| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 木 |
mù |
1. tree; woody plant |
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Synonyms: 樹 |
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樹木 - tree |
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灌木 - shrub |
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木芍藥 - tree peony |
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2. wood; timber |
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木頭tou - log |
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3. wooden |
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這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood |
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4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden |
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木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate |
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棺木 - coffin |
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就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) |
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5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) |
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有木有 - innit, damn right |
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6. numb |
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麻木 - numb, insensitive |
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她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. |
交 |
jiāo |
1. to intersect; to cross | |
相交 - to intersect |
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交 好運 - to meet with good fortune - |
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2. to reach (a certain time) |
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3. time or place where two things meet |
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春 夏 之 交 - when springs changes into summer - |
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世紀 之 交 - the turn of the century - |
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地處 豫 晉 兩 省shěnɡ 之 交 - located where the borders of Henan and Shanxi meet |
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4. to hand over; to turn in; to submit |
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交班 - to hand over to the next shift |
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交 功課 - to turn in homework - |
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交 咗 租 未？ - Have you paid rent? |
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請 把 任務 交 給 我 吧！ - Please assign me the task! |
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5. to make (friends) |
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交.朋友 - to make a friend |
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交 男朋友 - to get a boyfriend - |
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6. friendship; relationship |
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邦交 - diplomatic relations |
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泛泛之交 - acquaintance |
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君子.之.交.淡.如.水 - True friendship between two men of accomplishment need not be overly demonstrative. |
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7. to have sexual intercourse; to mate |
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肛交 - to have anal sex |
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雜交 - to hybridize; to crossbreed |
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8. mutually; reciprocally |
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交談 - to converse |
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交易 - to trade |
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9. simultaneously; at the same time |
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10. 16th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contact" (?) |
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11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 跤 (-) |
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12. (Hokkien, dated) (Used to refer to a private wholesale trading company) |
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(Alternative form 郊) |
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13. Variant of 跤 |
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14. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) and |
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15. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) with; accompanying |
