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Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 很 |
彳艮 |
hěn |
1. to try to one's utmost |
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2. very; rather; quite |
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他 很 高興。 - He is very pleased. |
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我 很 喜歡。 - I like it very much. |
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我 喜歡 得de 很。 - I like it very much. |
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3. (Mandarin, especially before monosyllabic adjectives) (no meaning, see usage note) |
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Synonyms: yue:好 |
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我 很 好。 - I'm good. (no intensification) |
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4. usage. Mandarin speakers have a strong tendency to avoid monosyllabic terms. In order to satisfy this restriction, 很 is added before monosyllabic adjectives without any actual meaning. Similarly, Chinese pe |
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5. usage. Such usage of 很 is not uncommon before other adjectives as well, to the point where forming a sentence without 很 may be perceived as very unnatural. Additionally, using an adjective as a predicate wi |
跟 |
艮 |
gēn |
1. heel (of a foot, a shoe or a sock) | |
足跟 - heel |
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鞋跟 - heel of a shoe |
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2. to follow |
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跟 我 說 - repeat after me |
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不要 跟著着zhe 我！ - Stop following me! |
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3. (of a woman) to marry |
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4. with (together) |
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跟 朋友 一起 玩 - go out with friends |
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5. as (in comparisons) |
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跟 你 媽 一樣 - the same as your mother |
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6. to; with |
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你 來 跟 大家 說-說 這 次 旅遊 的 經歷。 - Come tell everyone about your experience in the trip. |
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7. and (joining nouns) |
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弟弟di 跟 我 都 喜歡huan 游泳。 - My brother and I both like to swim. |
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8. (dialectal Mandarin) at |
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9. (Waxiang) to act for someone |
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10. (Waxiang) (Used to introduce the direct object of a verb.) |
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跟 履 端 來！ (kai⁵⁵ li²⁵ to⁵⁵ zɤ¹³) - Bring the shoes over here!, WX |
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跟 門 閉 下。 (kai⁵⁵ mai⁵⁵ pi³³ ka³³) - Close the door., WX |
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11. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 綴 (-, t=to follow) |
根 |
木艮 |
gēn |
1. (botany) root | |
2. base; basis; foundation |
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3. family root; ancestors |
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4. (figurative) descendant; offspring |
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5. source; origin |
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6. (figurative) penis |
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7. (Buddhism) indriya; faculty; spiritual faculty |
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8. (arithmetic) root |
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9. (mathematics) solution to an algebraic equation |
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10. (chemistry) radical |
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11. (computing) root |
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根 目錄 - root directory |
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根 分區 - root partition |
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12. completely; from the source |
眼 |
目艮 |
yǎn |
1. (anatomy) eye | |
2. sight; vision |
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瞪 了 他 一 眼 - to give him a stare |
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一 眼 睇 嗮 - to be able to see everything in a glance |
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3. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening |
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4. tempo in the opera |
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一板三眼 - one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm |
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5. territory in game Go (board game). |
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6. mesh |
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7. key point; critical moment |
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8. (Go) trap |
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9. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand |
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10. (Cantonese) |
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11. (Cantonese) |
银 |
钅艮 |
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1. Simplified form of 銀 |
即 |
艮卩 |
jí, jìonstandard or dialectal |
1. (obsolete) to come near to eat | |
2. to approach; to come near; to be near |
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若即若離 |
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3. to ascend; to go up; to assume office |
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即位 - to ascend to the throne |
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4. prompted by the occasion |
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即興 - to improvise; to extemporise |
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5. (literary) if; assuming that |
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6. (literary) even if; even though |
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7. namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e. |
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天竺 即 今天 的 ^印度。 - Tianzhu is the same as today's India. |
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8. promptly; quickly; immediately; at once |
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一觸即潰 - to collapse on the first encounter |
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如 遇 緊急 情況 請 即 報警。 - In an emergency situation, please call the police immediately. |
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9. now; at present |
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在即 - to be imminent |
