TOCFL Band C Level 5
Official TOCFL wordlist with around 2,800 advanced Mandarin Chinese vocabulary items, crucial for comprehending complex texts and engaging in sophisticated conversations across diverse topics.
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| Selected | Simplified (Traditional) | Pinyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 挨 | āi | in order in sequence | |
| 欸 | ǎi | sigh exclamation Eh! | |
| 爱戴 (愛戴) | ài dài | to love and respect love and respect | |
| 爱国 (愛國) | ài guó | to love one's country patriotic | |
| 爱滋病 (愛滋病) | ài zī bìng | aids | |
| 安顿 (安頓) | ān dùn | to find a place for to help settle down | |
| 安抚 (安撫) | ān fǔ | to placate to pacify | |
| 安宁 (安寧) | ān níng | Anning District of Lanzhou City, Gansu Anning City, to the west of Kunming, Yunnan | |
| 安详 (安詳) | ān xiáng | serene | |
| 安置 | ān zhì | to find a place for to help settle down | |
| 暗暗 | àn àn | secretly inwardly | |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | case instance | |
| 案情 | àn qíng | details of a case case | |
| 按摩 | àn mó | massage to massage | |
| 昂贵 (昂貴) | áng guì | expensive costly | |
| 奥妙 (奧妙) | ào miào | marvelous mysterious | |
| 懊恼 (懊惱) | ào nǎo | annoyed vexed | |
| 八卦 | bā guà | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes gossip | |
| 八字 | bā zì | the character 8 or birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
| 把持 | bǎ chí | to control to dominate | |
| 把手 | bǎ shǒu | to shake hands | |
| 白皮书 (白皮書) | bái pí shū | white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) white book | |
| 拜会 (拜會) | bài huì | pay an official call call on | |
| 颁发 (頒發) | bān fā | to issue to promulgate | |
| 颁 (頒) | bān | to promulgate to send out | |
| 颁奖 (頒獎) | bān jiǎng | to confer an award | |
| 办案 (辦案) | bàn àn | to handle a case | |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula | |
| 半导体 (半導體) | bàn dǎo tǐ | semiconductor | |
| 帮 (幫) | bāng | help | |
| 绑 (綁) | bǎng | to tie bind or fasten together | |
| 包袱 | bāo fú | wrapping cloth a bundle wrapped in cloth | |
| 包围 (包圍) | bāo wéi | to surround to encircle | |
| 宝贝 (寶貝) | bǎo bèi | treasured object treasure | |
| 宝石 (寶石) | bǎo shí | precious stone gem | |
| 饱和 (飽和) | bǎo hé | saturation | |
| 饱满 (飽滿) | bǎo mǎn | full plump | |
| 保安 | bǎo ān | to ensure public security to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) | |
| 保管 | bǎo guǎn | to hold in safekeeping to have in one's care | |
| 保龄球 (保齡球) | bǎo líng qiú | ten-pin bowling (loanword) bowling ball | |
| 保姆 | bǎo mǔ | nanny housekeeper | |
| 保全 | bǎo quán | to save from damage to preserve | |
| 保险 (保險) | bǎo xiǎn | insurance to insure | |
| 保佑 | bǎo yòu | to bless and protect blessing | |
| 保重 | bǎo zhòng | to take care of oneself | |
| 报案 (報案) | bào àn | to report a case to the authorities | |
| 报表 (報表) | bào biǎo | forms for reporting statistics report forms | |
| 报酬 (報酬) | bào chóu | reward remuneration | |
| 报复 (報復) | bào fù | to make reprisals to retaliate | |
| 报关 (報關) | bào guān | to declare at customs | |
| 报价 (報價) | bào jià | to quote a price quoted price | |
| 报刊 (報刊) | bào kān | newspapers and periodicals the press | |
| 报应 (報應) | bào yìng | retribution judgment | |
| 报章 (報章) | bào zhāng | newspapers | |
| 暴雨 | bào yǔ | torrential rain rainstorm | |
| 爆发 (爆發) | bào fā | to break out to erupt | |
| 抱负 (抱負) | bào fù | aspiration ambition | |
| 碑 | bēi | a monument an upright stone tablet | |
| 悲哀 | bēi āi | grieved sorrowful | |
| 悲观 (悲觀) | bēi guān | pessimistic | |
| 贝壳 (貝殼) | bèi ké | shell conch | |
| 倍数 (倍數) | bèi shù | multiple multiplier | |
| 背诵 (背誦) | bèi sòng | to recite to repeat from memory | |
| 奔腾 (奔騰) | bēn téng | Pentium (microprocessor by Intel) | |
| 本 | běn | root stem | |
| 本事 | běn shì | source material original story | |
| 本位 | běn wèi | standard one's own department or unit | |
| 本性 | běn xìng | natural instincts nature | |
| 本质 (本質) | běn zhí | essence nature | |
| 崩溃 (崩潰) | bēng kuì | to collapse to crumble | |
| 甭 | béng | contraction of need not | |
| 敝 | bì | my (polite) poor | |
| 必 | bì | certainly must | |
| 编辑 (編輯) | biān jí | to edit to compile | |
| 编写 (編寫) | biān xiě | to compile | |
| 编织 (編織) | biān zhī | to weave to knit | |
| 编制 (編制) | biān zhì | to establish (a unit or department) staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff) | |
| 边界 (邊界) | biān jiè | boundary border | |
| 边缘 (邊緣) | biān yuán | edge fringe | |
| 贬 (貶) | biǎn | to diminish to demote | |
| 贬值 (貶值) | biǎn zhí | to become devaluated to devaluate | |
| 匾额 (匾額) | biǎn é | a horizontal inscribed board | |
| 辨认 (辨認) | biàn rèn | to recognize to identify | |
| 辨识 (辨識) | biàn shì | identification to identify | |
| 辩 (辯) | biàn | to dispute to debate | |
| 辩护 (辯護) | biàn hù | to speak in defense of to argue in favor of | |
| 辩论 (辯論) | biàn lùn | debate argument | |
| 变革 (變革) | biàn gé | to transform to change | |
| 变迁 (變遷) | biàn qiān | changes vicissitudes | |
| 变通 (變通) | biàn tōng | pragmatic flexible | |
| 变形 (變形) | biàn xíng | deformation to become deformed | |
| 标签 (標籤) | biāo qiān | label tag | |
| 标语 (標語) | biāo yǔ | written slogan placard | |
| 表白 | biǎo bái | to explain oneself to express | |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | to make clear to make known | |
| 鼻孔 | bí kǒng | nostril | |
| 笔录 (筆錄) | bǐ lù | to put down in writing to take down notes | |
| 笔友 (筆友) | bǐ yǒu | pen pal | |
| 比率 | bǐ lǜ | ratio rate | |
| 比拟 (比擬) | bǐ nǐ | to compare to draw a parallel | |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare to liken to | |
| 比重 | bǐ zhòng | proportion specific gravity | |
| 必备 (必備) | bì bèi | essential | |
| 必定 | bì dìng | to be bound to to be sure to | |
| 必然 | bì rán | inevitable certain | |
| 闭幕 (閉幕) | bì mù | the curtain falls lower the curtain | |
| 闭塞 (閉塞) | bì sè | to stop up to close up | |
| 避难 (避難) | bì nàn | refuge to take refuge | |
| 避孕 | bì yùn | contraception | |
| 毕生 (畢生) | bì shēng | all one's life lifetime | |
| 币值 (幣值) | bì zhí | value of a currency | |
| 憋 | biē | to choke to stifle | |
| 别 (別) | bié | don't | |
| 别墅 (別墅) | bié shù | villa | |
| 兵 | bīng | soldiers a force | |
| 宾馆 (賓館) | bīn guǎn | guesthouse lodge | |
| 柄 | bǐng | handle or shaft (of an axe etc) (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem | |
| 并列 (並列) | bìng liè | to stand side by side to be juxtaposed | |
| 并重 (並重) | bìng zhòng | to lay equal stress on to pay equal attention to | |
| 并发 (併發) | bìng fā | to be complicated by to erupt simultaneously | |
| 病床 | bìng chuáng | hospital bed sickbed | |
| 病菌 | bìng jùn | harmful bacteria pathogenic bacteria | |
| 病患 | bìng huàn | illness disease | |
| 波 | bō | Poland Polish | |
| 波及 | bō jí | to spread to to involve | |
| 波浪 | bō làng | wave | |
| 剥 (剝) | bō | to peel to skin | |
| 剥削 (剝削) | bō xuè | to exploit exploitation | |
| 搏斗 (搏鬥) | bó dòu | to wrestle to fight | |
| 播出 | bò chū | to broadcast to air (a TV program etc) | |
| 补给 (補給) | bǔ jǐ | supply replenishment | |
| 补救 (補救) | bǔ jiù | to remedy | |
| 哺乳动物 (哺乳動物) | bǔ rǔ dòng wù | mammal | |
| 不便 | bù biàn | inconvenient inappropriate | |
| 不得 | bù dé | must not may not | |
| 不等 | bù děng | unequal varied | |
| 不动产 (不動產) | bù dòng chǎn | real estate immovable property | |
| 不法 | bù fǎ | lawless illegal | |
| 不凡 | bù fán | out of the ordinary out of the common run | |
| 不妨 | bù fáng | there is no harm in might as well | |
| 不公 | bù gōng | unjust unfair | |
| 不及 | bù jí | to fall short of not as good as | |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth) can't refrain from | |
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear cannot stand | |
| 不力 | bù lì | not to do one's best not to exert oneself | |
| 不料 | bù liào | unexpectedly to one's surprise | |
| 不免 | bù miǎn | inevitably | |
| 不容 | bù róng | must not cannot | |
| 不时 (不時) | bù shí | from time to time now and then | |
| 不惜 | bù xí | not stint not spare | |
| 不下 | bù xià | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 不肖 | bù xiào | (literary) unlike one's parents degenerate | |
| 不懈 | bù xiè | untiring unremitting | |
| 不再 | bù zài | no more no longer | |
| 不致 | bù zhì | not in such a way as to not likely to | |
| 不知不觉 (不知不覺) | bù zhī bù jué | unconsciously unwittingly | |
| 不至于 (不至於) | bù zhì yú | unlikely to go so far as to not as bad as | |
| 不致于 (不致於) | bù zhì yú | not | |
| 部落 | bù luò | tribe | |
| 部署 | bù shù | to dispose to deploy | |
| 步调 (步調) | bù diào | gait marching order | |
| 步骤 (步驟) | bù zòu | procedure step | |
| 猜测 (猜測) | cāi cè | to guess to conjecture | |
| 猜忌 | cāi jì | to be suspicious and jealous of | |
| 猜想 | cāi xiǎng | to guess to conjecture | |
| 裁缝 (裁縫) | cái féng | tailor dressmaker | |
| 裁减 (裁減) | cái jiǎn | to reduce to lessen | |
| 财团 (財團) | cái tuán | financial group | |
| 财政 (財政) | cái zhèng | finances (public) financial | |
| 才智 | cái zhì | ability and wisdom | |
| 采访 (採訪) | cǎi fǎng | to interview to gather news | |
| 采光 (採光) | cǎi guāng | lighting day lighting | |
| 采纳 (採納) | cǎi nà | to accept to adopt | |
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) to take | |
| 彩绘 (彩繪) | cǎi huì | painted colored painted-on designs | |
| 餐具 | cān jù | tableware dinner service | |
| 参谋 (參謀) | cān móu | staff officer to give advice | |
| 残暴 (殘暴) | cán bào | brutal vicious | |
| 残酷 (殘酷) | cán kù | cruel cruelty | |
| 残杀 (殘殺) | cán shā | to massacre to slaughter | |
| 惨重 (慘重) | cǎn zhòng | disastrous | |
| 灿烂 (燦爛) | càn làn | to glitter brilliant | |
| 苍白 (蒼白) | cāng bái | pale wan | |
| 苍蝇 (蒼蠅) | cāng yíng | housefly | |
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate to control | |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) | |
| 草丛 (草叢) | cǎo cóng | underbrush | |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless negligent | |
| 草药 (草藥) | cǎo yào | herbal medicine | |
| 测 (測) | cè | to survey to measure | |
| 策画 (策畫) | cè huà | planning | |
| 策划 (策劃) | cè huà | to plot to scheme | |
| 差额 (差額) | chā é | balance (financial) discrepancy (in a sum or quota) | |
| 插曲 | chā qǔ | music played during a movie, play etc incidental music | |
| 插嘴 | chā zuǐ | to interrupt (sb talking) to butt in | |
| 茶具 | chá jù | tea set tea service | |
| 察觉 (察覺) | chá jué | to sense to perceive | |
| 查明 | chá míng | to investigate and find out to ascertain | |
| 蝉 (蟬) | chán | cicada | |
| 馋 (饞) | chán | gluttonous greedy | |
| 潺潺 | chán chán | murmur babble (sound of water) | |
| 猖獗 | chāng jué | to be rampant to run wild | |
| 肠 (腸) | cháng | intestines | |
| 肠子 (腸子) | cháng zi | intestines | |
| 长远 (長遠) | cháng yuǎn | long-term long-range | |
| 场次 (場次) | chǎng cì | the number of showings of a movie, play etc screening | |
| 场面 (場面) | chǎng miàn | scene spectacle | |
| 倡导 (倡導) | chàng dǎo | to advocate to initiate | |
| 唱腔 | chàng qiāng | vocal music (in opera) aria | |
| 畅销 (暢銷) | chàng xiāo | to sell well best seller | |
| 产物 (產物) | chǎn wù | product result (of) | |
| 产值 (產值) | chǎn zhí | value of output output value | |
| 超速 | chāo sù | to exceed the speed limit to speed | |
| 超脱 (超脫) | chāo tuō | to stand aloof to be detached from | |
| 抄袭 (抄襲) | chāo xí | to plagiarize to copy | |
| 吵嘴 | chǎo zuǐ | to quarrel | |
| 车辆 (車輛) | chē liàng | vehicle | |
| 车厢 (車廂) | chē xiāng | carriage | |
| 撤回 | chè huí | to recall to revoke | |
| 撤销 (撤銷) | chè xiāo | to repeal to revoke | |
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn uncommunicative | |
| 沉思 | chén sī | to contemplate to ponder | |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy hard | |
| 沈重 | chén zhòng | heavy | |
| 尘土 (塵土) | chén tǔ | dust | |
| 呈 | chéng | to present to a superior memorial | |
| 乘 | chéng | take | |
| 承包 | chéng bāo | to contract to undertake (a job) | |
| 承担 (承擔) | chéng dān | to undertake to assume (responsibility etc) | |
| 承诺 (承諾) | chéng nuò | to promise to undertake to do something | |
| 成败 (成敗) | chéng bài | success or failure | |
| 成见 (成見) | chéng jiàn | preconceived idea bias | |
| 成就 | chéng jiù | accomplishment success | |
| 成品 | chéng pǐn | finished goods a finished product | |
| 成全 | chéng quán | to help sb accomplish his aim to help sb succeed | |
| 成效 | chéng xiào | effect result | |
| 成衣 | chéng yī | ready-made clothes | |
| 成员 (成員) | chéng yuán | member | |
| 成长 (成長) | chéng zhǎng | to mature to grow | |
| 称号 (稱號) | chēng hào | name term of address | |
| 称呼 (稱呼) | chēng hū | to call to address as | |
| 撑腰 (撐腰) | chēng yāo | to support to brace | |
| 程式 | chéng shì | form pattern | |
| 呈献 (呈獻) | chéng xiàn | to present respectfully | |
| 诚心 (誠心) | chéng xīn | sincerity | |
| 诚心诚意 (誠心誠意) | chéng xīn chéng yì | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity | |
| 诚挚 (誠摯) | chéng zhì | sincere cordial | |
| 称 (稱) | chèng | steelyard | |
| 吃惊 (吃驚) | chī jīng | to be startled to be shocked | |
| 吃苦 | chī kǔ | to bear hardships | |
| 吃力 | chī lì | to entail strenuous effort to toil at a task | |
| 持 | chí | to hold to grasp | |
| 持久 | chí jiǔ | lasting enduring | |
| 持平 | chí píng | to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) fair | |
| 池 | chí | pool | |
| 池子 | chí zi | pond bathhouse pool | |
| 迟钝 (遲鈍) | chí dùn | slow in one's reactions sluggish (in movement or thought) | |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of to flood | |
| 充裕 | chōng yù | abundant ample | |
| 冲淡 (沖淡) | chōng dàn | to dilute | |
| 冲天 (沖天) | chōng tiān | to soar to rocket | |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge to be impetuous | |
| 冲击 (衝擊) | chōng jí | shock | |
| 憧憬 | chōng jǐng | to long for to look forward to | |
| 重叠 (重疊) | chóng dié | to overlap to superimpose | |
| 崇尚 | chóng shàng | to hold up (as an model) to hold in esteem | |
| 宠爱 (寵愛) | chǒng ài | to dote on sb | |
| 宠物 (寵物) | chǒng wù | house pet | |
| 抽查 | chōu chá | random inspection to do a spot check | |
| 抽空 | chōu kòng | to find the time to do sth | |
| 抽象 | chōu xiàng | abstract abstraction | |
| 抽样 (抽樣) | chōu yàng | sample sampling | |
| 仇 | chóu | hatred animosity | |
| 仇恨 | chóu hèn | to hate hatred | |
| 稠密 | chóu mì | dense | |
| 出超 | chū chāo | trade surplus favorable balance of trade | |
| 出错 (出錯) | chū cuò | to make a mistake error | |
| 出发点 (出發點) | chū fā diǎn | starting point (fig.) basis | |
| 出局 | chū jú | to send off (player for a foul) to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament) | |
| 出力 | chū lì | to exert oneself | |
| 出路 | chū lù | a way out (lit. and fig.) opportunity for advancement | |
| 出马 (出馬) | chū mǎ | to set out (on a campaign) to stand for election | |
| 出卖 (出賣) | chū mài | to offer for sale to sell | |
| 出面 | chū miàn | to appear personally to step in | |
| 出名 | chū míng | well-known for sth to become well known | |
| 出品 | chū pǐn | to produce an item output | |
| 出示 | chū shì | to show to take out and show to others | |
| 出手 | chū shǒu | to dispose of to spend (money) | |
| 出头 (出頭) | chū tóu | to get out of a predicament to stick out | |
| 出土 | chū tǔ | to dig up to appear in an excavation | |
| 出息 | chū xi | future prospects profit | |
| 出血 | chū xiě | to bleed bleeding | |
| 初期 | chū qí | initial stage beginning period | |
| 储备 (儲備) | chú bèi | reserves to store up | |
| 除此之外 | chú cǐ zhī wài | apart from this in addition to this | |
| 锄头 (鋤頭) | chú tou | hoe | |
| 处 (處) | chǔ | to reside to live | |
| 处方 (處方) | chǔ fāng | medical prescription recipe | |
| 处分 (處分) | chǔ fèn | to discipline sb to punish | |
| 处境 (處境) | chǔ jìng | situation (of a person) | |
| 处事 (處事) | chǔ shì | to handle affairs to deal with | |
| 处于 (處於) | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) | |
| 处女 (處女) | chǔ nǚ | virgin maiden | |
| 穿梭 | chuān suō | to travel back and forth to shuttle | |
| 传 (傳) | chuán | to pass on to spread | |
| 传递 (傳遞) | chuán dì | to transmit to pass on to sb else | |
| 传奇 (傳奇) | chuán qí | legendary fantasy saga | |
| 传神 (傳神) | chuán shén | vivid lifelike | |
| 传授 (傳授) | chuán shòu | to impart to pass on | |
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship boat | |
| 喘 | chuǎn | to gasp to pant | |
| 创伤 (創傷) | chuāng shāng | wound injury | |
| 创 (創) | chuàng | creation | |
| 创办 (創辦) | chuàng bàn | to establish to found | |
| 创立 (創立) | chuàng lì | to establish to set up | |
| 创业 (創業) | chuàng yè | to begin an undertaking to start a major task | |
| 吹牛 | chuī niú | to talk big to shoot off one's mouth | |
| 垂 | chuí | to hang (down) droop | |
| 垂直 | chuí zhí | perpendicular vertical | |
| 辞 (辭) | cí | resignation | |
| 辞行 (辭行) | cí xíng | to say goodbye leave-taking | |
| 慈善 | cí shàn | benevolent charitable | |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | this moment now | |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence second | |
| 次要 | cì yào | secondary | |
| 伺候 | cì hòu | to serve to wait upon | |
| 刺杀 (刺殺) | cì shā | to assassinate (military) to fight with a bayonet | |
| 匆忙 | cōng máng | hasty hurried | |
| 从容 (從容) | cōng róng | to go easy unhurried | |
| 从而 (從而) | cóng ér | thus thereby | |
| 凑巧 (湊巧) | còu qiǎo | fortuitously luckily | |
| 粗糙 | cū cāo | crude gruff | |
| 粗鲁 (粗魯) | cū lǔ | coarse crude (in one's manner) | |
| 促 | cù | urgent hurried | |
| 促成 | cù chéng | to facilitate to effect | |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to induce to promote | |
| 促销 (促銷) | cù xiāo | to promote sales | |
| 簇拥 (簇擁) | cù yǒng | to crowd around to escort | |
| 摧残 (摧殘) | cuī cán | to ravage to ruin | |
| 摧毁 (摧毀) | cuī huǐ | to destroy to wreck | |
| 催眠 | cuī mián | hypnosis | |
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak frail | |
| 存货 (存貨) | cún huò | stock inventory (of material) | |
| 磋商 | cuō shāng | to consult to discuss seriously | |
| 撮合 | cuò hé | to play matchmaker to act as a middleman | |
| 搭配 | dā pèi | to pair up to match | |
| 达 (達) | dá | da | |
| 答复 (答覆) | dá fù | reply | |
