| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 垃圾桶 | 垃圾tǒng | 1. n. garbage can; rubbish bin (waste receptacle) |
| 2. n. (figuratively) someone who people commonly go to to talk about their problems; agony aunt | ||
| 情緒 垃圾桶 - an object of emotional dumping | ||
| 3. n. (rfv-sense) (internet slang) China Railway CR200J |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 垃 | lā | 1. Variant of 辣 | 圾 | 圾 | 1. Only used in 垃圾 (garbage; rubbish) |
| jié | 2. clod | |
| 3. Variant of 岌 | 桶 | tǒng | 1. pail; bucket; tub |
| 2. cask; keg | ||
| 3. barrel (unit) | ||
| 4. (Philippines Hokkien) million | ||
| 一 桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 土 | tǔ | 1. earth; soil |
| 土堆 - mound; hillock | ||
| 這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - The soil here is quite fertile. | ||
| 2. (dialectal) dust | ||
| 3. land | ||
| 國土 - territory | ||
| 寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory | ||
| 4. crude opium | ||
| 煙土 - crude opium | ||
| 5. hometown; native place | ||
| 故土 - native land; native place | ||
| 6. local; native; indigenous | ||
| 土著 - aboriginal | ||
| 土話 - local dialect | ||
| 7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured | ||
| 我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic. | ||
| 8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people | ||
| 土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method | ||
| 土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods | ||
| 9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol | ||
| 10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey | ||
| 俄 土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War | ||
| tú | 11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén) | |
| 12. Simplified form of 士 | 立 | lì | 1. to stand |
| 2. to erect | ||
| 3. to set up; to establish | ||
| 4. to institute; to lay down; to draw up; to compose (legal document) | ||
| 5. to exist; to live | ||
| 6. standing | ||
| 7. to place on the throne; to take the throne | ||
| 8. upright; vertical | ||
| 9. immediately; at once | ||
| 立刻 - immediately | ||
| 不 買 立 省shěng @100% - buy nothing and save 100% immediately | ||
| 10. (Min Nan) litre |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 土 | tǔ | 1. earth; soil |
| 土堆 - mound; hillock | ||
| 這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - The soil here is quite fertile. | ||
| 2. (dialectal) dust | ||
| 3. land | ||
| 國土 - territory | ||
| 寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory | ||
| 4. crude opium | ||
| 煙土 - crude opium | ||
| 5. hometown; native place | ||
| 故土 - native land; native place | ||
| 6. local; native; indigenous | ||
| 土著 - aboriginal | ||
| 土話 - local dialect | ||
| 7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured | ||
| 我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic. | ||
| 8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people | ||
| 土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method | ||
| 土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods | ||
| 9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol | ||
| 10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey | ||
| 俄 土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War | ||
| tú | 11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén) | |
| 12. Simplified form of 士 | 及 | jí | 1. to reach; to extend to |
| 觸手可及 - at one's fingertips; within reach (literally, "can be reached by the touch of hand") | ||
| 2. to catch up to; to reach the level of | ||
| 及格 - to pass (i.e., to reach the grade for passing) | ||
| 愚不可及 - inimitable foolishness | ||
| 3. to be in time for; in time | ||
| 來得及 - to be or to do something in time | ||
| 4. and; as well as | ||
| 以及 - as well as |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 木 | mù | 1. tree; woody plant |
| Synonyms: 樹 | ||
| 樹木 - tree | ||
| 灌木 - shrub | ||
| 木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
| 2. wood; timber | ||
| 木頭tou - log | ||
| 3. wooden | ||
| 這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
| 4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
| 木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
| 棺木 - coffin | ||
| 就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
| 有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
| 6. numb | ||
| 麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
| 她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. | 甬 | yǒng, dòng | 1. (obsolete) handle of a bell |
| 2. path screened by walls on both sides | ||
| 3. An ancient name for Ningbo, a city in Zhejiang province | ||
| 4. The Yong River in Ningbo |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 龴 | 1. | 用 | yòng | 1. to use; to employ; to operate |
| 你 會 不 會 用 電腦？ - Can you use a computer? | ||
| 我 用 海綿 來 吸 水。 - I used a sponge to draw the water. | ||
| 2. use; utility; usefulness | ||
| 有用 - useful | ||
| 沒用 - useless | ||
| 3. (honorific) to eat; to drink | ||
| 是 喝 茶 的 時間 啦，請 用 一 杯 茶 吧！ - It is tea time. Please have a cup of tea! | ||
| 4. expenses; outlay | ||
| 費用 - cost, expense | ||
| 用度 - expense | ||
| 家用 - family expenses | ||
| 5. with; by; using | ||
| 用 叉子zi 吃 東西xi - to eat with a fork | ||
| 我 用 筷子 吃飯。 - I eat food with chopsticks. | ||
| 我 用 濕 抹布 擦 桌子。 - I wash the table with a wet cloth. | ||
| 我 老闆 用 姓 稱呼 我。 - My boss calls me by my last name. | ||
| 6. (chiefly used in the negative or interrogative) to need | ||
| 不用 急，慢慢mān 來。 - No need to hurry. Please take it easy. | ||
| 7. (literary) therefore | ||
| 8. (obsolete) because of; due to; because |