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af [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
initial particle, prefix to names of familiar people, as: A-beng... A-hoat... A-tho...
阿
vax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vax ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
like a hen protecting her chicks, to hover over as to protect or keep warm
保護在腋下
aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
duck, drake
鴨子
ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq; (paq) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
one hundred (used as a substitute some times for pah but never used for any sum less than two hundred)
百
aix biin juu zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix biin juu zuo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
love the subjects as if they were his own children (said of a ruler or official)
愛民如子
aix zaai jiok beng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix zaai jiok beng; (aix zaai juu beng) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
love wealth as much as life, very stingy
愛財若(如)命
aix jiin juu kie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix jiin juu kie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
love one's neighbor as oneself
愛人如己
afm'arm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: arm'arm ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
thin and watery, like thin rice-water, flabby, as skin and flesh
稀薄
afn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
still, quiet, calm, peaceful, silent, comfortable, safe, easy in mind, set at rest, make orderly arrangement
安
anzhaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'zhaq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
find a place for one, get a position for one
安插
anzoankhieloong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'zoaan'khix'loong; (kef'kuy'ar) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
air bag for car, sometimes referred to as kekui'ar, balloon)
安全氣囊
arnha [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axn'ha ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
leave a thing as it is, suspending an affair and leaving it just as it is, not maintain something
擱下
antix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'tix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
secure a position for someone, same as an-chhah find a place for someone
安置
ang'ii sun oexbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'ii sun oe'boea; aang'ii sun oe'bøea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sorceress collecting ideas from the questions asked so as to give suitable answers, said of taking the cue from what someone says so as to speak to please someone
順著人的語意而言,阿諛
angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'paw ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
gift or bribe, a packet of money usually wrapped in red paper or in a red envelope presented as a tip, for congratulatory purposes or as a farewell present
紅包
angsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'svoax ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
red string, refers to the red string in Chinese folklore brings a man and his mate together, Chinese version of Cupid's arrow
紅線
appvee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ab'pvee; ab'pvee/pvii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
press something so as to make it flat and smooth
壓平
ad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ad ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
break, bend or snap off things that have ki as their classifier
折
auxbør-bin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'bin; au'bør/buo-bin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sour look, as of a stepmother
晚娘臉
aonao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aux'nao ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
angry, vexed, displeased, feeling of impatience
懊惱
bagthaau koaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'thaau koaan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
proudly looking down on people, as on poor relatives
眼界高,勢力眼
bagciw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
eye
眼睛
bafnkoef chiutiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
trace the vine and get a melon, get a clue and follow it up step by step, so as to learn the truth of a matter
摘瓜抽藤;追根究底
baxnsu ju'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'su juu'ix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
everything succeeded just as desired - the fulfillment of every wish or desire
萬事如意
bangbafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bafng'bafng; (bafng'bafng'ar) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
very small (as rain)
細小,濛濛
bad kaq u sin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad kaq u sin; (bad kaq u zhwn) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
know very thoroughly, as a man's whole character
很熟識
batsviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad'sviu ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
diligent at work and regular in behavior, (as boy or lad), discerning, discreet
會辨別是非,懂事
bøexchiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'chiøx; bøe'chiøx ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
work as a prostitute
賣笑
bøexkviezexng`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kvix'zexng'tid; bøe'kvix'zexng`tid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
unfit to be looked at publicly, as man or affair all incorrect, ugly, dirty
見不得人
bøexseng`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'seng'tid; bøe'seng`tid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
should not be spoiled, indulged, allowed to do as he pleases
不可溺愛
bøexsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'syn; bøe'syn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sell oneself as slave, become a prostitute