| 打 | dǎ | to beat to strike | |
| 打斗 (打鬥) | dǎ dòu | to fight | |
| 打赌 (打賭) | dǎ dǔ | to bet to make a bet | |
| 打发 (打發) | dǎ fā | to dispatch sb to do sth to make sb leave | |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jí | to hit to strike | |
| 打量 | dǎ liàng | to size sb up to look sb up and down | |
| 打猎 (打獵) | dǎ liè | to go hunting | |
| 打牌 | dǎ pái | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 打手 | dǎ shǒu | hired thug | |
| 打烊 | dǎ yáng | to close shop in the evening | |
| 大道 | dà dào | main street avenue | |
| 大队 (大隊) | dà duì | group a large body of | |
| 大使 | dà shǐ | ambassador envoy | |
| 大选 (大選) | dà xuǎn | general election | |
| 大洋洲 | dà yáng zhōu | Oceania | |
| 呆 | dāi | foolish stupid | |
| 歹徒 | dǎi tú | evildoer malefactor | |
| 逮捕 | dǎi bǔ | to arrest to apprehend | |
| 代课 (代課) | dài kè | to teach as substitute for absent teacher | |
| 怠慢 | dài màn | to slight to neglect | |
| 担 (擔) | dān | to undertake to carry | |
| 担当 (擔當) | dān dāng | to take upon oneself to assume | |
| 担负 (擔負) | dān fù | to shoulder to bear | |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone by oneself | |
| 单价 (單價) | dān jià | unit price | |
| 单据 (單據) | dān jù | receipts invoices | |
| 单亲 (單親) | dān qīn | single parent | |
| 单行道 (單行道) | dān xíng dào | one-way street | |
| 胆 (膽) | dǎn | gall bladder courage | |
| 胆固醇 (膽固醇) | dǎn gù chún | cholesterol | |
| 但 | dàn | but yet | |
| 淡季 | dàn jì | off season slow business season | |
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | Danshui or Tanshui town in New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
| 刀 | dāo | knife | |
| 导师 (導師) | dǎo shī | tutor teacher | |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to to create | |
| 岛屿 (島嶼) | dǎo yǔ | island | |
| 道 | dào | road path | |
| 道别 (道別) | dào bié | leave-taking to say goodbye | |
| 道地 | dào dì | authentic original | |
| 道士 | dào shì | Daoist priest | |
| 道义 (道義) | dào yì | morality righteousness and justice | |
| 到头来 (到頭來) | dào tóu lái | in the end finally | |
| 倒数 (倒數) | dào shǔ | to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) to count down | |
| 当 (當) | dāng | when | |
| 当兵 (當兵) | dāng bīng | to serve in the army to be a soldier | |
| 当代 (當代) | dāng dài | the present age the contemporary era | |
| 当局 (當局) | dāng jú | authorities | |
| 当前 (當前) | dāng qián | current today's | |
| 当心 (當心) | dāng xīn | to take care to look out | |
| 党派 (黨派) | dǎng pài | political party faction | |
| 党员 (黨員) | dǎng yuán | party member | |
| 得以 | dé yǐ | able to so that sb can | |
| 登场 (登場) | dēng chǎng | to go on stage fig. to appear on the scene | |
| 登陆 (登陸) | dēng lù | to land to come ashore | |
| 灯火 (燈火) | dēng huǒ | lights | |
| 灯笼 (燈籠) | dēng lóng | lantern | |
| 等候 | děng hòu | to wait to wait for | |
| 等价 (等價) | děng jià | equal equal in value | |
| 瞪 | dèng | to open (one's eyes) wide to stare at | |
| 嘀咕 | dí gū | to mutter to feel apprehensive | |
| 底片 | dǐ piàn | negative photographic plate | |
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan to put up collateral | |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | to resist to boycott | |
| 地表 | dì biǎo | the surface (of the earth) | |
| 地步 | dì bù | stage degree (to which a situation has evolved) | |
| 地势 (地勢) | dì shì | terrain topography relief | |
| 地域 | dì yù | area district | |
| 地狱 (地獄) | dì yù | hell infernal | |
| 地质 (地質) | dì zhí | geology | |
| 地主 | dì zhǔ | landlord landowner | |
| 缔结 (締結) | dì jié | to conclude (an agreement) | |
| 缔造 (締造) | dì zào | to found to create | |
| 弟兄 | dì xiōng | brothers comrade | |
| 颠覆 (顛覆) | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over) to capsize | |
| 典雅 | diǎn yǎ | refined elegant | |
| 点子 (點子) | diǎn zi | spot point | |
| 奠定 | diàn dìng | to establish to fix | |
| 惦记 (惦記) | diàn jì | to think of to keep thinking about | |
| 电工 (電工) | diàn gōng | electrician electrical engineering | |
| 电力 (電力) | diàn lì | electrical power electricity | |
| 电流 (電流) | diàn liú | electric current | |
| 电压 (電壓) | diàn yā | voltage | |
| 凋零 | diāo líng | withered wilted | |
| 调 (調) | diào | to transfer to move (troops or cadres) | |
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation inquiry | |
| 调度 (調度) | diào dù | to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) to schedule | |
| 吊桥 (吊橋) | diào qiáo | drawbridge suspension bridge | |
| 叠 (疊) | dié | overlap | |
| 顶 (頂) | dǐng | apex crown of the head | |
| 定额 (定額) | dìng é | fixed amount quota | |
| 定义 (定義) | dìng yì | definition to define | |
| 钉 (釘) | dìng | to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points to nail | |
| 丢弃 (丟棄) | diū qì | to discard to abandon | |
| 冻结 (凍結) | dòng jié | to freeze (water etc) (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | |
| 洞穴 | dòng xuè | cave cavern | |
| 动产 (動產) | dòng chǎn | movable property personal property | |
| 动机 (動機) | dòng jī | motor locomotive | |
| 动静 (動靜) | dòng jìng | (detectable) movement (sign of) activity | |
| 动力 (動力) | dòng lì | motive power force | |
| 动乱 (動亂) | dòng luàn | turmoil upheaval | |
| 动脉 (動脈) | dòng mài | artery | |
| 动态 (動態) | dòng tài | movement motion | |
| 动向 (動向) | dòng xiàng | trend tendency | |
| 动员 (動員) | dòng yuán | to mobilize to arouse | |
| 抖 | dǒu | to tremble to shake out | |
| 陡 | dǒu | steep precipitous | |
| 逗留 | dòu liú | to stay at to stop over | |
| 斗志 (鬥志) | dòu zhì | will to fight fighting spirit | |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task to urge on | |
| 独创 (獨創) | dú chuàng | to come up with (an innovation) innovation | |
| 独到 (獨到) | dú dào | original | |
| 独占 (獨占) | dú zhàn | exclusive | |
| 读物 (讀物) | dú wù | reading material | |
| 堵 | dǔ | to block up (a road, pipe etc) to stop up (a hole) | |
| 堵塞 | dǔ sè | to clog up blockage | |
| 赌博 (賭博) | dǔ bó | to gamble | |
| 赌场 (賭場) | dǔ chǎng | casino | |
| 渡 | dù | to cross to pass through | |
| 度量衡 | dù liàng héng | measurement | |
| 端正 | duān zhèng | upright regular | |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage | |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zhàn | of short duration brief | |
| 断绝 (斷絕) | duàn jué | to sever to break off | |
| 堆积 (堆積) | duī jī | to pile up to heap | |
| 队伍 (隊伍) | duì wǔ | ranks troops | |
| 兑现 (兌現) | duì xiàn | (of a check etc) to cash to honor a commitment | |
| 对比 (對比) | duì bǐ | to contrast contrast | |
| 对照 (對照) | duì zhào | to contrast to compare | |
| 对峙 (對峙) | duì zhì | to stand opposite to confront | |
| 顿 (頓) | dùn | to stop to pause | |
| 顿时 (頓時) | dùn shí | immediately suddenly | |
| 多寡 | duō guǎ | number amount | |
| 多亏 (多虧) | duō kuī | thanks to luckily | |
| 多媒体 (多媒體) | duō méi tǐ | multimedia | |
| 多元 | duō yuán | poly- multi- | |
| 夺魁 (奪魁) | duó kuí | to seize to win | |
| 躲避 | duǒ bì | to hide to evade | |
| 堕胎 (墮胎) | duò tāi | to induce an abortion induced abortion | |
| 额外 (額外) | é wài | extra added | |
| 恶 (惡) | è | evil fierce | |
| 恶化 (惡化) | è huà | to worsen | |
| 恶性 (惡性) | è xìng | malignant wicked | |
| 恶意 (惡意) | è yì | malice evil intention | |
| 恩爱 (恩愛) | ēn ài | loving affection (in a couple) conjugal love | |
| 恩情 | ēn qíng | kindness affection | |
| 恩人 | ēn rén | a benefactor a person who has significantly helped sb else | |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | gratitude and grudges resentment | |
| 而是 | ér shì | rather | |
| 而言 | ér yán | with regard to (preceding phrase) | |
| 儿女 (兒女) | ér nǚ | children sons and daughters | |
| 耳光 | ěr guāng | a slap on the face | |
| 发 (發) | fā | to send out to show (one's feeling) | |
| 发电 (發電) | fā diàn | to generate electricity to send a telegram | |
| 发疯 (發瘋) | fā fēng | to go mad to go crazy | |
| 发掘 (發掘) | fā jué | to excavate to explore | |
| 发誓 (發誓) | fā shì | to vow to pledge | |
| 发育 (發育) | fā yù | to develop to mature | |
| 发作 (發作) | fā zuò | to flare up to break out | |
| 法定 | fǎ dìng | legal statutory | |
| 法官 | fǎ guān | judge (in court) | |
| 法令 | fǎ lìng | decree ordinance | |
| 法人 | fǎ rén | legal person corporation | |
| 法则 (法則) | fǎ zé | law rule | |
| 法制 | fǎ zhì | made in France | |
| 法治 | fǎ zhì | rule of law to rule by law | |
| 翻脸 (翻臉) | fān liǎn | to fall out with sb to become hostile | |
| 翻身 | fān shēn | to turn over (when lying) (fig.) to free oneself | |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | to revamp a face-lift | |
| 繁多 | fán duō | many and varied of many different kinds | |
| 繁体 (繁體) | fán tǐ | traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form | |
| 藩篱 (藩籬) | fán lí | hedge fence | |
| 凡 | fán | ordinary commonplace | |
| 凡是 | fán shì | each and every every | |
| 返 | fǎn | to return (to) | |
| 反击 (反擊) | fǎn jí | to strike back to beat back | |
| 反射 | fǎn shè | to reflect reflection (from a mirror etc) | |
| 反省 | fǎn xǐng | to reflect upon oneself to examine one's conscience | |
| 反之 | fǎn zhī | on the other hand... conversely... | |
| 犯规 (犯規) | fàn guī | to break the rules an illegality | |
| 贩毒 (販毒) | fàn dú | to traffic narcotics drugs trade | |
| 贩卖 (販賣) | fàn mài | to sell to peddle | |
| 方位 | fāng wèi | direction points of the compass | |
| 方向盘 (方向盤) | fāng xiàng pán | steering wheel | |
| 方针 (方針) | fāng zhēn | policy guidelines | |
| 方正 | fāng zhèng | Fangzheng county in Harbin, Heilongjiang | |
| 妨碍 (妨礙) | fáng ài | to hinder to obstruct | |
| 防备 (防備) | fáng bèi | to guard against | |
| 防范 (防範) | fáng fàn | to be on guard wariness | |
| 防水 | fáng shuǐ | waterproof | |
| 防卫 (防衛) | fáng wèi | to defend defensive | |
| 防御 (防禦) | fáng yù | defense to defend | |
| 防治 | fáng zhì | to prevent and cure prevention and cure | |
| 仿冒 | fǎng mào | to counterfeit fake | |
| 仿造 | fǎng zào | to copy to produce sth after a model | |
| 纺织 (紡織) | fǎng zhī | spinning and weaving | |
| 放荡 (放蕩) | fàng dàng | licentious wanton | |
| 放宽 (放寬) | fàng kuān | to relax restrictions | |
| 放款 | fàng kuǎn | to lend money (as a commercial loan) | |
| 放任 | fàng rèn | to ignore to let alone | |
| 放映 | fàng yìng | to show (a movie) to screen | |
| 放逐 | fàng zhú | to banish to deport | |
| 非凡 | fēi fán | out of the ordinary unusually (good, talented etc) | |
| 飞弹 (飛彈) | fēi dàn | missile | |
| 飞快 (飛快) | fēi kuài | very fast at lightning speed | |
| 飞翔 (飛翔) | fēi xiáng | to circle in the air to soar | |
| 飞行 (飛行) | fēi xíng | (of planes etc) to fly flying | |
| 肥料 | féi liào | fertilizer manure | |
| 废 (廢) | fèi | to abolish to abandon | |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish to abrogate | |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard to invalidate | |
| 废墟 (廢墟) | fèi xū | ruins | |
| 废止 (廢止) | fèi zhǐ | to repeal (a law) to put an end to | |
| 费力 (費力) | fèi lì | to expend a great deal of effort | |
| 沸腾 (沸騰) | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil (of sentiments etc) to boil over | |
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia inflammation of the lungs | |
| 分贝 (分貝) | fēn bèi | decibel | |
| 分辨 | fēn biàn | to distinguish to differentiate | |
| 分寸 | fēn cùn | propriety appropriate behavior | |
| 分担 (分擔) | fēn dān | to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) | |
| 分发 (分發) | fēn fā | to distribute distribution | |
| 分割 | fēn gē | to cut up to break up | |
| 分化 | fēn huà | to split apart differentiation | |
| 分级 (分級) | fēn jí | to rank to grade | |
| 分家 | fēn jiā | to separate and live apart division of a large family into smaller groups | |
| 分解 | fēn jiě | to resolve to decompose | |
| 分离 (分離) | fēn lí | to separate | |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up to divide | |
| 分泌 | fēn mì | to secrete secretion | |
| 分子 | fēn zǐ | molecular | |
| 坟墓 (墳墓) | fén mù | grave tomb | |
| 坟 (墳) | fén | grave tomb | |
| 墓 | mù | grave tomb | |
| 粉刷 | fěn shuā | to paint to whitewash | |
| 分量 | fèn liàng | (vector) component | |
| 粪 (糞) | fèn | manure dung | |
| 封闭 (封閉) | fēng bì | to seal to close | |
| 封锁 (封鎖) | fēng suǒ | to blockade to seal off | |
| 封条 (封條) | fēng tiáo | seal | |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm violent commotion | |
| 风潮 (風潮) | fēng cháo | tempest wave (of popular sentiment etc) | |
| 风光 (風光) | fēng guāng | scene view | |
| 风化 (風化) | fēng huà | decency public morals | |
| 风力 (風力) | fēng lì | wind force wind power | |
| 风尚 (風尚) | fēng shàng | current custom current way of doing things | |
| 风水 (風水) | fēng shuǐ | feng shui geomancy | |
| 风行 (風行) | fēng xíng | to become fashionable to catch on | |
| 锋面 (鋒面) | fēng miàn | front (meteorology) | |
| 丰盛 (豐盛) | fēng shèng | rich sumptuous | |
| 丰收 (豐收) | fēng shōu | bumper harvest | |
| 缝 (縫) | fèng | seam crack | |
| 奉献 (奉獻) | fèng xiàn | to offer respectfully to consecrate | |
| 奉养 (奉養) | fèng yàng | to look after (elderly parents) to serve | |
| 佛经 (佛經) | fó jīng | Buddhist texts scripture | |
| 佛像 | fó xiàng | Buddhist image statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva | |
| 否决 (否決) | fǒu jué | to veto to overrule | |
| 肤浅 (膚淺) | fū qiǎn | skin-deep superficial | |
| 敷衍 | fū yǎn | to elaborate (on a theme) to expound (the classics) | |
| 俘虏 (俘虜) | fú lǔ | captive | |
| 浮动 (浮動) | fú dòng | to float and drift unstable | |
| 服从 (服從) | fú cóng | to obey (an order) to comply | |
| 服饰 (服飾) | fú shì | apparel clothing and personal adornment | |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve service | |
| 服刑 | fú xíng | to serve a prison sentence | |
| 幅度 | fú dù | width extent | |
| 福气 (福氣) | fú qì | good fortune a blessing | |
| 辐射 (輻射) | fú shè | radiation | |
| 斧头 (斧頭) | fǔ tou | ax hatchet | |
| 斧 | fǔ | hatchet | |
| 抚养 (撫養) | fǔ yǎng | to foster to bring up | |
| 抚育 (撫育) | fǔ yù | to nurture to raise | |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot to putrefy | |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion to corrode (degrade chemically) | |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten decayed | |
| 付款 | fù kuǎn | to pay a sum of money payment | |
| 负 (負) | fù | to bear to carry (on one's back) | |
| 负面 (負面) | fù miàn | negative the negative side | |
| 富贵 (富貴) | fù guì | riches and honor | |
| 富有 | fù yǒu | rich full of | |
| 妇人 (婦人) | fù rén | married woman | |
| 附上 | fù shàng | attached included herewith | |
| 复苏 (復甦) | fù sū | to recover (health, economic) to resuscitate | |
| 复原 (復原) | fù yuán | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition to recover from illness | |
| 赋予 (賦予) | fù yǔ | to assign to entrust (a task) | |
| 该死 (該死) | gāi sǐ | Damn it! damned | |
| 改编 (改編) | gǎi biān | to adapt to rearrange | |
| 改观 (改觀) | gǎi guān | change of appearance to revise one's point of view | |
| 改良 | gǎi liáng | to improve (sth) to reform (a system) | |
| 改选 (改選) | gǎi xuǎn | reelection to reelect | |
| 钙 (鈣) | gài | calcium (chemistry) | |
| 概 | gài | general approximate | |
| 概括 | gài guā | to summarize to generalize | |
| 概况 (概況) | gài kuàng | general situation summary | |
| 盖章 (蓋章) | gài zhāng | to affix a seal to stamp (a document) | |
| 尴尬 (尷尬) | gān gà | awkward embarrassed | |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb to interfere | |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere to meddle | |
| 干燥 (乾燥) | gān zào | to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) desiccation | |
| 感触 (感觸) | gǎn chù | one's thoughts and feelings emotional stirring | |
| 感性 | gǎn xìng | perception perceptual | |
| 赶忙 (趕忙) | gǎn máng | to hurry to hasten | |
| 纲领 (綱領) | gāng lǐng | program (i.e. plan of action) guiding principle | |
| 刚强 (剛強) | gāng qiáng | firm unyielding | |
| 钢铁 (鋼鐵) | gāng tiě | steel | |
| 岗位 (崗位) | gǎng wèi | a post a job | |
| 高见 (高見) | gāo jiàn | wise opinion brilliant idea (honorific) | |
| 高压 (高壓) | gāo yā | high pressure high-handed | |
| 告别 (告別) | gào bié | to leave to bid farewell to | |
| 告状 (告狀) | gào zhuàng | to tell on sb to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) | |
| 胳膊 | gē bó | arm | |
| 歌颂 (歌頌) | gē sòng | to sing the praises of to extol | |
| 疙瘩 | gē da | swelling or lump on skin pimple | |
| 鸽 (鴿) | gē | pigeon dove | |
| 鸽子 (鴿子) | gē zi | pigeon dove | |
| 隔阂 (隔閡) | gé hé | misunderstanding estrangement | |
| 隔天 | gé tiān | the next day on alternate days | |
| 格局 | gé jú | structure pattern | |
| 格式 | gé shì | form specification | |
| 格外 | gé wài | especially particularly | |
| 革新 | gé xīn | to innovate innovation | |
| 各界 | gè jiè | all walks of life all social circles | |
| 个数 (個數) | gè shù | number of items or individuals | |
| 个体 (個體) | gè tǐ | individual | |
| 给予 (給予) | gěi yǔ | to accord to give | |
| 跟进 (跟進) | gēn jìn | to follow to follow up | |
| 跟前 | gēn qián | the front (of) (in) front | |
| 根源 | gēn yuán | origin root (cause) | |
| 耕地 | gēng dì | arable land to plow land | |
| 更动 (更動) | gēng dòng | to change to replace | |
| 弓 | gōng | bow | |
| 工地 | gōng dì | construction site | |
| 工读 (工讀) | gōng dú | (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies) (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study | |
| 工艺品 (工藝品) | gōng yì pǐn | handicraft article handiwork | |
| 公安 | gōng ān | (Ministry of) Public Security public safety | |
| 公费 (公費) | gōng fèi | at public expense | |
| 公会 (公會) | gōng huì | guild | |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen | |
| 公认 (公認) | gōng rèn | publicly known (to be) accepted (as) | |
| 公事 | gōng shì | work-related matters documents | |
| 公文 | gōng wén | document | |
| 公务 (公務) | gōng wù | official business | |
| 公务员 (公務員) | gōng wù yuán | functionary office-bearer | |
| 公益 | gōng yì | public good public welfare | |
| 公债 (公債) | gōng zhài | government bond | |
| 功劳 (功勞) | gōng láo | contribution meritorious service | |
| 功利 | gōng lì | utility | |
| 攻 | gōng | to attack to accuse | |
| 攻读 (攻讀) | gōng dú | to major (in a field) to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree | |
| 攻击 (攻擊) | gōng jí | to attack to accuse | |
