| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 并 | 並 | bìng | - and - furthermore - also - together with - (not) at all - simultaneously - to combine - to join - to merge |
| 也 | 也 | yě | - also - too - (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation |
| 亦 | 亦 | yì | - also |
| 又 | 又 | yòu | - (once) again - also - both... and... - and yet - (used for emphasis) anyway |
| 载 | 載 | zài | - to carry - to convey - to load - to hold - to fill up - and - also - as well as - simultaneously |
| 还 | 還 | hái | - still - still in progress - still more - yet - even more - in addition - fairly - passably (good) - as early as - even - also - else |
| 还有 | 還有 | háiyǒu | - furthermore - in addition - still - also |
| 㕻 | 㕻 | pǒu | - variant of 咅[pou3] - also pr. [tou4] |
| 㻽 | 㻽 | xuán | - variant of 璿|璇[xuan2] - also pr. [sui4] |
| 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 |
| 伽 | 伽 | jiā | - traditionally used as phonetic for ga - also pr. [ga1] |
| 凄 | 凄 | qī | - intense cold - frigid - dismal - grim - bleak - sad - mournful - also written 淒|凄[qi1] |
| 刽 | 劊 | guì | - to amputate - to cut off - also pr. [kuai4] |
| 咯 | 咯 | luò | - to cough up - also pr. [ka3] |
| 哏 | 哏 | hěn | - old variant of 狠[hen3] - old variant of 很[hen3] - also used as an exclamation of anger |
| 嗟 | 嗟 | jiē | - sigh - also pr. [jue1] |
| 唛 | 嘜 | mài | - mark (loanword) - also pr. [ma4] |
| 嚼 | 嚼 | jiáo | - to chew - also pr. [jue2] |
| 垭 | 埡 | yā | - (dialect) strip of land between hills - used in place names - also pr. [ya4] |
| 宋 | 宋 | Sòng | - surname Song - the Song dynasty (960-1279) - also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) |
| 峇 | 峇 | kè | - cave - cavern - also pr. [ke1] |
| 崤 | 崤 | Xiáo | - name of a mountain in Henan - also pr. [Yao2] |
| 嵞 | 嵞 | Tú | - Mt Tu in Zhejiang - also written 涂 |
| 巫 | 巫 | Wū | - surname Wu - also pr. [Wu2] |
| 巫 | 巫 | wū | - witch - wizard - shaman - also pr. [wu2] |
| 厦 | 廈 | shà | - tall building - mansion - rear annex - lean-to - also pr. [xia4] |
| 廿 | 廿 | niàn | - twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions - also written using banker's character 念 |
| 忒 | 忒 | tēi | - (dialect) too - very - also pr. [tui1] |
| 惝 | 惝 | chǎng | - disappointed - listless - frightened - also pr. [tang3] |
| 拗 | 拗 | ào | - to bend in two so as to break - to defy - to disobey - also pr. [ao3] |
| 括 | 括 | kuò | - to enclose - to include - also pr. [gua1] |
| 择 | 擇 | zé | - to select - to choose - to pick over - to pick out - to differentiate - to eliminate - also pr. [zhai2] |
| 携 | 攜 | xié | - to carry - to take along - to bring along - to hold (hands) - also pr. [xi1] |
| 晟 | 晟 | shèng | - brightness of sun - splendor - also pr. [cheng2] |
| 朴 | 朴 | Piáo | - surname Piao - Korean surname 박 (Park, Pak, or Bak) - also pr. [Pu2] |
| 杉 | 杉 | shān | - China fir - Cunninghamia lanceolata - also pr. [sha1] |
| 栅 | 柵 | zhà | - fence - also pr. [shan1] |
| 械 | 械 | xiè | - appliance - tool - weapon - shackles - also pr. [jie4] |
| 槭 | 槭 | qì | - maple - also pr. [zu2] - Taiwan pr. [cu4] |
| 槚 | 檟 | jiǎ | - Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees - old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 - also called Thea sinensis - small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus) |
| 欻 | 欻 | xū | - suddenly - also pr. [hu1] |
| 壳 | 殼 | qiào | - shell - carapace - crust (earth's crust etc) - also pr. [ke2] |
| 泌 | 泌 | mì | - to secrete - to excrete - also pr. [bi4] |
| 浣 | 浣 | huàn | - to wash - to rinse - any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty) - Taiwan pr. [huan3] - also pr. [wan3] |
| 熘 | 熘 | liū | - quick-fry - sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added - also written 溜 |
| 熟 | 熟 | shú | - cooked (of food) - ripe (of fruit) - mature (of seeds) - familiar - skilled - done - also pr. [shou2] |
| 獃 | 獃 | dāi | - variant of 呆[dai1] - foolish - also pr. [ai2] |
| 琏 | 璉 | liǎn | - vessel used for grain offerings - also pr. [lian2] |
| 疒 | 疒 | nè | - sick - sickness - Kang Xi radical 104 - also pr. [chuang2] |
| 疴 | 痾 | kē | - disease - also pr. [e1] |
| 癌 | 癌 | ái | - cancer - carcinoma - also pr. [yan2] |
| 箫 | 簫 | xiāo | - xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom - same as 排簫|排箫 - also translated as pan pipes |
| 笼 | 籠 | lǒng | - to cover - to cage - covering - also pr. [long2] |
| 纪 | 紀 | Jǐ | - surname Ji - also pr. [Ji4] |
| 缩 | 縮 | suō | - to withdraw - to pull back - to contract - to shrink - to reduce - abbreviation - also pr. [su4] |
| 羯 | 羯 | Jié | - Jie people, originally a branch of the Tokhara 月支[Yue4 zhi1] - also general term for non-Han people |
| 羿 | 羿 | Yì | - surname Yi - name of legendary archer - also written 后羿[Hou4 Yi4] |
| 脲 | 脲 | niào | - carbamide - urea (NH2)2CO - also written 尿素 |
| 腊 | 腊 | xī | - dried meat - also pr. [xi2] |
| 莘 | 莘 | xīn | - Asarum - Wild ginger - also 細辛|细辛[xi4 xin1] |
| 菟 | 菟 | tù | - dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) - also called 菟絲子|菟丝子 |
| 葚 | 葚 | shèn | - fruit of mulberry - also pr. [ren4] |
| 花 | 蘤 | huā | - variant of 花[hua1] - flower - blossom - also pr. [wei3] |
| 蝙 | 蝙 | biān | - bat - also pr. [bian3] |
| 螫 | 螫 | shì | - to sting - also pr. [zhe1] |
| 里 | 裡 | lǐ | - lining - interior - inside - internal - also written 裏|里[li3] |
| 见 | 見 | xiàn | - to appear - also written 現|现[xian4] |
| 谁 | 誰 | shéi | - who - also pr. [shui2] |
| 谊 | 誼 | yì | - friendship - also pr. [yi2] |
| 讘 | 讘 | niè | - (old) to talk a lot - to talk nonsense - also pr. [zhe2] |
| 貉 | 貉 | hé | - raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) - raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) - also pr. [hao2] |
| 踺 | 踺 | jiàn | - somersault (in gymnastics or dance) - head-over-heels - aerial flip - also written 踺子 |
| 较 | 較 | jiào | - comparatively - (preposition comparing difference in degree) - to contrast - to compare - rather - fairly - clearly (different) - markedly - to haggle over - to quibble - also pr. [jiao3] |
| 邳 | 邳 | Pī | - surname Pi - Han dynasty county in modern Jiangsu - also pr. [Pei2] |
| 酪 | 酪 | lào | - curdled milk or fruit juice - also pr. [luo4] |
| 錍 | 錍 | pī | - flat arrow-head - plow blade - also pr. [pi2] |
| 钥 | 鑰 | yuè | - key - also pr. [yao4] |
| 闽 | 閩 | Mǐn | - short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4] - also pr. [Min2] |
| 阽 | 阽 | diàn | - dangerous - also pr. [yan2] |
| 阿 | 阿 | ā | - prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity - used in transliteration - also pr. [a4] |
| 雀 | 雀 | què | - small bird - sparrow - also pr. [qiao3] |
| 鞝 | 鞝 | shàng | - to sole a shoe - also written 緔|绱[shang4] |
| 鹀 | 鵐 | wú | - bunting (bird) - also pr. [wu1] |
| 麝 | 麝 | shè | - musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) - also called 香獐子 |
| 一准 | 一准 | yīzhǔn | - certainly - also written 一準|一准[yi1 zhun3] |
| 一会 | 一會 | yīhuì | - a moment - a while - in a moment - also pr. [yi1 hui3] |
| 三更 | 三更 | sāngēng | - third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) - midnight - also pr. [san1 jin1] |
| 上乘 | 上乘 | shàngchéng | - first-class - best quality - also pr. [shang4 sheng4] |
| 下载 | 下載 | xiàzǎi | - to download - also pr. [xia4 zai4] |
| 不仅 | 不僅 | bùjǐn | - not only (this one) - not just (...) but also |
| 不材 | 不材 | bùcái | - untalented - I - me (humble) - also written 不才[bu4 cai2] |
| 九江 | 九江 | Jiǔjiāng | - Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi - also Jiujiang county |
| 二黄 | 二黃 | èrhuáng | - one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera - Peking opera - also written 二簧[er4 huang2] - see also 西皮[xi1 pi2] |
| 五鬼 | 五鬼 | wǔguǐ | - five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence - also written 五瘟神 |
| 亦作 | 亦作 | yìzuò | - also written as |
| 亦称 | 亦稱 | yìchēng | - also known as - alternative name - to also be called |
| 京胡 | 京胡 | jīnghú | - jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera - also called 京二胡 |
| 以至 | 以至 | yǐzhì | - down to - up to - to such an extent as to ... - also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2] |
| 伎俩 | 伎倆 | jìliǎng | - trick - scheme - ploy - tactic - stratagem - gimmick - ruse - trickery - skill - also written 技倆|技俩 |
| 伏辩 | 伏辯 | fúbiàn | - to admit one's guilt - to plead guilty - also written 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4] |
| 伶仃 | 伶仃 | língdīng | - alone and helpless - also written 零丁 |
| 便便 | 便便 | biànbiàn | - to poo poo (kiddie or feminine term) - also pr. [bian3 bian3] |
| 保祐 | 保祐 | bǎoyòu | - to bless and protect - blessing - also written 保佑[bao3 you4] |
| 假借 | 假借 | jiǎjiè | - to make use of - to use sth as pretext - under false pretenses - under the guise of - masquerading as - lenient - tolerant - loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - character acquiring meanings by phonetic association - also called phonetic loan |
| 偷闲 | 偷閑 | tōuxián | - to snatch a moment of leisure - to take a break from work - also written 偷閒|偷闲 |
| 傻屄 | 傻屄 | shǎbī | - stupid cunt (vulgar) - also written 傻逼[sha3 bi1] |
| 尽快 | 儘快 | jǐnkuài | - as quickly as possible - as soon as possible - with all speed - also written 盡快|尽快 |
| 元勋 | 元勛 | yuánxūn | - leading light - founding father - principal proponent - also written 元勳|元勋 |
| 儿化 | 兒化 | érhuà | - nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese - also called retroflex final or r-ization |
| 冤业 | 冤業 | yuānyè | - sin (in Buddhism) - enmity leading to sin - also written 冤孽 |
| 凌夷 | 凌夷 | língyí | - to deteriorate - to decline - to slump - also written 陵夷 |
| 包谷 | 包穀 | bāogǔ | - (dialect) maize - corn - also written 苞穀|苞谷[bao1 gu3] |
| 包米 | 包米 | bāomǐ | - (dialect) corn - maize - also written 苞米[bao1 mi3] |
| 汇编 | 匯編 | huìbiān | - collection - compilation - compile - also written 彙編|汇编 |
| 汇集 | 匯集 | huìjí | - to collect - to compile - to converge - also written 彙集|汇集[hui4 ji2] |
| 南昌 | 南昌 | Nánchāng | - Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China - also Nanchang county |
| 卡住 | 卡住 | kǎzhù | - to jam - to choke - to clutch - also pr. [qia3 zhu4] |
| 厘米 | 厘米 | límǐ | - centimeter - also written 釐米|厘米 |
