Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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中古 | 中古 | zhōnggǔ | - medieval - Middle Ages - Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties - Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) - used - second-hand |
傕 | 傕 | jué | - used in old names |
卨 | 卨 | xiè | - used in old names - phonetic seol used in Korean names |
吒 | 吒 | zhā | - used for the sound "zha" in certain names |
吡 | 吡 | bǐ | - used as phonetic bi- or pi- |
哌 | 哌 | pài | - used in transliteration |
哱 | 哱 | bō | - phonetic bo - used in onomatopoeia - see 呼呼哱[hu1 hu1 bo1], hoopoe bird |
喥 | 喥 | dù | - used in location words (Cantonese) - Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里[li3] |
喼 | 喼 | jié | - box (dialect) - used to transliterate words with sounds kip-, cap- etc |
嗪 | 嗪 | qín | - used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin |
噻 | 噻 | sāi | - used in transliteration |
嚟 | 嚟 | lì | - used in transliteration |
囧 | 囧 | jiǒng | - variant of 冏[jiong3] - used as emoticon ("smiley") meaning embarrassed, sad :-(, depressed or frustrated |
垈 | 垈 | dài | - used in place names - Japanese -nuta - Korean -dae |
垌 | 垌 | dòng | - field - farm - used in place names |
垭 | 埡 | yā | - (dialect) strip of land between hills - used in place names - also pr. [ya4] |
垴 | 堖 | nǎo | - small hill - used in geographic names |
堡 | 堡 | bǎo | - an earthwork - castle - position of defense - stronghold - used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad" |
堡 | 堡 | pù | - variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] - used in place names |
娜 | 娜 | nà | - (phonetic na) - used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4] |
媞 | 媞 | tí | - used as phonetic - female name |
嬅 | 嬅 | huá | - beautiful - used in girls' names |
岘 | 峴 | xiàn | - abbr. for 峴首山|岘首山[Xian4 shou3 shan1] - Mt Xianshou in Hubei - steep hill - used in place names |
崀 | 崀 | làng | - used in place names |
昆 | 崑 | kūn | - used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2] - (also used for transliteration) |
嶋 | 嶋 | dǎo | - variant of 島|岛[dao3], island - used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima |
嶌 | 嶌 | dǎo | - variant of 島|岛[dao3], island - used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima |
岙 | 嶴 | ào | - plain in the middle of the mountains - used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4] |
惯 | 慣 | guàn | - accustomed to - used to - indulge - to spoil (a child) |
戗 | 戧 | qiāng | - contrary - pushing against - bump - knock - used as equivalent for 搶|抢[qiang1] |
昀 | 昀 | yún | - sun light - used in personal name |
汕 | 汕 | shàn | - bamboo fish trap - used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] |
浜 | 浜 | bīn | - Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1] - used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama |
溵 | 溵 | Yīn | - used in place-names, e.g. 溵水 was once the name of the Shahe River 沙河, Henan, and 溵州 was a Tang Dynasty prefecture |
漾 | 漾 | yàng | - to overflow - to ripple - used in place names - see 漾濞[Yang4 bi4] |
濞 | 濞 | bì | - used in place names - see 漾濞[Yang4 bi4] |
炁 | 炁 | qì | - variant of 氣|气[qi4], breath - air - steam - gas - weather - used in Taoist charms |
片 | 片 | piàn | - thin piece - flake - a slice - film - TV play - to slice - to carve thin - partial - incomplete - one-sided - classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water - classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc - used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc |
猸 | 猸 | méi | - used for ferret, badger or mongoose - variant of 獴 mongoose |
玡 | 琊 | yá | - used in place names - see 瑯琊山|琅玡山[Lang2 ya2 shan1] |
瑶 | 瑤 | yáo | - jade - precious stone - mother-of-pearl - nacre - precious - used a complementary honorific |
畑 | 畑 | tián | - used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc - dry field (i.e. not paddy field) |
硚 | 礄 | qiáo | - used in place names - see 礄頭|硚头[Qiao2 tou2] |
祺 | 祺 | qí | - auspicious - propitious - good luck - felicity - euphoria - used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress |
祦 | 禑 | wú | - happy - used in historical names |
茜 | 茜 | xī | - used in the transliteration of people's names |
荻 | 荻 | dí | - Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) - used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi |
莩 | 莩 | piǎo | - used for 殍 piǎo, to die of starvation |
