| 580 |
弄 |
| 1. to play with; to play around with; to fiddle with; to fondle | nòng, nèng |
| 真的 是 命運 弄 人。 - It must be a quirk of fate. | |
| 2. to enjoy; to play | |
| 3. trick; magic | |
| 4. to make fun of; to tease; to bully | |
| 5. to show off; to make a show of | |
| 6. (Min Nan) to amuse (a child) | |
| 581 |
笑 |
| 1. (intransitive) to laugh; to smile | xiào |
| 笑容 - smile | |
| 唔識 笑 - never smiles | |
| 2. to laugh at; to ridicule | |
| 點解 你哋 成seng4日 笑 我 㗎？ - Why do you guys always laugh at me? | |
| 3. (ditransitive) to laugh at; to ridicule | |
| 笑 佢 唔識 講 廣東話waa6-2 - to make fun of them for not knowing how to speak Cantonese | |
| 582 |
普 |
| 1. (obsolete, of sun) lustreless | pǔ |
| 2. universal; general; widespread | |
| 3. wide; vast | |
| 4. (obsolete, Tibet) adult man | |
| 5. Short for 普通話, Putonghua | |
| 推普 - to promote Putonghua | |
| 6. Short for 普魯士, Prussia | |
| 583 |
在一起 |
| 1. adv. together | zài 一qǐ |
| 2. v. (colloquial) (of young opposite-sex friends) to get together, to become lovers | |
| 584 |
或者 |
| 1. conj. or | huòzhě |
| A 或者 B - A or B | |
| 2. usage. In Mandarin, 或者 is exclusively used in statements, while 嗎 as a question word. | |
| 3. usage. In Cantonese, 或者 is exclusively used in statements, while ding6 hai6 is only used in questions. | |
| 4. adv. perhaps; maybe | |
| 5. n. (classical) some people | |
| 585 |
线 |
| 1. Simplified form of 綫 | |
| 586 |
根本 |
| 1. adj. fundamental; basic; essential | gēnběn |
| 對 我 來說，我們 國家 的 根本 問題 是 我們 的 教學 系統。 - The way I see it, our country's basic problem is our education system. | |
| 2. adv. (usually negative) at all; simply; absolutely | |
| 他 根本 不 知道 從 哪裡 入手 找 工作。 - He has absolutely no idea how to start looking for work. | |
| 她 根本 就 沒有 童年。 - She didn't have any kind of childhood. | |
| 這 一 群 不食人間煙火 的 人，根本 不 知道 別人 的 實際 痛苦！ - These people who are out of touch with reality just don't understand the real suffering of others! | |
| 3. n. root; foundation; base; basis | |
| 587 |
勒 |
| 1. (literary) bridle (headgear for a horse) | lè, lēi |
| 2. to rein in; to restrain | |
| 3. to command; to lead; to lay out (forces) | |
| 4. (colloquial) to strap tightly; to bind tight; to strangle; to tighten | |
| 5. to restrict; to limit | |
| 6. to compel; to force | |
| 7. (literary) to cut; to carve; to engrave | |
| 588 |
冷 |
| 1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) woollen yarn | lǐng |
| 2. (Cantonese, slang) guy; person | |
| 3. (Cantonese) (Used in words related to Teochew people.) | |
| 冷laang5-1話waa6-2 - Teochew language | |
| 589 |
谈 |
| 1. Simplified form of 談 | |
| 590 |
提 |
| 1. to carry; to lift | tí |
| 提 得de 動 - to be able to carry | |
| 提 不 動 - to be unable to carry | |
| 這 瓶 酒 我 提 不 起來。 - I can't lift this bottle of wine. | |
| 把 箱子 提 到 那邊 - to carry the box over there | |
| 肩 上 提 着 一個 籃子 - to carry a basket on the shoulder | |
| 2. to raise; to increase | |
| 591 |
未 |
| 1. to have not; not yet | wèi |
| 未來 - future lit. have not come | |
| 我 未 睇 本 書。 - I have not read the book. | |
| 2. not | |
| 3. (obsolete) Alternative form of 味 | |
| 4. (Cantonese, Min) (used at the end of questions to ask if one has done something yet) | |
| 食飽 未？ - Are you full yet? | |
| 592 |
管 |
| 1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood | guǎn |
| 2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument | |
| 3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula | |
| 吸管 - straw | |
| 4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush | |
| 5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge | |
| 管理 - to manage | |
| 593 |
色 |
| 1. color; tint; hue; shade | sè, shǎi, shè |
| 顏色 - color | |
| 顏色shǎi兒r - color | |
| 紅色 - red | |
| 四.色.定理 - four color theorem | |
| 2. look; expression | |
| 臉色 - facial expression | |
| 594 |
夫人 |
| 1. n. (polite) lady; madam; Mrs. | fūrén |
| 王 夫人 來 了。 - Mrs. Wang has arrived. | |
| 2. n. (historical) wife (of a feudal lord) | |
| 3. n. (historical, Han dynasty) wife (of a man of the gentry) | |
| 4. n. (historic) concubine (of a monarch) | |
| 595 |
常 |
| 1. normal; general; common | cháng |
| 正常 - normal | |
| 2. constant; invariable | |
| 常駐 - to be stationed in | |
| 3. often; frequently | |
| 經常 - often | |
| 4. 51st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "constancy" (?) | |
| 596 |
有些 |
| 1. pron. some | yǒuxiē |
| 有些 是 紅色 的，有些 是 黃色 的。 - Some are red, and some are yellow. | |
| 2. det. some | |
| 有些 人 活 得de 真 不如 畜chù生sheng。 - Some people are so contemptible. | |
| 有些 地區 的 飯店 服務 人員 態度 惡è劣。 - The hotel service people in some regions have a poor attitude. | |
| 3. adv. somewhat; rather | |
| 597 |
付 |
| 1. to give; to deliver; to hand over | fù |
| 2. to pay | |
| 3. to entrust | |
| 4. Alternative form of 副 (a pair; a set; (a classifier for facial expressions)) | |
| 5. Variant of 傅 | |
| 6. usage. 付 was included as the simplified form of 傅 in the second round of simplification in 1977. The current standard in Mainland China, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters ((lw, zh, 通用规范汉字表)) | |
| 7. usage. Similar to the surnames 付 is mostly due to second-round simplification of Chinese characters. | |
| 598 |
义 |
| 1. Variant of 義 | |
| 2. Variant of 叉 | |
| 599 |
母 |
| 1. mother | mǔ |
| 父母 - father and mother | |
| 母子 - mother and son | |
| Antonyms: 父 | |
| 2. (Used to address a female elder member of a family.) | |
| 姑母 - father's sister | |
| 祖母 - grandmother | |
