Chinese Word of the Day
环状交叉路口huán zhuàng jiāo chā lù kǒu
roundabout
Definitions
| English > Chinese | ||
| roundabout | ||
| 1. 迂回的 | ||
| Components | ||
| 环 | ||
| 1. Variant of 環 | ||
| 2. Variant of 寰 | ||
| 寰 | ||
| 環 | huán | |
| 1. circle; ring; hoop | ||
| 指環 - finger ring | ||
| 耳環 - earring | ||
| 2. link | ||
| 3. to surround | ||
| 環繞 - to surround | ||
| w:zh:環法單車賽\環.法 - Tour de France | ||
| 4. (chemistry) ring (a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule) | ||
| 苯環 - benzene ring | ||
| 雜環 - heterocycle | ||
| 5. (mathematics) ring | ||
| 6. (archery, shooting) ring | ||
| 7. (Hong Kong, used in place names and compounds) bay | ||
| 四環九約 - | ||
| 状 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 狀 | ||
| 狀 | zhuàng | |
| 1. form; appearance; state | ||
| 2. shape | ||
| 3. certificate | ||
| 4. to describe | ||
| 交 | jiāo | |
| 1. to intersect; to cross | ||
| 相交 - to intersect | ||
| 交 好運 - to meet with good fortune - | ||
| 2. to reach (a certain time) | ||
| 3. time or place where two things meet | ||
| 春 夏 之 交 - when springs changes into summer - | ||
| 世紀 之 交 - the turn of the century - | ||
| 地處 豫 晉 兩 省shěnɡ 之 交 - located where the borders of Henan and Shanxi meet | ||
| 4. to hand over; to turn in; to submit | ||
| 交班 - to hand over to the next shift | ||
| 交 功課 - to turn in homework - | ||
| 交 咗 租 未？ - Have you paid rent? | ||
| 請 把 任務 交 給 我 吧！ - Please assign me the task! | ||
| 5. to make (friends) | ||
| 交.朋友 - to make a friend | ||
| 交 男朋友 - to get a boyfriend - | ||
| 6. friendship; relationship | ||
| 邦交 - diplomatic relations | ||
| 泛泛之交 - acquaintance | ||
| 君子.之.交.淡.如.水 - True friendship between two men of accomplishment need not be overly demonstrative. | ||
| 7. to have sexual intercourse; to mate | ||
| 肛交 - to have anal sex | ||
| 雜交 - to hybridize; to crossbreed | ||
| 8. mutually; reciprocally | ||
| 交談 - to converse | ||
| 交易 - to trade | ||
| 9. simultaneously; at the same time | ||
| 10. 16th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contact" (?) | ||
| 11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 跤 (-) | ||
| 12. (Hokkien, dated) (Used to refer to a private wholesale trading company) | ||
| (Alternative form 郊) | ||
| 13. Variant of 跤 | ||
| 14. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) and | ||
| 15. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) with; accompanying | ||
| 跤 | jiāo | |
| 1. tumble; fall | ||
| 摔跤 - to trip and fall | ||
| 2. leg; foot; lower limb | ||
| 3. paw | ||
| 4. leg (of an object); support | ||
| 5. part below | ||
| 6. bottom part | ||
| 7. (Hokkien) | ||
| 叉 | chà | |
| 1. (Cantonese) to charge; to recharge | ||
| 幫 我 拎 個 手機 去 叉 吖。 - Take my cellphone to recharge it for me. | ||
| 2. Variant of 衩 | ||
| 3. Variant of 扠 | ||
| 4. Variant of 杈 | ||
| 5. Variant of 汊 | ||
| 扠 | chā | |
| 1. pick up with fork or pincers, Alternative form of 叉 | ||
| 2. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 䵦 (caa5) | ||
| 3. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 岔 (caa5) Only used in 扠亂 | ||
| 4. to measure using one's thumb and index finger. | ||
| 5. (classifier) distance between the spread thumb and index finger. | ||
| 6. Variant of 搋 | ||
| 杈 | 杈 | |
| 1. Variant of 權 | ||
| 汊 | chà | |
| 1. a branching stream | ||
| 衩 | chà | |
| 1. the open seam of a garment which allows freedom of movement | ||
| 2. Used in 褲衩 | ||
| 路 | lù | |
| 1. road; path; street | ||
| 修路 - to build a road | ||
| 2. pattern; arrangement; sequence | ||
| 思路 - train of thought | ||
| 紋路 - veined pattern | ||
| 3. way; method | ||
| 生路 - means of livelihood; way of subsistence | ||
| 4. journey | ||
| 回家 的 路 很 遠。 - It's a long journey to return home. | ||
| 佢 身體 好 虛，行 幾 步 路 都 會 暈。 - His body is very weak, walking only a few steps already makes him dizzy. | ||
| 還有 一 公里 的 路 要 走。 - | ||
| 5. route | ||
| 三 路 進軍 - to advance along three routes | ||
| 12 路 公交車 - No. 12 bus | ||
| 6. kind; type | ||
| 7. region | ||
| 各 路 人馬 - people from different places | ||
| 8. -year-old, in multiples of ten; decade(s) of one's life; (Used for describing the style of people in such age range.) | ||
| 三十-路 大叔 - a man in his thirties - | ||
| 七十-路 - [JAV featuring women in their seventies - | ||
| 9. (historical) circuit (an administrative unit during the Song and Yuan dynasties) | ||
| 口 | kǒu | |
| 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity | ||
| 漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out. | ||
| 這 話 出自 你 的 口，聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth. | ||
| 2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object) | ||
| 入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance | ||
| 出口 (chūkǒu) - exit | ||
| 門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway | ||
| 3. gateway | ||
| 張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou | ||
| 口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall | ||
| 口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) | ||
| 4. hole; cut | ||
| 口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole | ||
| 傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound | ||
| 5. port | ||
| 電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port | ||
| Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port | ||
| 6. perimeter | ||
| 人口 (rénkǒu) - population | ||
| 戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou | ||
| 7. government organ; department | ||
| 三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three | ||
| 我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite? | ||
| 8. (neologism, slang) to fellate | ||
| 9. Variant of 名 | ||
| 名 | míng | |
| 1. name | ||
| 書名 - title of the book | ||
| 給 它 起 個 名兒r - give it a name | ||
| 2. given name | ||
| 3. reputation; fame | ||
| 有名 - famous | ||
| 名利 - fame and fortune | ||
| 4. famous; reputable | ||
| 名牌 - having a good brand name; a brand name product | ||
| 5. excuse; form; ostensible purpose | ||
| 師出有名 - to do something for a good and proper reason | ||
| 6. (grammar) Short for 名詞, noun | ||
| 7. (grammar) Short for 專有名詞, proper noun | ||
| 8. (archaic, mathematics, arithmetic) sign | ||
| 9. to be called | ||
| 伊 名 什乇？ - tr=Ĭ miàng sié-nó̤h?, What's his/her name?, MD, a=Cdo_whats_his_name.ogg | ||
| 10. to describe; to give details of | ||
| 莫名其妙 - baffling | ||
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Pronunciation
huán zhuàng jiāo chā lù kǒu
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