| 供给 (供給) | gōng jǐ | to furnish to provide | |
| 宫殿 (宮殿) | gōng diàn | palace | |
| 恭敬 | gōng jìng | deferential respectful | |
| 恭维 (恭維) | gōng wéi | to praise to speak highly of | |
| 巩固 (鞏固) | gǒng gù | to consolidate consolidation | |
| 共产 (共產) | gòng chǎn | communist (adjective) communism | |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic | |
| 共鸣 (共鳴) | gòng míng | resonance (physics) sympathetic response to sth | |
| 供养 (供養) | gòng yàng | to supply to provide for one's elders | |
| 勾结 (勾結) | gōu jié | to collude with to collaborate with | |
| 沟 (溝) | gōu | ditch gutter | |
| 购 (購) | gòu | to buy to purchase | |
| 构想 (構想) | gòu xiǎng | to conceive concept | |
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely solitary | |
| 孤儿 (孤兒) | gū ér | orphan | |
| 孤立 | gū lì | isolate isolated | |
| 辜负 (辜負) | gū fù | to fail to live up (to expectations) unworthy (of trust) | |
| 估价 (估價) | gū jià | to value to appraise | |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange weird | |
| 古籍 | gǔ jí | ancient text antique books | |
| 古物 | gǔ wù | antique | |
| 股 | gǔ | thigh part of a whole | |
| 股市 | gǔ shì | stock market | |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for to enthusiastically promote | |
| 鼓动 (鼓動) | gǔ dòng | to agitate to arouse | |
| 故 | gù | happening instance | |
| 雇 | gù | hire | |
| 雇用 | gù yòng | employment | |
| 固然 | gù rán | admittedly (it's true that...) | |
| 固体 (固體) | gù tǐ | solid | |
| 固有 | gù yǒu | intrinsic to sth inherent | |
| 固执 (固執) | gù zhí | obstinate stubborn | |
| 顾全 (顧全) | gù quán | to give careful consideration to to display thoughtfulness towards | |
| 蜗牛 (蝸牛) | guā niú | snail | |
| 寡妇 (寡婦) | guǎ fù | widow | |
| 拐 | guǎi | to turn (a corner etc) to kidnap | |
| 官 | guān | official | |
| 官司 | guān sī | lawsuit | |
| 棺材 | guān cái | coffin | |
| 棺 | guān | coffin | |
| 观 (觀) | guàn | view | |
| 观测 (觀測) | guān cè | to observe to survey | |
| 观感 (觀感) | guān gǎn | one's impressions observations | |
| 观看 (觀看) | guān kàn | to watch to view | |
| 观摩 (觀摩) | guān mó | to observe and emulate to study (esp. following sb's example) | |
| 观望 (觀望) | guān wàng | to wait and see to watch from the sidelines | |
| 关税 (關稅) | guān shuì | customs duty tariff | |
| 关切 (關切) | guān qiè | to be deeply concerned to be troubled (by) | |
| 关怀 (關懷) | guān huái | care solicitude | |
| 关头 (關頭) | guān tóu | juncture moment | |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xì | relation relationship | |
| 关照 (關照) | guān zhào | to take care to keep an eye on | |
| 管教 | guǎn jiào | to discipline to teach | |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise to manage | |
| 管线 (管線) | guǎn xiàn | pipeline general term for pipes, cables etc | |
| 管 | guǎn | tube | |
| 管子 | guǎn zi | tube pipe | |
| 贯彻 (貫徹) | guàn chè | to implement to put into practice | |
| 灌 | guàn | to irrigate to pour | |
| 灌溉 | guàn gài | to irrigate | |
| 灌输 (灌輸) | guàn shū | to imbue with to inculcate | |
| 光顾 (光顧) | guāng gù | to visit (as a customer) | |
| 光滑 | guāng huá | glossy sleek | |
| 光辉 (光輝) | guāng huī | radiance glory | |
| 光芒 | guāng máng | rays of light brilliant rays | |
| 规范 (規範) | guī fàn | norm standard | |
| 规格 (規格) | guī gé | standard norm | |
| 规矩 (規矩) | guī jǔ | lit. compass and set square fig. established standard | |
| 归 (歸) | guī | home | |
| 归还 (歸還) | guī huán | to return sth to revert | |
| 归纳 (歸納) | guī nà | to sum up to summarize | |
| 轨道 (軌道) | guǐ dào | track (for trains etc) orbit (of a satellite) | |
| 鬼怪 | guǐ guài | hobgoblin bogey | |
| 贵 (貴) | guì | expensive noble | |
| 贵宾 (貴賓) | guì bīn | honored guest distinguished guest | |
| 棍 | gùn | stick rod | |
| 棍子 | gùn zi | stick rod | |
| 国产 (國產) | guó chǎn | domestically produced | |
| 国防 (國防) | guó fáng | national defense | |
| 国境 (國境) | guó jìng | national border frontier | |
| 国君 (國君) | guó jūn | monarch | |
| 国民 (國民) | guó mín | nationals citizens | |
| 国营 (國營) | guó yíng | state-run (company etc) nationalized | |
| 果断 (果斷) | guǒ duàn | firm decisive | |
| 果实 (果實) | guǒ shí | fruit (produced by a plant) (fig.) fruits (of success etc) | |
| 果树 (果樹) | guǒ shù | fruit tree | |
| 果真 | guǒ zhēn | really as expected | |
| 过关 (過關) | guò guān | to cross a barrier to get through (an ordeal) | |
| 过量 (過量) | guò liàng | excess overdose | |
| 过目 (過目) | guò mù | to look over | |
| 过人 (過人) | guò rén | to surpass others outstanding | |
| 过失 (過失) | guò shī | error fault | |
| 过瘾 (過癮) | guò yǐn | to satisfy a craving to get a kick out of sth | |
| 过重 (過重) | guò zhòng | overweight (luggage) | |
| 海拔 | hǎi bá | height above sea level elevation | |
| 海面 | hǎi miàn | sea level sea surface | |
| 海啸 (海嘯) | hǎi xiào | tsunami | |
| 海运 (海運) | hǎi yùn | shipping by sea | |
| 害虫 (害蟲) | hài chóng | injurious insect pest | |
| 行号 (行號) | háng hào | (registered) company | |
| 行列 | háng liè | ranks procession | |
| 航空信 | háng kōng xìn | airmail letter | |
| 航行 | háng xíng | to sail to fly | |
| 毫不 | háo bù | hardly not in the least | |
| 好比 | hǎo bǐ | to be just like can be compared to | |
| 好手 | hǎo shǒu | expert professional | |
| 好受 | hǎo shòu | feeling better to be more at ease | |
| 号 (號) | hào | ordinal number day of a month | |
| 号子 (號子) | hào zi | work chant prison cell | |
| 证券行 (證券行) | zhèng quàn háng | securities firm | |
| 合并 (合併) | hé bìng | merge | |
| 合同 | hé tóng | (business) contract | |
| 合意 | hé yì | to suit one's taste suitable | |
| 何 | hé | what | |
| 何在 | hé zài | where? what place? | |
| 和解 | hé jiě | to settle (a dispute out of court) to reconcile | |
| 和睦 | hé mù | peaceful relations harmonious | |
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious harmony | |
| 核定 | hé dìng | to audit and determine to check and ratify | |
| 核对 (核對) | hé duì | to check to verify | |
| 核算 | hé suàn | to calculate accounting | |
| 核准 | hé zhǔn | to authorize to investigate then ratify | |
| 核子 | hé zǐ | nuclear nucleus | |
| 黑名单 (黑名單) | hēi míng dān | blacklist | |
| 黑社会 (黑社會) | hēi shè huì | criminal underworld organized crime syndicate | |
| 狠 | hěn | ruthless fierce | |
| 狠心 | hěn xīn | callous heartless | |
| 哼 | hēng | to groan to snort | |
| 横 (橫) | héng | horizontal across | |
| 衡量 | héng liáng | to weigh to examine | |
| 轰动 (轟動) | hōng dòng | to cause a sensation to create a stir in (a place) | |
| 轰轰烈烈 (轟轟烈烈) | hōng hōng liè liè | strong vigorous | |
| 红利 (紅利) | hóng lì | bonus dividend | |
| 红烧 (紅燒) | hóng shāo | simmer-fried (dish) | |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge flood | |
| 宏伟 (宏偉) | hóng wěi | grand imposing | |
| 哄 | hǒng | to deceive to coax | |
| 后辈 (後輩) | hòu bèi | younger generation | |
| 候选人 (候選人) | hòu xuǎn rén | candidate | |
| 呼吁 (呼籲) | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth) to appeal (to) | |
| 壶 (壺) | hú | pot classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 胡乱 (胡亂) | hú luàn | careless reckless | |
| 狐疑 | hú yí | suspicious in doubt | |
| 户口 (戶口) | hù kǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) registered residence | |
| 互补 (互補) | hù bǔ | complementary to complement each other | |
| 互惠 | hù huì | mutual benefit mutually beneficial | |
| 护 (護) | hù | to protect | |
| 花瓣 | huā bàn | petal | |
| 花朵 | huā duǒ | flower | |
| 花卉 | huā huì | flowers and plants | |
| 花纹 (花紋) | huā wén | decorative design | |
| 花样 (花樣) | huā yàng | pattern way of doing sth | |
| 划不来 (划不來) | huá bù lái | not worth it | |
| 划得来 (划得來) | huá de lái | worth it it pays to | |
| 华裔 (華裔) | huá yì | ethnic Chinese non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry | |
| 化工 | huà gōng | chemicals | |
| 化石 | huà shí | fossil | |
| 话剧 (話劇) | huà jù | stage play modern drama | |
| 画展 (畫展) | huà zhǎn | art exhibition | |
| 划时代 (劃時代) | huà shí dài | epoch-marking | |
| 怀 (懷) | huái | pregnant | |
| 欢送 (歡送) | huān sòng | to see off to send off | |
| 幻象 | huàn xiàng | illusion | |
| 换取 (換取) | huàn qǔ | to obtain (sth) in exchange to exchange (sth) for (sth else) | |
| 患 | huàn | to suffer (from illness) to contract (a disease) | |
| 患者 | huàn zhě | patient sufferer | |
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | beyond belief preposterous | |
| 慌张 (慌張) | huāng zhāng | confused flustered | |
| 惶恐 | huáng kǒng | terrified | |
| 恍惚 | huǎng hū | absent-minded distracted | |
| 灰尘 (灰塵) | huī chén | dust | |
| 辉煌 (輝煌) | huī huáng | splendid glorious | |
| 回合 | huí hé | one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents round (boxing etc) | |
| 回绝 (回絕) | huí jué | to rebuff to refuse | |
| 回升 | huí shēng | to rise again after a fall to pick up | |
| 回响 (迴響) | huí xiǎng | echo | |
| 毁 (毀) | huǐ | to destroy to damage | |
| 毁损 (毀損) | huǐ sǔn | impair, damage | |
| 悔恨 | huǐ hèn | remorse repentance | |
| 汇 (匯) | huì | to remit to converge (of rivers) | |
| 汇票 (匯票) | huì piào | bill of exchange bank draft | |
| 会见 (會見) | huì jiàn | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) | |
| 会谈 (會談) | huì tán | talks discussions | |
| 会意 (會意) | huì yì | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters) Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements | |
| 绘画 (繪畫) | huì huà | drawing painting | |
| 贿赂 (賄賂) | huì lù | to bribe a bribe | |
| 彗星 | huì xīng | comet | |
| 昏 | hūn | muddle-headed twilight | |
| 浑身 (渾身) | hún shēn | all over from head to foot | |
| 混 | hùn | to mix to mingle | |
| 混淆 | hùn yáo | to obscure to confuse | |
| 混浊 (混濁) | hùn zhuó | turbid muddy | |
| 活 | huó | to live alive | |
| 活儿 (活兒) | huó r | work (lots of) things to do | |
| 活期 | huó qí | (banking) current (account) checking (account) | |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket | |
| 火力 | huǒ lì | fire firepower | |
| 火焰 | huǒ yàn | blaze flame | |
| 火药 (火藥) | huǒ yào | gunpowder | |
| 伙伴 | huǒ bàn | partner companion | |
| 夥伴 | huǒ bàn | partner | |
| 货币 (貨幣) | huò bì | currency monetary | |
| 货品 (貨品) | huò pǐn | goods | |
| 豁达 (豁達) | huò dá | optimistic sanguine | |
| 积 (積) | jī | to amass to accumulate | |
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level grassroots unit | |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations) industrial or military base | |
| 基督 | Jī dū | Christ | |
| 基因 | jī yīn | gene (loanword) | |
| 机动 (機動) | jī dòng | locomotive motorized | |
| 机警 (機警) | jī jǐng | perceptive astute | |
| 机率 (機率) | jī lǜ | probability odds (Tw) | |
| 机密 (機密) | jī mì | secret classified (information) | |
| 机器人 (機器人) | jī qì rén | mechanical person robot | |
| 机制 (機制) | jī zhì | mechanism | |
| 肌肤 (肌膚) | jī fū | skin flesh | |
| 饥饿 (飢餓) | jī è | hunger starvation | |
| 畸形 | jī xíng | deformity abnormality | |
| 激增 | jī zēng | to increase rapidly to shoot up | |
| 及早 | jí zǎo | at the earliest possible time as soon as possible | |
| 吉利 | jí lì | Geely, Chinese car make | |
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | lucky auspicious | |
| 汲取 | jí qǔ | to draw to derive | |
| 即 | jí | namely that is | |
| 即日 | jí rì | this or that very day in the next few days | |
| 即时 (即時) | jí shí | immediate | |
| 极端 (極端) | jí duān | extreme | |
| 极力 (極力) | jí lì | to make a supreme effort at all costs | |
| 极为 (極為) | jí wéi | extremely exceedingly | |
| 集合 | jí hé | to gather to assemble | |
| 集结 (集結) | jí jié | to assemble to concentrate | |
| 集权 (集權) | jí quán | centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party | |
| 集体 (集體) | jí tǐ | collective (decision) joint (effort) | |
| 集团 (集團) | jí tuán | group bloc | |
| 急救 | jí jiù | first aid emergency treatment | |
| 急躁 | jí zào | irritable irascible | |
| 籍贯 (籍貫) | jí guàn | one's native place place of ancestry | |
| 击 (擊) | jí | to hit to strike | |
| 击落 (擊落) | jí luò | to shoot down (a plane) | |
| 计 (計) | jì | count | |
| 暨 | jì | and to reach to | |
| 继承 (繼承) | jì chéng | to inherit to succeed to (the throne etc) | |
| 季风 (季風) | jì fēng | monsoon | |
| 剂量 (劑量) | jì liàng | dosage prescribed dose of medicine | |
| 纪律 (紀律) | jì lǜ | discipline | |
| 技能 | jì néng | technical ability skill | |
| 技艺 (技藝) | jì yì | skill art | |
| 祭祀 | jì sì | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors | |
| 家伙 (傢伙) | jiā huǒ | guy | |
| 家家户户 (家家戶戶) | jiā jiā hù hù | each and every family (idiom) every household | |
| 家属 (家屬) | jiā shǔ | family member (family) dependent | |
| 佳节 (佳節) | jiā jié | festive day holiday | |
| 佳人 | jiā rén | beautiful woman | |
| 加紧 (加緊) | jiā jǐn | to intensify to speed up | |
| 加快 | jiā kuài | to accelerate to speed up | |
| 加薪 | jiā xīn | to raise salary | |
| 加重 | jiā zhòng | to make heavier to emphasize | |
| 枷锁 (枷鎖) | jiā suǒ | stocks and chain in fetters | |
| 夹杂 (夾雜) | jiá zá | to mix together (disparate substances) to mingle | |
| 假 | jiǎ | fake false | |
| 假若 | jiǎ ruò | if supposing | |
| 假使 | jiǎ shǐ | if in case | |
| 假象 | jiǎ xiàng | false appearance facade | |
| 架 | jià | to support frame | |
| 架子 | jià zi | shelf frame | |
| 架构 (架構) | jià gòu | to construct to build | |
| 监督 (監督) | jiān dū | to control to supervise | |
| 尖端 | jiān duān | sharp pointed end the tip | |
| 坚固 (堅固) | jiān gù | firm firmly | |
| 坚忍 (堅忍) | jiān rěn | persevering | |
| 坚信 (堅信) | jiān xìn | to believe firmly without any doubt | |
| 坚硬 (堅硬) | jiān yìng | hard solid | |
| 兼职 (兼職) | jiān zhí | to hold concurrent posts concurrent job | |
| 艰巨 (艱鉅) | jiān jù | difficult | |
| 艰苦 (艱苦) | jiān kǔ | difficult hard | |
| 艰难 (艱難) | jiān nán | difficult hard | |
| 简便 (簡便) | jiǎn biàn | simple and convenient handy | |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to abbreviation | |
| 简化 (簡化) | jiǎn huà | to simplify | |
| 简体 (簡體) | jiǎn tǐ | simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form | |
| 检讨 (檢討) | jiǎn tǎo | to examine or inspect self-criticism | |
| 贱 (賤) | jiàn | inexpensive lowly | |
| 溅 (濺) | jiàn | to splash | |
| 见解 (見解) | jiàn jiě | opinion view | |
| 见识 (見識) | jiàn shì | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth to experience for oneself | |
| 见证 (見證) | jiàn zhèng | to be witness to witness | |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct to build | |
| 健身 | jiàn shēn | to exercise to keep fit | |
| 健身房 | jiàn shēn fáng | gym gymnasium | |
| 健壮 (健壯) | jiàn zhuàng | robust healthy | |
| 将 (將) | jiāng | will shall | |
| 将军 (將軍) | jiāng jūn | Chiangchun township in Tainan county, Taiwan | |
| 奖励 (獎勵) | jiǎng lì | to reward reward (as encouragement) | |
| 奖赏 (獎賞) | jiǎng shǎng | reward prize | |
| 奖状 (獎狀) | jiǎng zhuàng | prize certificate certificate of merit | |
| 讲理 (講理) | jiǎng lǐ | to argue to reason with sb | |
| 讲习 (講習) | jiǎng xí | to lecture to instruct | |
| 讲义 (講義) | jiǎng yì | teaching materials | |
| 讲座 (講座) | jiǎng zuò | a course of lectures | |
| 交错 (交錯) | jiāo cuò | to crisscross to intertwine | |
| 交货 (交貨) | jiāo huò | to deliver goods | |
| 交集 | jiāo jí | intersection (symbol ) (set theory) | |
| 交情 | jiāo qíng | friendship friendly relations | |
| 交涉 | jiāo shè | to negotiate (with) to have dealings (with) | |
| 交谈 (交談) | jiāo tán | to discuss to converse | |
| 焦急 | jiāo jí | anxiety anxious | |
| 脚本 (腳本) | jiǎo běn | script | |
| 搅和 (攪和) | jiǎo huò | to mix to blend | |
| 轿车 (轎車) | jiào chē | enclosed carriage for carrying passengers motor carriage | |
| 叫好 | jiào hǎo | to applaud to cheer | |
| 教官 | jiào guān | military instructor | |
| 教化 | jiào huà | to enlighten to civilize | |
| 教诲 (教誨) | jiào huǐ | to instruct | |
| 教徒 | jiào tú | disciple follower of a religion | |
| 教学 (教學) | jiào xué | to teach teaching and learning | |
| 教员 (教員) | jiào yuán | teacher instructor | |
| 较量 (較量) | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb to compete with sb | |
| 皆 | jiē | all each and every | |
| 阶层 (階層) | jiē céng | hierarchy stratum | |
| 阶级 (階級) | jiē jí | (social) class | |
| 街坊 | jiē fāng | neighborhood neighbor | |
| 接管 | jiē guǎn | to take over to assume control | |
| 接连 (接連) | jiē lián | on end in a row | |
| 接纳 (接納) | jiē nà | to admit (to membership) | |
| 接洽 | jiē qià | to discuss a matter with sb to get in touch with | |
| 揭幕 | jiē mù | opening unveiling | |
| 揭晓 (揭曉) | jiē xiǎo | to announce publicly to publish | |
| 截 | jié | to cut off (a length) to stop | |
| 洁白 (潔白) | jié bái | spotlessly white pure white | |
| 节俭 (節儉) | jié jiǎn | frugal economical | |
| 竭力 | jié lì | to do one's utmost | |
| 结实 (結實) | jié shi | to bear fruit | |
| 结业 (結業) | jié yè | to finish school, esp. a short course to complete a course | |
| 结缘 (結緣) | jié yuán | to form ties to become attached (to sb, sth) | |
| 解答 | jiě dá | answer explanation | |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate to emancipate | |
| 解渴 | jiě kě | to quench | |
| 解剖 | jiě pǒu | to dissect (an animal) to analyze | |
| 解说 (解說) | jiě shuō | to explain to comment | |
| 解体 (解體) | jiě tǐ | to break up into components to disintegrate | |
| 解脱 (解脫) | jiě tuō | to untie to free | |
| 解约 (解約) | jiě yuē | to terminate an agreement to cancel a contract | |
| 届 (屆) | jiè | to arrive at (place or time) period | |
| 届时 (屆時) | jiè shí | when the time comes at the scheduled time | |
| 戒 | jiè | to guard against to exhort | |
| 戒备 (戒備) | jiè bèi | to take precautions to guard against (emergency) | |
| 借贷 (借貸) | jiè dài | to borrow or lend money debit and credit items on a balance sheet | |
| 藉口 | jiè kǒu | to use as an excuse on the pretext | |
| 介入 | jiè rù | to intervene to get involved | |
| 金鱼 (金魚) | jīn yú | goldfish | |
| 津贴 (津貼) | jīn tiē | allowance | |
| 紧凑 (緊湊) | jǐn còu | compact terse | |
| 紧密 (緊密) | jǐn mì | inseparably close | |
| 紧缩 (緊縮) | jǐn suō | (economics) to reduce to curtail | |
| 谨慎 (謹慎) | jǐn shèn | cautious prudent | |
| 近 | jìn | near close to | |
| 劲 (勁) | jìn | strength energy | |
| 劲儿 (勁兒) | jìn r | strength | |
| 进场 (進場) | jìn chǎng | to enter the venue to enter the arena | |
| 进度 (進度) | jìn dù | pace tempo | |
