| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 破 |
石皮 |
pò |
1. to break; to tear |
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2. to break; to break with; to smash |
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3. to ruin; to destroy |
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4. to rout; to drive out; to drive away; to banish |
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5. to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel |
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6. to spend; to expend |
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7. to cleave (with a tool or hands); to cut open; to split open |
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8. to expose; to lay bare; to show up |
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9. to break a banknote into small change |
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10. broken; worn out; damaged |
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11. (colloquial) low-quality; poor; lousy |
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12. (slang) to handle; to deal with; to do |
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怎麼 破？ - (slang) What to do? |
碰 |
石並 |
pèng |
1. to collide; to bump; to knock; to touch | |
2. to meet by chance; to bump into; to come across |
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3. to test out; to try one's luck |
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4. to offend; to provoke |
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5. (mahjong) to form a pung |
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6. usage. When playing mahjong, a player may say this word as a call when forming a pung off another player's discard |
码 |
石马 |
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1. Simplified form of 碼 |
硬 |
石更 |
yìng |
1. hard (resistant to pressure) | |
2. tough; strong; firm |
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3. good (in terms of quality or ability) |
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4. stiff; inflexible |
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5. obstinately; forcibly; resolutely |
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6. (slang) to become hard; to have an erection |
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7. (Cantonese, Teochew) certainly; definitely; of course |
磐 |
般石 |
pán |
1. large rock; boulder | |
2. stable; firm |
砍 |
石欠 |
kǎn |
1. to hack; to chop; to cut; to fell | |
砍伐 - to cut down |
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2. to reduce; to weaken |
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砍價 - to reduce prices |
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3. (dialect) to throw in order to hit |
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4. (Same as) to chat |
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Kan |
磁 |
石兹 |
cí |
1. (obsolete) magnet | |
2. magnetism |
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3. Alternative form of 瓷 (porcelain) |
碗 |
石宛 |
wǎn |
1. bowl | |
洗碗 - to wash the dishes |
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2. bowl-like object |
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一 碗 米飯 - a bowl of rice |
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一 碗 粥 - a bowl of congee |
矿 |
石广 |
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1. Simplified form of 礦 |
岩 |
山石 |
yán |
1. cliff | |
2. rock; stone; -ite |
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3. mountain peak |
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4. cave |
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5. Variant of 巖 |
磨 |
麻石 |
mó |
1. to grind; to sharpen | |
2. to rub; to chafe |
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3. to wear away; to obliterate |
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4. to wear out; to wear down; to erode |
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5. to dawdle; to waste (time) |
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6. to pester; to plague (someone) |
| mò |
7. grinder; mill |
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8. to grind; to mill |
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9. to turn around |
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10. (Cantonese) to waste time |
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11. (Teochew) to approach |
研 |
石开 |
yán |
1. to grind; to rub; to sharpen | |
2. to investigate; to study; to research |
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Synonyms: 究 |
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3. Short for 研究生, postgraduate studies or student |
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4. Variant of 硯 |
硎 |
石刑 |
xíng, kēng |
1. whetstone | |
2. to whet; to grind; to polish |
硫 |
石㐬 |
liú |
1. (chemical element) sulfur |
硼 |
石朋 |
péng |
1. (chemical element) boron | | pēng |
2. (onomatopoeia) a loud sound |
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3. Alternative form of 蹦 (to jump) |
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4. Alternative form of 碰 (to bump; to touch) |
碟 |
石枼 |
dié |
1. small plate; small dish | |
2. (chiefly Cantonese) plate; dish (of any size) |
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3. dish (of food) |
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叫 一 碟 乾炒牛河ho4-2 - order a plate of beef chow fun |
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4. (computing) disc-based data storage device, such as a CD or a DVD |
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5. Variant of 鞨 |
拓 |
扌石 |
tuò |
1. to open up; to develop; to expand | |
2. to stretch |
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3. to push open |
| tà |
4. to make rubbings on something (e.g. inscriptions) |
| tuō |
5. Alternative form of 托 (to support with hands; to lift) |
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6. Variant of 摭 |
碑 |
石卑 |
bēi |
1. stele | |
墓碑 - tombstone |
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界碑 - boundary stone |
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紀念碑 - monument |
硅 |
石圭 |
guī |
1. (Mainland China, chemical element) silicon | |
Synonyms: 矽 |
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2. Variant of 砉 |
碳 |
石炭 |
tàn |
1. (chemistry) carbon | |
2. (ecology) carbon emissions (in the context of global warming and climate change) |