恨 |
忄艮 |
hèn |
1. to resent; to hate | |
可恨 - abominable |
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我 恨 死 你 了！ - I hate you to death! |
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2. to regret; to pity |
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恨不得 - to wish that one could ("to regret that one may not") |
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恨鐵不成鋼 - to pity someone's lack of improvement |
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3. (chiefly literary) to pine; to long for; to miss; to suffer from intense desire |
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4. hatred; dislike |
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抱恨 - to be bitterly regretful |
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懷恨在心 - to harbour hatred; to entertain hateful thoughts |
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5. (Cantonese) to be eager for something |
食 |
亽艮 |
shí |
1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to eat; to have a meal; to take in | |
你 食 咗 飯 未 呀？ - Have you eaten yet? |
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中國人 係 揸 筷子 食飯 嘅。 - Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with. |
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上 星sing1期kei4日 我 同 啲 朋友 一齊 食 晚飯。 - Last Sunday, I ate dinner together with my friends. |
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2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) to drink |
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3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min) to smoke |
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食煙 - sik6 jin1 - to smoke, C |
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4. (Cantonese, board games) to capture |
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玩 盲棋kei4-2 嘅 時候，車geoi1 可以 食 馬、炮paau3、士、象、卒zeot1。 - When playing blind chess, a rook can capture knights, cannons, advisors, bishops or pawns. |
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5. (Cantonese, mahjong) Short for 食糊, gloss=to win |
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6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to receive; to accept; to absorb |
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硬食 - ngaang6 sik6 - , C |
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7. (Cantonese) to hit on; to flirt |
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食女 - sik6 neoi5-2 - , C |
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8. =====Usage notes===== |
| sì |
9. (Coastal Min) to eat; to have a meal |
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食飯 (chia̍h-pn̄g) - to eat rice; to have a meal, MN |
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汝 食 飽 未？ (Lí chia̍h pá bōe?) - Have you eaten yet?, MN |
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10. (Coastal Min) to drink |
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食茶 (ziah8 tê5) - to drink tea, MN-T |
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食 燒酒 (chia̍h sio-chiú) - to drink rice wine, MN |
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11. (Coastal Min) to take in; to inhale |
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食薰 (chia̍h-hun) - to inhale smoke; to smoke, MN |
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12. (Hokkien, Teochew) to embezzle (money) |
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食鐳lui (chia̍h-lui) - to embezzle money, MN |
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13. (Hokkien, mahjong) to chow |
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14. (Teochew, Penang Hokkien) cuisine |
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Synonyms: 菜 |
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廣東 食 ((rftranslit, zhx-teo) - Guangdong food, MN-T) |
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15. =====Usage notes===== |
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16. (Inland Min) Alternative form of 饁 (-, t=to eat) |
| yì |
酈 ^食yì-其jī (Lì Yìjī) - Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang) |
退 |
辶艮 |
tuì |
1. to step back; to move backwards | |
2. to withdraw; to leave |
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3. to cause to move backward |
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4. to recede; to fade; to ebb |
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5. to return (a purchase, etc.); to refund |
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6. to cancel; to call off |
限 |
阝艮 |
xiàn |
1. boundary; limit; line | |
上限 - upper limit - |
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2. to limit; to place a limit (on) |
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舅kau5父fu6-2 限 表弟 每 個 星sing1期 打機 最多 打 一 個 鐘。 - Uncle limits my little cousin to at most one hour of video games per week. |
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3. (literary) doorstep; sill; threshold |
良 |
丶艮 |
liáng |
1. good; fine; well | |
2. good; virtuous; respectable |
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3. good person; virtuous person |
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4. (literary) innate; inherent; natural |
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5. very; very much; quite |
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6. (literary) really; certainly; surely |
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7. (obsolete) (term of address used by a woman for her husband) |
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Liang |
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8. (Catholicism) Leo (name of several popes) |
| liǎng |
9. Only used in 方良, Alternative form of 魍魎 |
狠 |
犭艮 |
hěn |
1. vicious; cruel | |
2. severely; extreme |
簋 |
⺮艮皿 |
guǐ |
1. (historical) gui (a type of bronze ritual vessel used to hold grains for sacrifices, with a round mouth, two or four handles, a base or feet, and sometimes a cover) |
恳 |
艮心 |
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1. Simplified form of 懇 |
哏 |
口艮 |
gén |
1. (zh-wp, zh, en:Punch line) | |
2. funny; amusing |
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3. funny speech or action |
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4. punch line; pun |
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5. usage. 哏 but is now more widely used. |
| ǹ |
6. Used as an interjection. (attention, zh, This is from zi.tools, but what is the context?) |
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7. Variant of 很 |
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8. Variant of 狠 |
垠 |
土艮 |
yín |
1. boundary; limit | |
2. dike; riverbank; raised border |
龈 |
齿艮 |
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1. Simplified form of 齦 |
