| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 品 | 品 | pǐn | - article - commodity - product - goods - kind - grade - rank - character - disposition - nature - temperament - variety - to taste sth - to sample - to criticize - to comment - to judge - to size up |
| 字 | 字 | zì | - letter - symbol - character - word - CL:個|个[ge4] - courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 德 | 德 | dé | - virtue - goodness - morality - ethics - kindness - favor - character - kind |
| 性 | 性 | xìng | - nature - character - property - quality - attribute - sexuality - sex - gender - suffix forming adjective from verb - suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity - essence - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 格 | 格 | gé | - square - frame - rule - (legal) case - style - character - standard - pattern - (grammar) case - (classical) to obstruct - to hinder - (classical) to arrive - to come - (classical) to investigate - to study exhaustively |
| 质 | 質 | zhì | - character - nature - quality - plain - to pawn - pledge - hostage - to question - Taiwan pr. [zhi2] |
| 人品 | 人品 | rénpǐn | - moral standing - moral quality - character - personality - appearance - looks (colloquial) - bearing |
| 人气 | 人氣 | rénqì | - popularity - personality - character |
| 品节 | 品節 | pǐnjié | - character - integrity |
| 品质 | 品質 | pǐnzhì | - character - intrinsic quality (of a person) - quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) |
| 心地 | 心地 | xīndì | - character |
| 性格 | 性格 | xìnggé | - nature - disposition - temperament - character - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 性状 | 性狀 | xìngzhuàng | - nature (i.e. properties of sth) - character |
| 情操 | 情操 | qíngcāo | - sentiment - character |
| 文字 | 文字 | wénzì | - character - script - writing - written language - writing style - phraseology - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 标格 | 標格 | biāogé | - style - character |
| 气韵 | 氣韻 | qìyùn | - (of literature, art) distinct style - flavor - spirit - character |
| 脾气 | 脾氣 | píqi | - character - temperament - disposition - bad temper - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 色彩 | 色彩 | sècǎi | - tint - coloring - coloration - character |
| 质地 | 質地 | zhìdì | - texture - background (texture) - grain - quality - character - disposition |
| ○ | ○ | líng | - character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) - variant of 〇[ling2] |
| 划 | 劃 | huà | - to delimit - to transfer - to assign - to plan - to draw (a line) - stroke of a Chinese character |
| 岒 | 岒 | qián | - character used in place names |
| 白 | 白 | bái | - white - snowy - pure - bright - empty - blank - plain - clear - to make clear - in vain - gratuitous - free of charge - reactionary - anti-communist - funeral - to stare coldly - to write wrong character - to state - to explain - vernacular - spoken lines in opera |
| 人物 | 人物 | rénwù | - person - character (in a play, novel etc) - protagonist - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 今音 | 今音 | jīnyīn | - modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 修身 | 修身 | xiūshēn | - to cultivate one's moral character |
| 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 |
| 傲骨 | 傲骨 | àogǔ | - lofty and unyielding character |
| 共性 | 共性 | gòngxìng | - overall character |
| 冷字 | 冷字 | lěngzì | - obscure word - unfamiliar character |
| 别字 | 別字 | biézì | - mispronounced or wrongly written character |
| 刚烈 | 剛烈 | gāngliè | - resolute and upright in character - unyielding - staunch |
| 古字 | 古字 | gǔzì | - old character - archaic form of a Chinese character |
| 古音 | 古音 | gǔyīn | - ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character - classical speech sounds |
| 君子 | 君子 | jūnzǐ | - nobleman - person of noble character |
| 品德 | 品德 | pǐndé | - moral character |
| 品性 | 品性 | pǐnxìng | - nature - characteristic - moral character |
| 品格 | 品格 | pǐngé | - one's character - fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) |
| 单字 | 單字 | dānzì | - single Chinese character - word (in a foreign language) |
| 坏鸟 | 壞鳥 | huàiniǎo | - sinister person - unsavory character - broken (not in working order) |
| 好鸟 | 好鳥 | hǎoniǎo | - person of good character - nice person - bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage |
| 字串 | 字串 | zìchuàn | - character string |
| 字元 | 字元 | zìyuán | - character (computing) (Tw) |
| 字典 | 字典 | zìdiǎn | - dictionary - character dictionary - CL:本[ben3] |
