猜 caai¹ {cāi}

(verb) 1. Conjecture; 2. Play (hand game e.g. Rock-paper-scissors)

踩 caai² {cǎi}

(verb) 1. demean; (slang) to visit (e.g. a party, bar, shop, etc.)

扶 fu⁴ {fú}

(verb) To hold (with something e.g. handrail)

繼〔继〕 gai³ {jì}

(adjective) (of familiar members) Step- (e.g. step father 繼父)

廿 jaa⁶ {niàn}

(prefix) twenty- (e.g. twenty-one)

又 jau⁶ {yòu}

(conjunction) used as the and in a mixed fraction e.g. 1- ½

椰 je⁴ {yē}

(noun) (food or ingredient that made with coconut) Coconut- (e.g. coconut milk)

野 je⁵ {yě}

(noun) it refers to an object or a person. E.g. (adjective) Wild

咭 kaat¹ {jī}

(noun) card (e.g. credit card, name card, etc.)

拳 kyun⁴ {quán}

(noun) The style of Chinese kung fu with fist e.g. Tai Chi Chuan

沒〔没〕 mut⁶ {méi}

(determiner) 1. No (e.g. no fun); (preposition) Be without; (adjective) submerged

遍 pin³ {biàn}

(noun) (of measuring character) Time (e.g. one time, two time)

惜 sik¹ {xī}

(adjective) (of period of time) 1. old or past (e.g. old day = "惜日"); (adverb) Too bad than…

提 tai⁴ {tí}

(verb) 1. promote; 2. propose; 3. extract; withdraw (e.g. money)

陀 to⁴ {tuó}

(verb) 1. To carry (e.g. gun); (of reduplication) Dizzy; (noun) language related to Buddhism, e.g. 南無阿彌陀佛

尖 zim¹ {jiān}

(adjective) Top-graded (e.g. students)

證〔证〕 zing³ {zhèng}

(noun) 1. Kind of disease; 2. Certification or document that been officially approved (e.g. ID card, evidence); (verb) 1. Prove; 2. Confirm

帯 {dài}

1. band
2. belt
3. girdle
4. ribbon
5. tire
6. area
7. zone
8. region
9. CL: 條
10. to wear
11. to carry
12. to take along
13. to bear (i.e. to have)
14. to lead
15. to bring
16. to look after
17. to raise

査 {chá}

1. to research
2. to check
3. to investigate
4. to examine
5. to refer to
6. to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

荸 {bí}

1. Chinese water chestnut
2. Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta

莭 {jié}

1. festival
2. holiday
3. node
4. joint
5. section
6. segment
7. part
8. to economize
9. to save
10. to abridge
11. moral integrity
12. classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
13. CL: 個

薬 {yào}

1. medicine
2. drug
3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
4. CL: 種,服,味
5. to poison

卽 {jí}

1. namely
2. that is
3. i.e.
4. prompt
5. at once
6. at present
7. even if
8. prompted (by the occasion)
9. to approach
10. to come into contact
11. to assume (office)
12. to draw near

乇 {tuō}

1. prop
2. support (for weight)
3. rest (e.g. arm rest)
4. thanks to
5. to hold in one's hand
6. to support in one's palm
7. to give
8. to base
9. to commit
10. to set
11. Torr (unit of pressure)

卪 {jié}

1. festival
2. holiday
3. node
4. joint
5. section
6. segment
7. part
8. to economize
9. to save
10. to abridge
11. moral integrity
12. classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
13. CL: 個

禥 {qí}

1. auspicious
2. propitious
3. good luck
4. felicity
5. euphoria
6. used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress

框 {kuāng}

1. frame (e.g. door frame)
2. casing
3. fig. framework
4. template
5. to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth)
6. to frame
7. to restrict
8. Taiwan pr. [kuang1]

葯〔药〕 {yào}

1. medicine
2. drug
3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
4. CL: 種,服,味
5. to poison

塚〔冢〕 {zhǒng}

1. mound
2. burial mound
3. senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)

劵〔券〕 {quàn}

1. bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)
2. contract
3. deed (i.e. title deeds)
4. ticket
5. voucher
6. certificate

幇〔帮〕 {bāng}

1. to help
2. to assist
3. to support
4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
5. hired (as worker)
6. side (of pail, boat etc)
7. outer layer
8. group
9. gang
10. clique
11. party
12. secret society

幚〔帮〕 {bāng}

1. to help
2. to assist
3. to support
4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
5. hired (as worker)
6. side (of pail, boat etc)
7. outer layer
8. group
9. gang
10. clique
11. party
12. secret society

彊〔强〕 {qiáng}

1. strong
2. powerful
3. better
4. slightly more than
5. vigorous
6. violent
7. best in their category, e.g. see 百強

濬〔浚〕 {jùn}

1. to deepen (e.g. a ditch)
2. to extract
3. to manage
4. ladle (old)

鎚〔锤〕 {chuí}

1. hammer
2. to hammer into shape
3. weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

䰟〔魂〕 {hún}

1. soul
2. spirit
3. immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body

攩〔挡〕 {dǎng}

1. to resist
2. to obstruct
3. to hinder
4. to keep off
5. to block (a blow)
6. to get in the way of
7. cover
8. gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

載〔载〕 {zài}

1. to record in writing
2. to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
3. Taiwan pr. [zai4]
4. year

儎〔傤〕 {zài}

1. to record in writing
2. to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
3. Taiwan pr. [zai4]
4. year

唉 aai¹ {āi}

1. interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
2. to sigh

幫〔帮〕 bong¹ {bāng}

1. to help
2. to assist
3. to support
4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
5. hired (as worker)
6. side (of pail, boat etc)
7. outer layer
8. group
9. gang
10. clique
11. party
12. secret society

搬 bun¹ {bān}

1. to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
2. to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
3. to shift
4. to copy indiscriminately

查 caa⁴ {chá}

1. to research
2. to check
3. to investigate
4. to examine
5. to refer to
6. to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

錘〔锤〕 ceoi⁴ {chuí}

1. hammer
2. to hammer into shape
3. weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

持 ci⁴ {chí}

1. to hold
2. to grasp
3. to support
4. to maintain
5. to persevere
6. to manage
7. to run (i.e. administer)
8. to control

前 cin⁴ {qián}

1. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

裁 coi⁴ {cái}

1. to cut out (as a dress)
2. to cut
3. to trim
4. to reduce
5. to diminish
6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
7. decision
8. judgment

蓄 cuk¹ {xù}

1. to store up
2. to grow (e.g. a beard)
3. to entertain (ideas)

帶〔带〕 daai³ {dài}

1. band
2. belt
3. girdle
4. ribbon
5. tire
6. area
7. zone
8. region
9. CL: 條
10. to wear
11. to carry
12. to take along
13. to bear (i.e. to have)
14. to lead
15. to bring
16. to look after
17. to raise

膽〔胆〕 daam² {dǎn}

1. gall bladder
2. courage
3. guts
4. gall
5. inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

彈〔弹〕 daan⁶ {tán}

1. to pluck (a string)
2. to play (a string instrument)
3. to spring or leap
4. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
5. (of cotton) to fluff or tease
6. to flick
7. to flip
8. to accuse
9. to impeach
10. elastic (of materials)

第 dai⁶ {dì}

1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
2. order
3. (old) rank in the imperial examinations
4. mansion
5. (lit.) but
6. just

登 dang¹ {dēng}

1. to scale (a height)
2. to ascend
3. to mount
4. to publish or record
5. to enter (e.g. in a register)
6. to press down with the foot
7. to step or tread on
8. to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
9. to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

擋〔挡〕 dong² {dǎng}

1. to resist
2. to obstruct
3. to hinder
4. to keep off
5. to block (a blow)
6. to get in the way of
7. cover
8. gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

讀〔读〕 duk⁶ {dú}

1. to read
2. to study
3. reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音

東〔东〕 dung¹ {dōng}

1. east
2. host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
3. landlord

赴 fu⁶ {fù}

1. to go
2. to visit (e.g. another country)
3. to attend (a banquet etc)

根 gan¹ {gēn}

1. root
2. basis
3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
4. CL: 條
5. radical (chemistry)

更 gang³ {gēng}

1. to change or replace
2. to experience
3. one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