| 厚薄 | 厚薄 | hòubáo | - thickness - also pr. [hou4 bo2] |
| 参看 | 參看 | cānkàn | - see also - please refer to - confer (cf.) - to consult for reference |
| 参见 | 參見 | cānjiàn | - to refer to - see also - confer (cf.) - to pay respect to |
| 又名 | 又名 | yòumíng | - also known as - alternative name - to also be called |
| 又称 | 又稱 | yòuchēng | - also known as |
| 口吃 | 口吃 | kǒuchī | - to stammer - to stutter - also pr. [kou3 ji2] |
| 另见 | 另見 | lìngjiàn | - cf - see also |
| 叩头 | 叩頭 | kòutóu | - to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) - also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] |
| 叩首 | 叩首 | kòushǒu | - to kowtow - also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] |
| 叶韵 | 叶韻 | xiéyùn | - to rhyme - also written 協韻|协韵 |
| 合式 | 合式 | héshì | - suitable - fitting - decent - to fit - also written 合適|合适[he2 shi4] |
| 吉安 | 吉安 | Jíān | - Ji'an prefecture level city in Jiangxi - also Ji'an county - Ji'an or Chi'an township in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan |
| 吉林 | 吉林 | Jílín | - Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春 - also Jilin prefecture level city, Jilin province |
| 吐槽 | 吐槽 | tùcáo | - (slang) to roast - to ridicule - also pr. [tu3 cao2] |
| 吐蕃 | 吐蕃 | Tǔbō | - Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet - the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD - also pr. [Tu3 fan1] |
| 吱声 | 吱聲 | zhīshēng | - to utter a word - to make a sound - to cheep - to squeak - also pr. [zi1 sheng1] |
| 呆板 | 呆板 | dāibǎn | - stiff - inflexible - also pr. [ai2 ban3] |
| 周到 | 周到 | zhōudào | - thoughtful - considerate - attentive - thorough - also pr. [zhou1 dao5] |
| 呫毕 | 呫畢 | tièbì | - to read aloud - also written 呫嗶|呫哔 |
| 味噌 | 味噌 | wèicēng | - miso (traditional Japanese seasoning) - also pr. [wei4 zeng1] |
| 呵斥 | 呵斥 | hēchì | - to berate - to excoriate - to chide - also written 喝斥[he1 chi4] |
| 呷呷 | 呷呷 | gāgā | - (onom.) quack - honk - also written 嘎嘎 |
| 咋舌 | 咋舌 | zhàshé | - to be speechless - also pr. [ze2 she2] |
| 咔嚓 | 咔嚓 | kāchā | - (onom.) breaking or snapping - cut it out - stop it (colloquial) - also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] |
| 哎唷 | 哎唷 | āiyō | - interjection of pain or surprise - also written 哎喲|哎哟 |
| 哪里 | 哪裏 | nǎlǐ | - where? - somewhere - anywhere - wherever - nowhere (negative answer to question) - humble expression denying compliment - also written 哪裡|哪里 |
| 唯恐 | 唯恐 | wéikǒng | - for fear that - lest - also written 惟恐 |
| 启航 | 啟航 | qǐháng | - (of a ship) to set sail - (of an aeroplane) to take off - also written 起航[qi3 hang2] |
| 喝斥 | 喝斥 | hēchì | - to berate - to excoriate - to chide - also written 呵斥[he1 chi4] |
| 唢呐 | 嗩吶 | suǒnà | - suona, Chinese shawm (oboe), used in festivals and processions or for military purposes - also written 鎖吶|锁呐 - also called 喇叭[la3 ba5] |
| 嘎嘎 | 嘎嘎 | gāgā | - (onom.) quack - honk - (northern dialect) very - also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc |
| 嚎哭 | 嚎哭 | háokū | - to bawl - to cry - to wail - to howl - also written 號哭|号哭[hao2 ku1] |
| 囊揣 | 囊揣 | nāngchuài | - soft, fat meat of pig's belly - sow's sagging teats - weakling - flabby person - also written 囊膪 |
| 囊膪 | 囊膪 | nāngchuài | - soft, fat meat of pig's belly - sow's sagging teats - weakling - flabby person - also written 囊揣 |
| 四灵 | 四靈 | sìlíng | - four divinities - four divine emperors - four mythical creatures symbolic of propsperity and longevity, namely phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2], Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] - also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky |
| 地藏 | 地藏 | Dìzàng | - Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) - also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 均可 | 均可 | jūnkě | - all are OK - both are OK - all can - both can - also can |
| 基甸 | 基甸 | Jīdiàn | - Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11-ffoll.) - also written 吉迪恩 |
| 坠胡 | 墜胡 | zhuìhú | - two-stringed bowed instrument - also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2] |
| 大乘 | 大乘 | Dàshèng | - Mahayana, the Great Vehicle - Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond - also pr. [Da4 cheng2] |
| 大都 | 大都 | dàdōu | - for the most part - on the whole - also pr. [da4 du1] |
| 夹克 | 夾克 | jiākè | - jacket (loanword) - also pr. [jia2 ke4] |
| 好处 | 好處 | hǎochu | - benefit - advantage - gain - profit - also pr. [hao3 chu4] - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 妥帖 | 妥帖 | tuǒtiē | - properly - satisfactorily - firmly - very fitting - appropriate - proper - to be in good order - also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1] |
| 妥贴 | 妥貼 | tuǒtiē | - properly - satisfactorily - firmly - very fitting - appropriate - proper - to be in good order - also written 妥帖 |
| 娇艳 | 嬌豔 | jiāoyàn | - tender and beautiful - also written 嬌艷|娇艳 |
| 孙诛 | 孫誅 | SūnZhū | - Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 san1 bai3 shou3] - also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4] |
| 宋朝 | 宋朝 | Sòngcháo | - Song Dynasty (960-1279) - also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) |
| 官桂 | 官桂 | guānguì | - Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) - also written 肉桂[rou4 gui4] |
| 对帐 | 對帳 | duìzhàng | - to verify accounting records - also written 對賬|对账[dui4 zhang4] |
| 对账 | 對賬 | duìzhàng | - to verify accounting records - also written 對帳|对帐[dui4 zhang4] |
| 小乘 | 小乘 | Xiǎoshèng | - Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle - Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras - also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] |
| 岐视 | 岐視 | qíshì | - discrimination (against sb) - also written 歧視|歧视 |
| 嵞山 | 嵞山 | Túshān | - Mt Tu in Zhejiang - also written 涂山 |
| 巴州 | 巴州 | Bāzhōu | - East Sichuan and Chongqing - also abbr. for Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang - abbr. for 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng4 Meng3 gu3 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 布建 | 布建 | bùjiàn | - to progressively extend (service delivery, network etc) to a wider area - rollout - also written 佈建 |
| 幡然 | 幡然 | fānrán | - to change quickly and completely - also written 翻然 |
| 庇祐 | 庇祐 | bìyòu | - to bless - to protect - protection (esp. divine) - also written 庇佑[bi4 you4] |
| 序文 | 序文 | xùwén | - preface - foreword - preamble - recital (law) - also written 敘文|叙文[xu4 wen2] |
| 座落 | 座落 | zuòluò | - to be situated - located at (of building) - also written 坐落[zuo4 luo4] |
| 汇总 | 彙總 | huìzǒng | - summary - to summarize - to collect (data, receipts etc) - to gather and report - also written 匯總|汇总 |
| 形旁 | 形旁 | xíngpáng | - part of Chinese character indicating the meaning - also called significative or radical |
| 形声 | 形聲 | xíngshēng | - ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character |
| 微安 | 微安 | wēiān | - microampere (one millionth of amp) - also written 微安培 |
| 急噪 | 急噪 | jízào | - irritable - irascible - impetuous - also written 急躁 |
| 惑星 | 惑星 | huòxīng | - planet - also written 行星[xing2 xing1] |
| 惟恐 | 惟恐 | wéikǒng | - for fear that - lest - also written 唯恐 |
| 意符 | 意符 | yìfú | - part of Chinese character indicating the meaning - also called significative or radical |
| 凭藉 | 憑藉 | píngjiè | - to rely on - to depend on - by means of - thanks to - sth that one relies on - also written 憑借|凭借[ping2 jie4] |
| 或称 | 或稱 | huòchēng | - also called - also known as - a.k.a. |
| 扒犁 | 扒犁 | pálí | - sledge - also written 爬犁 |
| 打烊 | 打烊 | dǎyàng | - to close shop in the evening - also pr. [da3 yang2] |
| 承德 | 承德 | Chéngdé | - Chengde prefecture level city in Hebei - also Chengde county |
| 披索 | 披索 | pīsuǒ | - peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword) - also written 比索[bi3 suo3] |
| 抹布 | 抹布 | mābù | - cleaning rag - also pr. [mo3 bu4] |
| 抹灰 | 抹灰 | mǒhuī | - to plaster - to render (a wall) - (fig.) to bring shame on - also pr. [mo4 hui1] |
| 拓拔 | 拓拔 | Tuòbá | - branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) - also written 拓跋 |
| 拓跋 | 拓跋 | Tuòbá | - branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) - also written 拓拔 |
| 拚贴 | 拚貼 | pīntiē | - pastiche - collage - also written 拼貼|拼贴 |
| 拜拜 | 拜拜 | báibái | - (loanword) bye-bye - also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc - (coll.) to part ways (with sb) - (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) |
| 指事 | 指事 | zhǐshì | - ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down - also known as self-explanatory character |
| 指摹 | 指摹 | zhǐmó | - fingerprint - thumbprint - also written 指模[zhi3 mo2] |
| 指模 | 指模 | zhǐmó | - fingerprint - thumbprint - also written 指摹[zhi3 mo2] |
| 捐血 | 捐血 | juānxuè | - to donate blood - also written 供血 |
| 掉色 | 掉色 | diàosè | - to lose color - to fade - also pr. [diao4 shai3] |
| 排箫 | 排簫 | páixiāo | - xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom - also translated as pan pipes |
| 掠夺 | 掠奪 | lüèduó | - to plunder - to rob - also written 略奪|略夺 |
| 提防 | 提防 | dīfáng | - to guard against - to be vigilant - watch you don't (slip) - also pr. [ti2 fang2] |
| 摩擦 | 摩擦 | mócā | - friction - rubbing - chafing - fig. disharmony - conflict - also written 磨擦 |
| 抚顺 | 撫順 | Fǔshùn | - Fushun prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China - also Fushun county |
| 教宗 | 教宗 | jiàozōng | - the pope - also called 教皇 |
| 数周 | 數周 | shùzhōu | - several weeks - also written 數週|数周 |
| 斯密 | 斯密 | Sīmì | - Smith (name) - also rendered as 史密斯 |
| 日元 | 日元 | Rìyuán | - Japanese yen (unit of currency) - also written 日圓|日圆 |
| 日产 | 日產 | Rìchǎn | - Nissan, Japanese car make - also transliterated 尼桑 |
| 昌都 | 昌都 | Chāngdū | - Kham or Chamdo, Tibetan: Chab mdo historic capital of Kham prefecture of Tibet (Chinese Qamdo or Changdu) - also Qamdo county |
| 明了 | 明了 | míngliǎo | - to understand clearly - to be clear about - plain - clear - also written 明瞭|明了[ming2 liao3] |
| 暂牙 | 暫牙 | zànyá | - deciduous tooth - milk tooth - baby tooth - also written 乳齒|乳齿[ru3 chi3] |
| 暴露 | 暴露 | bàolù | - to expose - to reveal - to lay bare - also pr. [pu4 lu4] |
