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吹风机chuī fēng jī
hair dryer
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 吹风机 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 吹風機 | ||
| 吹風機 | chuīfēngjī | |
| 1. n. hairdryer | ||
| Components | ||
| 吹 | chuī | |
| 1. to blow; to puff | ||
| 吹 氣球 - to blow up a balloon | ||
| 2. (of wind) to blow | ||
| 3. to blow; to play a wind instrument | ||
| 吹 口琴 - to play the harmonica | ||
| 4. (colloquial) to brag; to boast | ||
| 5. (colloquial) to drink alcoholic beverages directly from a bottle | ||
| 6. (colloquial, of a plan) to fall through; (of relationship) to break down | ||
| 7. (Cantonese) Short for *吹水 | ||
| 8. (ACG) to like | ||
| 吹 爆 - to like very much | ||
| 全員 吹 - someone who likes everyone (in the anime) | ||
| 9. (zh-misspelling, 催, to urge) | ||
| 10. (zh-no-solo) wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments | ||
| 11. (literary) wind | ||
| 风 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 風 | ||
| 風 | fēng | |
| 1. wind | ||
| 風雨 (fēngyǔ) - wind and rain; hardships | ||
| 狂風 (kuángfēng) - gale | ||
| 外面 風 很 大 (wàimiàn fēng hěn dà) - It's very windy outside. | ||
| 2. to air-dry | ||
| 3. (in compounds) air-dried | ||
| 風雞 (fēngjī) - air-dried chicken | ||
| 4. general mood; custom | ||
| 風俗 (fēngsú) - customs | ||
| 歪風 (wāifēng) - unhealthy trend | ||
| 5. demeanour | ||
| 風範 (fēngfàn) - manner | ||
| 風度 (fēngdù) - elegance | ||
| 6. cultivation; moralisation | ||
| 風教 (fēngjiào) - cultivation | ||
| 7. style; manner | ||
| 風格 (fēnggé) - style | ||
| 文風 (wénfēng) - writing style | ||
| 8. (in compounds) scene; scenery | ||
| 風景 (fēngjǐng) - scenery | ||
| 風光 (fēngguāng) - scenery | ||
| 風物 (fēngwù) - scenery | ||
| 9. news; information | ||
| 風聲 (fēngshēng) - news | ||
| 通風報信 (tōngfēngbàoxìn) - to secretly pass on information to others | ||
| 聞風而動 (wénfēng'érdòng) - to act at once on hearing the news | ||
| 10. love; affection; to become sexually attracted; to copulate | ||
| 風月 (fēngyuè) - romance | ||
| 風情 (fēngqíng) - amorous feelings | ||
| 風.馬.牛.不.相及 (fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí) - irrelevant | ||
| 11. dissolute; promiscuous | ||
| 風流 (fēngliú) - dissolute | ||
| 風騷 (fēngsāo) - flirtatious behaviour | ||
| 12. ungrounded; baseless | ||
| 風言風語 (fēngyánfēngyǔ) - slanderous gossip | ||
| 13. one of the three sections of Shijing, consisting of ballads | ||
| 14. (in general) folk song; ballad | ||
| 采風 (cǎifēng) - to collect folk songs | ||
| 15. (obsolete) Alternative form of 瘋 (mad; insane) | ||
| 風病 (fēngbìng) - psychiatric illness | ||
| 16. (TCM) one of the "Six Excesses" (tr=-) that cause diseases in traditional Chinese medicine | ||
| 風寒 (fēnghán) - wind chill | ||
| 風濕 (fēngshī) - rheumatic | ||
| 17. (TCM) a type of diseases that are typically acute | ||
| 痛風 (tòngfēng) - gout | ||
| 中zhòng風 (zhòngfēng) - stroke | ||
| 18. (Cantonese) rumour | ||
| 19. (Cantonese) Short for 颱風, typhoon, tr=- | ||
| 20. (Hokkien) minty | ||
| 21. (Philippines Hokkien) spicy | ||
| 22. . Feng; Fung | ||
| 23. (obsolete) to blow; to fan | ||
| 24. (obsolete) to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion | ||
| 風民 (fèngmín) - to cultivate the masses | ||
| 風fěng勸 (fěngquàn) - to advise | ||
| 風fěng諭 (fěngyù) - to advise in mild tone | ||
| 机 | ||
| 1. Variant of 機 | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 几 (small table; stool) | ||
| 機 | jī | |
| 1. weaving machine; spinning machine | ||
| 機杼 - loom | ||
| 2. machine; apparatus; device | ||
| 打字機 - typewriter | ||
| 3. (mostly in compounds) Short for *飛機 (aircraft) | ||
| 4. (mostly in compounds) Short for *手機 (cellphone) | ||
| 5. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for *遊戲機 (video game) | ||
| 6. mechanism; process | ||
| 玄機 - arcane truth; nature's mystery | ||
| 7. cause; reason | ||
| 8. secret; confidential (affair) | ||
| 機密 - top secret | ||
| 9. opportunity; chance; crucial point | ||
| 戰機 - opportunity in battle | ||
| 10. plan; idea | ||
| 神機 - marvellous strategy | ||
| 11. flexible; quick-witted | ||
| 12. organic | ||
| 有機 - organic | ||
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Pronunciation
chuī fēng jī
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