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Pinyin |
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| 米 |
mǐ |
1. hulled or husked uncooked rice |
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2. husked seed |
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3. grain-like things |
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4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 gloss=rice vermicelli |
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星洲.炒米 - Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ - Singapore-style noodles |
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雪菜 火鴨 絲 炆 米 - syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 mai5 - braised rice vermicelli with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck, C |
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5. (Cantonese, Shanghainese Wu, slang) money |
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有 米 - jau5 mai5 - rich, C |
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背米 - tr=2pe+3mi, to earn money, SH - |
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6. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand |
| mǐ |
7. metre |
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米 三 (bhi2 san1, MN-T) - 1.3 metres |
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我 有 一 米 九 高。 (Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.) - I'm 1.9 metres tall. |
大 |
dà |
1. of great size; big; large; huge | |
Antonyms: 小 |
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這 個 太 大 了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big! |
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呢ni1 條 褲 好 大 條。 - This pair of pants is very big. |
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2. big; great |
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中 美 關係 已 有 很 大 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly. |
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大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain |
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3. great of its kind |
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昨天 下 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday. |
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好 大 ? 味 - a very strong smell |
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4. in an extreme manner; greatly |
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大 哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently |
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大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked |
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大 不 相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different |
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你 遇到 這 種 情況，大 可以 走人 哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave. |
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你 可 不 知道，他 昨兒r 過來lai 大 折zhē騰teng 了 一 場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒 把 這兒r 拆 嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest |
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5. main; major |
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Antonyms: 小 |
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他們 將 車 一直 開 到 大 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate. |
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他 是 一家 石油 公司 的 大 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company. |
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6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations) |
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大 書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher |
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7. mature; grown up |
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Antonyms: 小 |
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你 多 大 了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you? |
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她 比 他 大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him. |
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你 隻 狗 係 咁 大daai6-2 㗎 喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older. |
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8. (Cantonese) to grow up |
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喺 廣州 大 - to grow up in Guangzhou |
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9. (Cantonese) to be older than |
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Antonyms: 細 |
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我 大 佢 兩 年。 - I am older than them by two years. |
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10. (dialectal) father |
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11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother |
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12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten |
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你 大 我 呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me? |
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你 咪mai5 大 我。 - Don't you threaten me. |
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13. (Cantonese) only so big |
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咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C |
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14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two |
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我 好 急 呀，要 去 大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two. |
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15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name. |
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北大 (Běidà) - Peking University |
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16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?) |
| dài, dà |
17. Used in 大夫 (doctor) |
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18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader) |
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19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb) |
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20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei) |
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21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to) |
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22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty) |
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23. (Cantonese) small |
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咁 大daai6-1 - so puny |
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24. Variant of 太 |
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25. Variant of 泰 |
