All 2,776 TOCFL Level 5 words
| Word | Pinyin | Zhuyin | Part of speech | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 挨 | āi | ㄞ | Vst | in order; in sequence |
| 欸 | ǎi | ㄞˇ | Ptc | (Tw) (literary) to rebuke loudly; (Tw) (literary) to sigh |
| 愛戴 | ài dài | ㄞˋ ㄉㄞˋ | Vst | to love and respect; love and respect |
| 愛國 | ài guó | ㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | Vs | to love one's country; patriotic |
| 愛滋病 | ài zī bìng | ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ | N | — |
| 安頓 | ān dùn | ㄢ ㄉㄨㄣˋ | V | to find a place for; to help settle down |
| 安撫 | ān fǔ | ㄢ ㄈㄨˇ | V | to placate; to pacify |
| 安寧 | ān níng | ㄢ ㄋㄧㄥˊ | Vs | see 安寧區|安宁区[An1 ning2 Qu1]; see 安寧市|安宁市[An1 ning2 Shi4] |
| 安詳 | ān xiáng | ㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˊ | Vs | serene |
| 安置 | ān zhì | ㄢ ㄓˋ | V | to find a place for; to help settle down |
| 暗暗 | àn àn | ㄢˋ ㄢˋ | Adv | secretly; inwardly |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | case; instance |
| 案情 | àn qíng | ㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | details of a legal case; facts and circumstances of a case (as established in investigation) |
| 按摩 | àn mó | ㄢˋ ㄇㄛˊ | V | massage; to massage |
| 昂貴 | áng guì | ㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ | Vs | expensive; costly |
| 奧妙 | ào miào | ㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ | Vs | marvelous; mysterious |
| 懊惱 | ào nǎo | ㄠˋ ㄋㄠˇ | Vs | annoyed; vexed |
| 八卦 | bā guà | ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨㄚˋ | N | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip |
| 八字 | bā zì | ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ | N | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling |
| 把持 | bǎ chí | ㄅㄚˇ ㄔˊ | V | to control; to dominate |
| 把手 | bǎ shǒu | ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ | N | to shake hands |
| 白皮書 | bái pí shū | ㄅㄞˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄨ | N | white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation); white book |
| 拜會 | bài huì | ㄅㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | V | (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to |
| 頒發/頒 | bān fā | ㄅㄢ ㄈㄚ | V | to issue; to promulgate |
| 頒獎 | bān jiǎng | ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄤˇ | V-sep | to confer an award |
| 辦案 | bàn àn | ㄅㄢˋ ㄢˋ | V-sep | to handle a (criminal) case |
| 半島 | bàn dǎo | ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ | N | peninsula |
| 半導體 | bàn dǎo tǐ | ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄧˇ | N | semiconductor |
| 幫 | bāng | ㄅㄤ | M | to help; to assist |
| 綁 | bǎng | ㄅㄤˇ | V | to tie; bind or fasten together |
| 包袱 | bāo fú | ㄅㄠ ㄈㄨˊ | N | wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth |
| 包圍 | bāo wéi | ㄅㄠ ㄨㄟˊ | V | to surround; to encircle |
| 寶貝 | bǎo bèi | ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ | Vst | treasured object; treasure |
| 寶石 | bǎo shí | ㄅㄠˇ ㄕˊ | N | precious stone; gem |
| 飽和 | bǎo hé | ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ | Vs | saturated; filled to capacity |
| 飽滿 | bǎo mǎn | ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ | Vs | full; plump |
| 保安 | bǎo ān | ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ | N | Bonan ethnic group; to ensure public security |
| 保管 | bǎo guǎn | ㄅㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | V | to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care |
| 保齡球 | bǎo líng qiú | ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | N | ten-pin bowling (loanword); bowling ball |
| 保姆 | bǎo mǔ | ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ | N | nanny; babysitter |
| 保全 | bǎo quán | ㄅㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | Vs-attr | to save from damage; to preserve |
| 保險 | bǎo xiǎn | ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ | Vs | insurance; to insure |
| 保佑 | bǎo yòu | ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ | V | to bless and protect; blessing |
| 保重 | bǎo zhòng | ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vi | to take care of oneself |
| 報案 | bào àn | ㄅㄠˋ ㄢˋ | V-sep | to report a case to the authorities |
| 報表 | bào biǎo | ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄠˇ | N | forms for reporting statistics; report forms |
| 報酬 | bào chóu | ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄡˊ | N | reward; remuneration |
| 報復 | bào fù | ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ | V | to make reprisals; to retaliate |
| 報關 | bào guān | ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄢ | V-sep | to declare at customs |
| 報價 | bào jià | ㄅㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ | N | to quote a price; quoted price |
| 報刊 | bào kān | ㄅㄠˋ ㄎㄢ | N | newspapers and periodicals; the press |
| 報應 | bào yìng | ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄥˋ | N | (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma |
| 報章 | bào zhāng | ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄤ | N | newspapers |
| 暴雨 | bào yǔ | ㄅㄠˋ ㄩˇ | N | torrential rain; rainstorm |
| 爆發 | bào fā | ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄚ | Vpt | to break out; to erupt |
| 抱負 | bào fù | ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ | N | aspiration; ambition |
| 碑 | bēi | ㄅㄟ | N | a monument; an upright stone tablet |
| 悲哀 | bēi āi | ㄅㄟ ㄞ | Vs | grieved; sorrowful |
| 悲觀 | bēi guān | ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄢ | Vs | pessimistic |
| 貝殼 | bèi ké | ㄅㄟˋ ㄎㄜˊ | N | shell (of a mollusk) |
| 倍數 | bèi shù | ㄅㄟˋ ㄕㄨˋ | N | multiple; multiplier |
| 背誦 | bèi sòng | ㄅㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ | V | to recite; to repeat from memory |
| 奔騰 | bēn téng | ㄅㄣ ㄊㄥˊ | Vi | Pentium (Intel microprocessor brand); (of waves) to surge forward |
| 本 | běn | ㄅㄣˇ | Adv | (bound form) root; stem |
| 本事 | běn shì | ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ | N | source material; original story |
| 本位 | běn wèi | ㄅㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ | N | (economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位[jin1 ben3 wei4] "gold standard") |
| 本性 | běn xìng | ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | N | natural instincts; nature |
| 本質 | běn zhí | ㄅㄣˇ ㄓˊ | N | essence; nature |
| 崩潰 | bēng kuì | ㄅㄥ ㄎㄨㄟˋ | Vp | to collapse; to crumble |
| 甭 | béng | ㄅㄥˊ | Adv | contracted form of 不用[bu4 yong4] |
| 敝 | bì | ㄅㄧˋ | Det | my (polite); poor |
| 必 | bì | ㄅㄧˋ | Adv | certainly; must |
| 編輯 | biān jí | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˊ | N / V | to edit; to compile |
| 編寫 | biān xiě | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄝˇ | V | to compile |
| 編織 | biān zhī | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄓ | V | to weave; to knit |
| 編制 | biān zhì | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄓˋ | N | to establish (a unit or department); authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff) |
| 編製 | biān zhì | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄓˋ | V | to weave; to plait |
| 邊界 | biān jiè | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ | N | boundary; border |
| 邊緣 | biān yuán | ㄅㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ | N | edge; fringe |
| 貶 | biǎn | ㄅㄧㄢˇ | Vp | to diminish; to demote |
| 貶值 | biǎn zhí | ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄓˊ | Vp | to become devaluated; to devaluate |
| 匾額 | biǎn é | ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄜˊ | N | a horizontal inscribed board |
| 辨認 | biàn rèn | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˋ | V | to recognize; to identify |
| 辨識 | biàn shì | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ | V | identification; to identify |
| 辯 | biàn | ㄅㄧㄢˋ | V | to dispute; to debate |
| 辯護 | biàn hù | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˋ | Vi | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of |
| 辯論 | biàn lùn | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | Vi | debate; argument |
| 變革 | biàng é | ㄅㄧㄤˋ ㄜˊ | N | to transform; to change |
| 變遷 | biàn qiān | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ | Vs | changes; vicissitudes |
| 變通 | biàn tōng | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥ | Vi | pragmatic; flexible |
| 變形 | biàn xíng | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vp | to become deformed; to change shape |
| 標籤 | biāo qiān | ㄅㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢ | N | label; tag |
| 標語 | biāo yǔ | ㄅㄧㄠ ㄩˇ | N | written slogan; placard |
| 表白 | biǎo bái | ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ | Vi | to explain oneself; to express |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vi | to make clear; to make known |
| 鼻孔 | bí kǒng | ㄅㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ | N | nostril |
| 筆錄 | bǐ lù | ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄨˋ | N | to put down in writing; to take down notes |
| 筆友 | bǐ yǒu | ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ | N | pen pal |
| 比率 | bǐ lǜ | ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄩˋ | N | ratio; rate |
| 比擬 | bǐn ǐ | ㄅㄧㄣˇ ㄧˇ | V | to compare; to draw a parallel |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ | N | to compare; to liken to |
| 比重 | bǐ zhòng | ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | N | proportion; (physics) specific gravity |
| 必備 | bì bèi | ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄟˋ | Vs-attr | essential |
| 必定 | bì dìng | ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | Adv | to be bound to; to be sure to |
| 必然 | bì rán | ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ | Adv | inevitable; certain |
| 閉幕 | bì mù | ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄨˋ | Vp | the curtain falls; lower the curtain |
| 閉塞 | bì sè | ㄅㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ | Vs | to stop up; to close up |
| 避難 | bìn àn | ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄢˋ | Vi | to take refuge; to seek asylum |
| 避孕 | bì yùn | ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄣˋ | V-sep | contraception |
| 畢生 | bì shēng | ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥ | N | one's whole life; throughout one's life |
| 幣值 | bì zhí | ㄅㄧˋ ㄓˊ | N | value of a currency |
| 憋 | biē | ㄅㄧㄝ | V | to choke; to stifle |
| 別 | bié | ㄅㄧㄝˊ | V | to leave; to part (from) |
| 別墅 | bié shù | ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄨˋ | N | villa |
| 兵 | bīng | ㄅㄧㄥ | N | soldiers; a force |
| 賓館 | bīng uǎn | ㄅㄧㄥ ㄨㄢˇ | N | guesthouse; lodge |
| 柄 | bǐng | ㄅㄧㄥˇ | N | handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem |
| 並列 | bìng liè | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | Vst | to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed |
| 並重 | bìng zhòng | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vs | to give equal emphasis to; to attach equal importance to |
| 併發 | bìng fā | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄚ | Vpt | to happen simultaneously; (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another) |
| 病床 | bìng chuáng | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ | N | hospital bed; sickbed |
| 病菌 | bìng jùn | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄩㄣˋ | N | harmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria |
| 病患 | bìng huàn | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ | N | illness; disease |
| 波 | bō | ㄅㄛ | M | (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); wave |
| 波及 | bō jí | ㄅㄛ ㄐㄧˊ | Vst | to spread to; to involve |
| 波浪 | bō làng | ㄅㄛ ㄌㄤˋ | N | wave |
| 剝 | bō | ㄅㄛ | V | to peel; to skin |
| 剝削 | bō xuè | ㄅㄛ ㄒㄩㄝˋ | V | to exploit; exploitation |
| 搏鬥 | bó dòu | ㄅㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ | Vi | to wrestle; to fight |
| 播出 | bò chū | ㄅㄛˋ ㄔㄨ | V | to broadcast; to air (a TV program etc) |
| 補給 | bǔ jǐ | ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧˇ | V | supply; replenishment |
| 補救 | bǔ jiù | ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | V | to remedy |
| 哺乳動物 | bǔ rǔ dòng wù | ㄅㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ | N | mammal |
| 不便 | bù biàn | ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | Vs | inconvenient; inappropriate |
| 不得 | bù dé | ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ | Adv | must not; may not |
| 不等 | bù děng | ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄥˇ | N | unequal; varied |
| 不動產 | bù dòng chǎn | ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄢˇ | N | real estate; immovable property |
| 不法 | bù fǎ | ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚˇ | Vs-attr | lawless; illegal |
| 不凡 | bù fán | ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˊ | Vs | extraordinary; remarkable |
| 不妨 | bù fáng | ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ | Adv | there is no harm in; might as well |
| 不公 | bù gōng | ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥ | Vs | unjust; unfair |
| 不及 | bù jí | ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vs-pred | to fall short of; not as good as |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ | Vaux | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
| 不堪 | bù kān | ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ | Vs | cannot bear; cannot stand |
| 不力 | bù lì | ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs-pred | not to do one's best; not to exert oneself |
| 不料 | bù liào | ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ | Adv | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 不免 | bù miǎn | ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ | Adv | inevitably |
| 不容 | bù róng | ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ | Adv | must not; cannot |
| 不時 | bù shí | ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ | Adv | from time to time; now and then |
| 不惜 | bù xí | ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ | Vs | not stint; not spare |
| 不下 | bù xià | ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ | Adv | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) |
| 不肖 | bù xiào | ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | Vs-attr | (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate |
| 不懈 | bù xiè | ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ | Vs | untiring; unremitting |
| 不再 | bù zài | ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ | Vs-pred | no more; no longer |
| 不致 | bù zhì | ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ | Adv | not in such a way as to; not likely to |
| 不知不覺 | bù zhī bù jué | ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | Adv | (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly |
| 不至於/不致於 | bù zhì yú | ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄩˊ | Adv | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as |
| 部落 | bù luò | ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ | N | tribe |
| 部署 | bù shù | ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˋ | V | to dispose; to deploy |
| 步調 | bù diào | ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ | N | gait; marching order |
| 步驟 | bù zòu | ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˋ | N | procedure; step |
| 猜測 | cāi cè | ㄘㄞ ㄘㄜˋ | V | to guess; to conjecture |
| 猜忌 | cāi jì | ㄘㄞ ㄐㄧˋ | Vst | to be suspicious and jealous of |
| 猜想 | cāi xiǎng | ㄘㄞ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | V | to guess; to conjecture |
| 裁縫 | cái féng | ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄥˊ | N | to make an item of clothing; to tailor |
| 裁減 | cái jiǎn | ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ | V | to reduce; to lessen |
| 財團 | cái tuán | ㄘㄞˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ | N | financial group |
| 財政 | cái zhèng | ㄘㄞˊ ㄓㄥˋ | N | public finance; government finance |
| 才智 | cái zhì | ㄘㄞˊ ㄓˋ | N | ability and wisdom |
| 採訪 | cǎi fǎng | ㄘㄞˇ ㄈㄤˇ | V | to interview; to gather news |
| 採光 | cǎi guāng | ㄘㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄤ | N | to get natural light (e.g. through a window) |
| 採納 | cǎi nà | ㄘㄞˇ ㄋㄚˋ | V | to accept; to adopt |
| 採取 | cǎi qǔ | ㄘㄞˇ ㄑㄩˇ | V | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 彩繪 | cǎi huì | ㄘㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | V | painted; colored painted-on designs |
| 餐具 | cān jù | ㄘㄢ ㄐㄩˋ | N | tableware; dinner service |
| 參謀 | cān móu | ㄘㄢ ㄇㄡˊ | N | staff officer; to give advice |
| 殘暴 | cán bào | ㄘㄢˊ ㄅㄠˋ | Vs | brutal; vicious |
| 殘酷 | cán kù | ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ | Vs | cruel; harsh |
| 殘殺 | cán shā | ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄚ | V | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 慘重 | cǎn zhòng | ㄘㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vs | disastrous |
| 燦爛 | càn làn | ㄘㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ | Vs | to glitter; brilliant |
| 蒼白 | cāng bái | ㄘㄤ ㄅㄞˊ | Vs | pale; wan |
| 蒼蠅 | cāng yíng | ㄘㄤ ㄧㄥˊ | N | housefly |
| 操縱 | cāo zòng | ㄘㄠ ㄗㄨㄥˋ | V | to operate; to control |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ | N | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草叢 | cǎo cóng | ㄘㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄥˊ | N | underbrush |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ | Vs | careless; negligent |
| 草藥 | cǎo yào | ㄘㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ | N | herbal medicine |
| 測 | cè | ㄘㄜˋ | V | to survey; to measure |
| 策畫/策劃 | cè huà | ㄘㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | V | to plot; to scheme |
| 差額 | chā é | ㄔㄚ ㄜˊ | N | balance (financial); discrepancy (in a sum or quota) |
| 插曲 | chā qǔ | ㄔㄚ ㄑㄩˇ | N | music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music |
| 插嘴 | chā zuǐ | ㄔㄚ ㄗㄨㄟˇ | V-sep | to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in |
| 茶具 | chá jù | ㄔㄚˊ ㄐㄩˋ | N | tea set; tea service |
| 察覺 | chá jué | ㄔㄚˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | Vpt | to sense; to perceive |
| 查明 | chá míng | ㄔㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | V | to investigate and find out; to ascertain |
| 蟬 | chán | ㄔㄢˊ | N | cicada |
| 饞 | chán | ㄔㄢˊ | Vs | gluttonous; greedy |
| 潺潺 | chán chán | ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ | Vs | murmur; babble (sound of water) |
| 猖獗 | chāng jué | ㄔㄤ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | Vs | to be rampant; to run wild |
| 腸(子) | cháng | ㄔㄤˊ | N | intestines |
| 長遠 | cháng yuǎn | ㄔㄤˊ ㄩㄢˇ | Vs | long-term; long-range |
| 場次 | chǎng cì | ㄔㄤˇ ㄘˋ | N | the number of showings of a movie, play etc; screening |
| 場面 | chǎng miàn | ㄔㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | scene; spectacle |
| 倡導 | chàng dǎo | ㄔㄤˋ ㄉㄠˇ | V | to advocate; to initiate |
| 唱腔 | chàng qiāng | ㄔㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤ | N | vocal music (in opera); aria |
| 暢銷 | chàng xiāo | ㄔㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄠ | Vs | to sell well; bestselling |
| 產物 | chǎn wù | ㄔㄢˇ ㄨˋ | N | product; result (of) |
| 產值 | chǎn zhí | ㄔㄢˇ ㄓˊ | N | value of output; output value |
| 超速 | chāo sù | ㄔㄠ ㄙㄨˋ | Vp | to exceed the speed limit; to speed |
| 超脫 | chāo tuō | ㄔㄠ ㄊㄨㄛ | Vst | to stand aloof; to be detached from |
| 抄襲 | chāo xí | ㄔㄠ ㄒㄧˊ | V | to plagiarize; to copy |
| 吵嘴 | chǎo zuǐ | ㄔㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ | Vi | to quarrel |
| 車輛 | chē liàng | ㄔㄜ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | N | vehicle |
| 車廂 | chē xiāng | ㄔㄜ ㄒㄧㄤ | N | carriage |
| 撤回 | chè huí | ㄔㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ | V | to recall; to revoke |
| 撤銷 | chè xiāo | ㄔㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄠ | V | to cancel; to revoke |
| 沉默/沈默 | chén mò | ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ | Vs | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉思 | chén sī | ㄔㄣˊ ㄙ | Vi | to contemplate; to ponder |
| 沉重/沈重 | chén zhòng | ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vs | heavy; hard |
| 塵土 | chén tǔ | ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄨˇ | N | dust |
| 呈 | chéng | ㄔㄥˊ | Vst | to present to a superior; memorial |
| 乘 | chéng | ㄔㄥˊ | Vst | to ride; to mount |
| 承包 | chéng bāo | ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄠ | V | to contract; to undertake (a job) |
| 承擔 | chéng dān | ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄢ | V | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 承諾 | chéng nuò | ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄨㄛˋ | N | to promise; to undertake to do something |
| 成敗 | chéng bài | ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄞˋ | N | success or failure |
| 成見 | chéng jiàn | ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | preconceived idea; bias |
| 成就 | chéng jiù | ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | V | accomplishment; success |
| 成品 | chéng pǐn | ㄔㄥˊ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | finished goods; a finished product |
| 成全 | chéng quán | ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | V | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed |
| 成效 | chéng xiào | ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | N | effect; result |
| 成衣 | chéng yī | ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ | N | ready-made clothes |
| 成員 | chéng yuán | ㄔㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ | N | member |
| 成長 | chéng zhǎng | ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ | N | to mature; to grow |
| 稱號 | chēng hào | ㄔㄥ ㄏㄠˋ | N | name; term of address |
| 稱呼 | chēng hū | ㄔㄥ ㄏㄨ | V | to call; to address as |
| 撐腰 | chēng yāo | ㄔㄥ ㄧㄠ | Vi | to support; to brace |
| 程式 | chéng shì | ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ | N | form; pattern |
| 呈獻 | chéng xiàn | ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | V | to present respectfully |
| 誠心 | chéng xīn | ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ | N | sincerity |
| 誠心誠意 | chéng xīn chéng yì | ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧˋ | Vs | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity |
| 誠摯 | chéng zhì | ㄔㄥˊ ㄓˋ | Vs | sincere; cordial |
| 稱 | chèng | ㄔㄥˋ | V | to weigh; to state |
| 吃驚 | chī jīng | ㄔ ㄐㄧㄥ | Vs | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 吃苦 | chī kǔ | ㄔ ㄎㄨˇ | Vs | to bear hardships |
| 吃力 | chī lì | ㄔ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task |
| 持 | chí | ㄔˊ | V | to hold; to grasp |
| 持久 | chí jiǔ | ㄔˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | Vs | lasting; enduring |
| 持平 | chí píng | ㄔˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ | Vs | to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair |
| 池(子) | chí | ㄔˊ | N | pond; reservoir |
| 遲鈍 | chí dùn | ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ | Vs | slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄔˋ | Vst | to be full of; to flood |
| 充裕 | chōng yù | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄩˋ | Vs | abundant; ample |
| 沖淡 | chōng dàn | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄢˋ | V | to dilute |
| 沖天 | chōng tiān | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ | Vs | (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards |
| 衝動 | chōng dòng | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | Vs | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 衝擊 | chōng jí | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to attack; to batter |
| 憧憬 | chōng jǐng | ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˇ | Vst | to long for; to look forward to |
| 重疊 | chóng dié | ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ | Vs | to overlap; to superimpose |
| 崇尚 | chóng shàng | ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄤˋ | Vst | to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem |
| 寵愛 | chǒng ài | ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄞˋ | Vst | to dote on sb |
| 寵物 | chǒng wù | ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ | N | house pet |
| 抽查 | chōu chá | ㄔㄡ ㄔㄚˊ | V | random inspection; to do a spot check |
| 抽空 | chōu kòng | ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋ | Vi | to find the time to do sth |
| 抽象 | chōu xiàng | ㄔㄡ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | Vs | abstract; abstraction |
| 抽樣 | chōu yàng | ㄔㄡ ㄧㄤˋ | V-sep | sample; sampling |
| 仇 | chóu | ㄔㄡˊ | N | hatred; animosity |
| 仇恨 | chóu hèn | ㄔㄡˊ ㄏㄣˋ | N | to hate; hatred |
| 稠密 | chóu mì | ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄧˋ | Vs | dense |
| 出超 | chū chāo | ㄔㄨ ㄔㄠ | Vs | trade surplus; favorable balance of trade |
| 出錯 | chū cuò | ㄔㄨ ㄘㄨㄛˋ | Vp-sep | to make a mistake; error |
| 出發點 | chū fā diǎn | ㄔㄨ ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ | N | starting point; (fig.) basis |
| 出局 | chū jú | ㄔㄨ ㄐㄩˊ | Vp | (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket) |
| 出力 | chū lì | ㄔㄨ ㄌㄧˋ | V-sep | to exert oneself |
| 出路 | chū lù | ㄔㄨ ㄌㄨˋ | N | a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement |
| 出馬 | chū mǎ | ㄔㄨ ㄇㄚˇ | Vi | to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election |
| 出賣 | chū mài | ㄔㄨ ㄇㄞˋ | V | to offer for sale; to sell |
| 出面 | chū miàn | ㄔㄨ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | Vi | to appear personally; to step in |
| 出名 | chū míng | ㄔㄨ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vs | well-known for sth; to become well known |
| 出品 | chū pǐn | ㄔㄨ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | to produce an item; output |
| 出示 | chū shì | ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ | V | to show; to take out and show to others |
| 出手 | chū shǒu | ㄔㄨ ㄕㄡˇ | Vi | to dispose of; to spend (money) |
| 出頭 | chū tóu | ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ | Vp | to get out of a predicament; to stick out |
| 出土 | chū tǔ | ㄔㄨ ㄊㄨˇ | Vp | to dig up; to appear in an excavation |
| 出息(˙ㄒㄧ) | chū xi | ㄔㄨ ˙ㄒㄧ | N | future prospects; profit |
| 出血 | chū xiě | ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄝˇ | Vp | to bleed; bleeding |
| 初期 | chū qí | ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ | N | initial stage; beginning period |
| 儲備 | chú bèi | ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄟˋ | V | to store up; reserves |
| 除此之外 | chú cǐ zhī wài | ㄔㄨˊ ㄘˇ ㄓ ㄨㄞˋ | Conj | apart from this; in addition to this |
| 鋤頭 | chú tou | ㄔㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ | N | hoe |
| 處 | chǔ | ㄔㄨˇ | Vi | to reside; to live |
| 處方 | chǔ fāng | ㄔㄨˇ ㄈㄤ | N | medical prescription; to write out a prescription |
| 處分 | chǔ fèn | ㄔㄨˇ ㄈㄣˋ | N / V | to discipline sb; to punish |
| 處境 | chǔ jìng | ㄔㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | N | situation (of a person) |
| 處事 | chǔ shì | ㄔㄨˇ ㄕˋ | Vi | to handle affairs; to deal with matters |
| 處於 | chǔ yú | ㄔㄨˇ ㄩˊ | Vst | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 處女 | chǔn ǚ | ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄩˇ | N | virgin; maiden |
| 穿梭 | chuān suō | ㄔㄨㄢ ㄙㄨㄛ | Vi | to shuttle back and forth |
| 傳 | chuán | ㄔㄨㄢˊ | V | to pass on; to spread |
| 傳遞 | chuán dì | ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ | V | to transmit; to pass on to sb else |
| 傳奇 | chuán qí | ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ | N / Vs | legendary; fantasy saga |
| 傳神 | chuán shén | ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄣˊ | Vs | vivid; lifelike |
| 傳授 | chuán shòu | ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄡˋ | V | to impart; to pass on |
| 船隻 | chuán zhī | ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓ | N | ship; boat |
| 喘 | chuǎn | ㄔㄨㄢˇ | V | to gasp; to pant |
| 創傷 | chuāng shāng | ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄤ | N | wound; injury |
| 創 | chuàng | ㄔㄨㄤˋ | V | to initiate; to create |
| 創辦 | chuàng bàn | ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ | V | to establish; to found |
| 創立 | chuàng lì | ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ | V | to establish; to set up |
| 創業 | chuàng yè | ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄝˋ | V-sep | to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise |
| 吹牛 | chuī niú | ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊ | V-sep | to talk big; to brag |
| 垂 | chuí | ㄔㄨㄟˊ | V | to hang (down); droop |
| 垂直 | chuí zhí | ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄓˊ | Vs | perpendicular; vertical |
| 辭 | cí | ㄘˊ | V | to resign; to dismiss |
| 辭行 | cí xíng | ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vi | to say goodbye; leave-taking |
| 慈善 | cí shàn | ㄘˊ ㄕㄢˋ | Vs | benevolent; charitable |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | ㄘˇ ㄎㄜˋ | N | this moment; now |
| 次 | cì | ㄘˋ | Det | next in sequence; second |
| 次要 | cì yào | ㄘˋ ㄧㄠˋ | Vs-attr | secondary |
| 伺候 | cì hòu | ㄘˋ ㄏㄡˋ | V | to serve; to wait upon |
| 刺殺 | cì shā | ㄘˋ ㄕㄚ | V | to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet |
| 匆忙 | cōng máng | ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄤˊ | Vs | hasty; hurried |
| 從容 | cōng róng | ㄘㄨㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ | Vs | to go easy; unhurried |
| 從而 | cóng ér | ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄦˊ | Conj | thus; thereby |
| 湊巧 | còu qiǎo | ㄘㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ | Vs | fortuitously; luckily |
| 粗糙 | cū cāo | ㄘㄨ ㄘㄠ | Vs | crude; gruff |
| 粗魯 | cū lǔ | ㄘㄨ ㄌㄨˇ | Vs | coarse; crude (in one's manner) |
| 促 | cù | ㄘㄨˋ | V | (bound form) of short duration; hasty |
| 促成 | cù chéng | ㄘㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ | Vpt | to facilitate; to help bring about |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | ㄘㄨˋ ㄕˇ | Vst | to prompt; to induce |
| 促銷 | cù xiāo | ㄘㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠ | V | to promote sales |
| 簇擁 | cù yǒng | ㄘㄨˋ ㄩㄥˇ | V | to crowd around; to escort |
| 摧殘 | cuī cán | ㄘㄨㄟ ㄘㄢˊ | V | to ravage; to ruin |
| 摧毀 | cuī huǐ | ㄘㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄟˇ | V | to destroy; to wreck |
| 催眠 | cuī mián | ㄘㄨㄟ ㄇㄧㄢˊ | V | to lull to sleep; to hypnotize |
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Vs | weak; frail |
| 存貨 | cún huò | ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | N | stock; inventory (of material) |
| 磋商 | cuō shāng | ㄘㄨㄛ ㄕㄤ | Vi | to consult; to discuss seriously |
| 撮合 | cuò hé | ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ | V | to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman |
| 搭配 | dā pèi | ㄉㄚ ㄆㄟˋ | V | to pair up; to match |
| 達 | dá | ㄉㄚˊ | Vst | to attain; to reach |
| 答覆 | dá fù | ㄉㄚˊ ㄈㄨˋ | V | to answer; to reply |
| 打 | dǎ | ㄉㄚˇ | Prep | to hit; to strike |
| 打鬥 | dǎ dòu | ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄡˋ | Vi | to fight |
| 打賭 | dǎ dǔ | ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄨˇ | V-sep | to bet; to make a bet |
| 打發 | dǎ fā | ㄉㄚˇ ㄈㄚ | V | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave |
| 打擊 | dǎ jí | ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to hit; to strike |
| 打量 | dǎ liàng | ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | V | to size sb up; to look sb up and down |
| 打獵 | dǎ liè | ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | V-sep | to go hunting |
| 打牌 | dǎ pái | ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄞˊ | V-sep | to play mahjong or cards |
