| 哀悼 | āi dào | to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death; mourning |
| 哀求 | āi qiú | to entreat; to implore; to plead |
| 爱戴 | ài dài | to love and respect; love and respect |
| 碍事 | ài shì | (usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter; to be in the way; to be a hindrance |
| 爱惜 | ài xī | to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly |
| 艾滋病 | ài zī bìng | AIDS (loanword) |
| 安宁 | ān níng | peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry; Anning district of Lanzhou city 兰州市, Gansu |
| 安稳 | ān wěn | smooth and steady |
| 安详 | ān xiáng | serene |
| 安置 | ān zhì | find a place for; help settle down; arrange for; to get into bed; placement |
| 案 | àn | (legal) case; incident; record; file; table |
| 暗淡 | àn dàn | dim; faint; dismal; gloomy |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | law case; legal case; judicial case; CL:宗,桩,起 |
| 按劳分配 | àn láo fēn pèi | distribution according to work |
| 案情 | àn qíng | details of a case; case |
| 暗杀 | àn shā | assassinate |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; suggestion; hint |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously |
| 昂贵 | áng guì | expensive; costly |
| 昂扬 | áng yáng | elated; high-spirited |
| 凹 | āo | a depression; indentation; concave; hollow |
| 袄 | ǎo | coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe |
| 捌 | bā | eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral); split |
| 疤 | bā | scar |
| 芭蕾舞 | bā lěi wǔ | ballet |
| 把柄 | bǎ bǐng | handle |
| 把关 | bǎ guān | to guard a pass; to check on sth |
| 把戏 | bǎ xì | acrobatics; jugglery; cheap trick; game |
| 霸道 | bà dào | the Way of the Hegemon, abbr. of 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent |
| 霸权 | bà quán | hegemony; supremacy |
| 霸占 | bà zhàn | to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate |
| 掰 | bāi | to break with both hands |
| 白酒 | bái jiǔ | spirit usually distilled from sorghum or maize; white spirit |
| 百倍 | bǎi bèi | a hundredfold; a hundred times |
| 摆动 | bǎi dòng | oscillation; swing; sway |
| 百分比 | bǎi fēn bǐ | percentage |
| 百花齐放 | bǎi huā qí fàng | a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression |
| 百家争鸣 | bǎi jiā zhēng míng | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC |
| 拜 | bài | to pay respect; worship; visit; salute |
| 败坏 | bài huài | to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine |
| 拜年 | bài nián | pay a New Year call; wish sb a Happy New Year |
| 扳 | bān | to pull; to draw out; to turn |
| 斑 | bān | spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated |
| 颁布 | bān bù | to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc) |
| 颁发 | bān fā | to issue; to promulgate; to award |
| 班机 | bān jī | airliner; airplane; plane; CL:趟,次 |
| 搬运 | bān yùn | freight; transport; portage; to transport; to carry |
| 班子 | bān zi | organized group; theatrical troupe |
| 版 | bǎn | a register; block of printing; edition; version; page |
| 伴 | bàn | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany |
| 扮 | bàn | to disguise oneself; to dress up; adorn |
| 拌 | bàn | to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad) |
| 半边天 | bàn biān tiān | half the sky; women of the new society; women folk |
| 半截 | bàn jié | half (of a section); half-finished |
| 半径 | bàn jìng | radius |
| 半路 | bàn lù | halfway; midway; on the way |
| 伴侣 | bàn lǚ | companion; mate; partner |
| 半数 | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 伴随 | bàn suí | to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; concomitant |
| 半途而废 | bàn tú ér fèi | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished |
| 办学 | bàn xué | to run a school |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | to play the role of; to act |
| 半真半假 | bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ | (idiom) half true and half false |
| 伴奏 | bàn zòu | to accompany (musically) |
| 绑架 | bǎng jià | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking |
| 棒球 | bàng qiú | baseball; CL:个,只 |
| 包办 | bāo bàn | take care of everything concerning a job; run the whole show |
| 包裹 | bāo guǒ | wrap up; bind up; bundle; parcel; package; CL:个 |
| 包装 | bāo zhuāng | pack; package |
| 雹子 | báo zi | hail; hailstone |
| 宝贝 | bǎo bèi | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character |
| 饱和 | bǎo hé | saturation |
| 保健 | bǎo jiàn | health protection; health care |
| 宝剑 | bǎo jiàn | a double-edged sword; CL:方 |
| 宝库 | bǎo kù | treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) |
| 堡垒 | bǎo lěi | fort |
| 饱满 | bǎo mǎn | full; plump |
| 保姆 | bǎo mǔ | nanny; housekeeper |
| 保温 | bǎo wēn | to keep hot; heat preservation |
| 保养 | bǎo yǎng | to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair; to maintain; maintenance |
| 保重 | bǎo zhòng | to take care of oneself |
| 爆 | bào | to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil |
| 报答 | bào dá | to repay; to requite |
| 暴动 | bào dòng | insurrection; rebellion |
| 暴风骤雨 | bào fēng zhòu yǔ | violent wind and rainstorm; hurricane; tempest |
| 抱负 | bào fù | aspiration; ambition |
| 报考 | bào kǎo | enter oneself for an examination |
| 暴力 | bào lì | violence; (use) force; violent |
| 爆破 | bào pò | to blow up; to demolish (using explosives); dynamite; blast |
| 报销 | bào xiāo | submit an expense account; apply for reimbursement; write-off; wipe out |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain; to grumble |
| 爆竹 | bào zhú | firecracker |
| 卑鄙 | bēi bǐ | base; mean; contemptible; despicable |
| 悲惨 | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 悲愤 | bēi fèn | grief and indignation |
| 悲剧 | bēi jù | tragedy; CL:出 |
| 悲伤 | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 被告 | bèi gào | defendant |
| 贝壳 | bèi ké | shell; conch; cowry; mother of pearl; hard outer skin; alternative reading [bei4 qiao4], mostly written |
| 背面 | bèi miàn | the back; the reverse side; the wrong side |
| 背叛 | bèi pàn | to betray |
| 倍数 | bèi shù | multiple |
| 备用 | bèi yòng | reserve; spare; alternate; backup |
| 奔驰 | bēn chí | run quickly; speed; Benz (name); Mercedes-Benz, German car make |
| 奔腾 | bēn téng | (of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves; to gallop |
| 本能 | běn néng | instinct |
| 本性 | běn xìng | natural instincts; nature; inherent quality |
| 本着 | běn zhe | based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle |
| 笨蛋 | bèn dàn | fool; idiot |
| 笨重 | bèn zhòng | heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy |
| 笨拙 | bèn zhuō | clumsy; awkward; stupid |
| 绷 | bēng | to stretch; taut; to tie; to bind |
| 绷带 | bēng dài | bandage |
| 崩溃 | bēng kuì | to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart |
| 蹦 | bèng | to jump; to bounce; to hop |
| 逼近 | bī jìn | to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near |
| 逼迫 | bī pò | to force; to compel; to coerce |
| 彼 | bǐ | that; those; (one) another |
| 比分 | bǐ fēn | score |
| 笔迹 | bǐ jì | handwriting |
| 比价 | bǐ jià | price relations; parity; rate of exchange |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively |
| 笔直 | bǐ zhí | perfectly straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright |
| 比重 | bǐ zhòng | proportion; specific gravity |
| 币 | bì | money; coins; currency; silk |
| 弊病 | bì bìng | malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage |
| 弊端 | bì duān | malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice |
| 必将 | bì jiāng | inevitably |
| 碧绿 | bì lǜ | dark green |
| 闭幕式 | bì mù shì | closing ceremony |
| 闭塞 | bì sè | stop up; close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking |
| 鞭策 | biān cè | to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress) |
| 边防 | biān fáng | frontier defense |
| 编号 | biān hào | to number; numbering; serial number |
| 边境 | biān jìng | frontier; border |
| 鞭炮 | biān pào | firecrackers; a string of small firecrackers; CL:枚 |
| 编者按 | biān zhě àn | editor's commentary |
| 鞭子 | biān zi | whip; CL:根 |
| 贬低 | biǎn dī | to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue |
| 贬义 | biǎn yì | derogatory sense; negative connotation |
| 贬值 | biǎn zhí | to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate |
| 辩别 | biàn bié | to differentiate; to distinguish; to discriminate; also written 辨别 |
| 便道 | biàn dào | shortcut; pavement; sidewalk; makeshift road |
| 遍地 | biàn dì | everywhere; all over |
| 变更 | biàn gēng | change; alter; modify |
| 辩护 | biàn hù | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead |
| 变换 | biàn huàn | to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation |
| 辩解 | biàn jiě | to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself |
| 变迁 | biàn qiān | changes; vicissitudes |
| 辩认 | biàn rèn | to distinguish; to examine and recognize |
| 变形 | biàn xíng | deformation; to become deformed; to change shape; to morph |
| 辩证 | biàn zhèng | investigate; dialectical |
| 辩证法 | biàn zhèng fǎ | dialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate |
| 变质 | biàn zhì | to degenerate; to go bad; to deteriorate; metamorphosis |
| 辫子 | biàn zi | plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根,条 |
| 标 | biāo | the topmost branches of a tree; surface; sign; to mark; (outward) sign; indication; prize; award; bid |
| 标本 | biāo běn | specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease |
| 标题 | biāo tí | title; heading; headline; caption; subject |
| 表彰 | biǎo zhāng | to honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches) |
| 憋 | biē | to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) |
| 别扭 | biè niu | awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche; awkward (writing or speech) |
| 秉性 | bǐng xìng | innate character; natural disposition; attitude |
| 病虫害 | bìng chóng hài | plant diseases and insect pests |
| 并存 | bìng cún | to exist at the same time; to coexist |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 并非 | bìng fēi | really isn't |
| 病号 | bìng hào | sick personnel; person on the sick list; patient |
| 并列 | bìng liè | to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed |
| 并排 | bìng pái | side by side; abreast |
| 波动 | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall |
| 播放 | bō fàng | to broadcast; to transmit |
| 拨款 | bō kuǎn | allocate funds; appropriation |
| 波涛 | bō tāo | great waves; billows |
| 播音 | bō yīn | to transmit; to broadcast |
| 播种 | bō zhòng | to sow seeds; sowing; seed |
| 驳斥 | bó chì | to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce |
| 搏斗 | bó dòu | to wrestle; to fight; to struggle |
| 博览会 | bó lǎn huì | exposition; international fair |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film; CL:层 |
| 卜 | bǔ | to divine; to forecast or estimate; (of a place to live etc) to choose; surname Bu |
| 补偿 | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 补救 | bǔ jiù | remedy |
| 捕捞 | bǔ lāo | fish for (aquatic animals and plants); catch |
| 补贴 | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy; allowance |
| 补助 | bǔ zhù | (financial) subsidy; allowance |
| 捕捉 | bǔ zhuō | to catch; to seize; to capture |
| 埠 | bù | wharf; port; pier |
| 不卑不亢 | bù bēi bù kàng | (saying) neither servile nor overbearing; neither obsequious nor supercilious |
| 步兵 | bù bīng | infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier |
| 不辞而别 | bù cí ér bié | leave without saying good-bye |
| 不当 | bù dàng | unsuitable; improper; inappropriate |
| 不得 | bù dé | must not; may not; not be allowed; cannot |
| 不得已 | bù dé yǐ | act against one's will; have no alternative but to; have to; to have no choice; must |
| 不等 | bù děng | to vary; to differ; inequality |
| 不定 | bù dìng | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious |
| 步伐 | bù fá | pace; (measured) step; march |
| 不法 | bù fǎ | lawless; illegal; unlawful |
| 不公 | bù gōng | unjust; unfair |
| 部件 | bù jiàn | parts; components; assembly; character radical |
| 不解 | bù jiě | to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble |
| 布局 | bù jú | arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon) |
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely |
| 不愧 | bù kuì | to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be |
| 不良 | bù liáng | bad; harmful; unhealthy |
| 不容 | bù róng | not tolerate; not allow; not brook; to not welcome |
| 不时 | bù shí | from time to time; now and then; occasionally |
| 部位 | bù wèi | position; place |
| 不惜 | bù xī | not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth) |
| 不相上下 | bù xiāng shàng xià | equally matched; about the same |
| 步行 | bù xíng | to go on foot; to walk |
| 不朽 | bù xiǔ | immortal; immortality |
| 不言而喻 | bù yán ér yù | it goes without saying; it is self-evident |
| 不宜 | bù yí | not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate |
| 不正之风 | bù zhèng zhī fēng | unhealthy tendency |
| 不知不觉 | bù zhī bù jué | unconsciously; unwittingly |
| 不至于 | bù zhì yú | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as |
| 步子 | bù zi | step; pace |
| 猜测 | cāi cè | to guess; to conjecture; to surmise |
| 裁 | cái | to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment |
| 财 | cái | money; wealth; riches; property; valuables |
| 才干 | cái gàn | ability; competence |
| 财经 | cái jīng | finance and economics |
| 裁决 | cái jué | ruling; adjudication |
| 裁军 | cái jūn | disarmament |
| 财会 | cái kuài | finance and accounting |
| 财力 | cái lì | financial resources; financial ability |
| 财务 | cái wù | financial affairs |
| 才智 | cái zhì | ability and wisdom |
| 采访 | cǎi fǎng | to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover |
| 采集 | cǎi jí | to gather; to collect; to harvest |
| 采纳 | cǎi nà | to accept; to adopt |
| 菜单 | cài dān | menu; CL:份,张 |
| 餐 | cān | eat; meal |
| 参军 | cān jūn | to join the army |
| 参议院 | cān yì yuàn | senate; upper chamber (of legislative assembly) |
| 参与 | cān yù | to participate (in sth) |
| 参阅 | cān yuè | to consult; to refer to; to read (instructions) |
| 参照 | cān zhào | to consult a reference; to refer to (another document) |
| 残 | cán | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus |
| 残暴 | cán bào | bloody and cruel; a brutal person; to massacre; an atrocity |
| 残忍 | cán rěn | cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless |
| 残余 | cán yú | remnant; relic; residue; vestige; surplus; to remain; to leave surplus |
| 仓促 | cāng cù | all of a sudden; hurriedly |
| 操 | cāo | to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language) |
| 操劳 | cāo láo | to work hard; to look after |
| 操练 | cāo liàn | drill; practice |
| 槽 | cáo | trough; manger; groove; channel |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious |
| 测定 | cè dìng | to survey and evaluate |
| 策划 | cè huà | to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner |
| 策略 | cè lüè | tactics; to be tactful |
| 侧面 | cè miàn | lateral side; side; aspect; profile |
| 测算 | cè suàn | to take measurements and calculate |
| 层出不穷 | céng chū bù qióng | more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) |
| 层次 | céng cì | arrangement of ideas; administrative level; level; stage; phase |
| 蹭 | cèng | to rub against; to walk slowly; to freeload (colloquial) |
| 叉 | chā | fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X" |
| 差错 | chā cuò | mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap |
| 差距 | chā jù | disparity; gap |
| 差异 | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
| 插嘴 | chā zuǐ | to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation |
| 查处 | chá chǔ | to investigate and take care of |
| 查获 | chá huò | to investigate and capture (a criminal); to ferret out; to hunt down and arrest |
| 查明 | chá míng | to investigate and find out; to ascertain |
| 查阅 | chá yuè | to consult; to refer to; to look sth up in a reference source |
| 岔 | chà | fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times) |
| 刹那 | chà nà | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye |
| 诧异 | chà yì | flabbergasted; astonished |
| 柴油 | chái yóu | diesel fuel |
| 掺 | chān | to mix |
| 搀 | chān | to assist by the arm; to mix; to support; to sustain |
| 缠 | chán | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy |
| 蝉 | chán | cicada |
| 馋 | chán | gluttonous; greedy |
| 馋言 | chán yán | slander |
| 产 | chǎn | to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property |
| 产地 | chǎn dì | the source (of a product); place of origin; manufacturing location |
| 阐明 | chǎn míng | to elucidate; to explain clearly; to expound |
| 产区 | chǎn qū | place of production; manufacturing location |
| 阐述 | chǎn shù | to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject) |
| 产业 | chǎn yè | industry; estate; property; industrial |
| 颤 | chàn | to tremble; to shiver; to shake; to vibrate; Taiwan pr. [zhan4] |
| 猖狂 | chāng kuáng | savage; furious |
| 昌盛 | chāng shèng | prosperous |
| 偿 | cháng | to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc) |
| 长短 | cháng duǎn | length; duration; accident; right and wrong; good and bad; long and short |
| 常规 | cháng guī | conventional (weapons); conventional; common; routine |
| 偿还 | cháng huán | to repay; to reimburse |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently |
| 常年 | cháng nián | all year round; for years on end; average year |
| 尝试 | cháng shì | to try; to attempt; CL:次 |
| 长寿 | cháng shòu | longevity; ability to live long; long lived; Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 常务 | cháng wù | routine; everyday business; daily operation (of a company) |
| 常用 | cháng yòng | in common usage |
| 长征 | cháng zhēng | expedition; long march; the Communist Long March (1934-1935) |
| 厂房 | chǎng fáng | a building used as a factory; factory (building); CL:座,栋 |
| 厂家 | chǎng jiā | factory; factory owners |
| 敞开 | chǎng kāi | to open wide; unrestrictedly |
| 厂商 | chǎng shāng | company; firm |
| 场所 | chǎng suǒ | location; place |
| 畅谈 | chàng tán | to chat; a long talk; verbose; to talk freely to one's heart's content |
| 畅通 | chàng tōng | unimpeded; free-flowing; straight path; unclogged; move without obstruction |
| 畅销 | chàng xiāo | best seller; chart-topping |
| 倡议 | chàng yì | to suggest; to initiate; proposal; initiative |
| 超产 | chāo chǎn | to exceed a production goal |
| 超出 | chāo chū | to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach |
| 超级 | chāo jí | super-; ultra-; hyper- |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 朝代 | cháo dài | dynasty; reign (of a king) |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide; current; trend |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | jeer; mockery; scoff; sneer; make fun of; laugh at (derogatory) |
| 吵闹 | chǎo nào | noisy |
| 吵嘴 | chǎo zuǐ | to quarrel |
| 车床 | chē chuáng | lathe |
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
| 撤销 | chè xiāo | to repeal; to revoke; to undo (computing) |
| 沉淀 | chén diàn | to settle; to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution) |
| 沉静 | chén jìng | peaceful; quiet; calm; gentle |
| 陈旧 | chén jiù | old-fashioned |
| 沉闷 | chén mèn | oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy |
| 陈述 | chén shù | an assertion; to declare; to state |
| 沉痛 | chén tòng | grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish); profound (condolences) |
| 沉着 | chén zhuó | steady; calm and collected; not nervous |
| 称心 | chèn xīn | satisfactory; agreeable |
| 称号 | chēng hào | name; term of address; title |
| 呈 | chéng | to assume (a form); to submit; to petition; to show; to present; to offer |
| 惩 | chéng | to punish; to reprimand; to warn |
| 惩办 | chéng bàn | to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone) |
| 承办 | chéng bàn | to undertake; to accept a contract |
| 惩罚 | chéng fá | penalty; punishment; to punish |
| 乘机 | chéng jī | to seize the chance; opportunistic |
| 成交 | chéng jiāo | to complete a contract; to reach a deal |
| 成品 | chéng pǐn | finished goods; a finished product |
| 澄清 | chéng qīng | clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts) |
| 成人 | chéng rén | adult |
| 承受 | chéng shòu | to bear; to support; to inherit |
| 成套 | chéng tào | forming a complete set; complementing one another |
| 乘务员 | chéng wù yuán | attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
| 呈现 | chéng xiàn | to appear; to emerge; present (a certain appearance); demonstrate |
| 成效 | chéng xiào | effect; result |
| 成心 | chéng xīn | intentional; deliberate; on purpose |
| 诚心诚意 | chéng xīn chéng yì | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity |
| 诚意 | chéng yì | sincerity; good faith |
| 城镇 | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 诚挚 | chéng zhì | sincere; cordial |
| 秤 | chèng | steelyard; Roman balance; CL:台 |
| 迟缓 | chí huǎn | slow; sluggish |
| 池塘 | chí táng | pool; pond |
| 持续 | chí xù | to continue; to persist; sustainable; preservation |
| 迟疑 | chí yí | to hesitate |
| 齿轮 | chǐ lún | (machine) gear; pinion (gear wheel) |
| 赤字 | chì zì | (financial) deficit; red letter |
| 充当 | chōng dāng | to serve as; to act as; to play the role of |
| 冲锋 | chōng fēng | to charge; to assault; assault |
| 充沛 | chōng pèi | abundant; plentiful; vigorous |
| 冲破 | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
| 崇拜 | chóng bài | to worship; adoration |
| 崇敬 | chóng jìng | to revere; high esteem |
| 重申 | chóng shēn | to reaffirm; to reiterate |
| 抽空 | chōu kòng | to find the time to do sth |
| 抽屉 | chōu ti | drawer |
| 筹备 | chóu bèi | preparations; to get ready for sth |
| 踌躇 | chóu chú | to hesitate |
| 筹建 | chóu jiàn | to prepare to build sth |
| 稠密 | chóu mì | dense |
| 绸子 | chóu zi | silk fabric; silk; CL:匹 |
| 丑恶 | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 出差 | chū chāi | to go on an official or business trip |
| 出产 | chū chǎn | output |
| 出动 | chū dòng | to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops |
| 出发点 | chū fā diǎn | starting point; the outset |
| 出访 | chū fǎng | to travel on business; to visit (a foreign country); same as 外出访问 |
| 出境 | chū jìng | to leave a country or region; emigration; outbound (tourism) |
| 出面 | chū miàn | act in a (official or personal) capacity |
| 出名 | chū míng | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark |
| 出品 | chū pǐn | to produce an item; output; items that are produced |
| 出入 | chū rù | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent |
| 出色 | chū sè | remarkable; outstanding |
| 出神 | chū shén | entranced; Trance (music genre) |
| 出世 | chū shì | to enter the world (i.e. to be born); to be reborn (in Christianity) |
| 出售 | chū shòu | to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market |
| 锄 | chú | a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; get rid of |
| 除此之外 | chú cǐ zhī wài | apart from this; in addition to this |
| 厨师 | chú shī | cook; chef |
| 除外 | chú wài | to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for |
| 除夕 | chú xī | (New Year's) Eve |
| 储备 | chǔ bèi | reserves; to store up |
| 储藏 | chǔ cáng | store; deposit; (oil, mineral etc) deposits |
| 储存 | chǔ cún | stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage |
| 处罚 | chǔ fá | to penalize; to punish |
| 处方 | chǔ fāng | medical prescription; recipe; formula |
| 处境 | chǔ jìng | plight; unfavorable situation |
| 处决 | chǔ jué | to execute (a condemned criminal) |
| 储蓄 | chǔ xù | to deposit money; to save; savings |
| 处置 | chǔ zhì | to handle; to take care of; to punish |
| 触 | chù | to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions |
| 触犯 | chù fàn | offend |
| 川流不息 | chuān liú bù xī | the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow |
| 船舶 | chuán bó | shipping; boats |
| 传单 | chuán dān | leaflet; flier; pamphlet |
| 传递 | chuán dì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else |
| 传授 | chuán shòu | to impart; to pass on; to teach |
| 传送 | chuán sòng | to convey; to deliver |
| 传真 | chuán zhēn | fax; facsimile |
| 船只 | chuán zhī | ship; boat; vessel |
| 疮 | chuāng | sore; skin ulcer |
| 床铺 | chuáng pù | bed |
| 床位 | chuáng wèi | bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk |
| 创办 | chuàng bàn | to establish; to found; to launch |
| 创建 | chuàng jiàn | to found; to establish |
| 创业 | chuàng yè | to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture; entrepreneurship |
| 吹牛 | chuī niú | to brag; to chat (dialect) |
| 吹捧 | chuī pěng | to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation |
| 炊事员 | chuī shì yuán | cook; kitchen worker |
| 捶 | chuí | beat with the fist; to hammer; to cudgel |
| 锤 | chuí | hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) |
| 春耕 | chūn gēng | to plow a field in the spring |
| 纯粹 | chún cuì | purely |
| 蠢 | chǔn | blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms); sluggish |
| 辞 | cí | refined language; wording; poetic genre (so far, interchangeable with 词); to take leave; to resign; to dismiss; to decline |
| 雌 | cí | female; Taiwan pr. [ci1] |
| 慈爱 | cí ài | love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children |
| 词句 | cí jù | words and sentences |
| 磁铁 | cí tiě | magnet |
| 慈祥 | cí xiáng | kindly; benevolent (often of older person) |
| 辞职 | cí zhí | to resign |
| 此后 | cǐ hòu | after this; afterwards; hereafter |
| 此时 | cǐ shí | now; this moment |
| 次品 | cì pǐn | substandard products; defective; seconds |
| 次数 | cì shù | frequency; number of times; ordinal number |
| 次序 | cì xù | sequence; order |