| 字形 | 字形 | zìxíng | - form of a Chinese character - variant of 字型[zi4 xing2] |
| 字书 | 字書 | zìshū | - character book (i.e. school primer) |
| 字根 | 字根 | zìgēn | - character root - word root - etymon |
| 字样 | 字樣 | zìyàng | - model or template character - written slogan or phrase - mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) |
| 字画 | 字畫 | zìhuà | - the strokes of a character - calligraphy and painting |
| 字码 | 字碼 | zìmǎ | - character code |
| 字符 | 字符 | zìfú | - character (computing) |
| 字义 | 字義 | zìyì | - meaning of a character |
| 字号 | 字號 | zìhao | - character size - font size - fame - reputation - shop - name of a shop |
| 字调 | 字調 | zìdiào | - tone of a character |
| 字集 | 字集 | zìjí | - character set |
| 字音 | 字音 | zìyīn | - phonetic value of a character |
| 写法 | 寫法 | xiěfǎ | - style of writing (literary style) - way of writing a character - spelling |
| 宝贝 | 寶貝 | bǎobèi | - treasured object - treasure - darling - baby - cowry - good-for-nothing or queer character |
| 小人 | 小人 | xiǎorén | - person of low social status (old) - I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) - nasty person - vile character |
| 师表 | 師表 | shībiǎo | - paragon of virtue and learning - exemplary character |
| 带种 | 帶種 | dàizhǒng | - (coll.) to have character - to have guts - plucky |
| 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 |
| 或体 | 或體 | huòtǐ | - variant Chinese character - alternative form of a Chinese character |
| 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 |
| 文读 | 文讀 | wéndú | - literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 方格 | 方格 | fānggé | - checked pattern - square box character (in Chinese text) indicating illegible character |
| 本字 | 本字 | běnzì | - original form of a Chinese character |
| 本色 | 本色 | běnsè | - inherent qualities - natural qualities - distinctive character - true qualities |
| 本质 | 本質 | běnzhì | - essence - nature - innate character - intrinsic quality |
| 格调 | 格調 | gédiào | - style (of art or literature) - form - one's work style - moral character |
| 枭雄 | 梟雄 | xiāoxióng | - ambitious and ruthless character - formidable person |
| 正字 | 正字 | zhèngzì | - to correct an erroneously written character - regular script (calligraphy) - standard form (of a character or spelling) |
| 气量 | 氣量 | qìliàng | - (lit. quantity of spirit) - moral character - degree of forbearance - broad-mindedness or otherwise - tolerance - magnanimity |
| 油腻 | 油膩 | yóunì | - grease - greasy food - oily - rich (of food) - fatty - greasy and dirty - a slippery character |
| 汉字 | 漢字 | hànzì | - Chinese character - CL:個|个[ge4] - Japanese: kanji - Korean: hanja - Vietnamese: hán tự |
| 为人 | 為人 | wéirén | - to conduct oneself - behavior - conduct - personal character |
| 熟字 | 熟字 | shúzì | - familiar words - known Chinese character |
| 生字 | 生字 | shēngzì | - new character (in textbook) - character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied |
| 略字 | 略字 | lüèzì | - abbreviated character - simplified character |
| 画轴 | 畫軸 | huàzhóu | - character scroll - scroll painting |
| 异文 | 異文 | yìwén | - variant character - loan word - variant written form (for the same word) - different edition |
| 白字 | 白字 | báizì | - wrongly written or mispronounced character |
| 白读 | 白讀 | báidú | - colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 盛德 | 盛德 | shèngdé | - splendid virtue - majestic moral character - great kindness |
| 盛气 | 盛氣 | shèngqì | - grand and heroic - exuberant character |
| 神髓 | 神髓 | shénsuǐ | - lit. spirit and marrow - the essential character |
| 秉性 | 秉性 | bǐngxìng | - innate character - natural disposition - attitude |
| 笔画 | 筆畫 | bǐhuà | - strokes of a Chinese character |
| 习性 | 習性 | xíxìng | - character acquired through long habit - habits and properties |
| 声旁 | 聲旁 | shēngpáng | - phonetic component of Chinese character |
| 声符 | 聲符 | shēngfú | - phonetic component of a Chinese character |
| 至德 | 至德 | zhìdé | - splendid virtue - majestic moral character - great kindness |
| 角色 | 角色 | juésè | - role - character in a novel - persona - also pr. [jiao3 se4] |
| 讹字 | 訛字 | ézì | - erroneous character - typographical error |
| 语音 | 語音 | yǔyīn | - voice - colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 读音 | 讀音 | dúyīn | - pronunciation - literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 转注 | 轉注 | zhuǎnzhù | - transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - character with meanings influenced by other words - sometimes called mutually explanatory character |
