | bìngyǒu | - a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital - wardmate |
| 病家 | 病家 | bìngjiā | - a patient and his family |
| 病院 | 病院 | bìngyuàn | - a specialized hospital |
| 瘸腿 | 瘸腿 | quétuǐ | - crippled - lame - a cripple - a lame person |
| 癖好 | 癖好 | pǐhào | - an urge - a craving - an addiction |
| 瘪三 | 癟三 | biēsān | - a wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing |
| 白拣 | 白揀 | báijiǎn | - a cheap choice - to choose sth that costs nothing |
| 百倍 | 百倍 | bǎibèi | - a hundredfold - a hundred times |
| 百十 | 百十 | bǎishí | - a hundred or so |
| 百余 | 百餘 | bǎiyú | - a hundred or more |
| 皮疹 | 皮疹 | pízhěn | - a rash |
| 盛世 | 盛世 | shèngshì | - a flourishing period - period of prosperity - a golden age |
| 盛季 | 盛季 | shèngjì | - peak season - a flourishing period |
| 盛怒 | 盛怒 | shèngnù | - rage - a raging temper |
| 监工 | 監工 | jiāngōng | - a workplace overseer - a foreman |
| 监押 | 監押 | jiānyā | - a jail - to imprison |
| 直掇 | 直掇 | zhíduō | - a kind of a robe |
| 直敪 | 直敪 | zhíduō | - a kind of a robe |
| 直笔 | 直筆 | zhíbǐ | - a straightforward honest account |
| 直裰 | 直裰 | zhíduō | - a kind of a robe |
| 直角 | 直角 | zhíjiǎo | - a right angle |
| 省垣 | 省垣 | shěngyuán | - a provincial capital |
| 省治 | 省治 | shěngzhì | - a provincial capital |
| 看错 | 看錯 | kàncuò | - a mistake - an oversight - an error of judgment |
| 真象 | 真象 | zhēnxiàng | - the whole elephant (i.e. not the small parts felt by the proverbial blind feelers) - fig. the whole picture - a realistic overall view of the whole situation |
| 眦睚 | 眥睚 | zìyá | - to stare in anger - a look of hatred |
| 眼福 | 眼福 | yǎnfú | - a treat for the eyes - the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful |
| 石罅 | 石罅 | shíxià | - a crack in a rock |
| 研究 | 研究 | yánjiū | - research - a study - CL:項|项[xiang4] |
| 破洞 | 破洞 | pòdòng | - a hole |
| 破译 | 破譯 | pòyì | - to break a code - to crack a riddle - to solve an enigma - a breakthrough |
| 碑帖 | 碑帖 | bēitiè | - a rubbing from a stone inscription |
| 碑记 | 碑記 | bēijì | - a record of events inscribed on a tablet |
| 碰瓷 | 碰瓷 | pèngcí | - a currently widespread fraud in PRC involving deliberately crashing cars then demanding compensation |
| 磨难 | 磨難 | mónàn | - a torment - a trial - tribulation - a cross (to bear) - well-tried |
| 矿井 | 礦井 | kuàngjǐng | - a mine - a mine shaft |
| 矿场 | 礦場 | kuàngchǎng | - a mine - pit |
| 示威 | 示威 | shìwēi | - to demonstrate (as a protest) - a demonstration - a military show of force |
| 示范 | 示範 | shìfàn | - to demonstrate - to show how to do sth - demonstration - a model example |
| 示警 | 示警 | shìjǐng | - to warn - a warning sign |
| 秘本 | 祕本 | mìběn | - a treasured rare book |
| 秘藏 | 祕藏 | mìcáng | - hidden - a hidden treasure (often a Buddhist relic) - to keep secret |
| 票证 | 票證 | piàozhèng | - a ticket - a pass (e.g. to enter a building) |
| 禁伐 | 禁伐 | jìnfá | - a ban on logging |
| 禅房 | 禪房 | chánfáng | - a room in a Buddhist monastery - a temple |
| 禅林 | 禪林 | chánlín | - a Buddhist temple |
| 秃发 | 禿發 | Tūfā | - a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people |
| 秀才 | 秀才 | xiùcai | - a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) - scholar - skillful writer - fine talent |