| 葱 | cōng | scallion; green onion |
| 匆匆 | cōng cōng | hurriedly |
| 从…看来 | cóng kàn lai | on the basis of..., according to...; depending on... |
| 从容不迫 | cóng róng bù pò | calm; unruffled |
| 从头 | cóng tóu | anew; from the start |
| 从未 | cóng wèi | never |
| 从小 | cóng xiǎo | from childhood; as a child |
| 从中 | cóng zhōng | from; therefrom |
| 凑合 | còu he | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad |
| 凑巧 | còu qiǎo | fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it |
| 粗暴 | cū bào | rough; cruel |
| 粗粮 | cū liáng | coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc) |
| 粗鲁 | cū lǔ | crude; coarse; rough |
| 粗细 | cū xì | thick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber); coarseness; quality of work |
| 促 | cù | urgent; hurried; to urge; to promote; to urge haste; close; intimate |
| 摧残 | cuī cán | to ravage; to ruin |
| 脆 | cuì | brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat |
| 翠绿 | cuì lǜ | greenish-blue; emerald green |
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak; frail |
| 存放 | cún fàng | to deposit; to leave in sb's care |
| 存款 | cún kuǎn | to save money in a bank; bank deposit |
| 磋商 | cuō shāng | to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations |
| 搭配 | dā pèi | to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group |
| 答辩 | dá biàn | to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation |
| 打发 | dǎ fa | to dispatch sb to do sth; to send sb away; to pass the time |
| 打猎 | dǎ liè | to go hunting |
| 大包大揽 | dà bāo dà lǎn | to take complete charge (idiom) |
| 大臣 | dà chén | chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister |
| 大多 | dà duō | for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly |
| 大公无私 | dà gōng wú sī | the common good above everything without no regard for personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; impartial and selfless; just and fair |
| 大锅饭 | dà guō fàn | lit. big rice pan; communal feeding; fig. egalitarianism (equal treatment for everyone in same institution) |
| 大局 | dà jú | general situation; present conditions |
| 大理石 | dà lǐ shí | marble |
| 大拇指 | dà mu zhǐ | thumb; Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales) |
| 大炮 | dà pào | big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; CL:门,尊 |
| 大气压 | dà qì yā | atmospheric pressure |
| 大厦 | dà shà | large building; edifice; mansion; CL:座 |
| 大肆 | dà sì | wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled |
| 大体 | dà tǐ | in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole |
| 大同小异 | dà tóng xiǎo yì | virtually the same; differing only on small points |
| 大无畏 | dà wú wèi | utterly fearless |
| 大雁 | dà yàn | wild goose; CL:只 |
| 大有可为 | dà yǒu kě wéi | with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing |
| 大于 | dà yú | greater than; bigger than |
| 歹徒 | dǎi tú | evil-doer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum |
| 贷 | dài | to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive |
| 怠工 | dài gōng | slow working; go-slow (as a form of strike); lazy strike |
| 代号 | dài hào | code name |
| 带劲 | dài jìn | energetic; exciting; of interest |
| 贷款 | dài kuǎn | a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); CL:笔 |
| 怠慢 | dài màn | to slight; to neglect |
| 代数 | dài shù | algebra |
| 待业 | dài yè | to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China) |
| 丹 | dān | red; pellet; powder; cinnabar |
| 担保 | dān bǎo | to guarantee; to vouch for |
| 担忧 | dān yōu | to worry; to be concerned |
| 单元 | dān yuán | unit; entrance number; staircase (for residential buildings) |
| 胆量 | dǎn liàng | courage; boldness; guts |
| 胆怯 | dǎn qiè | timid; cowardly |
| 胆子 | dǎn zi | courage; nerve; guts |
| 弹 | dàn | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball |
| 氮 | dàn | nitrogen (chemistry) |
| 诞辰 | dàn chén | birthday |
| 淡季 | dàn jì | off season; slow business season; (see also 旺季) |
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water; Tanshui town in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 弹药 | dàn yào | ammunition |
| 担子 | dàn zi | load; a carrying pole and the loads on it; CL:副 |
| 当场 | dāng chǎng | at the scene; on the spot |
| 当局 | dāng jú | authorities |
| 当事人 | dāng shì rén | persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair) |
| 当心 | dāng xīn | to take care; to look out |
| 当选 | dāng xuǎn | be elected |
| 党性 | dǎng xìng | the spirit or character of a political party |
| 党章 | dǎng zhāng | party constitution |
| 党中央 | dǎng zhōng yāng | party central committee |
| 荡 | dàng | to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond |
| 档次 | dàng cì | grade; class; quality; level |
| 当天 | dàng tiān | that day; the same day |
| 叨唠 | dāo lao | to be chattersome; to talk on and on without stopping; to nag |
| 刀刃 | dāo rèn | knife blade; crucial point |
| 捣 | dǎo | pound; beat; hull; attack; disturb; stir |
| 倒闭 | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 捣蛋 | dǎo dàn | to cause trouble; to stir up trouble |
| 导航 | dǎo háng | navigation |
| 捣乱 | dǎo luàn | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally |
| 导体 | dǎo tǐ | conductor (of electricity or heat) |
| 倒爷 | dǎo yé | profiteer; wheeler dealer; tradesman who buys low and sell high |
| 导游 | dǎo yóu | tour guide; guidebook; to conduct a tour |
| 盗 | dào | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber |
| 到来 | dào lái | arrival; advent |
| 悼念 | dào niàn | to grieve |
| 到期 | dào qī | to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc) |
| 盗窃 | dào qiè | to steal |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | to fall back; to go in reverse |
| 稻子 | dào zi | rice (crop); unhulled rice |
| 得不偿失 | dé bù cháng shī | (saying) the gains do not make up for the losses |
| 得力 | dé lì | able; capable; competent; efficient |
| 得以 | dé yǐ | able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view |
| 得罪 | dé zuì | to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 得罪 |
| 登陆 | dēng lù | to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc); to log in |
| 灯泡 | dēng pào | light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang); CL:个 |
| 等级 | děng jí | degree; rate |
| 低级 | dī jí | low level; rudimentary; vulgar; low; inferior |
| 低劣 | dī liè | inferior quality; substandard; low-grade |
| 低温 | dī wēn | low temperature |
| 敌 | dí | enemy; match |
| 敌对 | dí duì | hostile; enemy (factions); combative |
| 的确良 | dí què liáng | dacron |
| 敌视 | dí shì | hostile; malevolence; antagonism; to view as enemy; to stand against |
| 笛子 | dí zi | bamboo flute; CL:管 |
| 抵达 | dǐ dá | to arrive; to reach (a destination) |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal |
| 帝国 | dì guó | empire; imperial |
| 帝国主义 | dì guó zhǔ yì | imperialism |
| 递交 | dì jiāo | to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before |
| 缔结 | dì jié | to conclude (an agreement) |
| 地铁 | dì tiě | subway; metro |
| 递增 | dì zēng | to increase by degrees; in increasing order; incremental; progressive |
| 掂 | diān | to weigh in the hand; to estimate |
| 颠簸 | diān bǒ | to shake; to jolt; to bump |
| 颠倒 | diān dǎo | to turn upside-down; to reverse; back-to-front; confused; deranged; crazy |
| 颠覆 | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert |
| 点火 | diǎn huǒ | to ignite; to light a fire; to agitate; to start an engine; ignition; fig. to stir up trouble |
| 点名 | diǎn míng | roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name |
| 点燃 | diǎn rán | to ignite; to set on fire; aflame |
| 点子 | diǎn zi | spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer |
| 殿 | diàn | palace hall |
| 电动机 | diàn dòng jī | electric motor |
| 淀粉 | diàn fěn | starch; amylum C6H10O5 |
| 电路 | diàn lù | electric circuit |
| 电钮 | diàn niǔ | push button (electric switch) |
| 电气 | diàn qì | electric |
| 店员 | diàn yuán | shop assistant; salesclerk; salesperson |
| 电源 | diàn yuán | electric power source |
| 刁 | diāo | artful; wicked; surname Diao |
| 叼 | diāo | to hold in the mouth |
| 雕塑 | diāo sù | a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve |
| 调度 | diào dù | to dispatch (i.e. organize the distribution of vehicles); dispatcher |
| 调换 | diào huàn | to exchange; to change places; to swap |
| 碟子 | dié zi | small dish; CL:盘 |
| 叮嘱 | dīng zhǔ | to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again |
| 顶点 | dǐng diǎn | summit; peak |
| 顶端 | dǐng duān | summit; peak |
| 钉 | dìng | nail; sew on |
| 定点 | dìng diǎn | fixed point or location; point of reference; (math.) fixed point; to determine a location |
| 定额 | dìng é | fixed amount; quota |
| 订购 | dìng gòu | to order; to subscribe; subscriber |
| 订货 | dìng huò | to order goods; to place an order |
| 定价 | dìng jià | to set a price; to fix a price |
| 定居 | dìng jū | to settle; to fix a place to live |
| 定理 | dìng lǐ | established theory; theorem (math.) |
| 定量 | dìng liàng | quantity; fixed amount; ration |
| 定律 | dìng lǜ | established law |
| 定向 | dìng xiàng | to determine the direction; directed (breeding, enrollment etc); orienteering (sport) |
| 定性 | dìng xìng | to determine the nature (usually of error or crime); to determine chemical composition; qualitative; fixed |
| 定义 | dìng yì | definition |
| 订阅 | dìng yuè | subscription |
| 丢人 | diū rén | to lose face |
| 丢失 | diū shī | to lose; lost |
| 东奔西走 | dōng bēn xī zǒu | to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠 |
| 东道主 | dōng dào zhǔ | host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon; Chinese squash |
| 董事 | dǒng shì | board member |
| 栋 | dòng | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) |
| 动荡 | dòng dàng | unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion |
| 动工 | dòng gōng | to start (a building project) |
| 冻结 | dòng jié | to freeze (loan, wage, price etc) |
| 动乱 | dòng luàn | turmoil; upheaval; unrest |
| 动脉 | dòng mài | artery |
| 动态 | dòng tài | development; trend; dynamic state; movement; moving |
| 动用 | dòng yòng | to utilize; to put sth to use |
| 兜 | dōu | pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) |
| 斗志 | dòu zhì | will to fight; fighting spirit |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 都市 | dū shì | city; metropolis |
| 独 | dú | alone; independent; single; sole; only |
| 独裁 | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 毒害 | dú hài | poisoning; bane; to poison (people's minds) |
| 独立自主 | dú lì zì zhǔ | independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain control over one's own affairs |
| 毒品 | dú pǐn | drugs; narcotics; poison |
| 毒性 | dú xìng | toxicity |
| 赌 | dǔ | to bet; to gamble |
| 赌博 | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 堵塞 | dǔ sè | to block; to stop; blockage |
| 镀 | dù | -plated; to plate |
| 渡船 | dù chuán | ferry |
| 杜绝 | dù jué | to put an end to |
| 渡口 | dù kǒu | ferry |
| 短促 | duǎn cù | short in time; fleeting; brief |
| 短暂 | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 断定 | duàn dìng | to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment |
| 断断续续 | duàn duàn xù xù | intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate |
| 断绝 | duàn jué | to sever; to break off |
| 缎子 | duàn zi | satin |
| 对岸 | duì àn | opposite bank (of a body of water) |
| 对策 | duì cè | countermeasure for dealing with a situation |
| 对称 | duì chèn | symmetry; symmetrical |
| 对抗 | duì kàng | to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation |
| 对联 | duì lián | rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway; CL:幅 |
| 对手 | duì shǒu | opponent; adversary; match |
| 对头 | duì tóu | correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right |
| 兑现 | duì xiàn | (of a cheque etc) to cash; to honor a commitment |
| 对应 | duì yìng | to correspond; a correspondence; corresponding; homologous; matching with sth; counterpart |
| 对照 | duì zhào | to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check |
| 夺得 | duó dé | to force one's way; to achieve by force; to seize (power) |
| 躲避 | duǒ bì | to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties) |
| 躲藏 | duǒ cáng | to hide oneself |
| 跺 | duò | to stamp one's feet |
| 堕落 | duò luò | to morally degenerate; to become depraved; a fall from grace; a fall into sin or depravity |
| 讹 | é | error; exhort; false |
| 额 | é | forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount |
| 额外 | é wài | extra; added; additional |
| 蛾子 | é zi | moth |
| 鄂 | è | abbr. for Hubei 湖北 province in central China; surname E |
| 恶毒 | è dú | malicious |
| 恶性 | è xìng | malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation) |
| 恩 | ēn | favor; grace; kindness |
| 恩爱 | ēn ài | conjugal love |
| 恩情 | ēn qíng | kindness; affection; grace; favor |
| 恩人 | ēn rén | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else |
| 而后 | ér hòu | after that; then |
| 而已 | ér yǐ | that's all; nothing more |
| 贰 | èr | two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray |
| 二氧化碳 | èr yǎng huà tàn | carbon dioxide CO2 |
| 发病 | fā bìng | onset; outbreak (of a disease) |
| 发布 | fā bù | to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute |
| 发财 | fā cái | to get rich |
| 发愁 | fā chóu | to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad |
| 发奋图强 | fā fèn tú qiáng | to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better; to pull one's socks up |
| 发火 | fā huǒ | to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry |
| 发票 | fā piào | invoice; receipt or bill for purchase |
| 发起 | fā qǐ | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) |
| 发热 | fā rè | to have a high temperature; feverish; unable to think calmly; to emit heat |
| 发誓 | fā shì | to vow; to pledge; to swear |
| 发炎 | fā yán | inflamed from infection or injury; inflammation |
| 发扬光大 | fā yáng guāng dà | to advocate; to promote; to advertise; to carry out propaganda on behalf of; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development; to develop and promote |
| 伐 | fá | to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast |
| 罚款 | fá kuǎn | (impose a) fine; penalty; fine (monetary) |
| 法 | fǎ | law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France; French; abbr. for 法国 |
| 法定 | fǎ dìng | legal; statutory; rightful |
| 法官 | fǎ guān | a judge; to judge |
| 法规 | fǎ guī | legislation; statute |
| 法人 | fǎ rén | legal person; corporation; see also 自然人 |
| 法庭 | fǎ tíng | court of law |
| 法西斯 | fǎ xī sī | fascist (loanword) |
| 法则 | fǎ zé | law; rule; code |
| 帆 | fān | sail; Taiwan pr. , except 帆布 canvas |
| 帆船 | fān chuán | sailboat |
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 繁 | fán | complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁体, traditional form of Chinese characters |
| 繁多 | fán duō | many and varied; of many different kinds |
| 繁华 | fán huá | flourishing; bustling |
| 繁忙 | fán máng | busy; bustling |
| 烦恼 | fán nǎo | agonize; agony; annoyance; upset; vexation; worries |
| 繁体字 | fán tǐ zì | traditional Chinese character |
| 烦躁 | fán zào | jittery; twitchy; fidgety |
| 繁重 | fán zhòng | heavy; burdensome; heavy-duty; arduous; onerous |
| 反驳 | fǎn bó | to retort; to refute |
| 反常 | fǎn cháng | unusual; abnormal |
| 反倒 | fǎn dào | but on the contrary; but expectedly |
| 反感 | fǎn gǎn | to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy |
| 反革命 | fǎn gé mìng | counter-revolutionary |
| 反攻 | fǎn gōng | to counter-attack; a counter-offensive |
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to; to come (or go) back |
| 反馈 | fǎn kuì | to send back information; feedback |
| 反面 | fǎn miàn | reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad |
| 反射 | fǎn shè | to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism) |
| 反思 | fǎn sī | to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment |
| 反之 | fǎn zhī | on the other hand...; conversely... |
| 泛 | fàn | to float; to be suffused with; general; extensive; non-specific; flood; pan- (prefix) |
| 范畴 | fàn chóu | category |
| 犯法 | fàn fǎ | to break the law |
| 犯浑 | fàn hún | confused; mixed up; muddled up; befuddled |
| 贩卖 | fàn mài | to sell; to peddle; to traffic |
| 饭碗 | fàn wǎn | rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living |
| 方程 | fāng chéng | mathematical equation |
| 房东 | fáng dōng | landlord |
| 防护 | fáng hù | to defend; to protect |
| 防线 | fáng xiàn | defensive line or perimeter; CL:道 |
| 防汛 | fáng xùn | flood control; anti-flood (precautions) |
| 防疫 | fáng yì | disease prevention; protection against epidemic |
| 房租 | fáng zū | rent for a room or house |
| 放射 | fàng shè | to radiate; radioactive |
| 飞船 | fēi chuán | airship; spaceship |
| 非法 | fēi fǎ | illegal |
| 飞舞 | fēi wǔ | to flutter; to dance in the breeze |
| 飞翔 | fēi xiáng | to fly |
| 肥沃 | féi wò | fertile |
| 诽谤 | fěi bàng | to slander; to libel |
| 匪徒 | fěi tú | gangster; bandit |
| 废品 | fèi pǐn | production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material |
| 废气 | fèi qì | exhaust gas; industrial waste gas; steam |
| 废物 | fèi wù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 分辩 | fēn biàn | to explain the facts; to defend against an accusation |
| 分辨 | fēn biàn | to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve |
| 分队 | fēn duì | military platoon or squad |
| 芬芳 | fēn fāng | perfume; fragrant |
| 分红 | fēn hóng | a bonus; to award a bonus |
| 分化 | fēn huà | to split apart; differentiation |
| 分类 | fēn lèi | classification |
| 分母 | fēn mǔ | denominator of a fraction |
| 分批 | fēn pī | to do sth in batches or groups |
| 分期 | fēn qī | by stages; staggered; step by step |
| 分歧 | fēn qí | difference (of opinion, position); bifurcation |
| 分清 | fēn qīng | to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear |
| 坟墓 | fén mù | sepulcher; tomb |
| 粉末 | fěn mò | fine powder; dust |
| 愤恨 | fèn hèn | to hate; hatred; to resent; embittered |
| 分外 | fèn wài | exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job |
| 奋勇 | fèn yǒng | dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will |
| 奋战 | fèn zhàn | to fight bravely |
| 蜂 | fēng | bee; wasp |
| 风暴 | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) |
| 封闭 | fēng bì | to seal; to close; to confine; to seal off; to close down; sealed; confined; closed; unreceptive |
| 风度 | fēng dù | elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise |
| 风光 | fēng guāng | scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (topolect); impressive (topolect) |
| 风浪 | fēng làng | wind and waves; stormy sea |
| 锋利 | fēng lì | sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point |
| 丰满 | fēng mǎn | ample; well developed; fully rounded; Fengman district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province |
| 蜂蜜 | fēng mì | honey |
| 风趣 | fēng qù | humor; wit; humorous; witty |
| 风沙 | fēng shā | sand blown by wind; sandstorm |
| 风尚 | fēng shàng | current custom; current way of doing things |
| 风味 | fēng wèi | local flavor; local style |
| 风险 | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 疯子 | fēng zi | madman; lunatic |
| 缝 | fèng | seam; crack; narrow slit |
| 凤凰 | fèng huáng | phoenix; Fenghuang county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州 |
| 奉献 | fèng xiàn | to consecrate; to dedicate; to devote |
| 奉行 | fèng xíng | to pursue (a course, a policy) |
| 否 | fǒu | to negate; to deny; not |
| 否决 | fǒu jué | veto |
| 否认 | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue; to deny |
| 夫妇 | fū fù | a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:对 |
| 敷衍 | fū yǎn | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by |
| 伏 | fú | to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt; surname Fu |
| 福 | fú | good fortune; happiness; luck; surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省 |
| 浮雕 | fú diāo | relief sculpture |
| 浮动 | fú dòng | to float and drift; unstable |
| 幅度 | fú dù | width; extent; range; scope |
| 符号 | fú hào | symbol; mark; sign |
| 福利 | fú lì | (material) welfare; well-being |
| 俘虏 | fú lǔ | captive |
| 服气 | fú qì | to be convinced; to accept |
| 福气 | fú qi | good fortune; to enjoy good fortune |
| 辐射 | fú shè | radiation |
| 服装 | fú zhuāng | dress; clothing; costume; clothes; CL:身 |
| 腐败 | fǔ bài | corruption; corrupt; rotten |
| 腐化 | fǔ huà | to rot; to decay; to become corrupt |
| 腐烂 | fǔ làn | to rot; to become gangrenous |
| 抚养 | fǔ yǎng | to foster; to bring up; to raise |
| 抚育 | fǔ yù | to nurture; to raise; to foster; to tend |
| 辅助 | fǔ zhù | to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary; subsidiary |
| 斧子 | fǔ zi | axe; hatchet; CL:把 |
| 复 | fù | to repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate; to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out |
| 腹 | fù | abdomen; stomach; belly |
| 赴 | fù | to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) |
| 复辟 | fù bì | to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime) |
| 付出 | fù chū | to pay; to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc) |
| 附带 | fù dài | supplementary; incidentally; in parentheses; by chance; in passing; additionally; secondary; subsidiary; to attach |
| 覆盖 | fù gài | to cover |
| 复合 | fù hé | complex; compound; hybrid; to be reunited |
| 附和 | fù hè | to parrot; to crib; to copy sb's action or words; to trail sb's footsteps; copy-cat |
| 复活 | fù huó | resurrection |
| 附加 | fù jiā | additional; annex |
| 付款 | fù kuǎn | pay; payment |
| 富强 | fù qiáng | rich and powerful |
| 负伤 | fù shāng | injury; wound; hurt; injured; wounded; to wound; to injure |
| 附属 | fù shǔ | subsidiary; auxiliary; attached; affiliated; subordinate; subordinating |
| 复兴 | fù xīng | to revive; to rejuvenate; Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan |
| 副业 | fù yè | sideline; part time business; hobby |
| 赋予 | fù yǔ | to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow |
| 富余 | fù yu | in surplus |
| 副作用 | fù zuò yòng | side effect |
| 改建 | gǎi jiàn | to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish |
| 改邪归正 | gǎi xié guī zhèng | (saying) to give up evil and return to good |
| 改组 | gǎi zǔ | to reorganize; to reshuffle (posts etc) |
| 钙 | gài | calcium (chemistry) |
| 概况 | gài kuàng | general situation; summary |
| 竿 | gān | pole |
| 甘心 | gān xīn | to be willing to; to resign oneself to |
| 肝炎 | gān yán | hepatitis |
| 干预 | gān yù | to meddle; to intervene; intervention |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect |
| 秆 | gǎn | stalks of grain |
| 感化 | gǎn huà | corrective influence; to reform (a criminal); redemption (of a sinner); to influence (a malefactor to a better life); to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example |
| 感慨 | gǎn kǎi | lament; with a tinge of emotion or regret |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | infection; to infect; to influence |
| 干线 | gàn xiàn | main line; trunk line |
| 纲 | gāng | head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program |
| 钢材 | gāng cái | steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc |
| 钢琴 | gāng qín | piano; CL:架,台 |
| 纲要 | gāng yào | outline; essential points |
| 杠杆 | gàng gǎn | lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage |
| 高产 | gāo chǎn | high yielding |
| 高超 | gāo chāo | excellent; superlative |
| 高档 | gāo dàng | superior quality; high grade; top grade |
| 高低 | gāo dī | height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end |
| 高贵 | gāo guì | grandeur; noble |
| 高考 | gāo kǎo | college entrance exam (abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试); entrance exam for senior government service posts (Taiwan) |
| 高空 | gāo kōng | high altitude |
| 高明 | gāo míng | brilliant; superior; tall and bright; Gaoming district of Foshan city 佛山市, Guangdong |
| 高烧 | gāo shāo | fever; high temperature |
| 高温 | gāo wēn | high temperature |
| 高血压 | gāo xuè yā | high blood pressure; hypertension |
| 高涨 | gāo zhǎng | upsurge; (tensions etc) run high |
| 搞鬼 | gǎo guǐ | to make mischief; to play tricks in secret |
| 搞活 | gǎo huó | to enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize |
| 稿件 | gǎo jiàn | rough draft; material contributing to a final document |
| 稿纸 | gǎo zhǐ | draft paper |
| 稿子 | gǎo zi | draft of a document; script; manuscript; mental plan; precedent |
| 告诫 | gào jiè | to warn; to admonish |
| 告状 | gào zhuàng | to complain; to sue; to bring a lawsuit; to lodge a complaint against sb with a manager |
| 疙瘩 | gē da | swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; preoccupation; problem |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
| 歌星 | gē xīng | singing star; famous singer |
| 歌咏 | gē yǒng | singing |
| 格 | gé | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively |
| 格格不入 | gé gé bù rù | (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible |
| 格局 | gé jú | structure; pattern; layout |
| 隔绝 | gé jué | isolated (from the world); disconnected |
| 隔离 | gé lí | to separate; to isolate |
| 各奔前程 | gè bèn qián chéng | each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead |
| 各别 | gè bié | distinct; characteristic; in different ways; different |
| 各行各业 | gè háng gè yè | every trade; all professions; all walks of life |
| 各界 | gè jiè | all walks of life; all social circles |
| 根据地 | gēn jù dì | base of operations |
| 根深蒂固 | gēn shēn dì gù | deep-rooted (problem etc) |
| 跟随 | gēn suí | to follow |
| 跟头 | gēn tou | to trip; to fall down; to tumble; a somersault; to fall head over heels |
