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##a
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ā
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Oh!
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ā
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particle at the end of a sentence expressing admiration, warning
or request
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Ā'ērfǎ
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Alpha
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Āfùhàn
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Afghanistan
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Āgēntíng
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Argentina
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āgépèi (See also: jīyú yuánzé de ài)
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agapé
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āi
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but oh!
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āi
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oh! (but oh!)
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āitòng
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mourning
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āiyā
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dear (Oh dear!)
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āiyā
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My word!
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āiyā
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Oh dear! (My word!)
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āiyā
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word (My word!)
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āi
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close to (to get close to)
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āi
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near (to be near to)
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Ālābó
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Arabia
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Ālāmǐyǔ
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Aramaic
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ān
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peaceful (secure; content)
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ān
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secure (peaceful)
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ān
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settle down (to settle down; to install)
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ānchā
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insert (to insert)
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ānchā
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plant (to plant)
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āndìng
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calm down (to calm down; to stabilize)
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āndìng
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settle (to settle down; to calm down; to stabilize)
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āndìng
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stabilize (to stabilize; to calm down; to settle down)
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āndùn
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settle (to settle in)
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ānfàng
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allocate (to allocate places; to arrange; to place)
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ānfàng
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arrange (to arrange; to place)
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ānfàng
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place (to place; to arrange)
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āngzāng
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dirty
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āngzāng
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filthy
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ānjìng
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peaceful (quiet)
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ānjìng
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quiet (peaceful; silent)
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ānjìng
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silent (peaceful)
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ānníng
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peace (stability)
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ānníng
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stability (peace)
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ānpái
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arrangement (arranging; organizing)
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ānpái
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organizing (arrangement; arranging)
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ānpái
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planned activities (arrangements)
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ānpái
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programme (program – for a course, studies)
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ānpái
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arrange (to arrange; to fix up; to organize; to plan)
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ānpái
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fix up (to f…; to arrange; to organize)
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ānpái
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arrange (to arrange; to organize; to plan)
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ānpái
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plan (to plan; to arrange; to organize)
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ānquán
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safe (security)
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ānquán
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security (safe)
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ānquándài
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safety belt
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ānwèi
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comfort (to comfort; to console; ro rea-ssure)
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ānwèi
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console (to console; to comfort; to re-assure)
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ānwèi
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comfort (consolation; reassurance)
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ānwèi
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consolation (comfort; reassurance)
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ānwèi
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reassurance (comfort; consolation)
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ānxīn
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feel at ease (to f…); to be relieved
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ānxīrì
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Passover
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ānzhì; ānfàng
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place (to place; to arrange; to allocate places)
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ānzhuāng
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install (to install – e.g. a computer)
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ānzi
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saddle
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āsīpǐlín
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aspirin
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āyí
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auntie (nanny; baby-sitter)
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āyí
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baby-sitter (nanny; auntie)
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āyí
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auntie; nanny; baby-sitter
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ái
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suffer (to suffer; to endure)
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ái
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cancer
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ái jī dǐ è
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suffer from hunger (to s…)
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ángguì
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costly
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ǎi
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low (short; not high; not tall)
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ǎi
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short (not high; not tall; low)
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ài
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love (affection)
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ài
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love (to love [someone]; to like very much)
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ài línrén de xīn
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love for neighbour (love of neighbour; neighbourly love)
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ài shì yǒng bù xiāotuì de
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love never fails
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àichēng
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nickname (favorable)