| 打手 | dǎ shǒu | ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ | N | hired thug |
| 打烊 | dǎ yáng | ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄤˊ | Vp | to close shop in the evening; also pr. [da3 yang2] |
| 大道 | dà dào | ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ | N | main street; avenue |
| 大隊 | dà duì | ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ | N | group; a large body of |
| 大使 | dà shǐ | ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˇ | N | ambassador; envoy |
| 大選 | dà xuǎn | ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ | N | general election |
| 大洋洲 | dà yáng zhōu | ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄡ | N | Oceania |
| 呆 | dāi | ㄉㄞ | Vs | foolish; stupid |
| 歹徒 | dǎi tú | ㄉㄞˇ ㄊㄨˊ | N | evildoer; malefactor |
| 逮捕 | dǎi bǔ | ㄉㄞˇ ㄅㄨˇ | V | to arrest; to apprehend |
| 代課 | dài kè | ㄉㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ | V-sep | to teach as substitute for absent teacher |
| 怠慢 | dài màn | ㄉㄞˋ ㄇㄢˋ | Vst | to slight; to neglect |
| 擔 | dān | ㄉㄢ | V | to undertake; to carry |
| 擔當 | dān dāng | ㄉㄢ ㄉㄤ | V | to take upon oneself; to assume |
| 擔負 | dān fù | ㄉㄢ ㄈㄨˋ | V | to shoulder; to bear |
| 單獨 | dān dú | ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨˊ | Adv | alone; by oneself |
| 單價 | dān jià | ㄉㄢ ㄐㄧㄚˋ | N | unit price |
| 單據 | dān jù | ㄉㄢ ㄐㄩˋ | N | receipts; invoices |
| 單親 | dān qīn | ㄉㄢ ㄑㄧㄣ | Vs-attr | single parent |
| 單行道 | dān xíng dào | ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ | N | one-way street |
| 膽 | dǎn | ㄉㄢˇ | N | gall bladder; courage |
| 膽固醇 | dǎng ù chún | ㄉㄤˇ ㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄣˊ | N | cholesterol |
| 但 | dàn | ㄉㄢˋ | Adv | but; yet |
| 淡季 | dàn jì | ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ | N | off season; slow business season |
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ | N | Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan; freshwater |
| 刀 | dāo | ㄉㄠ | M | knife; blade |
| 導師 | dǎo shī | ㄉㄠˇ ㄕ | N | tutor; teacher |
| 導致 | dǎo zhì | ㄉㄠˇ ㄓˋ | Vst | to lead to; to create |
| 島嶼 | dǎo yǔ | ㄉㄠˇ ㄩˇ | N | island |
| 道 | dào | ㄉㄠˋ | Vi | road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) |
| 道別 | dào bié | ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ | Vi | to say goodbye; to bid farewell |
| 道地 | dào dì | ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ | Vs | authentic; original |
| 道士 | dào shì | ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ | N | Daoist priest |
| 道義 | dào yì | ㄉㄠˋ ㄧˋ | N | morality; righteousness and justice |
| 到頭來 | dào tóu lái | ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ | Adv | in the end; finally |
| 倒數 | dào shǔ | ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˇ | Vi | to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down |
| 當 | dāng | ㄉㄤ | Det | to be; to act as |
| 當兵 | dāng bīng | ㄉㄤ ㄅㄧㄥ | V-sep | to serve in the army; to be a soldier |
| 當代 | dāng dài | ㄉㄤ ㄉㄞˋ | N | the present age; the contemporary era |
| 當局 | dāng jú | ㄉㄤ ㄐㄩˊ | N | authorities |
| 當前 | dāng qián | ㄉㄤ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | N | the present time; to be faced with |
| 當心 | dāng xīn | ㄉㄤ ㄒㄧㄣ | Vs | to take care; to look out |
| 黨派 | dǎng pài | ㄉㄤˇ ㄆㄞˋ | N | political party; faction |
| 黨員 | dǎng yuán | ㄉㄤˇ ㄩㄢˊ | N | party member |
| 得以 | dé yǐ | ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ | Adv | able to; so that sb can |
| 登場 | dēng chǎng | ㄉㄥ ㄔㄤˇ | Vi | to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene |
| 登陸 | dēng lù | ㄉㄥ ㄌㄨˋ | Vi | to land; to come ashore |
| 燈火 | dēng huǒ | ㄉㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˇ | N | lights |
| 燈籠 | dēng lóng | ㄉㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ | N | lantern |
| 等候 | děng hòu | ㄉㄥˇ ㄏㄡˋ | Vst | to wait; to wait for |
| 等價 | děng jià | ㄉㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ | Vs | equal; equal in value |
| 瞪 | dèng | ㄉㄥˋ | V | to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at |
| 嘀咕 | dí gū | ㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄨ | Vi | to mutter; to feel apprehensive |
| 底片 | dǐ piàn | ㄉㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ | N | negative; photographic plate |
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | ㄉㄧˇ ㄧㄚ | V | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | ㄉㄧˇ ㄓˋ | V | to resist; to boycott |
| 地表 | dì biǎo | ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄠˇ | N | the surface (of the earth) |
| 地步 | dì bù | ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ | N | stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved) |
| 地勢 | dì shì | ㄉㄧˋ ㄕˋ | N | terrain; topography relief |
| 地域 | dì yù | ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ | N | area; district |
| 地獄 | dì yù | ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ | N | hell; underworld |
| 地質 | dì zhí | ㄉㄧˋ ㄓˊ | N | geology |
| 地主 | dì zhǔ | ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨˇ | N | landlord; landowner |
| 締結 | dì jié | ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | to conclude (an agreement) |
| 締造 | dì zào | ㄉㄧˋ ㄗㄠˋ | V | to found; to create |
| 弟兄 | dì xiōng | ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ | N | brothers; comrade |
| 顛覆 | diān fù | ㄉㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ | V | to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize |
| 典雅 | diǎn yǎ | ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄚˇ | Vs | refined; elegant |
| 點子 | diǎn zi | ㄉㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄗ | N | spot; point |
| 奠定 | diàn dìng | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | Vpt | to establish; to fix |
| 惦記 | diàn jì | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ | Vst | to think of; to keep thinking about |
| 電工 | diàng ōng | ㄉㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄥ | N | electrician; electrical engineering |
| 電力 | diàn lì | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | electrical power; electricity |
| 電流 | diàn liú | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | N | an electric current; (old) current intensity |
| 電壓 | diàn yā | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄚ | N | voltage |
| 凋零 | diāo líng | ㄉㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˊ | Vs | withered; wilted |
| 調 | diào | ㄉㄧㄠˋ | V | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres) |
| 調查 | diào chá | ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄚˊ | N | investigation; inquiry |
| 調度 | diào dù | ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨˋ | Vi | to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule |
| 吊橋 | diào qiáo | ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ | N | drawbridge; suspension bridge |
| 疊 | dié | ㄉㄧㄝˊ | V | to pile up; (bound form) repeated |
| 頂 | dǐng | ㄉㄧㄥˇ | Adv / V | apex; crown of the head |
| 定額 | dìng é | ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄜˊ | N | fixed amount; quota |
| 定義 | dìng yì | ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧˋ | N | definition; to define |
| 釘 | dìng | ㄉㄧㄥˋ | V | to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail |
| 丟棄 | diū qì | ㄉㄧㄡ ㄑㄧˋ | V | to discard; to abandon |
| 凍結 | dòng jié | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) |
| 洞穴 | dòng xuè | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ | N | cave; cavern |
| 動產 | dòng chǎn | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄢˇ | N | movable property; personal property |
| 動機 | dòng jī | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ | N | motive; motivation |
| 動靜 | dòng jìng | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | N | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity |
| 動力 | dòng lì | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | motive power; (fig.) motivation |
| 動亂 | dòng luàn | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ | Vs | turmoil; upheaval |
| 動脈 | dòng mài | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ | N | artery |
| 動態 | dòng tài | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄞˋ | N | movement; motion |
| 動向 | dòng xiàng | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | trend; tendency |
| 動員 | dòng yuán | ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ | V | to mobilize; mobilization |
| 抖 | dǒu | ㄉㄡˇ | V | to tremble; to shake out |
| 陡 | dǒu | ㄉㄡˇ | Vs | steep; precipitous |
| 逗留 | dòu liú | ㄉㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | Vi | to stay for a while; to sojourn |
| 鬥志 | dòu zhì | ㄉㄡˋ ㄓˋ | N | will to fight; fighting spirit |
| 督促 | dū cù | ㄉㄨ ㄘㄨˋ | V | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 獨創 | dú chuàng | ㄉㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄤˋ | V | to come up with (an innovation); innovation |
| 獨到 | dú dào | ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ | Vs | original |
| 獨占/獨佔 | dú zhàn | ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ | V | to have all to oneself; to monopolize |
| 讀物 | dú wù | ㄉㄨˊ ㄨˋ | N | reading material |
| 堵 | dǔ | ㄉㄨˇ | V | to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole) |
| 堵塞 | dǔ sè | ㄉㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ | Vst | to clog up; blockage |
| 賭博 | dǔ bó | ㄉㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ | Vi | to gamble |
| 賭場 | dǔ chǎng | ㄉㄨˇ ㄔㄤˇ | N | casino |
| 渡 | dù | ㄉㄨˋ | V | to cross; to pass through |
| 度量衡 | dù liàng héng | ㄉㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄥˊ | N | measurement |
| 端正 | duān zhèng | ㄉㄨㄢ ㄓㄥˋ | Vs | upright; regular |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝ | Vs | shortage |
| 短暫 | duǎn zhàn | ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ | Vs | of short duration; brief |
| 斷絕 | duàn jué | ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | V | to sever; to break off |
| 堆積 | duī jī | ㄉㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ | V | to pile up; to heap |
| 隊伍 | duì wǔ | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄨˇ | N | troops; army |
| 兌現 | duì xiàn | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | V | (of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment |
| 對比 | duì bǐ | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˇ | N | to contrast; contrast |
| 對照 | duì zhào | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ | Vst | to contrast; to compare |
| 對峙 | duì zhì | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓˋ | Vs | (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other |
| 頓 | dùn | ㄉㄨㄣˋ | Adv / Vi | to stop; to pause |
| 頓時 | dùn shí | ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄕˊ | Adv | immediately; suddenly |
| 多寡 | duō guǎ | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄚˇ | N | number; amount |
| 多虧 | duō kuī | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄎㄨㄟ | Adv | thanks to; luckily |
| 多媒體 | duō méi tǐ | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄧˇ | N | multimedia |
| 多元 | duō yuán | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄩㄢˊ | Vs | poly-; multi- |
| 奪魁 | duó kuí | ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ | Vp | to win the championship; to take first place |
| 躲避 | duǒ bì | ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄧˋ | V | to hide; to evade |
| 墮胎 | duò tāi | ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄞ | V-sep | to induce an abortion; induced abortion |
| 額外 | é wài | ㄜˊ ㄨㄞˋ | Vs-attr | extra; added |
| 惡 | è | ㄜˋ | Vs-attr | evil; fierce |
| 惡化 | è huà | ㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vp | to worsen |
| 惡性 | è xìng | ㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | Vs-attr | malignant; wicked |
| 惡意 | è yì | ㄜˋ ㄧˋ | N | malice; evil intention |
| 恩愛 | ēn ài | ㄣ ㄞˋ | Vs | loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love |
| 恩情 | ēn qíng | ㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | kindness; affection |
| 恩人 | ēn rén | ㄣ ㄖㄣˊ | N | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | ㄣ ㄩㄢˋ | N | gratitude and grudges; resentment |
| 而是 | ér shì | ㄦˊ ㄕˋ | Conj | rather |
| 而言 | ér yán | ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ | (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... | |
| 兒女 | ér nǚ | ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ | N | children; sons and daughters |
| 耳光 | ěr guāng | ㄦˇ ㄍㄨㄤ | N | a slap on the face |
| 發 | fā | ㄈㄚ | M | to send out; to show (one's feeling) |
| 發電 | fā diàn | ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | Vi | to generate electricity; to send a telegram |
| 發瘋 | fā fēng | ㄈㄚ ㄈㄥ | Vp | to go mad; to go crazy |
| 發掘 | fā jué | ㄈㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | V | to excavate; to explore |
| 發誓 | fā shì | ㄈㄚ ㄕˋ | V-sep | to vow; to pledge |
| 發育 | fā yù | ㄈㄚ ㄩˋ | Vs | to develop; to mature |
| 發作 | fā zuò | ㄈㄚ ㄗㄨㄛˋ | Vp | to flare up; to break out |
| 法定 | fǎ dìng | ㄈㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | Vs-attr | statutory; law-based |
| 法官 | fǎ guān | ㄈㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄢ | N | judge (in court) |
| 法令 | fǎ lìng | ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ | N | decree; ordinance |
| 法人 | fǎ rén | ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ | N | legal person; corporation |
| 法則 | fǎ zé | ㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄜˊ | N | law; rule |
| 法制 | fǎ zhì | ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˋ | N | legal system and institutions |
| 法治 | fǎ zhì | ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˋ | N | rule of law; to rule by law |
| 翻臉 | fān liǎn | ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ | Vp | to fall out with sb; to become hostile |
| 翻身 | fān shēn | ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣ | V-sep | to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | ㄈㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ | V | to revamp; a face-lift |
| 繁多 | fán duō | ㄈㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛ | Vs | many and varied; of many different kinds |
| 繁體 | fán tǐ | ㄈㄢˊ ㄊㄧˇ | N | traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3] |
| 藩籬 | fán lí | ㄈㄢˊ ㄌㄧˊ | N | hedge; fence |
| 凡/凡是 | fán | ㄈㄢˊ | Conj | ordinary; commonplace |
| 返 | fǎn | ㄈㄢˇ | V | to return (to) |
| 反擊 | fǎn jí | ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to strike back; to beat back |
| 反射 | fǎn shè | ㄈㄢˇ ㄕㄜˋ | Vi | to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc) |
| 反省 | fǎn xǐng | ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˇ | Vi | to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience |
| 反之 | fǎn zhī | ㄈㄢˇ ㄓ | Conj | on the other hand...; conversely... |
| 犯規 | fàng uī | ㄈㄤˋ ㄨㄟ | V-sep | to break the rules; an illegality |
| 販毒 | fàn dú | ㄈㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ | Vi | to traffic narcotics; drugs trade |
| 販賣 | fàn mài | ㄈㄢˋ ㄇㄞˋ | V | to sell; to peddle |
| 方位 | fāng wèi | ㄈㄤ ㄨㄟˋ | N | direction; points of the compass |
| 方向盤 | fāng xiàng pán | ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄢˊ | N | steering wheel |
| 方針 | fāng zhēn | ㄈㄤ ㄓㄣ | N | policy; guidelines |
| 方正 | fāng zhèng | ㄈㄤ ㄓㄥˋ | Vs | see 方正縣|方正县[Fang1 zheng4 Xian4]; clear and square |
| 妨礙 | fáng ài | ㄈㄤˊ ㄞˋ | V | to hinder; to obstruct |
| 防備 | fáng bèi | ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ | V | to guard against |
| 防範 | fáng fàn | ㄈㄤˊ ㄈㄢˋ | V | to be on guard; wariness |
| 防水 | fáng shuǐ | ㄈㄤˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ | Vs | waterproof |
| 防衛 | fáng wèi | ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˋ | V | to defend; defensive |
| 防禦 | fáng yù | ㄈㄤˊ ㄩˋ | V | defense; to defend |
| 防治 | fáng zhì | ㄈㄤˊ ㄓˋ | V | to prevent and cure; prevention and cure |
| 仿冒 | fǎng mào | ㄈㄤˇ ㄇㄠˋ | V | to counterfeit; fake |
| 仿造 | fǎng zào | ㄈㄤˇ ㄗㄠˋ | V | to copy; to produce sth after a model |
| 紡織 | fǎng zhī | ㄈㄤˇ ㄓ | Vi | spinning and weaving |
| 放蕩 | fàng dàng | ㄈㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ | Vs | licentious; wanton |
| 放寬 | fàng kuān | ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄢ | V | to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions) |
| 放款 | fàng kuǎn | ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄢˇ | Vi | to lend money (as a commercial loan) |
| 放任 | fàng rèn | ㄈㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ | Vst | to ignore; to let alone |
| 放映 | fàng yìng | ㄈㄤˋ ㄧㄥˋ | V | to project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc) |
| 放逐 | fàng zhú | ㄈㄤˋ ㄓㄨˊ | Vi | to banish; to deport |
| 非凡 | fēi fán | ㄈㄟ ㄈㄢˊ | Vs | out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc) |
| 飛彈 | fēi dàn | ㄈㄟ ㄉㄢˋ | N | (Tw) missile; stray bullet |
| 飛快 | fēi kuài | ㄈㄟ ㄎㄨㄞˋ | Adv | very fast; at lightning speed |
| 飛翔 | fēi xiáng | ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄤˊ | Vi | to circle in the air; to soar |
| 飛行 | fēi xíng | ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vi | (of planes etc) to fly; flying |
| 肥料 | féi liào | ㄈㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄠˋ | N | fertilizer; manure |
| 廢 | fèi | ㄈㄟˋ | V | to abolish; to abandon |
| 廢除 | fèi chú | ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨˊ | V | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 廢棄 | fèi qì | ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ | V | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
| 廢墟 | fèi xū | ㄈㄟˋ ㄒㄩ | N | ruins |
| 廢止 | fèi zhǐ | ㄈㄟˋ ㄓˇ | V | to repeal (a law); to put an end to |
| 費力 | fèi lì | ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | to expend a great deal of effort |
| 沸騰 | fèi téng | ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄥˊ | Vp | (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over |
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ | N | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 分貝 | fēn bèi | ㄈㄣ ㄅㄟˋ | M | decibel |
| 分辨 | fēn biàn | ㄈㄣ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | V | to distinguish; to differentiate |
| 分寸 | fēn cùn | ㄈㄣ ㄘㄨㄣˋ | N | propriety; appropriate behavior |
| 分擔 | fēn dān | ㄈㄣ ㄉㄢ | V | to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) |
| 分發 | fēn fā | ㄈㄣ ㄈㄚ | Vi | to distribute; distribution |
| 分割 | fēng ē | ㄈㄥ ㄜ | V | to cut up; to break up |
| 分化 | fēn huà | ㄈㄣ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vpt | to split apart; differentiation |
| 分級 | fēn jí | ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧˊ | V-sep | to rank; to grade |
| 分家 | fēn jiā | ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄚ | V-sep | to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups |
| 分解 | fēn jiě | ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˇ | V | to resolve; to decompose |
| 分離 | fēn lí | ㄈㄣ ㄌㄧˊ | Vs | to separate |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | ㄈㄣ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | Vp | to split up; to divide |
| 分泌 | fēn mì | ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧˋ | V | to secrete; secretion |
| 分子 | fēn zǐ | ㄈㄣ ㄗˇ | N | (chemistry) molecule; (math.) numerator of a fraction |
| 墳墓/墳/墓 | fén mù | ㄈㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ | N | grave; tomb |
| 粉刷 | fěn shuā | ㄈㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄚ | V | to paint; to whitewash |
| 分量 | fèn liàng | ㄈㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | N | (food) portion size |
| 糞 | fèn | ㄈㄣˋ | N | manure; dung |
| 封閉 | fēng bì | ㄈㄥ ㄅㄧˋ | Vs | to close; to seal off |
| 封鎖 | fēng suǒ | ㄈㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | V | to blockade; to seal off |
| 封條 | fēng tiáo | ㄈㄥ ㄊㄧㄠˊ | N | seal |
| 風暴 | fēng bào | ㄈㄥ ㄅㄠˋ | N | storm; violent commotion |
| 風潮 | fēng cháo | ㄈㄥ ㄔㄠˊ | N | tempest; wave (of popular sentiment etc) |
| 風光 | fēng guāng | ㄈㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ | N / Vs | scene; view |
| 風化 | fēng huà | ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vp | decency; public morals |
| 風力 | fēng lì | ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧˋ | N | wind force; wind power |
| 風尚 | fēng shàng | ㄈㄥ ㄕㄤˋ | N | current custom; current way of doing things |
| 風水 | fēng shuǐ | ㄈㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ | N | feng shui; geomancy |
| 風行 | fēng xíng | ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | to become fashionable; to catch on |
| 鋒面 | fēng miàn | ㄈㄥ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | front (meteorology) |
| 豐盛 | fēng shèng | ㄈㄥ ㄕㄥˋ | Vs | rich; sumptuous |
| 豐收 | fēng shōu | ㄈㄥ ㄕㄡ | Vs | to reap a bumper harvest |
| 縫 | fèng | ㄈㄥˋ | N | seam; crack |
| 奉獻 | fèng xiàn | ㄈㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | V | to offer respectfully; to consecrate |
| 奉養 | fèng yàng | ㄈㄥˋ ㄧㄤˋ | V | to look after (elderly parents); Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4] |
| 佛經 | fó jīng | ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥ | N | Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture |
| 佛像 | fó xiàng | ㄈㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva |
| 否決 | fǒu jué | ㄈㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | V | to veto; to overrule |
| 膚淺 | fū qiǎn | ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧㄢˇ | Vs | superficial; shallow |
| 敷衍 | fū yǎn | ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ | V | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics) |
| 俘虜 | fú lǔ | ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨˇ | N / V | to take prisoner; a captive (usu. a prisoner of war) |
| 浮動 | fú dòng | ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | Vi | to drift about; to move unsteadily |
| 服從 | fú cóng | ㄈㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ | V | to obey (an order); to comply |
| 服飾 | fú shì | ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˋ | N | apparel; clothing and personal adornment |
| 服務 | fú wù | ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ | N | to serve; service |
| 服刑 | fú xíng | ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | V-sep | to serve a prison sentence |
| 幅度 | fú dù | ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ | N | width; extent |
| 福氣 | fú qì | ㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄧˋ | N | good fortune; a blessing |
| 輻射 | fú shè | ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄜˋ | N | to radiate; radiation |
| 斧頭/斧 | fǔ tou | ㄈㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ | N | ax; hatchet |
| 撫養 | fǔ yǎng | ㄈㄨˇ ㄧㄤˇ | V | to foster; to bring up |
| 撫育 | fǔ yù | ㄈㄨˇ ㄩˋ | V | to nurture; to raise |
| 腐爛 | fǔ làn | ㄈㄨˇ ㄌㄢˋ | Vp | to rot; to putrefy |
| 腐蝕 | fǔ shí | ㄈㄨˇ ㄕˊ | Vst | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˇ | Vp | rotten; decayed |
| 付款 | fù kuǎn | ㄈㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄢˇ | V-sep | to pay a sum of money; payment |
| 負 | fù | ㄈㄨˋ | Vst | to bear; to carry (on one's back) |
| 負面 | fù miàn | ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | negative; the negative side |
| 富貴 | fù guì | ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ | N | riches and honor |
| 富有 | fù yǒu | ㄈㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ | Vst | rich; wealthy |
| 婦人 | fù rén | ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ | N | married woman |
| 附上 | fù shàng | ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ | Vpt | attached; included herewith |
| 復甦 | fù sū | ㄈㄨˋ ㄙㄨ | Vp | to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate |
| 復原 | fù yuán | ㄈㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ | Vp | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness |
| 賦予 | fù yǔ | ㄈㄨˋ ㄩˇ | V | to assign; to entrust (a task) |
| 該死 | gāi sǐ | ㄍㄞ ㄙˇ | Vs | Damn it!; damned |
| 改編 | gǎi biān | ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄢ | V | to adapt; to rearrange |
| 改觀 | gǎi guān | ㄍㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ | Vp | change of appearance; to revise one's point of view |
| 改良 | gǎi liáng | ㄍㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ | V | to improve (sth); to reform (a system) |
| 改選 | gǎi xuǎn | ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄩㄢˇ | V | reelection; to reelect |
| 鈣 | gài | ㄍㄞˋ | N | calcium (chemistry) |
| 概 | gài | ㄍㄞˋ | Adv | (bound form) general; approximate |
| 概括 | gài guā | ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ | Vst | to summarize; to generalize |
| 概況 | gài kuàng | ㄍㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ | N | general situation; summary |
| 蓋章 | gài zhāng | ㄍㄞˋ ㄓㄤ | V-sep | to affix a seal; to stamp (a document) |
| 尷尬 | gāng à | ㄍㄤ ㄚˋ | Vs | awkward; embarrassed |
| 干擾 | gān rǎo | ㄍㄢ ㄖㄠˇ | V | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干涉 | gān shè | ㄍㄢ ㄕㄜˋ | V | to interfere; to meddle |
| 乾燥 | gān zào | ㄍㄢ ㄗㄠˋ | Vs | (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid |
| 感觸 | gǎn chù | ㄍㄢˇ ㄔㄨˋ | N | one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring |
| 感性 | gǎn xìng | ㄍㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | Vs | perception; perceptual |
| 趕忙 | gǎn máng | ㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄤˊ | Adv | to hurry; to hasten |
| 綱領 | gāng lǐng | ㄍㄤ ㄌㄧㄥˇ | N | program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle |
| 剛強 | gāng qiáng | ㄍㄤ ㄑㄧㄤˊ | Vs | firm; unyielding |
| 鋼鐵 | gāng tiě | ㄍㄤ ㄊㄧㄝˇ | N | steel |
| 崗位 | gǎng wèi | ㄍㄤˇ ㄨㄟˋ | N | a post; a job |
| 高見 | gāo jiàn | ㄍㄠ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific) |
| 高壓 | gāo yā | ㄍㄠ ㄧㄚ | N | (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure |
| 告別 | gào bié | ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ | V | to leave; to part from |
| 告狀 | gào zhuàng | ㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ | V-sep | to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) |
| 胳膊 | gē bó | ㄍㄜ ㄅㄛˊ | N | arm |
| 歌頌 | gē sòng | ㄍㄜ ㄙㄨㄥˋ | V | to sing the praises of; to extol |
| 疙瘩 | gē da | ㄍㄜ ˙ㄉㄚ | N | swelling or lump on skin; pimple |
| 鴿(子) | gē | ㄍㄜ | N | pigeon; dove |
| 隔閡 | gé hé | ㄍㄜˊ ㄏㄜˊ | N | misunderstanding; estrangement |
| 隔天 | gé tiān | ㄍㄜˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | N | the next day; on alternate days |
| 格局 | gé jú | ㄍㄜˊ ㄐㄩˊ | N | structure; pattern |
| 格式 | gé shì | ㄍㄜˊ ㄕˋ | N | form; specification |
| 格外 | gé wài | ㄍㄜˊ ㄨㄞˋ | Adv | especially; particularly |
| 革新 | gé xīn | ㄍㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ | V | to innovate; innovation |
| 各界 | gè jiè | ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ | N | all walks of life; all social circles |
| 個數 | gè shù | ㄍㄜˋ ㄕㄨˋ | N | number of items or individuals |
| 個體 | gè tǐ | ㄍㄜˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | an individual; self-employed individual |
| 給予 | gěi yǔ | ㄍㄟˇ ㄩˇ | V | (literary) to give; to accord |
| 跟進 | gēn jìn | ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | Vi | to follow; to follow up |
| 跟前 | gēn qián | ㄍㄣ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | N | the front (of); (in) front |
| 根源 | gēn yuán | ㄍㄣ ㄩㄢˊ | N | origin; root (cause) |
| 耕地 | gēng dì | ㄍㄥ ㄉㄧˋ | N | arable land; to plow land |
| 更動 | gēng dòng | ㄍㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | V | to change; to replace |
| 弓 | gōng | ㄍㄨㄥ | N | a bow (weapon); to bend |
| 工地 | gōng dì | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄧˋ | N | construction site |
| 工讀 | gōng dú | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ | Vi | (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies); (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study |
| 工藝品 | gōng yì pǐn | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | handicraft article; handiwork |
| 公安 | gōng ān | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄢ | N | see 公安縣|公安县[Gong1 an1 Xian4]; (Ministry of) Public Security |
| 公費 | gōng fèi | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄈㄟˋ | N | at public expense |
| 公會 | gōng huì | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | N | guild; professional or trade association |
| 公民 | gōng mín | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | citizen |
| 公認 | gōng rèn | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˋ | V | publicly known (to be); accepted (as) |
| 公事 | gōng shì | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˋ | N | work-related matters; documents |
| 公文 | gōng wén | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ | N | official document |
| 公務 | gōng wù | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨˋ | N | official business |
| 公務員 | gōng wù yuán | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊ | N | civil servant; public servant |
| 公益 | gōng yì | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˋ | N | public good; public welfare |
| 公債 | gōng zhài | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓㄞˋ | N | government bond |
| 功勞 | gōng láo | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄠˊ | N | contribution; meritorious service |
| 功利 | gōng lì | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | utility |
| 攻 | gōng | ㄍㄨㄥ | V | to attack; to accuse |
| 攻讀 | gōng dú | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ | V | to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree |
| 攻擊 | gōng jí | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to attack; to accuse |
| 供給 | gōnjǐ | V | to furnish; to provide | |
| 宮殿 | gōng diàn | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | N | palace |
| 恭敬 | gōng jìng | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | Vs | deferential; respectful |
| 恭維 | gōng wéi | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˊ | V | to compliment; to praise |
| 鞏固 | gǒng gù | ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄍㄨˋ | Vs | to consolidate; to strengthen |
| 共產 | gòng chǎn | ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄢˇ | Vs-attr | (adj.) communist; communism |
| 共和國 | gòng hé guó | ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | N | republic |
| 共鳴 | gòng míng | ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | (physics) to resonate; resonance |
| 供養 | gòng yàng | ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄤˋ | V | to supply; to provide for one's elders |
| 勾結 | gōu jié | ㄍㄡ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | to collude with; to collaborate with |
| 溝 | gōu | ㄍㄡ | N | ditch; gutter |
| 購 | gòu | ㄍㄡˋ | V | to buy; to purchase |
| 構想 | gòu xiǎng | ㄍㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | N | to conceive; concept |
| 孤獨 | gū dú | ㄍㄨ ㄉㄨˊ | Vs | lonely; solitary |
| 孤兒 | gū ér | ㄍㄨ ㄦˊ | N | orphan |
| 孤立 | gū lì | ㄍㄨ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | to isolate; isolated |
| 辜負 | gū fù | ㄍㄨ ㄈㄨˋ | Vst | to fail to live up to (sb's expectations, trust or kindness); to let down |
| 估價 | gū jià | ㄍㄨ ㄐㄧㄚˋ | V-sep | to value; to appraise |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ | Vs | strange; weird |
| 古籍 | gǔ jí | ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧˊ | N | ancient text; antique books |
| 古物 | gǔ wù | ㄍㄨˇ ㄨˋ | N | antique |
| 股 | gǔ | ㄍㄨˇ | M | thigh; part of a whole |
| 股市 | gǔ shì | ㄍㄨˇ ㄕˋ | N | stock market |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄟ | V | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓動 | gǔ dòng | ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | V | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage |
| 故 | gù | ㄍㄨˋ | Conj | happening; instance |
| 雇/僱 | gù | ㄍㄨˋ | V | to employ; to hire |
| 雇用/僱用 | gù yòng | ㄍㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ | V | to employ; to hire |
| 固然 | gù rán | ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ | Conj | admittedly (it's true that...) |
| 固體 | gù tǐ | ㄍㄨˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | solid |
| 固有 | gù yǒu | ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ | Vs-attr | intrinsic to sth; inherent |
| 固執 | gù zhí | ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ | Vs | obstinate; stubborn |
| 顧全 | gù quán | ㄍㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | V | to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards |
| 蝸牛 | guān iú | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄡˊ | N | snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2] |
| 寡婦 | guǎ fù | ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ | N | widow |
| 拐 | guǎi | ㄍㄨㄞˇ | V | to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap |
| 官 | guān | ㄍㄨㄢ | N | government official; governmental |
| 官司 | guān sī | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙ | N | lawsuit |
| 棺材/棺 | guān cái | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄞˊ | N | coffin |
| 觀 | guàn | ㄍㄨㄢˋ | V | Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower |
| 觀測 | guān cè | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄘㄜˋ | V | to observe; to survey |
| 觀感 | guāng ǎn | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄢˇ | N | one's impressions; observations |
| 觀看 | guān kàn | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄎㄢˋ | V | to watch; to view |
| 觀摩 | guān mó | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄛˊ | V | to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example) |
| 觀望 | guān wàng | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄨㄤˋ | Vi | to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines |
| 關稅 | guān shuì | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˋ | N | customs duty; tariff |
| 關切 | guān qiè | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧㄝˋ | Vst | to be deeply concerned; to be troubled (by) |
| 關懷 | guān huái | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄞˊ | Vst | care; solicitude |
| 關頭 | guān tóu | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ | N | juncture; moment |
| 關係 | guān xì | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˋ | Vst | relation; relationship |
| 關照 | guān zhào | ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄠˋ | Vst | to take care; to keep an eye on |
| 管教 | guǎn jiào | ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | V | to discipline; to teach |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ | N | to supervise; to manage |
| 管線 | guǎn xiàn | ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | N | pipeline; general term for pipes, cables etc |
| 管(子) | guǎn | ㄍㄨㄢˇ | N | to take care (of); to control |
| 貫徹 | guàn chè | ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄜˋ | Vst | to implement; to put into practice |
| 灌 | guàn | ㄍㄨㄢˋ | V | to irrigate; to pour |
| 灌溉 | guàng ài | ㄍㄨㄤˋ ㄞˋ | V | to irrigate |
| 灌輸 | guàn shū | ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨ | V | to imbue with; to inculcate |
| 光顧 | guāng gù | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄨˋ | V | to visit (as a customer) |
| 光滑 | guāng huá | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˊ | Vs | glossy; sleek |
| 光輝 | guāng huī | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄟ | N | radiance; glory |
| 光芒 | guāng máng | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄤˊ | N | rays of light; brilliant rays |
| 規範 | guī fàn | ㄍㄨㄟ ㄈㄢˋ | N | norm; standard |
| 規格 | guī gé | ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄜˊ | N | standard; norm |
| 規矩 | guī jǔ | ㄍㄨㄟ ㄐㄩˇ | Vs | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard |
| 歸 | guī | ㄍㄨㄟ | V / Vst | to return; to go back to |
| 歸還 | guī huán | ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄢˊ | V | to return sth; to revert |
| 歸納 | guī nà | ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄚˋ | V | to sum up; to summarize |
| 軌道 | guǐ dào | ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ | N | track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite) |
| 鬼怪 | guǐ guài | ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ | N | hobgoblin; bogey |
| 貴 | guì | ㄍㄨㄟˋ | Det | short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]; expensive |
| 貴賓 | guì bīn | ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧㄣ | N | honored guest; distinguished guest |
| 棍(子) | gùn | ㄍㄨㄣˋ | N | stick; rod |
| 國產 | guó chǎn | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄢˇ | Vs-attr | domestically produced |
| 國防 | guó fáng | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄤˊ | N | national defense |
| 國境 | guó jìng | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | N | national border; frontier |
| 國君 | guó jūn | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄩㄣ | N | monarch |
| 國民 | guó mín | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | nationals; citizens |
| 國營 | guó yíng | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄥˊ | Vs-attr | state-run (company etc); nationalized |
| 果斷 | guǒ duàn | ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ | Vs | firm; decisive |
| 果實 | guǒ shí | ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕˊ | N | fruit (produced by a plant); (fig.) fruits (of success etc) |
| 果樹 | guǒ shù | ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄨˋ | N | fruit tree |
| 果真 | guǒ zhēn | ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄣ | Adv | really; as expected |
| 過關 | guò guān | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ | V-sep | to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal) |
| 過量 | guò liàng | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | Vs | excessive |
| 過目 | guò mù | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ | Vi | to look over |
| 過人 | guò rén | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ | Vs | to surpass others; outstanding |
| 過失 | guò shī | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕ | N | error; fault |
| 過癮 | guò yǐn | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄣˇ | Vs | to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth |
| 過重 | guò zhòng | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vs | overweight (luggage) |
| 海拔 | hǎi bá | ㄏㄞˇ ㄅㄚˊ | N | height above sea level; elevation |
| 海面 | hǎi miàn | ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | the surface of the sea; ocean surface |
| 海嘯 | hǎi xiào | ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | N | tsunami |
| 海運 | hǎi yùn | ㄏㄞˇ ㄩㄣˋ | N | shipping by sea |
| 害蟲 | hài chóng | ㄏㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ | N | injurious insect; pest |
| 行號 | háng hào | ㄏㄤˊ ㄏㄠˋ | N | (computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number |
| 行列 | háng liè | ㄏㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | N | formation; array |
| 航空信 | háng kōng xìn | ㄏㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣˋ | N | airmail letter |
| 航行 | háng xíng | ㄏㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vi | to sail; to fly |
| 毫不 | háo bù | ㄏㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ | Adv | hardly; not in the least |
| 好比 | hǎo bǐ | ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ | Vst | to be just like; can be compared to |
| 好手 | hǎo shǒu | ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ | N | expert; professional |
| 好受 | hǎo shòu | ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ | Vs | feeling better; to be more at ease |
| 號 | hào | ㄏㄠˋ | Vst | (literary) to call out; to command |
| 號子/證券行 | hào zi | ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ | N | work chant; prison cell |
| 合併 | hé bìng | ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ | V | to merge; to annex |
| 合同 | hé tóng | ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ | N | contract; agreement |
| 合意 | hé yì | ㄏㄜˊ ㄧˋ | Vs | to suit one's taste; suitable |
| 何 | hé | ㄏㄜˊ | Det | what; how |
| 何在 | hé zài | ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄞˋ | Vs | where?; what place? |
| 和解 | hé jiě | ㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ | Vi | to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile |
| 和睦 | hé mù | ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ | Vs | peaceful relations; harmonious |
| 和諧 | hé xié | ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ | Vs | harmonious; harmony |
| 核定 | hé dìng | ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | V | to audit and determine; to check and ratify |
| 核對 | hé duì | ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ | V | to check; to verify |
| 核算 | hé suàn | ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ | V | to calculate; accounting |
| 核准 | hé zhǔn | ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄣˇ | V | to authorize; to investigate then ratify |
| 核子 | hé zǐ | ㄏㄜˊ ㄗˇ | N | nuclear; nucleus |
| 黑名單 | hēi míng dān | ㄏㄟ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ | N | blacklist |
| 黑社會 | hēi shè huì | ㄏㄟ ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | N | criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate |
| 狠 | hěn | ㄏㄣˇ | Vs | ruthless; fierce |
| 狠心 | hěn xīn | ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ | Vs | callous; heartless |
| 哼 | hēng | ㄏㄥ | Ptc / Vi | to groan; to snort |
| 橫 | héng | ㄏㄥˊ | Vi | horizontal; across |
| 衡量 | héng liáng | ㄏㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ | V | to weigh; to examine |
| 轟動 | hōng dòng | ㄏㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | Vs | to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place) |
| 轟轟烈烈 | hōng hōng liè liè | ㄏㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | Vs | strong; vigorous |
| 紅利 | hóng lì | ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ | N | bonus; dividend |
| 紅燒 | hóng shāo | ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄠ | V | to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ | N | deluge; flood |
| 宏偉 | hóng wěi | ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄟˇ | Vs | see 宏偉區|宏伟区[Hong2 wei3 Qu1]; grand |
| 哄 | hǒng | ㄏㄨㄥˇ | V | to deceive; to coax |
| 後輩 | hòu bèi | ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ | N | younger generation |
| 候選人 | hòu xuǎn rén | ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ | N | candidate |
| 呼籲 | hū yù | ㄏㄨ ㄩˋ | Vi | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to) |
| 壺 | hú | ㄏㄨˊ | M | pot; classifier for bottled liquid |
| 胡亂 | hú luàn | ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ | Adv | careless; reckless |
| 狐疑 | hú yí | ㄏㄨˊ ㄧˊ | Vs | to doubt; to suspect |
| 戶口 | hù kǒu | ㄏㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ | N | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence |
| 互補 | hù bǔ | ㄏㄨˋ ㄅㄨˇ | Vs | complementary; to complement each other |
| 互惠 | hù huì | ㄏㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | Vs | mutual benefit; mutually beneficial |
| 護 | hù | ㄏㄨˋ | V | to protect |
| 花瓣 | huā bàn | ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄢˋ | N | petal |
| 花朵 | huā duǒ | ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄨㄛˇ | N | flower |
| 花卉 | huā huì | ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | N | flowers and plants |
| 花紋 | huā wén | ㄏㄨㄚ ㄨㄣˊ | N | decorative design |
| 花樣 | huā yàng | ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄤˋ | N | pattern; way of doing sth |
| 划不來 | huá bù lái | ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ | Vs | not worth it |
| 划得來 | huá de lái | ㄏㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄞˊ | Vs | worth it; it pays to |
| 華裔 | huá yì | ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄧˋ | N | ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry |
| 化工 | huà gōng | ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ | N | chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4]); chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4 xue2 gong1 cheng2]) |
| 化石 | huà shí | ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕˊ | N | fossil |
| 話劇 | huà jù | ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄩˋ | N | stage play; modern drama |
| 畫展 | huà zhǎn | ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄢˇ | N | art exhibition |
| 劃時代 | huà shí dài | ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ | Vs-attr | epoch-marking |
| 懷 | huái | ㄏㄨㄞˊ | Vst | bosom; heart |
| 歡送 | huān sòng | ㄏㄨㄢ ㄙㄨㄥˋ | V | to see off; to send off |
| 幻象 | huàn xiàng | ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | illusion |
| 換取 | huàn qǔ | ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄩˇ | V | to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) |
| 患 | huàn | ㄏㄨㄢˋ | Vst | to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease) |
| 患者 | huàn zhě | ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ | N | patient; sufferer |
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | ㄏㄨㄤ ㄊㄤˊ | Vs | beyond belief; preposterous |
| 慌張 | huāng zhāng | ㄏㄨㄤ ㄓㄤ | Vs | flustered; agitated |
| 惶恐 | huáng kǒng | ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ | Vs | terrified |
| 恍惚 | huǎng hū | ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨ | Vs | absent-minded; distracted |
| 灰塵 | huī chén | ㄏㄨㄟ ㄔㄣˊ | N | dust |
| 輝煌 | huī huáng | ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄤˊ | Vs | splendid; glorious |
| 回合 | huí hé | ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄜˊ | N | one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc) |
| 回絕 | huí jué | ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | V | to rebuff; to refuse |
| 回升 | huí shēng | ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ | Vp | to rise again after a fall; to pick up |
| 迴響/回響 | huí xiǎng | ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | N | to echo; to reverberate |
| 毀 | huǐ | ㄏㄨㄟˇ | V | to destroy; to ruin |
| 毀損 | huǐ sǔn | ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ | V | impair, damage |
| 悔恨 | huǐ hèn | ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄣˋ | Vs | remorse; repentance |
| 匯 | huì | ㄏㄨㄟˋ | V | to remit; to converge (of rivers) |
| 匯票 | huì piào | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄆㄧㄠˋ | N | bill of exchange; bank draft |
| 會見 | huì jiàn | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | V | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) |
| 會談 | huì tán | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄢˊ | Vi | talks; discussions |
| 會意 | huì yì | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ | Vp | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements |
| 繪畫 | huì huà | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | N | to draw; to paint |
| 賄賂 | huì lù | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ | V | to bribe; a bribe |
| 彗星 | huì xīng | ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ | N | comet |
| 昏 | hūn | ㄏㄨㄣ | Vs | muddle-headed; twilight |
| 渾身 | hún shēn | ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄣ | N | all over; from head to foot |
| 混 | hùn | ㄏㄨㄣˋ | Vs | to mix; to mingle |
| 混淆 | hùn yáo | ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄧㄠˊ | Vs | to obscure; to confuse |
| 混濁 | hùn zhuó | ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ | Vs | turbid; muddy |
| 活/活兒 | huó | ㄏㄨㄛˊ | N | to live; alive |
| 活期 | huó qí | ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧˊ | Vs-attr | (banking) current (account); checking (account) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | rocket |
| 火力 | huǒ lì | ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | fire; firepower |
| 火焰 | huǒ yàn | ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄢˋ | N | blaze; flame |
| 火藥 | huǒ yào | ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄠˋ | N | gunpowder |
| 伙伴/夥伴 | huǒ bàn | ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄢˋ | N | companion; pal |
| 貨幣 | huò bì | ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ | N | currency; monetary |
| 貨品 | huò pǐn | ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | goods |
| 豁達 | huò dá | ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˊ | Vs | optimistic; sanguine |
| 積 | jī | ㄐㄧ | Vst | to amass; to accumulate |
| 基層 | jī céng | ㄐㄧ ㄘㄥˊ | N | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 基地 | jī dì | ㄐㄧ ㄉㄧˋ | N | al-Qaeda; base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
| 基督 | jī dū | ㄐㄧ ㄉㄨ | N | Christ |
| 基因 | jī yīn | ㄐㄧ ㄧㄣ | N | gene (loanword) |
| 機動 | jī dòng | ㄐㄧ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | Vs-attr | locomotive; motorized |
| 機警 | jī jǐng | ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ | Vs | perceptive; astute |
| 機率 | jī lǜ | ㄐㄧ ㄌㄩˋ | N | (Tw) (math.) probability |
| 機密 | jī mì | ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧˋ | N | secret; classified |
| 機器人 | jī qì rén | ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ | N | robot; android |
| 機制 | jī zhì | ㄐㄧ ㄓˋ | N | mechanism |
| 肌膚 | jī fū | ㄐㄧ ㄈㄨ | N | skin; flesh |
| 飢餓/饑餓 | jī è | ㄐㄧ ㄜˋ | Vs | hunger; starvation |
| 畸形 | jī xíng | ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | deformed; malformed |
| 激增 | jī zēng | ㄐㄧ ㄗㄥ | Vs | to increase rapidly; to shoot up |
| 及早 | jí zǎo | ㄐㄧˊ ㄗㄠˇ | Adv | at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible |
| 吉利 | jí lì | ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | Geely, Chinese car make; auspicious |
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ | Vs | lucky; auspicious |
| 汲取 | jí qǔ | ㄐㄧˊ ㄑㄩˇ | V | to draw; to derive |
| 即 | jí | ㄐㄧˊ | Vst | namely; that is |
| 即日 | jí rì | ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ | N | this or that very day; in the next few days |
| 即時 | jí shí | ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˊ | Adv | immediate |
| 極端 | jí duān | ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄢ | N / Vs | extreme |
| 極力 | jí lì | ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ | Adv | to make a supreme effort; at all costs |
| 極為 | jí wéi | ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊ | Adv | extremely; exceedingly |
| 集合 | jí hé | ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄜˊ | N | to gather; to assemble |
| 集結 | jí jié | ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | to assemble; to concentrate |
| 集權 | jí quán | ㄐㄧˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | Vs | centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party |
| 集體 | jí tǐ | ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄧˇ | Adv | collective (decision); joint (effort) |
| 集團 | jí tuán | ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ | N | group; bloc |
| 急救 | jí jiù | ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | Vi | to give emergency treatment; first aid |
| 急躁 | jí zào | ㄐㄧˊ ㄗㄠˋ | Vs | irritable; irascible |
| 籍貫 | jí guàn | ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ | N | one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents) |
| 擊 | jí | ㄐㄧˊ | V | to hit; to strike |
| 擊落 | jí luò | ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ | V | to shoot down (a plane) |
| 計 | jì | ㄐㄧˋ | Vst | to calculate; to compute |
| 暨 | jì | ㄐㄧˋ | Conj | (literary) and; as well as |
| 繼承 | jì chéng | ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ | Vpt | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc) |
| 季風 | jì fēng | ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄥ | N | monsoon |
| 劑量 | jì liàng | ㄐㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | N | dosage; prescribed dose of medicine |
| 紀律 | jì lǜ | ㄐㄧˋ ㄌㄩˋ | N | discipline |
| 技能 | jìn éng | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄥˊ | N | technical ability; skill |
| 技藝 | jì yì | ㄐㄧˋ ㄧˋ | N | skill; art |
| 祭祀 | jì sì | ㄐㄧˋ ㄙˋ | V | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors |
| 傢伙 | jiā huǒ | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨㄛˇ | N | — |
| 家家戶戶 | jiā jiā hù hù | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨˋ ㄏㄨˋ | N | each and every family (idiom); every household |
| 家屬 | jiā shǔ | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄨˇ | N | family member; (family) dependent |
| 佳節 | jiā jié | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | N | festive day; holiday |
| 佳人 | jiā rén | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ | N | beautiful woman |
| 加緊 | jiā jǐn | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄣˇ | V | to intensify; to speed up |
| 加快 | jiā kuài | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄨㄞˋ | V | to accelerate; to speed up |
| 加薪 | jiā xīn | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ | V-sep | to raise salary |
| 加重 | jiā zhòng | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | V | to make heavier; to emphasize |
| 枷鎖 | jiā suǒ | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | N | stocks and chain; in fetters |
| 夾雜 | jiá zá | ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄗㄚˊ | Vpt | to mix together (disparate substances); to mingle |
| 假 | jiǎ | ㄐㄧㄚˇ | Prep | fake; false |
| 假若 | jiǎ ruò | ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Conj | if; supposing |
| 假使 | jiǎ shǐ | ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕˇ | Conj | if; in case |
| 假象 | jiǎ xiàng | ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | false appearance; facade |
| 架/架(子) | jià | ㄐㄧㄚˋ | V / N | to support; frame |
| 架構 | jià gòu | ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄡˋ | N | to construct; to build |
| 監督 | jiān dū | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨ | V | to supervise; to oversee |
| 尖端 | jiān duān | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢ | Vs-attr | sharp pointed end; the tip |
| 堅固 | jiāng ù | ㄐㄧㄤ ㄨˋ | Vs | firm; firmly |
| 堅忍 | jiān rěn | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˇ | Vs | persevering; tenacious |
| 堅信 | jiān xìn | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄣˋ | Vst | to believe firmly; without any doubt |
| 堅硬 | jiān yìng | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧㄥˋ | Vs | hard; solid |
| 兼職 | jiān zhí | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄓˊ | Vi | to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job |
| 艱鉅 | jiān jù | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄩˋ | Vs | (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging |
| 艱苦 | jiān kǔ | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄨˇ | Vs | difficult; hard |
| 艱難 | jiān nán | ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ | Vs | difficult; arduous |
| 簡便 | jiǎn biàn | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | Vs | simple and convenient; handy |
| 簡稱 | jiǎn chēng | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄥ | Vst | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation |
| 簡化 | jiǎn huà | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vpt | to simplify |
| 簡體 | jiǎn tǐ | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ | N | simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3] |
| 檢討 | jiǎn tǎo | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄠˇ | V | to examine or inspect; self-criticism |
| 賤 | jiàn | ㄐㄧㄢˋ | Vs | inexpensive; lowly |
| 濺 | jiàn | ㄐㄧㄢˋ | V | to splash |
| 見解 | jiàn jiě | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ | N | opinion; view |
| 見識 | jiàn shì | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ | V | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself |
| 見證 | jiàn zhèng | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄥˋ | V | to be witness to; witness |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄠˋ | V | to construct; to build |
| 健身 | jiàn shēn | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ | Vi | to exercise; to keep fit |
| 健身房 | jiàn shēn fáng | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ ㄈㄤˊ | N | gym; fitness club |
| 健壯 | jiàn zhuàng | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ | Vs | robust; healthy |
| 將 | jiāng | ㄐㄧㄤ | Prep | will; shall |
| 將軍 | jiāng jūn | ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄩㄣ | N | (common place name); general |
| 獎勵 | jiǎng lì | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ | V | to reward; reward (as encouragement) |
| 獎賞 | jiǎng shǎng | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄤˇ | N | reward; prize |
| 獎狀 | jiǎng zhuàng | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄓㄨㄤˋ | N | prize certificate; certificate of merit |
| 講理 | jiǎng lǐ | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˇ | Vs | to argue; to reason with sb |
| 講習 | jiǎng xí | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧˊ | N | to lecture; to instruct |
| 講義 | jiǎng yì | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄧˋ | N | teaching materials |
| 講座 | jiǎng zuò | ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ | N | course of lectures; lecture series |
| 交錯 | jiāo cuò | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄛˋ | Vs | to crisscross; to intertwine |
| 交貨 | jiāo huò | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | V-sep | to deliver goods |
| 交集 | jiāo jí | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄐㄧˊ | N | (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle |
| 交情 | jiāo qíng | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | friendship; friendly relations |
| 交涉 | jiāo shè | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄜˋ | Vi | to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with) |
| 交談 | jiāo tán | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄢˊ | Vi | to discuss; to converse |
| 焦急 | jiāo jí | ㄐㄧㄠ ㄐㄧˊ | Vs | anxiety; anxious |
| 腳本 | jiǎo běn | ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ | N | script; screenplay |
| 攪和(ㄏㄨㄛˋ) | jiǎo huò | ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | Vi | to mix; to blend |
| 轎車 | jiào chē | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄜ | N | (old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; (automotive) sedan |
| 叫好 | jiào hǎo | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄠˇ | Vi | to applaud; to cheer |
| 教官 | jiào guān | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄢ | N | military instructor |
| 教化 | jiào huà | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | V | to enlighten; to civilize |
| 教誨 | jiào huǐ | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ | N | (literary) to instruct; to admonish |
| 教徒 | jiào tú | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄨˊ | N | disciple; follower of a religion |
| 教學 | jiào xué | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | N | teaching; instruction |
| 教員 | jiào yuán | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄢˊ | N | teacher; instructor |
| 較量 | jiào liàng | ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | Vi | to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb |
| 皆 | jiē | ㄐㄧㄝ | Adv | all; each and every |
| 階層 | jiē céng | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄘㄥˊ | N | social class |
| 階級 | jiē jí | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄐㄧˊ | N | (social) class |
| 街坊 | jiē fāng | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄤ | N | neighborhood; neighbor |
| 接管 | jiē guǎn | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | V | to take over; to assume control |
| 接連 | jiē lián | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄧㄢˊ | Adv | on end; in a row |
| 接納 | jiē nà | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄋㄚˋ | V | to admit or welcome (into a group); to accept (sb or sth) |
| 接洽 | jiē qià | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄑㄧㄚˋ | V | to discuss a matter with sb; to get in touch with |
| 揭幕 | jiē mù | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄇㄨˋ | Vp | opening; unveiling |
| 揭曉 | jiē xiǎo | ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄠˇ | V | to announce publicly; to publish |
| 截 | jié | ㄐㄧㄝˊ | M / V | to cut off (a length); to stop |
| 潔白 | jié bái | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄞˊ | Vs | spotlessly white; pure white |
| 節儉 | jié jiǎn | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ | Vs | frugal; economical |
| 竭力 | jié lì | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ | Adv | to do one's utmost |
| 結實(˙ㄕ) | jié shi | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄕ | Vs | to bear fruit; rugged |
| 結業 | jié yè | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄝˋ | Vp | to finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course |
| 結緣 | jié yuán | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄢˊ | Vi | to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth) |
| 解答 | jiě dá | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄚˊ | N | to solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty) |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ | V | to liberate; to emancipate |
| 解渴 | jiě kě | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄎㄜˇ | Vs | to quench |
| 解剖 | jiě pǒu | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄡˇ | V | to dissect (an animal); to analyze |
| 解說 | jiě shuō | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨㄛ | V | to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary |
| 解體 | jiě tǐ | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄧˇ | Vp | to break up into components; to disintegrate |
| 解脫 | jiě tuō | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄛ | V | to untie; to free |
| 解約 | jiě yuē | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄩㄝ | Vp-sep | to terminate an agreement; to cancel a contract |
| 屆 | jiè | ㄐㄧㄝˋ | Vst | to arrive at (place or time); period |
| 屆時 | jiè shí | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕˊ | Adv | when the time comes; at the scheduled time |
| 戒 | jiè | ㄐㄧㄝˋ | V | to guard against; to exhort |
| 戒備 | jiè bèi | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄟˋ | Vi | to take precautions; to guard against (emergency) |
| 借貸 | jiè dài | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄞˋ | V | to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet |
| 藉口 | jiè kǒu | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ | N | to use as an excuse; on the pretext |
| 介入 | jiè rù | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄨˋ | V | to intervene; to get involved |
| 金魚 | jīn yú | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˊ | N | goldfish |
| 津貼 | jīn tiē | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄝ | N | allowance |
| 緊湊 | jǐn còu | ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄘㄡˋ | Vs | compact; terse |
| 緊密 | jǐn mì | ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧˋ | Vs | inseparably close |
| 緊縮 | jǐn suō | ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛ | Vi | (economics) to reduce; to curtail |
| 謹慎 | jǐn shèn | ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄣˋ | Vs | cautious; prudent |
| 近 | jìn | ㄐㄧㄣˋ | Det | near; close to |
| 勁/勁兒 | jìn | ㄐㄧㄣˋ | N | strength; energy |