| 跟踪 | gēn zōng | to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow |
| 耕 | gēng | to plow; to till |
| 更改 | gēng gǎi | alter |
| 更换 | gēng huàn | to replace |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate |
| 更正 | gēng zhèng | to correct; to make a correction |
| 耕种 | gēng zhòng | to till; to cultivate |
| 梗 | gěng | branch; stem; stalk; CL:根; to block; to hinder |
| 功 | gōng | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) |
| 工 | gōng | work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor |
| 公报 | gōng bào | announcement; bulletin; communique |
| 供不应求 | gōng bù yìng qiú | supply does not meet demand |
| 公尺 | gōng chǐ | meter |
| 公道 | gōng dao | fair; equitable |
| 攻读 | gōng dú | to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree |
| 公分 | gōng fēn | centimeter; gram |
| 公告 | gōng gào | post; announcement |
| 公关 | gōng guān | public relations |
| 攻关 | gōng guān | to storm a strategic pass; fig. to tackle a key problem |
| 功绩 | gōng jì | feat; contribution; merits and achievements |
| 恭敬 | gōng jìng | deferential; respectful |
| 工具书 | gōng jù shū | reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc) |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair; impartial |
| 公然 | gōng rán | openly; publicly; undisguised |
| 工人阶级 | gōng rén jiē jí | working class |
| 公认 | gōng rèn | publicly known (to be); accepted (as) |
| 公社 | gōng shè | commune |
| 工事 | gōng shì | defensive structure; fortification; structure used to protect troops |
| 公务 | gōng wù | official business |
| 供销 | gōng xiāo | supply and marketing; distribution; supply and sales |
| 功效 | gōng xiào | efficacy |
| 公有 | gōng yǒu | publicly owned; communal; held in common |
| 公有制 | gōng yǒu zhì | public ownership |
| 公约 | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 公债 | gōng zhài | government bond |
| 公证 | gōng zhèng | notarization; notarized; acknowledgement |
| 拱 | gǒng | to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; arched |
| 汞 | gǒng | mercury (chemistry) |
| 共产主义 | gòng chǎn zhǔ yì | communism |
| 共计 | gòng jì | to sum up to; to total |
| 共鸣 | gòng míng | resonance (physics); sympathetic response to sth |
| 共性 | gòng xìng | overall character |
| 勾 | gōu | to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude; variant of 钩, hook |
| 沟通 | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 构思 | gòu sī | to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition |
| 构想 | gòu xiǎng | conceive |
| 孤单 | gū dān | lone; lonely; loneliness |
| 孤独 | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 姑且 | gū qiě | temporarily; the time being; for the moment; provisional; tentatively |
| 骨 | gǔ | bone; Taiwan pr. [gu1] |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 股东 | gǔ dōng | shareholder; stockholder |
| 股份 | gǔ fèn | a share (in a company); stock |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | eccentric; grotesque; oddly; queer |
| 股票 | gǔ piào | share; stock (market) |
| 古人 | gǔ rén | people from ancient times; the ancients; the late (i.e. person who has passed away) |
| 骨肉 | gǔ ròu | blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood |
| 古文 | gǔ wén | old language; the Classics; classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; classical Chinese as a school subject |
| 故 | gù | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead |
| 顾不得 | gù bu de | unable to change sth; unable to deal with |
| 故宫 | gù gōng | Palace Museum; the Forbidden City; former imperial palace |
| 顾虑 | gù lǜ | misgivings; apprehensions |
| 顾全大局 | gù quán dà jú | to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all |
| 雇佣 | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |
| 固有 | gù yǒu | intrinsic to sth; inherent; native |
| 雇员 | gù yuán | employee |
| 故障 | gù zhàng | malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software) |
| 固执 | gù zhí | persistent; stubborn |
| 瓜分 | guā fēn | to partition; to divide up |
| 挂钩 | guà gōu | hook (on which to hang sth); to couple; to link together; to establish contact with; hook; coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches) |
| 挂念 | guà niàn | concerned |
| 关闭 | guān bì | to close; to shut |
| 官方 | guān fāng | official; (by the) government |
| 观光 | guān guāng | to tour; sightseeing; tourism |
| 关节炎 | guān jié yán | arthritis |
| 官僚 | guān liáo | official; bureaucrat; government employee who doesn't do any work |
| 关切 | guān qiè | be deeply concerned; be troubled (by) |
| 观赏 | guān shǎng | to see and enjoy; to admire the view |
| 官员 | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government); administrator |
| 管辖 | guǎn xiá | to administer; to have jurisdiction (over) |
| 惯例 | guàn lì | convention; usual practice |
| 灌木 | guàn mù | bush; shrub |
| 惯用语 | guàn yòng yǔ | commonly used phrase; idiom; colloquial usage |
| 光亮 | guāng liàng | bright |
| 光芒 | guāng máng | rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance |
| 硅 | guī | silicon (chemistry) |
| 龟 | guī | tortoise; turtle |
| 规范 | guī fàn | norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules; to fix rules; to regulate; to specify |
| 规格 | guī gé | standard; norm; specification |
| 归根到底 | guī gēn dào dǐ | (saying) to sum it up... |
| 归还 | guī huán | to return sth; to revert |
| 归结 | guī jié | to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story) |
| 归纳 | guī nà | to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic) |
| 规章 | guī zhāng | rule; regulation |
| 鬼子 | guǐ zi | devils; refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese |
| 桂冠 | guì guān | laurel; victory garland (in Greek and western culture) |
| 贵重 | guì zhòng | precious |
| 贵族 | guì zú | lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy |
| 滚动 | gǔn dòng | to roll; lap (of a race); to roll over (e.g. investment); rolling; consecutive; rumble (of thunder) |
| 国产 | guó chǎn | made in one's own country; made in China |
| 国法 | guó fǎ | national law |
| 国会 | guó huì | parliament; Congress; diet |
| 国际法 | guó jì fǎ | international law |
| 国际主义 | guó jì zhǔ yì | internationalism |
| 国库券 | guó kù quàn | treasury bond |
| 国力 | guó lì | a nation's power |
| 国民 | guó mín | national |
| 国情 | guó qíng | current state of a country; national conditions; (US) State of the Union |
| 国土 | guó tǔ | country's territory; national land |
| 国有 | guó yǒu | nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned |
| 果断 | guǒ duàn | firm; decisive |
| 过度 | guò dù | excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue |
| 过后 | guò hòu | (Taiwan) after the event |
| 过滤 | guò lǜ | to filter; filter |
| 过失 | guò shī | defect; fault |
| 过问 | guò wèn | to show an interest in; to get involved with |
| 过于 | guò yú | too much; excessively |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 海滨 | hǎi bīn | shore; seaside |
| 海港 | hǎi gǎng | seaport; harbor |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 害羞 | hài xiū | blush; shy |
| 寒 | hán | cold; poor; to tremble |
| 函授 | hán shòu | to teach by correspondence |
| 寒暄 | hán xuān | exchanging conventional greetings; to talk about the weather |
| 含义 | hán yì | meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation |
| 含有 | hán yǒu | to contain; including |
| 罕见 | hǎn jiàn | rare; rarely seen |
| 汉奸 | hàn jiān | traitor (to China) |
| 捍卫 | hàn wèi | defend; uphold; safeguard |
| 汉学 | hàn xué | studies of classical Chinese back to the Han; Chinese studies (in foreign schools) |
| 旱灾 | hàn zāi | drought |
| 航班 | háng bān | scheduled flight; flight number; plane; scheduled sailing; sailing number; passenger ship |
| 航道 | háng dào | waterway; ship channel |
| 航海 | háng hǎi | sailing; navigation; voyage by sea |
| 航天 | háng tiān | space flight |
| 航线 | háng xiàn | air or shipping route |
| 航运 | háng yùn | shipping; transport |
| 豪华 | háo huá | luxurious |
| 好多 | hǎo duō | many; quite a lot; much better |
| 好感 | hǎo gǎn | good opinion; favorable impression |
| 好坏 | hǎo huài | good and bad; advantageous and disadvantageous |
| 好说 | hǎo shuō | you're too kind (humble); with pleasure! (indicating agreement); easy to handle |
| 好样的 | hǎo yàng de | (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage |
| 好在 | hǎo zài | luckily; fortunately |
| 好转 | hǎo zhuǎn | to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement |
| 号称 | hào chēng | to have a reputation as; known as; de facto; to claim to be (often exaggeratedly or falsely) |
| 耗费 | hào fèi | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander |
| 好客 | hào kè | hospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests; hospitable; friendly |
| 何 | hé | what; how; why; which; carry; surname He |
| 和蔼 | hé ǎi | kindly; nice; amiable |
| 合并 | hé bìng | to merge; to annex; o annex |
| 河道 | hé dào | river way; course of a river |
| 何等 | hé děng | what kind?; how, what; somewhat |
| 合乎 | hé hū | to accord with; conforming to |
| 荷花 | hé huā | lotus |
| 合伙 | hé huǒ | to act jointly; to form a partnership |
| 和解 | hé jiě | to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled |
| 禾苗 | hé miáo | seedling (of rice or other grain); CL:棵 |
| 和睦 | hé mù | peaceful relations; harmonious |
| 和平共处 | hé píng gòng chǔ | peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc |
| 和气 | hé qi | friendly; polite; amiable |
| 合情合理 | hé qíng hé lǐ | reasonable and fair (idiom) |
| 和尚 | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 核桃 | hé tao | walnut; CL:个,棵 |
| 核武器 | hé wǔ qì | nuclear weapon |
| 和谐 | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
| 合营 | hé yíng | to operate jointly; a joint venture; cooperative |
| 和约 | hé yuē | peace treaty |
| 合资 | hé zī | joint venture |
| 贺词 | hè cí | message of congratulation |
| 黑白 | hēi bái | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome |
| 狠毒 | hěn dú | vicious; malicious; savage |
| 狠心 | hěn xīn | callous; heartless |
| 恒星 | héng xīng | (fixed) star |
| 横行 | héng xíng | to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck |
| 横 | hèng | harsh and unreasonable; perverse; unexpected |
| 烘 | hōng | to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast |
| 轰动 | hōng dòng | sensation; stir |
| 轰轰烈烈 | hōng hōng liè liè | strong; vigorous; large-scale |
| 轰炸 | hōng zhà | to bomb; to bombard; CL:阵 |
| 虹 | hóng | rainbow |
| 宏大 | hóng dà | great; grand; massive |
| 红领巾 | hóng lǐng jīn | red neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers |
| 哄 | hǒng | to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child) |
| 哄 | hòng | tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance |
| 候补 | hòu bǔ | to wait to fill a vacancy; a reserve candidate |
| 厚度 | hòu dù | thickness |
| 后期 | hòu qī | late stage; later period |
| 后勤 | hòu qín | logistics |
| 后台 | hòu tái | backstage; the area behind a theatrical stage; backstage supporter |
| 候选人 | hòu xuǎn rén | candidate; CL:名 |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 呼声 | hū shēng | a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group |
| 呼啸 | hū xiào | to whistle; to scream; to whiz |
| 呼吁 | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal |
| 糊 | hú | congee; making a living; muddled; paste; scorched |
| 胡 | hú | beard; mustache; whiskers; non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和); surname Hu |
| 胡来 | hú lái | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble |
| 狐狸 | hú li | fox; fig. sly and treacherous person |
| 葫芦 | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled |
| 户口 | hù kǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence |
| 互利 | hù lì | mutually beneficial |
| 花费 | huā fèi | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure |
| 花色 | huā sè | variety; design and color; suit (cards) |
| 花纹 | huā wén | decorative design |
| 花样 | huā yàng | pattern; type; trick |
| 华丽 | huá lì | gorgeous |
| 化肥 | huà féi | fertilizer |
| 划分 | huà fēn | to divide |
| 画面 | huà miàn | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view |
| 话题 | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 化纤 | huà xiān | synthetic fiber |
| 化妆 | huà zhuāng | to put on make-up |
| 槐树 | huái shù | locust tree (Sophora japonica) |
| 怀孕 | huái yùn | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy |
| 欢笑 | huān xiào | to laugh happily; a belly-laugh |
| 环节 | huán jié | round segment; segment (of annelid worms); connection; link; sector; annular ring |
| 还原 | huán yuán | to restore to the original state; reduction (chemistry) |
| 缓 | huǎn | slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate |
| 换取 | huàn qǔ | give sth and get sth in return |
| 患者 | huàn zhě | patient; sufferer |
| 荒地 | huāng dì | wasteland; uncultivated land |
| 荒凉 | huāng liáng | desolate |
| 慌乱 | huāng luàn | frenetic; hurried |
| 荒谬 | huāng miù | absurd; ridiculous |
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated |
| 慌张 | huāng zhāng | confused; flustered |
| 蝗虫 | huáng chóng | locust |
| 皇后 | huáng hòu | empress; imperial consort |
| 黄金 | huáng jīn | gold |
| 挥霍 | huī huò | to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile |
| 回避 | huí bì | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) |
| 回顾 | huí gù | to look back; to review |
| 回击 | huí jī | to fight back; to return fire; to counterattack |
| 回收 | huí shōu | to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover |
| 悔 | huǐ | regret |
| 悔改 | huǐ gǎi | repent; repentance |
| 悔恨 | huǐ hèn | remorse; repentance |
| 毁坏 | huǐ huài | to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction |
| 毁灭 | huǐ miè | perish; ruin; destroy |
| 绘 | huì | to draw; to paint |
| 汇集 | huì jí | to collect; to compile; to converge |
| 贿赂 | huì lù | to bribe; a bribe |
| 汇率 | huì lǜ | exchange rate |
| 会同 | huì tóng | to handle sth jointly; Huitong county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan |
| 会晤 | huì wù | to meet; meeting; conference |
| 会员 | huì yuán | member |
| 混纺 | hùn fǎng | mixed fabric; blended fabric |
| 混合物 | hùn hé wù | mixture |
| 混浊 | hùn zhuó | turbid; muddy; dirty |
| 豁 | huō | opening; stake all; sacrifice; crack; slit |
| 活力 | huó lì | energy; vitality; vigor; vital force |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcanic; volcano |
| 火灾 | huǒ zāi | fire (that burns buildings etc) |
| 祸 | huò | disaster; misfortune; calamity |
| 祸害 | huò hài | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck |
| 获取 | huò qǔ | to gain; to get; to acquire |
| 或是 | huò shì | or; either one or the other |
| 或许 | huò xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 击 | jī | to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2] |
| 激 | jī | to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent |
| 积 | jī | to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing |
| 机车 | jī chē | locomotive; train engine car; scooter (Taiwan); hard to get along with (Taiwan slang) |
| 基督教 | jī dū jiào | Christianity; Christian |
| 激发 | jī fā | to arouse; to excite |
| 激光 | jī guāng | laser |
| 基金 | jī jīn | fund |
| 激励 | jī lì | to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive |
| 机密 | jī mì | secret; classified (information) |
| 机枪 | jī qiāng | machine gun |
| 激情 | jī qíng | passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion |
| 机体 | jī tǐ | organism; human body |
| 讥笑 | jī xiào | to sneer |
| 积压 | jī yā | to overstock; backlog; accumulation of neglected work; arrears of work |
| 机遇 | jī yù | opportunity; favorable circumstance; stroke of luck |
| 机智 | jī zhì | quick-witted; tact; witty; resourceful |
| 即便 | jí biàn | even if; even though; right away; immediately |
| 嫉妒 | jí dù | to be jealous; to envy; to hate |
| 极度 | jí dù | extremely |
| 籍贯 | jí guàn | one's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace |
| 集会 | jí huì | gather; assembly; meeting; CL:个,次 |
| 急剧 | jí jù | rapid; sudden |
| 极力 | jí lì | to make a supreme effort; at all costs |
| 吉普车 | jí pǔ chē | jeep, GP (general purpose); military vehicle originally made in USA |
| 急切 | jí qiè | eager; impatient |
| 集市 | jí shì | market; bazaar; fair |
| 极限 | jí xiàn | limit; extreme boundary |
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | lucky; auspicious; propitious |
| 急需 | jí xū | to urgently need; urgent need |
| 集邮 | jí yóu | stamp collecting; philately |
| 急于 | jí yú | anxious; impatient |
| 及早 | jí zǎo | at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible |
| 集资 | jí zī | to raise money; to accumulate funds |
| 几何 | jǐ hé | geometry; how much |
| 脊梁 | jǐ liang | backbone; spine |
| 忌 | jì | to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth |
| 继 | jì | to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards |
| 季度 | jì dù | quarter (finance, publishing, schools etc); season (sports); period of three months |
| 记号 | jì hao | notation; seal |
| 计较 | jì jiào | to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem |
| 寂静 | jì jìng | quiet |
| 寄托 | jì tuō | to have sb look after sb; to entrust the care of sb; to place (hope etc) on |
| 迹象 | jì xiàng | mark; indication; sign; indicator |
| 纪要 | jì yào | minutes; written summary of a meeting |
| 记忆力 | jì yì lì | memory (power) |
| 加班 | jiā bān | to work overtime |
| 家常 | jiā cháng | the daily life of a family |
| 家畜 | jiā chù | domestic animal; livestock; cattle |
| 加急 | jiā jí | to become more urgent; more rapid; urgent; to handle a matter urgently |
| 嘉奖 | jiā jiǎng | to award; commendation; citation |
| 加剧 | jiā jù | to intensify; to sharpen; to accelerate; to aggravate; to exacerbate; to embitter |
| 加热 | jiā rè | heating |
| 加深 | jiā shēn | to deepen |
| 家务 | jiā wù | household duties; housework |
| 家喻户晓 | jiā yù hù xiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name |
| 夹杂 | jiā zá | to mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix; to be tangled up with |
| 家长 | jiā zhǎng | head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child |
| 加重 | jiā zhòng | to make more serious |
| 颊 | jiá | cheeks |
| 甲板 | jiǎ bǎn | deck (of a boat etc) |
| 假定 | jiǎ dìng | to assume; to suppose; supposed; so-called; assumption; hypothesis |
| 假冒 | jiǎ mào | to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine) |
| 假设 | jiǎ shè | suppose that...; hypothesis; conjecture |
| 假装 | jiǎ zhuāng | to feign; to pretend |
| 驾 | jià | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞); surname Jia |
| 奸 | jiān | to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape; wicked; crafty; traito |
| 肩膀 | jiān bǎng | shoulder |
| 监察 | jiān chá | to supervise; to control |
| 尖端 | jiān duān | sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp; tip-top; most advanced and sophisticated; highest peak; the best |
| 兼任 | jiān rèn | to hold several jobs at once; concurrent post; working part-time |
| 坚韧 | jiān rèn | tough and durable; tenacious |
| 坚实 | jiān shí | firm and substantial; solid |
| 艰险 | jiān xiǎn | difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils |
| 坚信 | jiān xìn | to believe firmly; without any doubt |
| 坚贞不屈 | jiān zhēn bù qū | faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast |
| 茧 | jiǎn | cocoon; callus |
| 剪彩 | jiǎn cǎi | to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) |
| 检测 | jiǎn cè | to detect; to test; detection; sensing |
| 检察 | jiǎn chá | to inspect; check up (on) |
| 减产 | jiǎn chǎn | to lose output; a drop in crop yield; reduction in production |
| 简称 | jiǎn chēng | abbreviation; short form |
| 剪刀 | jiǎn dāo | scissors; CL:把 |
| 减低 | jiǎn dī | to lower; to reduce |
| 简短 | jiǎn duǎn | brief; short-duration |
| 简化 | jiǎn huà | simplify |
| 检举 | jiǎn jǔ | to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb |
| 简陋 | jiǎn lòu | simple and crude (of a room or building) |
| 简明 | jiǎn míng | simple and clear; concise |
| 减弱 | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to fall off |
| 简体字 | jiǎn tǐ zì | simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字 |
| 检修 | jiǎn xiū | to overhaul; to examine and fix (a motor); to service (a vehicle) |
| 简要 | jiǎn yào | concise; brief |
| 简易 | jiǎn yì | simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity |
| 鉴别 | jiàn bié | to differentiate; to distinguish |
| 间隔 | jiàn gé | compartment; gap; interval; to divide |
| 建交 | jiàn jiāo | to establish diplomatic relations |
| 间接 | jiàn jiē | indirect |
| 健美 | jiàn měi | healthy and beautiful |
| 键盘 | jiàn pán | keyboard |
| 见识 | jiàn shi | knowledge and experience; to increase one's knowledge |
| 践踏 | jiàn tà | to trample |
| 见效 | jiàn xiào | to have the desired effect |
| 鉴于 | jiàn yú | in view of; seeing that; considering; whereas |
| 健壮 | jiàn zhuàng | robust; healthy; sturdy |
| 姜 | jiāng | ginger; surname Jiang |
| 将近 | jiāng jìn | almost; nearly; close to |
| 桨 | jiǎng | oar; paddle |
| 讲解 | jiǎng jiě | to explain |
| 讲理 | jiǎng lǐ | to reason with sb; to discuss the merits of an argument |
| 奖品 | jiǎng pǐn | award; prize |
| 讲述 | jiǎng shù | to talk about; to narrate; to give an account |
| 讲演 | jiǎng yǎn | to lecture; to speak publicly |
| 奖状 | jiǎng zhuàng | certificate (of prize, degree, diploma etc) |
| 降价 | jiàng jià | price reduction |
| 降临 | jiàng lín | to descend to |
| 降落 | jiàng luò | to descend; to land |
| 娇 | jiāo | lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail |
| 胶 | jiāo | to glue; glue; gum; rubber |
| 交叉 | jiāo chā | to cross; to intersect |
| 交错 | jiāo cuò | to crisscross; to intertwine |
| 交点 | jiāo diǎn | meeting point; point of intersection |
| 焦点 | jiāo diǎn | focus; focal point |
| 交付 | jiāo fù | to hand over; to deliver |
| 浇灌 | jiāo guàn | to water; to irrigate |
| 胶片 | jiāo piàn | (photographic) film |
| 娇气 | jiāo qì | delicate; squeamish; finicky |
| 交涉 | jiāo shè | to negotiate; relating to |
| 交手 | jiāo shǒu | to fight hand to hand |
| 焦炭 | jiāo tàn | coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) |
| 交替 | jiāo tì | to replace; alternately; in turn |
| 交往 | jiāo wǎng | to associate; to contact; association; contact |
| 嚼 | jiáo | to chew |
| 绞 | jiǎo | to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn |
| 缴 | jiǎo | to hand in; to hand over; to seize |
| 搅拌 | jiǎo bàn | to stir; to agitate |
| 缴纳 | jiǎo nà | to pay (taxes etc) |
| 轿车 | jiào chē | enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage; car or bus; limousine; CL:部,辆 |
| 叫喊 | jiào hǎn | exclamation; outcry; shout; yell |
| 叫唤 | jiào huan | to cry out; to bark out a sound |
| 教会 | jiào huì | Christian church |
| 较量 | jiào liàng | to have a contest with sb; to cross swords; to measure up against; to compete with; to haggle; to quibble |
| 叫嚷 | jiào rǎng | to shout; to bellow one's grievances |
| 教唆 | jiào suō | to conspire with; to abet; to urge on a criminal act; to foment |
| 教条 | jiào tiáo | creed; doctrine; religious dogma |
| 教养 | jiào yǎng | to train; to educate; to bring up; to nurture; education; culture; upbringing; early conditioning |
| 皆 | jiē | all; each and every; in all cases |
| 接班 | jiē bān | to work one's shift; to succeed to a position; to take over a job (on the next shift); to relieve sb as successor |
| 接二连三 | jiē èr lián sān | one after another (idiom); in quick succession |
| 揭发 | jiē fā | to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation |
| 接洽 | jiē qià | to discuss a matter with sb; to get in touch with; to arrange |
| 揭示 | jiē shì | to show; to make known |
| 接收 | jiē shōu | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate |
| 街头 | jiē tóu | street |
| 劫 | jié | to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波 |
| 劫持 | jié chí | to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress |
| 杰出 | jié chū | outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious |
| 结晶 | jié jīng | crystallization; crystalline; crystal |
| 结局 | jié jú | conclusion; ending |
| 节能 | jié néng | to save energy; energy-saving |
| 结算 | jié suàn | to settle a bill; to close an account |
| 结业 | jié yè | to finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course |
| 节育 | jié yù | to practice birth control |
| 截止 | jié zhǐ | to close; to stop; to put a stop to sth; cut-off point; stopping point; deadline |
| 节奏 | jié zòu | rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat |
| 杰作 | jié zuò | masterpiece |
| 解除 | jiě chú | to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement) |
| 解雇 | jiě gù | to fire; to sack; to dismiss |
| 解散 | jiě sàn | dissolve; disband |
| 界 | jiè | boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy) |
| 借鉴 | jiè jiàn | to use other people's experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference |
| 界限 | jiè xiàn | boundary; marginal |
| 戒严 | jiè yán | to impose martial law; to impose curfew; martial law; curfew; emergency measures |
| 借助 | jiè zhù | to draw support from; with the help of |
| 筋 | jīn | muscle; tendon |
| 金额 | jīn é | sum of money; monetary value |
| 金黄 | jīn huáng | golden yellow; golden |
| 津津有味 | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest pleasure (idiom); with gusto; to relish; eagerly; with great interest |
| 金牌 | jīn pái | gold medal; CL: 枚 |
| 金钱 | jīn qián | money; currency |
| 金融 | jīn róng | banking; finance; financial |
| 津贴 | jīn tiē | allowance |
| 尽快 | jǐn kuài | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed |
| 紧迫 | jǐn pò | pressing; urgent |
| 紧缩 | jǐn suō | to reduce; to tighten; to cut back (budget etc); recession |
| 锦绣 | jǐn xiù | beautiful |
| 禁 | jìn | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 进程 | jìn chéng | process; course |