苏 | 蘇 | sū | - Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) - place name - to revive - used as phonetic in transliteration |
藓 | 蘚 | xiǎn | - moss - lichen - moss on damp walls - used erroneously for 蘇|苏 |
袮 | 袮 | mi | - used in rare Japanese place names such as 袮宜町 Minorimachi and 袮宜田 Minorita |
逼 | 逼 | bī | - to force (sb to do sth) - to compel - to press for - to extort - to press on towards - to press up to - to close in on - used in the place of 屄[bi1], cunt |
逻 | 邏 | luó | - patrol - used for transliterating "logic" 邏輯|逻辑[luo2 ji5] |
阙 | 闕 | quē | - used in place of 缺 (old) - mistake |
阿 | 阿 | ā | - prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity - used in transliteration - also pr. [a4] |
陜 | 陜 | xiá | - variant of 狹|狭 narrow - variant of 峽|峡 gorge - used erroneously for 陝|陕 Shaanxi |
骐 | 騏 | qí | - piebald horse - used for 麒[qi2], mythical unicorn |
驆 | 驆 | bì | - used in transliterating Buddhist books |
做为 | 做為 | zuòwéi | - to act as - used erroneously for 作為|作为 |
大炮 | 大砲 | dàpào | - big gun - cannon - artillery - one who talks big - trad. form 大炮 also used - CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] |
大篆 | 大篆 | dàzhuàn | - the great seal - used narrowly for 籀文 - used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts |
定鼎 | 定鼎 | dìngdǐng | - lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) - to fix the capital - to found a dynasty - used in advertising |
师父 | 師父 | shīfu | - used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) - master - qualified worker |
收兵 | 收兵 | shōubīng | - to retreat - to withdraw troops - to recall troops - fig. to finish work - to wind up - to call it a day - used with negatives: the task is far from over |
旗号 | 旗號 | qíhào | - lit. a banner to distinguish an army unit or the name of its general - fig. to act in the name (of an idea or an organization) - to fly the flag (as a cover for shady business) - used for 旗語|旗语 semaphore |
枯竭 | 枯竭 | kūjié | - used up - dried up - exhausted (of resources) |
民国 | 民國 | Mínguó | - Republic of China (1912-1949) - used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan - used in PRC as reign name of a former dynasty |
用完 | 用完 | yòngwán | - used up - finished |
用量 | 用量 | yòngliàng | - quantity used - usage - consumption - dose |
登场 | 登場 | dēngchǎng | - to go on stage - fig. to appear on the scene - used in advertising to mean new product |
磬竭 | 磬竭 | qìngjié | - used up - exhausted - emptied |
祖国 | 祖國 | zǔguó | - ancestral land - homeland - used for PRC - CL:個|个[ge4] |
粪青 | 糞青 | fènqīng | - shit youth - used satirically against 憤青|愤青 which shares the same sound - see also 憤青|愤青[fen4 qing1] |
旧货 | 舊貨 | jiùhuò | - second-hand goods - used items for sale |
赵宋 | 趙宋 | ZhàoSòng | - Song dynasty (960-1279) - used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) |
酋长 | 酋長 | qiúzhǎng | - headman (of primitive people) - tribal chief - used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir |
二手货 | 二手貨 | èrshǒuhuò | - second-hand goods - used goods |
二水货 | 二水貨 | èrshuǐhuò | - used goods - second hand goods |
使不得 | 使不得 | shǐbude | - cannot be used - must not (do sth) - unacceptable |
摩蟹座 | 摩蟹座 | Móxièzuò | - Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) - used erroneously for 魔羯座 |
牡羊座 | 牡羊座 | Mǔyángzuò | - Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) - used erroneously for 白羊座 |
草泥马 | 草泥馬 | cǎonímǎ | - grass mud horse - used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet |
酋长国 | 酋長國 | qiúzhǎngguó | - Emirate - Sheikdom - used as translation for country under a chief |
隐君子 | 隱君子 | yǐnjūnzi | - recluse - hermit - used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict |
娱乐中心 | 娛樂中心 | yúlèzhōngxīn | - recreation center - entertainment center - used in names of media companies, schools etc |
用得其所 | 用得其所 | yòngdeqísuǒ | - used properly - used for its intended purpose - to put to good use - to serve its purpose |
痴心妄想 | 癡心妄想 | chīxīnwàngxiǎng | - to labor under a delusion (idiom); wishful thinking - trad. form 痴心妄想 also used |
习以为常 | 習以為常 | xíyǐwéicháng | - accustomed to - used to |
旧车市场 | 舊車市場 | jiùchēshìchǎng | - second-hand car market - used bike market |
豆寇年华 | 豆寇年華 | dòukòuniánhuá | - used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood - a budding beauty |
震颤麻痹 | 震顫麻痺 | zhènchànmábì | - palsy - trembling paralysis - used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病[Pa4 jin1 sen1 bing4] |
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