那 nà (specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn 任何 rèn hé any / whatever / whichever syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn 不论 不論 bù lùn whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss syn 怎么着 怎麼著 zěn me zhāo what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. syn 为所欲为 為所欲為 wéi suǒ yù wéi (idiom) to do whatever one pleases syn 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial) syn 闲话 閒話 xián huà casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind) syn 麻利 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial) syn 俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn 读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 放任自流 fàng rèn zì liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire syn 口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2] 有求必应 有求必應 yǒu qiú bì yìng to grant whatever is asked for / to accede to every plea syn 杳无音信 杳無音信 yǎo wú yīn xìn to have no news whatever syn 不拘 bù jū not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever syn 娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) syn 雷打不动 雷打不動 léi dǎ bù dòng not shaken by thunder (idiom) / the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan) syn 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front syn 赚头 賺頭 zhuàn tou profit (colloquial) syn 干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? 尾巴 wěi ba tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 青石 qīng shí bluestone / limestone (colloquial) 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) 跑调 跑調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial) 一问三不知 一問三不知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance syn 权变 權變 quán biàn to do whatever is expedient syn 冯梦龙 馮夢龍 féng mèng lóng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1] 俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个) / both / some syn 血 xuè blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴[di1],片[pian4] syn 落 lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds syn 甚 shèn excessive / undue / to exceed / to be more than / very / extremely / (dialect) what / whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]) syn 蹭 céng to rub against / to walk slowly / to freeload (colloquial) syn 仨 sā three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个) syn 挞 撻 tà (bound form) to whip / to flog / (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. [ta3]) 大白话 大白話 dà bái huà colloquial speech 因陋就简 因陋就簡 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom) / use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works. syn 惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage 白读 白讀 bái dú colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character 较比 較比 jiào bǐ comparatively (colloquial) / fairly / quite / rather / relatively syn 忙乎 máng hū to be busy (colloquial) syn 嫁鸡随鸡 嫁雞隨雞 jià jī suí jī If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) / A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us. 平白无故 平白無故 píng bái wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever / inexplicably syn 从心所欲 從心所欲 cóng xīn suǒ yù whatever you like / to do as one pleases syn 听见风就是雨 聽見風就是雨 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others 胡诌乱扯 胡謅亂扯 hú zhōu luàn chě to talk nonsense (idiom) / saying whatever comes into his head 胡诌乱说 胡謅亂說 hú zhōu luàn shuō to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head 胡诌乱道 胡謅亂道 hú zhōu luàn dào to talk nonsense (idiom) / saying whatever comes into his head 胡诌八扯 胡謅八扯 hú zhōu bā chě to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head 见风是雨 見風是雨 jiàn fēng shì yǔ lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom) / fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest syn 远亲不如近邻 遠親不如近鄰 yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers. 顺风转舵 順風轉舵 shùn fēng zhuǎn duò to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled syn 干麽 幹麼 gàn má why on earth / whatever for 无论何事 無論何事 wú lùn hé shì anything / whatever 不知出于何种原因 不知出於何種原因 bù zhī chū yú hé zhǒng yuán yīn for whatever reason 成何体统 成何體統 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal! / Whatever next? 胡诌乱傍 胡謅亂傍 hú zhōu luàn bàng to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head 随口胡诌 隨口胡謅 suí kǒu hú zhōu to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head 爱谁谁 愛誰誰 ài shéi shéi (coll.) whatever / who cares 管他呢 guǎn tā ne don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway 管他的 guǎn tā de don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway 要风得风，要雨得雨 要風得風，要雨得雨 yào fēng dé fēng , yào yǔ dé yǔ to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way 到什么山上，唱什么歌 到什麼山上，唱什麼歌 dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gē lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do 悉听尊便 悉聽尊便 xī tīng zūn biàn (idiom) do as you see fit / do whatever you like / (I, we) leave it in your hands syn 无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn - rú hé (idiom) whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn 胡诌乱说 胡謅亂說 hú zhōu - luàn shuō (idiom) to talk random nonsense / to say whatever comes into one's head 胡适 胡適 hú shì Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2] 乖顺 乖順 guāi shùn obedient (colloquial) 卬 áng I (regional colloquial) / me / variant of 昂[ang2] 反文旁 fǎn wén páng (colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴) 呼呼哱 hū hū bō colloquial word for hoopoe bird (Upupa epops) 土狗 tǔ gǒu native dog / mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]) 坨儿 坨兒 tuó r classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial) 就晚了 jiù wǎn le then it's too late (colloquial) 打兑 打兌 dǎ duì to arrange (colloquial) / to transfer creditor's rights (in a debt case) 推搪 tuī táng to offer excuses (colloquial) / to stall 捞什子 撈什子 lāo shí zi encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance 月头儿 月頭兒 yuè tóu r start of the month (colloquial) 秃瓢 禿瓢 tū piáo bald head (colloquial) 粘涎 zhān xián saliva / slobber / (colloquial) useless talk / drivel 说摞 說摞 shuō luò to confess / to let out the truth (colloquial) 阿堵 ē dǔ (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liu4 Chao2]) this / (abbr. for 阿堵物[e1 du3 wu4]) money 咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt 麻力 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利[ma2 li5] 老骨头 老骨頭 lǎo gǔ tou weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) 屁颠屁颠 屁顛屁顛 pì diān pì diān lit. jolting buttocks / (colloquial intensifier) groveling / eager / compliant / smug 文读 文讀 wén dú literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 美帝 měi dì (in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation) / (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States 咖哩 kā lǐ (Tw) (loanword) curry / colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2] 