| 进而 | jìn ér | and then (what follows next) |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent |
| 禁区 | jìn qū | restricted area; forbidden region |
| 进取 | jìn qǔ | to forge ahead; to go forward |
| 晋升 | jìn shēng | to promote to a higher position |
| 近似 | jìn sì | similar; about the same as; approximately; approximation |
| 劲头 | jìn tóu | enthusiasm; zeal; vigor; strength |
| 进展 | jìn zhǎn | to make headway; to make progress |
| 茎 | jīng | stalk; stem; CL:条 |
| 精打细算 | jīng dǎ xì suàn | (saying) meticulous planning and careful accounting |
| 经典 | jīng diǎn | the classics; scriptures; classical |
| 精华 | jīng huá | best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul |
| 惊慌 | jīng huāng | panic |
| 精简 | jīng jiǎn | to simplify; to reduce |
| 兢兢业业 | jīng jīng yè yè | cautious and conscientious |
| 精美 | jīng měi | delicate; fine; refinement |
| 精密 | jīng mì | accuracy; exact; precise; refined |
| 精确 | jīng què | accurate; precise |
| 经商 | jīng shāng | to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business |
| 经受 | jīng shòu | to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand |
| 精通 | jīng tōng | proficient |
| 经销 | jīng xiāo | to sell; to sell on commission; to distribute |
| 精心 | jīng xīn | with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed |
| 精益求精 | jīng yì qiú jīng | to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving |
| 景 | jǐng | bright; circumstance; scenery; surname Jing |
| 颈 | jǐng | neck |
| 警戒 | jǐng jiè | to warn; to be alert for |
| 警卫 | jǐng wèi | (security) guard |
| 敬 | jìng | to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer |
| 境地 | jìng dì | circumstances |
| 敬而远之 | jìng ér yuǎn zhī | to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance |
| 净化 | jìng huà | purify |
| 境界 | jìng jiè | boundary; state; realm |
| 静悄悄 | jìng qiāo qiāo | extremely quiet |
| 镜头 | jìng tóu | camera shot (in a movie etc); scene |
| 竞选 | jìng xuǎn | to take part in an election; to run for office |
| 纠纷 | jiū fēn | a dispute; entanglement (law) |
| 玖 | jiǔ | black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 酒会 | jiǔ huì | drinking party; wine reception |
| 酒精 | jiǔ jīng | alcohol; ethanol CH3CH2OH; ethyl alcohol; also written 乙醇; grain alcohol |
| 就餐 | jiù cān | to dine |
| 就地 | jiù dì | locally; on the spot |
| 救济 | jiù jì | emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods |
| 就近 | jiù jìn | nearby; in a close neighborhood |
| 就算 | jiù suàn | granted that; even if |
| 就业 | jiù yè | looking for employment; getting a job; to start a career |
| 救灾 | jiù zāi | to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims |
| 就职 | jiù zhí | to take office; to assume a post |
| 居 | jū | to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms; surname Ju |
| 鞠躬 | jū gōng | to bow |
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 居室 | jū shì | room; apartment |
| 拘束 | jū shù | to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent |
| 菊花 | jú huā | chrysanthemum |
| 局势 | jú shì | situation; state (of affairs) |
| 局限 | jú xiàn | to limit; to confine; to restrict sth within set boundaries; limit |
| 举动 | jǔ dòng | act; action; activity; move; movement |
| 举世闻名 | jǔ shì wén míng | (saying) world famous |
| 举世瞩目 | jǔ shì zhǔ mù | to receive worldwide attention |
| 具 | jù | tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies |
| 拒 | jù | to resist; to repel; to refuse |
| 锯 | jù | a saw; to cut with a saw |
| 剧本 | jù běn | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay |
| 据点 | jù diǎn | stronghold; defended military base; base for operations; strategic point; foothold; (market) presence |
| 聚会 | jù huì | party; gathering; to meet; to get together |
| 剧团 | jù tuán | theatrical troupe |
| 据悉 | jù xī | according to reports; it is reported (that) |
| 捐 | juān | to contribute; to donate; contribution; tax; to abandon |
| 捐款 | juān kuǎn | to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) |
| 捐献 | juān xiàn | to donate; to contribute; donation; contribution |
| 捐赠 | juān zèng | to contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction |
| 圈 | juàn | pen (pig); a fold |
| 掘 | jué | dig |
| 决不 | jué bù | not at all; simply (can) not |
| 决策 | jué cè | strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy |
| 觉察 | jué chá | to sense; to perceive; to come to realize; to be aware |
| 决赛 | jué sài | finals (of a competition) |
| 决算 | jué suàn | final account; to calculate the final bill; fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth |
| 绝望 | jué wàng | desperation; forlorn; hopeless |
| 觉醒 | jué xǐng | to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware |
| 绝缘 | jué yuán | to isolate; to prevent contact; to deny access; electric insulation |
| 决战 | jué zhàn | decisive battle |
| 君 | jūn | monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler |
| 菌 | jūn | germ; bacteria |
| 军阀 | jūn fá | military clique; junta; warlord |
| 军医 | jūn yī | military doctor |
| 军用 | jūn yòng | (for) military use; military application |
| 军装 | jūn zhuāng | military uniform |
| 俊 | jùn | smart; eminent; handsome; talented |
| 卡 | kǎ | to stop; to block; card; CL:张,片; calorie |
| 卡片 | kǎ piàn | card |
| 开采 | kāi cǎi | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine |
| 开刀 | kāi dāo | to perform or have an operation; to operate on or to be operated on |
| 开工 | kāi gōng | to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job |
| 开关 | kāi guān | power switch; to open a gate |
| 开化 | kāi huà | civilized; to have laws and culture; to civilize; the process of becoming civilized |
| 开垦 | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow |
| 开阔 | kāi kuò | wide; open (spaces); to open up |
| 开朗 | kāi lǎng | spacious and well-lit; open and clear; to open out (onto a wider vista); optimistic; cheerful; carefree; easy-going; open-minded |
| 开天辟地 | kāi tiān pì dì | to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth |
| 开头 | kāi tóu | beginning |
| 开拓 | kāi tuò | to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons) |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb |
| 开支 | kāi zhī | expenditures; pay; expenses; CL:笔 |
| 凯旋 | kǎi xuán | return triumphant |
| 刊登 | kān dēng | to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) |
| 勘探 | kān tàn | exploration |
| 看待 | kàn dài | to look upon; to regard |
| 看望 | kàn wàng | to visit; to pay a call to |
| 看作 | kàn zuò | look upon as; regard as |
| 糠 | kāng | husk |
| 慷慨 | kāng kǎi | vehement; fervent; generous; giving; liberal |
| 炕 | kàng | kang (a heatable brick bed) |
| 抗旱 | kàng hàn | drought-resistant; to weather a drought |
| 抗击 | kàng jī | resist (a military attack) |
| 抗战 | kàng zhàn | war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology |
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on; to assess; to review; appraisal; review; evaluation |
| 考取 | kǎo qǔ | to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to |
| 磕 | kē | to tap; knock |
| 颗粒 | kē lì | kernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product) |
| 科目 | kē mù | subject |
| 可歌可泣 | kě gē kě qì | lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad; inspiring and tragic |
| 可观 | kě guān | considerable; impressive; significant |
| 可贵 | kě guì | to be treasured; praiseworthy |
| 可口 | kě kǒu | tasty; to taste good |
| 可恶 | kě wù | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable |
| 可喜 | kě xǐ | making one happy; gratifying; heartening |
| 可想而知 | kě xiǎng ér zhī | it is obvious that...; as one can well imagine... |
| 客车 | kè chē | coach; bus; passenger train |
| 课时 | kè shí | class; period |
| 课题 | kè tí | task; problem; issue |
| 啃 | kěn | to gnaw; to nibble; to bite |
| 恳切 | kěn qiè | earnest; sincere |
| 恳求 | kěn qiú | to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty |
| 空洞 | kōng dòng | cavity; empty; vacuous |
| 空话 | kōng huà | empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip |
| 空调 | kōng tiáo | air conditioning |
| 空想 | kōng xiǎng | daydream; fantasy; to fantasize |
| 空心 | kōng xīn | hollow; empty headed; mindless |
| 空虚 | kōng xū | hollow; emptiness; meaningless |
| 恐惧 | kǒng jù | fear; dread; phobia |
| 孔雀 | kǒng què | peacock |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |
| 控诉 | kòng sù | to accuse; to denounce; to make a complaint against; denunciation |
| 空隙 | kòng xì | crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events |
| 抠 | kōu | to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly |
| 口岸 | kǒu àn | a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries |
| 口腔 | kǒu qiāng | oral cavity |
| 枯燥 | kū zào | dry and dull; uninteresting; dry-as-dust |
| 苦难 | kǔ nàn | suffering |
| 苦恼 | kǔ nǎo | vexed; distressed |
| 库 | kù | warehouse; storehouse |
| 库存 | kù cún | property or cash held in reserve; stock |
| 库房 | kù fáng | a place for storage; storeroom; warehouse |
| 夸奖 | kuā jiǎng | to praise; to applaud; to compliment |
| 挎 | kuà | to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side) |
| 会计 | kuài jì | accountant; accountancy; accounting |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 宽敞 | kuān chang | spacious; wide |
| 宽大 | kuān dà | spacious; wide; lenient |
| 宽广 | kuān guǎng | wide; broad; extensive; vast |
| 狂妄 | kuáng wàng | egotistical; arrogant; brassy |
| 框 | kuàng | frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework; template; to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth); to frame; to restrict; Taiwan pr. [kuang1] |
| 矿藏 | kuàng cáng | mineral resources |
| 矿产 | kuàng chǎn | minerals |
| 旷工 | kuàng gōng | to skip work; absence without leave |
| 矿井 | kuàng jǐng | a mine; a mine shaft |
| 旷课 | kuàng kè | to play truant; to cut classes |
| 矿区 | kuàng qū | mining site; mining area |
| 矿山 | kuàng shān | mine |
| 矿物 | kuàng wù | mineral |
| 亏 | kuī | deficiency; deficit; luckily |
| 亏待 | kuī dài | to treat sb unfairly |
| 亏损 | kuī sǔn | deficit; (financial) loss |
| 葵花 | kuí huā | sunflower |
| 困苦 | kùn kǔ | deprivation; distressed; miserable |
| 扩充 | kuò chōng | to expand |
| 扩建 | kuò jiàn | to extend a building |
| 扩散 | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse; spread; proliferation; diffusion |
| 扩展 | kuò zhǎn | to extend; to expand; extension; expansion |
| 扩张 | kuò zhāng | expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden |
| 腊月 | là yuè | twelfth lunar month |
| 来访 | lái fǎng | pay a visit |
| 来回来去 | lái huí lái qù | repeatedly; back and forth again and again |
| 来看 | lái kàn | to come and see; to see a topic from a certain point of view |
| 来历 | lái lì | history; antecedents; origin |
| 来临 | lái lín | to approach; to come closer |
| 来年 | lái nián | next year; the coming year |
| …来说… | lái shuō | concerning, about |
| 赖 | lài | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on; surname Lai |
| 栏杆 | lán gān | railing; banister |
| 兰花 | lán huā | cymbidium; orchid |
| 懒惰 | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
| 狼狈 | láng bèi | in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derogatory) |
| 浪潮 | làng cháo | wave; tides |
| 浪漫 | làng màn | romantic |
| 劳动力 | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 牢房 | láo fáng | jail cell; prison cell |
| 牢记 | láo jì | to keep in mind; to remember |
| 老成 | lǎo chéng | mature; experienced; sophisticated |
| 老汉 | lǎo hàn | old man; I (an old man referring to himself) |
| 老化 | lǎo huà | to age (of person or object); becoming old |
| 老家 | lǎo jiā | native place; place of origin; home state or region |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse; CL:只 |
| 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | old woman (at times contemptuous) |
| 老天爷 | lǎo tiān yé | God; Heavens |
| 老爷 | lǎo ye | (respectful) lord; master; (informal) maternal grandfather |
| 老一辈 | lǎo yī bèi | previous generation; older generation |
| 涝 | lào | flooded |
| 乐趣 | lè qù | delight; pleasure; joy |
| 乐意 | lè yì | to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied |
| 勒 | lēi | to choke; to throttle; to strangle |
| 雷达 | léi dá | radar (loanword) |
| 雷雨 | léi yǔ | thunderstorm |
| 垒 | lěi | rampart; base (in baseball) |
| 棱 | léng | corner; edge; arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge); protrusion; square bea |
| 冷淡 | lěng dàn | cold; indifferent |
| 犁 | lí | plow |
| 篱笆 | lí ba | fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) |
| 离别 | lí bié | to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb |
| 离休 | lí xiū | to retire; to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) |
| 理睬 | lǐ cǎi | to heed; to pay attention to |
| 理会 | lǐ huì | to understand; to pay attention to; to take notice of |
| 礼节 | lǐ jié | etiquette |
| 礼品 | lǐ pǐn | gift; present |
| 理事 | lǐ shì | member of council |
| 理所当然 | lǐ suǒ dāng rán | as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right |
| 理直气壮 | lǐ zhí qì zhuàng | in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful |
| 利弊 | lì bì | pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages |
| 历代 | lì dài | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties |
| 立方米 | lì fāng mǐ | cubic meter (unit of volume) |
| 厉害 | lì hai | difficult to deal with; difficult to endure; ferocious; radical; serious; terrible; violent; tremendous; awesome |
| 立交桥 | lì jiāo qiáo | overpass; flyover |
| 历来 | lì lái | always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time |
| 沥青 | lì qīng | asphalt; bituminous |
| 立体 | lì tǐ | three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic |
| 力图 | lì tú | try hard to; strive to |
| 例外 | lì wài | (make an) exception |
| 利息 | lì xī | interest (on a loan); CL:笔 |
| 荔枝 | lì zhī | litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) |
| 栗子 | lì zi | chestnut |
| 帘 | lián | hanging screen or curtain; flag used as a shop sig |
| 联 | lián | to ally; to unite; to join |
| 联邦 | lián bāng | federal; federation; commonwealth; federal union; federal state; union |
| 连…带… | lián dài | both... and...; at the same time |
| 镰刀 | lián dāo | sickle; curved blade to cut grain |
| 连队 | lián duì | company (of troops) |
| 连滚带爬 | lián gǔn dài pá | rolling and crawling; trying frantically to escape (idiom) |
| 廉价 | lián jià | cheaply-priced |
| 廉洁 | lián jié | honest; not coercive; honesty; integrity; incorruptible |
| 连连 | lián lián | repeatedly; again and again |
| 连绵 | lián mián | continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc) |
| 连年 | lián nián | successive years; over many years |
| 连同 | lián tóng | together with; along with |
| 联想 | lián xiǎng | to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs; abbr. for 联想集团 |
| 连续剧 | lián xù jù | serialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts |
| 连夜 | lián yè | the same night; that very night; before this night is out |
| 廉政 | lián zhèng | honest or clean politics |
| 莲子 | lián zǐ | lotus seed |
| 脸盆 | liǎn pén | washbowl; basin for washing hands and face; CL:个 |
| 恋 | liàn | to feel attached to; to long for; to love |
| 练兵 | liàn bīng | to drill troops; army training |
| 链子 | liàn zi | chain |
| 梁 | liáng | beam of roof; bridge; name of Kingdoms and Dynasties at different periods; surname Liang |
| 良 | liáng | good; very; very much |
| 粮票 | liáng piào | coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 |
| 良种 | liáng zhǒng | improved type; good breed; pedigree |
| 两极 | liǎng jí | the two poles; the north and south poles; both ends of sth; electric or magnetic poles |
| 两口子 | liǎng kǒu zi | husband and wife |
| 两手 | liǎng shǒu | double tactics; twin strategies |
| 晾 | liàng | to dry in the air |
| 亮光 | liàng guāng | light; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object |
| 潦草 | liáo cǎo | careless; slovenly; illegible (of handwriting) |
| 辽阔 | liáo kuò | vast; extensive |
| 疗效 | liáo xiào | healing efficacy; healing effect |
| 疗养 | liáo yǎng | to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse |
| 劣 | liè | inferior |
| 烈火 | liè huǒ | raging inferno; blaze |
| 列举 | liè jǔ | a list; to list; to enumerate |
| 列入 | liè rù | included (on a roster); incorporated (into the agenda) |
| 列席 | liè xí | to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate |
| 磷 | lín | phosphorus (chemistry); water in rocks |
| 邻 | lín | neighbor; adjacent; close to |
| 林场 | lín chǎng | forestry station; forest management area |
| 临床 | lín chuáng | clinical |
| 邻国 | lín guó | bordering country; neighbor country; neighboring countries; surrounding countries |
| 临近 | lín jìn | close to; approaching |
| 林区 | lín qū | region of forest |
| 林业 | lín yè | forest industry; forestry |
| 灵 | líng | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; spirit; departed soul; coffin |
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning; in the wee hours |
| 伶俐 | líng lì | clever; witty; intelligent |
| 玲珑 | líng lóng | onomat. clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble |
| 灵敏 | líng mǐn | smart; clever; sensitive; keen; quick; sharp |
| 灵巧 | líng qiǎo | handy |
| 零售 | líng shòu | retail |
| 零碎 | líng suì | scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends |
| 零星 | líng xīng | fragmentary; random; bits and pieces; sporadic |
| 岭 | lǐng | mountain range; mountain ridge |
| 领事 | lǐng shì | consul |
| 领先 | lǐng xiān | to lead; to be in front |
| 领子 | lǐng zi | shirt collar |
| 流寇 | liú kòu | roving bandit; rebel band |
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant |
| 留恋 | liú liàn | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly |
| 流露 | liú lù | to express; to reveal (one's thoughts or feelings) |
| 留神 | liú shén | to take care; to be careful |
| 硫酸 | liú suān | sulfuric acid H2SO4; sulfate |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution |
| 留心 | liú xīn | to be careful; to pay attention to |
| 留意 | liú yì | to take care; mindful |
| 陆 | liù | six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 聋 | lóng | deaf |
| 龙头 | lóng tóu | faucet; water tap; bicycle handle bar; chief (esp. of gang); boss; decision maker; (market) leader (of companies); front end of mud-flow; figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龙船 |
| 隆重 | lóng zhòng | grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn |
| 漏税 | lòu shuì | tax evasion |
| 鹿 | lù | deer |
| 路程 | lù chéng | route; path traveled; distance traveled; course (of development) |
| 路面 | lù miàn | pavement |
| 录取 | lù qǔ | to recruit; to enroll |
| 录用 | lù yòng | to hire (employee) |
| 路子 | lù zi | method; way; approach |
| 旅 | lǚ | trip; travel; to travel |
| 屡次 | lǚ cì | repeatedly; time and again |
| 旅店 | lǚ diàn | inn; small hotel |
| 履行 | lǚ xíng | to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform |
| 旅游业 | lǚ yóu yè | tourism industry |
| 率 | lǜ | rate; frequency |
| 绿化 | lǜ huà | to make green with plants; to reforest |
| 律师 | lǜ shī | lawyer |
| 略微 | lüè wēi | a little bit; slightly |
| 乱七八糟 | luàn qī bā zāo | everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens |
| 抡 | lūn | whirl (one's arm) |
| 论点 | lùn diǎn | argument; line of reasoning; thesis; point (of discussion) |
| 论述 | lùn shù | treatise; discourse; exposition |
| 论证 | lùn zhèng | to prove a point; proof; to expound on; demonstrate or prove (through argument) |
| 箩筐 | luó kuāng | wickerwork basket |
| 罗列 | luó liè | to spread out |
| 螺丝钉 | luó sī dīng | screw |
| 骡子 | luó zi | mule; CL:匹,头 |
| 落成 | luò chéng | to complete a construction project |
| 落地 | luò dì | to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land |
| 落实 | luò shí | practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide |
| 落选 | luò xuǎn | to fail to be chosen (or elected); to lose an election |
| 麻 | má | generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb; surname Ma |
| 麻痹 | má bì | paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb |
| 麻袋 | má dài | burlap (jute fiber) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive; apathetic |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; mahjong |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; fig. to poison (sb's mind) |
| 马车 | mǎ chē | cart; chariot; carriage; buggy |
| 马达 | mǎ dá | motor |
| 马力 | mǎ lì | horsepower |
| 马铃薯 | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 马戏 | mǎ xì | circus |
| 蚂蚁 | mǎ yǐ | ant |
| 埋没 | mái mò | to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion |
| 埋头 | mái tóu | to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) |
| 脉搏 | mài bó | a pulse (both medical and figurative) |
| 卖国 | mài guó | to sell one's country; treason |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain |
| 满怀 | mǎn huái | full of; to contain; imbued with; to have one's heart filled with; one's breast (the seat of emotions); pregnant (of farm animals); heavy with young |
| 满月 | mǎn yuè | full moon; whole month; baby's one-month old birthday |
| 慢性 | màn xìng | slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to extend; to spread |
| 盲从 | máng cóng | to follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience |
| 忙碌 | máng lù | busy; bustling |
| 茫茫 | máng máng | boundless; vast and obscure |
| 茫然 | máng rán | ignorant; to have no knowledge of sth |
| 盲人 | máng rén | blind person |
| 冒进 | mào jìn | to advance prematurely |
| 茂密 | mào mì | dense (of plant growth); lush |
| 冒牌 | mào pái | fake; impostor; quack (doctor); imitation brand |
| 茂盛 | mào shèng | lush |
| 冒险 | mào xiǎn | to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure |
| 枚 | méi | classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers(old) |
| 霉 | méi | bacteria; fungi; moldy |
| 没吃没穿 | méi chī méi chuān | (idiom) to be without food and clothing; be very poor |
| 媒介 | méi jiè | media; medium |
| 没辙 | méi zhé | (idiom) unable to solve; no way to escape a problem |
| 镁 | měi | magnesium (chemistry) |
| 美德 | měi dé | virtue; USA and Germany |
| 美国 | měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 美满 | měi mǎn | happy; blissful |
| 美妙 | měi miào | beautiful; wonderful; splendid |
| 美中不足 | měi zhōng bù zú | everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment |
| 门当户对 | mén dāng hù duì | (saying) social position and economic status be in harmony |
| 门市部 | mén shì bù | retail department; section of a retail store |
| 萌芽 | méng yá | sprout; germ of a plant |
| 弥补 | mí bǔ | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 迷惑 | mí huo | to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle |
| 弥漫 | mí màn | to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) |
| 迷失 | mí shī | lost; not knowing one's location |
| 密度 | mì dù | density; thickness |
| 密封 | mì fēng | seal up |
| 棉 | mián | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton |
| 免 | miǎn | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited |
| 免除 | miǎn chú | to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit |
| 免费 | miǎn fèi | free (of charge) |
| 勉励 | miǎn lì | to encourage |
| 面包车 | miàn bāo chē | van for carrying people; taxi minibus |
| 面面俱到 | miàn miàn jù dào | (idiom) take care of everything; handle everything |
| 面目 | miàn mù | appearance; facial features; look |
| 面容 | miàn róng | appearance; facial features |
| 面子 | miàn zi | outer surface; outside; honor; reputation; face (as in "losing face"); self-respect; feelings; (medicinal) powder |
| 描 | miáo | depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up |
| 描绘 | miáo huì | to describe; to portray |
| 描述 | miáo shù | to describe; description |
| 渺小 | miǎo xiǎo | minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant |
| 蔑视 | miè shì | to loathe; to despise; contempt |
| 民航 | mín háng | civil aviation |
| 民事 | mín shì | civil case; agricultural affairs; civil |
| 民意 | mín yì | public opinion; popular will; public will |
| 民众 | mín zhòng | populace; masses; the people |
| 敏感 | mǐn gǎn | sensitive; susceptible; politically sensitive (pretext for censorship) |
| 敏锐 | mǐn ruì | keen; sharp; acute |
| 名称 | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 名次 | míng cì | position in a ranking of names |
| 名单 | míng dān | list (of names) |
| 名额 | míng é | fixed number of people; quota |
| 名副其实 | míng fù qí shí | not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) |
| 名贵 | míng guì | famous and valuable; rare; precious |
| 名牌 | míng pái | famous brand |
| 名人 | míng rén | personage; celebrity |
| 名声 | míng shēng | reputation |
| 明星 | míng xīng | star; celebrity |
| 名义 | míng yì | titular; (do something) in sb's name |
| 名誉 | míng yù | fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) |
| 命名 | mìng míng | to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming |
| 命题 | mìng tí | a proposition; to assign an essay topic |
| 谬论 | miù lùn | misconception; fallacy |
| 摸索 | mō suo | to feel about; to grope about; to fumble; to do things slowly |
| 膜 | mó | membrane; film |
| 摩擦 | mó cā | friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; same as 磨擦 |
| 蘑菇 | mó gu | mushroom; to pester; to dawdle |
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
| 模式 | mó shì | mode; method |
| 魔术 | mó shù | magic |
| 抹杀 | mǒ shā | to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress |
| 莫 | mò | do not; there is none who; surname Mo |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | unfathomable mystery (idiom); subtle and ineffable; unable to make head or tail of it; boring (e.g. movie) |