賣身
bengzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'zhexng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
fire rifles into the air as a warning to a mob, rioters
鳴槍
benggi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'gi ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
one's name, the name as opposed to reality or substance, the outward reason for doing something
名義
byjiin-kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'jiin'kex; bie'jiin-kex ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
use a pretty woman as a snare
美人計
byjinkiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'jiin'kiok ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
entice into evil through a pretty face, a confidence trick or scheme in which a woman is used as a decoy
美人局
biefnkiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'kiorng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
involuntarily, compel, constrain, forced (as an interpretation), to study, diligence, industry
勉強,用功
biefntid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'tid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
save the trouble of doing something, avoid, so as not to
免得
biau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biau; (miau) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
beautiful, excellent, wonderful, subtle, mysterious
妙
biin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
the people in distinction from the government, the subjects as opposed to the ruler, populace, the public
民
bø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bø; (bø'ar, ciøh'bø) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
mill, millstone
磑,石磨
bøo zhunpan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo zhuun'pan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
without any previous thought about it, as something coming unexpectedly
不打算
bøo khielek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo khix'lek; (bøo'khuix'lat) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
without energy or strength
無氣力
bøo khvikhip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo khvii'khip; (bøo'khvii bøo'khip) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
unable to hold on to (like a big, round slippery thing), no collateral, to have no family, relatives, property on which a creditor can have a hold as security
無著力處,無可依據,無牽連
bøo laau utøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laau ii'te; bøo laau uu'tøe ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
put a man too much to shame, as by severe scolding before others
不留餘地
bømee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'mee ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
edge blunted, as by use
無刃
bøngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'ngx ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
having none to look to, as parents whose sons are all dead or have gone wrong, no hope of reforming, returning, or again prospering
無望
bøthofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'thofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
not suitable as a plan, be cut off, be interrupted, traffic congested
不通
boahpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'piaq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
plaster a wall
抹壁
bøexzexngbøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boe'zeng'boe; bøe'zeng'bøe ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
acting without waiting for something which should precede (same as "boe-cheng")
未曾,還未
bøeqthøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeh'thøx; bøeh'thøx; (beh'thøx) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
wrappers worn either outside the stocking or in place of stockings as a protection from chafing with shoes
襪套
boghii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'hii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
wooden fish used by a bonze as a drum or hand metronome to keep time when chanting prayers
木魚
bong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bong; (bang) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
view, watch, hope, expect the 15th of each lunar month
望
bofnglurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'lurn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
just bear it as well as you can
姑且忍之
bongtafng bongsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bofng'tafng bofng'say ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
always at work at various things, so as to have no leisure
摸東摸西
boxng'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bong'uii; (bong'sied) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
involuntary emissions of semen (as in sleep)
夢遺
buo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
military as opposed to civil, force, warlike
武
bu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bu ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
attend to, strive after, must, necessary, used as a suffix to express business, duty, affairs, etc
務
buzex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'zex ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
unlimited, boundless
無際
buncid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'cid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
civil post as distinct from military post
文職
bungvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'gvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
elegance, elegant, genteel, refined, gracefulness, to act as a gentleman or in a gallant way
文雅
but kek zeg hoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but kek zeg hoarn; (but kek pid hoarn) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
As soon as a thing reaches one extremity, it reverses its course. (Lit. The pendulum swings both ways.)
