燃料块 燃料塊 fuel slug / slug 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 鼻涕虫 鼻涕蟲 bí tì chóng a slug / sb with a runny nose 蛞蝓 kuò yú (zoology) slug 蜒 yán slug / used in 蜿蜒[wan1yan2] 小毛虫 小毛蟲 xiǎo máo chóng slug 海蛞蝓 hǎi kuò yú sea slug 海蛤蝓 hǎi gé yú sea slug 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 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn 味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 对付 對付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) syn 周日 週日 zhōu rì (dialect) weekday syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost syn 后续 後續 hòu xù follow-up / (dialect) to remarry syn 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 肩头 肩頭 jiān tóu on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder syn 马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 潮州 cháo zhōu see 潮州市[Chao2zhou1 Shi4] / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2zhou1 Zhen4] / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3nan2yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 方言 fāng yán topolect / dialect syn 过早 過早 guò zǎo premature / untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast / breakfast 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 阿拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) I / me / my / we / us / our 调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 靓女 靚女 liàng nǚ (dialect) pretty girl syn 麻雀 má què sparrow / (dialect) mahjong syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ... syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 店家 diàn jiā (old) shopkeeper / innkeeper / (dialect) shop / store syn 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse / rat syn 拍拖 pāi tuō (dialect) to date sb 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 爹娘 diē niáng (dialect) parents syn 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 油菜 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / rape greens / leafy greens of certain Brassica species / (dialect) bok choy syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 水花 shuǐ huā spray of water / splash / (dialect) chickenpox syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 张三 張三 zhāng sān Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf 引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn 发毛 發毛 fā máo to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) syn 啥子 shá zi (dialect) what syn 真个 真個 zhēn gè (dialect) really / truly / indeed syn 板砖 板磚 bǎn zhuān (dialect) wall brick 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady / wet nurse / Catholic nun syn 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 鼻头 鼻頭 bí tou (dialect) nose syn 矫情 矯情 jiáo qing (Beijing dialect) argumentative / unreasonable 灶具 zào jù stove / cooker / (dialect) cooking utensils syn 山鸡 山雞 shān jī Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) / (dialect) pheasant syn 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film 物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff 妮子 nī zi (coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl syn 冲凉 沖涼 chōng liáng (dialect) to take a shower syn 菜馆 菜館 cài guǎn (dialect) restaurant syn 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance syn 钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring syn 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 合着 合著 hé zhe (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all 女娃 nǚ wá (dialect) girl 番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato / yam syn