| 私人 | 私人 | sīrén | - private - personal - interpersonal - sb with whom one has a close personal relationship - a member of one's clique |
| 私藏 | 私藏 | sīcáng | - secret store - a stash (of contraband) |
| 秤杆 | 秤桿 | chènggǎn | - the beam of a steelyard - a balance arm |
| 税官 | 稅官 | shuìguān | - a taxman - a customs officer |
| 稍嫌 | 稍嫌 | shāoxián | - more than one would wish - somewhat - a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc) |
| 稍微 | 稍微 | shāowēi | - a little bit |
| 稍早 | 稍早 | shāozǎo | - a little early |
| 稍稍 | 稍稍 | shāoshāo | - somewhat - a little - slightly |
| 稍许 | 稍許 | shāoxǔ | - a little - a bit |
| 稳拿 | 穩拿 | wěnná | - a sure gain - sth one is sure to obtain |
| 稳步 | 穩步 | wěnbù | - steadily - a steady pace |
| 稳获 | 穩獲 | wěnhuò | - a sure catch - sth one is sure to obtain |
| 穹窿 | 穹窿 | qiónglóng | - a dome - a vault - the sky |
| 穹肋 | 穹肋 | qiónglèi | - a rib of an arch |
| 空巢 | 空巢 | kōngcháo | - empty nest - a home where the kids have grown up and moved out |
| 窈窕 | 窈窕 | yǎotiǎo | - sweet, fair, and graceful (of a woman) - a seductive woman - secluded (bower) |
| 窸窣 | 窸窣 | xīsù | - a rustling noise |
| 窍门 | 竅門 | qiàomén | - a trick - an ingenious method - know-how - the knack (of doing sth) |
| 竹舆 | 竹輿 | zhúyú | - a bamboo carriage - a palanquin |
| 笄蛭 | 笄蛭 | jīzhì | - a kind of earthworm |
| 笞杖 | 笞杖 | chīzhàng | - a cudgel - CL:根[gen1] |
| 符板 | 符板 | fúbǎn | - a charm to protect against evil spirits |
| 符牌 | 符牌 | fúpái | - a talisman or lucky charm |
| 笔记 | 筆記 | bǐjì | - to take down (in writing) - notes - a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches - CL:本[ben3] |
| 笔误 | 筆誤 | bǐwù | - a slip of a pen - CL:處|处[chu4] |
| 筋斗 | 筋斗 | jīndǒu | - to tumble - somersault - a complete turn-around - a 180 degrees turn - fig. a change of mind |
| 筒阀 | 筒閥 | tǒngfá | - a sleeve valve |
| 管仲 | 管仲 | guǎnzhòng | - a restricted view through a bamboo tube |
| 节流 | 節流 | jiéliú | - to control flow - to choke - weir valve - a throttle - a choke |
| 简帖 | 簡帖 | jiǎntiě | - a letter |
| 簿册 | 簿冊 | bùcè | - a register - land register - account book - ledger |
| 笼鸟 | 籠鳥 | lóngniǎo | - a caged bird |
| 纠合 | 糾合 | jiūhé | - gathering - a get-together |
| 约定 | 約定 | yuēdìng | - to agree on sth (after discussion) - to conclude a bargain - to arrange - to promise - to stipulate - to make an appointment - stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) - an arrangement - a deal - appointment - undertaking - commitment - understanding - engagement - stipulation |
| 约计 | 約計 | yuējì | - approximate estimate - a rough count |
| 红颜 | 紅顏 | hóngyán | - a beautiful woman - young beauties - youths - rosy cheeks |
| 纹丝 | 紋絲 | wénsī | - tiny bit - a jot - whisker |
| 纯情 | 純情 | chúnqíng | - pure and innocent - a pure heart |
| 纸片 | 紙片 | zhǐpiàn | - a piece, scrap or fragment of paper |
| 素颜 | 素顏 | sùyán | - a face without makeup |
| 累赘 | 累贅 | léizhuì | - superfluous - cumbersome - a burden on sb - a nuisance to sb - to inconvenience - to tie sb down - long-winded (of writing) - also written 累墜|累坠[lei2 zhui4] - also pr. [lei2 zhui5] |
| 绝域 | 絕域 | juéyù | - a faraway and hard-to-reach land (classical) |
| 绞索 | 絞索 | jiǎosuǒ | - a noose for hanging criminals |
| 絮片 | 絮片 | xùpiàn | - floccule - a wisp of material precipitated from liquid |