| 曱甴 | 曱甴 | yuēzhá | - (dialect) cockroach - also pr. [yue1 you2] |
| 书札 | 書劄 | shūzhá | - letter - also written 書札|书札 |
| 曹参 | 曹參 | CáoCān | - Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] - also pr. [Cao2 Shen1] |
| 会意 | 會意 | huìyì | - combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) - Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements - also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds - to comprehend without being told explicitly - to cotton on - knowing (smile, glance etc) |
| 月分 | 月分 | yuèfèn | - month - also written 月份[yue4 fen4] |
| 服侍 | 服侍 | fúshi | - to attend to - to care for (patients etc) - to look after - to wait upon - to serve - also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4] |
| 木球 | 木球 | mùqiú | - cricket (ball game) - also called 板球[ban3 qiu2] |
| 末药 | 末藥 | mòyào | - myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) - also written 沒藥|没药 |
| 朱温 | 朱溫 | ZhūWēn | - Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923) - also called 后梁太祖|後梁太祖[Hou4 Liang2 tai4 zu3] |
| 朱砂 | 朱砂 | zhūshā | - cinnabar - mercuric sulfide HgS - also written 硃砂|朱砂[zhu1 sha1] |
| 核四 | 核四 | Hésì | - Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan - also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant |
| 桅竿 | 桅竿 | wéigān | - ship mast - mast - also written 桅杆 |
| 桔子 | 桔子 | júzi | - tangerine - also written 橘子 - CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4] |
| 梅瑟 | 梅瑟 | Méisè | - Moses (Catholic translation) - also 摩西 (Protestant translation) |
| 模样 | 模樣 | múyàng | - look - style - appearance - approximation - about - CL:個|个[ge4] - also pr. [mo2 yang4] |
| 檃栝 | 檃栝 | yǐnkuò | - straightening machine - also pr. [yin3 gua1] |
| 槟州 | 檳州 | Bīngzhōu | - Penang Pulau (Island), Malaysia - also written 檳榔嶼|槟榔屿 |
| 樱花 | 櫻花 | yīnghuā | - oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom - also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry |
| 正子 | 正子 | zhèngzǐ | - positron - also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 武术 | 武術 | wǔshù | - military skill or technique (in former times) - all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) - self-defense - tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) - also called kungfu 功夫 - CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 母亲 | 母親 | mǔqīn | - mother - also pr. [mu3 qin5] - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 汶莱 | 汶萊 | Wènlái | - Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo - also written 文萊|文莱 |
| 泄露 | 泄露 | xièlù | - to leak (information) - to divulge - also pr. [xie4 lou4] |
| 泊松 | 泊松 | Bósōng | - S.D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician - also pr. [Po1 song1] |
| 注音 | 注音 | zhùyīn | - Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan - also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ |
| 洋钱 | 洋錢 | yángqián | - foreign money - flat silver (former coinage) - also written 銀元|银元 |
| 浮图 | 浮圖 | fútú | - Buddha - Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo) - also written 浮屠 |
| 凄惋 | 淒惋 | qīwǎn | - doleful - piteous - also written 淒婉|凄婉[qi1 wan3] |
| 凄黯 | 淒黯 | qīàn | - dismal - somber - also written 淒暗|凄暗[qi1 an4] |
| 清脆 | 清脆 | qīngcuì | - sharp and clear - crisp - melodious - ringing - tinkling - silvery (of sound) - fragile - frail - also written 輕脆|轻脆 |
| 渺远 | 渺遠 | miǎoyuǎn | - distantly remote - also written 邈遠|邈远[miao3 yuan3] |
| 滴答 | 滴答 | dīdā | - (onom.) pattering sound - drip drip (of water) - tick tock (of clock) - also pr. [di1 da5] |
| 漩涡 | 漩渦 | xuánwō | - spiral - whirlpool - eddy - vortex - also written 旋渦|旋涡 |
| 激荡 | 激蕩 | jīdàng | - to rage - to dash - to surge - also written 激盪|激荡 |
| 灶君 | 灶君 | Zàojūn | - Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen - also written 灶神 |
| 灶王 | 灶王 | Zàowáng | - Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen - also written 灶神 |
| 烧卖 | 燒賣 | shāomài | - shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling - also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4] |
| 烧麦 | 燒麥 | shāomài | - shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling - also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4] |
| 爬灰 | 爬灰 | páhuī | - incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law - also written 扒灰 |
| 父亲 | 父親 | fùqīn | - father - also pr. [fu4 qin5] - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 尔来 | 爾來 | ěrlái | - recently - until now - up to the present - lately - also written 邇來|迩来 |
| 獯鬻 | 獯鬻 | Xūnyù | - an ethnic group in ancient northern China - also written 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4] |
| 珀斯 | 珀斯 | Pòsī | - Perth, capital of Western Australia - also written 帕斯 |
| 球杆 | 球杆 | qiúgān | - club (golf) - cue (billiards) - also written 球桿|球杆[qiu2 gan1] |
| 甲壳 | 甲殼 | jiǎqiào | - carapace - crust - outer shell - also pr. [jia3 ke2] |
| 申饬 | 申飭 | shēnchì | - to warn - to blame - to rebuke - also written 申斥 |
| 异龙 | 異龍 | yìlóng | - allosaurus - also written 異特龍|异特龙 |
| 痛快 | 痛快 | tòngkuài | - overjoyed - delighted - happily - heartily - enjoying - also pr. [tong4 kuai5] |
| 发布 | 發佈 | fābù | - to release - to issue - to announce - to distribute - also written 發布|发布[fa1 bu4] |
| 百粤 | 百粵 | BǎiYuè | - Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups - also written 百越 |
| 皮壳 | 皮殼 | píqiào | - carapace - hard outer shell - also pr. [pi2 ke2] |
| 荡漾 | 盪漾 | dàngyàng | - to ripple - to undulate - also written 蕩漾|荡漾 |
| 相扑 | 相撲 | xiāngpū | - sumo wrestling - also pr. [xiang4 pu1] |
| 睃巡 | 睃巡 | suōxún | - (eyes) to scan - to glance left and right - to scrutinize - also written 巡睃[xun2 suo1] |
| 知道 | 知道 | zhīdào | - to know - to become aware of - also pr. [zhi1 dao5] |
| 矽片 | 矽片 | xīpiàn | - silicon chip - also written 硅片[gui1 pian4] |
| 确凿 | 確鑿 | quèzáo | - definite - conclusive - undeniable - authentic - also pr. [que4 zuo4] |
| 社评 | 社評 | shèpíng | - editorial (in a newspaper) - also written 社論|社论 |
| 祖系 | 祖系 | zǔxì | - ancestry - lineage - pedigree - also written 祖係|祖系 |
| 科斗 | 科斗 | kēdǒu | - tadpole - also written 蝌蚪[ke1 dou3] |
| 粘米 | 粘米 | niánmǐ | - sticky rice - short-grain rice - Oryza sativa var. japonica - also written 黏米 |
| 粘贴 | 粘貼 | zhāntiē | - 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] |
| 糟蹋 | 糟蹋 | zāotà | - to waste - to defile - to abuse - to insult - to defile - to trample on - to wreck - also pr. [zao1 ta5] |
| 约摸 | 約摸 | yuēmo | - about - around - approximately - also written 約莫|约莫 |
| 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] |
| 结帐 | 結帳 | jiézhàng | - to pay the bill - to settle accounts - also written 結賬|结账 |
| 结账 | 結賬 | jiézhàng | - to pay the bill - to settle accounts - also written 結帳|结帐 |
| 绿林 | 綠林 | Lùlín | - place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han - also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] |
| 茧子 | 繭子 | jiǎnzi | - callus (patch or hardened skin) - corns (on feet) - also 趼子 |
| 义气 | 義氣 | yìqì | - spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice - code of brotherhood - also pr. [yi4 qi5] |
| 翻然 | 翻然 | fānrán | - to change quickly and completely - also written 幡然 |
| 老茧 | 老繭 | lǎojiǎn | - callus (patch or hardened skin) - corns (on feet) - also 老趼 |
| 而且 | 而且 | érqiě | - (not only ...) but also - moreover - in addition - furthermore |
| 圣事 | 聖事 | shèngshì | - Holy sacrament - Christian rite (esp. Catholic) - also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants |
| 圣礼 | 聖禮 | shènglǐ | - Holy sacrament - Christian rite (esp. Protestant) - also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics |
| 聚脂 | 聚脂 | jùzhī | - polyester - also written 聚酯 |
| 听骨 | 聽骨 | tīnggǔ | - ossicles (in the middle ear) - also written 聽小骨|听小骨 |
| 胡豆 | 胡豆 | húdòu | - broad bean (Vicia faba) - fava bean - also written 蠶豆|蚕豆[can2 dou4] |
| 脱脱 | 脫脫 | Tuōtuō | - Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史 - also written Tuoketuo 托克托 |
| 腋臭 | 腋臭 | yèchòu | - body odor - bromhidrosis - armpit odor - underarm stink - also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4] |
| 胶卷 | 膠卷 | jiāojuǎn | - film - roll of film - also written 膠捲|胶卷 |
| 临夏 | 臨夏 | Línxià | - Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu - also Linxia city and Linxia county |
| 舢板 | 舢板 | shānbǎn | - sampan - also written 舢舨 |
| 艾实 | 艾實 | àishí | - mugwort fruit (TCM) - also called fruit of argyi wormwood - Fructus Artemisiae argyi |
| 芎藭 | 芎藭 | qióngxiōng | - chuanxiong rhizome - also named 川芎[chuan1 xiong1] |
| 芥菜 | 芥菜 | jiècài | - leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) - also pr. [gai4 cai4] |
| 芥蓝 | 芥藍 | gàilán | - Chinese broccoli - Chinese kale - cabbage mustard - Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra - also pr. [jie4 lan2] |
| 茹藘 | 茹藘 | rúlǘ | - Rubia cordifolia - Indian madder - munjit - also written 茜草 |
| 莰酮 | 莰酮 | kǎntóng | - camphor C10H16O - also called 樟腦|樟脑 |
| 华埠 | 華埠 | Huábù | - Chinatown - also called 唐人街[Tang2 ren2 jie1] |
| 菸硷 | 菸礆 | yānjiǎn | - nicotine - also written 菸鹼|菸碱[yan1 jian3] |
| 万户 | 萬戶 | WànHù | - ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households - also translated as Marquis |
| 落色 | 落色 | làoshǎi | - to fade - to discolor - also pr. [luo4 se4] |
| 落魄 | 落魄 | luòpò | - down and out - in dire straits - unrestrained - unconventional - also pr. [luo4 tuo4] |
| 着地 | 著地 | zháodì | - to land - to touch the ground - also pr. [zhuo2 di4] |
| 着想 | 著想 | zhuóxiǎng | - to give thought (to others) - to consider (other people's needs) - also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] |
| 蒜茸 | 蒜茸 | suànróng | - crushed garlic - also written 蒜蓉 |
| 荨麻 | 蕁麻 | qiánmá | - nettle - also pr. [xun2 ma2] |
| 藉口 | 藉口 | jièkǒu | - to use as an excuse - on the pretext - excuse - pretext - also written 借口[jie4 kou3] |
| 藏獒 | 藏獒 | Zàngáo | - Tibetan mastiff - also called 西藏獒犬 |
| 裱背 | 裱背 | biǎobèi | - to mount a picture - also written 裱褙[biao3 bei4] |
| 褪色 | 褪色 | tuìsè | - to fade (of colors) - also pr. [tui4 shai3] |
| 西学 | 西學 | Xīxué | - Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) - also called 洋務運動|洋务运动 |
| 核实 | 覈實 | héshí | - to verify - also written 核實|核实 |