公 gung¹ {gōng}

1. public
2. collectively owned
3. common
4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
5. make public
6. fair
7. just
8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位
9. honorable (gentlemen)
10. father-in-law
11. male (animal)

券 gyun³ {quàn}

1. bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)
2. contract
3. deed (i.e. title deeds)
4. ticket
5. voucher
6. certificate

腔 hong¹ {qiāng}

1. cavity of body
2. barrel (e.g. engine cylinder)
3. compartment
4. tune
5. accent of speech

酷 huk⁶ {kù}

1. ruthless
2. strong (e.g. of wine)
3. (loanword) cool
4. hip

引 jan⁵ {yǐn}

1. to draw (e.g. a bow)
2. to pull
3. to stretch sth
4. to extend
5. to lengthen
6. to involve or implicate in
7. to attract
8. to lead
9. to guide
10. to leave
11. to provide evidence or justification for
12. old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

纓〔缨〕 jing¹ {yīng}

1. tassel
2. sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc)
3. ribbon

型 jing⁴ {xíng}

1. model
2. type (e.g. blood type)

藥〔药〕 joek⁶ {yào}

1. medicine
2. drug
3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
4. CL: 種,服,味
5. to poison

強〔强〕 koeng⁴ {qiáng}

1. strong
2. powerful
3. better
4. slightly more than
5. vigorous
6. violent
7. best in their category, e.g. see 百強

林 lam⁴ {lín}

1. woods
2. forest
3. CL: 片
4. circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
5. a collection (of similar things)

籙〔箓〕 luk⁶ {lù}

1. records
2. book
3. Taoist written charm
4. book of prophecy (e.g. of dynastic fortunes)

名 ming⁴ {míng}

1. name
2. noun (part of speech)
3. place (e.g. among winners)
4. famous
5. classifier for people

門〔门〕 mun⁴ {mén}

1. gate
2. door
3. CL: 扇
4. gateway
5. doorway
6. CL: 個
7. opening
8. valve
9. switch
10. way to do something
11. knack
12. family
13. house
14. (religious) sect
15. school (of thought)
16. class
17. category
18. phylum or division (taxonomy)
19. classifier for large guns
20. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
21. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

爻 ngaau⁴ {yáo}

the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦, e.g. ☶

埃 oi¹ {āi}

1. dust
2. dirt
3. Angstrom or Ångström, unit of length equal to 10^-10 meters
4. phonetic ai or e
5. abbr. for Egypt 埃及

魄 paak³ {pò}

1. soul
2. mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body

泡 paau¹ {pào}

1. bubble
2. foam
3. blister (i.e. skin bubble)
4. to soak
5. to steep
6. to infuse
7. to dawdle
8. to shilly-shally
9. to hang about
10. to pick up (a girl)
11. to get off with (a sexual partner)

坯 pui¹ {pī}

1. blank (e.g. for a coin)
2. unburnt earthenware
3. semifinished product

數〔数〕 sou² {shǔ}

1. to count
2. to enumerate
3. to criticize (i.e. enumerate shortcomings)

拓 taap³ {tà}

to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)

踢 tek³ {tī}

1. to kick
2. to play (e.g. soccer)

畑 tin⁴ {tián}

1. used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc
2. dry field (i.e. not paddy field)

貼〔贴〕 tip³ {tiē}

1. to stick
2. to paste
3. to post (e.g. on a blog)
4. to keep close to
5. to fit snugly
6. to subsidize
7. allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)
8. sticker
9. classifier for sticking plaster: strip

托 tok³ {tuō}

1. prop
2. support (for weight)
3. rest (e.g. arm rest)
4. thanks to
5. to hold in one's hand
6. to support in one's palm
7. to give
8. to base
9. to commit
10. to set
11. Torr (unit of pressure)

位 wai² {wèi}

1. position
2. location
3. place
4. seat
5. classifier for people (honorific)
6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

韻〔韵〕 wan⁵ {yùn}

1. beautiful sound
2. appeal
3. charm
4. vowel
5. rhyme
6. in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant)

州 zau¹ {zhōu}

1. prefecture
2. (old) province
3. (old) administrative division
4. state (e.g. of US)
5. oblast (Russia)
6. canton (Switzerland)

浚 zeon³ {jùn}

1. to deepen (e.g. a ditch)
2. to extract
3. to manage
4. ladle (old)

即 zik¹ {jí}

1. namely
2. that is
3. i.e.
4. prompt
5. at once
6. at present
7. even if
8. prompted (by the occasion)
9. to approach
10. to come into contact
11. to assume (office)
12. to draw near

折 zit³ {shé}

1. to break (e.g. stick or bone)
2. a loss

節〔节〕 zit³ {jié}

1. festival
2. holiday
3. node
4. joint
5. section
6. segment
7. part
8. to economize
9. to save
10. to abridge
11. moral integrity
12. classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
13. CL: 個

載〔载〕 zoi² {zǎi}

1. to record in writing
2. to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
3. Taiwan pr. [zai4]
4. year

族 zuk⁶ {zú}

1. race
2. nationality
3. ethnicity
4. clan
5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

抽筋 cau¹ gan¹ {chōu jīn}

(noun) 1. spasm; (slang) unbearable (e.g. heat, etc.)

打棘 daa² kik¹ {dǎ jí}

adj; intertwined (i.e. hair, thread)

大包 daai⁶ baau¹ {dà bāo}

a common dish in the Chinese Dim Sum cuisine, i.e. the 'big pao / bun'

大壽〔-寿〕 daai⁶ sau⁶ {dà shòu}

noun; Big birthday, normally, a "big" birthday above 50 years old for every 10 year interval, i.e. 60th, 70th, etc

復活〔复-〕 fuk⁶ wut⁶ {fù huó}

(noun) 1. Easter- (e.g. Easter-eggs); (verb) Bring someone back to life after dead

架步 gaa³ bou⁶ {jià bù}

(noun) a personal hangout; someone's home; den; hideaway, usually referring to an illegal underground den used for activities such as gambling or prostitution(e.g. "黄色架步" or "識情架步"= a prostitution parlour); means / artifice; unspoken rules; the procedures; the line-up (its extent / scale represents the degree of importance placed on it)

交關〔-关〕 gaau¹ gwaan¹ {jiāo guān}

(adv.) very, extremely or immensely, usually used behind an adjective or a verb, e.g. 錯得交關 extremely wrong; 靚仔得交關 extremely handsome.

噉樣〔啖样〕 gam² joeng² {dàn yàng}

(phrase / pronoun) means 'like this'; that way; this way e.g. 佢噉樣唔得 He shouldn't do it like this; in that case; for that reason; since that is the case; then

急湍 gap¹ teon¹ {jí tuān}

rapids (e.g. in a river)

關人〔关-〕 gwaan¹ jan⁴ {guān rén}

it has nothing to do with others; it is not anybody else's business (i.e. it only concerns whoever is involved in the matter); "it's none of my business"; "it's not my concern"

下去 haa⁶ heoi³ {xiàqù}

(verb) Go down stairs (e.g. from certain floor to ground floor)

狹隘〔狭-〕 haap⁶ aai³ {xiá'ài}

(adjective) Less and limited (e.g. knowledge, etc.)

口氣〔-气〕 hau² hei³ {kǒu qì}

(noun) 1. breath of mouth; (of linguistics) (2) tone (e.g. gentle, mean, unfriendly, etc.)

開片〔开-〕 hoi¹ pin² {kāi piàn}

(verb) to fight; to combat; to go into a fight with (with weapons e.g. knife); to start a gang fight

學識〔学识〕 hok⁶ sik¹ {xué shí}

(verb) 1. learn and know; 2. learn (e.g. skills or knowledge)

一日 jat¹ jat⁶ {yī rì}

(n.) a day or one day; (slang) used as part of a prepositional phrase (一日都係) to blame someone (or something or 'a reason') for some negative things that have happened, all because of; owing to; thanks to (e.g. 一日都係你 means "It's all because of you" or "Thanks to you".)

由得 jau⁴ dak¹ {yóu de}

to let (one to do as they wish), e.g. "let him!"