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àidài
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love deeply (to l…)
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Ài'ěrlán
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Ireland
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Ài'ěrlán [-de|-rén|-wén|-yǔ] (See: Dé)
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Irish (See: German: of, person, lang.)
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àihào
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hobby
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àihào
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love (to love [something]; to be keen on; to be fond of)
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aìhù
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cherish (to cherish; to treasure; to protect; to care for)
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àiqíng
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love; affection; passion
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àiren
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husband; wife
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àixī
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kind (to be kind to; to cherish; to use sparingly)
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ài'xīn
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love (to love)
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àizībìng
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Aids; AIDS
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àn
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per; by; according to, on the basis of
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àn
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according to; on the basis of
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àn
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basis (on the basis of); per; by; according to
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àn
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depress (to depress; to press; to put pressure on)
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àn
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press (to press; to depress; to put pressure on)
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àn
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pressure (to put pressure on); to depress to press
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àn
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press (to press by hand – e.g. a button)
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àn
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control (to control; to restrict; to restrain)
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àn
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restrict (to restrict; to restrain)
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àn
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restrain (to restrain; to control; to restrict)
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àn
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bank; shore; seaside; coast
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àn
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coast; bank; shore; seaside
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àn
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seaside; bank; shore; coast
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àn
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shore; bank; seaside; coast
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àn
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dark; dull; dim; hidden; secluded; secret
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àn
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secret; dark; dull; dim; hidden; secluded
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àn
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secluded; dark; dull; dim; hidden; secret
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àn
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hidden; dark; dull; dim; secluded; secret
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àn
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dim; dark; dull; hidden; secluded; secret
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àn
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dull; dark; dim; hidden; secluded; secret
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àn líng
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ring (to ring a bell; ting-a-ling – on a bicycle or door)
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àndàn
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pale (moon)
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ànlíng
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ring (to ring a bell)
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ànmó
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massage (to massage)
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ànshí
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according to time; on time; punctual; punctually
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ànshí
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punctual; punctually; according to time; on time;
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ànshí
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time (on time; according to time; punctual; punctually)
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ànzhào
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according to; in relation to; on the basis of
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ànzhào
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relation (in relation to; according to; on the basis of)
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ànzhào
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basis (on the basis of; according to; in relation to)
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Àodàlìyà
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Australia
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Àodàlìyà [-de|-rén] (See: Dé)
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Australian (See: German: of, person)
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Àodìlì
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Austria
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Àodìlì [-de|-rén] (See: Dé)
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Austrian (See: German: of, person)
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aòhuǐ
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regret (to regret; to repent)
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aòhuǐ
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repent (to repent; to regret)
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Àolínpǐkè [Yùndònghuì]
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Olympic (games)
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àomàn
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proud; arrogant; haughty
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àomàn
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arrogant; proud; haughty
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àomàn
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haughty; proud; arrogant
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Àomén
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Macao
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àonǎo
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annoyed; upset
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àonǎo
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upset; annoyed
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Àoyùnhuì
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Olympics
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Àozhōu
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Australia
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##ba
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bā
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eight
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Bājīstǎn
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Pakistan
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bāléiwǔ
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ballet
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Bālí
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Paris
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bān
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school class; duty shift; team; work group
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bān
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duty shift; school class; team; work group
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bān
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team; school class; duty shift; work group
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bān
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work group; school class; duty shift; team
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…bān (MW)
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… (as public transport
services)
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nàbān huǒchē (bān is a MW)
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that train service
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bān
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move (to move house); to remove; to move
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bān
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move (to move); to move house; to remove
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bān
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remove (to remove); to move house; to move
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bān
