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一
yī one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; “one” radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
乙
yǐ second of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; second in order; letter “B” or roman “II” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
二
èrtwo; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
十
shíten; 10
丁
dīngfourth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; fourth in order; letter “D” or roman “IV” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; butyl; cubes (of food); surname Ding
厂
chǎngfactory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
七
qīseven; 7
卜
bosee 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
八
bāeight; 8
人
rénman; person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
入
rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]
乂
yìto regulate; to govern; to control; to mow
儿
érson
九
jiǔnine; 9
匕
bǐdagger; ladle; ancient type of spoon
几
jǐhow much; how many; several; a few
刁
diāoartful; wicked; surname Diao
了
le(modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
乃
nǎito be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
刀
dāosurname Dao; knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
力
lìpower; force; strength; ability; strenuously; surname Li
又
yòu(once) again; also; both… and…; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
乜
miēto squint; what? (Cantonese); see also 乜嘢[mie1 ye3]
三
sānthree; 3; surname San
干
gàntree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre;
亍
chùstep with the right foot
于
yúin; at; to; from; by; than; out of; to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 於|于[yu2]; surname Yu; surname Yu
亏
kuīdeficiency; deficit; luckily
士
shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; first class military rank; specialist worker; surname Shi
土
tǔTu (ethnic group); surname Tu; earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
工
gōngwork; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
才
cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; only; only then; just now; a moment ago; just now; (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until; (followed by a numerical clause) only
下
xiàdown; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
寸
cùna unit of length; inch; thumb
丈
zhàngten feet
大
dàbig; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
兀
wùsurname Wu; cut off the feet; rising to a height; towering; bald
与
yú(same as 歟|欤, final particle expression doubt or surprise, similar to 吗 or 呢)
万
mòsee 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
弋
yìto shoot
上
shàngon top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university)
小
xiǎosmall; tiny; few; young
口
kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
山
shānmountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座[zuo4]; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; surname Shan
巾
jīntowel; general purpose cloth; women’s headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50
千
qiānthousand; a swing
乞
qǐto beg
川
chuānabbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China; river; creek; plain; an area of level country
亿
yì100 million
彳
chìstep with left foot
个
gèindividual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general; variant of 個|个[ge4]
么
mainterrogative final particle
久
jiǔ(long) time; (long) duration of time
勺
sháospoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
丸
wánpill
夕
xīdusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
凡
fánordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
及
jíand; to reach; up to; in time for
广
guǎngwide; numerous; to spread; surname Guang
亡
wángold variant of 亡[wang2]; to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
门
ménsurname Men; gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
丫
yāfork; branch; bifurcation; girl
义
yìjustice; righteousness; meaning
之
zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
尸
shīperson representing the dead (during burial ceremonies); to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 屍; corpse; corpse
已
yǐalready; to stop; then; afterwards
巳
sì6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake
弓
gōngsurname Gong; a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]
己
jǐself; oneself; sixth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; sixth in order; letter “F” or roman “VI” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; hexa
卫
wèisurname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces; to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
孑
jiéalone; mosquito larvae; small
子
zi(noun suffix)
孓
juélarvae of mosquito
也
yěalso; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation; surname Ye
女
nǚfemale; woman; daughter
飞
fēito fly
刃
rènedge of blade
习
xíto practice; to study; habit; surname Xi
叉
cháto cross; be stuck
马
mǎsurname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]; horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
乡
xiāngcountry or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
幺
yāosurname Yao; youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes; variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
丰
fēngsurname Feng; luxuriant; buxom; variant of 豐|丰[feng1]; variant of 風|风[feng1]; appearance; charm; abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great
王
wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great; surname Wang
井
jǐngJing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing; a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
开
kāito open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin
亓
qíhis; her; its; their; surname Qi
夫
1 husband 夫妻 fūqī
2 man 匹夫 pǐfū
3 a manual worker 船夫 chuánfū, 漁夫 yúfū
4 (in former times) a conscripted labourer 拉夫 lāfū
天
tiānday; sky; heaven
元
yuánunit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc); primary; first; surname Yuan; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
无
wú-less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-
韦
wéisoft leather; surname Wei
云
yúncloud; CL:朵[duo3]; (classical) to say; surname Yun; abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
专
zhuānfor a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized; variant of 專|专[zhuan1]
