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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
丨土 zài 1. to exist; to be alive
      ? - Are you here?
2. to be at; to be in; to be located
      哪裡? - Where is he?
     旅館 購物.中心 附近。 - The hotel is located near the new shopping center.
      只塊。 - tr=ua2 do6 zi2 go3., I am here., MN-T
3. be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress)
      電視。 - I'm watching TV.
      米飯。 - He's eating rice.
      食飯。 - tr=ua2 do6 ziah8 beng7., I am eating., MN-T
4. (located) in; at
      中國。 - I live in China.
     我們 當地 報紙 廣告。 - We put an ad in the local paper.
     每天 下午 家裡 工作。 - Every afternoon he works at home.
5. during; in
      打算 jià 什麼? - What do you plan to do during the holidays?
      日記 生前 未曾 發表 。 - His diary was not published during his lifetime.
6. to lie in; to rest with
     事在人為wéi - human effort can achieve everything;
     成功 堅持。 - Perseverance is vital to success.
      自己。 - It's up to you whether to go or not.
7. to be at the post
     在職 - to be on the job; to be at one's post
     在野 - to be out of office
8. (zh-misspelling of 再)
9. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 佇 (-, t=at, in)
土厶 1. to leave; to depart from
     去世 - to pass away
2. to go to; to leave for
      哪兒r? - Where are you going?
     (ant, zh, )
3. (before or after a verb) to go in order to do something
      辦公室 請假。 - He went to the office to ask for leave.
      釣魚 網球。 - He went fishing instead of playing tennis.
4. (between two verbs) to; in order to
5. (Used after a verb of motion to indicate movement away from the speaker.)
     下去 - to go down ant. to come down
      - to send away
6. to send; to dispatch
7. to play (a part, a character); to act
8. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die
9. last; past
     去年 - last year
10. 66th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "departure" (?)
11. (zh-short, 去聲)
12. (literary) to be separated by; to be apart by
13. (neologism) what the hell; what; damn; fuck
     我去 - what the hell
14. to remove; to get rid of
     去掉 - to remove
     脫去 - to throw off
     拆去 - to remove, to take off
      蝦腸 - to remove the intestines from shrimp
     牛肉 腥味 之後 好食 。 - Beef tastes much better after you get rid of the rankness.
     去頭 白蝦 - headless white shrimp
     去中心化 - decentralization
15. to discard
16. Variant of 弆
17. Variant of 驅
shēng, shēn 1. to live; to subsist; to exist
2. to grow; to develop; to bud
3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear
      妻子 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls.
4. to be born; to come into existence
      中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China.
5. pupil; disciple; student
      作為 全日制 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis.
6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar
7. (opera) actor or male character
8. Short for 先生 (gentleman)
9.    (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生 (Mr.)
10.   陳 生 - Mr. Chan
11. having life; live
     (syn, zh, )
     規矩 。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not.
      jyu4-2 啱啱 soeng5 saang1 。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive.
12. life; existence; being; living
     殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life
13. fresh; not stale
14. unripe
15. raw; uncooked
     (ant, zh, )
      洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions
      gok3 ni1 仲係 。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw.
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage
      (shēng Lí) - wild Li
17. strange; unfamiliar
     生人 (shēngrén) - stranger
18. mechanically; forcedly
19. very; quite; extremely
     生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of
20. vivid; strong; forceful
21. innate; natural; born with
22. living things; organism
23. livelihood; subsistence
     謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living
24. lifetime; all one's life
     來生 (láishēng) - afterlife
25. birthday; anniversary
     慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday
26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue
27. to generate; to breed; to create
28. to manufacture; to produce
29. to happen; to occur; to take place
30. to catch (a disease)
      什麼 ? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got?
     seⁿ (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN
31. to be infested by a parasite
      跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas
      蝨乸 - to be infested with lice
32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated
33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle
34. to light; to ignite (a fire)
     母親 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove.
35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇).
     (syn, zh, )
sāng 36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person
土也 1. earth
     天地 - heaven and earth
2. ground; floor
     水泥 - concrete floor
      地上shang。 - The horse collapsed to the ground.
     銀包 。 - The wallet fell on the ground.
      dei6-2 - to lie on the floor on one's stomach
3. land; field
     低地 - lowland
     nei1 - this plot of land
4. distance; separation
     車站 。 - The bus stop is three miles away.
5. farmland; field
     田間 地頭 - farmland
     下地 幹活 - to farm
6. (only in compounds) area; region
     本地 - local
     殖民地 - colony
7. place; locality
     地處chǔ - located in
     目的地 - destination
     分居 - to live apart in two different places
8. status; situation; position
     不敗之地 - invincible position
     設身處chǔ - put oneself in somebody else’s position
9. (only in compounds) state of mind
     心地 - mind
     見地 - perspective, opinion
10. place; room; space
      地兒r - There is no room in my home (for that).
11. background (behind a text or figure)
     (zh-co, 白地黑字, black characters on a white background)
12. (only in compounds) Short for 地球 (Earth)
      距離 - Earth–Sun distance
      行星 - terrestrial planet
13. (Hakka) grave; tomb
      - Gedi station (蛤地 means "frog-shaped tomb")
14. (Mainland China) prefecture
     地級市 - prefecture-level city
de, di 15. (chiefly Mandarin) (Particle indicating the preceding word is used as an adverb.)