伊麪〔-面〕 ji¹ min⁶ {yī miàn}

e-fu noodles, a type of wheat noodles eaten by Cantonese

腰斬〔-斩〕 jiu¹ zaam² {yāo zhǎn}

(verb) Stop (e.g. Sport games are stopped due to the onset of rain)

球員〔-员〕 kau⁴ jyun⁴ {qiú yuán}

(noun) Player of ball game (e.g. football player)

求其 kau⁴ kei⁴ {qiú qí}

(adverb) sloppily; shoddily; slackly; randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"; (adjective of an action) perfunctory; slipshod

期刊 kei⁴ hon² {qīkān}

(noun) Periodical magazine (e.g. weekly magazine)

慨然 koi³ jin⁴ {kǎi rán}

verb; emotion: sigh; also means give generously:(i.e. with gifts)

龍船〔龙-〕 lung⁴ syun⁴ {lóng chuán}

(adjective) (figurative) very long (e.g. feet, shoes, etc.)

萬一〔万-〕 maan⁶ jat¹ {wàn yī}

(noun) (of number) 1. eleven thousand or 11,000 (e.g. money)

水車〔-车〕 seoi² ce¹ {shuǐ chē}

the slang for the vehicle used by the fire brigade, i.e. a fire engine; a waterwheel

是但 si⁶ daan⁶ {shì dàn}

(adverb) randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"

上馬〔-马〕 soeng⁵ maa⁵ {shàngmǎ}

(verb) Get going (e.g. a project etc.)

探盤〔-盘〕 taam³ pun² {tàn pán}

to sound out; to probe (e.g. in a business deal)

和味 wo⁴ mei⁶ {hé wèi}

(adj.) delicious; describes a good business agreement with a lucrative profit, i.e. a sweet deal.

回頭〔-头〕 wui⁴ tau⁴ {huí tóu}

(verb) Go back (to a place e.g. workplace)

直頭〔-头〕 zik⁶ tau⁴ {zhí tóu}

(adv.) altogether (to do something outright), (e.g. 佢唔單止訓得少, 有時直頭唔訓 He doesn't sleep much, sometimes he skips sleeping altogether); definitely; absolutely; totally; completely; directly; undoubtedly; unquestionably; literally

專電〔专电〕 zyun¹ din⁶ {zhuān diàn}

noun; special dispatch; dispatch (i.e. news dispatch)

中聽〔-听〕 {zhòngtīng}

1. pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)
2. to one's liking
3. music to one's ears
4. Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]

壓線〔压线〕 aat³ sin³ {yā xiàn}

1. pressure crease
2. fig. to toil for sb else's benefit
3. line ball (i.e. on the line)

遏止 aat³ zi² {è zhǐ}

1. to hold back
2. to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)
3. to resist
4. esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

百強〔-强〕 baak³ koeng⁴ {bǎi qiáng}

top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)

頒授〔颁-〕 baan¹ sau⁶ {bān shòu}

1. to confer (e.g. diploma)
2. to award

包被 baau¹ pei⁵ {bāo bèi}

peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)

閉關〔闭关〕 bai³ gwaan¹ {bì guān}

1. to close the passes
2. to seal off the country
3. seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)

閉域〔闭-〕 bai³ wik⁶ {bì yù}

1. closed domain
2. algebraically closed field (math.), e.g. complex number field 複數域

品第 ban² dai⁶ {pǐn dì}

1. grade (i.e. quality)
2. rank

品味 ban² mei⁶ {pǐn wèi}

1. to sample
2. to taste
3. to appreciate
4. one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc)
5. good taste

鞭策 bin¹ caak³ {biān cè}

1. to spur on
2. to urge on
3. to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

辯稱〔辩称〕 bin⁶ cing¹ {biàn chēng}

1. to argue (that)
2. to allege
3. to dispute
4. to plead (e.g. not guilty)

丙寅 bing² jan⁴ {bǐng yín}

third year C-3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046

丙午 bing² ng⁵ {bǐng wǔ}

forty third year C-7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026

丙申 bing² san¹ {bǐng shēn}

thirty-third year C-9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016

丙辰 bing² san⁴ {bǐng chén}

fifty-third year C-5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036

丙戌 bing² seot¹ {bǐng xū}

twenty third year C-11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066

丙子 bing² zi² {bǐng zǐ}

thirteenth year C-1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056

並激〔并-〕 bing³ gik¹ {bìng jī}

1. parallel excitation
2. shunt excitation
3. shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator)

標稱〔标称〕 biu¹ cing¹ {biāo chēng}

nominal (e.g. nominal value in specification)

標注〔标-〕 biu¹ zyu³ {biāo zhù}

1. to mark out
2. to tag
3. to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to
4. to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)

薄面 bok⁶ min² {bó miàn}

1. my meager sensibilities
2. blushing face
3. please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)

綁定〔绑-〕 bong² ding⁶ {bǎng dìng}

1. binding (loanword)
2. to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)

補登〔补-〕 bou² dang¹ {bǔ dēng}

record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)

寶典〔宝-〕 bou² din² {bǎo diǎn}

1. canonical text
2. treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)

焙燒〔-烧〕 bui⁶ siu¹ {bèi shāo}

1. to roast
2. to bake (e.g. mineral ore)

曝光 buk⁶ gwong¹ {pù guāng}

1. exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material)
2. to expose (a scandal to the public)

本業〔-业〕 bun² jip⁶ {běn yè}

1. business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying)
2. original business
3. core business
4. (literary) agriculture

荸薺〔-荠〕 but⁶ cai⁴ {bí qí}

1. Chinese water chestnut
2. Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta

策反 caak³ faan² {cè fǎn}

1. to instigate (rebellion etc)
2. incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)

拆洗 caak³ sai² {chāi xǐ}

to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)

鈔票〔钞-〕 caau¹ piu³ {chāo piào}

1. paper money
2. a bill (e.g. 100 yuan)
3. CL: 張,紮

炒熱〔-热〕 caau² jit⁶ {chǎo rè}

1. hot (i.e. selling well)
2. to raise prices by speculation
3. to hype

砌層〔-层〕 cai³ cang⁴ {qì céng}

course (i.e. building layer)

親戚〔亲-〕 can¹ cik¹ {qīn qi}

1. a relative (i.e. family relation)
2. CL: 門,個,位

親生〔亲-〕 can¹ saang¹ {qīn shēng}

1. one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)
2. biological (parents)
3. birth (parents)

抽血 cau¹ hyut³ {chōu xuè}

1. to take blood
2. to draw blood (e.g. for a test)

丑牛 cau² ngau⁴ {chǒu niú}

Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)

臭彈〔-弹〕 cau³ daan² {chòu dàn}

dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)

車行〔车-〕 ce¹ hong⁴ {chē xíng}

1. traffic
2. to drive (i.e. travel in a vehicle)

催乳 ceoi¹ jyu⁵ {cuī rǔ}

1. to promote lactation
2. to stimulate lactation (e.g. with drug)

催奶 ceoi¹ naai⁵ {cuī nǎi}

1. to promote lactation
2. to stimulate lactation (e.g. with drug)

除塵〔-尘〕 ceoi⁴ can⁴ {chú chén}

to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)

出場〔-场〕 ceot¹ coeng⁴ {chū chǎng}

1. to appear (on stage, in a show, in a photo etc)
2. to play (for a team)
3. to enter (arena or stage)
4. to send sb out (e.g. off the field for a foul)

出局 ceot¹ guk⁶ {chū jú}

1. to send off (player for a foul)
2. to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament)
3. to eliminate
4. to call out
5. to kill off
6. to pull out of (a competition)
7. to retire (a runner in baseball)
8. out (i.e. man out in baseball)

焌油 ceot¹ jau⁴ {qū yóu}

to pour heated oil and seasonings over food (e.g. a cooked fish)

詞形〔词-〕 ci⁴ jing⁴ {cí xíng}

1. form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation)
2. morphology (linguistics)

詞語〔词语〕 ci⁴ jyu⁵ {cí yǔ}

1. word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
2. term (e.g. technical term)
3. expression

詞彙〔词汇〕 ci⁴ wui⁶ {cí huì}

1. vocabulary
2. list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)
3. word

