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Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 排 |
pái |
1. to put in order |
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2. to rehearse |
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3. row; rank; line |
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4. raft |
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5. wood, bamboo, etc. bound together for transport along a river |
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6. (military) platoon |
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7. Short for 排球, volleyball |
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8. slab of meat |
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牛排 - steak |
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9. to push away; to reject |
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10. to eject; to emit; to excrete |
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11. (Cantonese) to queue |
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12. =====Usage notes===== |
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13. (Cantonese, only in compounds) time period |
水 |
shuǐ |
1. water | |
請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please. |
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喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water |
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冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water |
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冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water |
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凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C |
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熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water |
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開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water |
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滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C |
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水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium |
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水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour |
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水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature |
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雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater |
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海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater |
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飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water |
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礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water |
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蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water |
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水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice |
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水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity |
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碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate |
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脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration |
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水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning |
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雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide |
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2. liquid; potion; juice |
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口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva |
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汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat |
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羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid |
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香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume |
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眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop |
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3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage) |
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要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order? |
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欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN |
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4. (archaic) river |
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漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River |
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5. body of water |
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水路 - shuǐlù - waterway |
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三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides |
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6. flood |
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發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood |
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7. additional cost or income |
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8. (dialectal) rain |
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9. (Cantonese) money |
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磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C |
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掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C |
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10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars |
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三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C |
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11. (Cantonese) source of revenue |
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12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide |
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13. to swim |
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水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability |
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14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless |
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這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak. |
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15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off |
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16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行) |
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17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed. |
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18. Sui people |
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水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people) |
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19. Variant of 媠 |
管 |
guǎn |
1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood | |
2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument |
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3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula |
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吸管 - straw |
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4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush |
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5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge |
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管理 - to manage |
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6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline |
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7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with |
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8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply |
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9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep |
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10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of |
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11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name) |
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臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆. |
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12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to |
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13. (Sichuan) to be worth |
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管 寧 - Guan Ning |
