挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 完整 wán zhěng complete / intact syn 原装 原裝 yuán zhuāng genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged) 完好 wán hǎo intact / in good condition syn 无损 無損 wú sǔn to do no harm (to sth) / intact / (computing) lossless syn 完璧 wán bì flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact 完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 wán bì guī zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom) / fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner syn 覆巢无完卵 覆巢無完卵 fù cháo wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom) 完好无损 完好無損 wán hǎo wú sǔn in good condition / undamaged / intact syn 宁为玉碎,不为瓦全 寧為玉碎,不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) 明天见 明天見 míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) 覆巢之下无完卵 覆巢之下無完卵 fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed 全尸 全屍 quán shī intact corpse / dead body with no parts missing 完好如初 wán hǎo rú chū intact / untouched / as good as before 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋 cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire 健在 jiàn zài (of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact / holding up OK / still going strong syn 北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn 北京人 běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing 西直门 西直門 xī zhí mén Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing / the main northwest gate of Beijing 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 京味 jīng wèi Beijing flavor / Beijing style 水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 北京语言学院 北京語言學院 běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn Beijing Language Institute / former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) 离开北京 離開北京 lí kāi běi jīng to leave Beijing / to depart from Beijing 钢铁学院 鋼鐵學院 gāng tiě xué yuàn Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[Bei3 jing1 Ke1 ji4 Da4 xue2], University of Science and Technology Beijing) 北京国家游泳中心 北京國家游泳中心 běi jīng guó jiā yóu yǒng zhōng xīn Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 北京会议十周年 北京會議十周年 Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome Document of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly / Beijing + 10 北京论坛 北京論壇 Beijing Forum on Harmony among Peoples / Beijing Forum 北京宣言和行动纲要执行情况15周年审查 北京宣言和行動綱要執行情況15周年審查 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action / Beijing + 15 北京会议十五周年 北京會議十五周年 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action / Beijing + 15 北京南苑机场 北京南苑機場 běi jīng nán yuàn jī chǎng Beijing Nanyuan Airport, military air base and secondary civil airport of Beijing 北京咳 běi jīng ké "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems 发毛 發毛 fā máo to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) syn 矫情 矯情 jiáo qing (Beijing dialect) argumentative / unreasonable 二 èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid syn 北京话 北京話 běi jīng huà Beijing dialect 座儿 座兒 zuò r rickshaw seat (Beijing dialect) / patron (of teahouse, cinema) / passenger (in taxi, rickshaw etc) 丫挺 yā tǐng (Beijing dialect) bastard / damned 京片子 jīng piàn zi Beijing dialect 程子 chéng zi (Beijing dialect) see 陣子|阵子[zhen4 zi5] 颠儿 顛兒 diān r (Beijing dialect) to skedaddle / to make oneself scarce 齐活 齊活 qí huó (Beijing dialect) done / finished / complete 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 师范 師範 shī fàn teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) syn 主意 zhǔ yi plan / idea / decision / CL:個|个[ge4] / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5] syn 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 清华大学 清華大學 qīng huá dà xué Tsinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987 中都 zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing 北京地区 北京地區 běi jīng dì qū the Beijing area 鼓楼 鼓樓 gǔ lóu a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn 京剧 京劇 jīng jù Beijing opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn 新京报 新京報 xīn jīng bào Beijing news (newspaper) 天安门 天安門 tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 进京 進京 jìn jīng to enter the capital / to go to Beijing 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 咚咚 dōng dong Dongdong, cheerleading mascot of 2008 Beijing Olympics syn 这 這 zhè (pronoun) this / these / (bound form) this / the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this / these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) syn 皇城 huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center 京沪 京滬 jīng hù Beijing and Shanghai 北京青年报 北京青年報 běi jīng qīng nián bào Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949 北京师范大学 北京師範大學 běi jīng shī fàn dà xué Beijing Normal University 香山 xiāng shān Fragrance Hill (a park in Beijing) 北平 běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) 北京奥运 北京奧運 běi jīng ào yùn the Beijing 2008 Olympic games 亚运村 亞運村 yà yùn cūn Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing 首都机场 首都機場 shǒu dū jī chǎng Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 钟楼 鐘樓 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn 北京站 běi jīng zhàn Beijing railway station 望京 wàng jīng Wangjing neighborhood of Beijing 西单 西單 xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing 北师大 北師大 běi shī dà Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学[Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2] 京津 jīng jīn Beijing and Tianjin 北京晨报 北京晨報 běi jīng chén bào Beijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018 国美电器 國美電器 guó měi diàn qì GOME Electrical Appliances (founded in Beijing, 1987) 天坛 天壇 tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) 紫禁城 zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1] 北京晚报 北京晚報 běi jīng wǎn bào Beijing Evening News