| 進場 | jìn chǎng | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄤˇ | Vi | to enter the venue; to enter the arena |
| 進度 | jìn dù | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ | N | rate of progress |
| 進而 | jìn ér | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄦˊ | Conj | and then; and thereby |
| 進攻 | jìng ōng | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄥ | V | to attack; to assault |
| 進化 | jìn huà | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vp | to evolve (biologically, technologically etc); evolution |
| 進軍 | jìn jūn | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄩㄣ | V | (military) to march; to advance |
| 進修 | jìn xiū | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄡ | V | to undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course |
| 進展 | jìn zhǎn | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄢˇ | Vi | to make headway; to make progress |
| 晉級 | jìn jí | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vp | to advance in rank; promotion |
| 禁令 | jìn lìng | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ | N | prohibition; ban |
| 精 | jīng | ㄐㄧㄥ | Vs | essence; extract |
| 精光 | jīng guāng | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ | Vs | nothing left (money, food etc); all finished |
| 精華 | jīng huá | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ | N | best feature; most important part of an object |
| 精明 | jīng míng | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vs | astute; shrewd |
| 精髓 | jīng suǐ | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄟˇ | N | marrow; pith |
| 精緻 | jīng zhì | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓˋ | Vs | delicate; fine |
| 經典 | jīng diǎn | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˇ | N | the classics; scriptures |
| 經濟 | jīng jì | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ | Vs | economy; economic |
| 經書 | jīng shū | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄨ | N | classic books in Confucianism; scriptures |
| 驚惶 | jīng huáng | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤˊ | Vs | panic-stricken |
| 驚奇 | jīng qí | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ | Vs | to be amazed; to be surprised |
| 驚喜 | jīng xǐ | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧˇ | Vs | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 驚險 | jīng xiǎn | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˇ | Vs | perilous; touch-and-go |
| 鯨魚 | jīng yú | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊ | N | whale |
| 井 | jǐng | ㄐㄧㄥˇ | N | Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; a well |
| 警報 | jǐng bào | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄠˋ | N | (fire) alarm; alert signal |
| 警覺 | jǐng jué | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | Vs | to be on guard; alert |
| 警惕 | jǐng tì | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧˋ | V | to be on the alert; vigilant |
| 警衛 | jǐng wèi | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄟˋ | N | to stand guard over; (security) guard |
| 景觀 | jǐng guān | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ | N | landscape |
| 景氣 | jǐng qì | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧˋ | N | (of economy, business etc) flourishing; prosperous |
| 景物 | jǐng wù | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨˋ | N | scenery |
| 景象 | jǐng xiàng | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | scene; sight (to behold) |
| 淨 | jìng | ㄐㄧㄥˋ | Adv | clean; completely |
| 敬 | jìng | ㄐㄧㄥˋ | V | (bound form) respectful; to respect |
| 敬佩 | jìng pèi | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄟˋ | Vst | to esteem; to admire |
| 境地 | jìng dì | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ | N | circumstances |
| 靜脈 | jìng mài | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ | N | vein |
| 靜態 | jìng tài | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄞˋ | N | static; sedate |
| 競賽 | jìng sài | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄞˋ | Vi | to compete; to race |
| 競選 | jìng xuǎn | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ | V | to take part in an election; to run for office |
| 競爭 | jìng zhēng | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄥ | N | to compete; competition |
| 揪 | jiū | ㄐㄧㄡ | V | to seize; to clutch |
| 糾紛 | jiū fēn | ㄐㄧㄡ ㄈㄣ | N | dispute |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | N | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 酒館 | jiǔ guǎn | ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | N | tavern; pub |
| 酒精 | jiǔ jīng | ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄥ | N | (coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol |
| 就 | jiù | ㄐㄧㄡˋ | Vst | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then |
| 就緒 | jiù xù | ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄩˋ | Vs | to be ready; to be in order |
| 救濟 | jiù jì | ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ | V | emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods |
| 救援 | jiù yuán | ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄩㄢˊ | V | to save; to support |
| 居 | jū | ㄐㄩ | Vst | (literary) to reside; to live |
| 局部 | jú bù | ㄐㄩˊ ㄅㄨˋ | Det | part; local |
| 局面 | jú miàn | ㄐㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | aspect; phase |
| 沮喪 | jǔ sàng | ㄐㄩˇ ㄙㄤˋ | Vs | dispirited; dejected |
| 舉止 | jǔ zhǐ | ㄐㄩˇ ㄓˇ | N | bearing; manner |
| 舉重 | jǔ zhòng | ㄐㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | N | to lift weights; weight-lifting (sports) |
| 巨人 | jù rén | ㄐㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ | N | giant |
| 拒 | jù | ㄐㄩˋ | V | to resist; to repel |
| 據悉 | jù xī | ㄐㄩˋ ㄒㄧ | Conj | according to reports; it is reported (that) |
| 俱全 | jù quán | ㄐㄩˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | Vs-pred | to have all of the elements mentioned (features, qualities, items etc) |
| 捐獻 | juān xiàn | ㄐㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | V | to donate; to contribute |
| 捐贈 | juān zèng | ㄐㄩㄢ ㄗㄥˋ | V | to contribute (as a gift); to donate |
| 決賽 | jué sài | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄞˋ | N | finals (of a competition) |
| 決議 | jué yì | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄧˋ | N | a resolution; to pass a resolution |
| 抉擇 | jué zé | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ | N | to choose (literary) |
| 絕大多數 | jué dà duō shù | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄨˋ | Det | the vast majority |
| 絕跡 | jué jī | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧ | Vp | to be eradicated; to vanish |
| 均 | jūn | ㄐㄩㄣ | Adv | (bound form) equal; uniform |
| 均衡 | jūn héng | ㄐㄩㄣ ㄏㄥˊ | Vs | equal; balanced |
| 均勻 | jūn yún | ㄐㄩㄣ ㄩㄣˊ | Vs | even; well-distributed |
| 軍備 | jūn bèi | ㄐㄩㄣ ㄅㄟˋ | N | (military) arms; armaments |
| 軍閥 | jūn fá | ㄐㄩㄣ ㄈㄚˊ | N | military clique; junta |
| 軍官 | jūn guān | ㄐㄩㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ | N | officer (military) |
| 軍艦 | jūn jiàn | ㄐㄩㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | warship; military naval vessel |
| 開辦 | kāi bàn | ㄎㄞ ㄅㄢˋ | V | to open; to start (a business etc) |
| 開導 | kāi dǎo | ㄎㄞ ㄉㄠˇ | V | to talk sb round; to straighten sth out |
| 開發 | kāi fā | ㄎㄞ ㄈㄚ | N | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development) |
| 開飯 | kāi fàn | ㄎㄞ ㄈㄢˋ | Vp | to start eating; to serve a meal |
| 開放 | kāi fàng | ㄎㄞ ㄈㄤˋ | Vs | to bloom; to open |
| 開口 | kāi kǒu | ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ | V-sep | to open one's mouth; to start to talk |
| 開闊 | kāi kuò | ㄎㄞ ㄎㄨㄛˋ | Vs | wide; open (spaces) |
| 開路 | kāi lù | ㄎㄞ ㄌㄨˋ | V-sep | to open up a path; to make one's way through |
| 開幕 | kāi mù | ㄎㄞ ㄇㄨˋ | Vp | to open (a conference); to inaugurate |
| 開盤 | kāi pán | ㄎㄞ ㄆㄢˊ | Vp | to commence trading (stock market) |
| 開闢 | kāi pì | ㄎㄞ ㄆㄧˋ | V | to open up; to create |
| 開啟 | kāi qǐ | ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧˇ | Vpt | to start; to begin |
| 開頭/開頭兒 | kāi tóu | ㄎㄞ ㄊㄡˊ | N | beginning; to start |
| 開銷 | kāi xiāo | ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ | N | to pay (expenses); expenses |
| 開業 | kāi yè | ㄎㄞ ㄧㄝˋ | Vp | to open a business; to open a practice |
| 開展 | kāi zhǎn | ㄎㄞ ㄓㄢˇ | V | to launch; to develop |
| 開張 | kāi zhāng | ㄎㄞ ㄓㄤ | Vp | to open a business; first transaction of a business day |
| 刊物 | kān wù | ㄎㄢ ㄨˋ | N | publication |
| 刊登 | kān dēng | ㄎㄢ ㄉㄥ | V | to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) |
| 看守 | kān shǒu | ㄎㄢ ㄕㄡˇ | V | to guard; to watch over |
| 康復 | kāng fù | ㄎㄤ ㄈㄨˋ | Vp | to recuperate; to recover (health) |
| 慷慨 | kāng kǎi | ㄎㄤ ㄎㄞˇ | Vs | vehement; fervent |
| 扛 | káng | ㄎㄤˊ | V | to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc) |
| 抗爭 | kàng zhēng | ㄎㄤˋ ㄓㄥ | Vi | to resist; to make a stand and fight (against) |
| 考場 | kǎo chǎng | ㄎㄠˇ ㄔㄤˇ | N | exam room |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | ㄎㄠˇ ㄍㄨˇ | Vi | archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies |
| 考量 | kǎo liáng | ㄎㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ | N | to consider; to give serious consideration to sth |
| 考生 | kǎo shēng | ㄎㄠˇ ㄕㄥ | N | exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam |
| 考驗 | kǎo yàn | ㄎㄠˇ ㄧㄢˋ | V | to test; to put to the test |
| 烤肉 | kǎo ròu | ㄎㄠˇ ㄖㄡˋ | N | to barbecue meat; to roast meat |
| 靠 | kào | ㄎㄠˋ | Vst | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of |
| 刻畫/刻劃 | kè huà | ㄎㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vi | to portray |
| 科幻 | kē huàn | ㄎㄜ ㄏㄨㄢˋ | Vs | science fiction |
| 苛責 | kē zé | ㄎㄜ ㄗㄜˊ | V | to criticize harshly; to excoriate |
| 殼 | ké | ㄎㄜˊ | N | (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case |
| 可觀 | kě guān | ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄢ | Vs | worth seeing; considerable |
| 可見 | kě jiàn | ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | Conj | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear |
| 可望 | kě wàng | ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄤˋ | Vaux | can be expected (to); to be expected (to) |
| 可行 | kě xíng | ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | feasible |
| 刻薄 | kè bó | ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ | Vs | unkind; harsh |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄨˇ | Vs | hardworking; assiduous |
| 刻意 | kè yì | ㄎㄜˋ ㄧˋ | Adv | intentionally; deliberately |
| 客機 | kè jī | ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧ | N | passenger plane |
| 課業 | kè yè | ㄎㄜˋ ㄧㄝˋ | N | lesson; schoolwork |
| 克制 | kè zhì | ㄎㄜˋ ㄓˋ | V | to restrain; to control |
| 吭聲 | kēng shēng | ㄎㄥ ㄕㄥ | Vi | to utter a word |
| 空曠 | kōng kuàng | ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄤˋ | Vs | spacious and empty; void |
| 空難 | kōng nàn | ㄎㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˋ | N | air crash; aviation accident or incident |
| 空談 | kōng tán | ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄢˊ | Vi | prattle; idle chit-chat |
| 空運 | kōng yùn | ㄎㄨㄥ ㄩㄣˋ | V | air transport |
| 孔 | kǒng | ㄎㄨㄥˇ | N | hole; classifier for cave dwellings |
| 恐嚇 | kǒng hè | ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄜˋ | V | to threaten; to menace |
| 恐懼 | kǒng jù | ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ | Vs | to be frightened; fear |
| 口頭 | kǒu tóu | ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ | N | oral; verbal |
| 口吻 | kǒu wěn | ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ | N | tone of voice; connotation in intonation |
| 扣除 | kòu chú | ㄎㄡˋ ㄔㄨˊ | V | to deduct |
| 苦工 | kǔ gōng | ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ | N | hard labor (in penal code); coolie |
| 苦難 | kǔn àn | ㄎㄨㄣˇ ㄢˋ | N | suffering |
| 苦惱 | kǔn ǎo | ㄎㄨㄣˇ ㄠˇ | Vs | vexed; distressed |
| 苦衷 | kǔ zhōng | ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ | N | secret trouble; sorrow |
| 庫存 | kù cún | ㄎㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ | N | property or cash held in reserve; stock |
| 誇耀 | kuā yào | ㄎㄨㄚ ㄧㄠˋ | V | to brag about; to flaunt |
| 跨越 | kuà yuè | ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ | V | to step across; step over |
| 快活 | kuài huó | ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ | Vs | happy; cheerful |
| 寬廣 | kuāng uǎng | ㄎㄨㄤ ㄨㄤˇ | Vs | wide; broad |
| 寬闊 | kuān kuò | ㄎㄨㄢ ㄎㄨㄛˋ | Vs | expansive; wide |
| 款 | kuǎn | ㄎㄨㄢˇ | M | section; paragraph |
| 款待 | kuǎn dài | ㄎㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄞˋ | V | to entertain; to be hospitable to |
| 狂風 | kuáng fēng | ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄥ | N | gale; squall |
| 狂妄 | kuáng wàng | ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄤˋ | Vs | egotistical; arrogant |
| 礦產 | kuàng chǎn | ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄢˇ | N | minerals |
| 礦工 | kuàng gōng | ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄥ | N | miner |
| 虧 | kuī | ㄎㄨㄟ | Vp | to lose (money); to have a deficit |
| 昆蟲 | kūn chóng | ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊ | N | insect |
| 捆 | kǔn | ㄎㄨㄣˇ | V | a bunch; to tie together |
| 困 | kùn | ㄎㄨㄣˋ | Vi | to trap; to surround |
| 困境 | kùn jìng | ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | N | predicament; plight |
| 困擾 | kùn rǎo | ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄖㄠˇ | N / Vs | to perplex; to disturb |
| 擴建 | kuò jiàn | ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | V | to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) |
| 擴散 | kuò sàn | ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ | Vs | to spread; to proliferate |
| 擴張 | kuò zhāng | ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄤ | Vst | expansion; dilation |
| 拉票 | lā piào | ㄌㄚ ㄆㄧㄠˋ | V-sep | to campaign for votes; to ask voters for support |
| 臘月 | là yuè | ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ | N | twelfth lunar month |
| 來賓 | lái bīn | ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄧㄣ | N | see 來賓市|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4]; guest |
| 來得 | lái de | ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ | Adv | to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as |
| 來客 | lái kè | ㄌㄞˊ ㄎㄜˋ | N | guest |
| 欄 | lán | ㄌㄢˊ | M | fence; railing |
| 攔 | lán | ㄌㄢˊ | V | to block sb's path; to obstruct |
| 懶惰 | lǎn duò | ㄌㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ | Vs | idle; lazy |
| 懶散 | lǎn sǎn | ㄌㄢˇ ㄙㄢˇ | Vs | indolent; negligent |
| 朗讀 | lǎng dú | ㄌㄤˇ ㄉㄨˊ | V | to read aloud |
| 朗誦 | lǎng sòng | ㄌㄤˇ ㄙㄨㄥˋ | V | to read aloud with expression; to recite |
| 牢 | láo | ㄌㄠˊ | N | (literary) pen; fold (for livestock) |
| 勞改 | láo gǎi | ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ | Vi | reform through labor; laogai (prison camp) |
| 勞累 | láo lèi | ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄟˋ | Vs | tired; exhausted |
| 老人家 | lǎo rén jia | ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ | N | polite term for old woman or man |
| 老天爺 | lǎo tiān yé | ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˊ | N | God; Heavens |
| 老頭兒/老頭(子) | lǎo tóu r | ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄦ | N | see 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5] |
| 老鄉 | lǎo xiāng | ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤ | N | fellow townsman; fellow villager |
| 老子 | lǎo zi | ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ | N | father; daddy |
| 雷 | léi | ㄌㄟˊ | N | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine |
| 雷達 | léi dá | ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ | N | (loanword) radar |
| 雷同 | léi tóng | ㄌㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ | Vs | mirroring others; identical |
| 累積 | lěi jī | ㄌㄟˇ ㄐㄧ | V | to accumulate |
| 類似 | lèi sì | ㄌㄟˋ ㄙˋ | Vst | similar; analogous |
| 冷凍 | lěng dòng | ㄌㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | V | to freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing |
| 冷汗 | lěng hàn | ㄌㄥˇ ㄏㄢˋ | N | cold sweat |
| 冷清 | lěng qīng | ㄌㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄥ | Vs | cold and cheerless; desolate |
| 勒索 | lè suǒ | ㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | V | to blackmail; to extort |
| 哩 | lī | ㄌㄧ | Ptc | mile; (modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5]) |
| 黎明 | lí míng | ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | dawn; daybreak |
| 罹難 | lín àn | ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄢˋ | Vp | to die in an accident or disaster; to be killed |
| 里程 | lǐ chéng | ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄥˊ | N | mileage (distance traveled); course (of development) |
| 理財 | lǐ cái | ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄞˊ | Vi | to manage wealth; to manage finances |
| 理論 | lǐ lùn | ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | Vi | theory; to argue |
| 理所當然 | lǐ suǒ dāng rán | ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ | Vs | as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course |
| 理性 | lǐ xìng | ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | Vs | reason; rationality |
| 理學 | lǐ xué | ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | N | School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1]) |
| 理智 | lǐ zhì | ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˋ | Vs | reason; intellect |
| 禮服 | lǐ fú | ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ | N | ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) |
| 禮節 | lǐ jié | ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | N | etiquette |
| 禮貌 | lǐ mào | ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄠˋ | Vs | courtesy; politeness |
| 力求 | lì qiú | ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | V | to make every effort to; striving to do one's best |
| 力行 | lì xíng | ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | V | to practice diligently; to act energetically |
| 力學 | lì xué | ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | N | (physics) mechanics; (literary) to study hard |
| 立國 | lì guó | ㄌㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | Vi | to found a country |
| 立即 | lì jí | ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vs-attr | immediately |
| 立體 | lì tǐ | ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄧˇ | Vs | three-dimensional; solid |
| 利率 | lì lǜ | ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄩˋ | N | interest rate |
| 利弊 | lì bì | ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄧˋ | N | pros and cons; merits and drawbacks |
| 例 | lì | ㄌㄧˋ | Prep | example; precedent |
| 歷屆 | lì jiè | ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ | N | all previous (meetings, sessions etc) |
| 歷來 | lì lái | ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄞˊ | N | always; throughout (a period of time) |
| 歷年 | lìn ián | ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄢˊ | N | over the years; bygone years |
| 聯 | lián | ㄌㄧㄢˊ | N / V | (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite |
| 聯盟 | lián méng | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄥˊ | N | alliance; union |
| 聯繫/連繫 | lián xì | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ | V | connection; contact |
| 聯想 | lián xiǎng | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | V | Lenovo; to associate (cognitively) |
| 連帶 | lián dài | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄞˋ | Vs-attr | to be related; to entail |
| 連結/聯結 | lián jié | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | (Tw) link (on a website); hyperlink |
| 連任 | lián rèn | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ | Vst | to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office |
| 連線 | lián xiàn | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | V-sep | electrical lead; connecting line |
| 廉價 | lián jià | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ | Vs | cheaply-priced; low-cost |
| 廉潔 | lián jié | ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | Vs | incorruptible; unbribable |
| 臉龐 | liǎn páng | ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄤˊ | N | face |
| 臉譜 | liǎn pǔ | ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄨˇ | N | Facebook; types of facial makeup in operas |
| 良機 | liáng jī | ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧ | N | a good chance; a golden opportunity |
| 兩極 | liǎng jí | ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧˊ | N | the two poles; the north and south poles |
| 兩口子 | liǎng kǒu zi | ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄗ | N | husband and wife |
| 遼闊 | liáo kuò | ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ | Vs | vast; extensive |
| 列 | liè | ㄌㄧㄝˋ | V | to arrange; to line up |
| 列車 | liè chē | ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄜ | N | (railway) train |
| 列國 | liè guó | ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | N | various countries |
| 列入 | liè rù | ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄨˋ | Vst | to include on a list |
| 獵人 | liè rén | ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄣˊ | N | hunter |
| 烈士 | liè shì | ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ | N | martyr |
| 臨 | lín | ㄌㄧㄣˊ | Adv / Prep | to face; to overlook |
| 臨床 | lín chuáng | ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ | Vs-attr | (medicine) clinical |
| 鄰里 | lín lǐ | ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ | N | neighbor; neighborhood |
| 鈴 | líng | ㄌㄧㄥˊ | N | (small) bell |
| 靈 | líng | ㄌㄧㄥˊ | Vs | quick; alert |
| 靈感 | líng gǎn | ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄢˇ | N | creative inspiration |
| 靈驗 | líng yàn | ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ | Vs | efficacious; effective |
| 領隊 | lǐng duì | ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ | N | to lead a group; leader of a group |
| 領會 | lǐng huì | ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | Vst | to understand; to comprehend |
| 領悟 | lǐng wù | ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄨˋ | Vpt | to understand; to comprehend |
| 令 | lìng | ㄌㄧㄥˋ | V | to order; to command |
| 另 | lìng | ㄌㄧㄥˋ | Adv | other; another |
| 流程 | liú chéng | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ | N | course; stream |
| 流傳 | liú chuán | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ | V | to spread; to circulate |
| 流落 | liú luò | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ | Vi | to wander about destitute; to be stranded |
| 流氓 | liú máng | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄤˊ | N | rogue; hoodlum |
| 流失 | liú shī | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕ | Vst | (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded |
| 流水 | liú shuǐ | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ | N | running water; (business) turnover |
| 流通 | liú tōng | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥ | Vi | to circulate; to distribute |
| 流星 | liú xīng | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ | N | meteor; shooting star |
| 流域 | liú yù | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩˋ | N | river basin; valley |
| 柳樹 | liǔ shù | ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨˋ | N | willow |
| 籠(子) | lóng | ㄌㄨㄥˊ | N | enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage |
| 籠罩 | lóng zhào | ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄠˋ | Vs | to envelop; to shroud |
| 壟斷 | lǒng duàn | ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ | V | to monopolize |
| 樓房 | lóu fáng | ㄌㄡˊ ㄈㄤˊ | N | a building of two or more stories |
| 漏 | lòu | ㄌㄡˋ | Vpt | to leak; to divulge |
| 爐(子) | lú | ㄌㄨˊ | N | stove; furnace |
| 陸地 | lù dì | ㄌㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ | N | dry land (as opposed to the sea) |
| 路過 | lù guò | ㄌㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ | V | to pass by; to pass through |
| 露天 | lù tiān | ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄢ | N | outdoors; al fresco |
| 錄影 | lù yǐng | ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄥˇ | V-sep | to videotape; to videorecord |
| 錄影機 | lù yǐng jī | ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧ | N | camcorder; video recorder |
| 輪廓 | lún kuò | ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ | N | outline; silhouette |
| 倫理 | lún lǐ | ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ | N | ethics |
| 淪陷 | lún xiàn | ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | Vp | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied |
| 論點 | lùn diǎn | ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ | N | argument; line of reasoning |
| 卵 | luǎn | ㄌㄨㄢˇ | N | egg; ovum |
| 囉嗦/囉唆 | luō suō | ㄌㄨㄛ ㄙㄨㄛ | Vs | long-winded; wordy |
| 鑼 | luó | ㄌㄨㄛˊ | N | gong |
| 邏輯 | luó jí | ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˊ | N | (loanword) logic |
| 落得 | luò dé | ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ | Vst | ending up as; leading to |
| 落魄 | luò tuò | ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄛˋ | Vs | down and out; in dire straits |
| 落選 | luò xuǎn | ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ | Vp | to fail to be chosen (or elected); to lose an election |
| 駱駝 | luò tuó | ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ | N | camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead |
| 驢 | lǘ | ㄌㄩˊ | N | donkey |
| 鋁 | lǚ | ㄌㄩˇ | N | aluminum (chemistry) |
| 旅費 | lǚ fèi | ㄌㄩˇ ㄈㄟˋ | N | travel expenses |
| 旅途 | lǚ tú | ㄌㄩˇ ㄊㄨˊ | N | journey; trip |
| 履歷 | lǚ lì | ㄌㄩˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | background (academic and work); curriculum vitae |
| 履行 | lǚ xíng | ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | V | to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task) |
| 略 | lüè | ㄌㄩㄝˋ | Adv | brief; sketchy |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | ㄇㄚˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ | V | anesthesia; to anesthetize |
| 馬鈴薯 | mǎ líng shǔ | ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ | N | potato |
| 埋伏 | mái fú | ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ | Vi | to ambush; to lie in wait for |
| 買賣 | mǎi mài | ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄞˋ | N | to buy and sell |
| 買主 | mǎi zhǔ | ㄇㄞˇ ㄓㄨˇ | N | customer |
| 邁 | mài | ㄇㄞˋ | V | to step; to stride |
| 邁進 | mài jìn | ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | Vi | to step in; to stride forward |
| 麥(子) | mài | ㄇㄞˋ | N | wheat; barley |
| 瞞 | mán | ㄇㄢˊ | V | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark |
| 蠻橫 | mán hèng | ㄇㄢˊ ㄏㄥˋ | Vs | rude and unreasonable |
| 滿懷 | mǎn huái | ㄇㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄞˊ | Vst | to have one's heart filled with; (to collide) full on |
| 漫長 | màn cháng | ㄇㄢˋ ㄔㄤˊ | Vs | very long; endless |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | ㄇㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ | Vs | to spread; to extend |
| 盲從 | máng cóng | ㄇㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ | Vs | to follow blindly; to conform slavishly |
| 盲人 | máng rén | ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ | N | blind person |
| 茫然 | máng rán | ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄢˊ | Vs | blankly; vacantly |
| 毛毯 | máo tǎn | ㄇㄠˊ ㄊㄢˇ | N | blanket |
| 茂密 | mào mì | ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄧˋ | Vs | dense (of plant growth); lush |
| 冒險 | mào xiǎn | ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ | Vi | to take risks; to take chances |
| 枚 | méi | ㄇㄟˊ | M | classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc |
| 眉毛/眉 | méi máo | ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ | N | eyebrow |
| 眉頭 | méi tóu | ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ | N | brows |
| 每每 | měi měi | ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄟˇ | Adv | often |
| 美滿 | měi mǎn | ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄢˇ | Vs | happy; blissful |
| 悶 | mēn | ㄇㄣ | Vs | stuffy; shut indoors |
| 門戶 | mén hù | ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ | N | door; strategic gateway |
| 蒙 | méng | ㄇㄥˊ | Vst | to cover; ignorant |
| 猛 | měng | ㄇㄥˇ | Adv | ferocious; fierce |
| 猛烈 | měng liè | ㄇㄥˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | Vs | fierce; violent |
| 夢見 | mèng jiàn | ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | Vpt | to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream |
| 謎 | mí | ㄇㄧˊ | N | riddle |
| 謎語 | mí yǔ | ㄇㄧˊ ㄩˇ | N | riddle; conundrum |
| 迷宮 | mí gōng | ㄇㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄥ | N | maze; labyrinth |
| 迷惑 | mí huò | ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | Vs | to puzzle; to confuse |
| 迷戀 | mí liàn | ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ | Vst | to be infatuated with; to be enchanted by |
| 彌補 | mí bǔ | ㄇㄧˊ ㄅㄨˇ | V | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 密集 | mì jí | ㄇㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vs | concentrated; crowded together |
| 蜜 | mì | ㄇㄧˋ | N | honey |
| 鳴 | míng | ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vi | to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound |
| 明白 | míng bái | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ | Adv | clear; obvious |
| 明理 | míng lǐ | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ | Vs | sensible; reasonable |
| 明日 | míng rì | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ | N | tomorrow |
| 明智 | míng zhì | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ | Vs | sensible; wise |
| 名額 | míng é | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄜˊ | N | quota; number of places |
| 名號 | míng hào | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄠˋ | N | name; title |
| 名氣 | míng qì | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ | N | reputation; fame |
| 名勝 | míng shèng | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥˋ | N | a place famous for its scenery or historical relics; scenic spot |
| 名聲 | míng shēng | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ | N | reputation |
| 名堂 | míng táng | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ | N | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief) |
| 名下 | míng xià | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ | N | under sb's name |
| 冥想 | míng xiǎng | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | Vi | to meditate; meditation |
| 命名 | mìng míng | ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | V-sep | to give a name to; to dub |
| 命中 | mìng zhòng | ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vpt | to hit (a target) |
| 綿延 | mián yán | ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ | Vst | (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken |
| 勉強 | miǎn qiǎng | ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄤˇ | V | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth |
| 免稅 | miǎn shuì | ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˋ | Vs | not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc); tax free |
| 免疫 | miǎn yì | ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ | Vs | immunity (to disease) |
| 面孔 | miàn kǒng | ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄨㄥˇ | N | face |
| 描繪 | miáo huì | ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | V | to describe; to depict |