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move (to move) from one place to another
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bǎ … bānchūlai
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outside (to bring … outside)
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bāng
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assist (to assist); to help
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bāng
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help (to help); to assist
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bānggōng
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au pair; help; maid
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bāngmáng
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assistance; help
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bāngshǒu
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au pair; help; maid
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bāngzhù; bāngzhu
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assistance; help; to assist; help
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bānjī
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flight
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bānjīhào
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flight number
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bān jiā
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to move house
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bǎ … bānchūlai
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to bring … outside
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bǎ … bānkai
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to move … out of the way
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bānzhǎng
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head of team or class
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bānzǒu
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to move away (to go and live elsewhere)
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bānzǒu
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to remove (take away by hand)
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…bāo (MW)
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… (as parcels, packages of)
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zhèbāo zázhì (bāo is a MW)
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this packet of magazines
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bāo
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bag; parcel; bundle
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bāo
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to make a parcel; wrap
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bāo
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to include
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bāo
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to make (i.e. wrap dumplings)
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bāo
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to guarantee; assure
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bāo
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to hire; charter
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bāoguǒ (MW is [yí]jiàn)
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parcel; package
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bāokuò
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to include; comprise; included; including
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bāopí; bāo … pí (See also: xiāo … pí )
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to peel (by hand)
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bāozhuāng
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to pack; wrap up; bundle
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bāozi
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a sort of steamed bun
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bāshí
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eighty
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Bāyuè
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August
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bāzìhú
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moustache; mustache
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bá
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to extract; pull out; select; choose
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bá
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to capture; grasp; seize
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bái [de]
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white; pure; blank; plain; vernacular
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bái
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free of charge; to no effect; in vain
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bái jiàngyóu
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salty soy sauce
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báibái
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free
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báicài
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Chinese cabbage
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báichī
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idiot
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báijiǔ
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strong alcohol
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báilándì jiǔ
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brandy
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báisè [de]
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white colour(ed)
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báitiān
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daytime; day; in the day
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báo
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thin; slight
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báo
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coldly; not generously (form of treatment)
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báojiānbǐng
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pancake
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… bǎ (MW)
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… (as handfuls, bunches of, items handled)
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sìbǎ yǐzi (bǎ is a MW)
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four umbrellas
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bǎ
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toward (a grammatical tool that enables the normal word order
to be reversed, so that the object that would normally be located after the
verb can be put before the verb, but it is still the verb's object)
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bǎ … jiāo gěi
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to leave behind for safekeeping
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bǎ nǐde shū ná huí jiā
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take your book back home
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bǎi
— … bǎi
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hundred
— … hundred
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bǎi cānzhuō
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to set; lay place settings (on table)
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bǎifēnbǐ
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percentage
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bǎifěnzhī
— bǎifěnzhī X
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per cent
— X per cent
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bǎihuòshāngdiàn
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department store
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báituō
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rid; to get rid of
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bǎiwàn
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million
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bǎiwànjì
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millions
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bǎi zhuōzi
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to lay the table
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bǎn
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plate; board; plank
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bǎngjià
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to kidnap
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bǎngyàng
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good example; pattern model
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bǎnqiú
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cricket (game)
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bǎo
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full; replete; fully
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bǎo
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fat; plump
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bǎo
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to protect; to maintain; keep
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bǎo
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to ensure
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bǎochí
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to keep; continue; stay; maintain
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bǎoguì
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precious; valuable
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bǎohù
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protection; to protect; guard
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bǎohùrén
