| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
|---|
| 咱 |
口自 |
zán, zá |
1. (literary or dialectal) I; me |
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2. (inclusive) we; us |
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3. (literary) A particle used after personal pronouns. |
| zan |
4. (dialectal, in compounds) time |
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這咱zan - now |
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5. (inclusive) we; us |
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6. (polite) you |
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7. (inclusive) our |
臭 |
自犬 |
chòu |
1. bad smell | |
體臭 - body odour |
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2. bad name; bad reputation |
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遺臭萬年 - to go down in history as a byword of infamy |
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3. smelly; stinky |
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臭豆腐fu - stinky tofu |
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有人 覺得 榴槤 很 臭，也 有人 覺得 很 香。 - Some people think durian is stinky, while others think it smells good. |
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4. ugly; repulsive |
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臭架子zi - stinking pretension |
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5. fiercely |
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臭罵 - to scold fiercely |
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6. bad; poor (luck, skill, etc) |
| xiù |
無色 無臭xiù - colourless and odourless |
息 |
自心 |
息 |
1. to breathe; to pant | |
2. to sigh; to blow |
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3. to stop; to subside; to cease |
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4. to put a stop to; to stop |
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5. to rest; to have a rest |
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6. to grow; to develop |
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7. to calm down; to appease |
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8. breath; life |
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9. one's own children |
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10. interest; dividends |
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11. message; news |
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12. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Zhongshan Min) great-grandchild |
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13. Variant of 熄 |
鼻 |
自畀 |
bí |
1. (anatomy) nose | |
2. nose-like object, protruding part |
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3. handle |
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4. pinhole |
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5. (geography) cape |
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6. initial; founding; beginning; original |
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鼻祖 - forefather; initiator |
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7. (dialectal) nasal mucus; snot |
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8. (archaic or Hakka, Min) to smell |
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9. (Min Bei, including, Songxi, Shibei) to kiss |