簽收〔签-〕 cim¹ sau¹ {qiān shōu}

to sign for the acceptance of sth (e.g. a delivery etc)

千里 cin¹ lei⁵ {qiān lǐ}

1. a thousand miles
2. a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
3. a long distance

淺露〔浅-〕 cin² lou⁶ {qiǎn lù}

1. blunt
2. direct (i.e. not tactful)

清道 cing¹ dou⁶ {qīng dào}

1. to clean the street
2. to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)

撤僑〔-侨〕 cit³ kiu⁴ {chè qiáo}

to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)

超聯〔-联〕 ciu¹ lyun⁴ {chāo lián}

1. hyperlink
2. superleague (e.g. soccer)

初等 co¹ dang² {chū děng}

elementary (i.e. easy)

初聲〔-声〕 co¹ sing¹ {chū shēng}

initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics)

錯位〔错-〕 co³ wai² {cuò wèi}

1. to misplace
2. displacement (e.g. of broken bones)
3. out of alignment
4. faulty contact
5. erroneous judgment
6. inversion (medical, e.g. breach delivery)

灼痛 coek³ tung³ {zhuó tòng}

1. burn (i.e. wound)
2. burning pain

槍版〔枪-〕 coeng¹ baan² {qiāng bǎn}

amateur pirated DVD, made e.g. by shooting a running movie

窗口 coeng¹ hau² {chuāng kǒu}

1. window
2. opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
3. computer operating system window
4. fig. medium
5. intermediary
6. showpiece
7. testing ground

槍閂〔枪闩〕 coeng¹ saan¹ {qiāng shuān}

breech bolt (e.g. of rifle)

搶通〔抢-〕 coeng² tung¹ {qiǎng tōng}

to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)

唱和 coeng³ wo⁶ {chàng hè}

1. antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus)
2. sung reply (in agreement with first voice)
3. to reply with a poem in the same rhythm

長隊〔长队〕 coeng⁴ deoi² {cháng duì}

1. line (i.e. of people waiting)
2. queue

蔡鍔〔-锷〕 coi³ ngok⁶ {Cài È}

Cai E (1882-1916), originator of the National protection army of 1915

賽事〔赛-〕 coi³ si⁶ {sài shì}

competition (e.g. sporting)

衝決〔冲决〕 cung¹ kyut³ {chōng jué}

to burst (e.g. a dam)

充數〔-数〕 cung¹ sou³ {chōng shù}

1. to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)
2. to serve as stopgap

重疊〔-叠〕 cung⁴ dip⁶ {chóng dié}

1. to overlap
2. to superimpose
3. to telescope
4. to run together
5. to duplicate
6. one over another
7. superposition
8. an overlap
9. redundancy
10. reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步 to have a stroll)

重譯〔-译〕 cung⁴ jik⁶ {chóng yì}

1. to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation)
2. to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors)

重演 cung⁴ jin² {chóng yǎn}

1. a repeat performance
2. repeat occurrence (e.g. of a disaster)

重影 cung⁴ jing² {chóng yǐng}

1. overlapping images
2. double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera)
3. double vision

重碼〔-码〕 cung⁴ maa⁵ {chóng mǎ}

1. repeated code
2. coincident code (i.e. two characters or words having the same encoding)

重奏 cung⁴ zau³ {chóng zòu}

musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏)

存入 cyun⁴ jap⁶ {cún rù}

to deposit (e.g. in a bank account)

傳給〔传给〕 cyun⁴ kap¹ {chuán gei}

1. to pass on (to sb)
2. to send
3. to pass (e.g. in football)
4. to give directly (by hand)
5. to deliver
6. to hand over
7. to transfer
8. to relay
9. to transmit
10. to hand on (to the next generation)

全豹 cyun⁴ paau³ {quán bào}

1. the full picture (i.e. the whole situation)
2. panorama

詮釋〔诠释〕 cyun⁴ sik¹ {quán shì}

1. to interpret
2. to comment and explain
3. to annotate
4. to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role)
5. to decode
6. interpretation
7. annotation

大錢〔-钱〕 daai⁶ cin² {dà qián}

1. high denomination of banknotes or coins
2. lots of money
3. a big sum (e.g. a bribe)

大國〔-国〕 daai⁶ gwok³ {dà guó}

a power (i.e. a dominant country)

搭扣 daap³ kau³ {dā kòu}

a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches)

得證〔-证〕 dak¹ zing³ {dé zhèng}

1. to obtain a proof
2. Q.E.D.

特勤 dak⁶ kan⁴ {tè qín}

1. special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions)
2. person on special duty

燈謎〔灯谜〕 dang¹ mai⁴ {dēng mí}

riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)

燈頭〔灯头〕 dang¹ tau⁴ {dēng tóu}

1. electric light socket
2. burner (component of a kerosene lamp)
3. light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)

對地〔对-〕 deoi³ dei⁶ {duì dì}

targeted (e.g. attacks)

滴劑〔-剂〕 dik⁶ zai¹ {dī jì}

to drip (e.g. medical drip feed)

顛覆〔颠-〕 din¹ fuk¹ {diān fù}

1. to topple (i.e. knock over)
2. to capsize
3. fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
4. to undermine
5. to subvert

電離〔电离〕 din⁶ lei⁴ {diàn lí}

1. ion
2. ionized (e.g. gas)

丁丑 ding¹ cau² {dīng chǒu}

fourteenth year D-2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057

丁亥 ding¹ hoi⁶ {dīng hài}

twenty fourth year D-12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067

丁酉 ding¹ jau⁵ {dīng yǒu}

thirty fourth year D-10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017

丁卯 ding¹ maau⁵ {dīng mǎo}

fourth year D-4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047

丁未 ding¹ mei⁶ {dīng wèi}

forty fourth year D-8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027

丁巳 ding¹ zi⁶ {dīng sì}

fifty fourth year D-6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037

訂出〔订-〕 ding³ ceot¹ {dìng chū}

1. to lay down (a rule, a plan of action)
2. to draw up
3. booked out (i.e. already fully booked)

定數〔-数〕 ding⁶ sou³ {dìng shù}

1. constant (math.)
2. quota
3. fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus)
4. fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck)
5. destiny

吊杆 diu³ gon¹ {diào gān}

a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)

調號〔调号〕 diu⁶ hou⁶ {diào hào}

1. tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
2. (music) key signature

調律〔调-〕 diu⁶ leot⁶ {tiáo lǜ}

to tune (e.g. piano)

多束 do¹ cuk¹ {duō shù}

multibeam (e.g. laser)

代銷〔-销〕 doi⁶ siu¹ {dài xiāo}

1. to sell as agent
2. to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies)
3. proxy sale (of stocks)

擋位〔挡-〕 dong³ wai² {dǎng wèi}

gear level (i.e. first gear, high gear etc)

倒倉〔-仓〕 dou² cong¹ {dǎo cāng}

1. to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
2. voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)

倒影 dou² jing² {dào yǐng}

1. inverted image
2. reversed image (e.g. upside down)

倒像 dou² zoeng⁶ {dào xiàng}

1. inverted image
2. reversed image (e.g. upside down)

倒刺 dou³ ci³ {dào cì}

1. barb
2. barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)

倒掛〔-挂〕 dou³ gwaa³ {dào guà}

1. lit. to hang upside down
2. fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods)
3. to borrow more than one can ever repay

倒貼〔-贴〕 dou³ tip³ {dào tiē}

to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)

導讀〔导读〕 dou⁶ duk⁶ {dǎo dú}

guide (e.g. book or other printed material)

讀破〔读-〕 duk⁶ po³ {dú pò}

1. to read extensively and thoroughly
2. nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. reading [hao4] in compound 愛好 "hobby" in place of [hao3]

讀頭〔读头〕 duk⁶ tau⁴ {dú tóu}

reading head (e.g. in tape deck)

東阿〔东-〕 dung¹ aa³ {Dōng ē}

Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong

東家〔东-〕 dung¹ gaa¹ {dōng jiā}

1. master (i.e. employer)
2. landlord
3. boss

東主〔东-〕 dung¹ zyu² {dōng zhǔ}

owner (e.g. of a shop)

返程 faan² cing⁴ {fǎn chéng}

return journey (e.g. home)