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protector; guardian
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bǎokuò zhìhǎo
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to cure
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bǎolěi
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fortress
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bǎolíngqiú
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bowling (game)
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bǎoliú
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reservation; to retain; reserve; hold on to
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bǎoliúdì
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reserve (for animals)
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bǎomì
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to keep a secret
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bǎoshǒu
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conservative
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bǎowèi
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to protect; defend (as in war)
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bǎowèi rényuán
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guard officer (of a building)
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bǎoxiǎn
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insurance; to insure
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bǎozhèng
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guarantee; to guarantee; assure; pledge
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bǎozuò
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established
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bǎshǒu
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handle
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bǎwò
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reliability; sureness
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yǒu bǎwò
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reliable; safe; sure
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bàba; fù qīn
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father; dad
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bàgōng
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to go on strike
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bài
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to be defeated; wither
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bàihuài
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to spoil; defeat
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bàn
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half; semi-
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bàn
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cloves
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bàn
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to handle; set up; manage; operate; run
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bàn
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to organize; run
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bàn shú de
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slightly cooked; rare
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bàndǎotǐ
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transistor; semi-conductor
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bànfǎ
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method; way (how a situation is handled)
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bàng
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excellent
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bàng
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pound (weight)
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bàn'ge xiǎoshí
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half hour
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bàn'gōng
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to deal with official matters
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bàn'gōnglóu
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office block
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bàn'gōngshì
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office (place of work)
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bàngwǎn
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dusk; nightfall
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bànlǐ lídiàn shǒuxù
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check out (registration)
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bànlǐ zhùdiàn shǒuxù
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check in (registration)
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bànlǚ
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spouse; partner (in ‘love’)
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bànqiú
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baseball (game)
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bànshì
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to deal with matters
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bànshìchù
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departmental office
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bànshúde
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rare; uncooked
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bàntiān
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quite a long time; half a day
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bànyàn
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to play a role
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bànyè
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midnight; in the middle of the night
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bànyè
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half a night
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bào
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to enfold; embrace; wrap in arms; harbour
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bào
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sorry; to apologize; say sorry
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bào
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newspaper; periodical; report; news; warning
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bào
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leopard
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bào
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to burst (balloon)
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bàochóu
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revenge; payment back; reward
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bàodá
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to pay back (gratefully)
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bàodào
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to register; check in; report for duty
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bàodào
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reporting of news; to report on news
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bàofā
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to break out; erupt (violence)
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bàofù; xióngxīn (See also: yěxīn, shēwàng)
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ambition (for success, progress)
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yǒu bàofù de (See also: yěxīn, shēwàng)
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ambitious (for success, progress)
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bàofù
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revenge; desire to get
back
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bàogào
|
lecture; speech; talk; report; to inform; report
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baògàorén
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reporter
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bàoguān
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to declare (at customs)
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bàokān xiāoshòudiàn
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newsagents
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bàomíng
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to register (sign in, sign up)
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bàoqǐlai
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to pick up (a baby)
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bàoqiàn
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sorry!
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bàoyuàn
|
to complain; grumble
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bàozhà (MW is [yí]cì )
|
explosion
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bàozhà
|
to explode
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shǐ … bàozhà
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to let … off; set … off (make … explode)
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bàozhǐ (MW is [yì]zhāng
)
|
newspaper; newspaper print (single sheet)
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bàozhǐ (MW is [yí]fèn
)
|
newspaper; newspaper print (sheets)
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ba
|
indeed (particle to suggest an action be done)
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ba
|
then (particle implying agreement or confirmation)
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##be
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…bēi (MW)
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… (as vessel(s) of)
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bēi
|
cup; tumbler; glass; trophy cup; a cup of
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bēi
|
to bear; carry (a load)