| 默默 | mò mò | in silence; not speaking |
| 谋 | móu | to plan; seek; scheme |
| 谋求 | móu qiú | to seek; to strive for |
| 目 | mù | eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title |
| 目睹 | mù dǔ | to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes |
| 目录 | mù lù | catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents |
| 牧区 | mù qū | grazing land; pasture |
| 穆斯林 | mù sī lín | Muslim |
| 牧业 | mù yè | livestock husbandry; animal product industry |
| 目中无人 | mù zhōng wú rén | to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air |
| 那时 | nà shí | then; at that time; in those days |
| 纳税 | nà shuì | to pay taxes |
| 乃 | nǎi | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon |
| 奶粉 | nǎi fěn | powdered milk |
| 耐力 | nài lì | endurance |
| 难度 | nán dù | trouble; problem |
| 难关 | nán guān | difficulty; crisis |
| 难堪 | nán kān | hard to take; embarrassed |
| 难免 | nán miǎn | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 难 | nàn | disaster; distress; to scold |
| 难民 | nàn mín | refugee |
| 恼火 | nǎo huǒ | to get angry; irritated; to annoy; to aggravate; annoying |
| 闹事 | nào shì | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance |
| 内地 | nèi dì | inland; interior |
| 内阁 | nèi gé | (government) cabinet |
| 内行 | nèi háng | expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional |
| 内幕 | nèi mù | inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal |
| 内心 | nèi xīn | heart; innermost being |
| 内在 | nèi zài | intrinsic; innate |
| 内脏 | nèi zàng | internal organs; viscera |
| 内战 | nèi zhàn | civil war |
| 内政 | nèi zhèng | internal affairs (of a country) |
| 能手 | néng shǒu | expert |
| 尼龙 | ní lóng | nylon |
| 拟 | nǐ | to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo- |
| 拟定 | nǐ dìng | to draw up; to draft; to formulate |
| 逆流 | nì liú | against the stream; adverse current; a counter-current; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend |
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual |
| 捻 | niǎn | twirl (in the fingers) |
| 撵 | niǎn | to expel; to oust |
| 念头 | niàn tou | thought; idea; intention |
| 酿 | niàng | to ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees); to lead to; to form gradually; wine; stuffed vegetables (cooking method) |
| 尿 | niào | to urinate; urine; CL:泡 |
| 捏造 | niē zào | to make up; to fabricate |
| 凝固 | níng gù | to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention |
| 凝结 | níng jié | to condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood) |
| 宁静 | níng jìng | tranquil; tranquility; serenity |
| 柠檬 | níng méng | lemon |
| 凝视 | níng shì | to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on |
| 宁肯 | nìng kěn | would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer |
| 宁愿 | nìng yuàn | would rather; better |
| 农产品 | nóng chǎn pǐn | agricultural produce |
| 浓度 | nóng dù | concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution); consistency; thickness; density; viscosity |
| 浓厚 | nóng hòu | dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color) |
| 农户 | nóng hù | peasant household |
| 弄虚作假 | nòng xū zuò jiǎ | to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery |
| 奴役 | nú yì | to enslave; slavery |
| 怒吼 | nù hǒu | to bellow; to rave; to snarl |
| 怒火 | nù huǒ | rage; fury; hot anger |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 挪 | nuó | to shift; to move |
| 殴打 | ōu dǎ | to beat up; to come to blows; battery (law) |
| 呕吐 | ǒu tù | to vomit |
| 扒 | pá | to rake up; to steal; to braise; to crawl |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to get rid of; to remove |
| 排队 | pái duì | to line up |
| 徘徊 | pái huái | to dither; to hesitate; to pace back and forth; by ext. to hover around; to linger |
| 排挤 | pái jǐ | to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant |
| 排长 | pái zhǎng | platoon leader; sergeant |
| 派别 | pài bié | denomination; group; school; faction; school of thought |
| 派出所 | pài chū suǒ | local police station |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission); to dispatch |
| 盘旋 | pán xuán | to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit |
| 叛变 | pàn biàn | to defect; to betray; to mutiny |
| 判处 | pàn chǔ | to sentence; to condemn |
| 判定 | pàn dìng | judge; decide; judgment; determination |
| 判决 | pàn jué | judgment (by a court of law) |
| 叛徒 | pàn tú | traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent |
| 庞大 | páng dà | huge; enormous; tremendous |
| 胖子 | pàng zi | fat person; fatty |
| 抛弃 | pāo qì | to abandon; to discard; to renounce |
| 刨 | páo | to eliminate; to dig; to question |
| 跑道 | pǎo dào | athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip) |
| 炮火 | pào huǒ | artillery barrage; gunfire |
| 泡沫 | pào mò | foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble |
| 赔款 | péi kuǎn | reparations; to pay reparations |
| 培训 | péi xùn | to cultivate; to train; to groom; training |
| 配备 | pèi bèi | to allocate; to provide; to outfit with |
| 配方 | pèi fāng | prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math) |
| 配偶 | pèi ǒu | consort; mate; spouse |
| 配套 | pèi tào | to form a complete set; coherent |
| 喷射 | pēn shè | to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet |
| 烹饪 | pēng rèn | cooking; culinary arts |
| 烹调 | pēng tiáo | to cook; cooking |
| 劈 | pī | to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike |
| 坯 | pī | blank (eg for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product |
| 批发 | pī fā | wholesale; bulk trade; distribution |
| 批复 | pī fù | to reply officially to a subordinate |
| 批改 | pī gǎi | to mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to correct and criticize (an article); to check; to correct; a correction (to a piece of writing) |
| 批示 | pī shì | to comment on and criticize a lower government report; written comments from higher authorities |
| 疲惫 | pí bèi | beaten; exhausted; tired |
| 皮带 | pí dài | strap; leather belt; CL:条,根 |
| 疲乏 | pí fá | tired; weary |
| 皮革 | pí gé | leather; CL:张 |
| 屁 | pì | fart; flatulence; nonsense |
| 偏差 | piān chā | bias; deviation |
| 偏见 | piān jiàn | prejudice |
| 偏僻 | piān pì | remote; desolate; far from the city |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation) |
| 片刻 | piàn kè | short period of time; a moment |
| 漂 | piāo | to float; to drift |
| 撇 | piē | to cast away; to fling aside |
| 瞥 | piē | blink; glance; to appear in a flash |
| 拼搏 | pīn bó | to struggle; to wrestle |
| 贫 | pín | poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous |
| 贫乏 | pín fá | lack; incomplete |
| 频繁 | pín fán | frequently; often |
| 贫困 | pín kùn | impoverished; poverty |
| 频率 | pín lǜ | frequency |
| 贫民 | pín mín | poor people |
| 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 |
| 品尝 | pǐn cháng | to taste a small amount; to sample |
| 品行 | pǐn xíng | behavior; moral conduct |
| 聘 | pìn | to engage (teacher); to hire; employment; hiring; to betroth; betrothed; to get married (of woman) |
| 聘请 | pìn qǐng | to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) |
| 聘任 | pìn rèn | to appoint (to a position); appointed |
| 聘用 | pìn yòng | to employ; to hire |
| 评比 | píng bǐ | to evaluate (by comparison) |
| 评定 | píng dìng | to evaluate; to make one's judgment |
| 评估 | píng gū | to evaluate; to assess; assessment; evaluation |
| 平面 | píng miàn | plane (flat surface); print media |
| 平民 | píng mín | ordinary people; commoner; civilian |
| 平日 | píng rì | ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually |
| 评审 | píng shěn | to appraise; to evaluate; to judge |
| 萍水相逢 | píng shuǐ xiāng féng | (saying) strangers coming together by chance |
| 平坦 | píng tǎn | level; even; smooth; flat |
| 平稳 | píng wěn | smooth; steady |
| 评选 | píng xuǎn | to select, on the basis of a vote or consensus |
| 屏障 | píng zhàng | protective screen |
| 平整 | píng zhěng | smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps) |
| 颇 | pō | rather; quite; considerably (Taiwan pr. [po3]); oblique; inclined; slanting; surname Po |
| 婆婆 | pó po | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma |
| 破除 | pò chú | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of |
| 破获 | pò huò | to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture |
| 破旧 | pò jiù | shabby |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to rupture; to fracture; to break down; (linguistics) plosion |
| 迫使 | pò shǐ | to force; to compel |
| 破碎 | pò suì | to smash to pieces; to shatter |
| 扑克 | pū kè | poker (game); deck of playing cards |
| 扑灭 | pū miè | to eradicate; to extinguish |
| 仆人 | pú rén | servant |
| 葡萄糖 | pú tao táng | glucose C6H12O6 |
| 谱 | pǔ | chart; list; score (music); spectrum (physics) |
| 普查 | pǔ chá | census; general survey; general investigation; reconnaissance survey |
| 谱曲 | pǔ qǔ | to compose a piece of music |
| 朴实 | pǔ shí | plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest |
| 瀑布 | pù bù | waterfall |
| 柒 | qī | seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 沏 | qī | to steep (tea) |
| 凄惨 | qī cǎn | plaintive; mournful; miserable |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to; to await; expectation |
| 漆黑 | qī hēi | pitch-black |
| 期刊 | qī kān | periodical |
| 凄凉 | qī liáng | desolate |
| 期望 | qī wàng | hope; expectation |
| 期限 | qī xiàn | time limit; deadline; allotted time |
| 七嘴八舌 | qī zuǐ bā shé | (saying) a discussion with everybody talking at once |
| 旗号 | qí hào | 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 旗语 semaphore |
| 奇花异草 | qí huā yì cǎo | (saying) very rarely seen, unusual |
| 其间 | qí jiān | in between; within that interval; in the meantime |
| 奇妙 | qí miào | fantastic; wonderful |
| 齐全 | qí quán | complete |
| 歧视 | qí shì | to discriminate against; discrimination |
| 奇特 | qí tè | peculiar; unusual; queer |
| 岂不 | qǐ bù | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? |
| 起草 | qǐ cǎo | draft (a bill); draw up (plans) |
| 启程 | qǐ chéng | to set out on a journey |
| 起点 | qǐ diǎn | starting point |
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs |
| 起哄 | qǐ hòng | to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance |
| 起劲 | qǐ jìn | vigorously; energetically; enthusiastically |
| 起码 | qǐ mǎ | at the minimum; at the very least |
| 乞求 | qǐ qiú | to beg |
| 起身 | qǐ shēn | to get up; to leave; to set forth |
| 启事 | qǐ shì | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice |
| 启示 | qǐ shì | enlightenment; revelation; apocalypse |
| 起诉 | qǐ sù | to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute |
| 岂有此理 | qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd |
| 器 | qì | device; tool; utensil; CL:台 |
| 汽 | qì | steam; vapor |
| 砌 | qì | to build by laying bricks or stones |
| 气喘 | qì chuǎn | labored breathing; shortage of breath due to poor lung capacity; asthma |
| 气功 | qì gōng | qigong, a system of deep breathing exercises |
| 器具 | qì jù | implement; ware |
| 气力 | qì lì | strength; energy; vigor; talent |
| 气流 | qì liú | stream of air; airflow; slipstream; draft; breath; turbulence (of aircraft) |
| 气魄 | qì pò | spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude |
| 气球 | qì qiú | balloon |
| 气势 | qì shì | momentum; manner; energy; look of great force or imposing manner; powerful |
| 气息 | qì xī | breath; smell; odor; flavor |
| 器械 | qì xiè | special or precision equipment; apparatus |
| 掐 | qiā | to pick (flowers); to pinch; to clutch; (slang) to fight |
| 恰到好处 | qià dào hǎo chù | it's just perfect; it's just right |
| 恰巧 | qià qiǎo | fortunately; unexpectedly; by coincidence |
| 恰如其分 | qià rú qí fèn | (saying) to say or do something appropriate |
| 洽谈 | qià tán | to discuss |
| 迁 | qiān | to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote |
| 牵扯 | qiān chě | to involve; to implicate |
| 签发 | qiān fā | to issue (a document); to sign and issue officially |
| 迁就 | qiān jiù | to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth) |
| 千军万马 | qiān jūn wàn mǎ | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men |
| 签名 | qiān míng | to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph |
| 签署 | qiān shǔ | to sign (an agreement) |
| 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | kilowatt (unit of electric power) |
| 谦逊 | qiān xùn | humble; humility; modesty |
| 牵引 | qiān yǐn | to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow |
| 签证 | qiān zhèng | visa; certificate; to certify; CL:个 |
| 牵制 | qiān zhì | to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops) |
| 签字 | qiān zì | to sign (a signature) |
| 前辈 | qián bèi | senior; older generation; precursor |
| 前程 | qián chéng | future (career etc) prospects |
| 潜伏 | qián fú | to hide; to cover up; to conceal |
| 前赴后继 | qián fù hòu jì | (saying) advance in waves of people |
| 前景 | qián jǐng | foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective |
| 潜力 | qián lì | potential; capacity |
| 前列 | qián liè | the very front |
| 前期 | qián qī | preceding period; early stage |
| 前人 | qián rén | predecessor; forebears; the person facing you |
| 前所未有 | qián suǒ wèi yǒu | unprecedented |
| 前提 | qián tí | premise; precondition; prerequisite |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go |
| 前线 | qián xiàn | front line; military front; workface; cutting edge |
| 钳子 | qián zi | pliers; forceps; clamp; CL:把 |
| 谴责 | qiǎn zé | to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism |
| 嵌 | qiàn | to inlay; to embed |
| 腔 | qiāng | cavity of body; barrel (e.g. engine cylinder); compartment; tune; accent of speech |
| 枪毙 | qiāng bì | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of |
| 强化 | qiáng huà | to strengthen; to intensify |
| 强盛 | qiáng shèng | rich and powerful |
| 强制 | qiáng zhì | to enforce; enforcement; forcibly; compulsory |
| 抢救 | qiǎng jiù | rescue |
| 锹 | qiāo | shovel; spade |
| 侨胞 | qiáo bāo | countryman living abroad |
| 乔装 | qiáo zhuāng | to pretend; to feign; to disguise oneself |
| 茄子 | qié zi | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese" |
| 窃取 | qiè qǔ | to steal; to seize |
| 窃听 | qiè tīng | eavesdrop; wiretap |
| 亲笔 | qīn bǐ | in one's own handwriting |
| 侵害 | qīn hài | to encroach on; to infringe on |
| 亲密 | qīn mì | intimate; close |
| 钦佩 | qīn pèi | to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly |
| 亲身 | qīn shēn | personal; oneself |
| 亲生 | qīn shēng | born to oneself (i.e. one's natural child); having born oneself (i.e. one's natural parent) |
| 侵蚀 | qīn shí | to erode; to corrode |
| 亲手 | qīn shǒu | personally; with one's own hands |
| 亲友 | qīn yǒu | friends and relatives |
| 侵占 | qīn zhàn | to invade and occupy (territory) |
| 勤 | qín | diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant |
| 禽 | qín | generic term for birds and animals; birds; to capture (old) |
| 芹菜 | qín cài | celery (Apium graveolens) |
| 勤奋 | qín fèn | hardworking; diligent |
| 勤工俭学 | qín gōng jiǎn xué | to work part time while studying; work-study program |
| 勤俭 | qín jiǎn | hardworking and frugal |
| 勤恳 | qín kěn | diligent and attentive; assiduous; sincere |
| 氢 | qīng | hydrogen (chemistry) |
| 轻便 | qīng biàn | lightweight and portable; light and convenient |
| 清查 | qīng chá | to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) |
| 轻工业 | qīng gōng yè | light industry |
| 轻快 | qīng kuài | light and quick; brisk; spry; lively; effortless; relaxed; agile; blithe |
| 清理 | qīng lǐ | clear; to put in order; to check up |
| 倾听 | qīng tīng | to listen attentively |
| 蜻蜓 | qīng tíng | dragonfly (common spoken term); Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
| 轻微 | qīng wēi | slight; light; trivial; to a small extent |
| 倾斜 | qīng xié | to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt |
| 清新 | qīng xīn | fresh and clean; Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong |
| 清早 | qīng zǎo | first thing in the morning; at daybreak |
| 清真寺 | qīng zhēn sì | mosque |
| 情感 | qíng gǎn | feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally) |
| 情节 | qíng jié | plot; circumstances |
| 晴朗 | qíng lǎng | sunny and cloudless |
| 情理 | qíng lǐ | reason; sense |
| 请柬 | qǐng jiǎn | invitation card; written invitation |
| 请帖 | qǐng tiě | invitation card; written invitation |
| 请愿 | qǐng yuàn | petition (for action to be taken) |
| 庆贺 | qìng hè | to congratulate; to celebrate |
| 穷苦 | qióng kǔ | impoverished; destitute |
| 秋收 | qiū shōu | fall harvest; to reap |
| 求得 | qiú dé | to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain |
| 球队 | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 球迷 | qiú mí | soccer fan; crazy about ball sports; CL:个 |
| 区分 | qū fēn | to differentiate; to find differing aspects |
| 屈服 | qū fú | to surrender; to yield |
| 趋势 | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 曲线 | qū xiàn | curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way |
| 趋向 | qū xiàng | direction; trend; to incline |
| 驱逐 | qū zhú | to expel; to deport; banishment |
| 取代 | qǔ dài | to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution |
| 曲子 | qǔ zi | poem for singing; tune; music; CL:支 |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away; to die |
| 圈套 | quān tào | trap; snare; trick |
| 权 | quán | authority; power; right; temporary |
| 泉 | quán | spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) |
| 全都 | quán dōu | all; without exception |
| 全会 | quán huì | plenary session (at a conference); CL:届 |
| 全集 | quán jí | omnibus; complete works (of a writer or artist) |
| 全力 | quán lì | with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) |
| 全力以赴 | quán lì yǐ fù | do at all costs; make an all-out effort |
| 全民 | quán mín | entire population (of a country) |
| 权威 | quán wēi | authority; authoritative; power and prestige |
| 权限 | quán xiàn | limits to authority; scope of one's jurisdiction |
| 全心全意 | quán xīn quán yì | heart and soul; wholeheartedly |
| 权益 | quán yì | rights and benefits |
| 犬 | quǎn | dog |
| 券 | quàn | bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate |
| 劝说 | quàn shuō | persuade; persuasion; advise |
| 劝阻 | quàn zǔ | to advise against; to dissuade |
| 缺口 | quē kǒu | nick; jag; gap; shortfall |
| 缺席 | quē xí | absence; absent |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw; physical defect |
| 瘸 | qué | lame |
| 确保 | què bǎo | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 确立 | què lì | to establish; to institute |
| 确切 | què qiè | definite; exact; precise |
| 确认 | què rèn | to confirm; to verify; confirmation |
| 确信 | què xìn | to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news |
| 确凿 | què záo | definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic |
| 群体 | qún tǐ | community; colony |
| 燃 | rán | to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes) |
| 让步 | ràng bù | to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession |
| 扰乱 | rǎo luàn | to disturb; to perturb; to harass |
| 热潮 | rè cháo | upsurge; popular craze |
| 热泪盈眶 | rè lèi yíng kuàng | eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved |
| 仁慈 | rén cí | benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful |
| 人道主义 | rén dào zhǔ yì | humanism; humanitarian (aid) |
| 人格 | rén gé | personality; integrity; dignity |
| 人均 | rén jūn | per capita |
| 人情 | rén qíng | reason; human emotions; human interaction; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn |
| 人权 | rén quán | human rights |
| 人参 | rén shēn | ginseng |
| 人身 | rén shēn | person; personal; human body |
| 人生 | rén shēng | human life |
| 人事 | rén shì | human affairs; ways of the world; consciousness of the world; what is humanly possible; personnel matters; sexual awareness; sexual passion; facts of life |
| 人为 | rén wéi | artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort |
| 人性 | rén xìng | human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes |
| 人质 | rén zhì | hostage |
| 认定 | rèn dìng | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with |
| 认可 | rèn kě | to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK |
| 任命 | rèn mìng | to appoint and nominate |
| 日光 | rì guāng | sunlight |
| 溶 | róng | to dissolve; soluble |
| 熔 | róng | to smelt; to fuse |
| 绒 | róng | velvet; woolen |
| 溶化 | róng huà | to melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc) |
| 融化 | róng huà | to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse |
| 容积 | róng jī | volume; physical space taken up by an object |
| 溶解 | róng jiě | dissolve; solution |
| 容量 | róng liàng | capacity; volume; quantitative (science) |
| 容纳 | róng nà | to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions) |
| 融洽 | róng qià | harmonious; friendly relations; on good terms with one another |
| 容忍 | róng rěn | to put up with; to tolerate |
| 荣誉 | róng yù | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation |
| 柔和 | róu hé | gentle; soft |
| 如意 | rú yì | as one wants; according to one's wishes |
| 如醉如痴 | rú zuì rú chī | lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom); intoxicated by sth; obsessed with; mad about sth |
| 乳 | rǔ | breast; milk |
| 入境 | rù jìng | to enter a country; immigration |
| 入口 | rù kǒu | entrance |
| 入侵 | rù qīn | to invade |
| 入手 | rù shǒu | to begin; to set one's hand to |
| 入学 | rù xué | to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child |
| 软件 | ruǎn jiàn | (computer) software |
| 锐利 | ruì lì | sharp; keen; acute; incisive; penetrating; perceptive |
| 瑞雪 | ruì xuě | timely snow |
| 弱点 | ruò diǎn | weak point; failing |
| 撒谎 | sā huǎng | to tell lies |
| 腮 | sāi | cheek (esp. lower cheek); jaw; gills (of fish) |
| 叁 | sān | three (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 三番五次 | sān fān wǔ cì | (saying) do over and over again |
| 三角 | sān jiǎo | triangle |
| 散发 | sàn fā | distribute; emit; issue |
| 桑树 | sāng shù | mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms |
| 扫除 | sǎo chú | to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.) |
| 沙 | shā | granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia; surname Sha |
| 砂 | shā | sand; gravel; granule |
| 刹车 | shā chē | to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake |
| 杀害 | shā hài | murder |
| 沙滩 | shā tān | sand bar; beach; CL:片 |
| 沙土 | shā tǔ | sandy soil |
| 傻子 | shǎ zi | an idiot; a fool |
| 厦 | shà | tall building; mansion; rear annex; lean-to; also pr. [xia4] |
| 筛 | shāi | to filter; to sift; to sieve |
| 筛子 | shāi zi | sieve |
| 山冈 | shān gāng | mound; small hill |
| 山沟 | shān gōu | valley; gully; mountain region |
| 山河 | shān hé | mountains and rivers; the whole country |
| 珊瑚 | shān hú | coral |
| 山脚 | shān jiǎo | foot of a mountain |
| 山岭 | shān lǐng | mountain ridge |
| 山水 | shān shuǐ | landscape; Sansui, Japanese company |
| 山头 | shān tóu | mountain top |
| 山腰 | shān yāo | halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain |
| 陕 | shǎn | abbr. for Shaanxi 陕西 province |
| 闪耀 | shǎn yào | to glint; to glitter; to sparkle; to radiate |
| 善 | shàn | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect |
| 擅长 | shàn cháng | to be good at; to be expert in |
| 善良 | shàn liáng | good and honest; kind-hearted |
| 擅自 | shàn zì | without permission; of one's own initiative |
| 商 | shāng | commerce; to consult; quotient; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC |
| 商标 | shāng biāo | trademark; logo |
| 伤痕 | shāng hén | scar; bruise |
| 商讨 | shāng tǎo | discuss; deliberate |
| 商议 | shāng yì | to negotiate; discussion; proposal |
| 伤员 | shāng yuán | wounded person |
| 赏 | shǎng | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) |
| 尚 | shàng | still; yet; to value; to esteem; surname Shang |
| 上报 | shàng bào | to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter |
| 上层 | shàng céng | upper layer |
| 上等 | shàng děng | highest quality; top-notch |
| 上交 | shàng jiāo | to hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places |
| 上进 | shàng jìn | to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards |
| 上空 | shàng kōng | overhead; in the sky |
| 上任 | shàng rèn | to take office |
| 上诉 | shàng sù | appeal (a judicial case) |
| 上台 | shàng tái | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) |
| 上涨 | shàng zhǎng | to rise; to go up |
| 捎 | shāo | to bring sth to sb; to deliver |
| 梢 | shāo | tip of branch |
| 烧饼 | shāo bing | baked sesame seed coated cake |
| 烧毁 | shāo huǐ | to burn; to burn down |
| 少量 | shǎo liàng | a smidgen; a little bit; a few |
| 少数民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | national minority; ethnic group |
| 哨 | shào | a whistle; sentry |
| 奢侈 | shē chǐ | luxurious; extravagant; wasteful |
| 舍 | shě | to give up; to abandon; to give alms |
| 摄 | shè | to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to act for; to take a photo; photo shoot; photo; to conserve (one's health) |
| 社 | shè | society; group; club; agency; god of the soil (old) |
| 涉及 | shè jí | to involve; to touch upon (a topic) |
| 设立 | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 设施 | shè shī | facilities; installation |
| 涉外 | shè wài | concerning foreigners or foreign affairs |
| 社员 | shè yuán | member of society (association, club etc) |
| 设置 | shè zhì | to set up; to install |
| 深奥 | shēn ào | profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly |
| 申报 | shēn bào | to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs) |
