| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 些 |
此二 |
xiē, xiě |
1. some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount) |
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吃 些 肉 - to eat some meat |
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一 些 都 沒有 - not even a bit |
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2. (used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more |
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走 快 些 - to walk a little faster |
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3. rather; somewhat |
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4. (archaic) A modal particle. |
| suò |
5. can; be able to |
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6. what |
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7. this |
| suō |
8. to decrease |
兰 |
丷三䒑二 |
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1. Simplified form of 蘭 | |
2. Variant of 藍 |
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3. Variant of 籃 |
夫 |
二人 |
fū |
1. male adult; man | |
2. The gate of the Sword Parapet stands firm on its frightful height.One man defending it, a thousand men could not break it open. |
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3. , ref=(circa2, early 8th century, short=yes), Li Bai (lw, zh, 李白), lw, zh, s:zh:蜀道難 (李白), 蜀道難. Translated into the English as The Steep Road to Shuh by Shigeyoshi Obata (lang, ja, 小畑薫良), 1922. |
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4. husband |
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前夫 - ex-husband |
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夫婦 - married couple |
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5. manual worker |
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農夫 - peasant |
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漁夫 - fisherman |
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6. conscripted laborer |
| fú |
7. Variant of 伕 |
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8. (Cantonese, informal, card games) full house |
其 |
共二 |
qí |
1. his; her; its; their | |
各司其職 - each person performs his own function |
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2. he; she; it; they; one |
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投其所好hào - to adapt to somebody's taste (lit. to cater to that which one likes) |
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3. that; those |
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4. (literary) among which; therein |
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5. (literary) probably; perhaps |
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Synonyms: 大概, 或許 |
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6. (obsolete) (particle indicating intention); let, shall, will |
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7. (literary) (adverb indicating a rhetorical question) |
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Synonyms: 豈, 難道 |
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8. (literary) (adverb indicating imperative) |
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9. (obsolete) if |
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10. (obsolete) (conjunction indicating a question with choices); or |
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11. (Min Dong or obsolete) (possessive particle.) |
| jī |
12. (obsolete) (Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.) |
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13. (obsolete) Used in personal names |
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酈 食Yì-其jī - Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang) |
| jì |
14. (archaic) Only used in 彼其 |
月 |
冂二 |
yuè |
1. (literary or dialectal) moon | |
2. moon-shaped objects |
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3. (literary) moonlight |
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4. month |
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Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭 |
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5. monthly |
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月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage |
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6. Variant of 肉 |
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7. Variant of 夕 |
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8. Variant of 明 |
击 |
二丨凵 |
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1. Simplified form of 擊 |
半 |
丷二丨 |
bàn |
1. half | |
全國 人口 的 一半 - half of the national population |
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一 磅 半 - 1½ pounds |
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十點 半 - 10:30 |
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2. very little |
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3. halfway, partially, semi- |
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半 醉 半 醒 - partially in a stupor, partially awake (attention, zh, please check) |
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4. (Hong Kong, informal, neologism) half past |
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九 半 - half past nine |
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5. usage. 半 + noun means "and a half". |
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半 塊 麵包 - half a loaf of bread |
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兩 塊 半 麵包 - two and a half loaves of bread |
元 |
二儿 |
yuán |
1. first; primary; head; chief | |
2. basic; fundamental |
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3. origin; source |
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Synonyms: 原 |
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4. meta- |
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(Alternative form 圓) |
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5. (mathematics) variable; unknown; element |
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消元法 (xiāoyuánfǎ) - method of elimination, lit=method of eliminating matrix elements |
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立 天元 一 - Let x be the unknown variable in the equation. |
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主元 (zhǔyuán) - pivot |
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6. (math) element (an infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential) |
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線-元 (xiànyuán) - line element |
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7. Yuan Dynasty |
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元曲 - Yuan dynasty theater, tr=yuánqū |
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8. (telegraphy) the thirteenth day of a month |
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元 ^好Hào-問 (Yuán Hàowèn) - Yuan Haowen (Jin dynasty poet) |
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9. (Taoism) kalpa, a cosmic or supreme cycle of 129,000 years |
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10. Variant of 圓 |
举 |
兴二丨 |
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1. Simplified form of 舉 |
云 |
二厶 |
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1. Simplified form of 雲 | | yún |
2. (literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source) |
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3. A particle. |
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4. originated from 妘 |
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5. originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of 䢵 |
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6. originated from surname 牒云 |
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7. simplified from 雲 |
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8. (Quanzhou, , Xiamen, &, Philippines Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around |
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9. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 云, equivalent to the 3rd(等) of the initial (ltc-l, 喻) |
示 |
二小 |
shì |
1. to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct | | shí |
2. Variant of 置 |
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3. Variant of 祇 |
韦 |
二丨 |
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1. Simplified form of 韋 |
二十 |
二十 |
èrshí |
1. num. twenty; 20 | |
2. adj. twentieth |
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二十 世紀 - the twentieth century |
十二 |
十二 |
shí'èr |
1. num. twelve; 12 | |
十二 宵夜 - twelve nights |
仁 |
亻二 |
rén |
1. compassionate; humane | |
仁慈 - benevolent |
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2. , ref=Analects |
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3. humaneness; benevolence; kindness |
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殺身成仁 - to die for a righteous cause |
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4. (literary) person of virtue |
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5. kernel |
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白 芝麻 仁 - white sesame seeds |
星期二 |
星期二 |
xīng期'èr |
1. n. Tuesday |
二十一 |
二十 |
èrshí一 |
1. num. twenty-one; 21 | |
二十一 世紀 - 21st century |