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bēi
|
tablet; stone (for commemoration)
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bēi'āi
|
sorrow
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bēiguān
|
pessimistic
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bēiguānzhě
|
pessimist
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bēiguānzhǔyì
|
pessimism
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bēiguānzhǔyìzhě
|
pessimist
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bēiguānzhǔyìzhě de
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pessimistic
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bēishāng
|
sad; sorrowful; distress
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bēitòng
|
saddened; grieved
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bēizi
|
mug; cup; tumbler; glass (for drinking)
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bēngdài
|
bandage
|
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běi
|
north
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Běi Měizhōu
|
North
America
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běibiān
|
the north side; the North; on the north
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běibù
|
the northern part
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běifāng
|
the north; the northern part
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Běijīng
|
Beijing; Peking
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běijí
|
North Pole
|
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…běn (MW)
|
… (as volumes, of things bound)
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jiǔběn shū (běn is a MW)
|
nine books
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běn
|
edition
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běn
|
oneself; personally; in person
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běn
|
originally
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běnjī
|
dustpan
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běnlái
|
original; first; at first; originally
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běnlǐng
|
ability; skill; capability
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běnshi
|
ability
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běnxìng
|
nature; inborn characteristic
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běnzhì
|
fundamental nature; essence; true nature
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běnzi
|
exercise book; notebook
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bèi
|
the backof someone or something
|
|
bèi
— X bèi
|
times; occasions
— X-fold (where X is a
number)
|
|
bèi (e.g. Tā bèi wǒ gàosu le) (See: bǎ)
|
by (e.g. He was told by me)
|
|
bèi cáijiǎn
|
to be made redundant (from work)
|
|
bèi cáijiǎn de
|
redundant (from work)
|
|
bèi jìnzhǐ de
|
forbidden
|
|
bèi shāohuǐ
|
burned down; burned out
|
|
bèi xiàzhe
|
frightened
|
|
bèibāo
|
rucksack
|
|
bèibù
|
the back
|
|
bèihòu
|
behind; to the rear of; at the back of
|
|
bèijǐng
|
the background (of a picture); setting (story)
|
|
yǐ … wèi bèijǐng
|
to have … as a setting; be set in …
|
|
bèiké
|
seashell
|
|
bèimiàn
|
reverse side; back of
|
|
bèipò …
|
to be obliged to …
|
|
bèirù
|
bedding
|
|
bèixīn
|
vest; undershirt
|
|
bèizi
|
duvet; bed-cover; quilt
|
|
bèn
|
dim; slow; stupid; clumsy; ‘dumb’
|
|
bèng
|
pump
|
|
##bi
|
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|
bī
|
to force; press; compel; extort
|
|
bī
|
to advance to; press on close to
|
|
bī
|
to draw close to; press against; surge on
|
|
bīng
|
ice
|
|
bīng
|
troops; soldier(s)
|
|
bīngdòng
|
frozen
|
|
bīngdòngle de
|
frozen (by a drop in temperature)
|
|
bīngjīlíng
|
ice cream
|
|
bīngqílín
|
ice-cream
|
|
bīngqiú
|
ice hockey
|
|
bīn'guǎn
|
guesthouse; hotel
|
|
bīngxiāng; diànbīngxiāng (MW is [yì]tái )
|
refrigerator
|
|
bīngzhèn
|
chilled
|
|
bīnyǔ
|
object (of a sentence)
|
|
bícǐ; hùxiāng
|
one another; mutually
|
|
bíkǒng
|
nostril
|
|
bíngbáo
|
hail
|
|
bízi
|
nose
|
|
bǐ
|
compared to; compared with; than
|
|
… bǐ … (e.g. yìtiān bǐ yìtiān gāo)
|
more and more each … (e.g. taller every day)
|
|
bǐ
|
against; versus; to (game score)
|
|
bǐ
|
to compare; emulate; make a comparison
|
|
bǐ
|
brush; pen; brush stroke
|
|
…bǐ (MW)
|
… (as sums of [money])
|
|
zhèbǐ qián (bǐ
is a MW)
|
this sum of money
|
|
…bǐ (MW)
|
… (as deals in business)
|
|
nàbǐ jiāoyì (bǐ
is a MW)
|
that deal
|
|
bǐ … hǎo
|
better than …
|
|
bǐ [tā] …
|
more … than [that]
|
|
bǐbǐ
|
to compare; emulate; make a comparison
|
|
bǐfāng
|
for example; e.g.; such as
|
|
bǐfāng [shuō]
|
to state an example; for example
|
|
bǐjì
|
notes; record; memo; reminder
|
|
bǐjìběn
|
notebook
|
|
bǐjiào
|
relatively; fairly; quite; rather
|
|
bǐjiào
|
to compare; contrast
|
|
bǐjiào hǎo
|
better; rather better; preferable
|
|
bǐjiào xǐhuan
|
to prefer
|
|
bǐlì
|
proportion; ratio
|
|
bǐnggān
|
biscuit; cookie; cracker
|
|
bǐrú
|
for example
|
|
bǐrú [shuō]
|
to state an example; for example
|
|
bǐsàbǐng
|
pizza
|
|
bǐsài (See also: wèndá)
|
competition; match; game; contest
|
|
bǐsài yòng de mǎ (MW is [yì]pí )
|
racehorse
|
|
bǐyì
|
to translate
|
|
bǐyibǐ
|
to compare; emulate; make a comparison
|
|
bǐyǒu
|
penfriend
|
|
bì
|
to close; shut
|
|
bì
|
to avoid
|
|
bì
|
to prevent; repel
|
|
bì zuǐ!
|
Shut up! Be quiet!
|
|
bìjìng
|
after all
|
|
bìkāi
|
to avoid
|
|
bìmiǎn
|
to avoid; avert; prevent
|
|
bìnànzhě
|
refugee
|
|
bìnàn
|
to flee; hide from; take refuge
|
|
bìnàn
|
to seek asylum
|
|
bìng
|
illness; sickness; disease; to be ill; to fall ill
|
|
bìng
|
really; in fact; actually
|
|
bìng
|
also; and; too
|
|
bìng
|
and; not only X but also Y; moreover
|
|
bìngfáng
|
hospital room; ward
|
|
bìngjūn
|
bacteria; germs
|
|
bìng; shēngbìng
|
sick; ill
|
|
tā bìngle
|
he got sick
|
|
bìngrén
|
patient; sick person
|
|
bìrán
|
certain; unavoidable; inexorable; inevitable
|
|
bìshàng yǎnjīng
|
to close eyes
|
|
bìxū …; yídìng déi …; bùdébù …
|
to have an obligation to; must
|
|
bìxū
|
necessary
|
|
bìyào
|
necessary
|
|
bìyè
|
to finish at school; graduate
|
|
bìyì
|
benefits; relief
|
|
bìyùn
|
contraception; contraceptive
|
|
bìyùntiào
|
contraceptive (for males)
|
|
bìyùnyào
|
contraceptive; pill; (for females)
|
|
biān (See also: miàn)
|
side; border; edge
|
|
biān
|
to edit; compile; arrange; set in order; weave
|
|
biān … biān …
|
to do both … and … (at the same time)
|
|
biānfú
|
bat (mammal)
|
|
biānjiè
|
border; boundary
|
|
yóuzhèng biānmǎ
|
area code; postcode
|
|
biānxiě
|
-based
|
|
biānyuán
|
border; edge
|
|
biānzào
|
to invent; make up
|
|
biānzhì
|
to weave
|
|
biāodiǎn
|
punctuation
|
|
biāodiǎn fúhào
|
punctuation mark
|
|
biāotí
|
headline
|
|
biāozhì (See
also: zhāopái, páizi )
|
sign; symbol; traffic sign
|
|
biāozhǔn
|
standard; level; to a high standard
|
|
biāozhǔnhuà
|
standardization
|
|
biǎn
|
flat; punctured
|
|
biǎo
|
form; list; table
|
|
biǎo
|
meter; gauge; watch; wristwatch
|
|
biǎo
|
with two common non-paternal grandparents
|
|
biǎodá
|
to express ideas; feelings
|
|
biǎodì
|
younger male cousin
|
|
biǎogē
|
elder male cousin
|
|
biǎogé
|
form; to fill out a form
|
|
biǎojiě
|
elder female cousin
|
|
biǎomiàn
|
surface; outer appearance; countenance
|
|
biǎomèi
|
younger female cousin
|
|
biǎomíng
|
to demonstrate; show; make clear; express
|
|
biǎomíng
|
to indicate; imply
|
|
biǎoqíng
|
expression; facial gesture
|
|
biǎoshì
|
to show; indicate; express
|
|
biǎoshì bùmǎn
|
to frown; express dissatisfaction
|
|
biǎoshì yuànyì …
|
to offer to do …
|
|
biǎoxiàn
|
behaviour; expression
|
|
biǎoxiàn
|
to show; display; manifest
|
|
biǎoxiàn
|
to show off; behave
|
|
biǎoyáng
|
to praise
|
|
biǎoyǎn
|
show; performance; to act; perform
|
|
biāozhǔn
|
standard; to a high standard
|
|
biāozhǔnhuà
|
standardization
|
|
…biàn (verbal MW)
|
… (as complete process cycles of)
|
|
Shèngjīng tā kànle sānbiàn (biàn: ver. MW)
|
He has read the Bible three times.
|
|
bǎ tóngyàng de huà yòu shuōle yī biàn
|
He said once more the same word.
|
|
biǎoshì
|
to symbolize; represent
|
|
biǎotí
|
title (of book, film)
|
|
biǎoxiàn
|
to behave
|
|
biǎoyáng
|
to praise
|
|
biǎoyǎn
|
show; performance (live)
|
|
biàn
|
to change; be changed; be transformed
|
|
biàn[de]
|
to become (followed by an adjective)
|
|
tiàn biàn lěng le
|
it has become cold
|
|
biàn
|
to transform; change; alter
|
|
biàn
|
then; at the time when; convenient
|
|
biàn
|
everywhere; throughout; all over
|
|
biànbiéchu
|
to identify; distinguish; make out
|
|
biànchéng
|
to swap for; change into (followed by a noun)
|
|
biànhǎo
|
to get better; improve
|
|
biànhù
|
to defend (verbally)
|
|
biànhuà
|
change; transformation; to vary; change
|
|
biànhuài
|
spoiled (food)
|
|
biànlì
|
convenient
|
|
biànlùn
|
to argue
|
|
biànmì
|
constipation
|
|
biàntiáo
|
note (informal written message)
|
|
biànwèide
|
spoiled (food)
|
|
biànzi
|
plait
|
|
bié
|
do not; don't; not to; other
|
|
bié kèqi
|
don't be polite
|
|
bié rén
|
others; other people; another person
|
|
bié zài zhèyàng
|
don't do this way any more!; stop it!
|
|
biéde
|
other; anything else
|
|
biéren; bié rén
|
others; other people; another person
|
|
biézhēn (MW is [yì] gēn)
|
pin
|
|
##bo
|
|
|
bō diànhuà
|
to dial the telephone
|
|
bōcài
|
spinach
|
|
bōfàng
|
to play; put on (recorded music)
|
|
bōlàng
|
wave (of sea)
|
|
bōli
|
glass
|
|
yíkuài bōli
|
a sheet of glass
|
|
bōli bēi
|
a glass
|
|
bōluó
|
pineapple
|
|
bōtāo xiōngyǒng de
|
rough (condition due to weather)
|
|
bōyīn
|
to broadcast
|
|
bóbo
|
uncle; father's elder brother
|
|
bófù
|
uncle; father's elder brother
|
|
bómǔ
|
aunt; wife of father's elder brother
|
|
bórán
|
to get heated up quickly (in anger); ‘fly into’
|
|
bówù
|
mist
|
|
bówùguǎn
|
museum
|
|
bózi
|
neck
|
|
bǒjiǎo
|
lameness
|
|
bǒjiǎo de
|
lame
|
|
bòji
|
dustpan
|
|
##bu
|
|
|
bú (form of bù before fourth tone “ ã ”)
|
no; not
|
|
bú bì huí diànhuà
|
don't bother (to call back)
|
|
bú bì huí diànhuà
|
don't call us: we'll call you!
