| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 天花板 | tiānhuābǎn | 1. n. ceiling |
| 天花板 上 掛 著着zhe 一 盞 名貴 的 吊燈。 - A precious chandelier hung from the ceiling. | ||
| 2. n. (figurative) ceiling; upper limit | ||
| 3. n. (Dungan, Jin, anatomy) palate; upper jaw; maxilla |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 天 | tiān | 1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial |
| 天空 - sky - | ||
| 天 黑 了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black) | ||
| 2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly | ||
| 上天 - to go up to the sky; to go to heaven - | ||
| 天意 - Heaven's will - | ||
| 3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God) | ||
| 天主 - God - | ||
| 老天 - god - | ||
| 我 的 天 啊！ - Oh my God! - | ||
| 天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves. | ||
| 4. top; overhead | ||
| 天橋 - footbridge - | ||
| 天窗 - sunroof - | ||
| 5. weather; climate | ||
| 天 很 冷。 - It's very cold. | ||
| 如果 天 晴，我們 就 去 散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. | ||
| 6. day (24 hours) | ||
| 今天 - today - | ||
| 明天 - tomorrow - | ||
| 三 天 - three days - | ||
| 7. day (as opposed to night) | ||
| 白天 - daytime - | ||
| 三 天 兩 夜 - three days and two nights - | ||
| 8. period of time in a day | ||
| 五更天 - just before dawn - | ||
| 天 不 早 了。 - It's getting late. | ||
| 9. season | ||
| 春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter | ||
| 黃梅天 - rainy season - | ||
| 10. nature | ||
| 天災 - natural disaster - | ||
| 11. natural; innate | ||
| 天生 - innate - | ||
| 天性 - nature, personality - | ||
| 天才 - genius - | 花 | huā | 1. flower; blossom |
| 花朵 - flower | ||
| 2. florid; flowery | ||
| zh-x, 花花hua綠綠 | ||
| 3. pattern; design | ||
| 花纹 - 花纹 | ||
| 4. blurred | ||
| 眼花 - to have blurred vision | ||
| 5. fireworks | ||
| 煙花 - fireworks | ||
| 6. essence; cream | ||
| 7. wound | ||
| 8. Short for 天花, gloss=smallpox | ||
| 種zhòng花 - to vaccinate against smallpox | ||
| 9. courtesan; prostitute | ||
| 10. to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost | ||
| 這 件 衣服 花 了 不到 一百 塊 - This clothing cost less than 100 yuan. | ||
| 11. profligate | ||
| 12. (slang) randy; lecherous | ||
| 13. (slang) to be horny; to womanize | ||
| 儂 又 要 去 花 儂 個 女朋友 了 是 ?？ - tr=3non&3hhieu+2iau+2qi+1ho+3non&5hheq+3nyy baan hhieu&0leq&3zr va, You're going to seduce your girlfriend again aren't you?, SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page 52 | ||
| 14. false | ||
| 15. (Cantonese) scratched | ||
| 佢 著着 咗 呢ni1 對 鞋 兩 個 月 就 已經 花 嗮 喇。 - He's worn the shoes for only two months and they're already all scratched up. | ||
| 16. (Cantonese, of images, drawings, patterns, etc.) over-colorful; chaotic; messy | ||
| 17. (Cantonese, card games) flush | ||
| 18. (Hong Kong) pip (insignia) | ||
| 19. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extinguish; to put out (of fire) | ||
| 20. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to disappear (of a scar) | ||
| 21. (Shanghainese Wu) cotton | ||
| 22. (Shanghainese Wu) to tease | ||
| 儂 覅 來 花 我 了，我 根本 覅 儂 搿 本 書。 - tr=3non&3viau&3le&1ho+3ngu&0leq&3ngu&1ken pen&3viau&3non&5geq pen&1sr, Stop teasing me, I didn't even want your book in the first place., SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page | ||
| 23. . Hua | 板 | bǎn | 1. plank; board |
| 木板 - board; plank | ||
| 玻璃 板 - glass board | ||
| 2. blackboard | ||
| (zh-x, 板報) | ||
| 3. sluggish; stiff; inflexible | ||
| 呆板 - sluggish | ||
| 古板 - stuffy; old-fashioned and inflexible | ||
| 4. to harden; hardened | ||
| 5. (internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard) | ||
| 6. (music) clapper | ||
| 7. (music) beat; meter; rhythm (in music or Chinese opera) | ||
| 行板 - andante | ||
| 散sǎn板 - sanban | ||
| 8. to look serious or displeased | ||
| 9. (literary or Min Nan) wooden coffin | ||
| 10. (Min Nan) ability; capability; talent | ||
| 11. (Suzhou) to have to; must | ||
| 噶 聲 閒話 板 是 俚 說 噶。 - That voice must be his., W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19 | ||
| 12. Variant of 闆 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | 一 | 1. one |
| 一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long | ||
| 一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured | ||
| 一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low | ||
| 一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night | ||
| 一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C | ||
| 一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right | ||
| 2. each; every | ||
| 給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each. | ||
| 3. single; alone | ||
| 獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person | ||
| 專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous | ||
| 4. whole; entire; all: throughout | ||
| 他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach. | ||
| 5. same; identical | ||
| 大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size | ||
