| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 克 |
古儿 |
kè |
1. (literary) to be able to |
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克勤克儉 - hardworking and thrifty |
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2. to defeat; to vanquish; to conquer |
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Synonyms: 剋//, 戰勝 |
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克敵 - to defeat the enemy |
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3. to subdue; to restrain |
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克制 - to restrain |
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4. to digest |
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克食 - to aid digestion |
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5. to set (a time limit) |
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克日 - to set a date |
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6. (dialectal) |
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7. gram (g) |
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1 市兩 等於 50 克。 - 1 market tael is equivalent to 50 grams. |
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8. (a Tibetan unit of volume or dry measure) |
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9. (a Tibetan unit of land area) |
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10. Simplified form of 剋 |
见 |
冂儿 |
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1. Variant of 見 |
先 |
⺧儿 |
xiān |
1. first; ahead of time; before; beforehand | |
我 要 先 去 洗手間。 ( Wǒ yào xiān qù xǐshǒujiān.) - I need to go to the bathroom first. |
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他 比 我 先 畢業。 (Tā bǐ wǒ xiān bìyè.) - He graduated earlier than me. |
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我 要jiu3 去 廁ci3所 先。 - I need to go to the bathroom first. |
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唔好 去 住 先。 - (For now) don't go. |
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2. first; preceding; prior |
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(ant, zh, 後) |
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先聲 (xiānshēng) - herald; sign |
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領先 (lǐngxiān) - to be in the lead |
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先兩日 - day before yesterday; two days ago |
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3. for the time being; for the moment |
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4. (colloquial) earlier on; before; at first |
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5. ancient |
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6. deceased; late |
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先父 (xiānfù) - deceased father |
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7. ancestor; forefather |
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祖先 (zǔxiān) - ancestor |
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8. thing of utmost importance |
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9. Short for 先生 |
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10. Short for 先手 |
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11. (Cantonese) only then |
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佢 瞓 到 而家 先 瞓 醒 覺。 - He slept so long that he only woke up just now. |
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這 先 叫 成長zoeng2 嗎maa3 - Only then would this be called growing? |
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12. (Cantonese) first off |
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你 買 咗 未 先？ - First off, have you even bought it yet? |
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13. (Cantonese) Used to emphasize that something is/is not. |
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我 先 唔 同 佢 講。 - There's no way I'm going to tell them. / No, I am not going to tell them. / They are the last person I would tell. |
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呢ni1啲 先 係 唱歌。 - This is true singing. |
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你 先 食 一 碗 飯 點 會 夠！ - Eating one bowl isn't enough! |
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14. =====Usage notes===== |
| xiǎn |
15. Only used in 先馬 |
光 |
⺌一儿 |
guāng, guǎngtandard Chinese| Beijing dialect, 2n=Beijing dialect |
1. light; beam; ray | |
燈光 - lamplight |
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聚光燈 - spotlight |
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一 束 光 透過 門縫 射 進來。 - A beam of light shone through the door. |
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2. glory; pride |
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臺灣 之 光 - the pride of Taiwan; someone who has brought glory to Taiwan |
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3. bright |
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4. time |
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5. shiny; smooth |
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6. scenery; sight |
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7. to make bare; to be naked |
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光-著着zhe 腳 走路 - to walk barefoot |
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我 光-著着zhe 呢。 - I'm not decent. |
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8. only |
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別 光 吃 肉，吃 點 蔬菜 吧。 - Don't eat only meat. Eat some vegetables. |
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9. (Particle used after verbs to show exhaustion or completion); until none is left |
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賣 光 了 - completely sold out |
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我 已經 用光 了 所有 的 錢。 - I've already used up all of my money. |
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10. (Used in polite expressions.) |
| guàng |