| 描述 | miáo shù | ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ | V | to describe; description |
| 民俗 | mín sú | ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄨˊ | N | popular custom |
| 民營 | mín yíng | ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄥˊ | Vs-attr | privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state) |
| 敏感 | mǐng ǎn | ㄇㄧㄥˇ ㄢˇ | Vs | sensitive; susceptible |
| 敏捷 | mǐn jié | ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | Vs | nimble; quick |
| 滅 | miè | ㄇㄧㄝˋ | V | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc) |
| 模範 | mó fàn | ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄢˋ | N | model; fine example |
| 模具 | mó jù | ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄩˋ | N | (manufacturing) mold; die |
| 模式 | mó shì | ㄇㄛˊ ㄕˋ | N | mode; pattern |
| 魔術 | mó shù | ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄨˋ | N | magic |
| 末期 | mò qí | ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ | N | end (of a period); last part |
| 墨 | mò | ㄇㄛˋ | N | ink stick; China ink |
| 沒落 | mò luò | ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ | Vs | to decline; to wane |
| 沒收 | mò shōu | ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄡ | V | to confiscate; to seize |
| 默默/默 | mò mò | ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄛˋ | Adv | in silence; not speaking |
| 默契 | mò qì | ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧˋ | N | tacit understanding; unwritten agreement |
| 漠視 | mò shì | ㄇㄛˋ ㄕˋ | V | to ignore; to neglect |
| 謀生 | móu shēng | ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄥ | Vi | to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself |
| 某些 | mǒu xiē | ㄇㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝ | Det | some; certain (things) |
| 畝 | mǔ | ㄇㄨˇ | M | mu, Chinese unit of area equal to 1; 15 hectare (about 667 square meters) |
| 木材 | mù cái | ㄇㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ | N | wood |
| 木刻 | mù kē | ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜ | N | woodcut |
| 木料 | mù liào | ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ | N | lumber; timber |
| 木偶 | mùǒ u | ㄇㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄨ | N | puppet |
| 沐浴 | mù yù | ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˋ | Vi | to bathe; to take a bath |
| 目睹 | mù dǔ | ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄨˇ | Vpt | to witness; to see at first hand |
| 目光 | mù guāng | ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄤ | N | gaze; (fig.) attention |
| 目擊 | mù jí | ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vpt | to see with one's own eyes; to witness |
| 牧場 | mù chǎng | ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄤˇ | N | pasture; grazing land |
| 幕 | mù | ㄇㄨˋ | N | curtain or screen; canopy or tent |
| 募集 | mù jí | ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to raise; to collect |
| 拿 | ná | ㄋㄚˊ | Prep | to hold; to seize |
| 納悶 | nà mèn | ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄣˋ | Vs | puzzled; bewildered |
| 納入 | nà rù | ㄋㄚˋ ㄖㄨˋ | V | to bring into; to channel into |
| 納稅 | nà shuì | ㄋㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˋ | V-sep | to pay taxes |
| 乃/乃是 | nǎi | ㄋㄞˇ | Adv | to be; thus |
| 耐 | nài | ㄋㄞˋ | Vs-pred | (bound form) to bear; to endure |
| 耐力 | nài lì | ㄋㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | endurance |
| 男方 | nán fāng | ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤ | N | (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side |
| 南極洲 | nán jí zhōu | ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄡ | N | Antarctica |
| 難度 | nán dù | ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄨˋ | N | degree of difficulty |
| 難關 | náng uān | ㄋㄤˊ ㄨㄢ | N | difficulty; crisis |
| 難免 | nán miǎn | ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ | Vs | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from |
| 難題 | nán tí | ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ | N | difficult problem |
| 難民 | nàn mín | ㄋㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | refugee |
| 囊括 | náng guā | ㄋㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄚ | V | to include; to embrace |
| 腦海 | nǎo hǎi | ㄋㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ | N | the mind; the brain |
| 腦力 | nǎo lì | ㄋㄠˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | mental capacity |
| 內閣 | nèi gé | ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄜˊ | N | (government) cabinet |
| 內涵 | nèi hán | ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄢˊ | N | meaningful content; implication |
| 內銷 | nèi xiāo | ㄋㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄠ | Vs-attr | to sell in the domestic market; domestic market |
| 內在 | nèi zài | ㄋㄟˋ ㄗㄞˋ | N | inner; internal |
| 內戰 | nèi zhàn | ㄋㄟˋ ㄓㄢˋ | N | civil war |
| 內政 | nèi zhèng | ㄋㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ | N | internal affairs (of a country) |
| 能量 | néng liàng | ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | N | energy; capabilities |
| 擬 | nǐ | ㄋㄧˇ | V | to plan to; to draft (a plan) |
| 擬定 | nǐ dìng | ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | V | to draw up; to draft |
| 念頭 | niàn tou | ㄋㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ | N | thought; idea |
| 娘 | niáng | ㄋㄧㄤˊ | N | mother; young lady |
| 娘家 | niáng jiā | ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ | N | wife's family (before marriage) |
| 凝固 | níng gù | ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨˋ | Vp | to freeze; to solidify |
| 凝結 | níng jié | ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | to condense; to solidify |
| 凝聚 | níng jù | ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩˋ | V | to condense; to coagulate |
| 凝視 | níng shì | ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ | V | to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on |
| 扭轉 | niǔ zhuǎn | ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ | V | to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation) |
| 農具 | nóng jù | ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄩˋ | N | farm implements; farm tools |
| 農田 | nóng tián | ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ | N | farmland; cultivated land |
| 農作物 | nóng zuò wù | ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ | N | (farm) crops |
| 奴隸 | nú lì | ㄋㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ | N | slave |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | ㄋㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | to make an effort; to try hard |
| 怒氣 | nù qì | ㄋㄨˋ ㄑㄧˋ | N | anger |
| 挪 | nuó | ㄋㄨㄛˊ | V | to shift; to move |
| 懦弱 | nuò ruò | ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Vs | cowardly; weak |
| 諾言 | nuò yán | ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˊ | N | promise |
| 女方 | nǚ fāng | ㄋㄩˇ ㄈㄤ | N | the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party |
| 虐待 | nüè dài | ㄋㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄞˋ | V | to mistreat; to maltreat |
| 趴 | pā | ㄆㄚ | Vi | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) |
| 拍馬屁 | pāi mǎ pì | ㄆㄞ ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧˋ | Vi | to flatter; to fawn on |
| 拍攝 | pāi shè | ㄆㄞ ㄕㄜˋ | V | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 拍子 | pāi zi | ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ | N | beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) |
| 排除 | pái chú | ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄨˊ | V | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排擠 | pái jǐ | ㄆㄞˊ ㄐㄧˇ | V | to crowd out; to push aside |
| 排名 | pái míng | ㄆㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vi | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 派出所 | pài chū suǒ | ㄆㄞˋ ㄔㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | N | local police station |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | ㄆㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˇ | V | to send (on a mission); to dispatch |
| 派頭 | pài tóu | ㄆㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ | N | manner; style |
| 判 | pàn | ㄆㄢˋ | V | (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish |
| 盼 | pàn | ㄆㄢˋ | Vst | to hope for; to long for |
| 旁人 | páng rén | ㄆㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ | N | other people; bystanders |
| 旁聽 | páng tīng | ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄥ | V | to sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer |
| 拋 | pāo | ㄆㄠ | V | to throw; to toss |
| 拋棄 | pāo qì | ㄆㄠ ㄑㄧˋ | V | to abandon; to discard |
| 跑道 | pǎo dào | ㄆㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ | N | athletic track; track |
| 泡 | pào | ㄆㄠˋ | M | bubble; foam |
| 泡沫 | pào mò | ㄆㄠˋ ㄇㄛˋ | N | foam; (soap) bubble |
| 陪伴 | péi bàn | ㄆㄟˊ ㄅㄢˋ | V | to accompany |
| 培訓 | péi xùn | ㄆㄟˊ ㄒㄩㄣˋ | V | to cultivate; to train |
| 培育 | péi yù | ㄆㄟˊ ㄩˋ | V | to train; to breed |
| 配 | pèi | ㄆㄟˋ | V / Vs | to join; to fit |
| 配給 | pèi jǐ | ㄆㄟˋ ㄐㄧˇ | V | to ration; to allocate |
| 配音 | pèi yīn | ㄆㄟˋ ㄧㄣ | V-sep | dubbing (filmmaking) |
| 噴漆 | pēn qī | ㄆㄣ ㄑㄧ | V-sep | to spray paint or lacquer; lacquer |
| 盆地 | pén dì | ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ | N | (geography) basin; depression |
| 蓬勃 | péng bó | ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ | Vs | vigorous; flourishing |
| 捧場 | pěng chǎng | ㄆㄥˇ ㄔㄤˇ | Vi | to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants |
| 批發 | pī fā | ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚ | V | wholesale; bulk trade |
| 批准 | pī zhǔn | ㄆㄧ ㄓㄨㄣˇ | Vpt | to approve; to ratify |
| 疲憊 | pí bèi | ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ | Vs | beaten; exhausted |
| 匹 | pǐ | ㄆㄧˇ | M | (bound form) matching; comparable to |
| 譬如/譬如說 | pì rú | ㄆㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ | Prep | for example; for instance |
| 偏差 | piān chā | ㄆㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ | N | bias; deviation |
| 便宜 | pián yí | ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ | N / Vst | cheap; inexpensive |
| 片刻 | piàn kè | ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ | N | short period of time; a moment |
| 票 | piào | ㄆㄧㄠˋ | M | ticket; ballot |
| 拼 | pīn | ㄆㄧㄣ | V | to piece together; to put together |
| 貧苦 | pín kǔ | ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄨˇ | Vs | poverty-stricken; poor |
| 貧民 | pín mín | ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | poor people |
| 品味 | pǐn wèi | ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ | N | to sample; to taste |
| 品種 | pǐn zhǒng | ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ | N | breed; variety |
| 平凡 | píng fán | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˊ | Vs | commonplace; ordinary |
| 平面 | píng miàn | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | (geometry) plane; flat surface |
| 平穩 | píng wěn | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˇ | Vs | smooth; steady |
| 平行 | píng xíng | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing |
| 評估 | píng gū | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨ | V | to evaluate; to assess |
| 評價 | píng jià | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ | N | to evaluate; to assess |
| 評論 | píng lùn | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | V | to comment on; to discuss |
| 潑 | pō | ㄆㄛ | V | to splash; to spill |
| 婆家 | pó jiā | ㄆㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚ | N | husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) |
| 破案 | pò àn | ㄆㄛˋ ㄢˋ | V-sep | to solve a criminal case |
| 破產 | pò chǎn | ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄢˇ | Vp | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished |
| 破除 | pò chú | ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄨˊ | V | to eliminate; to do away with |
| 破獲 | pò huò | ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | V | to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture |
| 破例 | pò lì | ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vp-sep | to make an exception |
| 破碎 | pò suì | ㄆㄛˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ | Vs | to smash to pieces; to shatter |
| 迫害 | pò hài | ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄞˋ | V | to persecute |
| 魄力 | pò lì | ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | courage; daring |
| 樸素 | pú sù | ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄨˋ | Vs | plain and simple; unadorned |
| 曝光 | pù guāng | ㄆㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄤ | Vp | to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal) |
| 暴露 | pù lù | ㄆㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ | Vs | to expose; to reveal |
| 漆 | qī | ㄑㄧ | N | paint; lacquer |
| 淒涼 | qī liáng | ㄑㄧ ㄌㄧㄤˊ | Vs | desolate (place) |
| 欺侮 | qī wǔ | ㄑㄧ ㄨˇ | V | to bully |
| 奇觀 | qí guān | ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢ | N | spectacle; impressive sight |
| 奇蹟 | qí jī | ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ | N | miracle; wonder |
| 奇妙 | qí miào | ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ | Vs | wonderful; marvelous |
| 奇異 | qí yì | ㄑㄧˊ ㄧˋ | Vs | fantastic; bizarre |
| 期貨 | qí huò | ㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | N | — |
| 旗幟 | qí zhì | ㄑㄧˊ ㄓˋ | N | ensign; flag |
| 乞丐 | qǐ gài | ㄑㄧˇ ㄍㄞˋ | N | beggar |
| 啟 | qǐ | ㄑㄧˇ | Vi | Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC); to open |
| 啟發 | qǐ fā | ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄚ | V | to enlighten; to explain (a text etc) |
| 啟示 | qǐ shì | ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ | N | to reveal; to enlighten |
| 啟事 | qǐ shì | ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ | N | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information |
| 起步 | qǐ bù | ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ | Vi | to set out; to set in motion |
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ | Vi | to move up and down; to undulate |
| 起碼 | qǐ mǎ | ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ | Adv | at the minimum; at the very least |
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ | N | origin; to originate |
| 氣概 | qì gài | ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄞˋ | N | lofty quality; mettle |
| 氣管 | qì guǎn | ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | N | windpipe; trachea |
| 氣派 | qì pài | ㄑㄧˋ ㄆㄞˋ | Vs | impressive; stylish |
| 氣勢 | qì shì | ㄑㄧˋ ㄕˋ | N | imposing manner; loftiness |
| 氣體 | qì tǐ | ㄑㄧˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | gas (i.e. gaseous substance) |
| 氣壓 | qì yā | ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄚ | N | atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure |
| 契機 | qì jī | ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧ | N | opportunity; turning point |
| 棄權 | qì quán | ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | Vi | to waive a right; to abstain (from voting) |
| 恰當 | qià dàng | ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄤˋ | Vs | appropriate; suitable |
| 恰好 | qià hǎo | ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄠˇ | Adv | as it turns out; by lucky coincidence |
| 恰恰 | qià qià | ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄚˋ | Adv | exactly; just |
| 洽商 | qià shāng | ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄤ | Vi | to negotiate; to talk over |
| 洽談 | qià tán | ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄢˊ | Vi | to discuss |
| 鉛 | qiān | ㄑㄧㄢ | N | lead (chemistry) |
| 牽連 | qiān lián | ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˊ | Vst | to implicate; implicated |
| 簽署 | qiān shù | ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄨˋ | V | to sign (an agreement) |
| 千萬 | qiān wàn | ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ | Det | ten million; countless |
| 謙遜 | qiān xùn | ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˋ | Vs | humble; modest |
| 前輩 | qián bèi | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ | N | senior; older generation |
| 前程 | qián chéng | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ | N | future (career etc) prospects |
| 前後 | qián hòu | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ | N | around; from beginning to end |
| 前景 | qián jǐng | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ | N | foreground; vista |
| 前科 | qián kē | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄜ | N | criminal record; previous convictions |
| 前提 | qián tí | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ | N | premise; precondition |
| 潛藏 | qián cáng | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤˊ | Vi | hidden beneath the surface; buried and concealed |
| 潛力 | qián lì | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ | N | potential; latent capacity |
| 虔誠 | qián chéng | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ | Vs | pious; devout |
| 淺薄 | qiǎn bó | ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄛˊ | Vs | superficial |
| 淺顯 | qiǎn xiǎn | ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ | Vs | (of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible |
| 腔調 | qiāng diào | ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄧㄠˋ | N | a tune; a melody |
| 牆角 | qiáng jiǎo | ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ | N | corner (junction of two walls) |
| 強勁 | qiáng jìng | ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | Vs | strong; powerful |
| 強求 | qiǎng qiú | ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | V | to insist on; to demand |
| 強權 | qiáng quán | ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | N | power; might |
| 強壯 | qiáng zhuàng | ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ | Vs | strong; sturdy |
| 瞧不起 | qiáo bù qǐ | ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ | Vst | to look down upon; to hold in contempt |
| 橋樑/橋梁 | qiáo liáng | ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ | N | bridge (lit. and fig.) |
| 巧合 | qiǎo hé | ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ | Vs | coincidence; coincidental |
| 俏 | qiào | ㄑㄧㄠˋ | Vs | good-looking; charming |
| 翹 | qiào | ㄑㄧㄠˋ | Vs | to stick up; to rise on one end |
| 峭壁 | qiào bì | ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄧˋ | N | cliff; steep |
| 翹課 | qiào kè | ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄜˋ | V-sep | to skip school; to cut class |
| 切磋 | qiē cuō | ㄑㄧㄝ ㄘㄨㄛ | V | to compare notes; to learn from one another |
| 且 | qiě | ㄑㄧㄝˇ | Adv | and; moreover |
| 切實 | qiè shí | ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕˊ | Vs | feasible; realistic |
| 竊賊 | qiè zéi | ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄟˊ | N | thief |
| 親 | qīn | ㄑㄧㄣ | Vs | parent; one's own (flesh and blood) |
| 親熱 | qīn rè | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄖㄜˋ | Vs | affectionate; intimate |
| 親身 | qīn shēn | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕㄣ | Adv | personally; oneself |
| 親生 | qīn shēng | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ | Vs-attr | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents) |
| 侵犯 | qīn fàn | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄢˋ | V | to infringe on; to encroach on |
| 侵略 | qīn lüè | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄌㄩㄝˋ | V | to invade; invasion |
| 侵蝕 | qīn shí | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕˊ | V | to erode; to corrode |
| 侵襲 | qīn xí | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˊ | V | to invade; to assail |
| 欽佩 | qīn pèi | ㄑㄧㄣ ㄆㄟˋ | Vst | to admire; to look up to |
| 琴 | qín | ㄑㄧㄣˊ | N | guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general |
| 勤奮 | qín fèn | ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄣˋ | Vs | hardworking; diligent |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣ | N | youth; youthfulness |
| 青翠 | qīng cuì | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄘㄨㄟˋ | Vs | fresh and green; verdant |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄨㄚ | N | frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly guy |
| 清澈 | qīng chè | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄜˋ | Vs | clear; limpid |
| 清潔 | qīng jié | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | Vs | clean; to clean |
| 清靜 | qīng jìng | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | Vs | quiet; peaceful and quiet |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄢˊ | Vs | honest; uncorrupted |
| 清幽 | qīng yōu | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧㄡ | Vs | (of a location) quiet and secluded; beautiful and secluded |
| 清掃 | qīng sǎo | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇ | V | to tidy up; to mop up |
| 傾向 | qīng xiàng | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | trend; tendency |
| 輕薄 | qīng bó | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄅㄛˊ | Vs | light (weight); frivolous |
| 輕蔑 | qīng miè | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄝˋ | Vs | scornful; disdainful |
| 輕易 | qīng yì | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧˋ | Adv | easy; simple |
| 情報 | qíng bào | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄠˋ | N | information; intelligence |
| 情操 | qíng cāo | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄠ | N | sentiments; feelings |
| 情婦 | qíng fù | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ | N | mistress; paramour (of married man) |
| 情節 | qíng jié | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | N | circumstances; plot |
| 情景 | qíng jǐng | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ | N | scene; spectacle |
| 情侶 | qíng lǚ | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄩˇ | N | sweethearts; lovers |
| 情趣 | qíng qù | ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩˋ | N | inclinations and interests; delight |
| 慶幸 | qìng xìng | ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | Vs | to rejoice; to be glad |
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | ㄑㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄥˊ | N | hills |
| 求學 | qiú xué | ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | Vi | to pursue one's studies; to attend school |
| 求助 | qiú zhù | ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ | Vi | to request help; to appeal (for help) |
| 屈服 | qū fú | ㄑㄩ ㄈㄨˊ | Vs | to surrender; to succumb |
| 趨勢 | qū shì | ㄑㄩ ㄕˋ | N | trend; tendency |
| 渠道 | qú dào | ㄑㄩˊ ㄉㄠˋ | N | irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel |
| 取材 | qǔ cái | ㄑㄩˇ ㄘㄞˊ | Vs | to collect material |
| 取締 | qǔ dì | ㄑㄩˇ ㄉㄧˋ | V | to suppress; to crack down on |
| 取樣 | qǔ yàng | ㄑㄩˇ ㄧㄤˋ | N | to take a sample |
| 取悅 | qǔ yuè | ㄑㄩˇ ㄩㄝˋ | V | to try to please |
| 趣味 | qù wèi | ㄑㄩˋ ㄨㄟˋ | N | fun; interest |
| 圈 | quān | ㄑㄩㄢ | V | circle; ring |
| 圈子 | quān zi | ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ | N | circle; ring |
| 拳 | quán | ㄑㄩㄢˊ | M | fist; boxing |
| 全力 | quán lì | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ | Adv | with all one's strength; full strength |
| 全盤 | quán pán | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄢˊ | Det | overall; comprehensive |
| 權力 | quán lì | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ | N | power; authority |
| 權威 | quán wēi | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄟ | N | authority; authoritative |
| 權益 | quán yì | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ | N | rights; interests |
| 泉源 | quán yuán | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ | N | springhead; fountainhead |
| 勸導 | quàn dǎo | ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ | V | to advise; to attempt to convince |
| 勸告 | quàn gào | ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄍㄠˋ | N | to advise; to urge |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | ㄑㄩㄝ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | N | defect; flaw |
| 確保 | què bǎo | ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄠˇ | V | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 確切 | què qiè | ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ | Vs | definite; exact |
| 確實 | què shí | ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄕˊ | Adv | indeed; really |
| 群島 | qún dǎo | ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ | N | group of islands; archipelago |
| 群居 | qún jū | ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩ | Vs | to live together (in a large group or flock) |
| 染料 | rǎn liào | ㄖㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ | N | dye |
| 嚷 | rǎng | ㄖㄤˇ | Vi | to shout; to bellow |
| 饒 | ráo | ㄖㄠˊ | V | rich; abundant |
| 熱潮 | rè cháo | ㄖㄜˋ ㄔㄠˊ | N | wave of enthusiasm; craze |
| 熱帶 | rè dài | ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄞˋ | N | the tropics; tropical |
| 熱水瓶 | rè shuǐ píng | ㄖㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ | N | thermos bottle; vacuum bottle |
| 仁愛 | rén ài | ㄖㄣˊ ㄞˋ | N | benevolence; charity |
| 人次 | rén cì | ㄖㄣˊ ㄘˋ | N | person-times; visits |
| 人道 | rén dào | ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ | N | human sympathy; humanitarianism |
| 人禍 | rén huò | ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | N | man-made disaster |
| 人際 | rén jì | ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ | N | human relationships; interpersonal |
| 人情 | rén qíng | ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | human emotions; social relationship |
| 人群 | rén qún | ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ | N | crowd |
| 人士 | rén shì | ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ | N | person; figure |
| 人手 | rén shǒu | ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ | N | manpower; staff |
| 人選 | rén xuǎn | ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄢˇ | N | choice of person; candidate |
| 人造 | rén zào | ㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄠˋ | Vs-attr | man-made; artificial |
| 忍痛 | rěn tòng | ㄖㄣˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ | Vs | to suffer; fig. reluctantly |
| 任 | rèn | ㄖㄣˋ | M | to assign; to appoint |
| 任期 | rèn qí | ㄖㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ | N | term of office; tenure (entire period in office) |
| 任意 | rèn yì | ㄖㄣˋ ㄧˋ | Adv | any; arbitrary |
| 認錯 | rèn cuò | ㄖㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ | Vp | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake |
| 認定 | rèn dìng | ㄖㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | V | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact) |
| 日程 | rì chéng | ㄖˋ ㄔㄥˊ | N | schedule; itinerary |
| 日光燈 | rì guāng dēng | ㄖˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄉㄥ | N | fluorescent light |
| 日益 | rì yì | ㄖˋ ㄧˋ | Adv | day by day; more and more |
| 容量 | róng liàng | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | N | capacity; volume |
| 容納 | róng nà | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄚˋ | Vst | to hold; to contain |
| 容器 | róng qì | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ | N | receptacle; vessel |
| 容許 | róng xǔ | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩˇ | V | to permit; to allow |
| 溶 | róng | ㄖㄨㄥˊ | Vs | to dissolve; soluble |
| 溶化 | róng huà | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vp | to melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc) |
| 融合 | róng hé | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ | V | a mixture; an amalgam |
| 融洽 | róng qià | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄚˋ | Vs | harmonious; friendly relations |
| 榮譽 | róng yù | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄩˋ | N | honor; credit |
| 揉 | róu | ㄖㄡˊ | V | to knead; to massage |
| 柔軟 | róu ruǎn | ㄖㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄢˇ | Vs | soft |
| 肉麻 | ròu má | ㄖㄡˋ ㄇㄚˊ | Vs | sickening; corny |
| 肉體 | ròu tǐ | ㄖㄡˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | physical body |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ | Adv | like this; so |
| 儒家 | rú jiā | ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ | N | Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC) |
| 入超 | rù chāo | ㄖㄨˋ ㄔㄠ | Vs | trade deficit; import surplus |
| 入口 | rù kǒu | ㄖㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ | Vi | entrance; to import |
| 入世 | rù shì | ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˋ | Vs | to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs |
| 軟弱 | ruǎn ruò | ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Vs | weak; feeble |
| 軟體 | ruǎn tǐ | ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ | N | (of an animal) soft-bodied; (Tw) software |
| 若 | ruò | ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Conj | to seem; like |
| 若干 | ruò gān | ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄢ | Det | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 撒謊 | sā huǎng | ㄙㄚ ㄏㄨㄤˇ | V-sep | to tell lies |
| 撒 | sǎ | ㄙㄚˇ | V | to scatter; to sprinkle |
| 灑 | sǎ | ㄙㄚˇ | V | to sprinkle; to spray |
| 賽 | sài | ㄙㄞˋ | V | to compete; competition |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | ㄙㄢˇ ㄨㄣˊ | N | (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections |
| 散布/散佈 | sàn bù | ㄙㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ | V | to disseminate |
| 喪事 | sāng shì | ㄙㄤ ㄕˋ | N | funeral arrangements |
| 嗓子 | sǎng zi | ㄙㄤˇ ˙ㄗ | N | throat; voice |
| 喪生 | sàng shēng | ㄙㄤˋ ㄕㄥ | Vp | to die; to lose one's life |
| 騷動 | sāo dòng | ㄙㄠ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | Vi | disturbance; uproar |
| 嫂子 | sǎo zi | ㄙㄠˇ ˙ㄗ | N | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law |
| 色澤 | sè zé | ㄙㄜˋ ㄗㄜˊ | N | color and luster |
| 剎(ㄕㄚ)車/煞車 | shā chē | ㄕㄚ ㄔㄜ | V-sep | to brake (when driving); to stop |
| 沙啞 | shā yǎ | ㄕㄚ ㄧㄚˇ | Vs | hoarse; husky |
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | ㄕㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄚ | N | idiot; fool |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | ㄕㄢ ㄈㄥ | N | (mountain) peak |
| 山谷 | shāng ǔ | ㄕㄤ ㄨˇ | N | valley; ravine |
| 山脈 | shān mài | ㄕㄢ ㄇㄞˋ | N | mountain range |
| 閃電 | shǎn diàn | ㄕㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | N | lightning |
| 閃爍 | shǎn shuò | ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ | Vi | to glisten; to glitter |
| 閃耀 | shǎn yào | ㄕㄢˇ ㄧㄠˋ | Vs | to glint; to glitter |
| 擅長 | shàn cháng | ㄕㄢˋ ㄔㄤˊ | Vst | to be good at; to be expert in |
| 傷害 | shāng hài | ㄕㄤ ㄏㄞˋ | N | to injure; to harm |
| 傷口 | shāng kǒu | ㄕㄤ ㄎㄡˇ | N | wound; cut |
| 傷亡 | shāng wáng | ㄕㄤ ㄨㄤˊ | Vp | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 商榷 | shāng què | ㄕㄤ ㄑㄩㄝˋ | Vi | to discuss; to bring up various ideas for discussion |
| 商討 | shāng tǎo | ㄕㄤ ㄊㄠˇ | V | to discuss; to deliberate |
| 賞 | shǎng | ㄕㄤˇ | V | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior) |
| 尚 | shàng | ㄕㄤˋ | Adv | still; yet |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ | Vi | to hang oneself |
| 上好 | shàng hǎo | ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄠˇ | Vs-attr | first-rate; top-notch |
| 上進 | shàng jìn | ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | Vs | to make progress; to do better |
| 上空 | shàng kōng | ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ | N | the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace |
| 上路 | shàng lù | ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄨˋ | Vp | to start on a journey; to be on one's way |
| 上門 | shàng mén | ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄣˊ | Vi | to drop in; to visit |
| 上司 | shàng sī | ㄕㄤˋ ㄙ | N | boss; superior |
| 上下 | shàng xià | ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ | N | the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth |
| 上旬 | shàng xún | ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ | N | first third of a month |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄢˇ | V | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play) |
| 上癮 | shàng yǐn | ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄣˇ | Vp | to get into a habit; to become addicted |
| 上漲 | shàng zhǎng | ㄕㄤˋ ㄓㄤˇ | Vp | to rise; to go up |
| 燒香 | shāo xiāng | ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ | V-sep | to burn incense |
| 奢侈 | shē chǐ | ㄕㄜ ㄔˇ | Vs | luxurious; extravagant |
| 奢望 | shē wàng | ㄕㄜ ㄨㄤˋ | Vst | an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations |
| 設 | shè | ㄕㄜˋ | V | to set up; to put in place |
| 設施 | shè shī | ㄕㄜˋ ㄕ | N | facilities; installation |
| 設想 | shè xiǎng | ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | Vi | to imagine; to assume |
| 射擊 | shè jí | ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
| 射手 | shè shǒu | ㄕㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ | N | archer; shooter |
| 涉及 | shè jí | ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vpt | to involve; to relate to |
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ | Vst | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of |
| 社論 | shè lùn | ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | N | editorial (in a newspaper) |
| 攝取 | shè qǔ | ㄕㄜˋ ㄑㄩˇ | V | to absorb (nutrients etc); to assimilate |
| 攝氏 | shè shì | ㄕㄜˋ ㄕˋ | N | Celsius; centigrade |
| 攝影機 | shè yǐng jī | ㄕㄜˋ ㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧ | N | (old) camera; movie camera |
| 深奧 | shēn ào | ㄕㄣ ㄠˋ | Vs | profound; abstruse |
| 深沉 | shēn chén | ㄕㄣ ㄔㄣˊ | Vs | deep; profound |
| 深度 | shēn dù | ㄕㄣ ㄉㄨˋ | N | depth; (of a speech etc) profundity |
| 深厚 | shēn hòu | ㄕㄣ ㄏㄡˋ | Vs | deep; profound |
| 深切 | shēn qiè | ㄕㄣ ㄑㄧㄝˋ | Vs | deeply felt; heartfelt |
| 深入 | shēn rù | ㄕㄣ ㄖㄨˋ | V | to penetrate deeply; thorough |
| 深造 | shēn zào | ㄕㄣ ㄗㄠˋ | Vi | to pursue one's studies |
| 身段 | shēn duàn | ㄕㄣ ㄉㄨㄢˋ | N | a woman's physique; figure |
| 身教 | shēn jiào | ㄕㄣ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | N | to teach by example |
| 身為 | shēn wéi | ㄕㄣ ㄨㄟˊ | Vst | in the capacity of; as |
| 身子 | shēn zi | ㄕㄣ ˙ㄗ | N | body; pregnancy |
| 伸張 | shēn zhāng | ㄕㄣ ㄓㄤ | V | to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote |
| 神 | shén | ㄕㄣˊ | Vs | God; god |
| 神情 | shén qíng | ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | look; expression |
| 審核 | shěn hé | ㄕㄣˇ ㄏㄜˊ | V | to audit; to investigate thoroughly |
| 審判 | shěn pàn | ㄕㄣˇ ㄆㄢˋ | V | a trial; to try sb |
| 審慎 | shěn shèn | ㄕㄣˇ ㄕㄣˋ | Vs | prudent; cautious |
| 審議 | shěn yì | ㄕㄣˇ ㄧˋ | V | (of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider |
| 甚 | shèn | ㄕㄣˋ | Adv | excessive; undue |
| 滲入 | shèn rù | ㄕㄣˋ ㄖㄨˋ | V | to permeate |
| 生火 | shēng huǒ | ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˇ | V-sep | to make a fire; to light a fire |
| 生理 | shēng lǐ | ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧˇ | N | physiology |
| 生平 | shēng píng | ㄕㄥ ㄆㄧㄥˊ | N | life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life |
| 生氣 | shēng qì | ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧˋ | N | to get angry; to be furious |
| 生前 | shēng qián | ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | N | (of a deceased) during one's life; while living |
| 生人 | shēng rén | ㄕㄥ ㄖㄣˊ | N | stranger; living person |
| 生死 | shēng sǐ | ㄕㄥ ㄙˇ | N | life or death |
| 生態 | shēng tài | ㄕㄥ ㄊㄞˋ | N | ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment); ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment) |
| 生物 | shēng wù | ㄕㄥ ㄨˋ | N | organism; living creature |
| 生效 | shēng xiào | ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | Vp | (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect |
| 生硬 | shēng yìng | ㄕㄥ ㄧㄥˋ | Vs | rigid; stiff |
| 生育 | shēng yù | ㄕㄥ ㄩˋ | N / V | to give birth to; to bear |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | ㄕㄥ ㄓˊ | Vi | to reproduce; to flourish |
| 升遷 | shēng qiān | ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄢ | Vi | to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department |
| 升值 | shēng zhí | ㄕㄥ ㄓˊ | Vp | to rise in value; to appreciate |
| 聲稱 | shēng chēng | ㄕㄥ ㄔㄥ | V | to claim; to state |
| 聲明 | shēng míng | ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | to state; to declare |
| 聲勢 | shēng shì | ㄕㄥ ㄕˋ | N | fame and power; prestige |
| 省 | shěng | ㄕㄥˇ | N | to save; to economize |
| 省事 | shěng shì | ㄕㄥˇ ㄕˋ | Vs | to simplify matters; to save trouble |
| 盛 | shèng | ㄕㄥˋ | Vs | flourishing; vigorous |
| 盛情 | shèng qíng | ㄕㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | great kindness; magnificent hospitality |
| 盛行 | shèng xíng | ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | to be in vogue; to be popular |
| 盛裝 | shèng zhuāng | ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄤ | Vs | splendid clothes; rich attire |
| 勝地 | shèng dì | ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ | N | well-known scenic spot |
| 聖賢 | shèng xián | ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ | N | a sage; wise and holy man |
| 失 | shī | ㄕ | Vpt | to lose; to miss |
| 失靈 | shī líng | ㄕ ㄌㄧㄥˊ | Vp | out of order (of machine); not working properly |
| 失落 | shī luò | ㄕ ㄌㄨㄛˋ | Vs | to lose (sth); to drop (sth) |
| 失明 | shī míng | ㄕ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vp | to lose one's eyesight; to become blind |
| 失事 | shī shì | ㄕ ㄕˋ | Vp | (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc); to mess things up |
| 失手 | shī shǒu | ㄕ ㄕㄡˇ | Vs | a slip; miscalculation |
| 失蹤 | shī zōng | ㄕ ㄗㄨㄥ | Vp | to be missing; to disappear |
| 師範 | shī fàn | ㄕ ㄈㄢˋ | Vs-attr | teacher-training; pedagogical |
| 施肥 | shī féi | ㄕ ㄈㄟˊ | V-sep | to apply fertilizer |
| 施行 | shī xíng | ㄕ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | V | to put in place; to put into practice |
| 屍體 | shī tǐ | ㄕ ㄊㄧˇ | N | corpse; dead body |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | ㄕˊ ㄍㄠ | N | gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster |
| 十足 | shí zú | ㄕˊ ㄗㄨˊ | Vs | ample; complete |
| 拾 | shí | ㄕˊ | V | to pick up; to collate or arrange |
| 時光 | shí guāng | ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄤ | N | time (esp. as sth that passes) |
| 時節 | shí jié | ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | N | season; time |
| 時髦 | shí máo | ㄕˊ ㄇㄠˊ | Vs | in vogue; fashionable |
| 時效 | shí xiào | ㄕˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | N | timeliness; period of viability or validity |
| 實地 | shí dì | ㄕˊ ㄉㄧˋ | Adv | on-site |
| 實踐 | shí jiàn | ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | V | practice; to put into practice |
| 實況 | shí kuàng | ㄕˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ | N | live (e.g. broadcast or recording); what is actually happening |
| 實例 | shí lì | ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˋ | N | actual example; living example |
| 實習 | shí xí | ㄕˊ ㄒㄧˊ | Vi | to practice; field work |
| 實證 | shí zhèng | ㄕˊ ㄓㄥˋ | N | actual proof; concrete evidence |
| 實質 | shí zhí | ㄕˊ ㄓˊ | N | substance; essence |
| 屎 | shǐ | ㄕˇ | N | feces; excrement |
| 史料 | shǐ liào | ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ | N | historical material or data |
| 使喚 | shǐ huàn | ㄕˇ ㄏㄨㄢˋ | V | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) |
| 使節 | shǐ jié | ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | N | (diplomatic) envoy |
| 使勁 | shǐ jìng | ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | Vi | to exert all one's strength |
| 使命 | shǐ mìng | ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ | N | mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄥ | N | soldier |
| 仕女 | shìn ǚ | ㄕㄧㄣˋ ㄩˇ | N | court lady; palace maid |
| 示範 | shì fàn | ㄕˋ ㄈㄢˋ | Vi | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth |
| 市面 | shì miàn | ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) |
| 市容 | shì róng | ㄕˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ | N | appearance of a city |
| 世代 | shì dài | ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ | N | for many generations; generation |
| 世間 | shì jiān | ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ | N | world; earth |
| 世事 | shì shì | ㄕˋ ㄕˋ | N | affairs of life; things of the world |
| 試卷 | shì juàn | ㄕˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ | N | examination paper; test paper |
| 試圖 | shì tú | ㄕˋ ㄊㄨˊ | Vaux | to attempt; to try |
| 逝世 | shì shì | ㄕˋ ㄕˋ | Vp | to pass away; to die |
| 勢必 | shì bì | ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ | Adv | to be bound to; undoubtedly will |
| 事故 | shì gù | ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ | N | accident |
| 事變 | shì biàn | ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | N | incident; unforeseen event |
| 事態 | shì tài | ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ | N | situation; existing state of affairs |
| 事務 | shì wù | ㄕˋ ㄨˋ | N | (political, economic etc) affairs; work |
| 事宜 | shì yí | ㄕˋ ㄧˊ | N | matters; arrangements |
| 釋放 | shì fàng | ㄕˋ ㄈㄤˋ | V | to release (a prisoner); to set free |
| 嗜好 | shì hào | ㄕˋ ㄏㄠˋ | N | hobby; indulgence |
| 視為 | shì wéi | ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ | V | to view as; to see as |
| 適宜 | shì yí | ㄕˋ ㄧˊ | Vs | suitable; appropriate |
| 適中 | shì zhōng | ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥ | Vs | moderate; reasonable |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | ㄕㄡ ㄘㄤˊ | V | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping |
| 收買 | shōu mǎi | ㄕㄡ ㄇㄞˇ | V | to purchase; to buy |
| 收縮 | shōu suō | ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛ | Vi | to pull back; to shrink |
| 收聽 | shōu tīng | ㄕㄡ ㄊㄧㄥ | V | to listen to (a radio broadcast) |
| 收益 | shōu yì | ㄕㄡ ㄧˋ | N | earnings; profit |
| 手冊 | shǒu cè | ㄕㄡˇ ㄘㄜˋ | N | manual; handbook |
| 手槍 | shǒu qiāng | ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤ | N | pistol |
| 手勢 | shǒu shì | ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ | N | gesture; sign |
| 守 | shǒu | ㄕㄡˇ | V | to guard; to defend |
| 守護 | shǒu hù | ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ | V | to guard; to protect |
| 首府 | shǒu fǔ | ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄨˇ | N | capital city of an autonomous region |
| 首領 | shǒu lǐng | ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ | N | head; boss |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧˊ | N | chief (representative, correspondent etc) |
| 首飾 | shǒu shì | ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ | N | jewelry; head ornament |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ | Conj | first of all; in the first place |
| 首長 | shǒu zhǎng | ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ | N | senior official |
| 受害 | shòu hài | ㄕㄡˋ ㄏㄞˋ | Vp | to suffer damage, injury etc; damaged |
| 受訓 | shòu xùn | ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ | V-sep | to receive training |
| 售貨員 | shòu huò yuán | ㄕㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄢˊ | N | sales clerk; sales associate |
| 授課 | shòu kè | ㄕㄡˋ ㄎㄜˋ | V-sep | to teach; to give lessons |
| 狩獵 | shòu liè | ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | V | to hunt; hunting |
| 壽星 | shòu xīng | ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ | N | Canopus (brightest star in the constellation Carina 船底座[Chuan2 di3 zuo4]); Longevity Star |
| 疏導 | shū dǎo | ㄕㄨ ㄉㄠˇ | V | to dredge; to open up a path for |
| 疏散 | shū sàn | ㄕㄨ ㄙㄢˋ | V | to scatter; to disperse |
| 梳 | shū | ㄕㄨ | V | to comb; (bound form) a comb |
| 書本 | shū běn | ㄕㄨ ㄅㄣˇ | N | book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) |
| 書面 | shū miàn | ㄕㄨ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | N | in writing; written |
| 書寫 | shū xiě | ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄝˇ | V | to write |
| 舒暢 | shū chàng | ㄕㄨ ㄔㄤˋ | Vs | happy; entirely free from worry |
| 舒展 | shū zhǎn | ㄕㄨ ㄓㄢˇ | V | to roll out; to extend |
| 輸血 | shū xiě | ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄝˇ | V-sep | to transfuse blood; to give aid and support |
| 束縛 | shù fú | ㄕㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ | V | to bind; to tie up |
| 樹苗 | shù miáo | ㄕㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ | N | sapling; young tree |
| 數據 | shù jù | ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄩˋ | N | data |
| 率 | shuài | ㄕㄨㄞˋ | V | to lead; to command |
| 霜 | shuāng | ㄕㄨㄤ | N | frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface |
| 雙重 | shuāng chóng | ㄕㄨㄤ ㄔㄨㄥˊ | Vs-attr | double |
| 雙打 | shuāng dǎ | ㄕㄨㄤ ㄉㄚˇ | N | doubles (in sports) |
| 爽快 | shuǎng kuài | ㄕㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ | Vs | refreshed; rejuvenated |
| 水道 | shuǐ dào | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ | N | watercourse (river, canal, drain etc); water route |
| 水稻 | shuǐ dào | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ | N | rice; paddy |
| 水晶 | shuǐ jīng | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ | N | crystal |
| 水庫 | shuǐ kù | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄨˋ | N | reservoir |
| 水力 | shuǐ lì | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | hydraulic power |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ | N | cement |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ | N | water source; water supply |
| 水蒸氣 | shuǐ zhēng qì | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧˋ | N | vapor |
| 順從 | shùn cóng | ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ | Vs | obedient; to comply |
| 順應 | shùn yìng | ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄧㄥˋ | Vst | to comply with; to conform to |
| 瞬間 | shùn jiān | ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ | N | in an instant; in a flash |
| 說謊 | shuō huǎng | ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄤˇ | V-sep | to lie; to tell an untruth |
| 說笑 | shuō xiào | ㄕㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | Vi | to chat and laugh; to crack jokes |
| 思潮 | sī cháo | ㄙ ㄔㄠˊ | N | tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period |
| 思念 | sīn iàn | ㄙㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˋ | Vst | to think of; to long for |
| 思維 | sī wéi | ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ | N | (line of) thought; thinking |
| 絲毫 | sī háo | ㄙ ㄏㄠˊ | Det | the slightest amount or degree; a bit |
| 司令 | sī lìng | ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋ | N | commanding officer |
| 斯文 | sī wén | ㄙ ㄨㄣˊ | Vs | refined; educate |
| 私心 | sī xīn | ㄙ ㄒㄧㄣ | N | selfishness; selfish motives |
| 賜 | sì | ㄙˋ | V | (bound form) to confer; to bestow |
| 似的/似地 | sì de | ㄙˋ ˙ㄉㄜ | seems as if; rather like | |
| 松樹/松 | sōng shù | ㄙㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ | N | pine; pine tree |
| 慫恿 | sǒng yǒng | ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄩㄥˇ | V | to instigate; to incite |
| 搜集 | sōu jí | ㄙㄡ ㄐㄧˊ | V | — |
| 俗稱 | sú chēng | ㄙㄨˊ ㄔㄥ | Vst | commonly referred to as; common term |
| 俗語 | sú yǔ | ㄙㄨˊ ㄩˇ | N | common saying; proverb |
| 訴苦 | sù kǔ | ㄙㄨˋ ㄎㄨˇ | Vi | to grumble; to complain |
| 素質 | sù zhí | ㄙㄨˋ ㄓˊ | N | inner quality; basic essence |
| 算命 | suàn mìng | ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ | V-sep | fortune-telling; to tell fortune |
| 算術 | suàn shù | ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ | N | arithmetic |
| 雖說 | suī shuō | ㄙㄨㄟ ㄕㄨㄛ | Conj | though; although |
| 隨 | suí | ㄙㄨㄟˊ | Adv / Prep | to follow; to comply with |
| 隨後 | suí hòu | ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄡˋ | N | afterward; later |
| 隨即 | suí jí | ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˊ | Adv | immediately; presently |
| 隨身 | suí shēn | ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄣ | Adv | to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one |
| 隨同 | suí tóng | ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ | Prep | accompanying |
| 隧道 | suì dào | ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ | N | tunnel |
| 歲月 | suì yuè | ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ | N | years; time |
| 損 | sǔn | ㄙㄨㄣˇ | V | (bound form) to decrease; to diminish |
| 損害 | sǔn hài | ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄏㄞˋ | V | harm; to damage |
| 損壞 | sǔn huài | ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄞˋ | V | to damage; to injure |
| 損傷 | sǔn shāng | ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄕㄤ | Vst | to harm; to damage |
| 縮小 | suō xiǎo | ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Vp | to reduce; to decrease |
| 所得 | suǒ dé | ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ | N | what one acquires; one's gains |
| 所在 | suǒ zài | ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ | N | place; location |
| 索賠 | suǒ péi | ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄆㄟˊ | Vi | to ask for compensation; to claim damages |
| 瑣碎 | suǒ suì | ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ | Vs | trifling; trivial |
| 他人 | tā rén | ㄊㄚ ㄖㄣˊ | N | another person; sb else |
| 塔 | tǎ | ㄊㄚˇ | N | pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower |
| 踏實 | tà shí | ㄊㄚˋ ㄕˊ | Vs | firmly-based; steady |
| 台階 | tái jiē | ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ | N | — |
| 太平 | tài píng | ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ | Vs | see 太平區|太平区[Tai4 ping2 Qu1]; peace and security |
| 態勢 | tài shì | ㄊㄞˋ ㄕˋ | N | posture; situation |
| 貪 | tān | ㄊㄢ | Vs | to have a voracious desire for; to covet |
| 貪心 | tān xīn | ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ | Vs | greedy |
| 痰 | tán | ㄊㄢˊ | N | phlegm; spittle |
| 談論 | tán lùn | ㄊㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | V | to discuss; to talk about |
| 彈性 | tán xìng | ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | N | flexibility; elasticity |
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | ㄊㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋ | N | (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman |
| 坦然 | tǎn rán | ㄊㄢˇ ㄖㄢˊ | Vs | calm; undisturbed |
| 探病 | tàn bìng | ㄊㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ | V-sep | to visit a sick person or patient |
| 探究 | tàn jiù | ㄊㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | V | to investigate; to delve |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | V | to explore; to probe |
| 探望 | tàn wàng | ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ | V | to visit; to call on sb |
| 探險 | tàn xiǎn | ㄊㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ | Vi | to explore; to go on an expedition |
| 堂堂 | táng táng | ㄊㄤˊ ㄊㄤˊ | Vs | grand; magnificent |
| 倘若 | tǎng ruò | ㄊㄤˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Conj | if; supposing |
| 陶器 | táo qì | ㄊㄠˊ ㄑㄧˋ | N | pottery |
| 逃生 | táo shēng | ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄥ | Vi | to flee for one's life |
| 逃稅 | táo shuì | ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ | V-sep | to evade a tax |
| 淘汰 | táo tài | ㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄞˋ | V | to wash out; (fig.) to cull |
| 套房 | tào fáng | ㄊㄠˋ ㄈㄤˊ | N | small room opening off another; inner room |
| 套裝 | tào zhuāng | ㄊㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤ | N | outfit or suit (of clothes); set of coordinated items |
| 特此 | tè cǐ | ㄊㄜˋ ㄘˇ | Adv | hereby |
| 特區 | tè qū | ㄊㄜˋ ㄑㄩ | N | special administrative region |
| 特權 | tè quán | ㄊㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | N | prerogative; privilege |
| 特約 | tè yuē | ㄊㄜˋ ㄩㄝ | Vs-attr | specially engaged; employed or commissioned for a special task |
| 特徵 | tè zhēng | ㄊㄜˋ ㄓㄥ | N | characteristic; diagnostic property |
| 疼愛 | téng ài | ㄊㄥˊ ㄞˋ | Vst | to love dearly; to dote on (sb) |
| 剔除 | tī chú | ㄊㄧ ㄔㄨˊ | V | to reject; to discard |
| 啼 | tí | ㄊㄧˊ | Vi | (bound form) to cry; to weep loudly |
| 提拔 | tí bá | ㄊㄧˊ ㄅㄚˊ | V | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion |
| 提倡 | tí chàng | ㄊㄧˊ ㄔㄤˋ | V | to promote; to advocate |
| 提出 | tí chū | ㄊㄧˊ ㄔㄨ | Vpt | to raise (an issue); to propose |
| 提及 | tí jí | ㄊㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to mention; to raise (a subject) |
| 提名 | tí míng | ㄊㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | V | to nominate |
| 提升/提昇 | tí shēng | ㄊㄧˊ ㄕㄥ | V | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift |
| 提議 | tí yì | ㄊㄧˊ ㄧˋ | V | to propose; to suggest |
| 體操 | tǐ cāo | ㄊㄧˇ ㄘㄠ | N | gymnastic; gymnastics |
| 體格 | tǐ gé | ㄊㄧˇ ㄍㄜˊ | N | bodily health; one's physical state |
| 體積 | tǐ jī | ㄊㄧˇ ㄐㄧ | N | volume (amount of space an object occupies) |
| 體諒 | tǐ liàng | ㄊㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | Vst | to empathize; to allow (for sth) |
| 體面 | tǐ miàn | ㄊㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | Vs | dignity; prestige |
| 體系 | tǐ xì | ㄊㄧˇ ㄒㄧˋ | N | system; setup |
| 體質 | tǐ zhí | ㄊㄧˇ ㄓˊ | N | (a person's) constitution; underlying physical condition |
| 替代 | tì dài | ㄊㄧˋ ㄉㄞˋ | Vst | to substitute for; to replace |
| 添 | tiān | ㄊㄧㄢ | V | to add; to increase |
| 天敵 | tiān dí | ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˊ | N | predator; natural enemy |
| 天然氣 | tiān rán qì | ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄢˊ ㄑㄧˋ | N | natural gas |
| 天性 | tiān xìng | ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | N | nature; innate tendency |
| 天災 | tiān zāi | ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄞ | N | natural disaster |
| 田地 | tián dì | ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ | N | field; farmland |
| 田徑 | tián jìng | ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | N | track and field (athletics) |
| 甜美 | tián měi | ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˇ | Vs | sweet; pleasant |
| 挑剔 | tiāo tī | ㄊㄧㄠ ㄊㄧ | V | picky; fussy |
| 調和 | tiáo hé | ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄜˊ | V / Vs | harmonious; to mediate |
| 調節 | tiáo jié | ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | to adjust; to regulate |
| 調皮 | tiáo pí | ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄆㄧˊ | Vs | naughty; mischievous |
| 條例 | tiáo lì | ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ | N | regulations; rules |
| 挑戰 | tiǎo zhàn | ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄢˋ | N | to challenge; to take on a challenge |
| 聽寫 | tīng xiě | ㄊㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄝˇ | V | (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation |
| 停頓 | tíng dùn | ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ | Vi | to halt; to break off |
| 停留 | tíng liú | ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | Vi | to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over |
| 停滯 | tíng zhì | ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ | Vi | stagnation; at a standstill |
| 通 | tōng | ㄊㄨㄥ | M | to go through; to know well |
| 通報 | tōng bào | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄅㄠˋ | V | to inform; to notify |
| 通車 | tōng chē | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄔㄜ | Vp | to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service |
| 通稱 | tōng chēng | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄔㄥ | Vst | to be generally referred to (as); generic term |
| 通貨膨脹 | tōng huò péng zhàng | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄓㄤˋ | Vs | inflation |
| 通緝 | tōng qì | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ | V | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted |
| 通行 | tōng xíng | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vi | to go through; to pass through |
| 通用 | tōng yòng | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄩㄥˋ | Vs-attr | to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) |
| 同伴 | tóng bàn | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄢˋ | N | companion; comrade |
| 同化 | tóng huà | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | V | assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc) |
| 同鄉 | tóng xiāng | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ | N | person from the same hometown or home region |
| 同心 | tóng xīn | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ | Vs | see 同心縣|同心县[Tong2 xin1 Xian4]; to be of one mind |
| 同性戀 | tóng xìng liàn | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ | N | homosexuality; gay person |
| 同業 | tóng yè | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄝˋ | N | same trade or business; person in the same trade or business |
| 統計 | tǒng jì | ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄧˋ | N | statistics; to count |
| 統統 | tǒng tǒng | ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ | Adv | totally |
| 統制 | tǒng zhì | ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄓˋ | V | to control |
| 痛恨 | tòng hèn | ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄣˋ | Vst | to detest; to loathe |
| 偷渡 | tōu dù | ㄊㄡ ㄉㄨˋ | Vi | illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship) |
| 偷懶 | tōu lǎn | ㄊㄡ ㄌㄢˇ | Vs | to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off |
| 投保 | tóu bǎo | ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄠˇ | V | to take out insurance; to insure |
| 投機 | tóu jī | ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ | Vs | congenial; agreeable |
| 投入 | tóu rù | ㄊㄡˊ ㄖㄨˋ | Vs | to throw into; to put into |
| 透明 | tòu míng | ㄊㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vs | transparent; (fig.) transparent |
| 徒弟 | tú dì | ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ | N | apprentice; disciple |
| 突擊 | tú jí | ㄊㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊ | V | sudden and violent attack; assault |
| 突兀 | tú wù | ㄊㄨˊ ㄨˋ | Vs | lofty; towering |
| 塗 | tú | ㄊㄨˊ | V | to apply (paint etc); to smear |
| 圖 | tú | ㄊㄨˊ | V | diagram; picture |
| 圖表 | tú biǎo | ㄊㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ | N | chart; diagram |
| 圖騰 | tú téng | ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄥˊ | N | totem (loanword) |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | ㄊㄨˇ ㄖㄤˇ | N | soil |
| 團 | tuán | ㄊㄨㄢˊ | M | round; lump |
| 團聚 | tuán jù | ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄩˋ | Vs | to reunite; to have a reunion |
| 團員 | tuán yuán | ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ | N | member; group member |
| 推測 | tuī cè | ㄊㄨㄟ ㄘㄜˋ | V | speculation; to conjecture |
| 推崇 | tuī chóng | ㄊㄨㄟ ㄔㄨㄥˊ | Vst | to esteem; to think highly of |
| 推出 | tuī chū | ㄊㄨㄟ ㄔㄨ | Vpt | to push out; to release |
| 推選 | tuī xuǎn | ㄊㄨㄟ ㄒㄩㄢˇ | V | to elect; to choose |
| 退化 | tuì huà | ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vp | to degenerate; atrophy |
| 吞吞吐吐 | tūn tūn tǔ tǔ | ㄊㄨㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨˇ | Vi | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth |
| 托 | tuō | ㄊㄨㄛ | V | to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm |
| 拖累 | tuō lèi | ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄟˋ | V | to encumber; to be a burden on |
| 拖延 | tuō yán | ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ | Vst | to delay; to put off |
| 脫身 | tuō shēn | ㄊㄨㄛ ㄕㄣ | Vp | to get away; to escape (from obligations) |
| 脫手 | tuō shǒu | ㄊㄨㄛ ㄕㄡˇ | Vp | (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of |
| 外號 | wài hào | ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄠˋ | N | nickname |
| 外力 | wài lì | ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | external force; pressure from outside |
| 外貿 | wài mào | ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ | N | foreign trade |
| 外線 | wài xiàn | ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | N | (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position; (telephony) outside line |
| 外銷 | wài xiāo | ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄠ | V | to export; to sell abroad |
| 外遇 | wài yù | ㄨㄞˋ ㄩˋ | N | extramarital affair |
| 外在 | wài zài | ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄞˋ | N | external; extrinsic |
| 外資 | wài zī | ㄨㄞˋ ㄗ | N | foreign investment; foreign capital |
| 彎曲 | wān qū | ㄨㄢ ㄑㄩ | Vs | to bend; to curve around |
| 完備 | wán bèi | ㄨㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ | Vs | faultless; complete |
| 玩弄 | wán nòng | ㄨㄢˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ | V | to play with; to toy with |
| 頑強 | wán qiáng | ㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ | Vs | tenacious; hard to defeat |
| 挽 | wǎn | ㄨㄢˇ | V | to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow) |
| 挽救 | wǎn jiù | ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | V | to save; to remedy |
| 萬分 | wàn fēn | ㄨㄢˋ ㄈㄣ | Adv | very much; extremely |
| 萬事 | wàn shì | ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ | N | all things |
| 萬歲 | wàn suì | ㄨㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ | Vs | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty |
| 萬萬 | wàn wàn | ㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ | Adv | hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity |
| 萬物 | wàn wù | ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ | N | all things; all that exists |
| 惋惜 | wàn xí | ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ | Vs | to regret; to feel that it is a great pity |
| 亡國 | wáng guó | ㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | Vp | (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated |
| 往來 | wǎng lái | ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄞˊ | Vi | dealings; contacts |
| 旺季 | wàng jì | ㄨㄤˋ ㄐㄧˋ | N | busy season; peak period |
| 旺盛 | wàng shèng | ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄥˋ | Vs | vigorous; exuberant |
| 威風 | wēi fēng | ㄨㄟ ㄈㄥ | Vs | awe-inspiring bearing; authority |
| 威力 | wēi lì | ㄨㄟ ㄌㄧˋ | N | might; formidable power |
| 萎縮 | wēi suō | ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛ | Vs | to wither; to dry up (of a plant) |
| 為 | wéi | ㄨㄟˊ | Vst | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as |
| 為人 | wéi rén | ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ | N | to conduct oneself; behavior |
| 為生 | wéi shēng | ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ | Vs | to make a living |
| 為首 | wéi shǒu | ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ | Vs | head; be headed by |
| 為止 | wéi zhǐ | ㄨㄟˊ ㄓˇ | N | until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) |
| 違背 | wéi bèi | ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄟˋ | Vpt | to go against; to be contrary to |
| 違約 | wéi yuē | ㄨㄟˊ ㄩㄝ | V-sep | to break a promise; to violate an agreement |
| 危害 | wéi hài | ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ | V | to harm; to jeopardize |
| 圍巾 | wéi jīn | ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄣ | N | scarf; shawl |
| 圍牆 | wéi qiáng | ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ | N | perimeter wall; fence |