| 大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C | ||
| 6. (classical) another; alternative | ||
| 蟋蟀，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī. | ||
| 7. (formal) certain aforementioned | ||
| 「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律 | ||
| 8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb: | ||
| 9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once | ||
| 10. 看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look | ||
| 11. 望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C | ||
| 12. Indicating the intention to try | ||
| 13. 算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it | ||
| 14. 計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C | ||
| 15. once; as soon as; upon | ||
| 一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening. | ||
| 我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight. | ||
| 一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off | ||
| 一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far? | ||
| 16. (gay slang) top | ||
| 一號 - yīhào - a top | ||
| 17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die | ||
| 18. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| yī | 19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣). | |
| 20. one | ||
| 21. each; every | ||
| 22. whole; entire; all | ||
| yíeijing dialect | 23. (Beijing) one | |
| 24. =====Usage notes===== | 大 | dà | 1. of great size; big; large; huge |
| (ant, zh, 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 | ||
| (ant, zh, 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 | ||
| (ant, zh, 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 | ||
| (ant, zh, 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" (?) | ||
| dài, dà | 17. (zh-used in, 大夫, doctor) | |
| 18. (zh-used in, 大王, tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader) | ||
| 19. (zh-used, 大黃, rhubarb) | ||
| 20. (zh-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 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 艸 | 1. grass | |
| 2. Variant of 草 | 化 | huà | 1. to change; to transform |
| 2. to become; to turn into | ||
| 3. to melt | ||
| 把 雪 化-掉 - make snow melt | ||
| 4. to dissolve | ||
| 5. (Suffix denoting "change into ...". Akin to English (m, en, -ize) and m, en, -ization). | ||
| 民主化 - democratize | ||
| 6. (chemistry) (Affix denoting combination.) | ||
| 氧化鈣 - calcium oxide | ||
| 氫氧化鈉 - sodium hydroxide | ||
| 7. Short for 教化, enlightenment; cultivation | ||
| 8. (in compounds) Short for 化學, chemistry | ||
| 日化 - household chemicals | ||
| 化工 - chemical industry | ||
| 9. Variant of 花 | ||
| 10. Variant of 貨 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 木 | mù | 1. tree; woody plant |
| Synonyms: 樹 | ||
| 樹木 - tree | ||
| 灌木 - shrub | ||
| 木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
| 2. wood; timber | ||
| 木頭tou - log | ||
| 3. wooden | ||
| 這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
| 4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
| 木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
| 棺木 - coffin | ||
| 就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
| 有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
| 6. numb | ||
| 麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
| 她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. | 反 | fàn | 1. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4). |
| Synonyms: 凡 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 亻 | rén | 1. Side form of the person (人) radical. |
| 2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁. | 匕 | bǐ | 1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China |
| 2. (literary) dagger | ||
| 3. Original form of 妣 (deceased mother) | ||
| 4. Variant of 牝 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 又 | yòu | 1. again; once more |
| 又 下雨 了！ - It's raining again! | ||
| 想 了 又 想 - to think and think; to deeply think about | ||
| 一次 又 一次 的 失敗 - failure after failure | ||
| 2. (Used to express the coexistence of several conditions or qualities); both ... and ... | ||
| 聰明 又 漂亮liang - smart and pretty | ||
| 我 又 餓 又 渴。 - I am hungry and thirsty. | ||
| 我 又 想 去，又 不 想 去，該 怎麼 辦？ - I want to go, but I also don't want to go, what should I do? | ||
| 3. also; in addition | ||
| 達·芬-奇 是 科學家，又 是 藝術家。 - Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist also an artist. | ||
| 4. (Used between a whole number and a fraction) | ||
| 四 小時 又 十 分鐘 - four hours and ten minutes | ||
| 二 又 三 分 之 一 - two and a third | ||
| 5. but; on the other hand | ||
| 6. (Used in negative statements and rhetorical questions for emphasis) | ||
| 這樣 做 對 你 又 有 什麼 好處？ - What good for you is there in doing that? | ||
| 嗰 啲 嘢 又 唔係 我 做，關 我 咩 事 啫。 - Why should I care about that! It's not like I did it. | ||
| 我 又 唔係 冇錢。 - It's not like I'm broke. | ||
| 7. usage. Compared to 又 is used for something that already happened. |