Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
在 |
丨土 |
zài |
1. to exist; to be alive |
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在 嗎? - Are you here? |
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2. to be at; to be in; to be located |
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他 在 哪裡? - Where is he? |
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旅館 在 新 購物.中心 附近。 - The hotel is located near the new shopping center. |
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我 在 只塊。 - tr=ua2 do6 zi2 go3., I am here., MN-T |
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3. be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress) |
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我 在 看 電視。 - I'm watching TV. |
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他 在 吃 米飯。 - He's eating rice. |
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我 在 食飯。 - tr=ua2 do6 ziah8 beng7., I am eating., MN-T |
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4. (located) in; at |
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我 住 在 ^中國。 - I live in China. |
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我們 在 當地 報紙 上 登 了 一 則 廣告。 - We put an ad in the local paper. |
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每天 下午 他 在 家裡 工作。 - Every afternoon he works at home. |
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5. during; in |
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你 打算 在 假jià期 裡 做 什麼? - What do you plan to do during the holidays? |
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他 的 日記 在 他 生前 未曾 發表 過。 - His diary was not published during his lifetime. |
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6. to lie in; to rest with |
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事在人為wéi - human effort can achieve everything; |
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成功 貴 在 堅持。 - Perseverance is vital to success. |
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去 不 去 在 你 自己。 - It's up to you whether to go or not. |
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7. to be at the post |
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在職 - to be on the job; to be at one's post |
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在野 - to be out of office |
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8. (zh-misspelling of 再) |
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9. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 佇 (-, t=at, in) |
去 |
土厶 |
qù |
1. to leave; to depart from | |
去世 - to pass away |
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2. to go to; to leave for |
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你 去 哪兒r? - Where are you going? |
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Antonyms: 來 |
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3. (before or after a verb) to go in order to do something |
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他 到 辦公室 去 請假。 - He went to the office to ask for leave. |
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他 去 釣魚 了,而 沒 去 打 網球。 - He went fishing instead of playing tennis. |
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4. (between two verbs) to; in order to |
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5. (Used after a verb of motion to indicate movement away from the speaker.) |
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下去 - to go down ant. to come down |
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送 去 - to send away |
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6. to send; to dispatch |
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7. to play (a part, a character); to act |
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8. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die |
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9. last; past |
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去年 - last year |
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10. 66th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "departure" (?) |
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11. Short for 去聲 |
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12. (literary) to be separated by; to be apart by |
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13. (neologism) what the hell; what; damn; fuck |
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我去 - what the hell |
qù |
14. to remove; to get rid of |
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去掉 - to remove |
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脫去 - to throw off |
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拆去 - to remove, to take off |
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去 蝦腸 - to remove the intestines from shrimp |
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牛肉 去 咗 啲 腥味 之後 會 好食 好 多。 - Beef tastes much better after you get rid of the rankness. |
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去頭 白蝦 - headless white shrimp |
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去中心化 - decentralization |
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15. to discard |
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16. Variant of 弆 |
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17. Variant of 驅 |
生 |
土 |
shēng, shēn |
1. to live; to subsist; to exist | |
2. to grow; to develop; to bud |
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3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear |
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他 妻子 生 了 一 對 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls. |
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4. to be born; to come into existence |
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他 生 在 中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China. |
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5. pupil; disciple; student |
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你 作為 全日制 生 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis. |
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6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar |
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7. (opera) actor or male character |
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8. Short for 先生, gentleman |
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9. (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生, Mr. |
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10. 陳 生 - Mr. Chan |
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11. having life; live |
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Synonyms: 活 |
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規矩 係 死 嘅,人 係 生 嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not. |
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條 魚jyu4-2 啱啱 喺 條 河 度 釣 上soeng5 嚟,仲 係 生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive. |
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12. life; existence; being; living |
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殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life |
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13. fresh; not stale |
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14. unripe |
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15. raw; uncooked |
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Antonyms: 熟 |
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生 洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions |
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我 覺gok3得 呢ni1 塊 肉 仲係 太 生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw. |
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16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage |
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生 ^黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li |
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17. strange; unfamiliar |
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生人 (shēngrén) - stranger |