| 深沉 | shēn chén | deep; extreme; dull; low pitched (sound) |
| 深处 | shēn chù | abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part |
| 深化 | shēn huà | deepen; intensify |
| 深浅 | shēn qiǎn | deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum |
| 深切 | shēn qiè | deeply felt; heartfelt; sincere; honest |
| 深情 | shēn qíng | deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love |
| 绅士 | shēn shì | gentleman |
| 伸手 | shēn shǒu | to hold out a hand; to ask for sth |
| 申述 | shēn shù | to state; to assert; to allege; to specify |
| 深信 | shēn xìn | to believe firmly |
| 呻吟 | shēn yín | to moan; to groan |
| 深远 | shēn yuǎn | far-reaching; profound and long-lasting |
| 伸展 | shēn zhǎn | stretching; extension |
| 深重 | shēn zhòng | very serious; grave; profound |
| 神奇 | shén qí | magical; mystical; miraculous |
| 神色 | shén sè | expression; look |
| 神态 | shén tài | appearance; manner; bearing; deportment; look; expression; mien |
| 神仙 | shén xiān | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person; used in advertising: Live like an immortal! 活神仙似 |
| 审 | shěn | to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) |
| 审定 | shěn dìng | to examine and approve; to finalize |
| 审理 | shěn lǐ | to hear (a case) |
| 审美 | shěn měi | esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste |
| 审判 | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 审批 | shěn pī | to examine and approve; to endorse |
| 审讯 | shěn xùn | court trial |
| 审议 | shěn yì | deliberation; pondering; due consideration |
| 渗 | shèn | to seep; to ooze; to horrify |
| 渗透 | shèn tòu | to permeate; to infiltrate; to pervade; osmosis |
| 肾炎 | shèn yán | kidney inflammation; nephritis |
| 生产力 | shēng chǎn lì | production capability; productive force; productivity |
| 生产率 | shēng chǎn lǜ | productivity; efficiency of production |
| 牲畜 | shēng chù | domesticated animals; livestock |
| 生机 | shēng jī | opportunity to live; to reprieve from death; life force; vitality |
| 牲口 | shēng kou | animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden |
| 生命力 | shēng mìng lì | vitality |
| 生怕 | shēng pà | to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to |
| 生前 | shēng qián | (of a deceased) during one's life; while living |
| 生人 | shēng rén | stranger; living person; to give birth |
| 声势 | shēng shì | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum |
| 生疏 | shēng shū | unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed |
| 生态 | shēng tài | way of life; ecology |
| 生效 | shēng xiào | to take effect; to go into effect |
| 升学 | shēng xué | to enter the next grade school |
| 声誉 | shēng yù | reputation; fame |
| 生育 | shēng yù | to bear; to give birth; to grow; to rear; to bring up (children) |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | to reproduce; to flourish |
| 省会 | shěng huì | provincial capital |
| 省略 | shěng lüè | to leave out; an omission |
| 盛 | shèng | flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively; surname Sheng |
| 盛产 | shèng chǎn | superabundant; to teem with; to produce in abundance; to abound in |
| 盛大 | shèng dà | grand; majestic; magnificent; Shanda Entertainment (PRC computer game company) |
| 盛开 | shèng kāi | blooming; in full flower |
| 盛情 | shèng qíng | great kindness; magnificent hospitality |
| 盛行 | shèng xíng | to be in vogue; to be prevalent |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail |
| 师 | shī | teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops |
| 施 | shī | to grant; to give; to bestow; to act; to carry out; surname Shi |
| 湿度 | shī dù | humidity level |
| 施肥 | shī féi | fertilize |
| 诗歌 | shī gē | poem; CL:本,首,段 |
| 施加 | shī jiā | to exert (effort or pressure) |
| 失事 | shī shì | to be involved in a crash; accident |
| 尸体 | shī tǐ | dead body; corpse; carcass; CL:具 |
| 失误 | shī wù | lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) |
| 失效 | shī xiào | to fail; to lose effectiveness |
| 施行 | shī xíng | to put in place; put into practice; take effect |
| 失学 | shī xué | unable to go to school; an interruption to one's education |
| 失约 | shī yuē | to miss an appointment |
| 施展 | shī zhǎn | to use fully; to put to use |
| 师长 | shī zhǎng | military division level commander; teacher |
| 失踪 | shī zōng | missing; lost; unaccounted for |
| 实 | shí | real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely |
| 时 | shí | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period; surname Shi |
| 识 | shí | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 食 | shí | to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse |
| 识别 | shí bié | to distinguish; to discern |
| 时而 | shí ér | occasionally; from time to time |
| 时光 | shí guāng | time; era; period of time |
| 石灰 | shí huī | lime (calcium oxide) |
| 实惠 | shí huì | tangible benefit; material advantages; advantageous (deal); substantial (discount) |
| 实力 | shí lì | strength |
| 时髦 | shí máo | in vogue; fashionable |
| 十全十美 | shí quán shí měi | complete and beautiful; to be perfect(idiom) |
| 时事 | shí shì | current trends; the present situation; how things are going |
| 实体 | shí tǐ | entity; substance |
| 实物 | shí wù | material object; concrete object; original object; in kind; object for practical use; definite thing; reality; matter (physics) |
| 食用 | shí yòng | food product; to use as food; edible |
| 食欲 | shí yù | appetite |
| 时装 | shí zhuāng | the latest fashion in clothes; fashionable |
| 十足 | shí zú | ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color) |
| 史 | shǐ | history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China; surname Shi |
| 始 | shǐ | to begin; to start; then; only then |
| 屎 | shǐ | stool; feces; ear wax; nasal mucus |
| 使节 | shǐ jié | (diplomatic) envoy |
| 史料 | shǐ liào | historical material or data |
| 使命 | shǐ mìng | mission (diplomatic or other); set task |
| 世 | shì | life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble; surname Shi |
| 式 | shì | type; form; pattern; style |
| 视 | shì | to look at; to regard; to inspect |
| 势必 | shì bì | to be bound to; undoubtedly will |
| 事变 | shì biàn | unforeseen event; incident |
| 视察 | shì chá | to inspect; an investigation |
| 世代 | shì dài | generation; an era; accumulation of years; passing on from generation to generation |
| 示范 | shì fàn | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration; a model example |
| 释放 | shì fàng | to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge |
| 侍候 | shì hòu | serve; wait upon |
| 世界观 | shì jiè guān | worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung |
| 视觉 | shì jué | sight; vision; visual |
| 事例 | shì lì | example; exemplar; typical case |
| 视力 | shì lì | vision; eyesight |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident |
| 事态 | shì tài | situation; existing state of affairs |
| 视线 | shì xiàn | line of sight |
| 事项 | shì xiàng | matter; item |
| 试行 | shì xíng | to try out; to test |
| 誓言 | shì yán | oath; promise; pledge |
| 式样 | shì yàng | style |
| 视野 | shì yě | field of view; horizon |
| 示意图 | shì yì tú | sketch; schema; graph |
| 试用 | shì yòng | to try something out; on probation |
| 试制 | shì zhì | to try out a new product (or manufacturing process); prototype; trial product |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to hoard; to collect; collection; to bookmark (internet) |
| 收复 | shōu fù | to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture |
| 收购 | shōu gòu | to purchase (from various places); to acquire (a company) |
| 收回 | shōu huí | to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke |
| 收买 | shōu mǎi | to purchase; to bribe |
| 收益 | shōu yì | earnings; profit |
| 收支 | shōu zhī | cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure |
| 首创 | shǒu chuàng | to create; original creation; to be the first to do sth |
| 手电筒 | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight; electric hand torch |
| 守法 | shǒu fǎ | to abide by the law |
| 手法 | shǒu fǎ | technique; trick; skill |
| 首领 | shǒu lǐng | head; boss; chief |
| 手榴弹 | shǒu liú dàn | hand grenade |
| 首脑 | shǒu nǎo | head (of state); summit (meeting); leader |
| 守卫 | shǒu wèi | to guard; to defend |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | chief (representative, correspondent etc) |
| 首相 | shǒu xiàng | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) |
| 首要 | shǒu yào | the most important; of chief importance |
| 手艺 | shǒu yì | craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade |
| 首长 | shǒu zhǎng | senior official |
| 授 | shòu | to teach; to instruct; to award; to give |
| 受伤 | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed |
| 授予 | shòu yǔ | to award; to confer |
| 瘦子 | shòu zi | thin person |
| 输出 | shū chū | to export; to output |
| 书法 | shū fǎ | calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship |
| 书刊 | shū kān | books and publications |
| 书面 | shū miàn | in writing; written |
| 输入 | shū rù | to import; to input |
| 输送 | shū sòng | to transport; to convey |
| 书写 | shū xiě | to write |
| 书信 | shū xìn | letter; epistle |
| 舒展 | shū zhǎn | to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold |
| 属 | shǔ | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute |
| 竖 | shù | to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) |
| 数额 | shù é | amount; sum of money; fixed number |
| 树干 | shù gàn | tree trunk |
| 衰老 | shuāi lǎo | to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak |
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics) |
| 帅 | shuài | handsome; graceful; smart; commander in chief |
| 爽快 | shuǎng kuai | refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward |
| 水产 | shuǐ chǎn | aquatic; produced in sea, rivers or lakes |
| 水电 | shuǐ diàn | hydroelectric power |
| 水土 | shuǐ tǔ | water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | water source; water supply; headwaters of a river |
| 水灾 | shuǐ zāi | flood; flood damage |
| 水蒸气 | shuǐ zhēng qì | vapor |
| 税收 | shuì shōu | taxation |
| 顺序 | shùn xù | sequence; order |
| 说谎 | shuō huǎng | to lie; to tell an untruth |
| 说情 | shuō qíng | to intercede; to plead for sb else |
| 思 | sī | to think; to consider |
| 思潮 | sī cháo | tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist |
| 司法 | sī fǎ | judicial; (administration of) justice |
| 司令部 | sī lìng bù | headquarters; military command center |
| 思前想后 | sī qián xiǎng hòu | to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection |
| 思绪 | sī xù | train of thought; emotional state; mood; feeling |
| 私营 | sī yíng | privately-owned; private |
| 私有制 | sī yǒu zhì | private ownership of property |
| 私自 | sī zì | private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty |
| 似 | sì | to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo- |
| 寺 | sì | buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) |
| 肆 | sì | four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); market |
| 四方 | sì fāng | four-way; four-sided |
| 四季 | sì jì | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 |
| 饲料 | sì liào | feed; fodder |
| 似是而非 | sì shì ér fēi | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) |
| 似笑非笑 | sì xiào fēi xiào | like a smile yet not a smile (idiom) |
| 四肢 | sì zhī | the four limbs of the body |
| 耸 | sǒng | to excite; to raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering |
| 搜 | sōu | to search |
| 搜查 | sōu chá | to search |
| 搜索 | sōu suǒ | to search; to look for sth; to scour (search meticulously); to look sth up; internet search; database search |
| 苏醒 | sū xǐng | to wake up; to regain consciousness; to come to; to awaken |
| 俗 | sú | custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular |
| 素 | sù | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever |
| 肃清 | sù qīng | purge |
| 诉讼 | sù sòng | lawsuit |
| 塑造 | sù zào | to model; to mould; plastic (arts); flexible; to portray (in sculpture or in words) |
| 素质 | sù zhì | inner quality; basic essence; change over time |
| 蒜 | suàn | garlic; CL:头,瓣 |
| 算盘 | suàn pán | abacus; CL:把; plan; scheme |
| 算术 | suàn shù | arithmetic; sums (mathematics as primary school subject) |
| 随意 | suí yì | as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious |
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with; in the wake of; following |
| 穗 | suì | ear of grain; fringe; tassel; abbr. for Guangzhou 广州 |
| 隧道 | suì dào | tunnel |
| 岁月 | suì yuè | years; passing of time |
| 损 | sǔn | to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; to speak sarcastically or deride (topolect); mean or shabby (topolect); one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old) |
| 笋 | sǔn | bamboo shoot |
| 损耗 | sǔn hào | wear and tear |
| 损人利己 | sǔn rén lì jǐ | harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others |
| 损伤 | sǔn shāng | to harm; to damage; to injure; impairment; loss; disability |
| 所得 | suǒ dé | what one acquires; one's gains |
| 所得税 | suǒ dé shuì | income tax |
| 所属 | suǒ shǔ | one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); belonging to; affiliated; under one's command |
| 索性 | suǒ xìng | you might as well (do it); simply; just |
| 所有权 | suǒ yǒu quán | ownership; possession; property rights; title (to property) |
| 所有制 | suǒ yǒu zhì | ownership of the means of production (in Marxism); system of ownership |
| 他人 | tā rén | another; sb else; other people |
| 台风 | tái fēng | hurricane; typhoon |
| 台阶 | tái jiē | flight of steps (leading up to a house); step (over obstacle); bench; fig. way out of an embarrassing situation |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 太平 | tài píng | peace and security; place name |
| 泰然 | tài rán | calm; self-composed |
| 太阳能 | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 贪 | tān | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt |
| 瘫痪 | tān huàn | paralysis; be paralyzed (body, transportation, etc) |
| 贪污 | tān wū | corruption |
| 坛 | tán | earthen jar; altar |
| 潭 | tán | deep pool; pond; pit (topolect); depression; surname Tan |
| 痰 | tán | phlegm; spittle |
| 谈天 | tán tiān | to chat |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming; to confess |
| 叹 | tàn | sigh; gasp; exclaim |
| 炭 | tàn | wood charcoal; coal; carbon |
| 探测 | tàn cè | to probe; to take readings; to explore; exploration |
| 探亲 | tàn qīn | to go home to visit one's family |
| 探讨 | tàn tǎo | to investigate; to probe |
| 探头探脑 | tàn tóu tàn nǎo | to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) |
| 探望 | tàn wàng | to visit |
| 塘 | táng | dyke; embankment; pool or pond; hot-water bathing pool |
| 糖果 | táng guǒ | candy; CL:粒 |
| 滔滔不绝 | tāo tāo bù jué | unceasing torrent (idiom); talking non-stop; gabbling forty to the dozen |
| 陶瓷 | táo cí | pottery and porcelain; ceramics |
| 桃花 | táo huā | peach blossom |
| 逃荒 | táo huāng | to escape from a famine; to get away from a famine-stricken region |
| 逃跑 | táo pǎo | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape |
| 淘气 | táo qì | naughty; bad |
| 淘汰 | táo tài | to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out |
| 逃走 | táo zǒu | to escape; to flee; to run away |
| 讨 | tǎo | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study |
| 讨价还价 | tǎo jià huán jià | haggle over price |
| 特产 | tè chǎn | special local product; (regional) specialty |
| 特地 | tè dì | specially; for a special purpose |
| 特定 | tè dìng | special; specific; designated; particular |
| 特区 | tè qū | Special administrative region; abbr. for 特别行政区 |
| 特权 | tè quán | prerogative; privilege; privileged |
| 特色 | tè sè | characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality |
| 特性 | tè xìng | property; characteristic |
| 特意 | tè yì | specially; intentionally |
| 腾 | téng | to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out |
| 藤 | téng | rattan; cane; vine |
| 提案 | tí àn | proposal; draft resolution; motion (to be debated); to propose a bill; to make a proposal |
| 提拔 | tí bá | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion |
| 题材 | tí cái | subject matter |
| 提交 | tí jiāo | to submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb |
| 提炼 | tí liàn | to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process |
| 提名 | tí míng | nominate |
| 提取 | tí qǔ | to extract; to refine; to withdraw (from a bank or warehouse); to pick up |
| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote; to upgrade |
| 提示 | tí shì | to prompt; to present; to point out; to draw attention to sth; hint; brief; cue |
| 提心吊胆 | tí xīn diào dǎn | (saying) to be very scared and on edge |
| 提要 | tí yào | summary; abstract |
| 提早 | tí zǎo | ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time) |
| 体 | tǐ | body; form; style; system |
| 体谅 | tǐ liàng | to empathize; to allow (for something); to show understanding; to appreciate |
| 体贴 | tǐ tiē | considerate (of other people's needs) |
| 体验 | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself |
| 体制 | tǐ zhì | system; organization |
| 体质 | tǐ zhì | physique |
| 体重 | tǐ zhòng | body weight |
| 剃 | tì | shave; to weed; to shave |
| 替代 | tì dài | to substitute for; to replace; to supersede |
| 天长地久 | tiān cháng dì jiǔ | enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal |
| 天地 | tiān dì | heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity |
| 天色 | tiān sè | time of the day |
| 天生 | tiān shēng | nature; disposition; innate; natural |
| 天堂 | tiān táng | paradise; heaven |
| 天线 | tiān xiàn | antenna; mast; connection with high-ranking officials |
| 填补 | tián bǔ | to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency |
| 田间 | tián jiān | field; farm; farming area; village |
| 田径 | tián jìng | track and field (athletics) |
| 填写 | tián xiě | to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form) |
| 调和 | tiáo hé | harmonious; harmony |
| 调剂 | tiáo jì | to adjust; to balance; to make up a medical prescription |
| 调解 | tiáo jiě | to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement |
| 条款 | tiáo kuǎn | clause (of contract or law); CL:项 |
| 条理 | tiáo lǐ | arrangement; order; tidiness |
| 条文 | tiáo wén | clause; explanatory section in a document |
| 条子 | tiáo zi | short note; slip of paper; cop (slang) |
| 挑 | tiǎo | to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up |
| 挑拨 | tiǎo bō | to incite disharmony; to instigate |
| 挑衅 | tiǎo xìn | to provoke; provocation |
| 挑战 | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; challenge |
| 跳高 | tiào gāo | high jump (athletics) |
| 跳远 | tiào yuǎn | long jump (athletics) |
| 跳跃 | tiào yuè | to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip |
| 铁道 | tiě dào | railway line; rail track |
| 铁饭碗 | tiě fàn wǎn | secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) |
| 听话 | tīng huà | to do what one is told; obedient |
| 听取 | tīng qǔ | to hear (news); to listen to |
| 听众 | tīng zhòng | audience; listeners |
| 停泊 | tíng bó | anchorage; mooring (of a ship) |
| 停顿 | tíng dùn | to halt; to break off; pause (in speech) |
| 停滞 | tíng zhì | stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down |
| 艇 | tǐng | vessel; small ship |
| 挺拔 | tǐng bá | tall and straight |
| 挺立 | tǐng lì | to stand erect; to stand upright |
| 通报 | tōng bào | bulletin; journal; circulate information |
| 通道 | tōng dào | (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage; Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan |
| 通风 | tōng fēng | airy; ventilation; to ventilate; to disclose information |
| 通告 | tōng gào | to announce; to give notice |
| 通航 | tōng háng | connected by air, sea traffic or service |
| 通红 | tōng hóng | very red; red through and through; to blush (deep red) |
| 通货膨胀 | tōng huò péng zhàng | inflation |
| 通商 | tōng shāng | having trading relations (of nations or regions) |
| 通俗 | tōng sú | common; everyday; average |
| 通行 | tōng xíng | to go through; a passage through; in general use; a pass or laissez-passer; a license (to a computer account) |
| 通讯社 | tōng xùn shè | a news service (e.g. Xinhua) |
| 通用 | tōng yòng | common (use); interchangeable |
| 同步 | tóng bù | synchronous; to synchronize; to keep step with |
| 同等 | tóng děng | equal to; having the same social class or status |
| 同行 | tóng háng | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry |
| 同类 | tóng lèi | similar; same type; alike |
| 同年 | tóng nián | the same year |
| 童年 | tóng nián | childhood |
| 同期 | tóng qī | the corresponding time period (e.g. compare inflation now with the rate during the same month last year) |
| 同事 | tóng shì | colleague; co-worker; CL:个,位 |
| 同一 | tóng yī | identical; the same |
| 捅 | tǒng | to poke through |
| 统筹 | tǒng chóu | an overall plan; to plan an entire project as a whole |
| 统战 | tǒng zhàn | united front (abbr. for 统一战线); consolidation |
| 痛恨 | tòng hèn | to detest; to loathe; to abhor |
| 偷窃 | tōu qiè | to steal; to pilfer |
| 偷税 | tōu shuì | tax evasion |
| 投标 | tóu biāo | to bid; to make a tender |
| 投产 | tóu chǎn | to put into production; to put into operation |
| 投放 | tóu fàng | to input; to throw in; to unload; to put into circulation |
| 投机倒把 | tóu jī dǎo bǎ | speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation |
| 投票 | tóu piào | to vote; vote |
| 投掷 | tóu zhì | to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin) |
| 投资 | tóu zī | investment; to invest |
| 头子 | tóu zi | boss; gang leader |
| 透彻 | tòu chè | penetrating; thorough; incisive |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 凸 | tū | convex; to stick out; Taiwan pr. [tu2] |
| 秃 | tū | bald; blunt |
| 图案 | tú àn | design; pattern |
| 图表 | tú biǎo | chart; diagram |
| 图片 | tú piàn | image; picture; photograph; CL:张 |
| 屠杀 | tú shā | to massacre; massacre; bloodbath; carnage |
| 图象 | tú xiàng | image; picture |
| 图形 | tú xíng | picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical |
| 图纸 | tú zhǐ | blueprint; drawing; design plans; graph paper |
| 团聚 | tuán jù | to reunite; to have a reunion |
| 团圆 | tuán yuán | to have a reunion |
| 推测 | tuī cè | speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate |
| 推来推去 | tuī lái tuī qù | (idiom) to rudely push and pull others; (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others |
| 推理 | tuī lǐ | reasoning; speculative; inference |
| 推论 | tuī lùn | to infer; a deduction; a corollary; a reasoned conclusion |
| 推算 | tuī suàn | to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation) |
| 推销 | tuī xiāo | to market; to sell |
| 推行 | tuī xíng | to put into effect; to carry out |
| 推选 | tuī xuǎn | to elect; to choose; to nominate |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) |
| 退还 | tuì huán | to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate |
| 屯 | tún | to station (soldiers); to store up; village |
| 脱落 | tuō luò | to drop off; to come off; to lose (hair etc); to omit (a character when writing) |
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to adjourn; to delay; to defer; adjournment; procrastination |
| 妥 | tuǒ | suitable; adequate; ready; settled |
| 妥善 | tuǒ shàn | appropriate; proper |
| 妥协 | tuǒ xié | to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise |
| 椭圆 | tuǒ yuán | oval; ellipse; elliptic |
| 挖掘 | wā jué | to excavate; to dig; to unearth |
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble |
| 外表 | wài biǎo | external; outside; outward appearance |
| 外宾 | wài bīn | foreign guest; international visitor |
| 外出 | wài chū | to go out; to go away from one's present position |
| 外电 | wài diàn | reports from foreign (non-Chinese) news agencies |
| 外观 | wài guān | exterior appearance; to view sth from the outside; exterior condition |
| 外行 | wài háng | layman; amateur |
| 外汇 | wài huì | foreign (currency) exchange |
| 外力 | wài lì | external force; pressure from outside |
| 外流 | wài liú | outflow; to flow out; to drain |
| 外婆 | wài pó | (informal) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
| 外事 | wài shì | foreign affairs |
| 外向型 | wài xiàng xíng | export-oriented (economic model) |
| 外形 | wài xíng | figure; shape; external form; contour |
| 外资 | wài zī | foreign investment |
| 湾 | wān | bay; gulf |
| 豌豆 | wān dòu | pea (Pisum sativum) |
| 完毕 | wán bì | to finish; to end; to complete |
| 完蛋 | wán dàn | fallen from power; destroyed; finished; all over for (him); gone to the dogs |
| 玩具 | wán jù | plaything; toy |
| 玩弄 | wán nòng | to play with; to engage in; to resort to; to dally with |
| 晚餐 | wǎn cān | evening meal; dinner; CL:份,顿,次 |
| 晚年 | wǎn nián | one's later years |
| 惋惜 | wǎn xī | to feel sorry for a person over sth that should have happened |
| 万水千山 | wàn shuǐ qiān shān | ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey; a long and difficult road |
| 汪洋 | wāng yáng | vast body of water; CL:片 |
| 亡 | wáng | to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased |
| 王 | wáng | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great; surname Wang |
| 王国 | wáng guó | kingdom; realm |
| 往常 | wǎng cháng | habitually in the past; as one used to do formerly; as it used to be |
| 往返 | wǎng fǎn | to go back and forth; to go to and fro; round trip |
| 往后 | wǎng hòu | from now on; in the future; time to come |
| 往年 | wǎng nián | in former years; in previous years |
| 往日 | wǎng rì | in former days |
| 往事 | wǎng shì | past events; former happenings |
| 忘却 | wàng què | to forget (esp. in writing) |
| 妄图 | wàng tú | to try in vain; futile attempt |
| 妄想 | wàng xiǎng | to attempt vainly; a vain attempt |