反核 faan² hat⁶ {fǎn hé}

anti-nuclear (e.g. protest)

反射 faan² se⁶ {fǎn shè}

1. to reflect
2. reflection (from a mirror etc)
3. reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)

犯戒 faan⁶ gaai³ {fàn jiè}

1. to go against the rules (of a religious order)
2. to break a ban (e.g. medical)

忽悠 fat¹ jau⁴ {hū you}

1. to rock
2. to sway
3. to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
4. to flutter (e.g. of a flag)
5. to trick sb into doing sth
6. to dupe
7. to con

肥肉 fei⁴ juk⁶ {féi ròu}

1. fat (e.g. pork fat)
2. fatty meat
3. (fig.) a gold mine
4. cash cow

科室 fo¹ sat¹ {kē shì}

1. department
2. administrative division
3. unit (e.g. intensive care unit)

方丈 fong¹ zoeng⁶ {fāng zhang}

1. square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
2. monastic room 10 feet square
3. Buddhist or Daoist abbot
4. abbot's chamber

仿射 fong² se⁶ {fǎng shè}

affine (math.), i.e. inhomogeneous linear

房產〔-产〕 fong⁴ caan² {fáng chǎn}

1. real estate
2. the property market (e.g. houses)

防夾〔-夹〕 fong⁴ gep⁶ {fáng jiā}

antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)

防控 fong⁴ hung³ {fáng kòng}

to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)

虎年 fu² nin⁴ {hǔ nián}

Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)

苦水 fu² seoi² {kǔ shuǐ}

1. bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)
2. suffering
3. digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth
4. fig. bitter complaint

戽水 fu³ seoi² {hù shuǐ}

to bail (i.e. scoop water)

複比〔复-〕 fuk¹ bei² {fù bǐ}

compound ratio (i.e. product of two ratios)

複讀〔复读〕 fuk¹ duk⁶ {fù dú}

(of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)

復核〔复-〕 fuk¹ hat⁶ {fù hé}

1. to reconsider
2. to reexamine
3. to review (e.g. a report prior to accepting it)

複線〔复线〕 fuk¹ sin³ {fù xiàn}

1. multiple track (e.g. rail)
2. multi-lane (e.g. highway)
3. the complex line (math.)

風暴〔风-〕 fung¹ bou⁶ {fēng bào}

1. storm
2. violent commotion
3. fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)

鋒利〔锋-〕 fung¹ lei⁶ {fēng lì}

1. sharp (e.g. knife blade)
2. incisive
3. to the point

封網〔-网〕 fung¹ mong⁵ {fēng wǎng}

1. to seal a net (e.g. in tennis)
2. to block (a network)
3. Internet censorship

加大 gaa¹ daai⁶ {jiā dà}

to increase (e.g. one's effort)

加碼〔-码〕 gaa¹ maa⁵ {jiā mǎ}

1. to raise the price of commodities
2. to raise stakes (in gambling)
3. to increase a position (e.g. in futures markets)
4. to encode
5. mark-up

街舞 gaai¹ mou⁵ {jiē wǔ}

street dance (e.g. breakdance)

階乘〔阶-〕 gaai¹ sing⁴ {jiē chéng}

the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120

解手 gaai² sau² {jiě shǒu}

1. to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet)
2. to solve

戒壇〔-坛〕 gaai³ taan⁴ {jiè tán}

the place for monastic vows (e.g. altar)

減計〔减计〕 gaam² gai³ {jiǎn jì}

to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)

減損〔减损〕 gaam² syun² {jiǎn sǔn}

1. to impair
2. to degrade
3. to decrease
4. to reduce
5. to weaken
6. to detract from
7. impairment (e.g. of financial assets)

更次 gaang¹ ci³ {gēng cì}

one watch (i.e. two hour period during night)

甲寅 gaap³ jan⁴ {jiǎ yín}

51st year A-3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034

甲午 gaap³ ng⁵ {jiǎ wǔ}

thirty-first year A-7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014

夾心〔夹-〕 gaap³ sam¹ {jiā xīn}

1. to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking)
2. stuffed

甲申 gaap³ san¹ {jiǎ shēn}

21st year A-9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064

甲辰 gaap³ san⁴ {jiǎ chén}

41st year A-5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024

甲戌 gaap³ seot¹ {jiǎ xū}

eleventh year A-11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054

交睫 gaau¹ zit³ {jiāo jié}

to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)

雞年〔鸡-〕 gai¹ nin⁴ {jī nián}

Year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)

今音 gam¹ jam¹ {jīn yīn}

modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character

感情 gam² cing⁴ {gǎn qíng}

1. feeling
2. emotion
3. sensation
4. likes and dislikes
5. deep affection for sb or sth
6. relationship (i.e. love affair)
7. CL: 個,種

感召 gam² ziu⁶ {gǎn zhào}

1. to rally
2. to call
3. to move and inspire
4. inspiration (e.g. divine inspiration)
5. to impel

禁藥〔-药〕 gam³ joek⁶ {jìn yào}

drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)

禁運〔-运〕 gam³ wan⁶ {jìn yùn}

1. embargo
2. export ban (e.g. on weapons)

禁足 gam³ zuk¹ {jìn zú}

1. to forbid sb to go out
2. to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc)
3. to ground (as disciplinary measure)
4. to gate
5. to curfew
6. restriction on movement
7. ban on visiting a place
8. out of bounds
9. off limits
10. caveat

緊巴〔紧-〕 gan² baa¹ {jǐn bā}

1. tight (i.e. lacking money)
2. hard up
3. same as 緊巴巴

庚寅 gang¹ jan⁴ {gēng yín}

twenty seventh year G-3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070

庚午 gang¹ ng⁵ {gēng wǔ}

seventh year G-7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050

庚申 gang¹ san¹ {gēng shēn}

fifty seventh year G-9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040

庚辰 gang¹ san⁴ {gēng chén}

seventeenth year G-5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060

庚戌 gang¹ seot¹ {gēng xū}

forty seventh year G-11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030

庚子 gang¹ zi² {gēng zǐ}

1. thirty seventh year G-1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
2. cf 庚子國變, the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion

狗年 gau² nin⁴ {gǒu nián}

Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)

舊年〔旧-〕 gau⁶ nin² {jiù nián}

1. last year
2. the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)

基床 gei¹ cong⁴ {jī chuáng}

1. foundation (of building)
2. bed (e.g. bedrock)
3. substrate

己丑 gei² cau² {jǐ chǒu}

twenty sixth year F-2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069

幾希〔几-〕 gei² hei¹ {jī xī}

1. not much
2. very little (e.g. difference)

己亥 gei² hoi⁶ {jǐ hài}

thirty sixth year F-12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019

己酉 gei² jau⁵ {jǐ yǒu}

forty sixth year F-10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029

己卯 gei² maau⁵ {jǐ mǎo}

sixteenth year F-4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059

己未 gei² mei⁶ {jǐ wèi}

fifty sixth year F-8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039

己巳 gei² zi⁶ {jǐ sì}

sixth year F-6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049

舉發〔举发〕 geoi² faat³ {jǔ fā}

1. to expose (e.g., wrongdoing)
2. to accuse (in court)
3. to impeach
4. to denounce

舉世〔举-〕 geoi² sai³ {jǔ shì}

1. throughout the world
2. world ranking (e.g. first)

夾斷〔夹断〕 gep⁶ tyun⁵ {jiā duàn}

1. to nip (i.e. cut short)
2. to pinch off

檢波〔检-〕 gim² bo¹ {jiǎn bō}

to detect (e.g. radio waves)

檢錄〔检录〕 gim² luk⁶ {jiǎn lù}

1. roll-call (e.g. at athletics event)
2. check the record

劍客〔剑-〕 gim³ haak³ {jiàn kè}

fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)

敬語〔-语〕 ging³ jyu⁵ {jìng yǔ}

honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)

競渡〔竞-〕 ging⁶ dou⁶ {jìng dù}

1. rowing competition
2. boat race
3. swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake)

競技〔竞-〕 ging⁶ gei⁶ {jìng jì}

1. competition of skill (e.g. sports)
2. athletics tournament

勁射〔劲-〕 ging⁶ se⁶ {jìng shè}

1. shooting vigorously (with gun)
2. power shot (e.g. in soccer)

