Chinese Word of the Day
私人车道sī rén chē dào
driveway
Definitions
English > Chinese | ||
driveway | ||
1. 名词. 車庫門前的小路,一般用來停車 | ||
Components | ||
私 | sī | |
1. self; personal; private | ||
私人 - personal | ||
私有 - private | ||
2. selfish | ||
自私 - selfish | ||
3. illegal or secret goods | ||
走私 - to smuggle | ||
4. stealthily; secretly | ||
私语 - to whisper | ||
5. (obsolete) (Used by women to refer to their sister's husband) | ||
6. reproductive organs; genitals | ||
7. (internet slang) Short for 私聊, to PM, to DM | ||
人 | rén | |
1. man; person; people | ||
人類 (rénlèi) - humans | ||
那 人 是 誰? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | ||
嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎? - Who is that person? | ||
有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | ||
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | ||
北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | ||
香港人 - Hongkonger | ||
3. body | ||
人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | ||
這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | ||
今天 上午 你 人 在 哪? (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | ||
4. everybody; everyone | ||
人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | ||
人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | ||
5. other people; others | ||
人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | ||
害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | ||
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
就我所知,他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | ||
我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | ||
佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he? | ||
7. manpower; worker; employee | ||
我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | ||
8. talent; person of talent | ||
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | ||
10. adult; grown-up | ||
長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | ||
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | ||
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | ||
?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | ||
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | ||
人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | ||
人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | ||
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | ||
15. artificial; man-made | ||
人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | ||
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | ||
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | ||
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | ||
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | ||
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | ||
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | ||
別 磨蹭ceng 啦,人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢! (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | ||
哎呀,人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦,多 出息xi 呀! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | ||
人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r,就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | ||
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother | ||
车 | ||
1. Variant of 車 | ||
2. Variant of 卓 | ||
卓 | 卓 | |
1. tall and erect | ||
2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty | ||
車 | jū | |
1. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook | ||
2. (chess) rook | ||
道 | dào | |
1. way; path; road | ||
道路 - road | ||
2. (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies | ||
3. (rail) track | ||
上 道 作業 - maintenance on rail tracks | ||
1 道 通過 - passing on track 1 | ||
4. method; principle | ||
5. (Buddhism) the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages | ||
6. (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life | ||
7. (Christianity) Logos; the Word | ||
8. Short for 道教 (Taoism) | ||
9. Short for 道士 (Taoist priest) | ||
10. (religion) doctrine; teachings | ||
傳道 - to preach | ||
11. (literary) to say; to utter | ||
能說會道 - can talk really well (idiom) | ||
一 道 閃電 - a bolt of lightning | ||
一 道 河 - a river | ||
一 道 縫 - a crack | ||
一 道 彩虹 - a rainbow | ||
一 道 籬笆 - a fence | ||
一 道 菜 - a dish of food | ||
一 道 公文 - a proclamation | ||
一 道 命令 - an order | ||
12. (obsolete) Alternative form of 導 (to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct) | ||
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sī rén chē dào
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