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18. mechanically; forcedly |
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19. very; quite; extremely |
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生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of |
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20. vivid; strong; forceful |
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21. innate; natural; born with |
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22. living things; organism |
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23. livelihood; subsistence |
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謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living |
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24. lifetime; all one's life |
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來生 (láishēng) - afterlife |
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25. birthday; anniversary |
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慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday |
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26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue |
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27. to generate; to breed; to create |
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28. to manufacture; to produce |
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29. to happen; to occur; to take place |
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30. to catch (a disease) |
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我 生 了 什麼 病? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got? |
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生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN |
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31. to be infested by a parasite |
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生 跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas |
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生 蝨乸 - to be infested with lice |
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32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated |
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33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle |
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34. to light; to ignite (a fire) |
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母親 沒 有 生 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove. |
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35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇). |
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Synonyms: 仩 |
sāng |
36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person |
地 |
土也 |
dì |
1. earth | |
天地 - heaven and earth |
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2. ground; floor |
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水泥 地 - concrete floor |
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這 匹 馬 倒 在 地上shang。 - The horse collapsed to the ground. |
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銀包 跌 咗 落 地。 - The wallet fell on the ground. |
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趴 喺 地dei6-2 - to lie on the floor on one's stomach |
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3. land; field |
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低地 - lowland |
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呢nei1 塊 地 - this plot of land |
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4. distance; separation |
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車站 離 這 三 里 地。 - The bus stop is three miles away. |
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5. farmland; field |
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田間 地頭 - farmland |
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下地 幹活 - to farm |
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6. (only in compounds) area; region |
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本地 - local |
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殖民地 - colony |
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7. place; locality |
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地處chǔ - located in |
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目的地 - destination |
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分居 兩 地 - to live apart in two different places |
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8. status; situation; position |
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不敗之地 - invincible position |
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設身處chǔ地 - put oneself in somebody else’s position |
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9. (only in compounds) state of mind |
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心地 - mind |
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見地 - perspective, opinion |
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10. place; room; space |
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家 裡 沒 地兒r 了 - There is no room in my home (for that). |
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11. background (behind a text or figure) |
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白地黑字 - black characters on a white background - |
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12. (only in compounds) Short for 地球, Earth |
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地 日 距離 - Earth–Sun distance |
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類 地 行星 - terrestrial planet |
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13. (Hakka) grave; tomb |
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蛤gé地 站 - Gedi station (蛤地 means "frog-shaped tomb") |
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14. (Mainland China) prefecture |
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地級市 - prefecture-level city |
de, di |
15. (chiefly Mandarin) (Particle indicating the preceding word is used as an adverb.) |
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(Alternative form 的, 底 obsolete, c=1) |
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很 快 地de - very quickly |
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一個 一 歲 模樣 的 孩子zi 向 我們 蹣跚 地de 走來。 - A roughly one-year-old child came staggering towards us. |
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佢 偷偷 地dei6-2 走 咗 喇。 - He secretly left. |
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你 靜靜zing6-2 地dei6-2 坐 喺度 喇 吓。 - Sit here quietly, OK? |
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16. (Cantonese) (Placed after a reduplicated adjective or stative verb to lessen its intensity.) |
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紅 紅hung4-2 地dei6-2 - kind of red |
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薄 薄bok6-2 地dei6-2 - kind of thin |
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驚 驚 地dei6-2 - to be kind of scared |
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矮 矮 地dei6-2 - kind of short |
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17. =====Usage notes===== |
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18. (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 塊 (-, t=place) |
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19. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alternative form of 塊 (-, t=home) |
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20. Variant of 哋 |
场 |
土 |
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1. Simplified form of 場 | |
2. Variant of 埸 |
坏 |
土不 |
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1. Simplified form of 壞 | |
2. Variant of 坯 |
坏 |
3. unfired pottery and bricks; base |
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4. low hill |
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5. wall |
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6. to use earth to fill a crack |
圣 |
又土 |
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1. Variant of 聖 |
塔 |
土荅 |
tǎ |
1. tower | |
2. pagoda |
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3. spire |
