Chinese Word of the Day

意大利面
yì dà lì miàn

pasta

Definitions

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意大利面
1. Simplified form of 意大利麵
意大利麵	yìdàlìmiàn
1. n. (tlb zh chiefly Mainland China)
2. n. pasta
3. n. (specifically) spaghetti
English > Chinese
pasta
1. 意大利面
Components
意	yì
1. wish; desire; intention
好意 - good intention; kindness -
隨意 - as one pleases; at will -
2. meaning; sense
詞不達意 - the words fail to convey the meaning -
3. to anticipate; to expect
意外 - unexpected -
出其不意 - to take somebody by surprise -
4. Short for 意大利, Italy; Italian
5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 意粉, tr=ji3 fan2, spaghetti
乾炒叉燒意 - fried spaghetti with barbecue pork -
大	dà
1. of great size; big; large; huge
Antonyms: 小
這個太大了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
呢ni1 條褲好大條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
2. big; great
中美關係已有很大改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
3. great of its kind
昨天下大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
好大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
4. in an extreme manner; greatly
大哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
大不相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
你遇到這種情況，大可以走人哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
你可不知道，他昨兒r 過來lai 大折zhē騰teng 了一場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒把這兒r 拆嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
5. main; major
Antonyms: 小
他們將車一直開到大門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
他是一家石油公司的大股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
大書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
7. mature; grown up
Antonyms: 小
你多大了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
她比他大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
你隻狗係咁大daai6-2 㗎喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
8. (Cantonese) to grow up
喺廣州大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
9. (Cantonese) to be older than
Antonyms: 細
我大佢兩年。 - I am older than them by two years.
10. (dialectal) father
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
你大我呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me?
你咪mai5 大我。 - Don't you threaten me.
13. (Cantonese) only so big
咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
我好急呀，要去大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
23. (Cantonese) small
咁大daai6-1 - so puny
24. Variant of 太
25. Variant of 泰
太	tā
1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
Synonyms: 大豆
2. Variant of 泰
泰	tài
1. big; large
2. great; extensive
3. extreme; greatest
4. exalted; honourable; superior
5. good; excellent
6. safe; peaceful; stable
7. excessively; overly
8. 11th hexagram of the I Ching
9. Short for 泰國, Thailand
利	lì
1. benefit; advantage
2. profit
薄利多銷 - small profits but quick returns
3. (finance) interest
高利貸 - usury; high-interest loan
4. to benefit; to be beneficial to
5. favourable; successful
6. sharp; sharp-edged
利希慎 - Lee Hysan (Hong Kong opium merchant)
7. Used in 利市 (red packets, tr=-)
8. (Cantonese) Used in 老利 (tr=lou(sup, 5) laisup, 6-2)
面	miàn
1. (literary or dialectal) face
面帶笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face
你塊面有笪嘢。 - There's something on your face.
2. surface; top; face
水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface
路面 - lùmiàn - road surface
3. aspect; side; respect
全面 - quánmiàn - overall
4. right side; cover; outside
5. (geometry) face
長方體有六個面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces.
6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C
7. to meet
面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world
8. face-to-face
面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face
面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face
9. to face
面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall
背山面水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality)
前面 - qiánmiàn - in front
上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place
西面 - xīmiàn - west
11. Short for 面試, interview
HR面 - tr=HRmiàn -
一面國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag
一面鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum
我和他只見過guo 一面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once.
12. Simplified form of 麵
麵	miàn
1. flour
玉米麵 - corn flour
麵粉 - flour
發麵 - to leaven a dough
2. wheat noodles
湯麵 - noodles in soup
3. (mainland China) powder
藥麵兒r - medicinal powder
4. (mainland China, dialectal) soft and floury
這塊白薯很麵。 - This piece of sweet potato is really soft and floury.
5. (Mandarin, colloquial, of a person) weak; timid; indecisive; slow
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Pronunciation

yì dà lì miàn

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