| 望远镜 | wàng yuǎn jìng | telescope; CL:付,副,部 |
| 微不足道 | wēi bù zú dào | negligible; insignificant |
| 威风 | wēi fēng | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive |
| 微观 | wēi guān | micro-; sub-atomic |
| 危急 | wēi jí | critical; desperate (situation) |
| 威力 | wēi lì | might; formidable power |
| 威望 | wēi wàng | prestige |
| 威信 | wēi xìn | prestige; reputation; trust; credit with the people; Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan |
| 惟独 | wéi dú | only; solely; this one alone |
| 违法 | wéi fǎ | illegal; to break the law |
| 违犯 | wéi fàn | to violate; to infringe |
| 桅杆 | wéi gān | mast |
| 围攻 | wéi gōng | to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb |
| 为期 | wéi qī | (to be done) by (a certain date); lasting (a certain time) |
| 围棋 | wéi qí | the game of Go |
| 唯物论 | wéi wù lùn | the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality |
| 唯物主义 | wéi wù zhǔ yì | materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality |
| 唯心论 | wéi xīn lùn | philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness |
| 唯心主义 | wéi xīn zhǔ yì | philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness |
| 维修 | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 惟一 | wéi yī | only; sole; variant of 唯一 |
| 尾 | wěi | tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish |
| 伪造 | wěi zào | to forge; to fake; to counterfeit |
| 畏 | wèi | to fear |
| 为何 | wèi hé | why |
| 畏惧 | wèi jù | to fear; to dread; foreboding |
| 未免 | wèi miǎn | unavoidable; a bit too much; over the top (you exaggerate) |
| 温度计 | wēn dù jì | thermometer; thermograph |
| 温柔 | wēn róu | gentle and soft; tender |
| 瘟疫 | wēn yì | epidemic; plague; pestilence; diseased |
| 文 | wén | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 118; surname Wen |
| 文盲 | wén máng | illiterate |
| 文凭 | wén píng | diploma |
| 文人 | wén rén | scholar; literati |
| 文献 | wén xiàn | document |
| 文雅 | wén yǎ | elegant; refined |
| 文言 | wén yán | classical Chinese |
| 稳当 | wěn dang | reliable; secure; stable; firm |
| 稳妥 | wěn tuǒ | dependable |
| 问答 | wèn dá | question and answer |
| 问世 | wèn shì | to be published; to come out |
| 窝 | wō | nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods |
| 窝囊 | wō nang | annoyed; to feel vexed; pointless; asinine; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly |
| 卧室 | wò shì | bedroom; CL:间 |
| 污蔑 | wū miè | slander |
| 巫婆 | wū pó | witch; sorceress; female shaman |
| 诬陷 | wū xiàn | to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb |
| 乌鸦 | wū yā | crow; raven |
| 呜咽 | wū yè | to sob; to whimper |
| 乌云 | wū yún | black cloud |
| 无偿 | wú cháng | free; no charge; at no cost |
| 无耻 | wú chǐ | without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless |
| 无从 | wú cóng | not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing |
| 无非 | wú fēi | only; nothing else |
| 无话可说 | wú huà kě shuō | there is nothing more to say (idiom); above criticism; perfect |
| 无可奉告 | wú kě fèng gào | (idiom) "no comment" |
| 无理 | wú lǐ | irrational; unreasonable |
| 无聊 | wú liáo | bored; boring; senseless |
| 无能为力 | wú néng wéi lì | impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless |
| 无情无义 | wú qíng wú yì | completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless |
| 无穷 | wú qióng | endless; boundless; inexhaustible |
| 无所作为 | wú suǒ zuò wéi | attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless |
| 梧桐 | wú tóng | wutong or Paulownia tree (Fermiana platanifolia), a lightweight strong wood used for musical instruments; Chinese parasol tree |
| 无微不至 | wú wēi bù zhì | in every possible way (idiom); meticulous |
| 无效 | wú xiào | not valid; ineffective; in vain |
| 无意 | wú yì | inadvertent; accidental |
| 无知 | wú zhī | ignorant; ignorance |
| 伍 | wǔ | squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral); surname Wu |
| 舞 | wǔ | to dance; to wield; to brandish |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | (make use of) military force; military force; military power; military might |
| 舞厅 | wǔ tīng | dance hall; ballroom; CL:间 |
| 勿 | wù | do not |
| 悟 | wù | to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware |
| 物 | wù | thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理 |
| 务必 | wù bì | must; to need to; to be sure to |
| 误差 | wù chā | difference; error; inaccuracy |
| 误解 | wù jiě | to misunderstand; to misread; misunderstanding |
| 物力 | wù lì | physical resources (as opposed to labor resources) |
| 溪 | xī | ivulet; creek; rivulet |
| 熄 | xī | to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out |
| 吸毒 | xī dú | to take drugs; addiction |
| 膝盖 | xī gài | knee |
| 熄灭 | xī miè | to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished |
| 席 | xí | banquet; woven mat; seat; place in a democratic assembly; surname Xi |
| 习俗 | xí sú | custom; tradition; local tradition; convention |
| 习题 | xí tí | school work exercises |
| 席位 | xí wèi | a seat (in a theater, stadium etc); parliamentary or congressional seat |
| 喜 | xǐ | to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad |
| 洗涤 | xǐ dí | to rinse; to wash; washing |
| 喜事 | xǐ shì | happy occasion; wedding |
| 喜讯 | xǐ xùn | good news; glad tidings |
| 细节 | xì jié | details; particulars |
| 系列 | xì liè | series |
| 细小 | xì xiǎo | tiny; fine; minute |
| 峡 | xiá | gorge |
| 霞 | xiá | red clouds |
| 狭隘 | xiá ài | narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience |
| 狭窄 | xiá zhǎi | narrow |
| 下达 | xià dá | to transmit down (a chain of command); to pass down (to lower level) |
| 下放 | xià fàng | to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside |
| 下级 | xià jí | low ranking; low level; an underclass |
| 下令 | xià lìng | to give an order; to command |
| 下落 | xià luò | whereabouts |
| 下台 | xià tái | to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc) |
| 下乡 | xià xiāng | to go to the countryside |
| 先锋 | xiān fēng | herald; pioneer |
| 鲜红 | xiān hóng | scarlet; bright red |
| 仙女 | xiān nǚ | fairy |
| 掀起 | xiān qǐ | to lift; to raise in height; to begin; upsurge; to set off (a campaign) |
| 先前 | xiān qián | before; previously |
| 先行 | xiān xíng | to precede others; in advance |
| 弦 | xián | bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根 |
| 衔 | xián | bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title |
| 贤惠 | xián huì | chaste; virtuous |
| 衔接 | xián jiē | to join together; to combine |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion; (be) suspected (of) |
| 显 | xiǎn | prominent; conspicuous; Greek stem: phanero- |
| 显而易见 | xiǎn ér yì jiàn | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying |
| 显微镜 | xiǎn wēi jìng | microscope; CL:台 |
| 限 | xiàn | limit; bound |
| 现场 | xiàn chǎng | lit. actual location; the scene (of the incident); on-the-spot |
| 限度 | xiàn dù | limitation; limit |
| 陷害 | xiàn hài | to frame (up); to make false charges against |
| 现金 | xiàn jīn | cash |
| 限期 | xiàn qī | set a time limit; time limit; deadline |
| 现钱 | xiàn qián | cash |
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament) |
| 献身 | xiàn shēn | to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for |
| 线索 | xiàn suǒ | trail; clues; thread (of a story) |
| 现行 | xiàn xíng | be in effect; in force |
| 限于 | xiàn yú | to be limited to; to be confined to |
| 县长 | xiàn zhǎng | county's head commissioner |
| 现状 | xiàn zhuàng | current situation |
| 镶 | xiāng | to inlay; to embed; ridge; border |
| 相比 | xiāng bǐ | compared to |
| 相差 | xiāng chà | to differ; discrepancy between |
| 相等 | xiāng děng | equal; equally; equivalent |
| 相符 | xiāng fú | to match; to tally |
| 相关 | xiāng guān | interrelated; correlation; dependence; relevance; mutuality |
| 相继 | xiāng jì | in succession; following closely |
| 相交 | xiāng jiāo | to cross over (e.g. traffic); to intersect; to make friends |
| 乡亲 | xiāng qīn | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home |
| 相识 | xiāng shí | to get to know each other; acquaintance |
| 相通 | xiāng tōng | interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating |
| 香味 | xiāng wèi | fragrance; bouquet; sweet smell; CL:股 |
| 相应 | xiāng yìng | to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly |
| 想方设法 | xiǎng fāng shè fǎ | to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other |
| 享福 | xiǎng fú | to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life |
| 享乐 | xiǎng lè | to seek pleasure |
| 享有 | xiǎng yǒu | to enjoy (rights, privileges etc) |
| 橡胶 | xiàng jiāo | rubber |
| 项链 | xiàng liàn | necklace; CL:条 |
| 橡皮 | xiàng pí | rubber; an eraser; CL:块 |
| 像棋 | xiàng qí | portrait; image; resemble |
| 向往 | xiàng wǎng | to yearn for; to look forward to |
| 像样 | xiàng yàng | presentable; decent; up to par |
| 消 | xiāo | to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate; to spend (time); have to; need |
| 销 | xiāo | to melt (metal); to cancel or annul; to sell; to spend; to fasten with a bolt; bolt or pin |
| 销毁 | xiāo huǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate |
| 销路 | xiāo lù | sale; market; state of the market; sales event |
| 销售 | xiāo shòu | to sell; market; sales |
| 小鬼 | xiǎo guǐ | (idiom) an endearing term of address to a child; little demon |
| 小米 | xiǎo mǐ | millet |
| 小数 | xiǎo shù | decimal digit |
| 小数点 | xiǎo shù diǎn | decimal point |
| 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | fiddle; violin |
| 小心翼翼 | xiǎo xīn yì yì | cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully; prudent; gently and cautiously |
| 小型 | xiǎo xíng | small scale; small size |
| 小学生 | xiǎo xué shēng | primary school student; schoolchild; CL:个,名 |
| 小子 | xiǎo zi | boy; young fellow; (derog.) chap |
| 校徽 | xiào huī | school badge; college insignia; university crest |
| 效力 | xiào lì | effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity) |
| 孝顺 | xiào shùn | filial piety; to be obedient to one's parents |
| 肖像 | xiào xiàng | portrait |
| 效益 | xiào yì | benefit; effectiveness; efficiency |
| 校园 | xiào yuán | campus |
| 邪 | xié | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) |
| 挟持 | xié chí | to seize |
| 携带 | xié dài | to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4] |
| 协商 | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over; agreement |
| 协调 | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize; negotiation |
| 协议 | xié yì | agreement; pact; protocol; CL:项 |
| 屑 | xiè | bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to |
| 泄 | xiè | to leak (of water or gas); to drip; to drain; to discharge; to leak out; to divulge (secrets); to give vent (to anger, spite etc); to disperse; to reduce |
| 泻 | xiè | to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent; diarrhea; laxative |
| 谢绝 | xiè jué | to refuse politely |
| 泄露 | xiè lòu | see 泄露 |
| 泄气 | xiè qì | to leak (gas); to be discouraged; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger; (of a tire) to be flat |
| 锌 | xīn | zinc (chemistry) |
| 新陈代谢 | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom) |
| 新房 | xīn fáng | brand new house; bridal chamber |
| 薪金 | xīn jīn | salary; wage |
| 新近 | xīn jìn | newly |
| 新郎 | xīn láng | bridegroom; groom |
| 心里 | xīn li | chest; heart; mind |
| 心灵 | xīn líng | bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit |
| 心目 | xīn mù | mentality; mental attitude; viewpoint |
| 新娘 | xīn niáng | bride |
| 新人 | xīn rén | new age person; new type of person; newly-wed, esp. new bride; bride and groom |
| 心疼 | xīn téng | to love dearly; the pain of love |
| 心头 | xīn tóu | heart; thoughts; mind |
| 欣欣向荣 | xīn xīn xiàng róng | luxuriant growth (idiom); flourishing; thriving |
| 新兴 | xīn xīng | new; up-and-coming; newly developing; rising; Xinxing county in Yunfu 云浮, Guangdong; Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan |
| 心血 | xīn xuè | heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care |
| 新颖 | xīn yǐng | lit. new bud; fig. new and original |
| 心愿 | xīn yuàn | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration |
| 心中 | xīn zhōng | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart |
| 信贷 | xìn dài | credit; borrowed money |
| 信件 | xìn jiàn | a letter (i.e. sent in the mail) |
| 信赖 | xìn lài | to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on |
| 信仰 | xìn yǎng | to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction |
| 信用 | xìn yòng | to trust; credit (commerce); trustworthiness; creditworthiness |
| 信誉 | xìn yù | prestige; distinction; reputation; trust |
| 兴 | xīng | to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (topolect); maybe (topolect); surname Xing |
| 星 | xīng | star; satellite; small amount |
| 腥 | xīng | fishy (smell) |
| 兴办 | xīng bàn | to begin; to set in motion |
| 兴建 | xīng jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 兴起 | xīng qǐ | to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue |
| 兴旺 | xīng wàng | prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish |
| 刑 | xíng | punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment; surname Xing |
| 型 | xíng | model; type (e.g. blood type) |
| 形 | xíng | to appear; to look; form; shape |
| 刑场 | xíng chǎng | execution ground; gallows; scaffold |
| 行程 | xíng chéng | journey; course of a journey; distance traveled; trajectory; itinerary; route; course (of history) |
| 形而上学 | xíng ér shàng xué | metaphysics |
| 刑法 | xíng fǎ | criminal law |
| 型号 | xíng hào | model number |
| 行贿 | xíng huì | to bribe; to give bribes |
| 行径 | xíng jìng | bad act; misdeed |
| 行军 | xíng jūn | a march (army); to march |
| 行使 | xíng shǐ | to exercise (a right etc) |
| 刑事 | xíng shì | criminal; penal |
| 杏 | xìng | apricot |
| 幸好 | xìng hǎo | fortunately |
| 性命 | xìng mìng | life |
| 性情 | xìng qíng | nature; temperament |
| 幸运 | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck |
| 兄 | xiōng | elder brother |
| 凶狠 | xiōng hěn | cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful |
| 胸怀 | xiōng huái | one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish |
| 凶猛 | xiōng měng | fierce |
| 胸膛 | xiōng táng | chest |
| 汹涌 | xiōng yǒng | to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent |
| 熊 | xióng | bear; to scold; to rebuke; brilliant light; to shine brightly; surname Xiong |
| 雄厚 | xióng hòu | robust; strong and solid |
| 雄壮 | xióng zhuàng | majestic; awesome; full of power and grandeur |
| 羞耻 | xiū chǐ | (a feeling of) shame |
| 修订 | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修复 | xiū fù | restoration |
| 休养 | xiū yǎng | to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce |
| 修养 | xiū yǎng | accomplishment; training; self-cultivation |
| 嗅 | xiù | to smell; to sniff; to nose |
| 秀丽 | xiù lì | pretty; beautiful |
| 袖子 | xiù zi | sleeve |
| 虚 | xū | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain |
| 虚假 | xū jiǎ | false; phony; pretense |
| 需求 | xū qiú | requirement; demand (economics) |
| 虚弱 | xū ruò | weak; in poor health |
| 虚伪 | xū wěi | false; sham; hypocritical; artificial |
| 须知 | xū zhī | prerequisites; rules that must be known before starting sth |
| 徐徐 | xú xú | slowly; gently |
| 许可 | xǔ kě | to allow; to permit |
| 续 | xù | continue; replenish |
| 蓄 | xù | to store up; to grow (eg a beard); to entertain (ideas) |
| 畜产品 | xù chǎn pǐn | domesticated animal products |
| 絮叨 | xù dao | long-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point |
| 酗酒 | xù jiǔ | heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess |
| 畜牧 | xù mù | to raise animals |
| 叙谈 | xù tán | to chat |
| 序言 | xù yán | preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude |
| 宣称 | xuān chēng | to assert; to claim |
| 宣读 | xuān dú | to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) |
| 宣誓 | xuān shì | to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow |
| 宣扬 | xuān yáng | to proclaim; to make public or well known |
| 旋 | xuán | to revolve; a loop; a circle |
| 悬挂 | xuán guà | to suspend; to hang; suspension (cable car) |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody; rhythm |
| 悬念 | xuán niàn | suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare |
| 选拔 | xuǎn bá | to select the best |
| 选定 | xuǎn dìng | to pick out; to select; chosen and fixed |
| 选集 | xuǎn jí | anthology |
| 选民 | xuǎn mín | voter; chosen people |
| 选取 | xuǎn qǔ | to choose |
| 选手 | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 选用 | xuǎn yòng | to choose for some purpose; to select and use |
| 削减 | xuē jiǎn | to cut down; to reduce; to lower |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair; to cripple |
| 靴子 | xuē zi | boots |
| 穴 | xué | cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4] |
| 学历 | xué lì | educational background; academic qualifications |
| 学派 | xué pài | school of thought |
| 雪白 | xuě bái | snow white |
| 血压 | xuè yā | blood pressure |
| 熏 | xūn | to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume |
| 巡逻 | xún luó | to patrol (police, army or navy) |
| 寻求 | xún qiú | to seek; to look for |
| 循序渐进 | xún xù jiàn jìn | in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally |
| 训 | xùn | example; pattern; to teach; to train; instruction |
| 讯 | xùn | to question; to ask; to interrogate; rapid; speedy; fast; news; information |
| 鸦片 | yā piàn | opium |
| 压抑 | yā yì | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression |
| 压韵 | yā yùn | to rhyme; usually written 押韵 |
| 崖 | yá | precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2] |
| 哑 | yǎ | dumb; mute; hoarse; husky; unexploded (of artillery shell etc) |
| 轧 | yà | to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle; surname Ya |
| 烟草 | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 淹没 | yān mò | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) |
| 烟雾 | yān wù | smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes |
| 言 | yán | words; speech; to say; to talk |
| 沿岸 | yán àn | coastal area; littoral or riparian |
| 严寒 | yán hán | bitter cold; severe winter |
| 延缓 | yán huǎn | to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down |
| 严峻 | yán jùn | grim; severe; rigorous |
| 言论 | yán lùn | speech; expression of opinion; public opinion |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay; to extend; to postpone; to defer |
| 炎热 | yán rè | blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather) |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to spread |
| 沿途 | yán tú | along the sides of the road; by the wayside |
| 延续 | yán xù | to continue; to go on; to last |
| 言语 | yán yǔ | speech; talk |
| 掩 | yǎn | to cover up; to surprise |
| 演变 | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | sung performance; to sing for an audience |
| 演讲 | yǎn jiǎng | lecture; to make a speech |
| 眼力 | yǎn lì | eyesight; strength of vision; the ability to make discerning judgments |
| 眼色 | yǎn sè | a wink; to signal with one's eyes |
| 眼神 | yǎn shén | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (topolect) |
| 掩饰 | yǎn shì | to conceal a fault; to gloss over |
| 演算 | yǎn suàn | to calculate; to perform calculations |
| 演习 | yǎn xí | exercise; practice; to put on a play; to act |
| 眼下 | yǎn xià | now; at present; subocular (medicine) |
| 演奏 | yǎn zòu | to play a musical instrument; to perform music |
| 验 | yàn | to examine; to test; to check |
| 宴请 | yàn qǐng | to entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner |
| 验收 | yàn shōu | to check on receipt; an inventory of received goods; to verify and accept (a delivery) |
| 宴席 | yàn xí | banquet; feast |
| 验证 | yàn zhèng | to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate |
| 阳 | yáng | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 阴 ☯ |
| 杨树 | yáng shù | poplar tree; various trees of genus Populus |
| 氧 | yǎng | oxygen (chemistry) |
| 痒 | yǎng | to itch; to tickle |
| 养分 | yǎng fèn | nutrient |
| 养活 | yǎng huo | to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth |
| 养育 | yǎng yù | foster; rear |
| 养殖 | yǎng zhí | to cultivate; cultivation; to further; to encourage |
| 样品 | yàng pǐn | sample; specimen |
| 邀 | yāo | to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit or seek |
| 妖怪 | yāo guài | monster; devil |
| 遥控 | yáo kòng | remote control |
| 药材 | yào cái | drug ingredients |
| 要领 | yào lǐng | main aspects; essentials; gist |
| 要么 | yào me | or; either one or the other |
| 要命 | yào mìng | to cause sb's death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying |
| 要素 | yào sù | essential factor; key constituent |
| 耀眼 | yào yǎn | to dazzle; dazzling |
| 野 | yě | field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral |
| 冶炼 | yě liàn | to smelt metal |
| 野蛮 | yě mán | barbarous; uncivilized |
| 野生 | yě shēng | wild; undomesticated |
| 野外 | yě wài | countryside; areas outside the city |
| 野心 | yě xīn | ambition; wild schemes; careerism |
| 液 | yè | liquid; fluid; Taiwan pr. [yi4] |
| 夜班 | yè bān | night shift |
| 依 | yī | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of |
| 医 | yī | medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat |
| 壹 | yī | one (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 一辈子 | yī bèi zi | (for) a lifetime |
| 依次 | yī cì | in order; in succession |
| 一旦 | yī dàn | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day |
| 一度 | yī dù | for a time; at one time; one time; once |
| 一概 | yī gài | all; without any exceptions; categorically |
| 一概而论 | yī gài ér lùn | (saying) lump different matters together |
| 一干二净 | yī gān èr jìng | thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all |
| 一贯 | yī guàn | consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent |
| 一会儿…一会儿… | yī huìr yī huìr | one moment... the next... |
| 一技之长 | yī jì zhī cháng | (saying) skill or proficiency |
| 一举 | yī jǔ | a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go |
| 依赖 | yī lài | to depend on; to be dependent on |
| 一律 | yī lǜ | same; uniformly; all; without exception |
| 一毛不拔 | yī máo bù bá | stingy (idiom) |
| 衣裳 | yī shang | clothes |
| 一身 | yī shēn | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes |
| 一手 | yī shǒu | a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help |
| 一头 | yī tóu | one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously |
| 医务 | yī wù | medical affairs |
| 医药 | yī yào | medicine |
| 医治 | yī zhì | to treat (an illness); to cure; to heal |
| 遗传 | yí chuán | heredity; inheritance; to transmit |
| 疑惑 | yí huò | to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions |
| 移民 | yí mín | to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant |
| 疑难 | yí nán | hard to understand; difficult to deal with; knotty; complicated |
| 遗失 | yí shī | to lose; lost |
| 遗体 | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗址 | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 以免 | yǐ miǎn | in order to avoid; so as not to |
| 以身作则 | yǐ shēn zuò zé | to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model |
| 以往 | yǐ wǎng | in the past; formerly |
| 以至于 | yǐ zhì yú | down to; up to; to the extent that... |
| 亦 | yì | also |
| 异 | yì | different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate |
| 忆 | yì | to recollect; to remember; memory |
| 翼 | yì | wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌; surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) |
| 议案 | yì àn | proposal; motion |
| 议程 | yì chéng | agenda |
| 议定书 | yì dìng shū | protocol; treaty |
| 意料 | yì liào | to anticipate; to expect; to reckon ahead |
| 毅然 | yì rán | firmly; resolutely; without hesitation |
| 意图 | yì tú | intent; intention; intend; schematic diagram |
| 亿万 | yì wàn | millions and millions |
| 意向 | yì xiàng | intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition |
| 议员 | yì yuán | member (of a legislative body); representative |
| 译员 | yì yuán | interpreter; translator (esp. oral) |
| 因 | yīn | cause; reason; because |
| 阴暗 | yīn àn | dim; dark; gloomy; somber |
| 音响 | yīn xiǎng | speakers or speaker (electronic); acoustics; sound field (in a room or theater) |
| 淫秽 | yín huì | obscene; coarse |
| 饮 | yǐn | to drink |
| 隐蔽 | yǐn bì | to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover |
| 隐藏 | yǐn cáng | to hide; to conceal; to mask; to lie low; to nestle; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting); a hideout |
| 隐瞒 | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth |
| 引人注目 | yǐn rén zhù mù | to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous |
| 引入 | yǐn rù | to draw into; to pull into; to introduce |
| 饮食 | yǐn shí | food and drink |
| 饮水思源 | yǐn shuǐ sī yuán | lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring; Don't forget where your happiness come from.; Be grateful for all your blessings! |
| 引用 | yǐn yòng | to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint |
| 引诱 | yǐn yòu | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce |
| 鹰 | yīng | eagle; falcon; hawk |
| 樱花 | yīng huā | oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom; also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry |
| 英俊 | yīng jùn | handsome |
| 营 | yíng | army; to deal in; to trade; to operate; to run; camp; nourishment; to manage |
| 赢得 | yíng dé | to win; to gain |
| 盈利 | yíng lì | profit; gain |
| 迎面 | yíng miàn | directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind) |
| 蝇子 | yíng zi | housefly |
| 映 | yìng | reflect; shine |