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4. tall building |
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5. (tarot) the Tower |
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6. (Taiwan) tart |
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Ta |
坐 |
土人人 |
zuò |
1. to sit; to take a seat | |
坐下 - to sit down |
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請Chhiáⁿ 坐! - Please take a seat!, MN |
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2. to go by; to travel by; to ride |
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坐 公交車 不 小心 坐 過頭 - to miss one's stop on the bus |
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我 坐 飛機 去 ^上海。 - I go to Shanghai by plane. |
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她 開車 去, 不 坐 火車 去。 - She does not go by train, she drives. |
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3. to bear fruit |
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4. (literary) because of; on the ground of |
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5. to be in charge of; to manage |
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6. to uphold; to fight until the end without giving up |
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坐鎮 - to assume personal command |
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7. (obsolete) to be convicted (of a crime) |
zuò |
8. Alternative form of 座 |
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9. =====Usage notes===== |
基 |
其土 |
jī |
1. base of any building; foundations; basis | |
2. (figurative) basis; foundation; base |
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3. cardinal; basic; capital; fundamental |
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4. (chemistry) radical; group |
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5. Short for 基隆, Keelung |
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北.^北.^基 - Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung |
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6. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual |
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搞基 - to be gay; to engage in homosexual activities |
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基友 - gay buddy |
幸 |
土 |
xìng |
1. by fluke; lucky | |
(Alternative form 倖) |
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2. fortunate; lucky |
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三生有幸 - to be very lucky - |
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3. luckily; fortunately |
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4. to rejoice |
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幸災樂lè禍 - to be gratified by others' misfortunes - |
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5. (literary) to hope; to wish |
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6. (historical, of an emperor) to personally visit |
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7. (literary) to favour; to dote on |
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8. Simplified form of 倖 |
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9. Variant of 㚔 |
城 |
土成 |
chéng |
1. city wall | |
兵臨城下 - the enemy army is just outside of the walls of the city |
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2. area within the city walls |
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紫禁城 - Forbidden City |
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3. city; town |
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城鄉 - urban and rural areas |
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4. large commercial venue |
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服裝 城 - |
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美食 城 - |
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5. (literary) to construct city walls |
塞 |
土 |
sāi, sè, sēi |
1. to stop up; to block up | |
2. to stuff; to cram; to squeeze in |
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將 報紙 塞sak1 落 對 鞋 度 - to shove newspaper into a pair of shoes |
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3. to be blocked; to be jammed |
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4. to forbid; to suppress; to prohibit |
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5. to satisfy; to fulfil |
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6. to compensate; to remedy |
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7. to answer; to repay |
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8. to manage to arrange a position for someone |
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9. to practise bribe |
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10. to evade; to stall |
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11. stopper; cork |
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12. to be in a difficult position; destitute |
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13. honest; truthful |
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14. (historial) Saka people |
sài |
15. (historical) place of strategic importance; pass; fortress |
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16. to build fortress; to construct fortifications |
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17. frontier; border |
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塞翁失馬 - The old man at the frontier losing a horse |
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18. (specifically) the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall |
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19. Alternative form of 賽 (to compete, contend; contest, race) |
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20. Alternative form of 簺 (an ancient gambling game) |
块 |
土夬 |
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1. Simplified form of 塊 |
埃 |
土矣 |
āi |
1. fine dust, dirt | |
塵埃 - dust - |
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2. one ten-billionth, the number 10 |
āi |
3. Used in transcription |
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埃及 - Egypt - |
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埃塞俄比亞 - Ethiopia - |
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蘇維埃 - soviet - |
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4. Short for 埃及 (Egypt) |
āi |
5. angstrom |
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6. (Shanghainese Wu) that |
社 |
礻土 |
shè |
1. (historical) god of the soil | |
2. (historical) altar for offering sacrifices to the god of the soil |
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3. (historical) festival for offering sacrifices to the god of the soil |
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春社 |
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4. (historical) to offer sacrifices to the god of the soil |
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5. (historical) (an ancient grass-root administrative unit) |
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6. organized body; society; association |
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結社 - to form an association |
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報社 - newspaper publisher; newspaper office |
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7. agency ((used for certain agencies that provide services)) |
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旅行社 - travel agency |
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She |
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8. (in Vietnam) commune (third level division along with wards and commune-level towns) |
坚 |
丨丨又土 |
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1. Simplified form of 堅 |
坦 |
土旦 |
tǎn |
1. flat; level; wide | |
平坦 - level |
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2. calm; open-hearted; at ease |
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坦然 - calm |
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3. honest; frank |
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坦白 - honest; candid |
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Synonyms: 直率 |