| 圍繞 | wéi rào | ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄠˋ | V | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) |
| 微弱 | wéi ruò | ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Vs | weak; faint |
| 微小 | wéi xiǎo | ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Vs | minute (i.e. extremely small); infinitesimal |
| 胃 | wèi | ㄨㄟˋ | N | stomach |
| 胃口 | wèi kǒu | ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄡˇ | N | appetite; liking |
| 未必 | wèi bì | ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ | Adv | not necessarily; maybe not |
| 未婚夫 | wèi hūn fū | ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄈㄨ | N | fiancé |
| 未婚妻 | wèi hūn qī | ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄑㄧ | N | fiancée |
| 未免 | wèi miǎn | ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ | Adv | unavoidably; can't help |
| 衛生 | wèi shēng | ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ | N | hygienic; sanitary |
| 溫帶 | wēn dài | ㄨㄣ ㄉㄞˋ | N | temperate zone |
| 溫習 | wēn xí | ㄨㄣ ㄒㄧˊ | V | to review (a lesson etc) |
| 溫馴 | wēn xún | ㄨㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ | Vs | docile; meek |
| 瘟疫 | wēn yì | ㄨㄣ ㄧˋ | N | plague; pestilence |
| 文明 | wén míng | ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | civilized; civilization |
| 文壇 | wén tán | ㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ | N | literary circles |
| 文獻 | wén xiàn | ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | N | reference material (used in scholarly study) |
| 聞名 | wén míng | ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vst | well-known; famous |
| 穩健 | wěn jiàn | ㄨㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | Vs | firm; stable and steady |
| 紊亂 | wèn luàn | ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ | Vs | disorder; chaos |
| 問世 | wèn shì | ㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋ | Vp | to be published; to come out |
| 臥 | wò | ㄨㄛˋ | Vi | to lie; to crouch |
| 烏龜/龜 | wū guī | ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ | N | tortoise; cuckold |
| 烏鴉 | wū yā | ㄨ ㄧㄚ | N | crow; raven |
| 汙染 | wū rǎn | ㄨ ㄖㄢˇ | N | — |
| 無比 | wú bǐ | ㄨˊ ㄅㄧˇ | Vs | incomparable; matchless |
| 無線電 | wú xiàn diàn | ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | N | radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) |
| 無形 | wú xíng | ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | incorporeal; virtual |
| 無疑 | wú yí | ㄨˊ ㄧˊ | Adv | undoubtedly; without doubt |
| 五金 | wǔ jīn | ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ | N | metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1 yin2 tong2 tie3 xi1] |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | ㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | military force |
| 武士 | wǔ shì | ㄨˇ ㄕˋ | N | warrior; samurai |
| 武裝 | wǔ zhuāng | ㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄤ | N | arms; equipment |
| 侮辱 | wǔ rù | ㄨˇ ㄖㄨˋ | V | to insult; to humiliate |
| 物產 | wù chǎn | ㄨˋ ㄔㄢˇ | N | products; produce |
| 物品 | wù pǐn | ㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | articles; goods |
| 物體 | wù tǐ | ㄨˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | object; body |
| 物資 | wù zī | ㄨˋ ㄗ | N | goods; supplies |
| 誤差 | wù chā | ㄨˋ ㄔㄚ | N | difference; error |
| 誤解 | wù jiě | ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ | Vst | to misunderstand; misunderstanding |
| 務實 | wù shí | ㄨˋ ㄕˊ | Vs | to deal with concrete matters; pragmatic |
| 西服 | xī fú | ㄒㄧ ㄈㄨˊ | N | suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage) |
| 西洋 | xī yáng | ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ | N | the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) |
| 西醫 | xī yī | ㄒㄧ ㄧ | N | Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine |
| 溪流 | xī liú | ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | N | stream |
| 席 | xí | ㄒㄧˊ | M | woven mat; seat |
| 席位 | xí wèi | ㄒㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ | N | a seat (in a theater, stadium etc); parliamentary or congressional seat |
| 錫 | xí | ㄒㄧˊ | N | tin (chemistry); to bestow |
| 襲擊 | xí jí | ㄒㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ | V | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 昔日 | xí rì | ㄒㄧˊ ㄖˋ | N | former days; in the past |
| 習題 | xí tí | ㄒㄧˊ ㄊㄧˊ | N | (schoolwork) exercise; problem |
| 洗禮 | xǐ lǐ | ㄒㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ | N | (lit. and fig.) baptism |
| 喜氣 | xǐ qì | ㄒㄧˇ ㄑㄧˋ | N | hilarity; cheerful atmosphere |
| 喜悅 | xǐ yuè | ㄒㄧˇ ㄩㄝˋ | Vs | happy; joyous |
| 戲曲 | xì qǔ | ㄒㄧˋ ㄑㄩˇ | N | Chinese opera |
| 瑕疵 | xiá cī | ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄘ | N | blemish; flaw |
| 峽谷 | xiá gǔ | ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄍㄨˇ | N | canyon; gill |
| 狹小 | xiá xiǎo | ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Vs | narrow |
| 狹窄 | xiá zhǎi | ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄓㄞˇ | Vs | narrow |
| 下筆 | xià bǐ | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ | Vi | to put pen to paper |
| 下跌 | xià dié | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ | Vp | to fall; to tumble |
| 下滑 | xià huá | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ | Vp | to slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline |
| 下列 | xià liè | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ | Vs-attr | the following; listed below |
| 下水 | xià shuǐ | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ | V-sep | downstream; to go into the water |
| 下水道 | xià shuǐ dào | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ | N | underground drain; sewer |
| 下旬 | xià xún | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ | N | last third of the month |
| 掀 | xiān | ㄒㄧㄢ | V | to lift (a lid); to rock |
| 仙丹 | xiān dān | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄢ | N | elixir; magic potion |
| 先後 | xiān hòu | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ | N | early or late; first and last |
| 先進 | xiān jìn | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | N | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc) |
| 先驅 | xiān qū | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄩ | N | to pioneer; pioneer |
| 先天 | xiān tiān | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ | Vs-attr | embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1]); inborn |
| 鮮明 | xiān míng | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Vs | (of colors) bright; fresh and clear |
| 鮮艶/鮮豔 | xiān yàn | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˋ | Vs | bright-colored; gaily-colored |
| 纖維 | xiān wéi | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˊ | N | fiber |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ | N | suspicion; to have suspicions |
| 顯現 | xiǎn xiàn | ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | Vst | appearance; to appear |
| 限度 | xiàn dù | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ | N | limit |
| 憲法 | xiàn fǎ | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ | N | constitution (of a country) |
| 線路 | xiàn lù | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ | N | (electricity) line; circuit |
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨˋ | V | to sink into; to get caught up in |
| 獻身 | xiàn shēn | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ | V-sep | to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to |
| 現今 | xiàn jīn | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ | N | now; nowadays |
| 現行 | xiàn xíng | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs-attr | to be in effect; in force |
| 現狀 | xiàn zhuàng | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ | N | current situation |
| 相傳 | xiāng chuán | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢˊ | Vi | to pass on; to hand down |
| 相仿 | xiāng fǎng | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄤˇ | Vs | similar |
| 相符 | xiāng fú | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄨˊ | Vs | to match; to tally |
| 相繼 | xiāng jì | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧˋ | Adv | in succession; following closely |
| 相配 | xiāng pèi | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄆㄟˋ | Vs | to match; to fit |
| 鄉土 | xiāng tǔ | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄊㄨˇ | Vs | native soil; one's native land |
| 香皂 | xiāng zào | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄗㄠˋ | N | perfumed soap; toilet soap |
| 鑲 | xiāng | ㄒㄧㄤ | V | to inlay; to embed |
| 想開 | xiǎng kāi | ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄞ | Vp | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things |
| 響亮 | xiǎng liàng | ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | Vs | loud and clear; resounding |
| 向 | xiàng | ㄒㄧㄤˋ | Adv | towards; to face |
| 嚮導 | xiàng dǎo | ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄉㄠˇ | N | guide |
| 嚮往 | xiàng wǎng | ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ | Vst | to yearn for; to look forward to |
| 象徵 | xiàng zhēng | ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄥ | N / Vst | symbol; emblem |
| 消毒 | xiāo dú | ㄒㄧㄠ ㄉㄨˊ | V-sep | to disinfect; to sterilize |
| 消防 | xiāo fáng | ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ | Vs-attr | firefighting; fire control |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄠˋ | V | to consume; to use up |
| 消遣 | xiāo qiǎn | ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˇ | N / V | to while the time away; amusement |
| 瀟灑 | xiāo sǎ | ㄒㄧㄠ ㄙㄚˇ | Vs | confident and at ease; free and easy |
| 逍遙 | xiāo yáo | ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˊ | Vs | free and unfettered |
| 小伙子/小夥子 | xiǎo huǒ zi | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄗ | N | (coll.) young man; young fellow |
| 效法 | xiào fǎ | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ | V | to imitate; to follow the example of |
| 效勞 | xiào láo | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄠˊ | Vi | to serve (in some capacity); to work for |
| 效力 | xiào lì | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | effectiveness; positive effect |
| 效忠 | xiào zhōng | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ | V | to vow loyalty and devotion to |
| 笑嘻嘻 | xiào xī xī | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ | Vi | grinning; smiling |
| 孝子 | xiào zǐ | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ | N | filial son |
| 協辦 | xié bàn | ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄢˋ | V | to assist; to help sb do sth |
| 協定 | xié dìng | ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | N | agreement; accord |
| 協會 | xié huì | ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | N | an association; a society |
| 協商 | xié shāng | ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄤ | V | to consult with; to talk things over |
| 協調 | xié tiáo | ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ | V / Vs | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 協議 | xié yì | ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧˋ | N / V | agreement; pact |
| 血汗 | xiě hàn | ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄢˋ | N | (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work |
| 血跡 | xiě jī | ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧ | N | bloodstain |
| 血壓 | xiě yā | ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄚ | N | blood pressure |
| 寫實 | xiě shí | ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄕˊ | Vs | realism; realistic portrayal |
| 洩氣 | xiè qì | ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ | Vs | to leak (gas); to be discouraged |
| 心愛 | xīn ài | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄞˋ | Vs-attr | beloved |
| 心軟 | xīn ruǎn | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄨㄢˇ | Vs | to be softhearted; to be tenderhearted |
| 心事 | xīn shì | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ | N | a load on one's mind; worry |
| 心思 | xīn sī | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ | N | mind; thoughts |
| 心酸 | xīn suān | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢ | Vs | to feel sad |
| 心態 | xīn tài | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄞˋ | N | attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche |
| 心疼 | xīn téng | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄥˊ | Vst | to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb |
| 心胸 | xīn xiōng | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩㄥ | N | heart; mind |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ | Vs | hardworking; industrious |
| 辛酸 | xīn suān | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢ | Vs | pungent (taste); bitter |
| 新潮 | xīn cháo | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄠˊ | Vs | modern; fashionable |
| 新手 | xīn shǒu | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ | N | new hand; novice |
| 新穎 | xīn yǐng | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄥˇ | Vs | lit. new bud; fig. new and original |
| 信賴 | xìn lài | ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄞˋ | Vst | to trust; to have confidence in |
| 信念 | xìn niàn | ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ | N | faith; belief |
| 信徒 | xìn tú | ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨˊ | N | believer |
| 信息 | xìn xí | ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧˊ | N | information; news |
| 星辰 | xīng chén | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄔㄣˊ | N | stars |
| 星座 | xīng zuò | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ | N | constellation; astrological sign |
| 興建 | xīng jiàn | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | V | to build; to construct |
| 興隆 | xīng lóng | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ | Vs | see 興隆縣|兴隆县[Xing1 long2 Xian4]; prosperous |
| 興起 | xīng qǐ | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˇ | Vpt | to rise; to spring up |
| 行善 | xíng shàn | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ | Vi | to do good works; to be merciful |
| 行使 | xíng shǐ | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˇ | V | to exercise (a right etc) |
| 行星 | xíng xīng | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ | N | planet |
| 行政 | xíng zhèng | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ | N | administration; (attributive) administrative |
| 刑事 | xíng shì | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ | N | criminal; penal |
| 形勢 | xíng shì | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ | N | circumstances; situation |
| 形態 | xíng tài | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄞˋ | N | shape; form |
| 形體 | xíng tǐ | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧˇ | N | figure; physique |
| 形形色色 | xíng xíng sè sè | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄜˋ | Vs | all kinds of; all sorts of |
| 型態 | xíng tài | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄞˋ | N | form; shape |
| 性 | xìng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ | N | nature; character |
| 性能 | xìng néng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄥˊ | N | function; performance |
| 性情 | xìng qíng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | nature; temperament |
| 興致 | xìng zhì | ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ | N | mood; spirits |
| 胸 | xiōng | ㄒㄩㄥ | N | chest; bosom |
| 胸口 | xiōng kǒu | ㄒㄩㄥ ㄎㄡˇ | N | chest |
| 修補 | xiū bǔ | ㄒㄧㄡ ㄅㄨˇ | V | to mend |
| 修訂 | xiū dìng | ㄒㄧㄡ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | V | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | V | to build; to construct |
| 修女 | xiū nǚ | ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄩˇ | N | nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) |
| 修養 | xiū yǎng | ㄒㄧㄡ ㄧㄤˇ | N | accomplishment; training |
| 修築 | xiū zhú | ㄒㄧㄡ ㄓㄨˊ | V | to build |
| 繡 | xiù | ㄒㄧㄡˋ | V | to embroider; embroidery |
| 虛擬 | xūn ǐ | ㄒㄩㄣ ㄧˇ | V | to imagine; to make up |
| 虛心 | xū xīn | ㄒㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ | Vs | open-minded; humble |
| 許 | xǔ | ㄒㄩˇ | N | to allow; to permit |
| 許多 | xǔ duō | ㄒㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄛ | Adv | many; a lot of |
| 許久 | xǔ jiǔ | ㄒㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | N | for a long time; for ages |
| 許可 | xǔ kě | ㄒㄩˇ ㄎㄜˇ | V | to allow; to permit |
| 酗酒 | xù jiǔ | ㄒㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | Vi | heavy drinking; to get drunk |
| 序幕 | xù mù | ㄒㄩˋ ㄇㄨˋ | N | prologue |
| 敘述 | xù shù | ㄒㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ | V | to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about |
| 宣稱 | xuān chēng | ㄒㄩㄢ ㄔㄥ | V | to assert; to claim |
| 宣告 | xuān gào | ㄒㄩㄢ ㄍㄠˋ | V | to declare; to proclaim |
| 宣示 | xuān shì | ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ | V | to vow; to pledge |
| 宣誓 | xuān shì | ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ | Vi | to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow |
| 宣言 | xuān yán | ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄢˊ | N | declaration; manifesto |
| 宣揚 | xuān yáng | ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄤˊ | V | to publicize; to advertise |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄩˋ | N | melody |
| 旋轉 | xuán zhuǎn | ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ | Vi | to rotate; to revolve |
| 懸殊 | xuán shū | ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨ | Vs | vastly different; poles apart |
| 懸崖/崖 | xuán yái | ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ | N | precipice; overhanging cliff |
| 選拔 | xuǎn bá | ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄅㄚˊ | V | to select the best |
| 選購 | xuǎn gòu | ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄍㄡˋ | V | to select and purchase; to buy |
| 選民 | xuǎn mín | ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | voter; constituency |
| 選票 | xuǎn piào | ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄆㄧㄠˋ | N | a vote; ballot |
| 選修 | xuǎn xiū | ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄡ | V | (at a school) to take as an elective; an elective |
| 學分 | xué fēn | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄣ | N | course credit |
| 學科 | xué kē | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄎㄜ | N | subject; branch of learning |
| 學年 | xué nián | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ | N | academic year |
| 學識 | xué shì | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕˋ | N | erudition; scholarly knowledge |
| 學說 | xué shuō | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛ | N | theory; doctrine |
| 學徒 | xué tú | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄊㄨˊ | N | apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship |
| 學員 | xué yuán | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩㄢˊ | N | student; member of an institution of learning |
| 學制 | xué zhì | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄓˋ | N | educational system; length of schooling |
| 雪人 | xuě rén | ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ | N | snowman; yeti |
| 削弱 | xuè ruò | ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ | V | to weaken; to impair |
| 循環 | xún huán | ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ | N | to cycle; to circulate |
| 巡邏 | xún luó | ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ | Vi | to patrol |
| 巡視 | xún shì | ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ | V | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit |
| 詢問 | xún wèn | ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ | V | to inquire; to ask about |
| 訓 | xùn | ㄒㄩㄣˋ | V | to teach; to train |
| 押 | yā | ㄧㄚ | V | to mortgage; to pawn |
| 鴉片 | yā piàn | ㄧㄚ ㄆㄧㄢˋ | N | (loanword) opium |
| 壓歲錢 | yā suì qián | ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | N | money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve |
| 壓縮 | yā suō | ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛ | V | to compress; compression |
| 壓制 | yā zhì | ㄧㄚ ㄓˋ | V | to suppress; to inhibit |
| 牙科 | yá kē | ㄧㄚˊ ㄎㄜ | N | dentistry |
| 芽 | yá | ㄧㄚˊ | N | bud; sprout |
| 啞 | yǎ | ㄧㄚˇ | Vp | mute; dumb |
| 亞軍 | yà jūn | ㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄣ | N | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up |
| 淹 | yān | ㄧㄢ | V | to flood; to submerge |
| 言論 | yán lùn | ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | N | expression of opinion; views |
| 岩石 | yán shí | ㄧㄢˊ ㄕˊ | N | (geology) rock |
| 延遲 | yán chí | ㄧㄢˊ ㄔˊ | Vpt | to delay; to postpone |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ | Vs | to extend; to stretch |
| 延誤 | yán wù | ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ | Vpt | to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth) |
| 延續 | yán xù | ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩˋ | Vst | to continue; to go on |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ | N | coastal |
| 沿途 | yán tú | ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ | N | along the sides of the road; by the wayside |
| 沿襲 | yán xí | ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ | Vst | to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc) |
| 沿用 | yán yòng | ㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄥˋ | V | to continue to use (old methods); to apply as before |
| 嚴禁 | yán jìn | ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | V | to strictly prohibit |
| 嚴厲 | yán lì | ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | severe; strict |
| 嚴密 | yán mì | ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧˋ | Vs | tight; strict |
| 演變 | yǎn biàn | ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | Vs | to develop; to evolve |
| 演講 | yǎn jiǎng | ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄤˇ | N | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 演說 | yǎn shuō | ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ | N | speech; to deliver a speech |
| 演習 | yǎn xí | ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧˊ | Vi | (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise |
| 眼界 | yǎn jiè | ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ | N | (lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope |
| 眼看 | yǎn kàn | ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ | V | soon; in a moment |
| 衍生 | yǎn shēng | ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄥ | V | to give rise to; to derive |
| 燕窩 | yàn wō | ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ | N | edible bird's nest |
| 燕(子) | yàn | ㄧㄢˋ | N | swallow (family Hirundinidae) |
| 央求 | yāng qiú | ㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | V | to implore; to plead |
| 仰 | yǎng | ㄧㄤˇ | V | to face upward; to look up |
| 仰慕 | yǎng mù | ㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄨˋ | Vst | to admire |
| 養分/養份 | yǎng fèn | ㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄣˋ | N | nutrient |
| 養老 | yǎng lǎo | ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ | Vs | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement |
| 養育 | yǎng yù | ㄧㄤˇ ㄩˋ | V | to rear; to bring up |
| 邀 | yāo | ㄧㄠ | V | to invite; to request |
| 窯 | yáo | ㄧㄠˊ | N | kiln; oven |
| 搖晃 | yáo huàng | ㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˋ | Vi | to rock; to shake |
| 謠言 | yáo yán | ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄢˊ | N | rumor |
| 遙遠 | yáo yuǎn | ㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ | Vs | distant; remote |
| 要點 | yào diǎn | ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ | N | main point; essential |
| 要犯 | yào fàn | ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ | N | major criminal |
| 藥品 | yào pǐn | ㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | medicaments; medicine |
| 業績 | yè jī | ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧ | N | achievement; accomplishment |
| 依 | yī | ㄧ | Prep | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb |
| 依舊 | yī jiù | ㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | Adv | as before; still |
| 依據 | yī jù | ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ | Prep | according to; basis |
| 依賴 | yī lài | ㄧ ㄌㄞˋ | Vst | to depend on; to be dependent on |
| 依照 | yī zhào | ㄧ ㄓㄠˋ | Prep | according to; in light of |
| 醫療 | yī liáo | ㄧ ㄌㄧㄠˊ | N | medical treatment |
| 醫術 | yī shù | ㄧ ㄕㄨˋ | N | medical expertise; art of healing |
| 醫藥 | yī yào | ㄧ ㄧㄠˋ | N | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | ㄧ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | Vs-attr | surely; certainly |
| 一道 | yī dào | ㄧ ㄉㄠˋ | Adv | together |
| 一度 | yī dù | ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ | Adv | for a time; at one time |
| 一概 | yī gài | ㄧ ㄍㄞˋ | Adv | all; without any exceptions |
| 一貫 | yī guàn | ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˋ | Vs-attr | consistent; constant |
| 一律 | yī lǜ | ㄧ ㄌㄩˋ | Adv | same; identical |
| 一味 | yī wèi | ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ | Adv | persistently; stubbornly |
| 咦 | yí | ㄧˊ | Ptc | expression of surprise |
| 儀表 | yí biǎo | ㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ | N | appearance; bearing |
| 遺產 | yí chǎn | ㄧˊ ㄔㄢˇ | N | heritage; legacy |
| 遺傳 | yí chuán | ㄧˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ | Vst | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遺憾 | yí hàn | ㄧˊ ㄏㄢˋ | Vs | regret; to regret |
| 遺留 | yí liú | ㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | V | to leave behind; to hand down |
| 遺棄 | yí qì | ㄧˊ ㄑㄧˋ | V | to leave; to abandon |
| 遺體 | yí tǐ | ㄧˊ ㄊㄧˇ | N | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遺忘 | yí wàng | ㄧˊ ㄨㄤˋ | Vpt | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 遺志 | yí zhì | ㄧˊ ㄓˋ | N | the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on |
| 遺址 | yí zhǐ | ㄧˊ ㄓˇ | N | ruins; historic relics |
| 疑慮 | yí lǜ | ㄧˊ ㄌㄩˋ | N | hesitation; misgivings |
| 移植 | yí zhí | ㄧˊ ㄓˊ | V | to transplant |
| 倚 | yǐ | ㄧˇ | V | to lean on; to rely upon |
| 以至/以致/以至於/以致於 | yǐ zhì | ㄧˇ ㄓˋ | Conj | down to; up to |
| 亦 | yì | ㄧˋ | Adv / Conj | also |
| 一連串 | yī lián chuàn | ㄧ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˋ | Vs-attr | a succession of; a series of |
| 一流 | yī liú | ㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | Vs | top quality; front ranking |
| 一如 | yī rú | ㄧ ㄖㄨˊ | Prep | to be just like |
| 一心 | yī xīn | ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ | Adv | wholeheartedly; heart and soul |
| 液體 | yè tǐ | ㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | liquid |
| 抑制 | yì zhì | ㄧˋ ㄓˋ | V | to inhibit; to keep down |
| 意識到 | yì shì dào | ㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ | Vpt | to be aware of; to realize |
| 意圖 | yì tú | ㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ | N | intent; intention |
| 意味 | yì wèi | ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ | Vst | meaning; implication |
| 毅力 | yì lì | ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | perseverance; willpower |
| 翌日 | yì rì | ㄧˋ ㄖˋ | N | next day |
| 異常 | yì cháng | ㄧˋ ㄔㄤˊ | Vs | unusual; abnormal |
| 異鄉 | yì xiāng | ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ | N | foreign land; a place far from home |
| 議定 | yì dìng | ㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | V | to reach an agreement; to agree upon |
| 議論 | yì lùn | ㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | V | to comment; to talk about |
| 議題 | yì tí | ㄧˋ ㄊㄧˊ | N | topic of discussion; topic |
| 議員 | yì yuán | ㄧˋ ㄩㄢˊ | N | member (of a legislative body); representative |
| 音 | yīn | ㄧㄣ | N | sound; noise |
| 因果 | yīng uǒ | ㄧㄥ ㄨㄛˇ | N | karma; cause and effect |
| 陰謀 | yīn móu | ㄧㄣ ㄇㄡˊ | N | to conspire; to plot |
| 陰影 | yīn yǐng | ㄧㄣ ㄧㄥˇ | N | (lit. and fig.) shadow |
| 銀幕 | yín mù | ㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ | N | movie screen |
| 銀色 | yín sè | ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄜˋ | N | silver (color) |
| 銀子 | yín zi | ㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄗ | N | money; silver |
| 引 | yǐn | ㄧㄣˇ | V | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull |
| 引導 | yǐn dǎo | ㄧㄣˇ ㄉㄠˇ | V | to guide; to lead (around) |
| 引進 | yǐn jìn | ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | V | to recommend; to introduce (from outside) |
| 引擎 | yǐn qíng | ㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | engine (loanword) |
| 隱藏 | yǐn cáng | ㄧㄣˇ ㄘㄤˊ | V | to hide; to conceal |
| 隱士 | yǐn shì | ㄧㄣˇ ㄕˋ | N | hermit |
| 隱約 | yǐn yuē | ㄧㄣˇ ㄩㄝ | Adv | vague; faint |
| 印證 | yìn zhèng | ㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄥˋ | V | to confirm; to corroborate |
| 櫻桃 | yīng táo | ㄧㄥ ㄊㄠˊ | N | cherry |
| 英勇 | yīng yǒng | ㄧㄥ ㄩㄥˇ | Vs | heroic; gallant |
| 應 | yìng | ㄧㄥˋ | Prep / V | to answer; to respond |
| 鷹/老鷹 | yīng | ㄧㄥ | N | general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc) |
| 營地 | yíng dì | ㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ | N | camp |
| 營造 | yíng zào | ㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄠˋ | V | to build (housing); to construct |
| 迎 | yíng | ㄧㄥˊ | V | to welcome; to meet |
| 迎合 | yíng hé | ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ | Vst | to cater to; to pander to |
| 影射 | yǐng shè | ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄜˋ | Vst | to refer obliquely to; to insinuate |
| 硬 | yìng | ㄧㄥˋ | Adv | hard; stiff |
| 硬體 | yìng tǐ | ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | (Tw) (computer) hardware |
| 應變 | yìng biàn | ㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | Vi | to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes |
| 應酬 | yìng chóu | ㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄡˊ | Vi | to engage in social activities; to socialize |
| 應急 | yìng jí | ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧˊ | Vs | to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency |
| 應驗 | yìng yàn | ㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄢˋ | Vpt | to come true; to come about as predicted |
| 應徵 | yìng zhēng | ㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄥ | V | to apply (for a job); to reply to a job advertisement |
| 唷 | yō | ㄧㄛ | Ptc | (interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My! |
| 湧 | yǒng | ㄩㄥˇ | V | to well up; to gush forth |
| 踴躍 | yǒng yuè | ㄩㄥˇ ㄩㄝˋ | Vs | to leap; to jump |
| 用戶 | yòng hù | ㄩㄥˋ ㄏㄨˋ | N | user; consumer |
| 用途 | yòng tú | ㄩㄥˋ ㄊㄨˊ | N | use; application |
| 悠久 | yōu jiǔ | ㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | Vs | long (tradition, history etc) |
| 悠閒 | yōu xián | ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ | Vs | leisurely; carefree |
| 優待 | yōu dài | ㄧㄡ ㄉㄞˋ | V | preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment |
| 優勢 | yōu shì | ㄧㄡ ㄕˋ | N | superiority; dominance |
| 優先 | yōu xiān | ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ | Adv | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 優異 | yōu yì | ㄧㄡ ㄧˋ | Vs | exceptional; outstandingly good |
| 鈾 | yòu | ㄧㄡˋ | N | uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [you4] |
| 由來 | yóu lái | ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ | N | origin |
| 遊覽 | yóu lǎn | ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄢˇ | V | to go sightseeing; to tour |