矯形〔矫-〕 giu² jing⁴ {jiǎo xíng}

orthopedic (e.g. surgery)

矯治〔矫-〕 giu² zi⁶ {jiǎo zhì}

1. to correct (e.g. sight or hearing)
2. to rectify
3. to cure

矯正〔矫-〕 giu² zing³ {jiǎo zhèng}

1. to correct
2. to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision)
3. to cure
4. rectification
5. correction
6. to straighten

改期 goi² kei⁴ {gǎi qī}

1. to reschedule
2. to rearrange (e.g. a meeting)
3. to postpone

蓋門〔盖门〕 goi³ mun⁴ {gài mén}

1. closing cover
2. door (e.g. of photocopier)

乾冰〔干-〕 gon¹ bing¹ {gān bīng}

1. dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
2. CL: 塊

乾脆〔干-〕 gon¹ ceoi³ {gān cuì}

1. straightforward
2. clear-cut
3. blunt (e.g. statement)
4. you might as well
5. simply

高矮 gou¹ ai² {gāo ǎi}

height (i.e. whether short or tall)

高次 gou¹ ci³ {gāo cì}

higher degree (e.g. equation in math.)

高程 gou¹ cing⁴ {gāo chéng}

1. altitude (e.g. above street level)
2. elevation

高陽〔-阳〕 gou¹ joeng⁴ {Gāo Yáng}

common name, e.g. Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist

高位 gou¹ wai² {gāo wèi}

1. high position
2. eminent status
3. top job
4. raised position
5. upper (limbs)
6. a high (i.e. local maximum)
7. high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc

古人 gu² jan⁴ {gǔ rén}

1. people from ancient times
2. the ancients
3. the late (i.e. person who has passed away)

股長〔-长〕 gu² zoeng² {gǔ zhǎng}

1. person in charge of a 股 (section or department)
2. head
3. chief
4. director
5. (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長 discipline monitor

故訓〔-训〕 gu³ fan³ {gù xùn}

old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)

官能 gun¹ nang⁴ {guān néng}

1. function
2. capability
3. sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視, hearing 聽, smell 嗅, taste 味 and touch 觸)
4. faculty (i.e. specific ability)

公假 gung¹ gaa³ {gōng jià}

official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)

公休 gung¹ jau¹ {gōng xiū}

1. public holiday
2. official leave (e.g. sabbatical)

公演 gung¹ jin² {gōng yǎn}

1. to perform (e.g. on the stage)
2. to lecture

公約〔-约〕 gung¹ joek³ {gōng yuē}

convention (i.e. international agreement)

公立 gung¹ laap⁶ {gōng lì}

public (e.g. school, hospital)

公勺 gung¹ zoek³ {gōng sháo}

1. serving spoon
2. centiliter (i.e. 10 ml), abbr. to 勺

工種〔-种〕 gung¹ zung² {gōng zhǒng}

kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)

掛齒〔挂齿〕 gwaa³ ci² {guà chǐ}

to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")

掛鉤〔挂钩〕 gwaa³ ngau¹ {guà gōu}

1. hook (on which to hang sth)
2. to couple
3. to link together
4. to establish contact with
5. hook
6. coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches)

怪傑〔-杰〕 gwaai³ git⁶ {guài jié}

monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)

關公〔关-〕 gwaan¹ gung¹ {Guān gōng}

Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽)

癸丑 gwai³ cau² {guǐ chǒu}

fiftieth year J-2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033

季春 gwai³ ceon¹ {jì chūn}

final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar)

季冬 gwai³ dung¹ {jì dōng}

final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)

季夏 gwai³ haa⁶ {jì xià}

final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)

癸亥 gwai³ hoi⁶ {guǐ hài}

sixtieth year J-12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043

癸酉 gwai³ jau⁵ {guǐ yǒu}

tenth year J-10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053

癸卯 gwai³ maau⁵ {guǐ mǎo}

fortieth year J-4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023

癸未 gwai³ mei⁶ {guǐ wèi}

twentieth year J-8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063

癸巳 gwai³ zi⁶ {guǐ sì}

thirtieth year J-6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073

均差 gwan¹ caa¹ {jūn chā}

relief (i.e. height of land in geography)

均熱〔-热〕 gwan¹ jit⁶ {jūn rè}

to heat evenly (e.g. in smelting metal)

均濕〔-湿〕 gwan¹ sap¹ {jūn shī}

to moisten evenly (e.g. in tanning leather)

滾動〔滚动〕 gwan² dung⁶ {gǔn dòng}

1. to roll
2. lap (of a race)
3. to roll over (e.g. investment)
4. rolling
5. consecutive
6. rumble (of thunder)

崛起 gwat⁶ hei² {jué qǐ}

1. to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
2. to tower over
3. to spring up
4. to emerge suddenly
5. the emergence (e.g. of a power)

過熱〔过热〕 gwo³ jit⁶ {guò rè}

to overheat (e.g. an economy)

過節〔过节〕 gwo³ zit³ {guò jié}

1. to celebrate a festival
2. after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)

國花〔国-〕 gwok³ faa¹ {guó huā}

national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)

光伏 gwong¹ fuk⁶ {guāng fú}

photovoltaic (e.g. cell)

光能 gwong¹ nang⁴ {guāng néng}

light energy (e.g. solar)

廣九〔广-〕 gwong² gau² {Guǎng Jiǔ}

Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)

下架 haa⁶ gaa² {xià jià}

to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)

下行 haa⁶ hang⁴ {xià xíng}

1. (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
2. (of river boats) to travel downstream
3. to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels
4. (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom

下海 haa⁶ hoi² {xià hǎi}

1. to go out to sea
2. to enter the sea (to swim etc)
3. (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)

涵養〔-养〕 haam⁴ joeng⁵ {hán yǎng}

1. to conserve (e.g. water)
2. self-restraint
3. self-possession

黑茶 hak¹ caa⁴ {hēi chá}

dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶)

哼哧 hang¹ ci¹ {hēng chī}

to puff hard (e.g. after running)

合股 hap⁶ gu² {hé gǔ}

1. joint stock
2. ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn)

合拍 hap⁶ paak³ {hé pāi}

1. in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
2. to keep in step with
3. fig. to cooperate

合數〔-数〕 hap⁶ sou³ {hé shù}

composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)

合子 hap⁶ zi² {hé zi}

pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables)

猴年 hau⁴ nin⁴ {hóu nián}

Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)

后羿 hau⁶ ngai⁶ {Hòu Yì}

Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e

後置〔后-〕 hau⁶ zi³ {hòu zhì}

1. to place after (e.g. in grammar)
2. postposition

起價〔-价〕 hei² gaa³ {qǐ jià}

1. initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer)
2. prices starting from

起來〔-来〕 hei² loi⁴ {qi lai}

1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站)
3. bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾)
4. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看) expressing preliminary judgement

氣化〔气-〕 hei³ faa³ {qì huà}

1. to vaporize
2. evaporation
3. carburetion
4. 氣 transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath)
5. unvoicing of voiced consonant

氣體〔气体〕 hei³ tai² {qì tǐ}

gas (i.e. gaseous substance)

吃布 hek³ bou³ {chī bù}

to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)

虛歲〔虚岁〕 heoi¹ seoi³ {xū suì}

1. one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person's age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday.
2. as opposed to 足歲
3. see also 實歲

牽頭〔牵头〕 hin¹ tau⁴ {qiān tóu}

1. to lead (an animal by the head)
2. to take the lead
3. to coordinate (a combined operation)
4. to mediate
5. a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)

遣返 hin² faan² {qiǎn fǎn}

1. to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)
2. to send back

氫氧〔氢-〕 hing¹ joeng⁵ {qīng yǎng}

hydroxide (e.g. caustic soda NaOH)

協管〔协-〕 hip³ gun² {xié guǎn}

1. to assist in managing (e.g. traffic police or crowd control)
2. to steward

可解 ho² gaai² {kě jiě}

soluble (i.e. can be solved)

賀函〔贺-〕 ho⁶ haam⁴ {hè hán}

1. letter of congratulations
2. greeting card (e.g. for New Year)