11. to color |
四 |
囗儿 |
sì |
1. four | |
2. (literary) four directions; all directions (attn, zh, request for another quote, to be sure that i'm not wrong) |
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Synonyms: 四方 |
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3. (music) la (musical note) |
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4. (printing) English; The size of type between 小四 (little 4) and 小三 (little 3), standardized as 14 point. |
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5. usage. As superstition, 四 is avoided because it is similar to 死 in sound. |
| sì |
6. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). |
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Synonyms: 士 |
元 |
二儿 |
yuán |
1. first; primary; head; chief | |
2. basic; fundamental |
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3. origin; source |
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Synonyms: 原 |
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4. meta- |
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(Alternative form 圓) |
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5. (mathematics) variable; unknown; element |
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消元法 (xiāoyuánfǎ) - method of elimination, lit=method of eliminating matrix elements |
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立 天元 一 - Let x be the unknown variable in the equation. |
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主元 (zhǔyuán) - pivot |
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6. (math) element (an infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential) |
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線-元 (xiànyuán) - line element |
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7. Yuan Dynasty |
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元曲 - Yuan dynasty theater, tr=yuánqū |
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8. (telegraphy) the thirteenth day of a month |
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元 好Hào-問 (Yuán Hàowèn) - Yuan Haowen (Jin dynasty poet) |
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9. (Taoism) kalpa, a cosmic or supreme cycle of 129,000 years |
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10. Variant of 圓 |
充 |
儿 |
chōng |
1. to fill | |
2. full |
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3. (archaic) to serve as |
允 |
厶儿 |
yǔn, rǔn |
允許 - to allow | |
公允 - fair |
匹 |
匚儿 |
匹h-pī.oga |
1. Simplified form of 鴄 |
竟 |
音儿 |
jìng |
1. to finish; to end (literary) | |
2. finally; after all; at last (literary) |
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3. unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly |
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4. whole; entire |
詹 |
厃儿言 |
zhān |
1. verbose; garrulous | |
2. to talk too much; to be verbose |
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3. to arrive; to reach |
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4. to manage; to administer |
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5. Alternative form of 瞻 (to look upward or forward) |
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詹 天-佑 - Zhan Tianyou (Chinese railroad engineer) |
虎 |
虍儿 |
hǔ |
1. tiger | |
老虎 - tiger |
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2. (figurative) brave; fierce |
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3. (dialectal) to show a stern or fierce look |
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4. (Northeastern Mandarin, derogatory) overbold; stupid |
| hǔ, hū |
5. Only used in 馬虎 |
| hù, hǔ |
6. Only used in 虎不拉 |
貌 |
豸白儿 |
mào |
1. facial appearance; facial features; looks | |
2. outward appearance |
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3. expression; countenance |
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4. (classical) (Used by ancient scholars to define terms describing appearance:) appearance of; description of |
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焂Shú，……光 動 貌。 - Shú describes the appearance of a moving light. |
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5. superficial; outer |
兄 |
口儿 |
xiōng |
1. elder brother | |
2. elder male cousin |
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堂兄 - father’s brother’s son older than oneself |
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3. brother (male friend of the same generation) |
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4. (Hokkien, familiar) (respectful honorific used after a name for an elder brother or any male senior): Mister; Brother |
兆 |
儿冫丿丶 |
zhào |
1. (historical) cracks formed on heated tortoise plastrons and mammal bones used in ancient divination | |
2. omen |
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吉兆 - auspicious omen |
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3. to portend; to augur |
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4. graveyard, cemetery, necropolis |
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5. (chiefly Taiwan) trillion (million million), tera-, 10 |
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6. (Mainland China) (SI prefix) million, mega-, 10 |
兀 |
一儿 |
wù |
突兀 - lofty | |
兀者 - person that has had one of their feet cut |
| wū |
1. Only used in 兀禿 |
| wù |
2. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) that (from 11th c.) |
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兀裡 (veh4 le) - over there, J |
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(ant, zh, 這) |
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3. (archaic) (Used before pronouns to form bisyllabic pronouns.) |
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兀那 - that, WVC |
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兀誰 - who, WVC |
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4. (Min Bei) that |
| wù |
5. Simplified form of 尢 |