| 角色 | 角色 | juésè | - role - character in a novel - persona - also pr. [jiao3 se4] |
| 订制 | 訂製 | dìngzhì | - custom-made - made-to-order - to have something custom made - also written 定製|定制 |
| 词典 | 詞典 | cídiǎn | - dictionary (of Chinese compound words) - also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3] - CL:部[bu4],本[ben3] |
| 说客 | 說客 | shuìkè | - (old) itinerant political adviser - (fig.) lobbyist - go-between - mouthpiece - also pr. [shuo1 ke4] |
| 艳遇 | 豔遇 | yànyù | - favorable opportunity for an encounter with a beautiful woman - also written 艷遇|艳遇 |
| 象话 | 象話 | xiànghuà | - proper - also written 像話|像话 |
| 貉子 | 貉子 | háozi | - raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) - raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) - also called 狸 |
| 貔貅 | 貔貅 | píxiū | - mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail - also written 辟邪 - fig. valiant soldier |
| 贝壳 | 貝殼 | bèiké | - shell - conch - cowry - mother of pearl - hard outer skin - also pr. [bei4 qiao4] |
| 贞德 | 貞德 | Zhēndé | - Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English - also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan |
| 起航 | 起航 | qǐháng | - (of a ship) to set sail - (of an aeroplane) to take off - also written 啟航|启航[qi3 hang2] |
| 赵括 | 趙括 | ZhàoKuò | - Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC - also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子 |
| 蹦跶 | 蹦躂 | bèngda | - to bounce - to jump - to hop - also variant of 蹦達|蹦达[beng4 da2] |
| 轱辘 | 軲轆 | gūlù | - wheel - to roll - also pr. [gu1 lu5] |
| 载人 | 載人 | zàirén | - (of spaceships etc) manned - also pr. [zai3 ren2] |
| 轻脆 | 輕脆 | qīngcuì | - sharp and clear - crisp - melodious - ringing - tinkling - silvery (of sound) - fragile - frail - also written 清脆 |
| 辗转 | 輾轉 | zhǎnzhuǎn | - to toss about in bed - to pass through many hands or places - also written 展轉|展转[zhan3 zhuan3] |
| 转差 | 轉差 | zhuǎnchā | - to slip (e.g. of clutch) - slippage - also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc |
| 辞典 | 辭典 | cídiǎn | - dictionary (of Chinese compound words) - also written 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3] - CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] |
| 辩别 | 辯別 | biànbié | - to differentiate - to distinguish - to discriminate - also written 辨別|辨别 |
| 退色 | 退色 | tuìsè | - variant of 褪色[tui4 se4] - also pr. [tui4 shai3] |
| 通化 | 通化 | Tōnghuà | - Tonghua prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China - also Tonghua county |
| 周转 | 週轉 | zhōuzhuǎn | - turnover (in cash or personnel) - to have enough resources to cover a need - also written 周轉|周转 |
| 游星 | 遊星 | yóuxīng | - planet - also written 行星[xing2 xing1] |
| 迩来 | 邇來 | ěrlái | - recently - until now - up to the present - lately - also written 爾來|尔来 |
| 邢台 | 邢台 | Xíngtái | - Xingtai prefecture level city in Hebei - also Xingtai county |
| 那个 | 那個 | nàge | - that one - also pr. [nei4 ge5] |
| 那里 | 那裏 | nàli | - there - that place - also written 那裡|那里 |
| 邯郸 | 邯鄲 | Hándān | - Handan prefecture level city in Hebei - also Handan county |
| 郑码 | 鄭碼 | Zhèngmǎ | - Zheng coding - original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods - also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3] |
| 酒巴 | 酒巴 | jiǔbā | - pub - also written 酒吧 |
| 酒窝 | 酒窩 | jiǔwō | - dimple - also written 酒渦|酒涡[jiu3 wo1] |
| 酒精 | 酒精 | jiǔjīng | - alcohol - ethanol CH3CH2OH - ethyl alcohol - also written 乙醇 - grain alcohol |
| 醉鸡 | 醉雞 | zuìjī | - chicken in rice wine - also translated drunken chicken |
| 厘米 | 釐米 | límǐ | - centimeter - also written 厘米 |
| 钉梢 | 釘梢 | dīngshāo | - to follow sb - to tail - to shadow - also written 盯梢[ding1 shao1] |
| 银元 | 銀元 | yínyuán | - flat silver (former coinage) - also written 銀圓|银圆 - silver dollar |
| 银圆 | 銀圓 | yínyuán | - flat silver (former coinage) - also written 銀元|银元 - silver dollar |
| 银洋 | 銀洋 | yínyáng | - flat silver (former coinage) - also written 銀元|银元 |
| 银汉 | 銀漢 | Yínhàn | - Milky Way - also called 銀河|银河[Yin2 he2] |
| 银狐 | 銀狐 | yínhú | - silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) - also written 玄狐 |
| 铭谢 | 銘謝 | míngxiè | - to express gratitude (esp. in public) - vote of thanks - also written 鳴謝|鸣谢 |
| 铁岭 | 鐵嶺 | Tiělǐng | - Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China - also Tieling county |
| 阇黎 | 闍黎 | shélí | - Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) - also written 闍棃|阇梨[she2 li2] |
| 阖庐 | 闔廬 | HéLú | - King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) - also called 闔閭|阖闾 |
| 阖闾 | 闔閭 | HéLǘ | - King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) - also called 闔廬|阖庐 |
| 阿亨 | 阿亨 | Āhēng | - Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Aix-la-Chapelle - also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen1] |
| 阿坝 | 阿壩 | Ābà | - Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4] - also Ngawa county |
| 陵夷 | 陵夷 | língyí | - to deteriorate - to decline - to slump - also written 凌夷 |
| 阳萎 | 陽萎 | yángwěi | - impotence - also written 陽痿|阳痿[yang2 wei3] |
| 隆河 | 隆河 | LóngHé | - Rhone, river of Switzerland and France - also written 羅納河|罗纳河[Luo2 na4 He2] |
| 雷射 | 雷射 | léishè | - laser (loanword used in Taiwan) - also written 鐳射|镭射 |
| 雷盖 | 雷蓋 | léigài | - reggae - also written 雷鬼 |
| 电木 | 電木 | diànmù | - bakelite (early plastic) - also written 膠木|胶木[jiao1 mu4] |
| 露出 | 露出 | lùchū | - to expose - to show - also pr. [lou4 chu1] |
| 露齿 | 露齒 | lùchǐ | - to grin - also pr. [lou4 chi3] |
| 非份 | 非份 | fēifèn | - improper - presumptuous - assuming - overstepping one's bounds - also written 非分[fei1 fen4] |
| 非分 | 非分 | fēifèn | - improper - presumptuous - assuming - overstepping one's bounds - also written 非份[fei1 fen4] |
| 鞝鞋 | 鞝鞋 | shàngxié | - to sole a shoe - also written 上鞋[shang4 xie2] |
| 鞑虏 | 韃虜 | Dálǔ | - Tartar (derogatory) - also used as an insulting term for Manchus around 1900 |
| 飘浮 | 飄浮 | piāofú | - to float - to hover - also written 漂浮 |
| 马芬 | 馬芬 | mǎfēn | - muffin (loanword) - also written 瑪芬|玛芬[ma3 fen1] |
| 冯武 | 馮武 | FéngWǔ | - Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition - also called 馮竇伯|冯窦伯[Feng2 Dou4 bo2] |
| 驼鸡 | 駝雞 | tuójī | - ostrich (Struthio camelus) - also written 鴕鳥 鸵鸟 - fabulous bird like Sinbad's roc |
| 发菜 | 髮菜 | fàcài | - long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae - also called faat choy or hair moss |
| 鸟人 | 鳥人 | diǎorén | - (vulgar) damned wretch - fucker - also pr. [niao3 ren2] |
| 丽词 | 麗詞 | lìcí | - beautiful wordage - also written 麗辭|丽辞[li4 ci2] |
| 丽辞 | 麗辭 | lìcí | - beautiful wordage - also written 麗詞|丽词[li4 ci2] |
| 麻俐 | 麻俐 | máli | - swift - agile - efficient - quick-witted (colloquial) - also written 麻利[ma2 li5] |
| 麻力 | 麻力 | máli | - swift - agile - efficient - quick witted (colloquial) - also written 麻利[ma2 li5] |
| 麻疯 | 麻瘋 | máfēng | - leprosy - also written 麻風|麻风 |
| 黄教 | 黃教 | Huángjiào | - Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan buddhism - also written 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4] |
| 黏米 | 黏米 | niánmǐ | - sticky rice - short-grain rice - Oryza sativa var. japonica - also written 粘米 |
| 黏胶 | 黏膠 | niánjiāo | - viscose - also written 粘膠|粘胶 |
| 黏贴 | 黏貼 | niántiē | - to glue to - to paste onto - to stick on - also written 粘貼|粘贴[zhan1 tie1] |
| 鼋鱼 | 黿魚 | yuányú | - soft-shelled turtle - also termed 鱉|鳖[bie1] |
| 龙井 | 龍井 | Lóngjǐng | - Longjing county level city in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin - Lungching township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan - also Longjing tea 龍井茶|龙井茶 |
| 㺢㹢狓 | 㺢㹢狓 | huòjiāpī | - okapi - also written 霍加狓[huo4 jia1 pi1] |
| 一会儿 | 一會兒 | yīhuìr | - a moment - a while - in a moment - now...now... - also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] |
| 三迭纪 | 三迭紀 | Sāndiéjì | - Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) - also written 三疊紀|三叠纪 |
| 不象话 | 不象話 | bùxiànghuà | - unreasonable - shocking - outrageous - also written 不像話|不像话 |
| 中微子 | 中微子 | zhōngwēizǐ | - neutrino (particle physics) - also written 微中子[wei1 zhong1 zi3] |
| 二恶英 | 二噁英 | èrèyīng | - dioxin - also written 二惡英|二恶英 |
| 二迭纪 | 二迭紀 | Èrdiéjì | - Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) - also written 二疊紀|二叠纪 |
| 五步蛇 | 五步蛇 | wǔbùshé | - Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper - also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) |
| 京二胡 | 京二胡 | jīngèrhú | - jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera - also called 京胡 |
| 伽罗华 | 伽羅華 | Jiāluóhuà | - Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist - also written 伽羅瓦|伽罗瓦 |
| 低速层 | 低速層 | dīsùcéng | - low velocity zone (seismology) - also called asthenosphere 軟流層|软流层[ruan3 liu2 ceng2] |
| 低音管 | 低音管 | dīyīnguǎn | - bassoon - also written 巴頌管|巴颂管 or 巴松管 |
| 并系群 | 併系群 | bìngxìqún | - paraphyletic group - also written 並系群|并系群[bing4 xi4 qun2] |
| 来复枪 | 來復槍 | láifùqiāng | - rifle (loanword) - also written 來福槍|来福枪 |
| 来福枪 | 來福槍 | láifúqiāng | - rifle (loanword) - also written 來復槍|来复枪 |
| 假借字 | 假借字 | jiǎjièzì | - loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - character acquiring meanings by phonetic association - also called phonetic loan |
| 光明节 | 光明節 | Guāngmíngjié | - Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) - also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡 |
| 两生类 | 兩生類 | liǎngshēnglèi | - class Amphibia - also written 兩棲類|两栖类[liang3 qi1 lei4] |
| 公仔面 | 公仔麵 | gōngzǎimiàn | - brand of Hong Kong instant noodles - also used as term for instant noodles in general |
| 凌蒙初 | 凌濛初 | LíngMéngchū | - Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist - also written 凌蒙初 |
| 凌蒙初 | 凌蒙初 | LíngMéngchū | - Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist - also written 凌濛初 |
| 利他能 | 利他能 | Lìtānéng | - Ritalin (brand name) - methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) - also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2] |
| 利他灵 | 利他靈 | Lìtālíng | - Ritalin (brand name) - methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) - also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2] |