| 进而 (進而) | jìn ér | and then (what follows next) | |
| 进攻 (進攻) | jìn gōng | to attack to assault | |
| 进化 (進化) | jìn huà | evolution | |
| 进军 (進軍) | jìn jūn | to march to advance | |
| 进修 (進修) | jìn xiū | to undertake advanced studies to take a refresher course | |
| 进展 (進展) | jìn zhǎn | to make headway to make progress | |
| 晋级 (晉級) | jìn jí | to advance in rank promotion | |
| 禁令 | jìn lìng | prohibition ban | |
| 精 | jīng | essence extract | |
| 精光 | jīng guāng | nothing left (money, food etc) all finished | |
| 精华 (精華) | jīng huá | best feature most important part of an object | |
| 精明 | jīng míng | astute shrewd | |
| 精髓 | jīng suǐ | marrow pith | |
| 精致 (精緻) | jīng zhì | delicate fine | |
| 经典 (經典) | jīng diǎn | the classics scriptures | |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy economic | |
| 经书 (經書) | jīng shū | classic books in Confucianism scriptures | |
| 惊惶 (驚惶) | jīng huáng | panic-stricken | |
| 惊奇 (驚奇) | jīng qí | to be amazed to be surprised | |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise to be pleasantly surprised | |
| 惊险 (驚險) | jīng xiǎn | thrilling a thriller | |
| 鲸鱼 (鯨魚) | jīng yú | whale | |
| 井 | jǐng | Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 警报 (警報) | jǐng bào | (fire) alarm alert signal | |
| 警觉 (警覺) | jǐng jué | to be on guard alert | |
| 警惕 | jǐng tì | to be on the alert vigilant | |
| 警卫 (警衛) | jǐng wèi | to stand guard over (security) guard | |
| 景观 (景觀) | jǐng guān | landscape | |
| 景气 (景氣) | jǐng qì | (of economy, business etc) flourishing prosperous | |
| 景物 | jǐng wù | scenery | |
| 景象 | jǐng xiàng | scene sight (to behold) | |
| 净 (淨) | jìng | net | |
| 敬 | jìng | to respect to venerate | |
| 敬佩 | jìng pèi | to esteem to admire | |
| 境地 | jìng dì | circumstances | |
| 静脉 (靜脈) | jìng mài | vein | |
| 静态 (靜態) | jìng tài | static sedate | |
| 竞赛 (競賽) | jìng sài | race competition | |
| 竞选 (競選) | jìng xuǎn | to take part in an election to run for office | |
| 竞争 (競爭) | jìng zhēng | to compete competition | |
| 揪 | jiū | to seize to clutch | |
| 纠纷 (糾紛) | jiū fēn | dispute | |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop pub (public house) | |
| 酒馆 (酒館) | jiǔ guǎn | tavern pub | |
| 酒精 | jiǔ jīng | alcohol ethanol CH3CH2OH | |
| 就 | jiù | at once right away | |
| 就绪 (就緒) | jiù xù | to be ready to be in order | |
| 救济 (救濟) | jiù jì | emergency relief to help the needy with cash or goods | |
| 救援 | jiù yuán | to save to support | |
| 居 | jū | home | |
| 局部 | jú bù | part local | |
| 局面 | jú miàn | aspect phase | |
| 沮丧 (沮喪) | jǔ sàng | dispirited dejected | |
| 举止 (舉止) | jǔ zhǐ | bearing manner | |
| 举重 (舉重) | jǔ zhòng | to lift weights weight-lifting (sports) | |
| 巨人 | jù rén | giant | |
| 拒 | jù | to resist to repel | |
| 据悉 (據悉) | jù xī | according to reports it is reported (that) | |
| 俱全 | jù quán | every kind every variety under the sun | |
| 捐献 (捐獻) | juān xiàn | to donate to contribute | |
| 捐赠 (捐贈) | juān zèng | to contribute (as a gift) to donate | |
| 决赛 (決賽) | jué sài | finals (of a competition) | |
| 决议 (決議) | jué yì | a resolution to pass a resolution | |
| 抉择 (抉擇) | jué zé | to choose (literary) | |
| 绝大多数 (絕大多數) | jué dà duō shù | absolute majority overwhelming majority | |
| 绝迹 (絕跡) | jué jī | to be eradicated to vanish | |
| 均 | jūn | equal even | |
| 均衡 | jūn héng | equal balanced | |
| 均匀 (均勻) | jūn yún | even well-distributed | |
| 军备 (軍備) | jūn bèi | (military) arms armaments | |
| 军阀 (軍閥) | jūn fá | military clique junta | |
| 军官 (軍官) | jūn guān | officer (military) | |
| 军舰 (軍艦) | jūn jiàn | warship military naval vessel | |
| 开办 (開辦) | kāi bàn | to open to start (a business etc) | |
| 开导 (開導) | kāi dǎo | to talk sb round to straighten sth out | |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource) to open up (for development) | |
| 开饭 (開飯) | kāi fàn | to serve a meal | |
| 开放 (開放) | kāi fàng | to bloom to open | |
| 开口 (開口) | kāi kǒu | to open one's mouth to start to talk | |
| 开阔 (開闊) | kāi kuò | wide open (spaces) | |
| 开路 (開路) | kāi lù | to open up a path to make one's way through | |
| 开幕 (開幕) | kāi mù | to open (a conference) to inaugurate | |
| 开盘 (開盤) | kāi pán | to commence trading (stock market) | |
| 开辟 (開闢) | kāi pì | to open up to set up | |
| 开启 (開啟) | kāi qǐ | to open to start | |
| 开头 (開頭) | kāi tóu | beginning to start | |
| 开头儿 (開頭兒) | kāi tóu r | the beginning | |
| 开销 (開銷) | kāi xiāo | to pay (expenses) expenses | |
| 开业 (開業) | kāi yè | to open a business to open a practice | |
| 开展 (開展) | kāi zhǎn | to launch to develop | |
| 开张 (開張) | kāi zhāng | to open a business first transaction of a business day | |
| 刊物 | kān wù | publication | |
| 刊登 | kān dēng | to carry a story to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) | |
| 看守 | kān shǒu | to guard to watch over | |
| 康复 (康復) | kāng fù | to recuperate to recover (health) | |
| 慷慨 | kāng kǎi | vehement fervent | |
| 扛 | káng | to carry on one's shoulder (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc) | |
| 抗争 (抗爭) | kàng zhēng | to resist to make a stand and fight (against) | |
| 考场 (考場) | kǎo chǎng | exam room | |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology | |
| 考量 | kǎo liáng | to consider to give serious consideration to sth | |
| 考生 | kǎo shēng | exam candidate student whose name has been put forward for an exam | |
| 考验 (考驗) | kǎo yàn | to test to put to the test | |
| 烤肉 | kǎo ròu | barbecue (lit. roast meat) | |
| 靠 | kào | to lean against or on to stand by the side of | |
| 刻画 (刻畫) | kè huà | to portray | |
| 刻划 (刻劃) | kè huà | score | |
| 科幻 | kē huàn | science fiction | |
| 苛责 (苛責) | kē zé | to criticize harshly to excoriate | |
| 壳 (殼) | ké | shell carapace | |
| 可观 (可觀) | kě guān | considerable impressive | |
| 可见 (可見) | kě jiàn | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) it is (thus) clear | |
| 可望 | kě wàng | can be expected (to) to be expected (to) | |
| 可行 | kě xíng | feasible | |
| 刻薄 | kè bó | unkind harsh | |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking assiduous | |
| 刻意 | kè yì | meticulous painstaking | |
| 客机 (客機) | kè jī | passenger plane | |
| 课业 (課業) | kè yè | lesson schoolwork | |
| 克制 | kè zhì | to restrain to control | |
| 吭声 (吭聲) | kēng shēng | to utter a word | |
| 空旷 (空曠) | kōng kuàng | spacious and empty void | |
| 空难 (空難) | kōng nàn | air crash aviation accident or incident | |
| 空谈 (空談) | kōng tán | prattle idle chit-chat | |
| 空运 (空運) | kōng yùn | air transport | |
| 孔 | kǒng | hole | |
| 恐吓 (恐嚇) | kǒng hè | to threaten to menace | |
| 恐惧 (恐懼) | kǒng jù | to be frightened fear | |
| 口头 (口頭) | kǒu tóu | oral verbal | |
| 口吻 | kǒu wěn | tone of voice connotation in intonation | |
| 扣除 | kòu chú | to deduct | |
| 苦工 | kǔ gōng | hard labor (in penal code) coolie | |
| 苦难 (苦難) | kǔ nàn | suffering | |
| 苦恼 (苦惱) | kǔ nǎo | vexed distressed | |
| 苦衷 | kǔ zhōng | secret trouble sorrow | |
| 库存 (庫存) | kù cún | property or cash held in reserve stock | |
| 夸耀 (誇耀) | kuā yào | to brag about to flaunt | |
| 跨越 | kuà yuè | to step across step over | |
| 快活 | kuài huó | happy cheerful | |
| 宽广 (寬廣) | kuān guǎng | wide broad | |
| 宽阔 (寬闊) | kuān kuò | expansive wide | |
| 款 | kuǎn | section paragraph | |
| 款待 | kuǎn dài | to entertain to be hospitable to | |
| 狂风 (狂風) | kuáng fēng | gale squall | |
| 狂妄 | kuáng wàng | egotistical arrogant | |
| 矿产 (礦產) | kuàng chǎn | minerals | |
| 矿工 (礦工) | kuàng gōng | miner | |
| 亏 (虧) | kuī | deficiency deficit | |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect | |
| 捆 | kǔn | a bunch to tie together | |
| 困 | kùn | to trap to surround | |
| 困境 | kùn jìng | predicament plight | |
| 困扰 (困擾) | kùn rǎo | to perplex to disturb | |
| 扩建 (擴建) | kuò jiàn | to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) | |
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread to proliferate | |
| 扩张 (擴張) | kuò zhāng | expansion dilation | |
| 拉票 | lā piào | to campaign for votes to ask voters for support | |
| 腊月 (臘月) | là yuè | twelfth lunar month | |
| 来宾 (來賓) | lái bīn | Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi | |
| 来得 (來得) | lái de | to emerge (from a comparison) to come out as | |
| 来客 (來客) | lái kè | guest | |
| 栏 (欄) | lán | fence railing | |
| 拦 (攔) | lán | to block sb's path to obstruct | |
| 懒惰 (懶惰) | lǎn duò | idle lazy | |
| 懒散 (懶散) | lǎn sǎn | inactive careless | |
| 朗读 (朗讀) | lǎng dú | to read aloud | |
| 朗诵 (朗誦) | lǎng sòng | to read aloud with expression to recite | |
| 牢 | láo | firm sturdy | |
| 劳改 (勞改) | láo gǎi | reform through labor laogai (prison camp) | |
| 劳累 (勞累) | láo lèi | tired exhausted | |
| 老人家 | lǎo rén jia | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 老天爷 (老天爺) | lǎo tiān yé | God Heavens | |
| 老头儿 (老頭兒) | lǎo tóu r | old man | |
| 老头 (老頭) | lǎo tóu | old fellow old man | |
| 老头子 (老頭子) | lǎo tóu zi | (said of an aging husband) my old man | |
| 老乡 (老鄉) | lǎo xiāng | fellow townsman fellow villager | |
| 老子 | lǎo zi | father daddy | |
| 雷 | léi | thunder | |
| 雷达 (雷達) | léi dá | radar (loanword) | |
| 雷同 | léi tóng | mirroring others identical | |
| 累积 (累積) | lěi jī | to accumulate | |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar analogous | |
| 冷冻 (冷凍) | lěng dòng | to freeze to deep-freeze | |
| 冷汗 | lěng hàn | cold sweat | |
| 冷清 | lěng qīng | cold and cheerless fig. lonely | |
| 勒索 | lè suǒ | to blackmail to extort | |
| 哩 | lī | mile (unit of length equal to 1,609.344 m) old form of modern | |
| 黎明 | lí míng | dawn daybreak | |
| 罹难 (罹難) | lí nàn | to die in an accident or disaster to be killed | |
| 里程 | lǐ chéng | mileage (distance traveled) course (of development) | |
| 理财 (理財) | lǐ cái | financial management finance | |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory to argue | |
| 理所当然 (理所當然) | lǐ suǒ dāng rán | as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course inevitable and right | |
| 理性 | lǐ xìng | reason rationality | |
| 理学 (理學) | lǐ xué | School of Principle Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi ) | |
| 理智 | lǐ zhì | reason intellect | |
| 礼服 (禮服) | lǐ fú | ceremonial robe formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) | |
| 礼节 (禮節) | lǐ jié | etiquette | |
| 礼貌 (禮貌) | lǐ mào | courtesy manners | |
| 力求 | lì qiú | to make every effort to striving to do one's best | |
| 力行 | lì xíng | to practice diligently to act energetically | |
| 力学 (力學) | lì xué | mechanics to study hard | |
| 立国 (立國) | lì guó | to found a country | |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately | |
| 立体 (立體) | lì tǐ | three-dimensional solid | |
| 利率 | lì lǜ | interest rates | |
| 利弊 | lì bì | pros and cons merits and drawbacks | |
| 例 | lì | example precedent | |
| 历届 (歷屆) | lì jiè | all previous (meetings, sessions etc) | |
| 历来 (歷來) | lì lái | always throughout (a period of time) | |
| 历年 (歷年) | lì nián | over the years | |
| 联 (聯) | lián | to ally to unite | |
| 联盟 (聯盟) | lián méng | alliance union | |
| 联系 (聯繫) | lián xì | connect | |
| 连系 (連繫) | lián xì | to link to connect | |
| 联想 (聯想) | lián xiǎng | lenovo | |
| 连带 (連帶) | lián dài | to be related to entail | |
| 连结 (連結) | lián jié | link | |
| 联结 (聯結) | lián jié | to bind to tie | |
| 连任 (連任) | lián rèn | to continue in (a political) office to serve for another term of office | |
| 连线 (連線) | lián xiàn | electrical lead connecting line | |
| 廉价 (廉價) | lián jià | cheaply-priced low-cost | |
| 廉洁 (廉潔) | lián jié | honest not coercive | |
| 脸庞 (臉龐) | liǎn páng | face | |
| 脸谱 (臉譜) | liǎn pǔ | ||
| 良机 (良機) | liáng jī | a good chance a golden opportunity | |
| 两极 (兩極) | liǎng jí | the two poles the north and south poles | |
| 两口子 (兩口子) | liǎng kǒu zi | husband and wife | |
| 辽阔 (遼闊) | liáo kuò | vast extensive | |
| 列 | liè | to arrange to line up | |
| 列车 (列車) | liè chē | (railway) train | |
| 列国 (列國) | liè guó | various countries | |
| 列入 | liè rù | to include on a list | |
| 猎人 (獵人) | liè rén | hunter | |
| 烈士 | liè shì | martyr | |
| 临 (臨) | lín | to face to overlook | |
| 临床 (臨床) | lín chuáng | clinical | |
| 邻里 (鄰里) | lín lǐ | neighbor neighborhood | |
| 铃 (鈴) | líng | (small) bell | |
| 灵 (靈) | líng | quick alert | |
| 灵感 (靈感) | líng gǎn | inspiration insight | |
| 灵验 (靈驗) | líng yàn | efficacious effective | |
| 领队 (領隊) | lǐng duì | to lead a group leader of a group | |
| 领会 (領會) | lǐng huì | to understand to comprehend | |
| 领悟 (領悟) | lǐng wù | to understand to comprehend | |
| 令 | lìng | to order to command | |
| 另 | lìng | other another | |
| 流程 | liú chéng | course stream | |
| 流传 (流傳) | liú chuán | to spread to circulate | |
| 流落 | liú luò | to wander about destitute to be stranded | |
| 流氓 | liú máng | rogue hoodlum | |
| 流失 | liú shī | (of soil etc) to wash away to be eroded | |
| 流水 | liú shuǐ | running water (business) turnover | |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate to distribute | |
| 流星 | liú xīng | meteor shooting star | |
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin valley | |
| 柳树 (柳樹) | liǔ shù | willow | |
| 笼 (籠) | lóng | enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc cage | |
| 笼子 (籠子) | lóng zi | cage basket | |
| 笼罩 (籠罩) | lóng zhào | to envelop to shroud | |
| 垄断 (壟斷) | lǒng duàn | to enjoy market dominance to monopolize | |
| 楼房 (樓房) | lóu fáng | a building of two or more stories | |
| 漏 | lòu | to leak to divulge | |
| 炉 (爐) | lú | stove furnace | |
| 炉子 (爐子) | lú zi | stove oven | |
| 陆地 (陸地) | lù dì | dry land (as opposed to the sea) | |
| 路过 (路過) | lù guò | to pass by or through | |
| 露天 | lù tiān | outdoors al fresco | |
| 录影 (錄影) | lù yǐng | to videotape to videorecord | |
| 录影机 (錄影機) | lù yǐng jī | camcorder video recorder | |
| 轮廓 (輪廓) | lún kuò | an outline silhouette | |
| 伦理 (倫理) | lún lǐ | ethics | |
| 沦陷 (淪陷) | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands to be occupied | |
| 论点 (論點) | lùn diǎn | argument line of reasoning | |
| 卵 | luǎn | egg ovum | |
| 啰嗦 (囉嗦) | luō suō | long-winded wordy | |
| 啰唆 (囉唆) | luō suō | talkative | |
| 锣 (鑼) | luó | gong | |
| 逻辑 (邏輯) | luó jí | logic (loanword) | |
| 落得 | luò dé | ending up as leading to | |
| 落魄 | luò tuò | down and out in dire straits | |
| 落选 (落選) | luò xuǎn | to fail to be chosen (or elected) to lose an election | |
| 骆驼 (駱駝) | luò tuó | camel ninny | |
| 驴 (驢) | lǘ | donkey | |
| 铝 (鋁) | lǚ | aluminum (chemistry) | |
| 旅费 (旅費) | lǚ fèi | travel expenses | |
| 旅途 | lǚ tú | journey trip | |
| 履历 (履歷) | lǚ lì | background (academic and work) curriculum vitae | |
| 履行 | lǚ xíng | to fulfill (one's obligations) to carry out (a task) | |
| 略 | lüè | plan strategy | |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia (fig.) to poison (sb's mind) | |
| 马铃薯 (馬鈴薯) | mǎ líng shǔ | potato | |
| 埋伏 | mái fú | to ambush to lie in wait for | |
| 买卖 (買賣) | mǎi mài | buying and selling business | |
| 买主 (買主) | mǎi zhǔ | customer | |
| 迈 (邁) | mài | to take a step to stride | |
| 迈进 (邁進) | mài jìn | to step in to stride forward | |
| 麦 (麥) | mài | wheat | |
| 麦子 (麥子) | mài zi | wheat | |
| 瞒 (瞞) | mán | to conceal from to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 蛮横 (蠻橫) | mán hèng | rude and unreasonable | |
| 满怀 (滿懷) | mǎn huái | to have one's heart filled with (to collide) full on | |
| 漫长 (漫長) | màn cháng | very long endless | |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to extend to spread | |
| 盲从 (盲從) | máng cóng | to follow blindly to conform slavishly | |
| 盲人 | máng rén | blind person | |
| 茫然 | máng rán | blankly vacantly | |
| 毛毯 | máo tǎn | blanket | |
| 茂密 | mào mì | dense (of plant growth) lush | |
| 冒险 (冒險) | mào xiǎn | to take risks to take chances | |
| 枚 | méi | piece | |
| 眉毛 | méi máo | eyebrow | |
| 眉 | méi | eyebrow upper margin | |
| 眉头 (眉頭) | méi tóu | brows | |
| 每每 | měi měi | often | |
| 美满 (美滿) | měi mǎn | happy blissful | |
| 闷 (悶) | mēn | stuffy shut indoors | |
| 门户 (門戶) | mén hù | door strategic gateway | |
| 蒙 | méng | mongolian | |
| 猛 | měng | ferocious fierce | |
| 猛烈 | měng liè | fierce violent (criticism etc) | |
| 梦见 (夢見) | mèng jiàn | to dream about (sth or sb) to see in a dream | |
| 谜 (謎) | mí | riddle | |
| 谜语 (謎語) | mí yǔ | riddle conundrum | |
| 迷宫 (迷宮) | mí gōng | maze labyrinth | |
| 迷惑 | mí huò | to puzzle to confuse | |
| 迷恋 (迷戀) | mí liàn | to be infatuated with to be enchanted by | |
| 弥补 (彌補) | mí bǔ | to complement to make up for a deficiency | |
| 密集 | mì jí | concentrated crowded together | |
| 蜜 | mì | honey | |
| 鸣 (鳴) | míng | to cry (of birds, animals and insects) to make a sound | |
| 明白 | míng bái | clear obvious | |
| 明理 | míng lǐ | sensible reasonable | |
| 明日 | míng rì | tomorrow | |
| 明智 | míng zhì | sensible wise | |
| 名额 (名額) | míng é | quota number of places | |
| 名号 (名號) | míng hào | name good reputation | |
| 名气 (名氣) | míng qì | reputation fame | |
| 名胜 (名勝) | míng shèng | a place famous for its scenery or historical relics scenic spot | |
| 名声 (名聲) | míng shēng | reputation | |
| 名堂 | míng táng | item (in a program of entertainments) trick (act of mischief) | |
| 名下 | míng xià | under sb's name | |
| 冥想 | míng xiǎng | to meditate meditation | |
| 命名 | mìng míng | to give a name to to dub | |
| 命中 | mìng zhòng | to hit (a target) | |
| 绵延 (綿延) | mián yán | continuous (esp. of mountain ranges) to stretch long and unbroken | |
| 勉强 (勉強) | miǎn qiǎng | to do with difficulty to force sb to do sth | |
| 免税 (免稅) | miǎn shuì | not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) tax free | |
| 免疫 | miǎn yì | immunity (to disease) | |
| 面孔 | miàn kǒng | face | |
| 描绘 (描繪) | miáo huì | to describe to portray | |
| 描述 | miáo shù | to describe description | |
| 民俗 | mín sú | popular custom | |
| 民营 (民營) | mín yíng | privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state) | |
| 敏感 | mǐn gǎn | sensitive susceptible | |
| 敏捷 | mǐn jié | nimble quick | |
| 灭 (滅) | miè | to extinguish or put out to go out (of a fire etc) | |