|
|
gǎnjú búcuò
|
to feel O.K. (feel there's no health problem)
|
|
bú dào …
|
less than … (some value)
|
|
bú kèqi
|
you are welcome (i.e. not stand on ceremony)
|
|
bú kèqi
|
Not at all (responding expression of thanks)
|
|
bú kèqi
|
don't be polite
|
|
bú kèqi de
|
impolite
|
|
bú xiàng
|
not look like
|
|
bú xiè
|
not at all
|
|
bú yào
|
do not
|
|
bú yàojǐn
|
not serious; unimportant
|
|
bú yòng
|
no need to (be)
|
|
bú yòng xiè
|
not at all (lit. no need thank)
|
|
bú zài
|
no more
|
|
bú zài
|
absent
|
|
bú zhèngquè
|
wrong; incorrect
|
|
búbì
|
won't have to; to be unnecessary
|
|
búcuò
|
not bad; quite good; ‘yes: correct’
|
|
gǎnjú búcuò
|
to feel O.K. (feel there's no health problem)
|
|
búdà
|
no longer; not too; not very
|
|
búdàn
|
not only
|
|
búdàn … érqiě
|
not only … but also
|
|
búdàodéde
|
wrong (morally); immoral
|
|
búduàn
|
continuously; uninterruptedly; continually
|
|
búduàn
|
to keep on
|
|
búgù
|
to ignore
|
|
búguì
|
reasonable (not a bad price)
|
|
búguò
|
but; however; nevertheless; just; merely; only
|
|
bújiànle
|
finished; gone
|
|
búlùn
|
no matter what; whatever happens;
|
|
búshì
|
not; no (with verbs or adjectives)
|
|
búxìng
|
unfortunate circumstances; misfortune
|
|
búxìng
|
sad; unfortunate; ‘unlucky’
|
|
búyào
|
don't! mustn't!
|
|
búyàojǐn
|
never mind; it doesn't matter
|
|
búyì
|
unrighteous
|
|
bǔ
|
to mend; patch; repair; replace
|
|
bǔ
|
supply; nourish
|
|
bǔ chēdài
|
to mend a tyre
|
|
bǔ shēntǐ
|
to build up the body
|
|
bǔ yú
|
to fish (by net)
|
|
bǔchōng
|
to replenish; supplement; supplementary
|
|
bǔchōng cáiliào
|
additional materials
|
|
bǔding
|
patch (mending holes in things)
|
|
bǔhuò
|
to capture
|
|
bǔkè
|
to catch up on missed study sessions
|
|
bǔxí
|
to take supplementary study sessions
|
|
bù
— (pronounced “bú” before
4th tone words, for example, “bú shì”)
|
No; not
|
|
bù
— (pronounced “bú” before
4th tone words, for example, “bú shì”)
|
not; No
|
|
bù!
|
No! That's not so! (responding to positive words)
|
|
shìde!; (bù!)
|
But it is! = No!; that's not the case! (faulting a negative
suggestion)
|
|
bù
|
not
— (Note that normally, “Yes” or “No” are achieved by repeating the verb that
was in the question. For example, “Do you not know?” when you know, is
answered: “[I] know!” When you do not know, it is answered: “[I] not know.”)
|
|
bùxǔ …!; jìnzhǐ …!
|
No …! (not permitted)
|
|
bù
|
cloth; cotton material
|
|
bù
|
situation; state; condition; stage; step; pace
|
|
bù
|
part; section; phase; zone; area; department
|
|
…bù (MW)
|
… (as films, novels of)
|
|
sìbù xiǎoshuō (bù used here is a MW)
|
four novels
|
|
bù chāochū qínglǐ zhīwài
|
within reason
|
|
bù cháng
|
seldom; not often
|
|
bù chéngduì de; dānzhī de
|
odd; one remaining without a partner
|
|
mài bù chū (See also: mài de chū: can sell)
|
cannot sell
|
|
bù fen
|
part; portion; section
|
|
bù gāoxìng
|
unhappy
|
|
bù gǎn dāng
|
thanks for the compliment: I don't deserve it
|
|
bù guānghuá; bù píng
|
rough; not smooth
|
|
bù hǎoyìsi
|
to feel bad; embarrassed
|
|
bù jígé
|
to fail
|
|
bù kěnéng
|
impossible
|
|
bù píng
|
rough; not smooth
|
|
bù tóng
|
separate; different; distinct
|
|
bù xíng
|
not that good
|
|
bù xǐhuan
|
to hate
|
|
bù xiǎng
|
not to want to
|
|
bù xǔ
|
to not let; not allow; not be allowed
|
|
bù zěnmeyàng
|
not so good
|
|
bùdébù …; bìxū …; yídìng déi …
|
to have an obligation to; must; cannot but
|
|
bùdéliǎo
|
important; extreme; very serious
|
|
… de bùdéliǎo
|
extremely …
|
|
bùdīng
|
pudding
|
|
bùduì
|
military unit; army; troops
|
|
bùfèn; bùfen
|
part; portion; section
|
|
bùgǎndāng
|
thanks for the compliment: I don't deserve it
|
|
bùguǎn …
|
not matter …; however …
|
|
bùhǎoyìsi
|
to feel bad; embarrassed
|
|
bùjǐn
|
not only
|
|
bùjǐn rúcǐ
|
moreover; not only that
|
|
bùjiàn; língjiàn
|
part (mechanical)
|
|
bùjiǔ
|
soon; before long; soon after; not long after
|
|
bùjiǔ
|
shortly (a little while before or after)
|
|
bùkě bìmiǎn de
|
inevitable
|
|
bùkěn
|
to reject; refuse
|
|
bùliào
|
textile; fabric
|
|
bùluò
|
tribe
|
|
bùmǎn
|
resentment
|
|
duì … bùmǎn
|
to resent …
|
|
bùmén
|
government department
|
|
bùmén
|
company branch or section
|
|
bùpíng
|
unfair; unjust; resentful; indignant
|
|
bùqiāng (MW is [yì]zhī )
|
rifle
|
|
… bùrán …
|
else; otherwise; if not then
|
|
bùrú …
|
ought to …; had best do …
|
|
bùrú (See also rú)
|
not compare well with
|
|
bùshǎo
|
a fair amount of; no little; no lack of
|
|
bùtóng
|
not the same; different; distinct; dissimilar
|
|
bùtóng de
|
different; another
|
|
bùwánměi
|
imperfect
|
|
bùxíng
|
to be not working properly; not that good
|
|
bùxíng
|
no way; out the question
|
|
bùxǐhuan
|
to hate
|
|
bùxǐng-rénshì
|
confusion
|
|
bùxiǎng
|
not to want to
|
|
bùxǔ
|
to not let; forbid; not allow; not be allowed
|
|
bùxǔ …!; jìnzhǐ …!