| 刘伯温 | 劉伯溫 | LiúBówēn | - Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius - also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基 |
| 十六国 | 十六國 | Shíliùguó | - Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) - also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 |
| 南朝宋 | 南朝宋 | NáncháoSòng | - Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing - also known as Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋 |
| 卡秋莎 | 卡秋莎 | Kǎqiūshā | - Katyusha (name) - name of a Russian wartime song - nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII - also written 喀秋莎 |
| 卷层云 | 卷層雲 | juǎncéngyún | - cirrostratus (cloud) - also written 捲層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2] |
| 原子笔 | 原子筆 | yuánzǐbǐ | - ballpoint pen - also written 圓珠筆|圆珠笔 |
| 反电子 | 反電子 | fǎndiànzǐ | - positron - also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 古柯碱 | 古柯鹼 | gǔkējiǎn | - cocaine (loanword) - also written 可卡因[ke3 ka3 yin1] |
| 史丹佛 | 史丹佛 | Shǐdānfó | - Stanford (University) - also written 斯坦福[Si1 tan3 fu2] |
| 合作者 | 合作者 | hézuòzhě | - co-worker - collaborator - also collaborator with the enemy |
| 合得来 | 合得來 | hédelái | - to get along well - compatible - also written 和得來|和得来[he2 de5 lai2] |
| 吉迪恩 | 吉迪恩 | Jídíēn | - Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11-ffoll.) - also written 基甸 |
| 和得来 | 和得來 | hédelái | - to get along well - compatible - also written 合得來|合得来[he2 de5 lai2] |
| 哈努卡 | 哈努卡 | Hānǔkǎ | - Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) - also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 |
| 哈拉子 | 哈拉子 | hālāzi | - (dialect) saliva - also written 哈喇子[ha1 la2 zi5] |
| 哈蜜瓜 | 哈蜜瓜 | hāmìguā | - Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) - honeydew - also written 哈密瓜 |
| 哈里发 | 哈里發 | hālǐfā | - (loanword) caliph - also written 哈利發|哈利发[ha1 li4 fa1] |
| 哭丧脸 | 哭喪臉 | kūsangliǎn | - to pull a long face - sullen - also written 哭喪著臉|哭丧着脸 |
| 哺乳类 | 哺乳類 | bǔrǔlèi | - mammals - also written 哺乳動物|哺乳动物 |
| 唱双簧 | 唱雙簧 | chàngshuānghuáng | - lit. to sing a duet - fig. to collaborate with sb - also used satirically: to play second fiddle to |
| 喀喇沁 | 喀喇沁 | Kālāqìn | - Harqin (Mongol: guard) - Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia - also Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning |
| 单一码 | 單一碼 | dānyīmǎ | - Unicode - also written 統一碼|统一码 |
| 当当车 | 噹噹車 | dāngdāngchē | - (coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956 - also written 鐺鐺車|铛铛车[dang1 dang1 che1] |
| 天妇罗 | 天婦羅 | tiānfùluó | - tempura - deep-fried cooking - also called 甜不辣[tian2 bu4 la4] |
| 夹肢窝 | 夾肢窩 | gāzhiwō | - armpit - also written 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1] |
| 奥利安 | 奧利安 | Àolìān | - Orion (constellation, loan word) - also written 獵戶座|猎户座 |
| 奥斯丁 | 奧斯丁 | Àosīdīng | - Austin or Austen (name) - Austin, Texas - also written 奧斯汀 |
| 孙武子 | 孫武子 | SūnWǔzǐ | - Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3] - also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] |
| 安德肋 | 安德肋 | Āndélèi | - Andrew (Catholic transliteration) - also 安德魯|安德鲁 (Protestant transliteration) |
| 宝瓶座 | 寶瓶座 | Bǎopíngzuò | - Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) - also called 水瓶座 |
| 巴松管 | 巴松管 | bāsōngguǎn | - bassoon (loanword) - also written 巴頌管|巴颂管[ba1 song4 guan3] or 低音管[di1 yin1 guan3] |
| 巴颂管 | 巴頌管 | bāsòngguǎn | - bassoon (loanword) - also written 低音管[di1 yin1 guan3] or 巴松管[ba1 song1 guan3] |
| 布朗士 | 布朗士 | Bùlǎngshì | - The Bronx, borough of New York City - Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx) - also written 布朗克斯 |
| 布洛芬 | 布洛芬 | bùluòfēn | - Ibuprofen or Nurofen - also called 異丁苯丙酸|异丁苯丙酸 |
| 厦门市 | 廈門市 | Xiàménshì | - Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian - also known as Amoy |
| 廿八躔 | 廿八躔 | niànbāchán | - the twenty-eight constellations - also written 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] |
| 形声字 | 形聲字 | xíngshēngzì | - radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character |
| 徐熙媛 | 徐熙媛 | XúXīyuán | - Xu Xiyuan or Hsu Hsiyuan or Barbie Hsu (1976-), Taiwan pop star and actress, F4 band member - also called 大S |
| 微中子 | 微中子 | wēizhōngzǐ | - neutrino (particle physics) - also written 中微子[zhong1 wei1 zi3] |
| 怎么着 | 怎麼著 | zěnmezhāo | - what? - how? - how about? - whatever - also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] |
| 思嘉丽 | 思嘉麗 | Sījiālì | - Scarlett (name) - also written 斯嘉麗|斯嘉丽[Si1 jia1 li4] |
| 爱窝窝 | 愛窩窩 | àiwōwo | - glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling - also written 艾窩窩|艾窝窝[ai4 wo1 wo5] |
| 戊五醇 | 戊五醇 | wùwǔchún | - xylitol - also written 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2] |
| 拉拉队 | 拉拉隊 | lālāduì | - support team - cheering squad - cheerleader - also written 啦啦隊|啦啦队 |
| 拜天地 | 拜天地 | bàitiāndì | - to worship heaven and earth - ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony - also called 拜堂 |
| 指事字 | 指事字 | zhǐshìzì | - ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down - also known as self-explanatory character |
| 捐血者 | 捐血者 | juānxuèzhě | - blood donor - also called 供血者 |
| 卷层云 | 捲層雲 | juǎncéngyún | - cirrostratus (cloud) - also written 卷層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2] |
| 探口气 | 探口氣 | tànkǒuqì | - to sound out opinions - to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning - also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1] |
| 撑竿跳 | 撐竿跳 | chēnggāntiào | - pole-vaulting - also written 撐桿跳|撑杆跳 |
| 摄护腺 | 攝護腺 | shèhùxiàn | - prostate - also written 前列腺 |
| 叙拉古 | 敘拉古 | Xùlāgǔ | - Syracuse, Sicily - also written 錫拉庫薩|锡拉库萨[Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4] |
| 敌敌畏 | 敵敵畏 | dídíwèi | - dichlorvos C4H7Cl2PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide (loanword) - also called dimethyl dichloro-vinyl phosphate DDVP |
| 敌百虫 | 敵百蟲 | díbǎichóng | - trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide - also called dipterex |
| 星象图 | 星象圖 | xīngxiàngtú | - star chart - also written 星相圖|星相图 |
| 曼哈坦 | 曼哈坦 | Mànhātǎn | - Manhattan island - Manhattan borough of New York City - also written 曼哈頓|曼哈顿 |
| 会意字 | 會意字 | huìyìzì | - combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements - also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds |
| 服他灵 | 服他靈 | fútālíng | - voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer - also called 扶他林 |
| 本征值 | 本徵值 | běnzhēngzhí | - eigenvalue (math.) - also written 特徵值|特征值 |
| 李云娜 | 李雲娜 | LǐYúnnà | - Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 - also written 李誠恩|李诚恩[Li3 Cheng2 en1] |
| 松化石 | 松化石 | sōnghuàshí | - turquoise (gemstone) - also written 松石 |
| 查克瑞 | 查克瑞 | chákèruì | - Chakra (Sanskrit: disk), one of seven symbolic nodes of the body in spiritual Yoga - also written 查克拉[Cha2 ke4 la1] |
| 格斯塔 | 格斯塔 | Gésītǎ | - Gestalt (loanword) - coherent whole - technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts - holistic - integrated - total - also written 格式塔 |
| 梁静茹 | 梁靜茹 | LiángJìngrú | - Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer - also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong |
| 荣辱观 | 榮辱觀 | róngrǔguān | - precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) - abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 - also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3] |
| 榴梿果 | 榴槤果 | liúliánguǒ | - durian fruit - also written 留蓮果|留莲果 |
| 榴莲果 | 榴蓮果 | liúliánguǒ | - durian fruit - also written 榴槤果|榴梿果 |
| 榴霰弹 | 榴霰彈 | liúxiàndàn | - shrapnel shell - shrapnel - also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4] |
| 机关枪 | 機關槍 | jīguānqiāng | - also written 機槍|机枪 - machine gun |
| 横膈膜 | 橫膈膜 | hénggémó | - diaphragm - also written 橫隔膜|横隔膜[heng2 ge2 mo2] |
| 檀香山 | 檀香山 | Tánxiāngshān | - Honolulu, capital of Hawaii - also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁 |
| 正蓝旗 | 正藍旗 | Zhènglánqí | - Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia - also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗 |
| 歧路灯 | 歧路燈 | QílùDēng | - Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] - also written 岐路燈|岐路灯 |
| 归谬法 | 歸謬法 | guīmiùfǎ | - reductio ad absurdum - arguing by contradiction - also called 反證法|反证法 |
| 毛边纸 | 毛邊紙 | máobiānzhǐ | - fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc - also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1] |
| 氢氯酸 | 氫氯酸 | qīnglǜsuān | - hydrochloric acid HCl - also written 鹽酸|盐酸 |
| 洛基山 | 洛基山 | LuòjīShān | - Rocky Mountains - also written 洛磯山|洛矶山 |
| 海森堡 | 海森堡 | Hǎisēnbǎo | - Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), German physicist - also written 海森伯 |
| 淫羊藿 | 淫羊藿 | yínyánghuò | - Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac - also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles) |
| 减压病 | 減壓病 | jiǎnyābìng | - decompression sickness - the bends - also 減壓症|减压症[jian3 ya1 zheng4] |
| 减压症 | 減壓症 | jiǎnyāzhèng | - decompression sickness - the bends - also 減壓病|减压病[jian3 ya1 bing4] |
| 灶王爷 | 灶王爺 | Zàowángyé | - Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen - also written 灶神 |
| 乌拉特 | 烏拉特 | Wūlātè | - Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia - also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners |
| 乌鲁汝 | 烏魯汝 | Wūlǔrǔ | - Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site - also known as Ayers Rock |
| 爬虫类 | 爬蟲類 | páchónglèi | - reptiles - also written 爬行類|爬行类 |
| 爬行类 | 爬行類 | páxínglèi | - reptiles - also written 爬行動物|爬行动物 |
| 犯得着 | 犯得著 | fàndezháo | - worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) - also written 犯得上 |
| 狮尾狒 | 獅尾狒 | shīwěifèi | - gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon - also written 吉爾達|吉尔达[ji2 er3 da2] |
| 玛俐欧 | 瑪俐歐 | Mǎlìōu | - Mario (Nintendo video game character) - also transcribed variously as 馬里奧|马里奥[Ma3 li3 ao4], 馬力歐|马力欧[Ma3 li4 ou1] etc |
| 疑病症 | 疑病症 | yíbìngzhèng | - hypochondriasis - hypochondria - also written 疑病[yi2 bing4] |
| 的士高 | 的士高 | díshìgāo | - disco (loanword) - also written 迪斯科[di2 si1 ke1] |
| 直辖市 | 直轄市 | zhíxiáshì | - municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision - province level city - also called directly governed city |