| 模范 (模範) | mó fàn | model fine example | |
| 模具 | mó jù | mold matrix | |
| 模式 | mó shì | mode method | |
| 魔术 (魔術) | mó shù | magic | |
| 末期 | mò qí | end (of a period) last part | |
| 墨 | mò | ink | |
| 没落 (沒落) | mò luò | to decline to wane | |
| 没收 (沒收) | mò shōu | to confiscate to seize | |
| 默默 | mò mò | in silence not speaking | |
| 默契 | mò qì | tacit understanding mutual understanding | |
| 漠视 (漠視) | mò shì | to ignore to neglect | |
| 谋生 (謀生) | móu shēng | to seek one's livelihood to work to support oneself | |
| 某些 | mǒu xiē | some certain (things) | |
| 亩 (畝) | mǔ | mu | |
| 木材 | mù cái | wood | |
| 木刻 | mù kē | woodcut | |
| 木料 | mù liào | lumber timber | |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet | |
| 沐浴 | mù yù | to take a bath to bathe | |
| 目睹 | mù dǔ | to witness to see at first hand | |
| 目光 | mù guāng | sight vision | |
| 目击 (目擊) | mù jí | to see with one's own eyes to witness | |
| 牧场 (牧場) | mù chǎng | pasture grazing land | |
| 幕 | mù | curtain or screen canopy or tent | |
| 募集 | mù jí | to raise to collect | |
| 拿 | ná | take | |
| 纳闷 (納悶) | nà mèn | puzzled bewildered | |
| 纳入 (納入) | nà rù | to bring into to channel into | |
| 纳税 (納稅) | nà shuì | to pay taxes | |
| 乃 | nǎi | to be thus | |
| 乃是 | nǎi shì | yes | |
| 耐 | nài | capable of enduring able to tolerate | |
| 耐力 | nài lì | endurance | |
| 男方 | nán fāng | the bridegroom's side of the bridegroom's family | |
| 南极洲 (南極洲) | nán jí zhōu | Antarctica | |
| 难度 (難度) | nán dù | trouble problem | |
| 难关 (難關) | nán guān | difficulty crisis | |
| 难免 (難免) | nán miǎn | hard to avoid difficult to escape from | |
| 难题 (難題) | nán tí | difficult problem | |
| 难民 (難民) | nàn mín | refugee | |
| 囊括 | náng guā | to include to embrace | |
| 脑海 (腦海) | nǎo hǎi | the mind the brain | |
| 脑力 (腦力) | nǎo lì | mental capacity | |
| 内阁 (內閣) | nèi gé | (government) cabinet | |
| 内涵 (內涵) | nèi hán | meaningful content implication | |
| 内销 (內銷) | nèi xiāo | to sell in the domestic market domestic market | |
| 内在 (內在) | nèi zài | inner internal | |
| 内战 (內戰) | nèi zhàn | civil war | |
| 内政 (內政) | nèi zhèng | internal affairs (of a country) | |
| 能量 | néng liàng | energy capabilities | |
| 拟 (擬) | nǐ | doubtful suspicious | |
| 拟定 (擬定) | nǐ dìng | to draw up to draft | |
| 念头 (念頭) | niàn tou | thought idea | |
| 娘 | niáng | mother young lady | |
| 娘家 | niáng jiā | married woman's parents' home | |
| 凝固 | níng gù | to freeze to solidify | |
| 凝结 (凝結) | níng jié | to condense to solidify | |
| 凝聚 | níng jù | to condense to coagulate | |
| 凝视 (凝視) | níng shì | to gaze at to fix one's eyes on | |
| 扭转 (扭轉) | niǔ zhuǎn | to reverse to turn around (an undesirable situation) | |
| 农具 (農具) | nóng jù | farm implements farm tools | |
| 农田 (農田) | nóng tián | farmland cultivated land | |
| 农作物 (農作物) | nóng zuò wù | (farm) crops | |
| 奴隶 (奴隸) | nú lì | slave | |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | great effort to strive | |
| 怒气 (怒氣) | nù qì | anger | |
| 挪 | nuó | to shift to move | |
| 懦弱 | nuò ruò | cowardly weak | |
| 诺言 (諾言) | nuò yán | promise | |
| 女方 | nǚ fāng | the bride's side (of a wedding) of the bride's party | |
| 虐待 | nüè dài | to mistreat to maltreat | |
| 趴 | pā | to lie on one's stomach to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) | |
| 拍马屁 (拍馬屁) | pāi mǎ pì | to flatter to fawn on | |
| 拍摄 (拍攝) | pāi shè | to film to shoot (a picture) | |
| 拍子 | pāi zi | beat (music) paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) | |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate to remove | |
| 排挤 (排擠) | pái jǐ | to crowd out to push aside | |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc) ranking | |
| 派出所 | pài chū suǒ | local police station | |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission) to dispatch | |
| 派头 (派頭) | pài tóu | manner style | |
| 判 | pàn | to judge to sentence | |
| 盼 | pàn | to hope for to long for | |
| 旁人 | páng rén | other people bystanders | |
| 旁听 (旁聽) | páng tīng | to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc) | |
| 抛 (拋) | pāo | to throw to toss | |
| 抛弃 (拋棄) | pāo qì | to abandon to discard | |
| 跑道 | pǎo dào | athletic track track | |
| 泡 | pào | bubble foam | |
| 泡沫 | pào mò | foam (soap) bubble | |
| 陪伴 | péi bàn | to accompany | |
| 培训 (培訓) | péi xùn | to cultivate to train | |
| 培育 | péi yù | to train to breed | |
| 配 | pèi | to join to fit | |
| 配给 (配給) | pèi jǐ | to ration to allocate | |
| 配音 | pèi yīn | dubbing (filmmaking) | |
| 喷漆 (噴漆) | pēn qī | to spray paint or lacquer lacquer | |
| 盆地 | pén dì | (geography) basin depression | |
| 蓬勃 | péng bó | vigorous flourishing | |
| 捧场 (捧場) | pěng chǎng | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge) to root for sb | |
| 批发 (批發) | pī fā | wholesale bulk trade | |
| 批准 | pī zhǔn | to approve to ratify | |
| 疲惫 (疲憊) | pí bèi | beaten exhausted | |
| 匹 | pǐ | classifier for horses, mules etc ordinary person | |
| 譬如 | pì rú | for example for instance | |
| 譬如说 (譬如說) | pì rú shuō | for example | |
| 偏差 | piān chā | bias deviation | |
| 便宜 | pián yí | convenient | |
| 片刻 | piàn kè | short period of time a moment | |
| 票 | piào | ticket ballot | |
| 拼 | pīn | to piece together to join together | |
| 贫苦 (貧苦) | pín kǔ | poverty-stricken poor | |
| 贫民 (貧民) | pín mín | poor people | |
| 品味 | pǐn wèi | to sample to taste | |
| 品种 (品種) | pǐn zhǒng | breed variety | |
| 平凡 | píng fán | commonplace ordinary | |
| 平面 | píng miàn | plane (flat surface) print media | |
| 平稳 (平穩) | píng wěn | smooth steady | |
| 平行 | píng xíng | parallel of equal rank | |
| 评估 (評估) | píng gū | to evaluate to assess | |
| 评价 (評價) | píng jià | to evaluate to assess | |
| 评论 (評論) | píng lùn | to comment on to discuss | |
| 泼 (潑) | pō | to splash to spill | |
| 婆家 | pó jiā | husband's family | |
| 破案 | pò àn | to solve a case shabby old table | |
| 破产 (破產) | pò chǎn | to go bankrupt to become impoverished | |
| 破除 | pò chú | to eliminate to do away with | |
| 破获 (破獲) | pò huò | to uncover (a criminal plot) to break open and capture | |
| 破例 | pò lì | to make an exception | |
| 破碎 | pò suì | to smash to pieces to shatter | |
| 迫害 | pò hài | to persecute persecution | |
| 魄力 | pò lì | courage daring | |
| 朴素 (樸素) | pú sù | plain and simple unadorned | |
| 曝光 | pù guāng | to expose (photography) (fig.) to expose (a scandal) | |
| 暴露 | pù lù | to expose to reveal | |
| 漆 | qī | paint lacquer | |
| 凄凉 (淒涼) | qī liáng | desolate | |
| 欺侮 | qī wǔ | to bully | |
| 奇观 (奇觀) | qí guān | spectacle impressive sight | |
| 奇迹 (奇蹟) | qí jī | miracle | |
| 奇妙 | qí miào | fantastic wonderful | |
| 奇异 (奇異) | qí yì | fantastic bizarre | |
| 期货 (期貨) | qí huò | futures | |
| 旗帜 (旗幟) | qí zhì | ensign flag | |
| 乞丐 | qǐ gài | beggar | |
| 启 (啟) | qǐ | start | |
| 启发 (啟發) | qǐ fā | to enlighten to explain (a text etc) | |
| 启示 (啟示) | qǐ shì | to reveal to enlighten | |
| 启事 (啟事) | qǐ shì | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) to post information | |
| 起步 | qǐ bù | to set out to set in motion | |
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | to move up and down to undulate | |
| 起码 (起碼) | qǐ mǎ | at the minimum at the very least | |
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | origin to originate | |
| 气概 (氣概) | qì gài | lofty quality mettle | |
| 气管 (氣管) | qì guǎn | windpipe trachea | |
| 气派 (氣派) | qì pài | impressive stylish | |
| 气势 (氣勢) | qì shì | imposing manner loftiness | |
| 气体 (氣體) | qì tǐ | gas (i.e. gaseous substance) | |
| 气压 (氣壓) | qì yā | atmospheric pressure barometric pressure | |
| 契机 (契機) | qì jī | opportunity turning point | |
| 弃权 (棄權) | qì quán | to abstain from voting to forfeit | |
| 恰当 (恰當) | qià dàng | appropriate suitable | |
| 恰好 | qià hǎo | as it turns out by lucky coincidence | |
| 恰恰 | qià qià | exactly just | |
| 洽商 | qià shāng | to negotiate to talk over | |
| 洽谈 (洽談) | qià tán | to discuss | |
| 铅 (鉛) | qiān | lead | |
| 牵连 (牽連) | qiān lián | to implicate implicated | |
| 签署 (簽署) | qiān shù | to sign (an agreement) | |
| 千万 (千萬) | qiān wàn | ten million countless | |
| 谦逊 (謙遜) | qiān xùn | humble modest | |
| 前辈 (前輩) | qián bèi | senior older generation | |
| 前程 | qián chéng | future (career etc) prospects | |
| 前后 (前後) | qián hòu | around from beginning to end | |
| 前景 | qián jǐng | foreground vista | |
| 前科 | qián kē | criminal record previous convictions | |
| 前提 | qián tí | premise precondition | |
| 潜藏 (潛藏) | qián cáng | hidden beneath the surface buried and concealed | |
| 潜力 (潛力) | qián lì | potential capacity | |
| 虔诚 (虔誠) | qián chéng | pious devout | |
| 浅薄 (淺薄) | qiǎn bó | superficial | |
| 浅显 (淺顯) | qiǎn xiǎn | plain clear | |
| 腔调 (腔調) | qiāng diào | accent | |
| 墙角 (牆角) | qiáng jiǎo | corner (junction of two walls) | |
| 强劲 (強勁) | qiáng jìng | strong powerful | |
| 强求 (強求) | qiǎng qiú | to insist on to demand | |
| 强权 (強權) | qiáng quán | power might | |
| 强壮 (強壯) | qiáng zhuàng | strong sturdy | |
| 瞧不起 | qiáo bù qǐ | to look down upon to hold in contempt | |
| 桥梁 (橋樑) | qiáo liáng | bridge | |
| 巧合 | qiǎo hé | coincidence coincidental | |
| 俏 | qiào | good-looking charming | |
| 翘 (翹) | qiào | to stick up to rise on one end | |
| 峭壁 | qiào bì | cliff steep | |
| 翘课 (翹課) | qiào kè | to skip school to cut class | |
| 切磋 | qiē cuō | to compare notes to learn from one another | |
| 且 | qiě | and moreover | |
| 切实 (切實) | qiè shí | feasible realistic | |
| 窃贼 (竊賊) | qiè zéi | thief | |
| 亲 (親) | qīn | parent one's own (flesh and blood) | |
| 亲热 (親熱) | qīn rè | affectionate intimate | |
| 亲身 (親身) | qīn shēn | personal oneself | |
| 亲生 (親生) | qīn shēng | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) biological (parents) | |
| 侵犯 | qīn fàn | to infringe on to encroach on | |
| 侵略 | qīn lüè | invasion encroachment | |
| 侵蚀 (侵蝕) | qīn shí | to erode to corrode | |
| 侵袭 (侵襲) | qīn xí | to invade to assail | |
| 钦佩 (欽佩) | qīn pèi | to admire to look up to | |
| 琴 | qín | guqin (a type of zither) musical instrument in general | |
| 勤奋 (勤奮) | qín fèn | hardworking diligent | |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth youthfulness | |
| 青翠 | qīng cuì | fresh and green verdant | |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | frog (slang) ugly guy | |
| 清澈 | qīng chè | clear limpid | |
| 清洁 (清潔) | qīng jié | clean to clean | |
| 清静 (清靜) | qīng jìng | quiet peaceful and quiet | |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest uncorrupted | |
| 清幽 | qīng yōu | (of a location) quiet and secluded beautiful and secluded | |
| 清扫 (清掃) | qīng sǎo | to tidy up to mop up | |
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend tendency | |
| 轻薄 (輕薄) | qīng bó | light (weight) frivolous | |
| 轻蔑 (輕蔑) | qīng miè | to contempt to disdain | |
| 轻易 (輕易) | qīng yì | easily lightly | |
| 情报 (情報) | qíng bào | information intelligence | |
| 情操 | qíng cāo | sentiments feelings | |
| 情妇 (情婦) | qíng fù | mistress paramour (of married man) | |
| 情节 (情節) | qíng jié | plot circumstances | |
| 情景 | qíng jǐng | scene spectacle | |
| 情侣 (情侶) | qíng lǚ | sweethearts lovers | |
| 情趣 | qíng qù | inclinations and interests delight | |
| 庆幸 (慶幸) | qìng xìng | to rejoice to be glad | |
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | hills | |
| 求学 (求學) | qiú xué | to seek knowledge to study | |
| 求助 | qiú zhù | to request help to appeal (for help) | |
| 屈服 | qū fú | to surrender to succumb | |
| 趋势 (趨勢) | qū shì | trend tendency | |
| 渠道 | qú dào | irrigation ditch (fig.) channel | |
| 取材 | qǔ cái | to collect material | |
| 取缔 (取締) | qǔ dì | to suppress to crack down on | |
| 取样 (取樣) | qǔ yàng | to take a sample | |
| 取悦 (取悅) | qǔ yuè | to try to please | |
| 趣味 | qù wèi | fun interest | |
| 圈 | quān | circle ring | |
| 圈子 | quān zi | circle ring | |
| 拳 | quán | fist boxing | |
| 全力 | quán lì | with all one's strength full strength | |
| 全盘 (全盤) | quán pán | overall comprehensive | |
| 权力 (權力) | quán lì | power authority | |
| 权威 (權威) | quán wēi | authority authoritative | |
| 权益 (權益) | quán yì | rights interests | |
| 泉源 | quán yuán | springhead fountainhead | |
| 劝导 (勸導) | quàn dǎo | to advise to attempt to convince | |
| 劝告 (勸告) | quàn gào | to advise to urge | |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect flaw | |
| 确保 (確保) | què bǎo | to ensure to guarantee | |
| 确切 (確切) | què qiè | definite exact | |
| 确实 (確實) | què shí | indeed really | |
| 群岛 (群島) | qún dǎo | group of islands archipelago | |
| 群居 | qún jū | to live together (in a large group or flock) | |
| 染料 | rǎn liào | dye | |
| 嚷 | rǎng | to blurt out to shout | |
| 饶 (饒) | ráo | rao | |
| 热潮 (熱潮) | rè cháo | upsurge popular craze | |
| 热带 (熱帶) | rè dài | the tropics tropical | |
| 热水瓶 (熱水瓶) | rè shuǐ píng | thermos bottle vacuum bottle | |
| 仁爱 (仁愛) | rén ài | Renai or Jenai district of Keelung City, Taiwan Renai or Jenai township in Nantou county, central Taiwan | |
| 人次 | rén cì | person-times visits | |
| 人道 | rén dào | human sympathy humanitarianism | |
| 人祸 (人禍) | rén huò | human disaster | |
| 人际 (人際) | rén jì | human relationships interpersonal | |
| 人情 | rén qíng | human emotions social relationship | |
| 人群 | rén qún | crowd | |
| 人士 | rén shì | person figure | |
| 人手 | rén shǒu | manpower staff | |
| 人选 (人選) | rén xuǎn | choice of person candidate | |
| 人造 | rén zào | man-made artificial | |
| 忍痛 | rěn tòng | to suffer fig. reluctantly | |
| 任 | rèn | to assign to appoint | |
| 任期 | rèn qí | term of office tenure (entire period in office) | |
| 任意 | rèn yì | any arbitrary | |
| 认错 (認錯) | rèn cuò | to admit an error to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 认定 (認定) | rèn dìng | to maintain (that sth is true) to determine (a fact) | |
| 日程 | rì chéng | schedule itinerary | |
| 日光灯 (日光燈) | rì guāng dēng | fluorescent light | |
| 日益 | rì yì | day by day more and more | |
| 容量 | róng liàng | capacity volume | |
| 容纳 (容納) | róng nà | to hold to contain | |
| 容器 | róng qì | receptacle vessel | |
| 容许 (容許) | róng xǔ | to permit to allow | |
| 溶 | róng | to dissolve soluble | |
| 溶化 | róng huà | to melt to dissolve (of sugar etc) | |
| 融合 | róng hé | a mixture an amalgam | |
| 融洽 | róng qià | harmonious friendly relations | |
| 荣誉 (榮譽) | róng yù | honor credit | |
| 揉 | róu | to knead to massage | |
| 柔软 (柔軟) | róu ruǎn | soft | |
| 肉麻 | ròu má | sickening corny | |
| 肉体 (肉體) | ròu tǐ | physical body | |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | in this way so | |
| 儒家 | rú jiā | Confucian school, founded by Confucius (551-479 BC) and Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC) | |
| 入超 | rù chāo | trade deficit import surplus | |
| 入口 | rù kǒu | entrance to import | |
| 入世 | rù shì | to engage with secular society to involve oneself in human affairs | |
| 软弱 (軟弱) | ruǎn ruò | weak feeble | |
| 软体 (軟體) | ruǎn tǐ | software (Tw) soft-bodied (animal) | |
| 若 | ruò | to seem like | |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount how many? | |
| 撒谎 (撒謊) | sā huǎng | to tell lies | |
| 撒 | sǎ | to scatter to sprinkle | |
| 洒 (灑) | sǎ | to sprinkle to spray | |
| 赛 (賽) | sài | to compete competition | |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | prose essay | |
| 散布 | sàn bù | spread | |
| 丧事 (喪事) | sāng shì | funeral arrangements | |
| 嗓子 | sǎng zi | throat voice | |
| 丧生 (喪生) | sàng shēng | to die to lose one's life | |
| 骚动 (騷動) | sāo dòng | disturbance uproar | |
| 嫂子 | sǎo zi | sister-in-law | |
| 色泽 (色澤) | sè zé | color and luster | |
| 刹车 (剎車) | shā chē | to brake (when driving) to stop | |
| 煞车 (煞車) | shā chē | to brake (when driving) | |
| 沙哑 (沙啞) | shā yǎ | hoarse rough | |
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot fool | |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | (mountain) peak | |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley ravine | |
| 山脉 (山脈) | shān mài | mountain range | |
| 闪电 (閃電) | shǎn diàn | lightning | |
| 闪烁 (閃爍) | shǎn shuò | flickering twinkling | |
| 闪耀 (閃耀) | shǎn yào | to glint to glitter | |
| 擅长 (擅長) | shàn cháng | to be good at to be expert in | |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure to harm | |
| 伤口 (傷口) | shāng kǒu | wound cut | |
| 伤亡 (傷亡) | shāng wáng | casualties injuries and deaths | |
| 商榷 | shāng què | to discuss to bring up various ideas for discussion | |
| 商讨 (商討) | shāng tǎo | to discuss to deliberate | |
| 赏 (賞) | shǎng | to bestow (a reward) to give (to an inferior) | |
| 尚 | shàng | still | |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | to hang oneself | |
| 上好 | shàng hǎo | first-rate top-notch | |
| 上进 (上進) | shàng jìn | to make progress to do better | |
| 上空 | shàng kōng | overhead in the sky | |
| 上路 | shàng lù | to start on a journey to be on one's way | |
| 上门 (上門) | shàng mén | to drop in to visit | |
| 上司 | shàng sī | boss superior | |
| 上下 | shàng xià | up and down top and bottom | |
| 上旬 | shàng xún | first third of a month | |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie) to stage (a play) | |
| 上瘾 (上癮) | shàng yǐn | to get into a habit to become addicted | |
| 上涨 (上漲) | shàng zhǎng | to rise to go up | |
| 烧香 (燒香) | shāo xiāng | to burn incense | |
| 奢侈 | shē chǐ | luxurious extravagant | |
| 奢望 | shē wàng | an extravagant hope to have excessive expectations | |
| 设 (設) | shè | to set up to arrange | |
| 设施 (設施) | shè shī | facilities installation | |
| 设想 (設想) | shè xiǎng | to imagine to assume | |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jí | to shoot to fire (a gun) | |
| 射手 | shè shǒu | archer shooter | |
| 涉及 | shè jí | to involve to touch upon (a topic) | |
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime) to be suspected of | |
| 社论 (社論) | shè lùn | editorial (in a newspaper) | |
| 摄取 (攝取) | shè qǔ | to absorb (nutrients etc) to assimilate | |
| 摄氏 (攝氏) | shè shì | Celsius centigrade | |