靴褲〔-裤〕 hoe¹ fu³ {xuē kù}

boot cut (e.g. of jeans etc)

海風〔-风〕 hoi² fung¹ {hǎi fēng}

1. sea breeze
2. sea wind (i.e. from the sea)

海關〔-关〕 hoi² gwaan¹ {hǎi guān}

1. customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
2. CL: 個

亥豬〔-猪〕 hoi⁶ zyu¹ {hài zhū}

Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007)

看戲〔-戏〕 hon³ hei³ {kàn xì}

1. to watch a play
2. to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)

寒食 hon⁴ sik⁶ {hán shí}

1. cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節)
2. the Qingming festival

航船 hong⁴ syun⁴ {háng chuán}

ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)

豪雨 hou⁴ jyu⁵ {háo yǔ}

1. violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon)
2. cloudburst

孔門〔-门〕 hung² mun⁴ {Kǒng mén}

Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)

孔眼 hung² ngaan⁵ {kǒng yǎn}

hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)

控件 hung³ gin² {kòng jiàn}

a control (e.g. button, text box etc) (computing)

紅股〔红-〕 hung⁴ gu² {hóng gǔ}

(economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis

洪流 hung⁴ lau⁴ {hóng liú}

1. a powerful current
2. a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)

熊市 hung⁴ si⁵ {xióng shì}

bear market (i.e. period of falling share prices)

血氣〔-气〕 hyut³ hei³ {xuè qì}

1. blood and vital breath
2. bloodline (i.e. parentage)
3. valor

陰極〔阴极〕 jam¹ gik⁶ {yīn jí}

1. cathode
2. negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)

音軌〔-轨〕 jam¹ gwai² {yīn guǐ}

1. sound track
2. track number (e.g. on a CD)

音譯〔-译〕 jam¹ jik⁶ {yīn yì}

1. transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)
2. characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)
3. transcription (linguistics)
4. to transcribe phonetic symbols

音名 jam¹ meng² {yīn míng}

name of pitch (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)

壬寅 jam⁴ jan⁴ {rén yín}

thirty ninth year I-3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022

壬午 jam⁴ ng⁵ {rén wǔ}

nineteenth year I-7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062

壬申 jam⁴ san¹ {rén shēn}

ninth year I-9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052

壬辰 jam⁴ san⁴ {rén chén}

twenty ninth year I-5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072

壬戌 jam⁴ seot¹ {rén xū}

fifty ninth year I-11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042

壬子 jam⁴ zi² {rén zǐ}

forty ninth year I-1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032

隱藏〔隐-〕 jan² cong⁴ {yǐn cáng}

1. to hide
2. to conceal
3. to mask
4. to lie low
5. to nestle
6. to shelter
7. to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden)
8. hidden
9. implicit
10. private
11. covert
12. recessed (lighting)
13. a hideout

隱疾〔隐-〕 jan² zat⁶ {yǐn jí}

an unmentionable illness (e.g. venereal disease)

印子 jan³ zi² {yìn zi}

1. trace
2. impression (e.g. footprint)
3. abbr. of 印子錢, usury

寅虎 jan⁴ fu² {yín hǔ}

Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)

人頭〔-头〕 jan⁴ tau⁴ {rén tóu}

1. person
2. number of people
3. (per) capita
4. (a person's) head
5. (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)

人精 jan⁴ zing¹ {rén jīng}

1. sophisticate
2. man with extensive experience
3. child prodigy
4. Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child)
5. spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣 of TCM)

入盟 jap⁶ mang⁴ {rù méng}

to join (e.g. union or alliance)

一甲 jat¹ gaap³ {yī jiǎ}

1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively)

一類〔-类〕 jat¹ leoi⁶ {yī lèi}

1. same type
2. category 1 (i.e. class A)

酋長〔-长〕 jau⁴ zoeng² {qiú zhǎng}

1. headman (of primitive people)
2. tribal chief
3. used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir

有請〔-请〕 jau⁵ cing² {yǒu qǐng}

1. to request the pleasure of seeing sb
2. to ask sb in
3. to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)

酉雞〔-鸡〕 jau⁵ gai¹ {yǒu jī}

Year 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)

有臉〔-脸〕 jau⁵ lim⁵ {yǒu liǎn}

1. lit. having face
2. to have prestige
3. to command respect
4. to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous)
5. to have the gall
6. not ashamed to

夜間〔-间〕 je⁶ gaan¹ {yè jiān}

1. nighttime
2. evening or night (e.g. classes)

潤濕〔润湿〕 jeon⁶ sap¹ {rùn shī}

1. to moisten (e.g. of rain)
2. to wet

儀表〔仪-〕 ji⁴ biu² {yí biǎo}

1. appearance
2. bearing
3. meter (i.e. measuring instrument)

議決〔议决〕 ji⁵ kyut³ {yì jué}

1. to decide (in a meeting)
2. to resolve (i.e. pass a resolution)

二次 ji⁶ ci³ {èr cì}

1. second (i.e. number two)
2. second time
3. twice
4. (math.) quadratic (of degree two)

異父〔异-〕 ji⁶ fu⁶ {yì fù}

with different father (e.g. of half-brother)

二甲 ji⁶ gaap³ {èr jiǎ}

2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)

二世 ji⁶ sai³ {èr shì}

1. the Second (of numbered kings)
2. second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)

逆變〔-变〕 jik⁶ bin³ {nì biàn}

reversing (e.g. electric current)

譯自〔译-〕 jik⁶ zi⁶ {yì zì}

1. translation from
2. loan from (e.g. English word)

淹灌 jim¹ gun³ {yān guàn}

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

應卯〔应-〕 jing³ maau⁵ {yìng mǎo}

1. to answer the roll call at 卯時, i.e. between 5 and 7 am
2. fig. to put in a conventional appearance

形譯〔-译〕 jing⁴ jik⁶ {xíng yì}

derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合, derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")

凝聚 jing⁴ zeoi⁶ {níng jù}

1. to condense
2. to coagulate
3. coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets)
4. aggregation
5. coherent

業績〔业绩〕 jip⁶ zik¹ {yè jì}

1. performance
2. track record
3. outstanding achievement
4. great feat
5. yield (of investment)
6. growth
7. performance (i.e. company profits)
8. sales

熱島〔热岛〕 jit⁶ dou² {rè dǎo}

heat island (i.e. large city centers are hotter)

熱解〔热-〕 jit⁶ gaai² {rè jiě}

thermal cleavage (i.e. sth splits when heated)

舀水 jiu⁵ seoi² {yǎo shuǐ}

to bail (i.e. scoop water)

約分〔约-〕 joek³ fan⁶ {yuē fēn}

1. reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths)
2. to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator

躍遷〔跃迁〕 joek⁶ cin¹ {yuè qiān}

1. transition
2. jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy)

藥檢〔药检〕 joek⁶ gim² {yào jiǎn}

drugs test (e.g. on athletes)

羊年 joeng⁴ nin⁴ {yáng nián}

Year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)

餘量〔余-〕 jyu⁴ loeng⁶ {yú liàng}

1. remnant
2. leftover
3. tolerance (i.e. allowed error)

餘碼〔余码〕 jyu⁴ maa⁵ {yú mǎ}

excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)

玄秘 jyun⁴ bei³ {xuán mì}

1. mystery
2. mysterious
3. occult
4. abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)

沿兒〔-儿〕 jyun⁴ ji⁴ {yán r}

edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒)

圓領〔圆领〕 jyun⁴ leng⁵ {yuán lǐng}

1. crew neck
2. round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)

沿線〔-线〕 jyun⁴ sin³ {yán xiàn}

1. along the line (e.g. railway)
2. the region near the line

軟庫〔软库〕 jyun⁵ fu³ {Ruǎn kù}

Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm

遠期〔远-〕 jyun⁵ kei⁴ {yuǎn qī}

1. long term (loan)
2. at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment)
3. abbr. for 遠期合約, forward contract (finance)

眩暈〔-晕〕 jyun⁶ wan⁴ {xuàn yūn}

1. vertigo
2. dizziness
3. fainting
4. feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke)