| 统配 | 統配 | tǒngpèi | - a unified distribution - a unified allocation |
| 统铺 | 統鋪 | tǒngpù | - a common bed (to sleep many) |
| 丝毫 | 絲毫 | sīháo | - the slightest amount or degree - a bit |
| 绑架 | 綁架 | bǎngjià | - to kidnap - to abduct - to hijack - a kidnapping - abduction - staking |
| 综述 | 綜述 | zōngshù | - to sum up - a roundup - a general narrative |
| 绵延 | 綿延 | miányán | - continuous (esp. of mountain ranges) - to stretch long and unbroken - a continuous link - sostenuto (sustained, in music) |
| 线杆 | 線桿 | xiàngǎn | - a telegraph pole |
| 缝针 | 縫針 | féngzhēn | - a stitch - surgical stitches |
| 总览 | 總覽 | zǒnglǎn | - a general overview |
| 繁星 | 繁星 | fánxīng | - many stars - a vast sky full of stars |
| 繁花 | 繁花 | fánhuā | - flourishing blossom - a mass of flowers - luxuriant flowers |
| 绕嘴 | 繞嘴 | ràozuǐ | - hard to get one's mouth around - a tongue-twister |
| 绳梯 | 繩梯 | shéngtī | - a rope ladder |
| 缺憾 | 缺憾 | quēhàn | - a regret - sth regrettable |
| 罪案 | 罪案 | zuìàn | - a criminal case |
| 罚锾 | 罰鍰 | fáhuán | - a fine |
| 罢了 | 罷了 | bàle | - a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) |
| 罢了 | 罷了 | bàliǎo | - a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok) |
| 罢工 | 罷工 | bàgōng | - a strike - to go on strike |
| 罗城 | 羅城 | luóchéng | - a second wall built around a city wall |
| 罗锅 | 羅鍋 | luóguō | - humpbacked (e.g. a bridge) - in the form of an arch - a hunchback |
| 美事 | 美事 | měishì | - a fine thing - a wonderful thing |
| 羞惭 | 羞慚 | xiūcán | - a disgrace - ashamed |
| 群山 | 群山 | qúnshān | - mountains - a range of hills |
| 翘板 | 翹板 | qiàobǎn | - a see-saw |
| 翻新 | 翻新 | fānxīn | - to revamp - a face-lift - to retread (a tire) - to refurbish (old clothes) - newly emerging |
| 老早 | 老早 | lǎozǎo | - a long time ago |
| 老鸹 | 老鴰 | lǎoguā | - a crow |
| 耙子 | 耙子 | pázi | - a rake |
| 耳光 | 耳光 | ěrguāng | - a slap on the face - CL:記|记[ji4] |
| 耳语 | 耳語 | ěryǔ | - to whisper in sb's ear - a whisper |
| 聒噪 | 聒噪 | guōzào | - a clamor - noisy |
| 圣贤 | 聖賢 | shèngxián | - a sage - wise and holy man - virtuous ruler - Buddhist lama - wine |
| 聚伙 | 聚伙 | jùhuǒ | - to gather a crowd - a mob |
| 声调 | 聲調 | shēngdiào | - tone - note - a tone (on a Chinese syllable) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 听头 | 聽頭 | tīngtóu | - a can (loanword from English "tin") |
| 股份 | 股份 | gǔfèn | - a share (in a company) - stock |
| 股民 | 股民 | gǔmín | - the investors - a shareholder |
| 背篓 | 背簍 | bēilǒu | - a basket carried on the back |
| 胶接 | 膠接 | jiāojiē | - to splice - a glued joint - a bond |
| 胶结 | 膠結 | jiāojié | - to glue - to cement - a bond |
| 脐屎 | 臍屎 | qíshǐ | - a newborn baby's excrement |
| 卧底 | 臥底 | wòdǐ | - to hide (as an undercover agent) - an insider (in a gang of thieves) - a mole |
| 卧房 | 臥房 | wòfáng | - bedroom - a sleeping compartment (on a train) |
| 卧榻 | 臥榻 | wòtà | - a couch - a narrow bed |
| 卧车 | 臥車 | wòchē | - a sleeping car - wagon-lits |
| 卧铺 | 臥鋪 | wòpù | - a bed (on a train) - a couchette |
| 致谢 | 致謝 | zhìxiè | - expression of gratitude - to give thanks - a thank-you note - acknowledgement |
| 臾须 | 臾須 | yúxū | - short period of time - a moment |
| 船闸 | 船閘 | chuánzhá | - a canal lock |
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