|
No …! (not permitted); not be permitted
|
|
bùyídìng
|
not for certain; not necessarily
|
|
bùzěnmeyàng
|
not so good
|
|
bùzhǎng
|
head of department; minister (governmental)
|
|
bùzhì
|
to decorate; fix up; assign; arrange
|
|
bùzú
|
lacking
|
|
bùzúde
|
scarce
|
|
##ca
|
|
|
cā
|
to clean; wipe; spread; polish
|
|
cādiào
|
to rub out
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cāi
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to guess
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cāixiǎng
|
to suppose; suspect; guess
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cāliàng
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to polish
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cān
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food; meal; meals
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cān
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to join
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cān jūn
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to join the army
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cānchē
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vehicle or car for dining; restaurant carriage
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cāng
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room on a ship; cabin
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cāngbái
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pale (face, etc.)
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cāngkù
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storehouse
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cān'guān
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to visit; tour; look at; go around
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cān'guǎn
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restaurant
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Zhōngguó cān'guǎn (MW is [yì]jiā )
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Chinese restaurant
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cāngyíng; cāngying
|
fly (insect)
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cānjiā
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to attend; participate in; join; take part in
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cānjiā jùhuì
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to attend meetings
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cānjiā pái duì
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to join a queue
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cānkǎo
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reference item; to refer to; consult
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cānmóu
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staff officer; adviser; to advise; give advice
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cāntīng
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restaurant; canteen; dining hall
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cānyǔ
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to go along; join in
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cānyù
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to embrace
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cāochǎng
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sports ground; playground; school field
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cāochǎng
|
marching area
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cāoliàn
|
drill; training exercise
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cāozuò
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to operate; control the workings of
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cāozuò rényuán (See also: diànhuà …)
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operator (running a machine)
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cāozuò xìtǒng
|
operating system (of a
computer)
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cāqù
|
to wipe
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cāxǐ
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to scrub
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cái
|
ability; talent
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cái
|
only; only then; only just; not … until
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cáichǎn
|
property
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cáidìng; cáijué
|
to rule; decide; determine; decree
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cáifeng
|
tailor; clothier; dressmaker
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cáifù
|
wealth
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cáijué
|
to rule; decide; determine; decree
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|
cáiliào (MW is [yí]fèn)
|
material information; data
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|
cáiliào (MW is [yì]zhǒng)
|
material; substance; ingredient
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|
yuán cáiliào
|
raw materials
|
|
cáinéng
|
ability; talent
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|
cáinéng
|
can; to be able
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cáipàn
|
judge; referee
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cáiwù
|
belongings
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cáizhèng
|
finance
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cáizǐ
|
talented student
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cánfèi
|
physically disabled
|
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cáng
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to hide; store up
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cángqǐlái
|
to hide
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|