丐
gàito beg for alms; beggar
扎
zāto tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; zhā 1 to prick 2 to run or stick (a needle etc) into 3 jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer) zhá 1 penetrating (as of cold) 2 struggle
to roll (steel)
廿
niàntwenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions; also written using banker’s character 念
艺
yìskill; art
木
mùsurname Mu; tree; wood; coffin; wooden; simple; numb; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
五
wǔfive; 5
支
zhīto support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions; surname Zhi
厅
tīng(reception) hall; office; living room
卅
sàthirty
不
bù(negative prefix); not; no
仄
zèto tilt; narrow; uneasy; oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
太
tàihighest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
犬
gěng quǎnvariant of 梗犬[geng3 quan3]
区
ōusurname Ou
历
lìcalendar; to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
友
yǒufriend
歹
dǎibad; wicked; evil
尤
yóuoutstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against; surname You
匹
pǐclassifier for horses, mules etc; Taiwan pr. [pi1]; ordinary person; classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower
厄
èdistressed
车
chēcar; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; surname Che
巨
jùvery large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
牙
yátooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
屯
túnto station (soldiers); to store up; village
戈
gēspear; surname Ge
比
bìto associate with; to be near
互
hùmutual
切
qièdefinitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; close to; eager; to correspond to; see also 反切[fan3 qie4]
瓦
wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4], watt (loan)
止
zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until; only
少
shàoyoung
曰
yuēto speak; to say
日
rìsun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本 Japan
中
zhòngto hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)
贝
bèisurname Bei; cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
内
nèiinside; inner; internal; within; interior
水
shuǐsurname Shui; water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
冈
gāngridge; mound
见
jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview
手
shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
午
wǔ7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
牛
niúsurname Niu; ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; (slang) awesome
毛
máohair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = 1; 10 yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]); surname Mao
气
qìgas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
壬
rénninth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; ninth in order; letter “I” or roman “IX” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; nona
升
shēngto ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]; variant of 升[sheng1]; variant of 升[sheng1]; to ascend; to rise in rank
夭
yāotender; gentle; to die prematurely
长
chánglength; long; forever; always; constantly
仁
rénhumane; kernel
仃
dīngalone
什
shénwhat
片
piànthin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
仆
púservant
仉
zhǎngsurname of Mencius; mother
化
huàto make into; to change into; -ization; to … -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
仇
chóuhatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)
币
bìmoney; coins; currency; silk
仂
lèsurplus; tithe
仍
réngstill; yet; to remain
仅
jǐnbarely; only; merely
斤
jīncatty; weight equal to 0.5 kg
爪
zhuǎclaw
反
fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside-out or upside-down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
兮
xī(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
刈
yìmow
介
jièto introduce; to lie between; between
父
fùfather
爻
yáolines on a trigram
从
cóngfrom; via; passing through; through (a gap); past; ever (followed by negative, meaning never); (formerly pr. [zong4] and related to 縱|纵) to follow; to comply with; to obey; to join; to engage in; adopting some mode of action or attitude; follower; retainer; accessory; accomplice; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor; surname Cong
仑
lúnKunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang; to arrange
今
jīntoday; modern; present; current; this; now
凶
xiōngterrible; fearful; vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
分
fènpart; share; ingredient; component
乏
fáshort of; tired
公
gōngpublic; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
仓
cāngbarn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
月
yuèmoon; month; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
氏
shìclan name; maiden name
勿
wùdo not
风
fēngwind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
欠
qiàndeficient; to owe; to lack; yawn
丹
dānred; pellet; powder; cinnabar
匀
yúneven; well-distributed; uniform; to distribute evenly; to share
乌
wūcrow; black; abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2]; surname Wu
勾
gòuaffair; to reach for (with hand)
殳
shūspear; surname Shu
凤
fèngsurname Feng; phoenix
卞
biànhurried; surname Bian
六
liùsix; 6
文
wénlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 118; surname Wen
亢
kàngsurname Kang; Kang, one of the 28 constellations; high; overbearing; excessive
方
fāngsurname Fang; square; power or involution (mathematics); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
闩
shuānbolt; latch; to bolt; to latch
火
huǒsurname Huo; fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old)
为
wéivariant of 為|为[wei2]; as (i.e. in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
斗
dòuvariant of 鬥|斗[dou4]; to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together; variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
忆
yìto recollect; to remember; memory
计
jìsurname Ji; to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge
订
dìngto agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order
户
hùa household; door; family
讣
fùto report a bereavement; obituary
认
rènto recognize; to know; to admit
讥
jīto ridicule
冗
rǒngvariant of 冗[rong3]; extraneous; redundant; superfluous; busy schedule
心
xīnheart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
尹
yǐnto administer; to oversee; to run; magistrate (old); surname Yin