| 摄影机 (攝影機) | shè yǐng jī | camera movie camera | |
| 深奥 (深奧) | shēn ào | profound abstruse | |
| 深沉 | shēn chén | deep profound | |
| 深度 | shēn dù | depth (of a speech etc) profundity | |
| 深厚 | shēn hòu | deep profound | |
| 深切 | shēn qiè | deeply felt heartfelt | |
| 深入 | shēn rù | to penetrate deeply thorough | |
| 深造 | shēn zào | to pursue one's studies | |
| 身段 | shēn duàn | a woman's physique figure | |
| 身教 | shēn jiào | to teach by example | |
| 身为 (身為) | shēn wéi | in the capacity of as | |
| 身子 | shēn zi | body pregnancy | |
| 伸张 (伸張) | shēn zhāng | to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) to promote | |
| 神 | shén | God | |
| 神情 | shén qíng | look expression | |
| 审核 (審核) | shěn hé | to audit to investigate thoroughly | |
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial to try sb | |
| 审慎 (審慎) | shěn shèn | prudent cautious | |
| 审议 (審議) | shěn yì | deliberation pondering | |
| 甚 | shèn | what very | |
| 渗入 (滲入) | shèn rù | to permeate | |
| 生火 | shēng huǒ | to make a fire to light a fire | |
| 生理 | shēng lǐ | physiology | |
| 生平 | shēng píng | life (a person's whole life) in one's entire life | |
| 生气 (生氣) | shēng qì | to get angry to take offense | |
| 生前 | shēng qián | (of a deceased) during one's life while living | |
| 生人 | shēng rén | stranger living person | |
| 生死 | shēng sǐ | life or death | |
| 生态 (生態) | shēng tài | ecology | |
| 生物 | shēng wù | organism living creature | |
| 生效 | shēng xiào | to take effect to go into effect | |
| 生硬 | shēng yìng | stiff harsh | |
| 生育 | shēng yù | to bear to give birth | |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | to reproduce to flourish | |
| 升迁 (升遷) | shēng qiān | promote promotion | |
| 升值 | shēng zhí | appreciation | |
| 声称 (聲稱) | shēng chēng | to claim to state | |
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state to declare | |
| 声势 (聲勢) | shēng shì | fame and power prestige | |
| 省 | shěng | to save to economize | |
| 省事 | shěng shì | to simplify matters to save trouble | |
| 盛 | shèng | sheng | |
| 盛情 | shèng qíng | great kindness magnificent hospitality | |
| 盛行 | shèng xíng | to be in vogue to be prevalent | |
| 盛装 (盛裝) | shèng zhuāng | splendid clothes rich attire | |
| 胜地 (勝地) | shèng dì | well-known scenic spot | |
| 圣贤 (聖賢) | shèng xián | a sage wise and holy man | |
| 失 | shī | to lose to miss | |
| 失灵 (失靈) | shī líng | out of order (of machine) not working properly | |
| 失落 | shī luò | to lose (sth) to drop (sth) | |
| 失明 | shī míng | to lose one's eyesight to become blind | |
| 失事 | shī shì | (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) to mess things up | |
| 失手 | shī shǒu | a slip miscalculation | |
| 失踪 (失蹤) | shī zōng | to be missing to disappear | |
| 师范 (師範) | shī fàn | teacher-training pedagogical | |
| 施肥 | shī féi | to spread manure to apply fertilizer | |
| 施行 | shī xíng | to put in place to put into practice | |
| 尸体 (屍體) | shī tǐ | dead body corpse | |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | gypsum CaSO42(H2O) plaster | |
| 十足 | shí zú | ample complete | |
| 拾 | shí | to pick up to collate or arrange | |
| 时光 (時光) | shí guāng | time era | |
| 时节 (時節) | shí jié | season time | |
| 时髦 (時髦) | shí máo | in vogue fashionable | |
| 时效 (時效) | shí xiào | effectiveness for a given period of time prescription (law) | |
| 实地 (實地) | shí dì | on-site | |
| 实践 (實踐) | shí jiàn | practice to put into practice | |
| 实况 (實況) | shí kuàng | live (e.g. broadcast or recording) what is actually happening | |
| 实例 (實例) | shí lì | actual example living example | |
| 实习 (實習) | shí xí | to practice field work | |
| 实证 (實證) | shí zhèng | actual proof concrete evidence | |
| 实质 (實質) | shí zhí | substance essence | |
| 屎 | shǐ | stool feces | |
| 史料 | shǐ liào | historical material or data | |
| 使唤 (使喚) | shǐ huàn | to order sb about to use sb | |
| 使节 (使節) | shǐ jié | (diplomatic) envoy | |
| 使劲 (使勁) | shǐ jìng | to exert all one's strength | |
| 使命 | shǐ mìng | mission long-term task to which one devotes oneself | |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier | |
| 仕女 | shì nǚ | court lady palace maid | |
| 示范 (示範) | shì fàn | to demonstrate to show how to do sth | |
| 市面 | shì miàn | the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) | |
| 市容 | shì róng | appearance of a city | |
| 世代 | shì dài | for many generations generation | |
| 世间 (世間) | shì jiān | world earth | |
| 世事 | shì shì | affairs of life things of the world | |
| 试卷 (試卷) | shì juàn | examination paper test paper | |
| 试图 (試圖) | shì tú | to attempt to try | |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away to die | |
| 势必 (勢必) | shì bì | to be bound to undoubtedly will | |
| 事故 | shì gù | accident | |
| 事变 (事變) | shì biàn | incident unforeseen event | |
| 事态 (事態) | shì tài | situation existing state of affairs | |
| 事务 (事務) | shì wù | (political, economic etc) affairs work | |
| 事宜 | shì yí | matters arrangements | |
| 释放 (釋放) | shì fàng | to release to set free | |
| 嗜好 | shì hào | hobby indulgence | |
| 视为 (視為) | shì wéi | to view as to see as | |
| 适宜 (適宜) | shì yí | suitable appropriate | |
| 适中 (適中) | shì zhōng | moderate reasonable | |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to hoard to collect | |
| 收买 (收買) | shōu mǎi | to purchase to bribe | |
| 收缩 (收縮) | shōu suō | to pull back to shrink | |
| 收听 (收聽) | shōu tīng | to listen to (a radio broadcast) | |
| 收益 | shōu yì | earnings profit | |
| 手册 (手冊) | shǒu cè | manual handbook | |
| 手枪 (手槍) | shǒu qiāng | pistol | |
| 手势 (手勢) | shǒu shì | gesture sign | |
| 守 | shǒu | to guard to defend | |
| 守护 (守護) | shǒu hù | to guard to protect | |
| 首府 | shǒu fǔ | capital city of an autonomous region | |
| 首领 (首領) | shǒu lǐng | head boss | |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | chief (representative, correspondent etc) | |
| 首饰 (首飾) | shǒu shì | jewelry head ornament | |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first (of all) in the first place | |
| 首长 (首長) | shǒu zhǎng | senior official | |
| 受害 | shòu hài | to suffer damage, injury etc damaged | |
| 受训 (受訓) | shòu xùn | to receive training | |
| 售货员 (售貨員) | shòu huò yuán | salesperson | |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach to give lessons | |
| 狩猎 (狩獵) | shòu liè | to hunt hunting | |
| 寿星 (壽星) | shòu xīng | god of longevity elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated | |
| 疏导 (疏導) | shū dǎo | to dredge to open up a path for | |
| 疏散 | shū sàn | to scatter to disperse | |
| 梳 | shū | a comb to comb | |
| 书本 (書本) | shū běn | book | |
| 书面 (書面) | shū miàn | in writing written | |
| 书写 (書寫) | shū xiě | to write | |
| 舒畅 (舒暢) | shū chàng | happy entirely free from worry | |
| 舒展 | shū zhǎn | to roll out to extend | |
| 输血 (輸血) | shū xiě | to transfuse blood to give aid and support | |
| 束缚 (束縛) | shù fú | to bind to restrict | |
| 树苗 (樹苗) | shù miáo | sapling | |
| 数据 (數據) | shù jù | data numbers | |
| 率 | shuài | to lead to command | |
| 霜 | shuāng | frost white powder or cream spread over a surface | |
| 双重 (雙重) | shuāng chóng | double | |
| 双打 (雙打) | shuāng dǎ | doubles (in sports) | |
| 爽快 | shuǎng kuài | refreshed rejuvenated | |
| 水道 | shuǐ dào | aqueduct sewer | |
| 水稻 | shuǐ dào | rice paddy | |
| 水晶 | shuǐ jīng | crystal | |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir | |
| 水力 | shuǐ lì | hydraulic power | |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement | |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | water source water supply | |
| 水蒸气 (水蒸氣) | shuǐ zhēng qì | vapor | |
| 顺从 (順從) | shùn cóng | obedient to comply | |
| 顺应 (順應) | shùn yìng | to comply to conform to | |
| 瞬间 (瞬間) | shùn jiān | in an instant in a flash | |
| 说谎 (說謊) | shuō huǎng | to lie to tell an untruth | |
| 说笑 (說笑) | shuō xiào | to chat and laugh to crack jokes | |
| 思潮 | sī cháo | tide of thought way of thinking characteristic of a historical period | |
| 思念 | sī niàn | to think of to long for | |
| 思维 (思維) | sī wéi | (line of) thought thinking | |
| 丝毫 (絲毫) | sī háo | the slightest amount or degree a bit | |
| 司令 | sī lìng | commanding officer | |
| 斯文 | sī wén | refined educate | |
| 私心 | sī xīn | selfishness selfish motives | |
| 赐 (賜) | sì | to confer to bestow | |
| 似的 | sì de | seems as if rather like | |
| 似地 | sì de | similar | |
| 松树 (松樹) | sōng shù | pine pine tree | |
| 松 | sōng | loose | |
| 怂恿 (慫恿) | sǒng yǒng | to instigate to incite | |
| 搜集 | sōu jí | to gather to collect | |
| 俗称 (俗稱) | sú chēng | commonly referred to as common term | |
| 俗语 (俗語) | sú yǔ | common saying proverb | |
| 诉苦 (訴苦) | sù kǔ | to grumble to complain | |
| 素质 (素質) | sù zhí | inner quality basic essence | |
| 算命 | suàn mìng | fortune-telling to tell fortune | |
| 算术 (算術) | suàn shù | arithmetic sums (mathematics as primary school subject) | |
| 虽说 (雖說) | suī shuō | though although | |
| 随 (隨) | suí | follow | |
| 随后 (隨後) | suí hòu | soon after | |
| 随即 (隨即) | suí jí | immediately presently | |
| 随身 (隨身) | suí shēn | to (carry) on one's person to (take) with one | |
| 随同 (隨同) | suí tóng | accompanying | |
| 隧道 | suì dào | tunnel | |
| 岁月 (歲月) | suì yuè | years time | |
| 损 (損) | sǔn | to decrease to lose | |
| 损害 (損害) | sǔn hài | harm to damage | |
| 损坏 (損壞) | sǔn huài | to damage to injure | |
| 损伤 (損傷) | sǔn shāng | to harm to damage | |
| 缩小 (縮小) | suō xiǎo | to reduce to decrease | |
| 所得 | suǒ dé | what one acquires one's gains | |
| 所在 | suǒ zài | place location | |
| 索赔 (索賠) | suǒ péi | to ask for compensation to claim damages | |
| 琐碎 (瑣碎) | suǒ suì | trifling trivial | |
| 他人 | tā rén | another sb else | |
| 塔 | tǎ | pagoda tower | |
| 踏实 (踏實) | tà shí | firmly-based steady | |
| 台阶 (台階) | tái jiē | stairs | |
| 太平 | tài píng | place name | |
| 态势 (態勢) | tài shì | posture situation | |
| 贪 (貪) | tān | to have a voracious desire for to covet | |
| 贪心 (貪心) | tān xīn | greedy | |
| 痰 | tán | phlegm spittle | |
| 谈论 (談論) | tán lùn | to discuss to talk about | |
| 弹性 (彈性) | tán xìng | flexibility elasticity | |
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | tank (military vehicle) (loanword) | |
| 坦然 | tǎn rán | calm undisturbed | |
| 探病 | tàn bìng | to visit a sick person or patient | |
| 探究 | tàn jiù | to investigate to delve | |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore to probe | |
| 探望 | tàn wàng | to visit to call on sb | |
| 探险 (探險) | tàn xiǎn | to explore to go on an expedition | |
| 堂堂 | táng táng | grand magnificent | |
| 倘若 | tǎng ruò | provided that supposing that | |
| 陶器 | táo qì | pottery | |
| 逃生 | táo shēng | to flee for one's life | |
| 逃税 (逃稅) | táo shuì | to evade a tax | |
| 淘汰 | táo tài | to wash out elimination (by selection) | |
| 套房 | tào fáng | suite apartment | |
| 套装 (套裝) | tào zhuāng | outfit or suit (of clothes) set of coordinated items | |
| 特此 | tè cǐ | hereby | |
| 特区 (特區) | tè qū | special administrative region | |
| 特权 (特權) | tè quán | prerogative privilege | |
| 特约 (特約) | tè yuē | specially engaged employed or commissioned for a special task | |
| 特征 (特徵) | tè zhēng | characteristic diagnostic property | |
| 疼爱 (疼愛) | téng ài | to love dearly | |
| 剔除 | tī chú | to reject to discard | |
| 啼 | tí | to cry to weep aloud | |
| 提拔 | tí bá | to promote to a higher job to select for promotion | |
| 提倡 | tí chàng | to promote to advocate | |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue) to propose | |
| 提及 | tí jí | to mention to raise (a subject) | |
| 提名 | tí míng | to nominate | |
| 提升 | tí shēng | promote | |
| 提议 (提議) | tí yì | proposal suggestion | |
| 体操 (體操) | tǐ cāo | gymnastic gymnastics | |
| 体格 (體格) | tǐ gé | bodily health one's physical state | |
| 体积 (體積) | tǐ jī | volume bulk | |
| 体谅 (體諒) | tǐ liàng | to empathize to allow (for sth) | |
| 体面 (體面) | tǐ miàn | dignity face (as in 'losing face') | |
| 体系 (體系) | tǐ xì | system setup | |
| 体质 (體質) | tǐ zhí | constitution | |
| 替代 | tì dài | to substitute for to replace | |
| 添 | tiān | to add to increase | |
| 天敌 (天敵) | tiān dí | predator natural enemy | |
| 天然气 (天然氣) | tiān rán qì | natural gas | |
| 天性 | tiān xìng | nature innate tendency | |
| 天灾 (天災) | tiān zāi | natural disaster | |
| 田地 | tián dì | field farmland | |
| 田径 (田徑) | tián jìng | track and field (athletics) | |
| 甜美 | tián měi | sweet pleasant | |
| 挑剔 | tiāo tī | picky fussy | |
| 调和 (調和) | tiáo hé | harmonious to mediate | |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust to regulate | |
| 调皮 (調皮) | tiáo pí | naughty mischievous | |
| 条例 (條例) | tiáo lì | regulations rules | |
| 挑战 (挑戰) | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge challenge | |
| 听写 (聽寫) | tīng xiě | (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) dictation | |
| 停顿 (停頓) | tíng dùn | to halt to break off | |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay somewhere temporarily to stop over | |
| 停滞 (停滯) | tíng zhì | stagnation at a standstill | |
| 通 | tōng | to go through to know well | |
| 通报 (通報) | tōng bào | to inform to notify | |
| 通车 (通車) | tōng chē | to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) (of a locality) to have a transportation service | |
| 通称 (通稱) | tōng chēng | to be generally referred to (as) generic term | |
| 通货膨胀 (通貨膨脹) | tōng huò péng zhàng | inflation | |
| 通缉 (通緝) | tōng qì | to order the arrest of sb as criminal to list as wanted | |
| 通行 | tōng xíng | to go through to pass through | |
| 通用 | tōng yòng | to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) | |
| 同伴 | tóng bàn | companion comrade | |
| 同化 | tóng huà | assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc) | |
| 同乡 (同鄉) | tóng xiāng | person from the same village, town, or province | |
| 同心 | tóng xīn | Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia | |
| 同性恋 (同性戀) | tóng xìng liàn | homosexuality gay person | |
| 同业 (同業) | tóng yè | same trade or business person in the same trade or business | |
| 统计 (統計) | tǒng jì | statistics to count | |
| 统统 (統統) | tǒng tǒng | totally | |
| 统制 (統制) | tǒng zhì | to control | |
| 痛恨 | tòng hèn | to detest to loathe | |
| 偷渡 | tōu dù | illegal immigration to stowaway (on a ship) | |
| 偷懒 (偷懶) | tōu lǎn | to goof off to be lazy | |
| 投保 | tóu bǎo | to take out insurance to insure | |
| 投机 (投機) | tóu jī | to speculate (on financial markets) opportunistic | |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into to put into | |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent open (non-secretive) | |
| 徒弟 | tú dì | apprentice disciple | |
| 突击 (突擊) | tú jí | sudden and violent attack assault | |
| 突兀 | tú wù | lofty or towering sudden or abrupt | |
| 涂 (塗) | tú | to apply (paint etc) to smear | |
| 图 (圖) | tú | diagram picture | |
| 图表 (圖表) | tú biǎo | chart diagram | |
| 图腾 (圖騰) | tú téng | totem (loanword) | |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil | |
| 团 (團) | tuán | round lump | |
| 团聚 (團聚) | tuán jù | to reunite to have a reunion | |
| 团员 (團員) | tuán yuán | member group member | |
| 推测 (推測) | tuī cè | speculation to conjecture | |
| 推崇 | tuī chóng | to esteem to think highly of | |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to push out to release | |
| 推选 (推選) | tuī xuǎn | to elect to choose | |
| 退化 | tuì huà | to degenerate atrophy | |
| 吞吞吐吐 | tūn tūn tǔ tǔ | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth to speak and break off, then start again | |
| 托 | tuō | prop support (for weight) | |
| 拖累 | tuō lèi | to encumber to be a burden on | |
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to delay to put off | |
| 脱身 (脫身) | tuō shēn | to get away to escape (from obligations) | |
| 脱手 (脫手) | tuō shǒu | (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc) to get rid of | |
| 外号 (外號) | wài hào | nickname | |
| 外力 | wài lì | external force pressure from outside | |
| 外贸 (外貿) | wài mào | foreign trade | |
| 外线 (外線) | wài xiàn | (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position (telephony) outside line | |
| 外销 (外銷) | wài xiāo | to export to sell abroad | |
| 外遇 | wài yù | extramarital affair | |
| 外在 | wài zài | external extrinsic | |
| 外资 (外資) | wài zī | foreign investment | |
| 弯曲 (彎曲) | wān qū | to bend to curve around | |
| 完备 (完備) | wán bèi | faultless complete | |
| 玩弄 | wán nòng | to play with to toy with | |
| 顽强 (頑強) | wán qiáng | tenacious hard to defeat | |
| 挽 | wǎn | to pull to draw (a cart or a bow) | |
| 挽救 | wǎn jiù | to save to remedy | |
| 万分 (萬分) | wàn fēn | very much extremely | |
| 万事 (萬事) | wàn shì | all things | |
| 万岁 (萬歲) | wàn suì | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! Your Majesty | |
| 万万 (萬萬) | wàn wàn | absolutely wholly | |
| 万物 (萬物) | wàn wù | all living things | |
| 惋惜 | wàn xí | to regret to feel that it is a great pity | |
| 亡国 (亡國) | wáng guó | (of a nation) to be destroyed subjugation | |
| 往来 (往來) | wǎng lái | dealings contacts | |
| 旺季 | wàng jì | busy season peak period | |
| 旺盛 | wàng shèng | vigorous exuberant | |
| 威风 (威風) | wēi fēng | might awe-inspiring authority | |
| 威力 | wēi lì | might formidable power | |
| 萎缩 (萎縮) | wēi suō | to wither to dry up (of a plant) | |
| 为 (為) | wéi | as (in the capacity of) to take sth as | |
| 为人 (為人) | wéi rén | to conduct oneself behavior | |
| 为生 (為生) | wéi shēng | to make a living | |
| 为首 (為首) | wéi shǒu | head be headed by | |
| 为止 (為止) | wéi zhǐ | until (used in combination with words like or in constructs of the form ......) | |
| 违背 (違背) | wéi bèi | to go against to be contrary to | |
| 违约 (違約) | wéi yuē | to break a promise to violate an agreement | |
| 危害 | wéi hài | to jeopardize to harm | |
| 围巾 (圍巾) | wéi jīn | scarf shawl | |
| 围墙 (圍牆) | wéi qiáng | perimeter wall fence | |
| 围绕 (圍繞) | wéi rào | to revolve around to center on (an issue) | |
| 微弱 | wéi ruò | weak faint | |
| 微小 | wéi xiǎo | minute (i.e. extremely small) infinitesimal | |