| 通假 | 通假 | tōngjiǎ | - phonetic loan character - using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters |
| 醍醐 | 醍醐 | tíhú | - refined cream cheese - fig. crème de la crème - nirvana - Buddha nature - Buddhist truth - broth - flawless personal character |
| 错字 | 錯字 | cuòzì | - incorrect character - typo (in Chinese text) |
| 雄长 | 雄長 | xióngzhǎng | - fierce and ambitious character - formidable person |
| 音符 | 音符 | yīnfú | - (music) note - phonetic component of a Chinese character - phonetic symbol - phonogram |
| 音读 | 音讀 | yīndú | - reading or phonetic value of a character |
| 音韵 | 音韻 | yīnyùn | - music - rhyme and rhythm - initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character - phoneme |
| 韵母 | 韻母 | yùnmǔ | - medial and final of a Chinese syllable (excluding initial consonant and tone) - the rhyming part of a Chinese syllable - rhyme - vowel - character used in traditional phonetics to indicate value of rhyme - final sound - phoneme |
| 风调 | 風調 | fēngdiào | - character (of a person, verse, object etc) - style |
| 风骨 | 風骨 | fēnggǔ | - strength of character - vigorous style (of calligraphy) |
| 骨气 | 骨氣 | gǔqì | - unyielding character - courageous spirit - integrity - moral backbone |
| 骨头 | 骨頭 | gǔtou | - bone - CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] - moral character - bitterness |
| 点画 | 點畫 | diǎnhuà | - strokes of a Chinese character |
| 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 |
| 兔斯基 | 兔斯基 | Tùsījī | - Tuzki, a popular Chinese illustrated rabbit character |
| 反义字 | 反義字 | fǎnyìzì | - character with opposite meaning - antonym - opposite characters |
| 多音字 | 多音字 | duōyīnzì | - character with two or more readings |
| 大丈夫 | 大丈夫 | dàzhàngfu | - a manly man - a man of character |
| 字元集 | 字元集 | zìyuánjí | - character set |
| 字符集 | 字符集 | zìfújí | - character set (e.g. ASCII 美國資訊交換標準碼|美国资讯交换标准码 or Unicode 統一碼|统一码) |
| 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 |
| 彼得潘 | 彼得潘 | BǐdéPān | - Peter Pan, the novel character |
| 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 |
| 没人味 | 沒人味 | méirénwèi | - to be lacking in human character |
| 犬夜叉 | 犬夜叉 | Quǎnyèchà | - Inuyasha, fictional character |
| 异体字 | 異體字 | yìtǐzì | - variant Chinese character |
| 登徒子 | 登徒子 | DēngtúZǐ | - Dengtu Zi, famous lecherous character - lecher - skirt-chaser |
| 破音字 | 破音字 | pòyīnzì | - character with two or more readings - character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw) |
| 破体字 | 破體字 | pòtǐzi | - non-standard or corrupted form of a Chinese character |
| 简化字 | 簡化字 | jiǎnhuàzì | - simplified Chinese character |
| 缩略字 | 縮略字 | suōlüèzì | - abbreviated character |
| 繁体字 | 繁體字 | fántǐzì | - traditional Chinese character |
| 声旁字 | 聲旁字 | shēngpángzì | - character serving as sound value of another character - phonetic |
| 虚宫格 | 虛宮格 | xūgōnggé | - four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character |
| 转注字 | 轉注字 | zhuǎnzhùzì | - transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) - character with meanings influenced by other words - sometimes called mutually explanatory character |
| 通假字 | 通假字 | tōngjiǎzì | - phonetic loan character - using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters |
| 一反常态 | 一反常態 | yīfǎnchángtài | - complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic - entirely outside the norm - out of character |
| 光风霁月 | 光風霽月 | guāngfēngjìyuè | - lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) - period of peace and prosperity - noble and benevolent character |
| 反面人物 | 反面人物 | fǎnmiànrénwù | - negative character - bad guy (in a story) |
| 哆啦A梦 | 哆啦A夢 | DuōlāAmèng | - Doraemon, Japanese manga and anime series character |
| 痛改前非 | 痛改前非 | tònggǎiqiánfēi | - completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf - a reformed character |
| 脚踏实地 | 腳踏實地 | jiǎotàshídì | - to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy - steady and serious character |
| 违天害理 | 違天害理 | wéitiānhàilǐ | - lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character |
| 违天逆理 | 違天逆理 | wéitiānnìlǐ | - lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character |
| 陶冶情操 | 陶冶情操 | táoyěqíngcāo | - to cultivate one's mind - to build character |
| 多音多义字 | 多音多義字 | duōyīnduōyìzì | - character having several readings and meanings |
| 字根通用码 | 字根通用碼 | zìgēntōngyòngmǎ | - common coding for components of Chinese character - same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码[Zheng4 ma3] |
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