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 庸俗 | yōng sú | filthy; vulgar; debased |
| 拥有 | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess |
| 永垂不朽 | yǒng chuí bù xiǔ | eternal glory; will never be forgotten |
| 永久 | yǒng jiǔ | everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent |
| 勇士 | yǒng shì | a warrior; a brave person |
| 涌现 | yǒng xiàn | to emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently; o spring up |
| 勇于 | yǒng yú | to dare to; to be brave enough to |
| 用法 | yòng fǎ | usage |
| 用户 | yòng hù | user; consumer; subscriber; customer |
| 用具 | yòng jù | appliance; utensil |
| 用意 | yòng yì | intention; purpose |
| 优 | yōu | excellent; superior |
| 优惠 | yōu huì | preferential; favorable |
| 幽静 | yōu jìng | quiet; secluded; isolated; peaceful |
| 忧虑 | yōu lǜ | to worry; anxiety (about) |
| 幽默 | yōu mò | humor; humorous (loanword) |
| 优先 | yōu xiān | priority |
| 优异 | yōu yì | exceptional; outstandingly good |
| 忧郁 | yōu yù | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected |
| 优质 | yōu zhì | excellent quality |
| 铀 | yóu | uranium (chemistry) |
| 油菜 | yóu cài | oilseed rape (Brassica campestris) |
| 由此可见 | yóu cǐ kě jiàn | from this, it can be seen that... |
| 邮电 | yóu diàn | post and telecommunications |
| 邮购 | yóu gòu | mail order; to purchase by mail |
| 油画 | yóu huà | oil painting |
| 游击 | yóu jī | guerrilla warfare |
| 邮寄 | yóu jì | mail; to send by post |
| 游客 | yóu kè | traveler; tourist |
| 油料 | yóu liào | oil producer; vegetable material that can be pressed to extract oil |
| 油漆 | yóu qī | oil paints; lacquer; to paint; CL:层 |
| 游人 | yóu rén | a tourist |
| 犹如 | yóu rú | similar to; appearing to be |
| 邮政 | yóu zhèng | postal |
| 有待 | yǒu dài | not yet (done); pending |
| 有害 | yǒu hài | destructive; harmful; damaging |
| 有口无心 | yǒu kǒu wú xīn | (saying) to speak harshly but without any bad intent |
| 友情 | yǒu qíng | friendly feelings; friendship |
| 友人 | yǒu rén | friend |
| 有声有色 | yǒu shēng yǒu sè | having sound and color (idiom); vivid; dazzling |
| 幼 | yòu | young |
| 诱 | yòu | to entice; to tempt |
| 诱惑 | yòu huò | to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract |
| 舆论 | yú lùn | public opinion |
| 愚昧 | yú mèi | ignorant; uneducated |
| 榆树 | yú shù | elm; Yushu county level city in Changchun 长春, Jilin |
| 渔业 | yú yè | fishing industry; fishery |
| 予 | yǔ | to give |
| 与此同时 | yǔ cǐ tóng shí | at the same time; meanwhile |
| 羽毛 | yǔ máo | feather; plumage; plume |
| 雨伞 | yǔ sǎn | umbrella; CL:把 |
| 雨水 | yǔ shuǐ | Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 19th February-5th March |
| 予以 | yǔ yǐ | to give; to impose; to apply |
| 寓 | yù | to reside; to imply; to contain; residence |
| 愈 | yù | heal; the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better |
| 欲 | yù | to wish for; to desiredesire; appetite; passion; lust; greed |
| 玉 | yù | jade |
| 预测 | yù cè | forecast; predict |
| 预定 | yù dìng | schedule in advance |
| 预订 | yù dìng | to place an order; to book ahead |
| 与会 | yù huì | to participate in a meeting |
| 预计 | yù jì | to forecast; predict; to estimate |
| 预见 | yù jiàn | to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision |
| 预料 | yù liào | to forecast; to anticipate; expectation |
| 预期 | yù qī | to expect; to anticipate |
| 预赛 | yù sài | preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats |
| 预算 | yù suàn | budget |
| 欲望 | yù wàng | desire; longing; appetite; craving |
| 预言 | yù yán | to predict; prophecy |
| 预约 | yù yuē | reservation; reserve |
| 冤 | yuān | injustice; grievance; wrong |
| 原 | yuán | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source |
| 园 | yuán | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; surname Yuan |
| 源 | yuán | root; source; origin |
| 原材料 | yuán cái liào | raw materials; unprocessed materials |
| 原告 | yuán gào | complainant; plaintiff |
| 元件 | yuán jiàn | element; component |
| 源泉 | yuán quán | fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin |
| 元首 | yuán shǒu | head of state |
| 原油 | yuán yóu | crude oil |
| 原子能 | yuán zǐ néng | atomic energy |
| 远大 | yuǎn dà | far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising |
| 远方 | yuǎn fāng | far away; a distant location |
| 远景 | yuǎn jǐng | prospect; long-range view |
| 曰 | yuē | to speak; to say |
| 约束 | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint |
| 跃 | yuè | to jump; to leap |
| 阅 | yuè | to inspect; ro review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience |
| 越冬 | yuè dōng | to pass the winter; to overwinter; to hibernate |
| 乐队 | yuè duì | band; pop group; CL:支 |
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month |
| 越过 | yuè guò | to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above |
| 乐曲 | yuè qǔ | musical composition |
| 匀 | yún | even; well-distributed; uniform; to distribute evenly; to share |
| 云彩 | yún cai | cloud (colored by the rising or setting sun); CL:朵 |
| 蕴藏 | yùn cáng | to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc) |
| 酝酿 | yùn niàng | (of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue); to hold exploratory discussions |
| 运送 | yùn sòng | to transport; to carry |
| 运算 | yùn suàn | (mathematical) operation |
| 运行 | yùn xíng | be in motion; to move; to run |
| 孕育 | yùn yù | to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) |
| 杂交 | zá jiāo | a hybrid |
| 杂乱 | zá luàn | in a mess; in a jumble; chaotic |
| 灾荒 | zāi huāng | natural disaster; famine |
| 栽培 | zāi péi | to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize |
| 宰 | zǎi | to slaughter livestock; to govern or rule; to cheat customers; Imperial official in dynastic China |
| 在乎 | zài hu | determined by; to care about; to mind |
| 再生产 | zài shēng chǎn | producing a copy; to reproduce |
| 在意 | zài yì | to care about; to mind |
| 攒 | zǎn | to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save |
| 暂 | zàn | temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4] |
| 暂且 | zàn qiě | for now; for the time being; temporarily |
| 赞赏 | zàn shǎng | to admire; to praise; to appreciate |
| 赞叹 | zàn tàn | igh praise; to sigh or gasp in admiration; high praise |
| 赞同 | zàn tóng | to approve of; to endorse; (vote) in favor; trad. also written 贊同 |
| 赞助 | zàn zhù | to support; to assist; to sponsor |
| 葬 | zàng | to bury (the dead); to inter |
| 葬礼 | zàng lǐ | burial; funeral |
| 遭殃 | zāo yāng | to suffer a calamity |
| 枣 | zǎo | jujube; dates |
| 早点 | zǎo diǎn | light breakfast |
| 早日 | zǎo rì | soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly |
| 灶 | zào | kitchen stove; furnace |
| 造反 | zào fǎn | rebel; revolt |
| 造价 | zào jià | construction cost |
| 造型 | zào xíng | modeling; mold-making; model or mold; molding |
| 噪音 | zào yīn | rumble; noise; static (in a signal) |
| 责怪 | zé guài | to blame; to rebuke |
| 责任制 | zé rèn zhì | system of job responsibility |
| 贼 | zéi | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely |
| 怎 | zěn | how |
| 怎么着 | zěn me zhe | (pron) what; (idiom) "whatever", used to replace some verbs in a sentence to form a more general sentence |
| 增 | zēng | to increase; to expand; to add |
| 增设 | zēng shè | to add sth new |
| 增添 | zēng tiān | to add; to increase |
| 增援 | zēng yuán | to reinforce |
| 闸 | zhá | gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker |
| 眨 | zhǎ | to blink; to wink |
| 榨 | zhà | salted vegetable; to extract |
| 炸弹 | zhà dàn | bomb; CL:枚,颗 |
| 诈骗 | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail |
| 炸药 | zhà yào | explosive (substance) |
| 摘要 | zhāi yào | summary; abstract |
| 寨 | zhài | stronghold; stockade; camp; village |
| 债务 | zhài wù | debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness |
| 沾光 | zhān guāng | to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory |
| 瞻仰 | zhān yǎng | to revere; to admire |
| 斩 | zhǎn | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop |
| 斩草除根 | zhǎn cǎo chú gēn | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely |
| 斩钉截铁 | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); resolute and decisive; unhesitating; definitely; without any doubt |
| 展示 | zhǎn shì | to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit sth |
| 展望 | zhǎn wàng | outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to |
| 展现 | zhǎn xiàn | to come out; to emerge |
| 展销 | zhǎn xiāo | to display and sell (e.g. at a fair); sales exhibition |
| 战 | zhàn | to fight; fight; war; battle |
| 站岗 | zhàn gǎng | to stand guard; to serve on sentry duty |
| 占据 | zhàn jù | to occupy; to hold |
| 战役 | zhàn yì | military campaign |
| 章程 | zhāng chéng | rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws |
| 掌 | zhǎng | palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield |
| 掌管 | zhǎng guǎn | in charge of; to control |
| 涨价 | zhǎng jià | to appreciate (in value); to increase in price |
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | recruitment; to invite applications for a job |
| 朝气 | zhāo qì | vitality; dynamism |
| 朝气蓬勃 | zhāo qì péng bó | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark |
| 朝三暮四 | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold |
| 招生 | zhāo shēng | to enroll new students; recruitment |
| 招收 | zhāo shōu | to hire; to recruit |
| 沼泽 | zhǎo zé | marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade |
| 兆 | zhào | omen; to foretell; million; mega-; trillion; tera-; billion (old); surname Zhao |
| 照会 | zhào huì | a diplomatic note; letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments |
| 照旧 | zhào jiù | as before; as in the past |
| 照料 | zhào liào | to tend; to take care of sb |
| 照明 | zhào míng | lighting; illumination |
| 照射 | zhào shè | to shine on; to light up; to irradiate |
| 照应 | zhào ying | to look after; to take care of; to attend to |
| 折腾 | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy |
| 这么着 | zhè me zhe | thus; in this way; like this |
| 侦察 | zhēn chá | to investigate a crime; to scout; to reconnoiter; reconnaissance; detection; a scout |
| 真诚 | zhēn chéng | true; sincere; genuine |
| 真是的 | zhēn shi de | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) |
| 侦探 | zhēn tàn | detective; to do detective work |
| 真相 | zhēn xiàng | the truth about sth; the actual facts |
| 真心 | zhēn xīn | sincere; heartfelt; CL:片 |
| 诊断 | zhěn duàn | diagnosis; to diagnose |
| 振 | zhèn | to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself |
| 震荡 | zhèn dàng | to vibrate; to shake; to shudder; to shake unsteadily |
| 镇定 | zhèn dìng | calm; unperturbed; cool |
| 振奋 | zhèn fèn | to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire |
| 震惊 | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 阵容 | zhèn róng | troop arrangement; battle formation; line-up (of a sports team etc) |
| 阵线 | zhèn xiàn | a front (militant group); line of battle; alignment (towards a political party etc) |
| 振兴 | zhèn xīng | to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize; Zhengxing district of Dandong city 丹东市, Liaoning |
| 阵营 | zhèn yíng | group of people; camp; faction; sides in a dispute |
| 蒸 | zhēng | to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) |
| 争吵 | zhēng chǎo | dispute; strife |
| 争端 | zhēng duān | dispute; controversy; conflict |
| 争气 | zhēng qì | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short |
| 征收 | zhēng shōu | to levy (a fine); to impose (a tariff) |
| 争先恐后 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
| 争议 | zhēng yì | controversy; dispute |
| 正月 | zhēng yuè | first month of the lunar year |
| 整洁 | zhěng jié | neatly; tidy |
| 整数 | zhěng shù | whole number; integer (math.) |
| 整天 | zhěng tiān | all day long; whole day |
| 整整 | zhěng zhěng | whole; full |
| 症 | zhèng | isease; illness; disease |
| 证 | zhèng | certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm |
| 正比 | zhèng bǐ | direct ratio; directly proportional |
| 政变 | zhèng biàn | coup d'état |
| 正规 | zhèng guī | regular; according to standards |
| 正气 | zhèng qì | healthy environment; healthy atmosphere; righteousness; vital energy (in Chinese medicine) |
| 正巧 | zhèng qiǎo | just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune |
| 政协 | zhèng xié | CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee) |
| 郑重 | zhèng zhòng | serious; solemn |
| 汁 | zhī | juice |
| 支部 | zhī bù | branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party |
| 支撑 | zhī chēng | to prop up; to support; strut; brace |
| 支出 | zhī chū | to spend; to pay out; expense |
| 脂肪 | zhī fáng | body fat |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) |
| 知觉 | zhī jué | perception; consciousness |
| 芝麻 | zhī ma | sesame (seed) |
| 支票 | zhī piào | check (bank); cheque; CL:本 |
| 蜘蛛 | zhī zhū | spider |
| 支柱 | zhī zhù | mainstay; pillar; prop; backbone |
| 植 | zhí | to plant |
| 值班 | zhí bān | to work a shift; on duty |
| 直播 | zhí bō | live broadcast (not recorded); direct internet broadcasting |
| 职称 | zhí chēng | one's professional position; title; job title |
| 执法 | zhí fǎ | to enforce a law; law enforcement |
| 殖民主义 | zhí mín zhǔ yì | colonialism |
| 职能 | zhí néng | function; role |
| 执勤 | zhí qín | to be on duty; to serve; watch (of a military guard etc) |
| 职权 | zhí quán | authority; power over others |
| 职务 | zhí wù | post; position; job; duties |
| 直辖市 | zhí xiá shì | municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重庆, the first level administrative subdivision; province level city; also called directly governed city |
| 直线 | zhí xiàn | straight line |
| 执照 | zhí zhào | a license; a permit |
| 执政 | zhí zhèng | to hold power; in office |
| 直至 | zhí zhì | lasting until; up till (the present) |
| 侄子 | zhí zi | brother's son or daughter; nephew |
| 指定 | zhǐ dìng | to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated |
| 只顾 | zhǐ gù | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect |
| 只管 | zhǐ guǎn | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) |
| 指甲 | zhǐ jia | fingernail |
| 指令 | zhǐ lìng | order; command; instruction |
| 指明 | zhǐ míng | to show clearly; to designate; to indicate |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice |
| 指手画脚 | zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo | to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily |
| 纸张 | zhǐ zhāng | paper |
| 指针 | zhǐ zhēn | pointer on a gauge; clock hand; cursor |
| 志 | zhì | sign; mark; to record; write a footnote; aspiration; ambition; the will |
| 掷 | zhì | to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. [zhi2] |
| 置 | zhì | to install; to place; to put; to buy |
| 治安 | zhì ān | law and order; public security |
| 质变 | zhì biàn | qualitative change; fundamental change |
| 制裁 | zhì cái | to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic) |
| 致词 | zhì cí | to make a speech; to make some remarks |
| 致电 | zhì diàn | to phone; to telegram |
| 至多 | zhì duō | up to the maximum; upper limit; at most |
| 制服 | zhì fú | to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套 |
| 致富 | zhì fù | to become rich |
| 致敬 | zhì jìng | to greet; to pay respects to |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern; to administer; to manage; to control |
| 智力 | zhì lì | intelligence; intellect |
| 智能 | zhì néng | intelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc) |
| 制品 | zhì pǐn | products; goods |
| 质朴 | zhì pǔ | simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy |
| 致使 | zhì shǐ | to cause; to result in |
| 制约 | zhì yuē | to restrict; condition |
| 终 | zhōng | end; finish |
| 钟表 | zhōng biǎo | clock |
| 中等 | zhōng děng | medium |
| 终点 | zhōng diǎn | the end; end point; finishing line (in a race); destination; terminus; CL:个 |
| 钟点 | zhōng diǎn | hour; specified time |
| 终端 | zhōng duān | end; terminal |
| 终究 | zhōng jiū | in the end; after all is said and done |
| 中立 | zhōng lì | neutral |
| 终年 | zhōng nián | entire year; throughout the year; age at death |
| 中秋 | zhōng qiū | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month |
| 中途 | zhōng tú | midway |
| 中型 | zhōng xíng | medium sized |
| 中游 | zhōng yóu | the middle stretches of a river; middle level; middle echelon; midstream |
| 忠于 | zhōng yú | to be loyal to |
| 中原 | zhōng yuán | the central plains of China; the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei; a plain |
| 忠贞 | zhōng zhēn | loyal and dependable |
| 终止 | zhōng zhǐ | to stop; to terminate (law) |
| 肿瘤 | zhǒng liú | tumor |
| 种种 | zhǒng zhǒng | all kinds of |
| 种族 | zhǒng zú | race; ethnicity |
| 众 | zhòng | many; numerous; crowd; multitude; abbr. for 众议院 House of Representatives |
| 种地 | zhòng dì | to farm; to work the land |
| 众多 | zhòng duō | numerous |
| 重工业 | zhòng gōng yè | heavy industry; manufacturing |
| 众人 | zhòng rén | everyone |
| 众所周知 | zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī | see 众所周知; as everyone knows (idiom) |
| 重心 | zhòng xīn | center of gravity; central core; main part |
| 重型 | zhòng xíng | heavy; heavy duty; large caliber |
| 众议院 | zhòng yì yuàn | lower house of bicameral assembly; House of Representatives (USA); Chamber of Deputies |
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture; state (e.g. of US); province (old); administrative division (old) |
| 洲 | zhōu | continent; island |
| 舟 | zhōu | boat |
| 周密 | zhōu mì | careful; thorough |
| 周期 | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 周折 | zhōu zhé | complication; twists and turns; problem; setback |
| 周转 | zhōu zhuǎn | turnover (in cash or personnel); to have enough resources to cover a need; also written 周转 |
| 昼夜 | zhòu yè | day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop |
| 诸如此类 | zhū rú cǐ lèi | things like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc |
| 诸位 | zhū wèi | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs |
| 珠子 | zhū zi | bead; CL:粒,颗 |
| 逐年 | zhú nián | year after year; with each passing year; over the years |
| 主 | zhǔ | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) |
| 拄 | zhǔ | to lean on; to prop on |
| 主办 | zhǔ bàn | to organize; to host (a conference or sports event) |
| 主编 | zhǔ biān | editor |
| 主导 | zhǔ dǎo | to lead; to manage |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | in charge; responsible for |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter |
| 主人翁 | zhǔ rén wēng | master (of one's own destiny etc) |
| 主食 | zhǔ shí | main food; staple (rice and noodles) |
| 主题 | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主体 | zhǔ tǐ | main part; subject; agent |
| 嘱托 | zhǔ tuō | to entrust a ask to sb else |
| 主义 | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
| 筑 | zhù | to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. ; five-string lute; another word for Guiyang 贵阳, capital of Guizhou province 贵州 |
| 著 | zhù | to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding |
| 注册 | zhù cè | to register; to enroll |
| 住房 | zhù fáng | housing |
| 祝福 | zhù fú | blessings; to wish sb well |
| 注解 | zhù jiě | to annotate; annotation; comment; interpretation; to explain with notes; explanatory note |
| 助理 | zhù lǐ | assistant |
| 注目 | zhù mù | attention; to stare at; to fix attention on sth |
| 注释 | zhù shì | marginal notes; annotation; to annotate; to add comments to text |
| 住所 | zhù suǒ | habitation; dwelling place; residence; CL:处 |
| 铸造 | zhù zào | to cast (pour metal into a mold) |
| 驻扎 | zhù zhā | to station; to garrison (troops) |
| 助长 | zhù zhǎng | encourage; foster; foment |
| 注重 | zhù zhòng | to pay attention to; to emphasize |
| 爪 | zhuǎ | claw |
| 拽 | zhuài | to pull; to tug at (sth) |
| 专长 | zhuān cháng | specialty; special knowledge or ability |
| 专程 | zhuān chéng | special-purpose trip |
| 专科 | zhuān kē | specialized subject; branch (of medicine); specialized training school |
| 专利 | zhuān lì | patent |
| 专人 | zhuān rén | specialist; person appointed for specific task |
| 专题 | zhuān tí | special topic |
| 专业户 | zhuān yè hù | family firm producing a special product; cottage industry |
| 专用 | zhuān yòng | special; dedicated |
| 专制 | zhuān zhì | autocracy; dictatorship |
| 转换 | zhuǎn huàn | to transform; to change; to convert |
| 转交 | zhuǎn jiāo | to pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb else |
| 转让 | zhuǎn ràng | transfer (technology, goods etc); conveyancing (property) |
| 转向 | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction; fig. to change one's stance |
| 转折 | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; plot shift in a book; twists and turns |
| 传 | zhuàn | biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station |
| 传记 | zhuàn jì | biography; CL:篇,部 |
| 庄 | zhuāng | farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord in Imperial China; surname Zhuang; variant of 莊 |
| 装配 | zhuāng pèi | to assemble; to fit together |
| 装卸 | zhuāng xiè | to load or unload; to transfer; to assemble and disassemble |
| 庄重 | zhuāng zhòng | grave; solemn; dignified |
| 壮观 | zhuàng guān | spectacular; magnificent sight |
| 壮烈 | zhuàng liè | brave; heroic |
| 壮志 | zhuàng zhì | great goal; magnificent aspiration |
| 追查 | zhuī chá | to investigate; to track down (information) |
| 追悼 | zhuī dào | mourning; memorial (service etc) |
| 追赶 | zhuī gǎn | to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake |
| 追究 | zhuī jiū | investigate; look into |
| 追问 | zhuī wèn | to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter |
| 准许 | zhǔn xǔ | to allow; to grant; to permit |
| 准则 | zhǔn zé | norm; standard; criterion |
| 啄 | zhuó | to peck |
| 着 | zhuó | to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply |
| 酌情 | zhuó qíng | to use discretion; to take circumstances into account; to make allowances pertinent to a situation |
| 着想 | zhuó xiǎng | to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs) |
| 卓越 | zhuó yuè | distinction; excellence; outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid |
| 资产 | zī chǎn | property; assets |
| 滋味 | zī wèi | taste; flavor; feeling |
| 咨询 | zī xún | to consult; to seek advice; consultation; (sales) inquiry (formal) |
| 滋长 | zī zhǎng | to grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop |
| 资助 | zī zhù | to subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy |
| 籽 | zǐ | seeds |
| 子弟 | zǐ dì | child; the younger generation |
| 子孙 | zǐ sūn | offspring; posterity |
| 自卑 | zì bēi | feeling inferior; self-abased |
| 自发 | zì fā | spontaneous |
| 自负盈亏 | zì fù yíng kuī | responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility |
| 自古 | zì gǔ | (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial |
| 自力更生 | zì lì gēng shēng | regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance |
| 自杀 | zì shā | to kill oneself; to commit suicide |
| 自私自利 | zì sī zì lì | everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary |
| 自卫 | zì wèi | self-defense |
| 自行 | zì xíng | voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self- |
| 自由市场 | zì yóu shì chǎng | free market |
| 踪迹 | zōng jì | tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige |
| 棕色 | zōng sè | brown |
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective; aim; goal |
| 总的来说 | zǒng de lái shuō | generally speaking; to sum up; in summary; in short |
| 总督 | zǒng dū | governor-general; person in charge of a foreign possession or territory |
| 总额 | zǒng é | total (amount or value) |
| 总和 | zǒng hé | sum |
| 总计 | zǒng jì | (grand) total |
| 总数 | zǒng shù | total; sum; aggregate |
| 总司令 | zǒng sī lìng | commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations |
| 总务 | zǒng wù | general matters; division of general affairs; person in overall charge |
| 纵横 | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) |
| 走访 | zǒu fǎng | to visit; to travel to |
| 走狗 | zǒu gǒu | running dog; lackey; servile follower; a person who helps sb harm people |
| 走漏 | zǒu lòu | to leak (of information, liquid etc); to divulge |
| 走私 | zǒu sī | to smuggle; to have an illicit affair |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for |
| 奏 | zòu | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) |
| 揍 | zòu | to beat up; to break to pieces |
| 租金 | zū jīn | rent |
| 族 | zú | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 足以 | zú yǐ | sufficient to...; so much so that; so that |
| 阻挡 | zǔ dǎng | to stop; to resist; to obstruct |
| 组合 | zǔ hé | to assemble; combination; combinatorial |
| 阻拦 | zǔ lán | to stop; to obstruct |
| 阻挠 | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 钻石 | zuàn shí | diamond; CL:颗 |
| 罪犯 | zuì fàn | criminal |
| 罪名 | zuì míng | criminal charge; accusation |
| 罪状 | zuì zhuàng | charges or facts about a crime; nature of offense |
| 尊 | zūn | senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel |
| 尊称 | zūn chēng | to address sb deferentially; title; honorific |
| 遵循 | zūn xún | to follow; to abide by; to comply with; compliance |
| 尊严 | zūn yán | dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty |
| 遵照 | zūn zhào | in accordance with; to follow (the rules) |
| 琢磨 | zuó mo | to ponder; to mull over; to think through |
| 作案 | zuò àn | to commit a crime |
| 作法 | zuò fǎ | course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi |
| 作废 | zuò fèi | to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify |
| 做工 | zuò gōng | to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship |
| 座右铭 | zuò yòu míng | motto; maxim |
| 作主 | zuò zhǔ | to decide; to make decisions; to back up sb; support |