| 胃 | wèi | stomach | |
| 胃口 | wèi kǒu | appetite liking | |
| 未必 | wèi bì | not necessarily maybe not | |
| 未婚夫 | wèi hūn fū | fianc | |
| 未婚妻 | wèi hūn qī | fiance | |
| 未免 | wèi miǎn | unavoidably can't help | |
| 卫生 (衛生) | wèi shēng | health hygiene | |
| 温带 (溫帶) | wēn dài | temperate zone | |
| 温习 (溫習) | wēn xí | to review (a lesson etc) | |
| 温驯 (溫馴) | wēn xún | docile meek | |
| 瘟疫 | wēn yì | epidemic plague | |
| 文明 | wén míng | civilized civilization | |
| 文坛 (文壇) | wén tán | literary circles | |
| 文献 (文獻) | wén xiàn | document | |
| 闻名 (聞名) | wén míng | well-known famous | |
| 稳健 (穩健) | wěn jiàn | firm stable and steady | |
| 紊乱 (紊亂) | wèn luàn | disorder chaos | |
| 问世 (問世) | wèn shì | to be published to come out | |
| 卧 (臥) | wò | to lie to crouch | |
| 乌龟 (烏龜) | wū guī | tortoise cuckold | |
| 龟 (龜) | guī | tortoise turtle | |
| 乌鸦 (烏鴉) | wū yā | crow raven | |
| 污染 (汙染) | wū rǎn | pollute | |
| 无比 (無比) | wú bǐ | incomparable matchless | |
| 无线电 (無線電) | wú xiàn diàn | wireless | |
| 无形 (無形) | wú xíng | incorporeal virtual | |
| 无疑 (無疑) | wú yí | no doubt undoubtedly | |
| 五金 | wǔ jīn | metal hardware (nuts and bolts) the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin | |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | military force | |
| 武士 | wǔ shì | warrior samurai | |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms equipment | |
| 侮辱 | wǔ rù | to insult to humiliate | |
| 物产 (物產) | wù chǎn | products produce | |
| 物品 | wù pǐn | articles goods | |
| 物体 (物體) | wù tǐ | object body | |
| 物资 (物資) | wù zī | goods supplies | |
| 误差 (誤差) | wù chā | difference error | |
| 误解 (誤解) | wù jiě | to misunderstand to misread | |
| 务实 (務實) | wù shí | pragmatic dealing with concrete issues | |
| 西服 | xī fú | suit Western-style clothes (historical usage) | |
| 西洋 | xī yáng | the West (Europe and North America) countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) | |
| 西医 (西醫) | xī yī | Western medicine a doctor trained in Western medicine | |
| 溪流 | xī liú | stream | |
| 席 | xí | seat | |
| 席位 | xí wèi | a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) parliamentary or congressional seat | |
| 锡 (錫) | xí | tin (chemistry) to bestow | |
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jí | attack (esp. surprise attack) raid | |
| 昔日 | xí rì | former days in the past | |
| 习题 (習題) | xí tí | (schoolwork) exercise problem | |
| 洗礼 (洗禮) | xǐ lǐ | baptism (lit. or fig.) | |
| 喜气 (喜氣) | xǐ qì | hilarity cheerful atmosphere | |
| 喜悦 (喜悅) | xǐ yuè | happy joyous | |
| 戏曲 (戲曲) | xì qǔ | Chinese opera | |
| 瑕疵 | xiá cī | blemish flaw | |
| 峡谷 (峽谷) | xiá gǔ | canyon gill | |
| 狭小 (狹小) | xiá xiǎo | narrow | |
| 狭窄 (狹窄) | xiá zhǎi | narrow | |
| 下笔 (下筆) | xià bǐ | to put pen to paper | |
| 下跌 | xià dié | to fall to tumble | |
| 下滑 | xià huá | sliding slide | |
| 下列 | xià liè | following | |
| 下水 | xià shuǐ | downstream to go into the water | |
| 下水道 | xià shuǐ dào | sewer | |
| 下旬 | xià xún | last third of the month | |
| 掀 | xiān | to lift (a lid) to rock | |
| 仙丹 | xiān dān | elixir magic potion | |
| 先后 (先後) | xiān hòu | early or late priority | |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | advanced (technology) to advance | |
| 先驱 (先驅) | xiān qū | pioneer | |
| 先天 | xiān tiān | inborn innate | |
| 鲜明 (鮮明) | xiān míng | bright clear-cut | |
| 鲜艶 (鮮艶) | xiān yàn | fresh | |
| 鲜艳 (鮮豔) | xiān yàn | bright | |
| 纤维 (纖維) | xiān wéi | fiber | |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion to have suspicions | |
| 显现 (顯現) | xiǎn xiàn | appearance to appear | |
| 限度 | xiàn dù | limitation limit | |
| 宪法 (憲法) | xiàn fǎ | constitution (of a country) | |
| 线路 (線路) | xiàn lù | line circuit | |
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into to get caught up in | |
| 献身 (獻身) | xiàn shēn | to commit one's energy to to devote oneself to | |
| 现今 (現今) | xiàn jīn | now nowadays | |
| 现行 (現行) | xiàn xíng | to be in effect in force | |
| 现状 (現狀) | xiàn zhuàng | current situation | |
| 相传 (相傳) | xiāng chuán | to pass on to hand down | |
| 相仿 | xiāng fǎng | similar | |
| 相符 | xiāng fú | to match to tally | |
| 相继 (相繼) | xiāng jì | in succession following closely | |
| 相配 | xiāng pèi | to match well-suited | |
| 乡土 (鄉土) | xiāng tǔ | native soil one's native land | |
| 香皂 | xiāng zào | perfumed soap toilet soap | |
| 镶 (鑲) | xiāng | to inlay to embed | |
| 想开 (想開) | xiǎng kāi | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things | |
| 响亮 (響亮) | xiǎng liàng | loud and clear resounding | |
| 向 | xiàng | towards | |
| 向导 (嚮導) | xiàng dǎo | guide | |
| 向往 (嚮往) | xiàng wǎng | to yearn for to look forward to | |
| 象征 (象徵) | xiàng zhēng | emblem symbol | |
| 消毒 | xiāo dú | to disinfect to sterilize | |
| 消防 | xiāo fáng | firefighting fire control | |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to use up to consume | |
| 消遣 | xiāo qiǎn | to while the time away amusement | |
| 潇洒 (瀟灑) | xiāo sǎ | confident and at ease free and easy | |
| 逍遥 (逍遙) | xiāo yáo | free and unfettered | |
| 小伙子 | xiǎo huǒ zi | young man young guy | |
| 效法 | xiào fǎ | to imitate to follow the example of | |
| 效劳 (效勞) | xiào láo | to serve (in some capacity) to work for | |
| 效力 | xiào lì | effectiveness positive effect | |
| 效忠 | xiào zhōng | to vow loyalty and devotion to | |
| 笑嘻嘻 | xiào xī xī | grinning smiling | |
| 孝子 | xiào zǐ | filial son | |
| 协办 (協辦) | xié bàn | to assist to help sb do sth | |
| 协定 (協定) | xié dìng | agreement accord | |
| 协会 (協會) | xié huì | an association a society | |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with to talk things over | |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate to harmonize | |
| 协议 (協議) | xié yì | agreement pact | |
| 血汗 | xiě hàn | blood and sweat sweat and toil | |
| 血迹 (血跡) | xiě jī | bloodstain | |
| 血压 (血壓) | xiě yā | blood pressure | |
| 写实 (寫實) | xiě shí | realism realistic portrayal | |
| 泄气 (洩氣) | xiè qì | to leak (gas) to be discouraged | |
| 心爱 (心愛) | xīn ài | beloved | |
| 心软 (心軟) | xīn ruǎn | to be softhearted to be tenderhearted | |
| 心事 | xīn shì | a load on one's mind worry | |
| 心思 | xīn sī | mind thoughts | |
| 心酸 | xīn suān | to feel sad | |
| 心态 (心態) | xīn tài | attitude (of the heart) state of one's psyche | |
| 心疼 | xīn téng | to love dearly to feel sorry for sb | |
| 心胸 | xīn xiōng | heart mind | |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking industrious | |
| 辛酸 | xīn suān | pungent (taste) bitter | |
| 新潮 | xīn cháo | modern fashionable | |
| 新手 | xīn shǒu | new hand novice | |
| 新颖 (新穎) | xīn yǐng | lit. new bud fig. new and original | |
| 信赖 (信賴) | xìn lài | to trust to have confidence in | |
| 信念 | xìn niàn | faith belief | |
| 信徒 | xìn tú | believer | |
| 信息 | xìn xí | information news | |
| 星辰 | xīng chén | stars | |
| 星座 | xīng zuò | constellation astrological sign | |
| 兴建 (興建) | xīng jiàn | to build to construct | |
| 兴隆 (興隆) | xīng lóng | Xinglong county in Chengde, Hebei | |
| 兴起 (興起) | xīng qǐ | to rise to spring up | |
| 行善 | xíng shàn | to do good works to be merciful | |
| 行使 | xíng shǐ | to exercise (a right etc) | |
| 行星 | xíng xīng | planet | |
| 行政 | xíng zhèng | administrative executive (attributive) | |
| 刑事 | xíng shì | criminal penal | |
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances situation | |
| 形态 (形態) | xíng tài | shape form | |
| 形体 (形體) | xíng tǐ | figure physique | |
| 形形色色 | xíng xíng sè sè | all kinds of all sorts of | |
| 型态 (型態) | xíng tài | form shape | |
| 性 | xìng | nature character | |
| 性能 | xìng néng | function performance | |
| 性情 | xìng qíng | nature temperament | |
| 兴致 (興致) | xìng zhì | mood spirits | |
| 胸 | xiōng | chest | |
| 胸口 | xiōng kǒu | pit of the stomach | |
| 修补 (修補) | xiū bǔ | to mend | |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise | |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build to construct | |
| 修女 | xiū nǚ | nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) | |
| 修养 (修養) | xiū yǎng | accomplishment training | |
| 修筑 (修築) | xiū zhú | to build | |
| 绣 (繡) | xiù | embroidery | |
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine to make up | |
| 虚心 (虛心) | xū xīn | open-minded humble | |
| 许 (許) | xǔ | may | |
| 许多 (許多) | xǔ duō | many a lot of | |
| 许久 (許久) | xǔ jiǔ | for a long time for ages | |
| 许可 (許可) | xǔ kě | to allow to permit | |
| 酗酒 | xù jiǔ | heavy drinking to get drunk | |
| 序幕 | xù mù | prologue | |
| 叙述 (敘述) | xù shù | to relate (a story or information) to tell or talk about | |
| 宣称 (宣稱) | xuān chēng | to assert to claim | |
| 宣告 | xuān gào | to declare to proclaim | |
| 宣示 | xuān shì | to vow to pledge | |
| 宣誓 | xuān shì | to swear an oath (of office) to make a vow | |
| 宣言 | xuān yán | declaration manifesto | |
| 宣扬 (宣揚) | xuān yáng | to proclaim to make public or well known | |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody | |
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate to revolve | |
| 悬殊 (懸殊) | xuán shū | widely different large disparity | |
| 悬崖 (懸崖) | xuán yái | precipice overhanging cliff | |
| 崖 | yái | precipice cliff | |
| 选拔 (選拔) | xuǎn bá | to select the best | |
| 选购 (選購) | xuǎn gòu | to select and purchase to buy | |
| 选民 (選民) | xuǎn mín | voter constituency | |
| 选票 (選票) | xuǎn piào | a vote ballot | |
| 选修 (選修) | xuǎn xiū | (at a school) to take as an elective an elective | |
| 学分 (學分) | xué fēn | course credit | |
| 学科 (學科) | xué kē | subject branch of learning | |
| 学年 (學年) | xué nián | academic year | |
| 学识 (學識) | xué shì | erudition scholarly knowledge | |
| 学说 (學說) | xué shuō | theory doctrine | |
| 学徒 (學徒) | xué tú | apprentice | |
| 学员 (學員) | xué yuán | student member of an institution of learning | |
| 学制 (學制) | xué zhì | educational system length of schooling | |
| 雪人 | xuě rén | snowman yeti | |
| 削弱 | xuè ruò | to weaken to impair | |
| 循环 (循環) | xún huán | to cycle to circulate | |
| 巡逻 (巡邏) | xún luó | to patrol (police, army or navy) | |
| 巡视 (巡視) | xún shì | to patrol to make a tour | |
| 询问 (詢問) | xún wèn | to inquire | |
| 训 (訓) | xùn | to teach to train | |
| 押 | yā | to mortgage to pawn | |
| 鸦片 (鴉片) | yā piàn | opium (loanword) | |
| 压岁钱 (壓歲錢) | yā suì qián | money given to children as new year present | |
| 压缩 (壓縮) | yā suō | to compress compression | |
| 压制 (壓制) | yā zhì | to suppress to inhibit | |
| 牙科 | yá kē | dentistry | |
| 芽 | yá | bud sprout | |
| 哑 (啞) | yǎ | dumb mute | |
| 亚军 (亞軍) | yà jūn | second place (in a sports contest) runner-up | |
| 淹 | yān | to flood to submerge | |
| 言论 (言論) | yán lùn | expression of opinion views | |
| 岩石 | yán shí | rock | |
| 延迟 (延遲) | yán chí | to delay to postpone | |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend to spread | |
| 延误 (延誤) | yán wù | to delay to be held up | |
| 延续 (延續) | yán xù | to continue to go on | |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal | |
| 沿途 | yán tú | along the sides of the road by the wayside | |
| 沿袭 (沿襲) | yán xí | to carry on as before to follow (an old custom etc) | |
| 沿用 | yán yòng | to apply as before according to usage | |
| 严禁 (嚴禁) | yán jìn | to strictly prohibit | |
| 严厉 (嚴厲) | yán lì | severe strict | |
| 严密 (嚴密) | yán mì | strict tight (organization, surveillance etc) | |
| 演变 (演變) | yǎn biàn | to develop to evolve | |
| 演讲 (演講) | yǎn jiǎng | lecture to make a speech | |
| 演说 (演說) | yǎn shuō | speech to deliver a speech | |
| 演习 (演習) | yǎn xí | maneuver exercise | |
| 眼界 | yǎn jiè | ken scope | |
| 眼看 | yǎn kàn | soon in a moment | |
| 衍生 | yǎn shēng | to give rise to to derive | |
| 燕窝 (燕窩) | yàn wō | edible bird's nest | |
| 燕 | yàn | swallow (family Hirundinidae) | |
| 燕子 | yàn zi | swallow | |
| 央求 | yāng qiú | to implore to plead | |
| 仰 | yǎng | look up | |
| 仰慕 | yǎng mù | to admire | |
| 养分 (養分) | yǎng fèn | nutrient | |
| 养份 (養份) | yǎng fèn | nutrients | |
| 养老 (養老) | yǎng lǎo | to provide for the elderly (family members) to enjoy a life in retirement | |
| 养育 (養育) | yǎng yù | to rear to bring up | |
| 邀 | yāo | to invite to request | |
| 窑 (窯) | yáo | kiln oven | |
| 摇晃 (搖晃) | yáo huàng | to rock to shake | |
| 谣言 (謠言) | yáo yán | rumor | |
| 遥远 (遙遠) | yáo yuǎn | distant remote | |
| 要点 (要點) | yào diǎn | main point essential | |
| 要犯 | yào fàn | major criminal | |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments medicine | |
| 业绩 (業績) | yè jī | achievement accomplishment | |
| 依 | yī | to depend on to comply with or listen to sb | |
| 依旧 (依舊) | yī jiù | as before still | |
| 依据 (依據) | yī jù | according to basis | |
| 依赖 (依賴) | yī lài | to depend on to be dependent on | |
| 依照 | yī zhào | according to in light of | |
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment | |
| 医术 (醫術) | yī shù | medical expertise art of healing | |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines medicine (drug) | |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely certainly | |
| 一道 | yī dào | together | |
| 一度 | yī dù | for a time at one time | |
| 一概 | yī gài | all without any exceptions | |
| 一贯 (一貫) | yī guàn | consistent constant | |
| 一律 | yī lǜ | same uniformly | |
| 一味 | yī wèi | blindly invariably | |
| 咦 | yí | expression of surprise | |
| 仪表 (儀表) | yí biǎo | appearance bearing | |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage legacy | |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity to inherit (a trait) | |
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret to regret | |
| 遗留 (遺留) | yí liú | to leave behind to hand down | |
| 遗弃 (遺棄) | yí qì | to leave to abandon | |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) | |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to become forgotten to forget | |
| 遗志 (遺志) | yí zhì | the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on | |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins historic relics | |
| 疑虑 (疑慮) | yí lǜ | hesitation misgivings | |
| 移植 | yí zhí | to transplant | |
| 倚 | yǐ | to lean on to rely upon | |
| 以至 | yǐ zhì | down to up to | |
| 亦 | yì | also | |
| 一连串 (一連串) | yī lián chuàn | a succession of a series of | |
| 一流 | yī liú | top quality front ranking | |
| 一如 | yī rú | to be just like | |
| 一心 | yī xīn | wholeheartedly heart and soul | |
| 液体 (液體) | yè tǐ | liquid | |
| 抑制 | yì zhì | to inhibit to keep down | |
| 意识到 (意識到) | yì shì dào | awareness | |
| 意图 (意圖) | yì tú | intent intention | |
| 意味 | yì wèi | meaning implication | |
| 毅力 | yì lì | perseverance willpower | |
| 翌日 | yì rì | next day | |
| 异常 (異常) | yì cháng | exceptional abnormal | |
| 异乡 (異鄉) | yì xiāng | foreign land a place far from home | |
| 议定 (議定) | yì dìng | to reach an agreement to agree upon | |
| 议论 (議論) | yì lùn | to comment to talk about | |
| 议题 (議題) | yì tí | topic of discussion topic | |
| 议员 (議員) | yì yuán | member (of a legislative body) representative | |
| 音 | yīn | sound noise | |
| 因果 | yīn guǒ | karma cause and effect | |
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | plot conspiracy | |
| 阴影 (陰影) | yīn yǐng | (lit. and fig.) shadow | |
| 银幕 (銀幕) | yín mù | movie screen | |
| 银色 (銀色) | yín sè | silver (color) | |
| 银子 (銀子) | yín zi | money silver | |
| 引 | yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow) to pull | |
| 引导 (引導) | yǐn dǎo | to guide to lead (around) | |
| 引进 (引進) | yǐn jìn | to recommend to introduce (from outside) | |
| 引擎 | yǐn qíng | engine (loanword) | |
| 隐藏 (隱藏) | yǐn cáng | to hide to conceal | |
| 隐士 (隱士) | yǐn shì | hermit | |
| 隐约 (隱約) | yǐn yuē | vague faint | |
| 印证 (印證) | yìn zhèng | to seal to confirm | |
| 樱桃 (櫻桃) | yīng táo | cherry | |
| 英勇 | yīng yǒng | heroic gallant | |
| 应 (應) | yìng | answer | |
| 鹰 (鷹) | yīng | eagle falcon | |
| 老鹰 (老鷹) | lǎo yīng | hawk any similar bird of prey | |
| 营地 (營地) | yíng dì | camp | |
| 营造 (營造) | yíng zào | to build (housing) to construct | |
| 迎 | yíng | to welcome to meet | |
| 迎合 | yíng hé | to cater to to pander to | |
| 影射 | yǐng shè | to refer obliquely to to insinuate | |
| 硬 | yìng | hard stiff | |
| 硬体 (硬體) | yìng tǐ | (computer) hardware | |
| 应变 (應變) | yìng biàn | to meet a contingency to adapt oneself to changes | |
| 应酬 (應酬) | yìng chóu | social niceties social interaction | |
| 应急 (應急) | yìng jí | to respond to an emergency to meet a contingency | |
| 应验 (應驗) | yìng yàn | to come true to come about as predicted | |
| 应征 (應徵) | yìng zhēng | to apply (for a job) to reply to a job advertisement | |
| 唷 | yō | (interjection expressing surprise) Oh! My! | |
| 涌 (湧) | yǒng | surge | |
| 踊跃 (踴躍) | yǒng yuè | to leap to jump | |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user consumer | |
| 用途 | yòng tú | use application | |
| 悠久 | yōu jiǔ | long (tradition, history etc) | |
| 悠闲 (悠閒) | yōu xián | leisurely | |
| 优待 (優待) | yōu dài | preferential treatment to give preferential treatment | |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority dominance | |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority to take precedence | |
| 优异 (優異) | yōu yì | exceptional outstandingly good | |
| 铀 (鈾) | yòu | uranium (chemistry) | |
| 由来 (由來) | yóu lái | origin | |
| 游览 (遊覽) | yóu lǎn | to go sightseeing to tour | |
| 油田 | yóu tián | oil field | |
| 油条 (油條) | yóu tiáo | youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) slick and sly person | |
| 友爱 (友愛) | yǒu ài | friendly affection fraternal love | |
| 有机 (有機) | yǒu jī | organic | |
| 有理 | yǒu lǐ | reasonable justified | |
| 有所 | yǒu suǒ | somewhat to some extent | |
| 有为 (有為) | yǒu wéi | promising to show promise | |
| 有限 | yǒu xiàn | limited finite | |
| 有形 | yǒu xíng | material tangible | |
| 有心人 | yǒu xīn rén | resolute person person with aspirations | |
| 有益 | yǒu yì | useful beneficial | |
| 有意 | yǒu yì | to intend intentionally | |
| 有缘 (有緣) | yǒu yuán | related brought together by fate | |
| 诱惑 (誘惑) | yòu huò | to entice to lure | |
| 幼稚 | yòu zhì | young childish | |