| 油田 | yóu tián | ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ | N | oil field |
| 油條 | yóu tiáo | ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ | N | youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person |
| 友愛 | yǒu ài | ㄧㄡˇ ㄞˋ | Vst | friendly affection; fraternal love |
| 有機 | yǒu jī | ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧ | Vs-attr | organic |
| 有理 | yǒu lǐ | ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ | Vs | reasonable; justified |
| 有所 | yǒu suǒ | ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | Vst | somewhat; to some extent |
| 有為 | yǒu wéi | ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˊ | Vs | promising; to show promise |
| 有限 | yǒu xiàn | ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | Vs | limited; finite |
| 有形 | yǒu xíng | ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vs | material; tangible |
| 有心人 | yǒu xīn rén | ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ | N | resolute person; person with aspirations |
| 有益 | yǒu yì | ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ | Vst | useful; beneficial |
| 有意 | yǒu yì | ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ | Vaux | to intend; intentionally |
| 有緣 | yǒu yuán | ㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢˊ | Vs | related; brought together by fate |
| 誘惑 | yòu huò | ㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | V | to entice; to lure |
| 幼稚 | yòu zhì | ㄧㄡˋ ㄓˋ | Vs | young; childish |
| 于 | yú | ㄩˊ | Prep | to go; to take |
| 於 | yú | ㄩˊ | Prep | (of time or place) in; at |
| 逾 | yú | ㄩˊ | Vst | to exceed; to go beyond |
| 餘 | yú | ㄩˊ | N / Vst | extra; surplus |
| 語法 | yǔ fǎ | ㄩˇ ㄈㄚˇ | N | grammar; (computing) syntax |
| 愚蠢 | yú chǔn | ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ | Vs | silly; stupid |
| 輿論 | yú lùn | ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | N | public opinion |
| 漁民 | yú mín | ㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | fisherman; fisher folk |
| 予 | yǔ | ㄩˇ | V | (literary) to give |
| 予以 | yǔ yǐ | ㄩˇ ㄧˇ | V | to give; to impose |
| 與會 | yù huì | ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | Vi | to participate in a meeting |
| 雨季 | yǔ jì | ㄩˇ ㄐㄧˋ | N | rainy season |
| 語文 | yǔ wén | ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ | N | literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
| 宇宙 | yǔ zhòu | ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ | N | universe; cosmos |
| 愈 | yù | ㄩˋ | Adv | the more...(the more...); to recover |
| 玉器 | yù qì | ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˋ | N | jade artifact |
| 預測 | yù cè | ㄩˋ ㄘㄜˋ | V | to forecast; to predict |
| 預防 | yù fáng | ㄩˋ ㄈㄤˊ | V | to prevent; to take precautions against |
| 預告 | yù gào | ㄩˋ ㄍㄠˋ | V | to forecast; to predict |
| 預估 | yù gū | ㄩˋ ㄍㄨ | V | to estimate; to forecast |
| 預賽 | yù sài | ㄩˋ ㄙㄞˋ | N | preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats |
| 預約 | yù yuē | ㄩˋ ㄩㄝ | V | booking; reservation |
| 寓言 | yù yán | ㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ | N | fable; allegory |
| 園林 | yuán lín | ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ | N | gardens; park |
| 元氣 | yuán qì | ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˋ | N | vigor; strength |
| 元首 | yuán shǒu | ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ | N | head of state |
| 元素 | yuán sù | ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋ | N | element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element |
| 原 | yuán | ㄩㄢˊ | Adv | (Japanese surname) Hara; former |
| 原形 | yuán xíng | ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | N | original shape; true appearance (under the disguise) |
| 原野 | yuán yě | ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄝˇ | N | plain; open country |
| 原狀 | yuán zhuàng | ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ | N | previous condition; original state |
| 原住民 | yuán zhù mín | ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | N | indigenous peoples; aborigine |
| 原子 | yuán zǐ | ㄩㄢˊ ㄗˇ | N | atom; atomic |
| 原子彈 | yuán zǐ dàn | ㄩㄢˊ ㄗˇ ㄉㄢˋ | N | atomic bomb; A-bomb |
| 援助 | yuán zhù | ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ | V | to help; to support |
| 遠景 | yuǎn jǐng | ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ | N | scenery in the distance; long-term prospects |
| 怨 | yuàn | ㄩㄢˋ | Vst | to blame; (bound form) resentment |
| 約束 | yuē shù | ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨˋ | V | to restrict; to limit to |
| 躍 | yuè | ㄩㄝˋ | Vi | to jump; to leap |
| 樂隊 | yuè duì | ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ | N | band; pop group |
| 運 | yùn | ㄩㄣˋ | V | to move; to transport |
| 運行 | yùn xíng | ㄩㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Vi | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function |
| 孕婦 | yùn fù | ㄩㄣˋ ㄈㄨˋ | N | pregnant woman |
| 醞釀 | yùn niàng | ㄩㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄤˋ | V | (of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing |
| 栽 | zāi | ㄗㄞ | V | to plant; to grow |
| 災禍 | zāi huò | ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄛˋ | N | disaster |
| 災情 | zāi qíng | ㄗㄞ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | disastrous situation; calamity |
| 在場 | zài chǎng | ㄗㄞˋ ㄔㄤˇ | Vi | to be present; to be on the scene |
| 在世 | zài shì | ㄗㄞˋ ㄕˋ | Vs | to be alive |
| 在座 | zài zuò | ㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ | Vi | to be present |
| 再生 | zài shēng | ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄥ | Vs-attr | to be reborn; to regenerate |
| 咱 | zán | ㄗㄢˊ | N | I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to) |
| 贊助 | zàn zhù | ㄗㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ | V | to sponsor; to provide financial or material support |
| 讚嘆/讚歎 | zàn tàn | ㄗㄢˋ ㄊㄢˋ | Vi | to exclaim in admiration |
| 贓物 | zāng wù | ㄗㄤ ㄨˋ | N | booty; stolen property |
| 遭 | zāo | ㄗㄠ | M / Prep / Vst | to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune) |
| 遭遇 | zāo yù | ㄗㄠ ㄩˋ | Vst | to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship) |
| 造反 | zào fǎn | ㄗㄠˋ ㄈㄢˇ | Vi | to rebel; to revolt |
| 造化 | zào huà | ㄗㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | N | (literary) Nature; the Creator |
| 造物主 | zào wù zhǔ | ㄗㄠˋ ㄨˋ ㄓㄨˇ | N | the Creator (in religion or mythology); God |
| 造型 | zào xíng | ㄗㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | N | to model; to shape |
| 責備 | zé bèi | ㄗㄜˊ ㄅㄟˋ | V | to blame; to criticize |
| 增進 | zēng jìn | ㄗㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | V | to promote; to enhance |
| 增強 | zēng qiáng | ㄗㄥ ㄑㄧㄤˊ | Vp | to increase; to strengthen |
| 增值 | zēng zhí | ㄗㄥ ㄓˊ | Vp | to appreciate (financially); to increase in value |
| 扎 | zhā | ㄓㄚ | V | to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into |
| 炸藥 | zhà yào | ㄓㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ | N | explosive; blasting agent |
| 沾 | zhān | ㄓㄢ | V | to moisten; to be infected by |
| 盞 | zhǎn | ㄓㄢˇ | M | a small cup; classifier for lamps |
| 展望 | zhǎn wàng | ㄓㄢˇ ㄨㄤˋ | Vst | outlook; prospect |
| 展現 | zhǎn xiàn | ㄓㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | V | to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge |
| 嶄新 | zhǎn xīn | ㄓㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ | Vs-attr | brand new |
| 占據/佔據 | zhàn jù | ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ | V | to occupy; to hold |
| 占領/佔領 | zhàn lǐng | ㄓㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ | V | to capture; to seize |
| 顫抖 | zhàn dǒu | ㄓㄢˋ ㄉㄡˇ | Vi | to shudder; to shiver |
| 戰火 | zhàn huǒ | ㄓㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ | N | the flames of war; the ravages of war |
| 戰機 | zhàn jī | ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧ | N | opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft |
| 戰亂 | zhàn luàn | ㄓㄢˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ | N | chaos of war |
| 戰略 | zhàn lüè | ㄓㄢˋ ㄌㄩㄝˋ | N | strategy |
| 戰勝 | zhàn shèng | ㄓㄢˋ ㄕㄥˋ | V | to prevail over; to defeat |
| 戰士 | zhàn shì | ㄓㄢˋ ㄕˋ | N | fighter; soldier |
| 戰術 | zhàn shù | ㄓㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ | N | tactics |
| 戰線 | zhàn xiàn | ㄓㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | N | battle line; battlefront |
| 戰友 | zhàn yǒu | ㄓㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ | N | comrade-in-arms; battle companion |
| 戰戰兢兢 | zhàn zhàn jīng jīng | ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ | Vs | trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation |
| 張貼 | zhāng tiē | ㄓㄤ ㄊㄧㄝ | V | to post (a notice); to advertise |
| 長子 | zhǎng zǐ | ㄓㄤˇ ㄗˇ | N | see 長子縣|长子县[Zhang3 zi3 Xian4]; eldest son |
| 帳篷 | zhàng péng | ㄓㄤˋ ㄆㄥˊ | N | tent |
| 丈 | zhàng | ㄓㄤˋ | M | measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure |
| 朝氣 | zhāo qì | ㄓㄠ ㄑㄧˋ | N | vitality; dynamism |
| 著想 | zháo xiǎng | ㄓㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ | Vs | to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs) |
| 找尋 | zhǎo xún | ㄓㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄣˊ | V | to look for; to seek |
| 沼澤 | zhǎo zé | ㄓㄠˇ ㄗㄜˊ | N | marsh; swamp |
| 召集 | zhào jí | ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ | V | to convene; to call together |
| 照例 | zhào lì | ㄓㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Adv | as a rule; as usual |
| 照耀 | zhào yào | ㄓㄠˋ ㄧㄠˋ | V | to shine; to illuminate |
| 遮 | zhē | ㄓㄜ | V | to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off |
| 遮蔽 | zhē bì | ㄓㄜ ㄅㄧˋ | V | to cover; to hide from view |
| 折騰 | zhē téng | ㄓㄜ ㄊㄥˊ | V | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 針灸 | zhēn jiǔ | ㄓㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | Vi | acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion |
| 真情 | zhēn qíng | ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | N | real situation; the truth |
| 診斷 | zhěn duàn | ㄓㄣˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ | V | to diagnose |
| 診所 | zhěn suǒ | ㄓㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | N | clinic |
| 鎮定 | zhèn dìng | ㄓㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | Vs | calm; unperturbed |
| 鎮壓 | zhèn yā | ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄚ | V | suppression; repression |
| 振動 | zhèn dòng | ㄓㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | Vi | to vibrate; to shake |
| 震驚 | zhèn jīng | ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥ | Vs | to shock; to astonish |
| 陣營 | zhèn yíng | ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄥˊ | N | group of people; camp |
| 蒸 | zhēng | ㄓㄥ | V | to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam |
| 蒸發 | zhēng fā | ㄓㄥ ㄈㄚ | Vi | to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish |
| 蒸氣 | zhēng qì | ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧˋ | N | vapor; steam |
| 爭辯 | zhēng biàn | ㄓㄥ ㄅㄧㄢˋ | Vi | a dispute; to wrangle |
| 爭奪 | zhēng duó | ㄓㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊ | V | to fight over; to contest |
| 爭論 | zhēng lùn | ㄓㄥ ㄌㄨㄣˋ | N | to argue; to debate |
| 爭氣 | zhēng qì | ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧˋ | Vs | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement |
| 爭議 | zhēng yì | ㄓㄥ ㄧˋ | N | controversy; dispute |
| 徵收 | zhēng shōu | ㄓㄥ ㄕㄡ | V | to levy (a tax); to expropriate |
| 掙扎 | zhēng zhá | ㄓㄥ ㄓㄚˊ | Vi | to struggle |
| 整 | zhěng | ㄓㄥˇ | V | (bound form) whole; complete |
| 整頓 | zhěng dùn | ㄓㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ | V | to tidy up; to reorganize |
| 整整 | zhěng zhěng | ㄓㄥˇ ㄓㄥˇ | Adv | whole; full |
| 正當 | zhèng dāng | ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤ | Vs | timely; just (when needed) |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | Adv | front; obverse side |
| 正統 | zhèng tǒng | ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ | N | Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]; orthodoxy |
| 正義 | zhèng yì | ㄓㄥˋ ㄧˋ | N | justice; righteousness |
| 政績 | zhèng jī | ㄓㄥˋ ㄐㄧ | N | (political) achievements; track record |
| 政見 | zhèng jiàn | ㄓㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | political views |
| 政權 | zhèng quán | ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | N | regime; political power |
| 證券 | zhèng quàn | ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ | N | negotiable security (financial); certificate |
| 證人 | zhèng rén | ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ | N | witness |
| 掙 | zhèng | ㄓㄥˋ | V | to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire |
| 之內 | zhīn èi | ㄓㄧㄣ ㄟˋ | N | inside; within |
| 之所以 | zhī suǒ yǐ | ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ | Conj | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" |
| 支撐 | zhī chēng | ㄓ ㄔㄥ | V | to prop up; to support |
| 支付 | zhī fù | ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ | V | to pay (money) |
| 支配 | zhī pèi | ㄓ ㄆㄟˋ | V | to control; to dominate |
| 支應 | zhī yìng | ㄓ ㄧㄥˋ | V | to deal with; to wait on |
| 知足 | zhī zú | ㄓ ㄗㄨˊ | Vs | content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness) |
| 脂肪 | zhī fáng | ㄓ ㄈㄤˊ | N | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) |
| 織 | zhī | ㄓ | V | to weave; to knit |
| 直徑 | zhí jìng | ㄓˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | N | diameter |
| 值班 | zhí bān | ㄓˊ ㄅㄢ | V-sep | to work a shift; on duty |
| 值錢 | zhí qián | ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | Vs | valuable; costly |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | ㄓˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | Vi | colony; colonial |
| 質量 | zhí liàng | ㄓˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | N | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 質疑 | zhí yí | ㄓˊ ㄧˊ | V | to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of) |
| 職務 | zhí wù | ㄓˊ ㄨˋ | N | post; position |
| 職責 | zhí zé | ㄓˊ ㄗㄜˊ | N | duty; responsibility |
| 執照 | zhí zhào | ㄓˊ ㄓㄠˋ | N | license; permit |
| 執政 | zhí zhèng | ㄓˊ ㄓㄥˋ | Vi | to hold power; in office |
| 執著 | zhí zhuó | ㄓˊ ㄓㄨㄛˊ | Vs | dedicated; devoted |
| 止 | zhǐ | ㄓˇ | N | to stop; to prohibit |
| 只得 | zhǐ dé | ㄓˇ ㄉㄜˊ | Adv | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to |
| 指標 | zhǐ biāo | ㄓˇ ㄅㄧㄠ | N | (production) target; quota |
| 指點 | zhǐ diǎn | ㄓˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ | V | to point out; to indicate |
| 指揮 | zhǐ huī | ㄓˇ ㄏㄨㄟ | N / V | to conduct; to command |
| 指控 | zhǐ kòng | ㄓˇ ㄎㄨㄥˋ | V | accusation; a (criminal) charge |
| 指南針 | zhǐn án zhēn | ㄓㄧㄣˇ ㄢˊ ㄓㄣ | N | compass |
| 指數 | zhǐ shù | ㄓˇ ㄕㄨˋ | N | (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent |
| 指望 | zhǐ wàng | ㄓˇ ㄨㄤˋ | Vst | to count on; to hope for |
| 指紋 | zhǐ wén | ㄓˇ ㄨㄣˊ | N | fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers |
| 指引 | zhǐ yǐn | ㄓˇ ㄧㄣˇ | V | to guide; to show |
| 指正 | zhǐ zhèng | ㄓˇ ㄓㄥˋ | V | to point out mistakes or weak points for correction; to comment |
| 至 | zhì | ㄓˋ | Conj / Prep | to arrive; most |
| 至今 | zhì jīn | ㄓˋ ㄐㄧㄣ | Adv | so far; to this day |
| 治安 | zhì ān | ㄓˋ ㄢ | N | law and order; public security |
| 治本 | zhì běn | ㄓˋ ㄅㄣˇ | Vi | to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4 biao1]) |
| 治標 | zhì biāo | ㄓˋ ㄅㄧㄠ | Vi | to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | ㄓˋ ㄌㄧˇ | V | to govern; to administer |
| 治療 | zhì liáo | ㄓˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ | V | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
| 志趣 | zhì qù | ㄓˋ ㄑㄩˋ | N | inclination; interest |
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | N | ambition; goal |
| 致詞 | zhì cí | ㄓˋ ㄘˊ | Vi | — |
| 致富 | zhì fù | ㄓˋ ㄈㄨˋ | Vs | to become rich |
| 致力 | zhì lì | ㄓˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vst | to devote oneself to; to work toward (often followed by 於|于[yu2]) |
| 致命 | zhì mìng | ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ | Vs | fatal; mortal |
| 致意 | zhì yì | ㄓˋ ㄧˋ | Vi | to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards |
| 智力 | zhì lì | ㄓˋ ㄌㄧˋ | N | intelligence; intellect |
| 制裁 | zhì cái | ㄓˋ ㄘㄞˊ | V | to punish; punishment |
| 製品 | zhì pǐn | ㄓˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ | N | products; goods |
| 滯留 | zhì liú | ㄓˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | Vi | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded |
| 中斷 | zhōng duàn | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄢˋ | V | to cut short; to break off |
| 中和 | zhōng hé | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄜˊ | V | Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan; to neutralize |
| 中立 | zhōng lì | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | neutral; neutrality |
| 中旬 | zhōng xún | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˊ | N | middle third of a month |
| 中葉 | zhōng yè | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄝˋ | N | mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period |
| 中醫 | zhōng yī | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ | N | traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine |
| 中庸 | zhōng yōng | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥ | Vs | the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]; golden mean (Confucianism) |
| 忠實 | zhōng shí | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕˊ | Vs | faithful |
| 衷心 | zhōng xīn | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ | Adv | heartfelt; wholehearted |
| 終場 | zhōng chǎng | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˇ | N | end (of a performance or sports match); last round of testing in the imperial examinations |
| 終結 | zhōng jié | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | V | end; conclusion |
| 終究 | zhōng jiù | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | Adv | in the end; after all |
| 終身 | zhōng shēn | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ | N | lifelong; all one's life |
| 種種 | zhǒng zhǒng | ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ | Det | all kinds of |
| 種植 | zhòng zhí | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄓˊ | V | to plant; to grow (a crop) |
| 中風 | zhòng fēng | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄥ | Vp | to suffer a paralyzing stroke |
| 中獎 | zhòng jiǎng | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄤˇ | Vp | to win a prize (in a lottery etc) |
| 中肯 | zhòng kěn | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ | Vs | pertinent; apropos |
| 中暑 | zhòng shǔ | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨˇ | Vp | to suffer heat exhaustion; sunstroke |
| 重用 | zhòng yòng | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄥˋ | V | to put in an important position |
| 重鎮 | zhòng zhèn | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄣˋ | N | (military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) |
| 周邊 | zhōu biān | ㄓㄡ ㄅㄧㄢ | N | periphery; rim |
| 周密 | zhōu mì | ㄓㄡ ㄇㄧˋ | Vs | careful; thorough |
| 周詳 | zhōu xiáng | ㄓㄡ ㄒㄧㄤˊ | Vs | meticulous; thorough |
| 周遊 | zhōu yóu | ㄓㄡ ㄧㄡˊ | V | to travel around; to tour |
| 周轉 | zhōu zhuǎn | ㄓㄡ ㄓㄨㄢˇ | V | to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc) |
| 皺 | zhòu | ㄓㄡˋ | Vs | to wrinkle; wrinkled |
| 皺紋 | zhòu wén | ㄓㄡˋ ㄨㄣˊ | N | wrinkle |
| 株 | zhū | ㄓㄨ | M | tree trunk; stump (tree root) |
| 諸多 | zhū duō | ㄓㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ | Det | (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of |
| 逐 | zhú | ㄓㄨˊ | Prep / V | (bound form) to pursue; to chase |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | ㄓㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ | Adv | progressively; step by step |
| 主導 | zhǔ dǎo | ㄓㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ | V | leading; dominant |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | ㄓㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | V | in charge; responsible for |
| 主見 | zhǔ jiàn | ㄓㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | N | one's own view; definite opinion |
| 主力 | zhǔ lì | ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | main force; main strength of an army |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ | N | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point |
| 主權 | zhǔ quán | ㄓㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | N | sovereignty |
| 主人翁 | zhǔ rén wēng | ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄥ | N | master (of the house); main character in a novel etc |
| 主義 | zhǔ yì | ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ | N | -ism; ideology |
| 主宰 | zhǔ zǎi | ㄓㄨˇ ㄗㄞˇ | V | to dominate; to rule |
| 主旨 | zhǔ zhǐ | ㄓㄨˇ ㄓˇ | N | gist; main idea |
| 主軸 | zhǔ zhóu | ㄓㄨˇ ㄓㄡˊ | N | axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) |
| 囑咐 | zhǔ fù | ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ | V | to urge; to exhort |
| 矚目 | zhǔ mù | ㄓㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ | Vi | to focus attention upon |
| 注定/註定 | zhù dìng | ㄓㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | Vaux | to foreordain; to be bound to |
| 注目 | zhù mù | ㄓㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ | Vi | attention; to stare at |
| 注視 | zhù shì | ㄓㄨˋ ㄕˋ | V | to look attentively at; to closely watch |
| 注重 | zhù zhòng | ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vst | to pay attention to; to emphasize |
| 住宿 | zhù sù | ㄓㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ | Vi | to stay at; lodging |
| 柱(子) | zhù | ㄓㄨˋ | N | pillar |
| 助教 | zhù jiào | ㄓㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | N | teaching assistant |
| 助手 | zhù shǒu | ㄓㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ | N | assistant; helper |
| 佇立 | zhù lì | ㄓㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vi | to stand for a long time |
| 著作 | zhù zuò | ㄓㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ | N | to write; literary work |
| 駐 | zhù | ㄓㄨˋ | V | to halt; to stay |
| 抓緊 | zhuā jǐn | ㄓㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄣˇ | V | to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to |
| 專櫃 | zhuāng uì | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄨㄟˋ | N | sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) |
| 專員 | zhuān yuán | ㄓㄨㄢ ㄩㄢˊ | N | assistant director; commissioner |
| 專制 | zhuān zhì | ㄓㄨㄢ ㄓˋ | Vs | autocracy; dictatorship |
| 磚 | zhuān | ㄓㄨㄢ | N | brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof) |
| 轉動 | zhuǎn dòng | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | V | to turn sth around; to swivel |
| 轉化 | zhuǎn huà | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vp | to change; to turn |
| 轉機 | zhuǎn jī | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧ | N | (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes |
| 轉手 | zhuǎn shǒu | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ | V | to pass on; to resell |
| 轉眼 | zhuǎn yǎn | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ | Adv | in a flash; in the blink of an eye |
| 轉移 | zhuǎn yí | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄧˊ | V | to shift; to relocate |
| 轉帳 | zhuǎn zhàng | ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄤˋ | V-sep | — |
| 撰寫 | zhuàn xiě | ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ | V | to write; to compose |
| 莊嚴 | zhuāng yán | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄧㄢˊ | Vs | solemn; dignified |
| 裝備 | zhuāng bèi | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄅㄟˋ | N | equipment; to equip |
| 裝潢 | zhuāng huáng | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˊ | V | to mount (a picture); to dress |
| 裝配 | zhuāng pèi | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄆㄟˋ | V | to assemble; to fit together |
| 裝運 | zhuāng yùn | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄩㄣˋ | V | to ship; shipment |
| 裝置 | zhuāng zhì | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄓˋ | V | to install; installation |
| 壯觀 | zhuàng guān | ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ | Vs | spectacular; magnificent sight |
| 壯麗 | zhuàng lì | ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | magnificence; magnificent |
| 狀元 | zhuàng yuán | ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄢˊ | N | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] |
| 追捕 | zhuī bǔ | ㄓㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˇ | V | to pursue; to be after |
| 追查 | zhuī chá | ㄓㄨㄟ ㄔㄚˊ | V | to try to find out; to trace |
| 追究 | zhuī jiù | ㄓㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄡˋ | V | to investigate; to look into |
| 準 | zhǔn | ㄓㄨㄣˇ | Adv | accurate; standard |
| 準備 | zhǔn bèi | ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄟˋ | N | preparation; to prepare |
| 準則 | zhǔn zé | ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄗㄜˊ | N | norm; standard |
| 准許 | zhǔn xǔ | ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄒㄩˇ | V | to allow; to grant |
| 卓越 | zhuó yuè | ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄝˋ | Vs | outstanding; surpassing |
| 著手 | zhuó shǒu | ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ | Vi | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task |
| 著眼 | zhuó yǎn | ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄢˇ | Vi | to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind |
| 著重 | zhuó zhòng | ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | Vst | to put emphasis on; to stress |
| 酌量 | zhuó liáng | ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ | Adv | to consider; to allow for |
| 資深 | zī shēn | ㄗ ㄕㄣ | Vs | senior; highly experienced |
| 資助 | zī zhù | ㄗ ㄓㄨˋ | V | to subsidize; to provide financial aid |
| 姿勢 | zī shì | ㄗ ㄕˋ | N | posture; position |
| 姿態 | zī tài | ㄗ ㄊㄞˋ | N | attitude; posture |
| 滋味 | zī wèi | ㄗ ㄨㄟˋ | N | taste; flavor |
| 子彈 | zǐ dàn | ㄗˇ ㄉㄢˋ | N | bullet |
| 子弟 | zǐ dì | ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ | N | child; the younger generation |
| 子孫 | zǐ sūn | ㄗˇ ㄙㄨㄣ | N | offspring; posterity |
| 紫外線 | zǐ wài xiàn | ㄗˇ ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | N | ultraviolet ray |
| 自 | zì | ㄗˋ | Prep | (bound form) self; oneself |
| 自稱 | zì chēng | ㄗˋ ㄔㄥ | Vst | to call oneself; to claim to be |
| 自費 | zì fèi | ㄗˋ ㄈㄟˋ | Vi | at one's own expense; self-funded |
| 自豪 | zì háo | ㄗˋ ㄏㄠˊ | Vs | proud (of one's achievements etc) |
| 自覺 | zì jué | ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | Vst | to realize; to be aware of |
| 自立 | zì lì | ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˋ | Vs | independent; self-reliant |
| 自滿 | zì mǎn | ㄗˋ ㄇㄢˇ | Vs | complacent; self-satisfied |
| 自然 | zì rán | ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ | Adv | nature; natural |
| 自身 | zì shēn | ㄗˋ ㄕㄣ | N | itself; oneself |
| 自行 | zì xíng | ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Adv | voluntary; autonomous |
| 自制 | zì zhì | ㄗˋ ㄓˋ | Vi | to maintain self-control; self-control |
| 自治 | zì zhì | ㄗˋ ㄓˋ | Vi | autonomy |
| 自傳 | zì zhuàn | ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ | N | autobiography |
| 字體 | zì tǐ | ㄗˋ ㄊㄧˇ | N | calligraphic style; typeface |
| 字眼/字眼兒 | zì yǎn | ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇ | N | wording |
| 字樣 | zì yàng | ㄗˋ ㄧㄤˋ | N | standard written form of a character; characters, words or short phrase appearing on sth |
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓˇ | N | objective; aim |
| 總裁 | zǒng cái | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄘㄞˊ | N | chairman; director-general (of a company etc) |
| 總得 | zǒng děi | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄟˇ | Adv | must; have to |
| 總額 | zǒng é | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄜˊ | N | total (amount or value) |
| 總和 | zǒng hé | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄜˊ | N | sum |
| 總結 | zǒng jié | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ | N | to sum up; to conclude |
| 總經理 | zǒng jīng lǐ | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˇ | N | general manager; CEO |
| 總數 | zǒng shù | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨˋ | N | total; sum |
| 縱火 | zòng huǒ | ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ | V-sep | to set on fire; to commit arson |
| 縱容 | zòng róng | ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ | Vst | to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior |
| 縱使 | zòng shǐ | ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ | Conj | even if; even though |
| 走廊 | zǒu láng | ㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄤˊ | N | corridor; aisle |
| 揍 | zòu | ㄗㄡˋ | V | to hit; to beat (sb) |
| 租賃 | zū lìn | ㄗㄨ ㄌㄧㄣˋ | V | to rent; to lease |
| 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ | N | ancestor; forebear |
| 阻擋 | zǔ dǎng | ㄗㄨˇ ㄉㄤˇ | V | to stop; to resist |
| 阻力 | zǔ lì | ㄗㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ | N | resistance; drag |
| 阻撓 | zǔn áo | ㄗㄨㄣˇ ㄠˊ | V | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 阻塞 | zǔ sè | ㄗㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ | Vs | to block; to clog |
| 組裝 | zǔ zhuāng | ㄗㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄤ | V | to assemble; to put together |
| 鑽研 | zuān yán | ㄗㄨㄢ ㄧㄢˊ | V | to study meticulously; to delve into |
| 嘴唇/嘴脣/唇/脣 | zuǐ chún | ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄣˊ | N | lip |
| 罪惡 | zuì è | ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄜˋ | N | crime; evil |
| 罪名 | zuì míng | ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | charge; accusation |
| 罪行 | zuì xìng | ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | N | crime; offense |
| 尊 | zūn | ㄗㄨㄣ | M / Vst | senior; of a senior generation |
| 尊嚴 | zūn yán | ㄗㄨㄣ ㄧㄢˊ | N | dignity; sanctity |
| 遵循 | zūn xún | ㄗㄨㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ | Vst | to follow; to abide by |
| 作風 | zuò fēng | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄥ | N | style; style of work |
| 作怪 | zuò guài | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ | Vi | (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up |
| 作物 | zuò wù | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ | N | crop |
| 作戰 | zuò zhàn | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄢˋ | Vi | combat; to fight |
| 作證/做證 | zuò zhèng | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄥˋ | V-sep | to bear witness; to testify |
| 坐牢 | zuò láo | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄠˊ | V-sep | to be imprisoned |
| 坐鎮 | zuò zhèn | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣˋ | Vi | (of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee |
| 座談 | zuò tán | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄢˊ | Vi | to have an informal discussion |
| 座右銘 | zuò yòu míng | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | motto; maxim |
Part-of-speech codes follow SC-TOP’s list: N noun, V action verb, Vi intransitive action verb, Vs state verb (adjective-like), Vst transitive state verb, Vp process verb, Vaux auxiliary verb, Adv adverb, Prep preposition, Conj conjunction, Ptc particle, M measure word, Det determiner, -sep suffix: separable verb.
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How many words are in TOCFL Level 5?
TOCFL Level 5 adds 2,776 words to SC-TOP’s official vocabulary list, for a cumulative total of 7,517 words up to and including Level 5.