| 眉心轮 | 眉心輪 | méixīnlún | - ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead - also written 眉間輪|眉间轮[mei2 jian1 lun2] |
| 睾丸酮 | 睾丸酮 | gāowántóng | - testosterone - also written 睾甾酮[gao1 zai1 tong2] |
| 石匠痨 | 石匠癆 | shíjiàngláo | - silicosis (occupational disease of miners) - grinder's disease - also written 矽末病 |
| 石斑鱼 | 石斑魚 | shíbānyú | - grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) - also called 鮨 - Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) |
| 石末肺 | 石末肺 | shímòfèi | - silicosis - grinder's disease - also written 矽末病 |
| 矽晶片 | 矽晶片 | xījīngpiàn | - silicon chip - also written 硅晶片[gui1 jing1 pian4] |
| 矽末病 | 矽末病 | xīmòbìng | - silicosis (occupational disease of miners) - grinder's disease - also written 矽末病 |
| 硅肺病 | 硅肺病 | guīfèibìng | - silicosis (occupational disease of miners) - grinder's disease - also written 矽末病 |
| 磨工病 | 磨工病 | mògōngbìng | - grinder's disease - silicosis - also written 矽末病 |
| 神治国 | 神治國 | shénzhìguó | - theocracy - also written 神權統治|神权统治[shen2 quan2 tong3 zhi4] or 神權政治|神权政治[shen2 quan2 zheng4 zhi4] |
| 神经原 | 神經原 | shénjīngyuán | - neuron - also written 神經元|神经元 |
| 红殷殷 | 紅殷殷 | hóngyānyān | - dark red - crimson - also pr. [hong2 yin1 yin1] |
| 终南山 | 終南山 | ZhōngnánShān | - Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an - also known as the Taiyi Mountains |
| 翘翘板 | 翹翹板 | qiàoqiàobǎn | - see-saw - also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板[qiao1 qiao1 ban3] |
| 耶烈万 | 耶烈萬 | Yēlièwàn | - Yerevan, capital of Armenia - also written 埃里温[Ai1 li3 wen1] |
| 胡涂虫 | 胡塗蟲 | hútuchóng | - blunderer - bungler - also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫 |
| 胳肢窝 | 胳肢窩 | gāzhiwō | - armpit - also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1] - also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1] |
| 胺基酸 | 胺基酸 | ànjīsuān | - amino acid - also written 氨基酸 |
| 自治市 | 自治市 | zìzhìshì | - municipality - autonomous city - also called directly administered city 直轄市|直辖市 |
| 艾伯塔 | 艾伯塔 | Àibótǎ | - Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4] - also written 阿爾伯塔|阿尔伯塔[A1 er3 bo2 ta3] |
| 艾兹病 | 艾茲病 | àizībìng | - AIDS (loanword) - also written 愛滋病|爱滋病 |
| 艾叶油 | 艾葉油 | àiyèyóu | - mugwort leaf oil (TCM) - also called wormwood leaf oil - Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi |
| 花生浆 | 花生漿 | huāshēngjiàng | - peanut butter - also written 花生醬|花生酱 |
| 芸苔子 | 芸苔子 | yúntáizǐ | - rape (Brassica campestris L.) - rapeseed plant - canola plant - a common vegetable with a dark green leaf - also called 油菜 |
| 范仲淹 | 范仲淹 | FànZhòngyān | - Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043 - also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 |
| 华严经 | 華嚴經 | Huáyánjīng | - Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school - also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra |
| 万事得 | 萬事得 | Wànshìdé | - Mazda Motor Corporation - also known as 馬自達|马自达 |
| 万国码 | 萬國碼 | wànguómǎ | - Unicode - also written 統一碼|统一码 |
| 蓝肤木 | 藍膚木 | lánfūmù | - sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice - also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree |
| 血色素 | 血色素 | xuèsèsù | - hematin (blood pigment) - heme - hemoglobin - also written 血紅蛋白|血红蛋白 |
| 西斯廷 | 西斯廷 | Xīsītíng | - Sistine (Chapel) - also written 西斯汀 |
| 西斯汀 | 西斯汀 | Xīsītīng | - Sistine (Chapel) - also written 西斯廷 |
| 西游记 | 西遊記 | XīyóuJì | - Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature - also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey |
| 身分证 | 身分證 | shēnfènzhèng | - identity card - also written 身份證|身份证[shen1 fen4 zheng4] |
| 迷惑龙 | 迷惑龍 | míhuolóng | - apatosaurus - former name: brontosaurus - also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2] |
| 这会儿 | 這會兒 | zhèhuìr | - (coll.) now - this moment - also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5] |
| 都伯林 | 都伯林 | Dūbólín | - Dublin, capital of Ireland - also written 都柏林 |
| 醴泉县 | 醴泉縣 | Lǐquánxiàn | - Liquan county in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi - also written 禮泉縣|礼泉县 |
| 金刚石 | 金剛石 | jīngāngshí | - diamond - also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2] |
| 钉书针 | 釘書針 | dìngshūzhēn | - staple - also written 訂書針|订书针[ding4 shu1 zhen1] |
| 铛铛车 | 鐺鐺車 | dāngdāngchē | - (coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956 - also written 噹噹車|当当车[dang1 dang1 che1] |
| 阿依莎 | 阿依莎 | Āyīshā | - Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name) - Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[Mu4 han3 mo4 de2] - also written 阿伊莎 |
| 阿阇梨 | 阿闍梨 | āshélí | - Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) - also written 阿闍黎|阿阇黎[a1 she2 li2] |
| 阿阇黎 | 阿闍黎 | āshélí | - Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) - also written 阿闍梨|阿阇梨[a1 she2 li2] |
| 阿马逊 | 阿馬遜 | Āmǎxùn | - Amazon - also written 亞馬遜|亚马逊[Ya4 ma3 xun4] |
| 阳电子 | 陽電子 | yángdiànzǐ | - positron - also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 霍金斯 | 霍金斯 | Huòjīnsī | - Hawkins (name) - also written 霍金 |
| 韦格纳 | 韋格納 | Wéigénà | - Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift - also written 魏格納|魏格纳 |
| 马服子 | 馬服子 | MǎFúzǐ | - Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC - also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 |
| 马自达 | 馬自達 | Mǎzìdá | - Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田) - also known as 萬事得|万事得 |
| 冯窦伯 | 馮竇伯 | FéngDòubó | - Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition - also called 馮武|冯武[Feng2 Wu3] |
| 骨碌碌 | 骨碌碌 | gǔlùlù | - (onom.) rolling around - spinning - also spoken pr. [gu3 lu1 lu1] |
| 高压氧 | 高壓氧 | gāoyāyǎng | - hyperbaric oxygen - hyperbaric oxygenation - also abbr. for 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2], hyperbaric therapy |
| 凤凰城 | 鳳凰城 | Fènghuángchéng | - Phoenix, capital of Arizona - also 菲尼克斯[Fei1 ni2 ke4 si1] |
| 黑肺病 | 黑肺病 | hēifèibìng | - pneumoconiosis (occupational disease of coal miners) - silicosis - also written 矽肺病 |
| 一模一样 | 一模一樣 | yīmúyīyàng | - exactly the same (idiom) - carbon copy - also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4] |
| 三宝太监 | 三寶太監 | Sānbǎotàijiàn | - Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] - also written 三保太監|三保太监 |
| 中印半岛 | 中印半島 | ZhōngyìnBàndǎo | - Indochina peninsula - also written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3] |
| 中越战争 | 中越戰爭 | ZhōngYuèZhànzhēng | - the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979 - also known as the Third Indochina War |
| 亚洲绶带 | 亞洲綬帶 | Yàzhōushòudài | - (Chinese bird species) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) - also called 壽帶|寿带[shou4 dai4] |
| 人尽其材 | 人盡其材 | rénjìnqícái | - employ one's talent to the fullest - everyone gives of their best - also written 人盡其才|人尽其才 |
| 伊莉莎白 | 伊莉莎白 | Yīlìshābái | - Elizabeth - also written 伊麗莎白|伊丽莎白 |
| 伊莉萨白 | 伊莉薩白 | Yīlìsàbái | - Elizabeth (name) - also written 伊麗莎白|伊丽莎白 |
| 布尔乔亚 | 佈爾喬亞 | bùěrqiáoyà | - bourgeois (loanword) - also written 布爾喬亞|布尔乔亚 |
| 何鲁晓夫 | 何魯曉夫 | Hélǔxiǎofū | - Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964 - also written 赫魯曉夫|赫鲁晓夫 |
| 依洛瓦底 | 依洛瓦底 | Yīluòwǎdǐ | - Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma) - also written 伊洛瓦底 |
| 便利商店 | 便利商店 | biànlìshāngdiàn | - convenience store - also name of pop group, series of computer games etc |
| 倾国倾城 | 傾國傾城 | qīngguóqīngchéng | - lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) - fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful - also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] |
| 动物庄园 | 動物莊園 | DòngwùZhuāngyuán | - Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治・奧威爾|乔治・奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3] - also translated 動物農場|动物农场[Dong4 wu4 Nong2 chang3] |
| 北京周报 | 北京周報 | BěijīngZhōubào | - Beijing Review - also written 北京週報|北京周报 |
| 千里鹅毛 | 千里鵝毛 | qiānlǐémáo | - goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it - also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2] |
| 史普尼克 | 史普尼克 | Shǐpǔníkè | - Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite - also written 斯普特尼克 |
| 史瓦辛格 | 史瓦辛格 | Shǐwǎxīngé | - Arnold Schwarzenegger - also written 阿諾德・施瓦辛格|阿诺德・施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2] |
| 吴侬娇语 | 吳儂嬌語 | Wúnóngjiāoyǔ | - pleasant-sounding Wu dialect - also written 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3] |
| 吴王阖庐 | 吳王闔廬 | WúwángHéLú | - King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) - also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 |
| 吴王阖闾 | 吳王闔閭 | WúwángHéLǘ | - King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 - also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐 |
| 哈努卡节 | 哈努卡節 | Hānǔkǎjié | - Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) - also called 光明節|光明节 and simply 哈努卡 |
| 唤雨呼风 | 喚雨呼風 | huànyǔhūfēng | - to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom) - to exercise magical powers - fig. to stir up troubles - also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hu1 feng1 huan4 yu3] |
| 乔格里峰 | 喬格里峰 | QiáogélǐFēng | - K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas - also written 喬戈里峰|乔戈里峰 |
| 单向电流 | 單向電流 | dānxiàngdiànliú | - direct current (elec.) - also written 直流 |
| 地久天长 | 地久天長 | dìjiǔtiāncháng | - enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal - for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) - also written 天長地久|天长地久 |
| 地藏菩萨 | 地藏菩薩 | DìzàngPúsà | - Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) - also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 外刚内柔 | 外剛內柔 | wàigāngnèiróu | - soft on the inside despite one's hard shell - appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability - also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1] |
| 多明尼加 | 多明尼加 | Duōmíngníjiā | - Dominica - Dominican Republic - also written 多米尼加 |
| 多米尼克 | 多米尼克 | Duōmǐníkè | - Dominica - Dominican Republic - also written 多米尼加 |
| 如醉如痴 | 如醉如癡 | rúzuìrúchī | - lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom) - intoxicated by sth - obsessed with - mad about sth - also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4] |
| 冈仁波齐 | 岡仁波齊 | Gāngrénbōqí | - Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet - also called Mount Kailash |