cánjí
|
handicapped
|
|
cánkù
|
brutal; cruel; brutality; cruelty
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cánkuì
— [gǎndào] cánkuì
|
ashamed; embarrassed
— [to feel] ashamed
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cánkuì
— [gǎndào] cánkuì
|
embarrassed; ashamed
— [to feel] embarrassed
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cánrěn
|
cruel
|
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cáozáde; zàoshēng dà
|
noisy (making excessive volume of sound)
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cáozáshēng
|
noise (made by excessive volume of sound)
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cǎi
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to pick; harvest; gather
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cǎi
|
to step on; stand on
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|
cǎifǎng
|
to collect news material
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|
cǎifǎng
|
to do interviews (for the media)
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|
cǎigòu
|
to buy; purchase
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|
cǎihóng (MW is [yí]dào]
|
rainbow
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cǎijiǎng
|
lottery
|
|
cǎinà
|
to adopt
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|
cǎipiào
|
lottery; lottery ticket
|
|
cǎiqǔ
|
to take; adopt; take steps
|
|
cǎiqǔ
|
in effect
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cǎisè
|
colour; having many colours
|
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cǎiyòng
|
to use; take on for use; adopt
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|
cǎn
|
pitiful; miserable
|
|
cǎo
|
straw; grass
|
|
cǎodì
|
lawn; meaadow
|
|
cǎoméi
|
strawberry
|
|
cǎopiàn (MW is [yí]yè)
|
blade of grass
|
|
cǎoyuán
|
grasslands; prairies
|
|
cài
|
food dish or course; vegetable
|
|
càidān
|
menu
|
|
cànlàn
|
bright; magnificent
|
|
##ce
|
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…céng (MW)
|
… (as floors, storeys, layers, sheets of)
(The ground floor counts as the first floor)
|
|
sāncéng yóuqī (céng here is a MW)
|
three coats of paint
|
|
céng
|
layer; floor; storey
|
|
céng
|
sometime ago; ever before; have already
|
|
céngjīng
|
previously; once; formerly
|
|
…cè (MW)
|
… (as volumes or copies of books of)
|
|
dàilái liǎngcè X (cè here is a MW)
|
Bring two volumes of X (e.g. “Insight”)
|
|
cè
|
side of one's body
|
|
cèliáng
|
to measure
|
|
cèlüè
|
strategy; ploy; tactics
|
|
cèsuǒ
|
toilet; bathroom
|
|
cèyàn
|
test; to test
|
|
cèzhe shēnzi tǎngzhe
|
to lie on one's side
|
|
##ch
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chā
|
to insert; interject;interpolate; plant
|
|
chābié
|
difference (figures don't tally)
|
|
chāduì
|
to jump a queue
|
|
chāi
|
to rip open; undo
|
|
chāichú
|
to remove (part of a building)
|
|
chāidiào
|
to pull down; demolish
|
|
chāiqiǎn
|
to intervene
|
|
chānjiā
|
in (joining in)
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chāo
|
to copy; imitate; write a copy
|
|
chāo
|
to go beyond; exceed; overtake
|
|
chāo chē
|
to overtake a vehicle
|
|
chāochū
|
to go beyond; in excess of one's ability
|
|
chāoguò
|
to go beyond; exceed; overtake
|
|
chāoguò yíliàng chē
|
to overtake a car; pass a car
|
|
chāojí shìchǎng
|
supermarket
|
|
chāopiào (MW is
[yì]zhāng)
|
note (money)
|
|
chāoxiě
|
to make a [good] copy
|
|
chāoyuè
|
to overtake; pass
|
|
chāozhòng
|
overweight
|
|
chāozhòng le
|
exceeded the weight limit
|
|
chātóu
|
plug (electric)
|
|
chāyì
|
difference (in quality)
|
|
chāzi
|
fork
|
|
chāzuò
|
socket (electric)
|
|
chá
|
to look up (something)
|
|
chá
|
tea
|
|
chá
|
to examine; investigate; research; ‘look up’
|
|
chábēi
|
teacup
|
|
chábēidié
|
saucer
|
|
chádiǎn
|
tea with nibbles
|
|
cháguǎn
|
teahouse
|
|
cháhú
|
teapot
|
|
cháiyóu
|
diesel
|
|
cháng
|
often
|
|
cháng
|
long (size)
|
|
cháng
|
to try the taste; sample
|
|
duī cháng ne?
|
how long?
|
|
cháng jīngjù
|
to sing peking opera
|
|
cháng zhù [zài] …
|
to be based in … (location)
|
|
chángbǐng píngdǐguō
|
saucepan
|
|
chángbǐngsháo
|
ladle; scoop; dipper
|
|
chángcháng
|
often; occasionally; now and again
|
|
cháng[chang]
|
to taste
|
|
Chángchéng
|
The Great Wall
|
|
chángchù
|
good points; fine qualities
|
|
chángdèng
|
bench
|
|
chángdí
|
flute
|
|
chángdù
|
length
|
|
chángfāngxíng
|
rectangle
|
|
chángguī
|
routine
|
|
chánghuán
|
to pay back (debts)
|
|
chángjīngjù
|
to sing peking opera
|
|
Chángjiāng
|
Yangtze
River
|
|
chángjiǔ
|
long-lasting
|
|
chángmián
|
long
|
|
chángqī
|
a long time period
|
|
chángshì
|
to attempt; try
|
|
chángshòu
|
long life
|
|
chángshòu miàn
|
noodles
|
|
chángtú
|
a long distance; long-distance
|
|
chángtú diànhuà
|
long-distance call
|
|
chángtú qìchē
|
coach
|
|
chángwèi
|
to give off a certain taste (spicy; sour; salty)
|
|
cháo
|
dynasty; to face; in the direction of (place)
|
|
cháo (See also: wō)
|
nest (birds')
|
|
cháoshī
|
damp; humid
|
|
Cháoxiān; Cháoxiǎn
|
North Korea
|
|
cháoxiào
|
to jeer; mock
|
|
cháyè
|
tea leaves
|
|
chǎnshēng
|
to bring about; to come about
|
|
…chǎng (nominal
MW)
|
… (as illnesses, disasters, shows, debates)
|
|
sānchǎng bìng (chǎng
here is a MW)
|
three illnesses (whole process)
|
|
yìchǎng zhànzhēng
(chǎng here is a MW)
|
a war (whole process)
|
|
sìchǎng diànyǐng
(chǎng here is a MW)
|
four films (whole process)
|
|
…chǎng (verbal MW)
|
… (as occasions when a process occured)
|
|
tā lái zhèr xuéxí liǎngchǎng. (verbal MW)
|
He came here and studied twice.
|
|
chǎng
|
place for people to gather; court; ground
|
|
chǎngdì
|
pitch (for games)
|
|
chǎnghé
|
an event; occasion
|
|
tèshū chǎnghe
|
special occasion
|
|
chǎnpǐn
|
produce; yield; product
|
|
chǎnshēng
|
to produce; result in; bring about
|
|
chǎntòng
|
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