| 于 | yú | at | |
| 逾 | yú | more than | |
| 余 (餘) | yú | remain | |
| 语法 (語法) | yǔ fǎ | grammar | |
| 愚蠢 | yú chǔn | silly stupid | |
| 舆论 (輿論) | yú lùn | public opinion | |
| 渔民 (漁民) | yú mín | fisherman fisher folk | |
| 予 | yǔ | to give | |
| 予以 | yǔ yǐ | to give to impose | |
| 与会 (與會) | yù huì | to participate in a meeting | |
| 雨季 | yǔ jì | rainy season | |
| 语文 (語文) | yǔ wén | literature and language (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) | |
| 宇宙 | yǔ zhòu | universe cosmos | |
| 愈 | yù | the more...(the more...) to recover | |
| 玉器 | yù qì | jade artifact | |
| 预测 (預測) | yù cè | to forecast to predict | |
| 预防 (預防) | yù fáng | to prevent to take precautions against | |
| 预告 (預告) | yù gào | to forecast to predict | |
| 预估 (預估) | yù gū | to estimate to forecast | |
| 预赛 (預賽) | yù sài | preliminary competition to hold preliminary heats | |
| 预约 (預約) | yù yuē | booking reservation | |
| 寓言 | yù yán | fable | |
| 园林 (園林) | yuán lín | gardens park | |
| 元气 (元氣) | yuán qì | strength vigor | |
| 元首 | yuán shǒu | head of state | |
| 元素 | yuán sù | element element of a set | |
| 原 | yuán | original | |
| 原形 | yuán xíng | original shape true appearance (under the disguise) | |
| 原野 | yuán yě | plain open country | |
| 原状 (原狀) | yuán zhuàng | previous condition original state | |
| 原住民 | yuán zhù mín | indigenous peoples aborigine | |
| 原子 | yuán zǐ | atom atomic | |
| 原子弹 (原子彈) | yuán zǐ dàn | atom bomb atomic bomb | |
| 援助 | yuán zhù | to help to support | |
| 远景 (遠景) | yuǎn jǐng | prospect long-range view | |
| 怨 | yuàn | to blame to complain | |
| 约束 (約束) | yuē shù | to restrict to limit to | |
| 跃 (躍) | yuè | to jump to leap | |
| 乐队 (樂隊) | yuè duì | band pop group | |
| 运 (運) | yùn | to move to transport | |
| 运行 (運行) | yùn xíng | to move along one's course (of celestial bodies etc) (fig.) to function | |
| 孕妇 (孕婦) | yùn fù | pregnant woman | |
| 酝酿 (醞釀) | yùn niàng | (of alcohol) to ferment (of a crisis) to be brewing | |
| 栽 | zāi | to grow to plant | |
| 灾祸 (災禍) | zāi huò | disaster | |
| 灾情 (災情) | zāi qíng | disastrous situation calamity | |
| 在场 (在場) | zài chǎng | to be present to be on the scene | |
| 在世 | zài shì | to be alive | |
| 在座 | zài zuò | to be present | |
| 再生 | zài shēng | to be reborn to regenerate | |
| 咱 | zán | we | |
| 赞助 (贊助) | zàn zhù | to support to assist | |
| 赞叹 (讚嘆) | zàn tàn | to exclaim in admiration | |
| 赃物 (贓物) | zāng wù | booty stolen property | |
| 遭 | zāo | to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) classifier for events: time, turn, incident | |
| 遭遇 | zāo yù | to meet with to encounter | |
| 造反 | zào fǎn | to rebel to revolt | |
| 造化 | zào huà | good luck Nature (as the mother of all things) | |
| 造物主 | zào wù zhǔ | the Creator (in religion or mythology) God | |
| 造型 | zào xíng | to model to shape | |
| 责备 (責備) | zé bèi | to blame to criticize | |
| 增进 (增進) | zēng jìn | to promote to enhance | |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase to strengthen | |
| 增值 | zēng zhí | to appreciate (financially) to increase in value | |
| 扎 | zhā | to prick to run or stick (a needle etc) into | |
| 炸药 (炸藥) | zhà yào | explosive (material) | |
| 沾 | zhān | to moisten to be infected by | |
| 盏 (盞) | zhǎn | a small cup classifier for lamps | |
| 展望 | zhǎn wàng | outlook prospect | |
| 展现 (展現) | zhǎn xiàn | to come out to emerge | |
| 崭新 (嶄新) | zhǎn xīn | brand new | |
| 占据 (占據) | zhàn jù | occupy | |
| 占领 (占領) | zhàn lǐng | occupied | |
| 颤抖 (顫抖) | zhàn dǒu | to shudder to shiver | |
| 战火 (戰火) | zhàn huǒ | conflagration the fire of war | |
| 战机 (戰機) | zhàn jī | opportunity in a battle fighter aircraft | |
| 战乱 (戰亂) | zhàn luàn | chaos of war | |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy | |
| 战胜 (戰勝) | zhàn shèng | to prevail over to defeat | |
| 战士 (戰士) | zhàn shì | fighter soldier | |
| 战术 (戰術) | zhàn shù | tactics | |
| 战线 (戰線) | zhàn xiàn | battle line battlefront | |
| 战友 (戰友) | zhàn yǒu | comrade-in-arms battle companion | |
| 战战兢兢 (戰戰兢兢) | zhàn zhàn jīng jīng | trembling with fear with fear and trepidation | |
| 张贴 (張貼) | zhāng tiē | to post (a notice) to advertise | |
| 长子 (長子) | zhǎng zǐ | Zhangzi county in Shanxi | |
| 帐篷 (帳篷) | zhàng péng | tent | |
| 丈 | zhàng | measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) to measure | |
| 朝气 (朝氣) | zhāo qì | vitality dynamism | |
| 着想 (著想) | zháo xiǎng | to give thought (to others) to consider (other people's needs) | |
| 找寻 (找尋) | zhǎo xún | to look for to seek | |
| 沼泽 (沼澤) | zhǎo zé | marsh swamp | |
| 召集 | zhào jí | to convene to gather | |
| 照例 | zhào lì | as a rule as usual | |
| 照耀 | zhào yào | to shine to illuminate | |
| 遮 | zhē | to cover up (a shortcoming) to screen off | |
| 遮蔽 | zhē bì | to cover to hide from view | |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē téng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) to repeat sth over and over again | |
| 针灸 (針灸) | zhēn jiǔ | acupuncture and moxibustion to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion | |
| 真情 | zhēn qíng | real situation the truth | |
| 诊断 (診斷) | zhěn duàn | diagnosis to diagnose | |
| 诊所 (診所) | zhěn suǒ | clinic | |
| 镇定 (鎮定) | zhèn dìng | calm unperturbed | |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression repression | |
| 振动 (振動) | zhèn dòng | to vibrate to shake | |
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock to astonish | |
| 阵营 (陣營) | zhèn yíng | group of people camp | |
| 蒸 | zhēng | to evaporate (of cooking) to steam | |
| 蒸发 (蒸發) | zhēng fā | to evaporate evaporation | |
| 蒸气 (蒸氣) | zhēng qì | vapor steam | |
| 争辩 (爭辯) | zhēng biàn | a dispute to wrangle | |
| 争夺 (爭奪) | zhēng duó | to fight over to contest | |
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue to debate | |
| 争气 (爭氣) | zhēng qì | to work hard for sth to resolve on improvement | |
| 争议 (爭議) | zhēng yì | controversy dispute | |
| 征收 (徵收) | zhēng shōu | to levy (a fine) to impose (a tariff) | |
| 挣扎 (掙扎) | zhēng zhá | to struggle | |
| 整 | zhěng | exactly in good order | |
| 整顿 (整頓) | zhěng dùn | to tidy up to reorganize | |
| 整整 | zhěng zhěng | whole full | |
| 正当 (正當) | zhèng dāng | timely just (when needed) | |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front obverse side | |
| 正统 (正統) | zhèng tǒng | Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, Temple name Yingzong | |
| 正义 (正義) | zhèng yì | justice righteousness | |
| 政绩 (政績) | zhèng jī | (political) achievements track record | |
| 政见 (政見) | zhèng jiàn | political views | |
| 政权 (政權) | zhèng quán | regime political power | |
| 证券 (證券) | zhèng quàn | negotiable security (financial) certificate | |
| 证人 (證人) | zhèng rén | witness | |
| 挣 (掙) | zhèng | to struggle to get free to strive to acquire | |
| 之内 (之內) | zhī nèi | inside within | |
| 之所以 | zhī suǒ yǐ | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P Example: 'the reason why I dislike him (is ...)' | |
| 支撑 (支撐) | zhī chēng | to prop up to support | |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) | |
| 支配 | zhī pèi | to control to dominate | |
| 支应 (支應) | zhī yìng | to deal with to wait on | |
| 知足 | zhī zú | content with one's situation to know contentment (hence happiness) | |
| 脂肪 | zhī fáng | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) | |
| 织 (織) | zhī | to weave to knit | |
| 直径 (直徑) | zhí jìng | diameter | |
| 值班 | zhí bān | to work a shift on duty | |
| 值钱 (值錢) | zhí qián | valuable costly | |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony colonial | |
| 质量 (質量) | zhí liàng | quality (physics) mass | |
| 质疑 (質疑) | zhí yí | to call into question to question (truth or validity) | |
| 职务 (職務) | zhí wù | post position | |
| 职责 (職責) | zhí zé | duty responsibility | |
| 执照 (執照) | zhí zhào | license permit | |
| 执政 (執政) | zhí zhèng | to hold power in office | |
| 执着 (執著) | zhí zhuó | to be strongly attached to to be dedicated | |
| 止 | zhǐ | to stop to prohibit | |
| 只得 | zhǐ dé | to have no alternative but to to be obliged to | |
| 指标 (指標) | zhǐ biāo | (production) target quota | |
| 指点 (指點) | zhǐ diǎn | to point out to indicate | |
| 指挥 (指揮) | zhǐ huī | to conduct to command | |
| 指控 | zhǐ kòng | accusation a (criminal) charge | |
| 指南针 (指南針) | zhǐ nán zhēn | compass | |
| 指数 (指數) | zhǐ shù | (numerical, statistical) index (math.) exponent | |
| 指望 | zhǐ wàng | to hope for sth to count on | |
| 指纹 (指紋) | zhǐ wén | fingerprint the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers | |
| 指引 | zhǐ yǐn | to guide to show | |
| 指正 | zhǐ zhèng | to point out mistakes or weak points for correction to comment | |
| 至 | zhì | to arrive most | |
| 至今 | zhì jīn | so far to this day | |
| 治安 | zhì ān | law and order public security | |
| 治本 | zhì běn | to take radical measures to get to the root (of a problem etc) | |
| 治标 (治標) | zhì biāo | to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause | |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern to administer | |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness) medical treatment | |
| 志趣 | zhì qù | inclination interest | |
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ambition goal | |
| 致词 (致詞) | zhì cí | to make a speech to make some remarks | |
| 致富 | zhì fù | to become rich | |
| 致力 | zhì lì | to work for to devote one's efforts to | |
| 致命 | zhì mìng | fatal mortal | |
| 致意 | zhì yì | to send one's greetings to send best regards | |
| 智力 | zhì lì | intelligence intellect | |
| 制裁 | zhì cái | to punish punishment | |
| 制品 (製品) | zhì pǐn | products goods | |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | to detain retention | |
| 中断 (中斷) | zhōng duàn | to cut short to break off | |
| 中和 | zhōng hé | Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
| 中立 | zhōng lì | neutral neutrality | |
| 中旬 | zhōng xún | middle third of a month | |
| 中叶 (中葉) | zhōng yè | mid- (e.g. mid-century) middle period | |
| 中医 (中醫) | zhōng yī | traditional Chinese medical science a doctor trained in Chinese medicine | |
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books | |
| 忠实 (忠實) | zhōng shí | faithful | |
| 衷心 | zhōng xīn | heartfelt wholehearted | |
| 终场 (終場) | zhōng chǎng | end (of a performance or sports match) last round of testing in the imperial examinations | |
| 终结 (終結) | zhōng jié | end conclusion | |
| 终究 (終究) | zhōng jiù | in the end after all is said and done | |
| 终身 (終身) | zhōng shēn | lifelong all one's life | |
| 种种 (種種) | zhǒng zhǒng | all kinds of | |
| 种植 (種植) | zhòng zhí | to plant to grow | |
| 中风 (中風) | zhòng fēng | to suffer a paralyzing stroke | |
| 中奖 (中獎) | zhòng jiǎng | to win a prize a successful gamble | |
| 中肯 | zhòng kěn | pertinent apropos | |
| 中暑 | zhòng shǔ | sunstroke heatstroke | |
| 重用 | zhòng yòng | to put in an important position | |
| 重镇 (重鎮) | zhòng zhèn | (military) strategic town (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) | |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery rim | |
| 周密 | zhōu mì | careful thorough | |
| 周详 (周詳) | zhōu xiáng | meticulous thorough | |
| 周游 (周遊) | zhōu yóu | to travel around to tour | |
| 周转 (周轉) | zhōu zhuǎn | to rotate to circulate (cash, stock etc) | |
| 皱 (皺) | zhòu | to wrinkle wrinkled | |
| 皱纹 (皺紋) | zhòu wén | wrinkle | |
| 株 | zhū | tree trunk stump (tree root) | |
| 诸多 (諸多) | zhū duō | (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of | |
| 逐 | zhú | to pursue to chase | |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively step by step | |
| 主导 (主導) | zhǔ dǎo | leading dominant | |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | in charge responsible for | |
| 主见 (主見) | zhǔ jiàn | one's own view having definite opinions | |
| 主力 | zhǔ lì | main force main strength of an army | |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river) fig. the essential point | |
| 主权 (主權) | zhǔ quán | sovereignty | |
| 主人翁 | zhǔ rén wēng | master (of the house) main character in a novel etc | |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism ideology | |
| 主宰 | zhǔ zǎi | to dominate to rule | |
| 主旨 | zhǔ zhǐ | gist main idea | |
| 主轴 (主軸) | zhǔ zhóu | axis principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) | |
| 嘱咐 (囑咐) | zhǔ fù | to tell to exhort | |
| 瞩目 (矚目) | zhǔ mù | to focus attention upon | |
| 注定 | zhù dìng | destined | |
| 注目 | zhù mù | attention to stare at | |
| 注视 (注視) | zhù shì | to watch attentively to gaze at | |
| 注重 | zhù zhòng | to pay attention to to emphasize | |
| 住宿 | zhù sù | to stay at lodging | |
| 柱 | zhù | pillar | |
| 柱子 | zhù zi | pillar | |
| 助教 | zhù jiào | teaching assistant | |
| 助手 | zhù shǒu | assistant helper | |
| 伫立 (佇立) | zhù lì | to stand for a long time | |
| 著作 | zhù zuò | to write literary work | |
| 驻 (駐) | zhù | to halt to stay | |
| 抓紧 (抓緊) | zhuā jǐn | to grasp firmly to pay special attention to | |
| 专柜 (專櫃) | zhuān guì | sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) | |
| 专员 (專員) | zhuān yuán | assistant director commissioner | |
| 专制 (專制) | zhuān zhì | autocracy dictatorship | |
| 砖 (磚) | zhuān | brick | |
| 转动 (轉動) | zhuǎn dòng | to turn sth around to swivel | |
| 转化 (轉化) | zhuǎn huà | to change to transform | |
| 转机 (轉機) | zhuǎn jī | (to take) a turn for the better to change planes | |
| 转手 (轉手) | zhuǎn shǒu | to pass on to resell | |
| 转眼 (轉眼) | zhuǎn yǎn | in a flash in the blink of an eye | |
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift to divert or distract (attention etc) | |
| 转帐 (轉帳) | zhuǎn zhàng | transfer | |
| 撰写 (撰寫) | zhuàn xiě | to write to compose | |
| 庄严 (莊嚴) | zhuāng yán | solemn dignified | |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment to equip | |
| 装潢 (裝潢) | zhuāng huáng | to mount (a picture) to dress | |
| 装配 (裝配) | zhuāng pèi | to assemble to fit together | |
| 装运 (裝運) | zhuāng yùn | to ship shipment | |
| 装置 (裝置) | zhuāng zhì | to install installation | |
| 壮观 (壯觀) | zhuàng guān | spectacular magnificent sight | |
| 壮丽 (壯麗) | zhuàng lì | magnificence magnificent | |
| 状元 (狀元) | zhuàng yuán | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) top scorer in college entrance examination | |
| 追捕 | zhuī bǔ | to pursue to be after | |
| 追查 | zhuī chá | to try to find out to trace | |
| 追究 | zhuī jiù | to investigate to look into | |
| 准 (準) | zhǔn | allow | |
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation to prepare | |
| 准则 (準則) | zhǔn zé | norm standard | |
| 准许 (准許) | zhǔn xǔ | to allow to grant | |
| 卓越 | zhuó yuè | outstanding surpassing | |
| 着手 (著手) | zhuó shǒu | to put one's hand to it to start out on a task | |
| 着眼 (著眼) | zhuó yǎn | to have one's eyes on (a goal) having sth in mind | |
| 着重 (著重) | zhuó zhòng | to put emphasis on to stress | |
| 酌量 | zhuó liáng | to consider to allow for | |
| 资深 (資深) | zī shēn | veteran (journalist etc) senior | |
| 资助 (資助) | zī zhù | to subsidize to provide financial aid | |
| 姿势 (姿勢) | zī shì | posture position | |
| 姿态 (姿態) | zī tài | attitude posture | |
| 滋味 | zī wèi | taste flavor | |
| 子弹 (子彈) | zǐ dàn | bullet | |
| 子弟 | zǐ dì | child the younger generation | |
| 子孙 (子孫) | zǐ sūn | offspring posterity | |
| 紫外线 (紫外線) | zǐ wài xiàn | ultraviolet ray | |
| 自 | zì | self oneself | |
| 自称 (自稱) | zì chēng | to call oneself to claim to be | |
| 自费 (自費) | zì fèi | at one's own expense self-funded | |
| 自豪 | zì háo | proud (of one's achievements etc) | |
| 自觉 (自覺) | zì jué | conscious aware | |
| 自立 | zì lì | independent self-reliant | |
| 自满 (自滿) | zì mǎn | complacent self-satisfied | |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature natural | |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself oneself | |
| 自行 | zì xíng | voluntary autonomous | |
| 自制 | zì zhì | to maintain self-control self-control | |
| 自治 | zì zhì | autonomy | |
| 自传 (自傳) | zì zhuàn | autobiography | |
| 字体 (字體) | zì tǐ | calligraphic style typeface | |
| 字眼 | zì yǎn | wording | |
| 字眼儿 (字眼兒) | zì yǎn r | words | |
| 字样 (字樣) | zì yàng | model or template character written slogan or phrase | |
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective aim | |
| 总裁 (總裁) | zǒng cái | chairman director-general (of a company etc) | |
| 总得 (總得) | zǒng děi | must have to | |
| 总额 (總額) | zǒng é | total (amount or value) | |
| 总和 (總和) | zǒng hé | sum | |
| 总结 (總結) | zǒng jié | to sum up to conclude | |
| 总经理 (總經理) | zǒng jīng lǐ | general manager CEO | |
| 总数 (總數) | zǒng shù | total sum | |
| 纵火 (縱火) | zòng huǒ | to set on fire to commit arson | |
| 纵容 (縱容) | zòng róng | to indulge to connive at | |
| 纵使 (縱使) | zòng shǐ | even if even though | |
| 走廊 | zǒu láng | corridor aisle | |
| 揍 | zòu | to beat up to break to pieces | |
| 租赁 (租賃) | zū lìn | to rent to lease | |
| 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | ancestor forebear | |
| 阻挡 (阻擋) | zǔ dǎng | to stop to resist | |
| 阻力 | zǔ lì | resistance drag | |
| 阻挠 (阻撓) | zǔ náo | to thwart to obstruct (sth) | |
| 阻塞 | zǔ sè | to block to clog | |
| 组装 (組裝) | zǔ zhuāng | to assemble and install | |
| 钻研 (鑽研) | zuān yán | to study meticulously to delve into | |
| 嘴唇 | zuǐ chún | lip | |
| 罪恶 (罪惡) | zuì è | crime evil | |
| 罪名 | zuì míng | criminal charge accusation | |
| 罪行 | zuì xìng | crime offense | |
| 尊 | zūn | senior of a senior generation | |
| 尊严 (尊嚴) | zūn yán | dignity sanctity | |
| 遵循 | zūn xún | to follow to abide by | |
| 作风 (作風) | zuò fēng | style style of work | |
| 作怪 | zuò guài | (of a ghost) to make strange things happen to act up | |
| 作物 | zuò wù | crop | |
| 作战 (作戰) | zuò zhàn | combat to fight | |
| 作证 (作證) | zuò zhèng | to bear witness to testify | |
| 做证 (做證) | zuò zhèng | testify | |
| 坐牢 | zuò láo | to be imprisoned | |
| 坐镇 (坐鎮) | zuò zhèn | (of a commanding officer) to keep watch to oversee | |
| 座谈 (座談) | zuò tán | to have an informal discussion | |
| 座右铭 (座右銘) | zuò yòu míng | motto maxim |