     (zh-alt-inline, , obsolete, c=1)
      de - very quickly
     一個 模樣 孩子zi 我們 蹣跚 de 走來。 - A roughly one-year-old child came staggering towards us.
      偷偷 dei6-2 。 - He secretly left.
      靜靜zing6-2 dei6-2 喺度 。 - Sit here quietly, OK?
16. (Cantonese) (Placed after a reduplicated adjective or stative verb to lessen its intensity.)
      hung4-2 dei6-2 - kind of red
      bok6-2 dei6-2 - kind of thin
      dei6-2 - to be kind of scared
      dei6-2 - kind of short
17. =====Usage notes=====
18. (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 塊 (-, t=place)
19. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alternative form of 塊 (-, t=home)
20. Variant of 哋
1. Simplified form of 場
2. Variant of 埸
土不 1. Simplified form of 壞
2. Variant of 坯
3. unfired pottery and bricks; base
4. low hill
5. wall
6. to use earth to fill a crack
又土 1. Variant of 聖
土荅 1. tower
2. pagoda
3. spire
4. tall building
5. (tarot) the Tower
6. (Taiwan) tart
     Ta
土人人 zuò 1. to sit; to take a seat
     坐下 - to sit down
     Chhiáⁿ ! - Please take a seat!, MN
2. to go by; to travel by; to ride
      公交車 小心 過頭 - to miss one's stop on the bus
      飛機 上海。 - I go to Shanghai by plane.
      開車 火車 。 - She does not go by train, she drives.
3. to bear fruit
4. (literary) because of; on the ground of
5. to be in charge of; to manage
6. to uphold; to fight until the end without giving up
     坐鎮 - to assume personal command
7. (zh-obsolete) to be convicted (of a crime)
zuò 8. Alternative form of 座
9. =====Usage notes=====
其土 1. base of any building; foundations; basis
2. (figurative) basis; foundation; base
3. cardinal; basic; capital; fundamental
4. (chemistry) radical; group
5. Short for 基隆 (Keelung)
     .. - Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung
6. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual
     搞基 - to be gay; to engage in homosexual activities
     基友 - gay buddy
xìng 1. by fluke; lucky
     (zh-alt-inline, )
2. fortunate; lucky
     (zh-co, 三生有幸, to be very lucky)
3. luckily; fortunately
4. to rejoice
     zh-co, 幸災樂, to be gratified by others' misfortunes
5. (literary) to hope; to wish
6. (historical, of an emperor) to personally visit
7. (literary) to favour; to dote on
8. Simplified form of 倖
9. Variant of 㚔
土成 chéng 1. city wall
     兵臨城下 - the enemy army is just outside of the walls of the city
2. area within the city walls
     紫禁城 - Forbidden City
3. city; town
     城鄉 - urban and rural areas
4. large commercial venue
     服裝 -
     美食 -
5. (literary) to construct city walls
sāi, sè, sēi 1. to stop up; to block up
2. to stuff; to cram; to squeeze in
      報紙 sak1 - to shove newspaper into a pair of shoes
3. to be blocked; to be jammed
4. to forbid; to suppress; to prohibit
5. to satisfy; to fulfil
6. to compensate; to remedy
7. to answer; to repay
8. to manage to arrange a position for someone
9. to practise bribe
10. to evade; to stall
11. stopper; cork
12. to be in a difficult position; destitute
13. honest; truthful
14. (historial) Saka people
sài 15. (historical) place of strategic importance; pass; fortress
16. to build fortress; to construct fortifications
17. frontier; border
     塞翁失馬 - The old man at the frontier losing a horse
18. (specifically) the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall
19. Alternative form of 賽 (to compete, contend; contest, race)
20. Alternative form of 簺 (an ancient gambling game)
土夬 1. Simplified form of 塊
土矣 āi 1. fine dust, dirt
     (zh-co, 塵埃, dust)
2. one ten-billionth, the number 10
āi 3. (zh-used2, t)
     (zh-co, 埃及, Egypt)
     (zh-co, 埃塞俄比亞, Ethiopia)
     (zh-co, 蘇維埃, soviet)
4. Short for 埃及 (Egypt)
āi 5. angstrom
6. (Shanghainese Wu) that
礻土 shè 1. (historical) god of the soil
2. (historical) altar for offering sacrifices to the god of the soil
3. (historical) festival for offering sacrifices to the god of the soil
     (zh-x, 春社)
4. (historical) to offer sacrifices to the god of the soil
5. (historical) (an ancient grass-root administrative unit)
6. organized body; society; association
     結社 - to form an association
     報社 - newspaper publisher; newspaper office
7. agency ((used for certain agencies that provide services))
     旅行社 - travel agency
     She
8. (in Vietnam) commune (third level division along with wards and commune-level towns)
丨丨又土 1. Simplified form of 堅
土旦 tǎn 1. (zh-no-solo) flat; level; wide
     平坦 - level
2. (zh-no-solo) calm; open-hearted; at ease
     坦然 - calm
3. (zh-no-solo) honest; frank
     坦白 - honest; candid
     (syn, zh, 直率)