物極則反;物極必反
budkhie lanboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'khie laan'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
remember a favor as long as one lives
沒齒難忘
budseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'seg ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
search for, look for, hunt up
物色
zarhwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zax'hwn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
cheat by using marriage as a bait
詐婚
zah hofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zah'hofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
impede or stop the free circulation of air, screen from the wind
擋風
zaixzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'zai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
steady and firm as an object or the mind, not doubting
穩定
zailiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'liau ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
raw materials, material, such as: data, statistics, figure, information for writing an article, story, novel, ingredients of a preparation like food or medicine
材料
zafmsiuo sixcioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zarm'siuo si'cioxng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
behead a criminal and exhibit the severed head to the public as a warning to would be offenders
斬首示眾
zaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaxng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
kind of glutinous rice cake put up in bamboo leaves
粽
zabji-svisviux: zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'ji-svef'sviux: chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, kef, kao, ty; zap'ji-svy'sviux: zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty; (zap'ji-svy'sviux) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
the twelve signs of the zodiac; The animals used as the signs for the characters of the cycle of twelve: (rat, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig)
十二生肖(鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬)
zabkog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'kog; (zap'niuu) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
miscellaneous grain crops like oats and millet as opposed to rice and wheat which are staple foods
雜穀,雜糧
zabniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'niuu; (zap'kog) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
miscellaneous grain crops like oats and millet as opposed to rice and wheat which are staple foods
雜糧,雜穀
zad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zad ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
make due and fit arrangement, to control
調節,有節制,適度
zad sikafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zad sii'kafn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
make arrangement so as to keep a schedule
計時
zaubuo kiamsy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaau'buo kiafm'sy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
try to suppress a rebellion by military operations as well as inducements to surrender
剿撫兼施
zawzuyar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'zuie'ar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
petty businessman who picks up small items to do business on his own account, sometimes smuggling goods on a small scale as a single individual
跑單幫
zex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zex ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
cut out clothes, make, to form, to fashion, manufacture, to compound (as drugs)
製
zexsieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ze'sieen ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sit in profound meditation (as Buddhist monk)
坐禪
zeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg; (siog) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
younger brothers of one's father, polite title to a moderately old man, not so old as one's father
叔
zek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zek ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
census register, domicile, be registered as a native of
籍
zefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
rise as steam, to steam, vapor, vaporize
蒸
zexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng; (cviax) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
right side, proper, just, formal, pure, straight forward and unbending, honest and virtuous, principal as opposed to the secondary, original text, exactly, positively
正
zeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
clean, pure, cleanse, purify, vain, empty, completely, totally, net as opposed to gross
淨
zeeng chym su hae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng chym su hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
Love is as deep as the sea (usually said of parental love)
情深似海
zexngzø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'zø ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sit in silence, often as a form of physical or spiritual regimen
靜坐
zernggiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'giap ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
respectable job, one's main job as contrasted to his side jobs
正業
zernghoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'hoan; (zuo'hoan) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
principal criminal (as opposed to accessories)
正犯(主犯)
zexng'iet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'iet ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
given free of charge, given as a compliment of the publisher or author
贈閱
zexngkhoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'khoarn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
present money as a gift, a grant
贈款
zerngkør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'kør ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
rebirth as human, animal reincarnation
正果
zenglie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'lie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
reason
情理
zerngthefji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'thea'ji; zexng'thea'ji ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
standard Chinese characters as distinct from simplified characters or the cursive and manuscript styles of writing
正體字
zerngtofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'tofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
proper, legal, fair and proper, as it should be
正當
zerngtorng zerngti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'torng zexng'ti ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
party politics or government, a form of democracy wherein the majority party forms the cabinet with the opposition acting as watchdog
政黨政治
zha'kangsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kafng'svef; zhaa'kafng'svef/svy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
coarse and awkward looking (as a large boned person)
高大而遲鈍
zhar sie laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhar sie laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
make someone angry, annoy, bother, disturb, also used as a light swear word with the meaning, "You are driving me nuts." (Lit. You are so disturbing it's killing me.)
吵死人
zhai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
set, to place, to plant as a pillar
立,豎
zhaekoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'koef ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
long soft cucumber, much used as a vegetable, a dishcloth gourd
絲瓜
zhaekoef-zhøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'koef'zhex; zhaix'koef-zhøex; (zhaix'koef'pox) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
skeletal fibers of the dried squash used as a scrubbing sponge
絲瓜布
zhaysixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhae'sixn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
believe, accept as truth
採信
zhai ti hiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai ti hiaf ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
always stay at a place without ever going away like an idle fellow or as a petitioner urgently asking and refusing to depart
楞在那兒
zhagtiøh kutphang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhak'tiøh kud'phang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
offend a man by speaking so as to reveal his wrong doing, touch on a sore point
刺到骨縫,說到癢(痛)處
zharm buu thienjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zharm buu thiefn'jit ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
said of life under a tyrannical government, so dark, or full of suffering, that it is as if the sun were not in the sky
慘無天日
zharngmngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaxng'mngg; (zhaxng'moo) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hair that stands on end, feathers ruffled as when a bird is ill, spread the tail feathers like a turkey cock
豎毛
zhab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhab ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
meddle with, interfere with a person or an affair
干涉

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