乙丑 jyut³ cau² {yǐ chǒu}

second year B-2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045

乙亥 jyut³ hoi⁶ {yǐ hài}

twelfth year B-12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055

乙酉 jyut³ jau⁵ {yǐ yǒu}

twenty second year B-10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065

乙卯 jyut³ maau⁵ {yǐ mǎo}

fifty second year B-4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035

乙未 jyut³ mei⁶ {yǐ wèi}

thirty second year B-8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015

乙巳 jyut³ zi⁶ {yǐ sì}

forty second year B-6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025

球會〔-会〕 kau⁴ wui² {qiú huì}

ballsports club (e.g. golf, football etc)

騎士〔骑-〕 ke⁴ si⁶ {qí shì}

1. horseman
2. cavalryman
3. knight (i.e. European nobility)
4. (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)

區隔〔区-〕 keoi¹ gaak³ {qū gé}

1. to mark off
2. interval
3. segment (e.g. of market)
4. compartment
5. segmentation

區劃〔区划〕 keoi¹ waak⁶ {qū huà}

subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)

區畫〔区画〕 keoi¹ waak⁶ {qū huà}

subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)

橋段〔桥-〕 kiu⁴ dyun⁶ {qiáo duàn}

1. scene
2. section
3. chapter
4. passage
5. bridge (i.e. transition)

強流〔强-〕 koeng⁴ lau⁴ {qiáng liú}

high current (e.g. electric)

擴張〔扩张〕 kong³ zoeng¹ {kuò zhāng}

1. expansion
2. dilation
3. to expand (e.g. one's power or influence)
4. to broaden

規律〔规-〕 kwai¹ leot⁶ {guī lǜ}

1. rule (e.g. of science)
2. law of behavior
3. regular pattern
4. rhythm
5. discipline

擴孔〔扩-〕 kwong³ hung² {kuò kǒng}

1. to widen a tube
2. to ream (i.e. widen a hole)

爛漫〔烂-〕 laan⁶ maan⁶ {làn màn}

1. brightly colored
2. unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)

禮炮〔礼-〕 lai⁵ paau³ {lǐ pào}

1. gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)
2. salvo

流連〔-连〕 lau⁴ lin⁴ {liú lián}

1. to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave)
2. to linger on

流浪 lau⁴ long⁶ {liú làng}

1. to drift about
2. to wander
3. to roam
4. nomadic
5. homeless
6. unsettled (e.g. population)
7. vagrant

劉鶚〔刘鹗〕 lau⁴ ngok⁶ {Liú È}

Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記

漏洩〔-泄〕 lau⁶ sit³ {lòu xiè}

a leak (e.g. of chemicals)

利權〔-权〕 lei⁶ kyun⁴ {lì quán}

economic rights (e.g. of a state monopoly)

領走〔领-〕 leng⁵ zau² {lǐng zǒu}

1. to lead (sb, or an animal) away
2. to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand)
3. to take away

濾波〔滤-〕 leoi⁶ bo¹ {lǜ bō}

filtering radio waves (i.e. to pick out one frequency)

輪任〔轮-〕 leon⁴ jam⁶ {lún rèn}

rotating appointment (e.g. Presidency of EU)

力臂 lik⁶ bei³ {lì bì}

lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)

連江〔连-〕 lin⁴ gong¹ {Lián jiāng}

1. Lianjiang county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian
2. Lienchiang county of Taiwan, i.e. the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島

煉化〔炼-〕 lin⁶ faa³ {liàn huà}

1. to refine
2. refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)

玲玲 ling⁴ ling⁴ {líng líng}

(onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels)

羅鍋〔罗锅〕 lo⁴ wo¹ {luó guō}

1. humpbacked (e.g. a bridge)
2. in the form of an arch
3. a hunchback

涼拌〔凉-〕 loeng⁴ bun⁶ {liáng bàn}

1. salad with dressing
2. cold vegetables dressed with sauce (e.g. coleslaw)

良藥〔-药〕 loeng⁴ joek⁶ {liáng yào}

1. good medicine
2. panacea
3. fig. a good solution
4. a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)

量規〔-规〕 loeng⁴ kwai¹ {liáng guī}

gauge (i.e. measuring device)

良民 loeng⁴ man⁴ {liáng mín}

1. good people
2. ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)

糧秣〔粮-〕 loeng⁴ mut³ {liáng mò}

1. provisions (e.g. military)
2. forage
3. fodder

涼席〔凉-〕 loeng⁴ zik⁶ {liáng xí}

1. summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
2. CL: 張,領

兩院〔两-〕 loeng⁵ jyun² {liǎng yuàn}

two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate

來電〔来电〕 loi⁴ din⁶ {lái diàn}

1. incoming telegram or telephone call
2. your telegram, telephone call, or message
3. to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
4. to have instant attraction to sb
5. to have chemistry with sb
6. to come back (of electricity, after an outage)

落馬〔-马〕 lok⁶ maa⁵ {luò mǎ}

1. (lit.) to fall from a horse
2. (fig.) to suffer a setback
3. to come a cropper
4. to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)

牢籠〔-笼〕 lou⁴ lung⁴ {láo lóng}

1. cage
2. trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)
3. fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
4. shackles (of past misconceptions)
5. to trap
6. to shackle

魯賓〔鲁宾〕 lou⁵ ban¹ {Lǔ bīn}

1. Rubin (name)
2. Robert E. Rubin (1938-), US Treasury Secretary 1995-1999 under President Clinton

老臉〔-脸〕 lou⁵ lim⁵ {lǎo liǎn}

1. self-respect of old person
2. face
3. thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism)
4. brazen

路況〔-况〕 lou⁶ fong³ {lù kuàng}

road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)

路線〔-线〕 lou⁶ sin³ {lù xiàn}

1. itinerary
2. route
3. political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
4. CL: 條

綠地〔绿-〕 luk⁶ dei⁶ {lǜ dì}

green area (e.g. urban park or garden)

龍年〔龙-〕 lung⁴ nin⁴ {lóng nián}

Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)

聯隊〔联队〕 lyun⁴ deoi⁶ {lián duì}

1. wing (of an air force)
2. sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea)

聯俄〔联-〕 lyun⁴ ngo⁴ {lián É}

alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)

馬年〔马-〕 maa⁵ nin⁴ {mǎ nián}

Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)

馬上〔马-〕 maa⁵ soeng⁶ {mǎ shàng}

1. at once
2. right away
3. immediately
4. on horseback (i.e. by military force)

馬蹄〔马-〕 maa⁵ tai² {mǎ tí}

1. horse's hoof
2. horseshoe
3. Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)

碼子〔码-〕 maa⁵ zi² {mǎ zi}

1. number (e.g. page or house number)
2. numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral)
3. code sign
4. plus or minus sound
5. counter
6. chip (e.g. in gambling games)
7. price tag
8. ready cash at one's disposal (old)

埋頭〔-头〕 maai⁴ tau⁴ {mái tóu}

1. to immerse oneself in
2. engrossed in sth
3. to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
4. countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)

慢性 maan⁶ sing³ {màn xìng}

1. slow and patient
2. chronic (disease)
3. slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)

慢說〔-说〕 maan⁶ syut³ {màn shuō}

not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)

漫說〔-说〕 maan⁶ syut³ {màn shuō}

not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)

猛跌 maang⁵ dit³ {měng diē}

drop sharply (e.g. stock prices)

卯兔 maau⁵ tou³ {mǎo tù}

Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)

貌美 maau⁶ mei⁵ {mào měi}

1. good looks
2. pretty (e.g. young woman)

脈絡〔脉络〕 mak⁶ lok³ {mài luò}

1. arteries and veins
2. network of blood vessels
3. vascular system (of a plant or animal)
4. (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric")
5. overall context

民營〔-营〕 man⁴ jing⁴ {mín yíng}

privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)

密帳〔-帐〕 mat⁶ zoeng³ {mì zhàng}

secret account (e.g. bank account)

微小 mei⁴ siu² {wēi xiǎo}

1. minute (i.e. extremely small)
2. infinitesimal

尾氣〔-气〕 mei⁵ hei³ {wěi qì}

1. exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine)
2. emissions

尾音 mei⁵ jam¹ {wěi yīn}

1. final sound of a syllable
2. rhyme (e.g. in European languages)