| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 候 |
亻丨一矢 |
hòu |
1. to reconnoitre; to scout |
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2. to observe; to survey |
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3. to wait for; to await |
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4. to respectfully await |
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5. to visit; to send one's respects to |
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6. to wait on; to attend to; to take care of |
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7. to forecast; to predict (by divination) |
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8. (historical) scout; lookout; vanguard |
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9. (historical) Alternative form of 堠 (fortress) |
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10. (historical) official |
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11. (historical) posthouse; station |
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12. (historical) pentad (ancient time unit composed of five days) |
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13. climate; season |
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14. omen; sign; portent |
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15. (TCM) to examine (pulse) |
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16. (TCM) medical sign and symptom |
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17. (dialectal) to pay for (a bill) |
医 |
匚矢 |
yì |
1. Simplified form of 醫 |
彘 |
彑匕矢匕 |
zhì |
1. (literary) wild boar; swine; pig |
知 |
矢口 |
zhī |
1. to know; to understand; to comprehend | |
知.人.知.面.不.知.心 - One may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature |
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我 唔 知。 - I don't know. |
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通知 - to inform |
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知縣 - governor of a county |
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知客 - receptionist at a ceremony |
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知己 - close friend |
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知友 - close friend |
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2. (dialectal Hakka, including, Changting, Xiaosanjiang, Shicheng) to hear; to listen |
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求知 - to seek knowledge |
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無知 - ignorant |
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3. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 知 |
族 |
方矢 |
zú |
1. clan; family clan; tribe | |
宗族 - clan - |
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2. ethnic group; nationality |
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民族 - ethnicity - |
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藏Zàng族 - Tibetans - |
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3. group or class of things with common features |
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啃老族 - boomerang kids, lit=people relying on elderly parents - |
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低頭族 - smartphone zombie, lit=people with heads lowered - |
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4. (historical) to impose a death penalty on an offender and his entire family, and even on the families of his mother and wife |
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5. (Taiwan, specifically) the Taiwanese indigenous peoples |
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族語 - tribal languages, specifically Taiwanese indigenous languages - |
矩 |
矢巨 |
jǔ |
1. square (shape) | |
2. rule; law |
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3. (physics) moment (from 1904) |
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力矩 - torque |
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磁矩 - magnetic moment |
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Synonyms: 能率 |
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4. (historical) (zh-old-name, 貴州, Guizhou) (during the Yuan dynasty.) |
短 |
矢豆 |
duǎn |
1. short (of distance) | |
Antonyms: 長 |
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2. short (of time); brief |
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3. (literary or Wu) short (in stature) |
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4. deficient; lacking |
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5. weakness; shortcoming; mistake |
疾 |
疒矢 |
jí |
1. (literary or in compounds) swift; quick; hasty | |
2. (literary or in compounds) strong; forceful |
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3. (literary or in compounds) illness; disease; sickness |
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4. (obsolete or dialectal Hakka) to ache; to be painful |
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5. (obsolete) (Alternative form 嫉) to hate; to loathe |
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6. Alternative form of 嫉 (to envy) |
侯 |
亻一矢 |
hóu |
1. marquis; lord | |
2. (obsolete) target |
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3. (obsolete) to be, to have |
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侯 ^孝-賢 - Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwanese film director) |
| hòu |
4. Only used in 閩侯 |
矮 |
矢委 |
ǎi |
1. (of stature) short | |
Antonyms: 高 |
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他 個gè子zi 矮。 - He is short. |
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2. low (of less than normal height) |
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矮 牆 - low wall - |
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張 凳 太 矮 喇。 - The chair is too low. |
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3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else) |
矣 |
厶矢 |
yǐ |
1. (literary) (Particle expressing completion, similar to 了 in Standard Mandarin.) | |
2. (literary) (Particle expressing exclamation, similar to 啦 in Standard Mandarin.) |
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3. (Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) (Sentence-final particle expressing completion, similar to 了 in Standard Mandarin.) |
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我 食飽 %矣ah - I've eaten already. / I am now full., TW |
