| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 厂 |
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1. Simplified form of 廠 |
| hǎn |
2. (obsolete) cliff; habitable cave on a cliff |
| ān |
3. Alternative form of 庵, (usually used in names.) |
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4. Variant of 䉷 |
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5. usage. As a component of other characters, 厂 can be referred to as 廠字旁. |
白 |
bái, bó |
1. white | |
白色 (báisè) - white color |
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白茶 (báichá) - white tea |
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2. clear; easy to understand |
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明白bai (míngbai) - clear, obvious |
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淺白 (qiǎnbái) - simple |
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3. clear; pure; plain; blank |
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白紙 (báizhǐ) - a blank sheet of paper |
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白卷 (báijuǎn) - blank exam paper |
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白水 (báishuǐ) - plain water |
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白粥 (báizhōu) - plain congee |
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4. bright; well-lit |
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5. eminent; prominent |
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6. vernacular |
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白話 (báihuà) - spoken language |
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7. dialect |
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蘇白 (sūbái) - Suzhou dialect |
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京白 (jīngbái) - Beijing dialect |
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8. Short for 白讀 (gloss=colloquial reading) |
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9. reactionary; anticommunist |
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白軍 (báijūn) - The White army |
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白區 (báiqū) - The White area |
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白色恐怖 (báisèkǒngbù) - the White terror |
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10. in vain; for nothing |
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我們 沒有 白 忙。 - Our efforts were not in vain. |
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她 白 等 了。 - She waited in vain. |
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他們 的 血 沒有 白 流。 (Tāmen de xuè méiyǒu bái liú.) - Their blood was not shed in vain. |
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所有 的 工作 都 白 做 了。 (Suǒyǒu de gōngzuò dōu bái zuò le.) - All the work has been done for nothing. |
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白 來 一趟 (bái lái yītàng) - to come in vain; to come for nothing |
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白給 的 東西xi (báigěi de dōngxi) - something given for nothing |
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11. free of charge; gratuitous; gratis |
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你 可以 白 拿走 這 些 蘋果。 (Nǐ kěyǐ bái názǒu zhè xiē píngguǒ.) - You can have these apples for free. |
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12. to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes |
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她 生氣 地de 白 了 他 一眼。 (Tā shēngqì de bái le tā yīyǎn.) - She gave him an angry stare. |
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13. to explain; to present; to state |
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自白 (zìbái) - explain oneself, confess |
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開場白 (kāichǎngbái) - preamble |
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表白 (biǎobái) - to explain oneself |
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辯白 (biànbái) - to explain, to defend oneself |
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14. to mispronounce or wrongly write a character |
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我 老是 寫 白 字 讀破句。 (Wǒ lǎoshì xiě bái zì dúpòjù.) - I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places. |
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我 把 這 字 念 白 了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhè zì niàn bái le.) - I've mispronounced the character. |
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15. spoken lines |
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念白 (niànbái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera |
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道白 (dàobái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera |
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獨白 (dúbái) - monologue |
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對白 (duìbái) - dialogue |
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16. funeral |
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紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals |
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17. . Bai |
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白 崇-禧 (Bái Chóngxǐ) - Bai Chongxi |
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18. Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China |
小 |
xiǎo |
1. small, tiny, little | |
小孩 - child |
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Antonyms: 大 |
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2. minor, petty |
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3. briefly, for a short while |
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小憩 - brief rest |
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4. slightly, a little |
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5. young |
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小狗 - puppy |
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小貓 - kitten |
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小羊 - lamb |
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這 嬰兒 太 小 了，不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself. |
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Antonyms: 老 |
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6. (the) youngest |
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小兒子 - youngest son |
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7. a young person; child, kid, baby |
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一家老小 - the entire family, old and young |
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8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people). |
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For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李. |
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9. (humble) my, our |
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小弟 - humble I |
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小女 - humble my daughter |
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小的 - humble I |
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10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school) |
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11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school. |
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12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School |
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13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education. |
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14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school) |
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15. (dialectal) concubine |
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16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck. |
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小 你！ - Duck you! |
| xiǎo |
17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小. |