| 岗仁波齐 | 崗仁波齊 | Gǎngrénbōqí | - Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet - also written 岡仁波齊|冈仁波齐 |
| 布朗克斯 | 布朗克斯 | Bùlǎngkèsī | - The Bronx, borough of New York City - Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx) - also written 布朗士 |
| 张皇失措 | 張皇失措 | zhānghuángshīcuò | - panic-stricken (idiom) - to be in a flustered state - also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4] |
| 怵目惊心 | 怵目驚心 | chùmùjīngxīn | - lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking - horrible to see - a ghastly sight - also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心 |
| 情急智生 | 情急智生 | qíngjízhìshēng | - inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom) - also written 情急之下 |
| 惩一警百 | 懲一警百 | chéngyījǐngbǎi | - lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) - fig. to make an example of sb - also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3] |
| 打抱不平 | 打抱不平 | dǎbàobùpíng | - to come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice - to fight for justice - also written 抱打不平[bao4 da3 bu4 ping2] |
| 披麻带孝 | 披麻帶孝 | pīmádàixiào | - to wear mourning clothes - to be in mourning - also written 披麻戴孝 |
| 披麻戴孝 | 披麻戴孝 | pīmádàixiào | - to wear mourning clothes - to be in mourning - also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝 |
| 抱头鼠蹿 | 抱頭鼠躥 | bàotóushǔcuān | - to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously - also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜 |
| 指手划脚 | 指手劃腳 | zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo | - to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands - to criticize or give orders summarily - also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚 |
| 振振有辞 | 振振有辭 | zhènzhènyǒucí | - to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions - also written 振振有詞|振振有词 |
| 揣在怀里 | 揣在懷裡 | chuāizàihuáilǐ | - to tuck into one's bosom - also written 搋在懷裡|搋在怀里 |
| 搋在怀里 | 搋在懷裡 | chuāizàihuáilǐ | - to tuck into one's bosom - also written 揣在懷裡|揣在怀里 |
| 搜寻引擎 | 搜尋引擎 | sōuxúnyǐnqíng | - Internet search engine - also written 搜索引擎 |
| 撑竿跳高 | 撐竿跳高 | chēnggāntiàogāo | - pole vault - also written 撐桿跳高|撑杆跳高 |
| 撒马尔干 | 撒馬爾幹 | Sǎmǎěrgàn | - Samarkand, city in Uzbekistan - also written 撒馬爾罕|撒马尔罕 |
| 数黄道黑 | 數黃道黑 | shǔhuángdàohēi | - to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels - also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2] |
| 数黑论白 | 數黑論白 | shǔhēilùnbái | - to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels - also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2] |
| 文风不动 | 文風不動 | wénfēngbùdòng | - absolutely still - fig. not the slightest change - also written 紋風不動|纹风不动 |
| 斗转星移 | 斗轉星移 | Dǒuzhuǎnxīngyí | - lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved - time flies - also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3] |
| 新闻周刊 | 新聞週刊 | XīnwénZhōukān | - Newsweek magazine - also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊 |
| 昂山素季 | 昂山素季 | ÁngShānSùJì | - Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace laureate - also written 昂山素姬 |
| 星移斗转 | 星移斗轉 | xīngyíDǒuzhuǎn | - lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved - time flies - also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2] |
| 普罗大众 | 普羅大眾 | pǔluódàzhòng | - proletariat - abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses - also written 無產階級|无产阶级[wu2 chan3 jie1 ji2] in PRC Marxist theory |
| 旷古未闻 | 曠古未聞 | kuànggǔwèiwén | - never before in the whole of history (idiom) - unprecedented - also written 曠古未有|旷古未有 |
| 曼切斯特 | 曼切斯特 | Mànqiēsītè | - Manchester - also written 曼徹斯特|曼彻斯特 |
| 有为有守 | 有為有守 | yǒuwéiyǒushǒu | - able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom) - also written 有守有為|有守有为[you3 shou3 you3 wei2] |
| 本征向量 | 本徵向量 | běnzhēngxiàngliàng | - eigenvector (math.) - also written 特徵向量|特征向量 |
| 杜塞道夫 | 杜塞道夫 | Dùsèdàofū | - Düsseldorf (Germany) - also written 杜塞爾多夫|杜塞尔多夫[Du4 sai1 er3 duo1 fu1] |
| 东奔西走 | 東奔西走 | dōngbēnxīzǒu | - to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily - to bustle about - to hopscotch - also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1] |
| 格莱美奖 | 格萊美獎 | Géláiměijiǎng | - Grammy Award (US prize for music recording) - also written 葛萊美獎|葛莱美奖 |
| 格雷茅斯 | 格雷茅斯 | Géléimáosī | - Greymouth, town in New Zealand - also written 格雷默斯[Ge2 lei2 mo4 si1] |
| 荣宗耀祖 | 榮宗耀祖 | róngzōngyàozǔ | - to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom) - also written 光宗耀祖 |
| 正教真诠 | 正教真詮 | zhèngjiàozhēnquán | - Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[Wang2 Dai4 yu2], a study of Islam - also translated as Real hermeneutics of orthodox religion |
| 正言厉色 | 正言厲色 | zhèngyánlìsè | - solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling - also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色 |
| 歪瓜劣枣 | 歪瓜劣棗 | wāiguālièzǎo | - ugly - repulsive - also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wai1 gua1 lie4 zao3] |
| 死不冥目 | 死不冥目 | sǐbùmíngmù | - dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance - also written 死不瞑目 |
| 比手划脚 | 比手劃腳 | bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo | - to gesticulate - to make lively gestures (while talking) - also written 比手畫腳|比手画脚 |
| 比手画脚 | 比手畫腳 | bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo | - to gesticulate - to make lively gestures (while talking) - also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚 |
| 水浒全传 | 水滸全傳 | ShuǐhǔQuánzhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature - also written 水滸傳|水浒传 |
| 没精打采 | 沒精打采 | méijīngdǎcǎi | - listless - dispirited - washed out - also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩 |
| 沙丁胺醇 | 沙丁胺醇 | shādīngànchún | - salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma) - also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin |
| 海德尔堡 | 海德爾堡 | Hǎidéěrbǎo | - Heidelberg - also written 海德堡 |
| 混水摸鱼 | 混水摸魚 | húnshuǐmōyú | - to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain - also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼 |
| 浅尝辄止 | 淺嚐輒止 | qiǎnchángzhézhǐ | - to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into - to attempt half-heartedly - content with a smattering of knowledge - also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止 |
| 浑身解数 | 渾身解數 | húnshēnxièshù | - to give it your all - to go at it with all you've got - to throw your whole weight behind it - also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4] |
| 火奴鲁鲁 | 火奴魯魯 | Huǒnúlǔlǔ | - Honolulu, capital of Hawaii - also called 檀香山 |
| 牛骥同槽 | 牛驥同槽 | niújìtóngcáo | - cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike - also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niu2 ji4 tong2 zao4] |
| 理工大学 | 理工大學 | lǐgōngdàxué | - University of Science and Engineering - also sometimes Institute of Technology |
| 生命吠陀 | 生命吠陀 | shēngmìngfèituó | - Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy) - also written 阿育吠陀[a1 yu4 fei4 tuo2] |
| 皮包骨头 | 皮包骨頭 | píbāogǔtóu | - to be all skin and bones (idiom) - also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3] |
| 睾丸甾酮 | 睾丸甾酮 | gāowánzāitóng | - testosterone - male hormone - also written 睾酮 |
| 积谷防饥 | 積穀防饑 | jīgǔfángjī | - storing grain against a famine - to lay sth by for a rainy day - also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 |
| 箪食壶浆 | 簞食壺漿 | dānshíhújiāng | - to receive troops with food and drink (idiom) - to give troops a hearty welcome - also pr. [dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1] |
| 约翰参书 | 約翰參書 | Yuēhàncānshū | - Third epistle of St John - also written 約翰三書|约翰三书 |
| 约翰壹书 | 約翰壹書 | Yuēhànyīshū | - First epistle of St John - also written 約翰一書|约翰一书 |
| 约翰贰书 | 約翰貳書 | Yuēhànèrshū | - Second epistle of St John - also written 約翰二書|约翰二书 |
| 纹风不动 | 紋風不動 | wénfēngbùdòng | - absolutely still - fig. not the slightest change - also written 文風不動|文风不动 |
| 缓急轻重 | 緩急輕重 | huǎnjíqīngzhòng | - slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first - sense of priority - also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 |
| 翘足引领 | 翹足引領 | qiáozúyǐnlǐng | - waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) - to look forward eagerly - to long for - also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3] |
| 翘足而待 | 翹足而待 | qiáozúérdài | - to expect in a short time (idiom) - also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4] |
| 艾德蒙顿 | 艾德蒙頓 | Àidéméngdùn | - Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada - also written 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4] |
| 艾尔伯塔 | 艾爾伯塔 | Àiěrbótǎ | - Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4] - also written 阿爾伯塔|阿尔伯塔[A1 er3 bo2 ta3] |
| 艾迪卡拉 | 艾迪卡拉 | Àidíkǎlā | - Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era - also written 埃迪卡拉[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1] |
| 苦集灭道 | 苦集滅道 | kǔjímièdào | - the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 - also called 四諦|四谛 |
| 菲尼克斯 | 菲尼克斯 | Fēiníkèsī | - Phoenix, capital of Arizona - also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2] |
| 葛莱美奖 | 葛萊美獎 | Gěláiměijiǎng | - Grammy Award (US prize for music recording) - also written 格萊美獎|格莱美奖 |
| 葡萄糖胺 | 葡萄糖胺 | pútaotángàn | - glucosamine (C6H13NO5) - also written 氨基葡萄糖 |
| 萨尔科齐 | 薩爾科齊 | Sàěrkēqí | - Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012 - also written 薩科齊|萨科齐[Sa4 ke1 qi2] |
| 苏州码子 | 蘇州碼子 | Sūzhōumǎzi | - Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine - also called 草碼|草码[cao3 ma3] |
| 蜚短流长 | 蜚短流長 | fēiduǎnliúcháng | - to spread malicious gossip - also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] |
| 螳臂当车 | 螳臂當車 | tángbìdāngchē | - a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) - to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible - also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1] |
| 轻机关枪 | 輕機關槍 | qīngjīguānqiāng | - also written 輕機槍|轻机枪 - light machine gun |
| 违强凌弱 | 違強凌弱 | wéiqiánglíngruò | - to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully - also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱 |
| 遗害无穷 | 遺害無窮 | yíhàiwúqióng | - to have disastrous consequences - also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2] |
| 重机关枪 | 重機關槍 | zhòngjīguānqiāng | - also written 重機槍|重机枪 - heavy machine gun |
| 镜花水月 | 鏡花水月 | jìnghuāshuǐyuè | - lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) - fig. an unrealistic rosy view - viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles - also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 |
| 开发周期 | 開發周期 | kāifāzhōuqī | - development cycle - development period - also written 開發週期|开发周期 |
| 阿德雷德 | 阿德雷德 | Ādéléidé | - Adelaide, capital of South Australia - also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德 |
| 阿斯匹林 | 阿斯匹林 | āsīpǐlín | - aspirin (loanword) - also written 阿司匹林 |
| 阿普吐龙 | 阿普吐龍 | āpǔtǔlóng | - apatosaurus - former name: brontosaurus - also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2] |
| 双氯灭痛 | 雙氯滅痛 | shuānglǜmiètòng | - diclofenac pain-killer - also called 扶他林 |
| 雪山太子 | 雪山太子 | Xuěshāntàizǐ | - Meri snow mountains in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan - also written 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 xue3 shan1] |
| 首善之区 | 首善之區 | shǒushànzhīqū | - the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city) - also written 首善之地[shou3 shan4 zhi1 di4] |
| 首都机场 | 首都機場 | shǒudūjīchǎng | - Beijing airport (PEK) - also translated as Capital airport |
| 高尔机体 | 高爾機體 | Gāoěrjītǐ | - Golgi apparatus - also written 高爾基體|高尔基体[Gao1 er3 ji1 ti3] |
| 黑灯下火 | 黑燈下火 | hēidēngxiàhuǒ | - pitch dark - also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] |
| 默罕默德 | 默罕默德 | Mòhǎnmòdé | - Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God - also written 穆罕默德 |
| 一退六二五 | 一退六二五 | yītuìliùèrwǔ | - lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) - fig. to deny responsibility - to pass the buck - also written 一推六二五[yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3] |
| 中央直辖市 | 中央直轄市 | zhōngyāngzhíxiáshì | - municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision - province level city - also called directly governed city |
| 九一八事变 | 九一八事變 | JiǔYībāShìbiàn | - the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria - also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变 |
| 伽罗华理论 | 伽羅華理論 | Jiāluóhuàlǐlùn | - Galois theory (math.) - also written 伽羅瓦理論|伽罗瓦理论 |
| 千里寄鹅毛 | 千里寄鵝毛 | qiānlǐjìémáo | - goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it - also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛 |
| 吉尔吉斯族 | 吉爾吉斯族 | Jíěrjísīzú | - Kyrgyz ethnic group - also written 柯爾克孜族|柯尔克孜族[Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 zu2] |
| 哑巴吃黄莲 | 啞巴吃黃蓮 | yǎbachīhuánglián | - no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) - also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 - (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) |
| 哑巴吃黄连 | 啞巴吃黃連 | yǎbachīhuánglián | - no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) - also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 - (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) |
| 地藏王菩萨 | 地藏王菩薩 | DìzàngwángPúsà | - Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) - also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 培里克利斯 | 培里克利斯 | Péilǐkèlìsī | - Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war - also written 伯里克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4] |
| 太子十三峰 | 太子十三峰 | Tàizǐshísānfēng | - thirteen peaks of Meri snow mountains in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan - also written 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 xue3 shan1] |
| 冈仁波齐峰 | 岡仁波齊峰 | Gāngrénbōqífēng | - Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet - also called Mount Kailash |
| 巴彦浩特市 | 巴彥浩特市 | BāyànHàotèShì | - Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia - also written 巴彥浩特鎮|巴彦浩特镇[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4 Zhen4] |
| 弗洛勒斯岛 | 弗洛勒斯島 | Fúluòlēisīdǎo | - Flores, Indonesia - also written 弗洛里斯島|弗洛里斯岛[Fu2 luo4 li3 si1 dao3] |
| 弗洛里斯岛 | 弗洛里斯島 | Fúluòlǐsīdǎo | - Flores, Indonesia - also written 弗洛勒斯島|弗洛勒斯岛[Fu2 luo4 lei1 si1 dao3] |
| 爱斯基摩人 | 愛斯基摩人 | Àisījīmórén | - Eskimo - also called Inuit 因紐特|因纽特 |
| 斯文・海定 | 斯文・海定 | Sīwén·Hǎidìng | - Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰[Lou2 lan2] - also written 斯文・赫定 |
| 柳条湖事件 | 柳條湖事件 | LiǔtiáoHúShìjiàn | - the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria - also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4] |
| 格兰氏阴性 | 格蘭氏陰性 | gélánshìyīnxìng | - Gram negative (of bacteria) - also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性 |
| 欲速而不达 | 欲速而不達 | yùsùérbùdá | - lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed - also written 慾速則不達|欲速则不达 |
| 减压时间表 | 減壓時間表 | jiǎnyāshíjiānbiǎo | - decompression schedule (diving) - also called 減壓程序|减压程序[jian3 ya1 cheng2 xu4] |
| 玄武质熔岩 | 玄武質熔岩 | xuánwǔzhìróngyán | - basalt - also written 玄熔岩[xuan2 rong2 yan2] |
| 珍・奥斯汀 | 珍・奧斯汀 | Zhēn·Àosītīng | - Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist - also written 簡・奧斯汀|简・奥斯汀[Jian3 · Ao4 si1 ting1] |
| 毕尼奥夫带 | 畢尼奧夫帶 | Bìníàofūdài | - Benioff zone (geology) - also called Wadati-Benioff zone |
| 异丁苯丙酸 | 異丁苯丙酸 | Yìdīngběnbǐngsuān | - Ibuprofen or Nurofen - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers - also called 布洛芬 |
| 疾风知劲草 | 疾風知勁草 | jífēngzhījìngcǎo | - the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister - to show one's true colors after a stern test - also written 疾風勁草|疾风劲草 |
| 石末沉着病 | 石末沉著病 | shímòchénzhuóbìng | - silicosis (occupational disease of miners) - grinder's disease - also written 矽末病 |
| 蚍蜉撼大树 | 蚍蜉撼大樹 | pífúhàndàshù | - lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom) - fig. to overrate one's own strength - also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树[pi2 fu2 han4 shu4] |
| 宾西法尼亚 | 賓西法尼亞 | Bīnxīfǎníyà | - Pennsylvania - also written 賓夕法尼亞|宾夕法尼亚 |
| 双氯芬酸钠 | 雙氯芬酸鈉 | shuānglǜfēnsuānnà | - diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer - also called voltaren 扶他林 |
| 青铜器时代 | 青銅器時代 | QīngtóngqìShídài | - the Bronze Age - also written 青銅時代|青铜时代[Qing1 tong2 Shi2 dai4] |
| 高压氧治疗 | 高壓氧治療 | gāoyāyǎngzhìliáo | - hyperbaric medicine - hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) - also 高壓氧療法|高压氧疗法[gao1 ya1 yang3 liao2 fa3] |
| 高压氧疗法 | 高壓氧療法 | gāoyāyǎngliáofǎ | - hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) - also 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2] |
| 割鸡焉用牛刀 | 割雞焉用牛刀 | gējīyānyòngniúdāo | - lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) - fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter - also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1] |
| 加州技术学院 | 加州技術學院 | JiāzhōuJìshùXuéyuàn | - California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - also written 加州理工學院|加州理工学院 |
| 友谊地久天长 | 友誼地久天長 | Yǒuyìdìjiǔtiāncháng | - Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特・伯恩斯|罗伯特・伯恩斯[Luo2 bo2 te4 · Bo2 en1 si1], sung to mark the start of a new year or as a farewell - also rendered 友誼萬歲|友谊万岁[You3 yi4 wan4 sui4] or 友誼天長地久|友谊天长地久[You3 yi4 tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3] |
| 可望而不可即 | 可望而不可即 | kěwàngérbùkějí | - in sight but unattainable (idiom) - inaccessible - also written 可望而不可及[ke3 wang4 er2 bu4 ke3 ji2] |
| 哲学博士学位 | 哲學博士學位 | zhéxuébóshìxuéwèi | - PhD degree (Doctor of Philosophy) - also abbr. to 博士學位|博士学位 |
| 大愿地藏菩萨 | 大願地藏菩薩 | DàyuànDìzàngPúsà | - Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) - also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 生米做成熟饭 | 生米做成熟飯 | shēngmǐzuòchéngshúfàn | - lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed - It's too late to change anything now. - also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭 |
| 千鸟渊国家公墓 | 千鳥淵國家公墓 | Qiānniǎoyuānguójiāgōngmù | - Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo - also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| 大方广佛华严经 | 大方廣佛華嚴經 | dàfāngguǎngFóhuáyánjīng | - Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school - also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra |
| 斯大林格勒会战 | 斯大林格勒會戰 | SīdàlíngélèHuìzhàn | - Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) - also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役 |
| 无心插柳柳成阴 | 無心插柳柳成陰 | wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn | - lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you - (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success - also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 |
| 罗尔斯・罗伊斯 | 羅爾斯・羅伊斯 | Luóěrsī·Luóyīsī | - Rolls-Royce (UK company) - also written 勞斯萊斯|劳斯莱斯[Lao2 si1 Lai2 si1] |
| 圣安地列斯断层 | 聖安地列斯斷層 | ShèngĀndelièsīduàncéng | - San Andreas fault, California - also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层 |
| 阿诺・施瓦辛格 | 阿諾・施瓦辛格 | Ānuò·Shīwǎxīngé | - Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 - also written 阿諾德・施瓦辛格|阿诺德・施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2] |
| 陀思妥也夫斯基 | 陀思妥也夫斯基 | Tuósītuǒyěfūsījī | - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2] - also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1] |
| 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠 | 二氯苯胺苯乙酸鈉 | èrlǜběnànběnyǐsuānnà | - diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer) - also called voltaren 扶他林 |
| 塞翁失马安知非福 | 塞翁失馬安知非福 | sàiwēngshīmǎānzhīfēifú | - the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise - it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good - also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福 |
| 弗朗索瓦・霍兰德 | 弗朗索瓦・霍蘭德 | Fúlǎngsuǒwǎ·Huòlándé | - François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, President from 2012 - also written 奧朗德|奥朗德[Ao4 lang3 de2] |
| 经济协力开发机构 | 經濟協力開發機構 | JīngjìXiélìKāifāJīgòu | - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - also written 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织[Jing1 ji4 He2 zuo4 yu3 Fa1 zhan3 Zu3 zhi1] |
| 万事皆备，只欠东风 | 萬事皆備，只欠東風 | wànshìjiēbèi,zhǐqiàndōngfēng | - everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) - lacking only one tiny crucial item - also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风 |
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