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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
彳艮 hěn 1. to try to one's utmost
2. very; rather; quite
      高興。 - He is very pleased.
      喜歡。 - I like it very much.
      喜歡 de 。 - I like it very much.
3. (Mandarin, especially before monosyllabic adjectives) (no meaning, see usage note)
     (syn, zh, yue:)
      。 - I'm good. (no intensification)
4. usage. Mandarin speakers have a strong tendency to avoid monosyllabic terms. In order to satisfy this restriction, 很 is added before monosyllabic adjectives without any actual meaning. Similarly, Chinese pe
5. usage. Such usage of 很 is not uncommon before other adjectives as well, to the point where forming a sentence without 很 may be perceived as very unnatural. Additionally, using an adjective as a predicate wi
gēn 1. heel (of a foot, a shoe or a sock)
     足跟 - heel
     鞋跟 - heel of a shoe
2. to follow
      - repeat after me
     不要 跟著着zhe ! - Stop following me!
3. (of a woman) to marry
4. with (q, together)
      朋友 一起 - go out with friends
5. as (q, in comparisons)
      一樣 - the same as your mother
6. to; with
      大家 - 旅遊 經歷。 - Come tell everyone about your experience in the trip.
7. and (q, joining nouns)
     弟弟di 喜歡huan 游泳。 - My brother and I both like to swim.
8. (dialectal Mandarin) at
9. (Waxiang) to act for someone
10. (Waxiang) (Used to introduce the direct object of a verb.)
      ! (kai⁵⁵ li²⁵ to⁵⁵ zɤ¹³) - Bring the shoes over here!, WX
      。 (kai⁵⁵ mai⁵⁵ pi³³ ka³³) - Close the door., WX
11. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 綴 (-, t=to follow)
12. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin)
木艮 gēn 1. (botany) root
2. base; basis; foundation
3. family root; ancestors
4. (figurative) descendant; offspring
5. source; origin
6. (figurative) penis
7. (Buddhism) indriya; faculty; spiritual faculty
8. (arithmetic) root
9. (mathematics) solution to an algebraic equation
10. (chemistry) radical
11. (computing) root
      目錄 - root directory
      分區 - root partition
12. completely; from the source
目艮 yǎn 1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight; vision
      - to give him a stare
      - to be able to see everything in a glance
3. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
4. tempo in the opera
     一板三眼 - one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
5. territory in game Go (board game).
6. mesh
7. key point; critical moment
8. (Go) trap
9. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
10. (Cantonese)
11. (Cantonese)
钅艮 1. Simplified form of 銀
艮卩 jí, jìonstandard or dialectal 1. (obsolete) to come near to eat
2. to approach; to come near; to be near
     (zh-x, 若即若離)
3. to ascend; to go up; to assume office
     即位 - to ascend to the throne
4. prompted by the occasion
     即興 - to improvise; to extemporise
5. (literary) if; assuming that
6. (literary) even if; even though
7. namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e.
     天竺 今天 印度。 - Tianzhu is the same as today's India.
8. promptly; quickly; immediately; at once
     一觸即潰 - to collapse on the first encounter
      緊急 情況 報警。 - In an emergency situation, please call the police immediately.
9. now; at present
     在即 - to be imminent
忄艮 hèn 1. to resent; to hate
     可恨 - abominable
      ! - I hate you to death!
2. to regret; to pity
     恨不得 - to wish that one could ("to regret that one may not")
     恨鐵不成鋼 - to pity someone's lack of improvement
3.    (chiefly literary) to pine; to long for; to miss; to suffer from intense desire
4. hatred; dislike
     抱恨 - to be bitterly regretful
     懷恨在心 - to harbour hatred; to entertain hateful thoughts
5. (Cantonese) to be eager for something
亽艮 shí 1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to eat; to have a meal; to take in
      ? - Have you eaten yet?
     中國人 筷子 食飯 。 - Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with.
      sing1kei4 朋友 一齊 晚飯。 - Last Sunday, I ate dinner together with my friends.
2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) to drink
3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min) to smoke
     食煙 - sik6 jin1 - to smoke, C
4. (Cantonese, board games) to capture
      盲棋kei4-2 時候geoi1 可以 paau3、zeot1。 - When playing blind chess, a rook can capture knights, cannons, advisors, bishops or pawns.
5. (Cantonese, mahjong) Short for 食糊 (gloss=to win)
6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to receive; to accept; to absorb
     硬食 - ngaang6 sik6 - , C
7. (Cantonese) to hit on; to flirt
     食女 - sik6 neoi5-2 - , C
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9. (Coastal Min) to eat; to have a meal
     食飯 (chia̍h-pn̄g) - to eat rice; to have a meal, MN
      ? (Lí chia̍h pá bōe?) - Have you eaten yet?, MN
10. (Coastal Min) to drink
     食茶 (ziah8 tê5) - to drink tea, MN-T
      燒酒 (chia̍h sio-chiú) - to drink rice wine, MN
11. (Coastal Min) to take in; to inhale
     食薰 (chia̍h-hun) - to inhale smoke; to smoke, MN
12. (Hokkien, Teochew) to embezzle (money)
     食鐳lui (chia̍h-lui) - to embezzle money, MN
13. (Hokkien, mahjong) to chow
14. (Teochew, Penang Hokkien) cuisine
     (syn, zh, )
     廣東 ((rftranslit, zhx-teo) - Guangdong food, MN-T)
15. =====Usage notes=====
16. (Inland Min) Alternative form of 饁 (-, t=to eat)
      yì-jī (Lì Yìjī) - Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang)
退 辶艮 tuì 1. to step back; to move backwards
2. to withdraw; to leave
3. to cause to move backward
4. to recede; to fade; to ebb
5. to return (q, a purchase, etc.); to refund
6. to cancel; to call off
阝艮 xiàn 1. boundary; limit; line
     (zh-co, 上限, upper limit)
2. to limit; to place a limit (on)
     kau5fu6-2 表弟 sing1 打機 最多 。 - Uncle limits my little cousin to at most one hour of video games per week.
3. (literary) doorstep; sill; threshold
丶艮 liáng 1. good; fine; well
2. good; virtuous; respectable
3. good person; virtuous person
4. (literary) innate; inherent; natural
5. very; very much; quite
6. (literary) really; certainly; surely
7. (obsolete) (term of address used by a woman for her husband)
     Liang
8. (Catholicism) Leo (name of several popes)
liǎng 9. (zh-only used in, 方良,) Alternative form of 魍魎
犭艮 hěn 1. vicious; cruel
2. severely; extreme
⺮艮皿 guǐ 1. (historical) Gui (vessel) (a type of bronze ritual vessel used to hold grains for sacrifices, with a round mouth, two or four handles, a base or feet, and sometimes a cover)
艮心 1. Simplified form of 懇
口艮 gén 1. (zh-wp, zh, en:Punch line)
2. funny; amusing
3. funny speech or action
4. punch line; pun
5. usage. 哏 but is now more widely used.
ǹ 6. (ng, Used as an interjection.) attention, zh, This is from zi.tools, but what is the context?
7. Variant of 很
8. Variant of 狠
土艮 yín 1. boundary; limit
2. dike; riverbank; raised border
齿艮 1. Simplified form of 齦