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 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 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 泡菜 pào cài pickled cabbage 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 甘蓝 甘藍 gān lán cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn syn 白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn 青菜 qīng cài green vegetables / Chinese cabbage 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 酸菜 suān cài pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 大白菜 dà bái cài Chinese cabbage / napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 高丽菜 高麗菜 gāo lí cài cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4] 包菜 bāo cài cabbage 椰菜 yē cài cabbage / broccoli / cauliflower 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 圆白菜 圓白菜 yuán bái cài round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage) syn 包心菜 bāo xīn cài cabbage syn 洋白菜 yáng bái cài cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries) syn 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 菘 sōng (cabbage) / Brassica chinensis syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 二 èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to 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 味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor 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 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn 争 爭 zhēng to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 价 價 jie particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element syn 周日 週日 zhōu rì (dialect) weekday syn 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 阿拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) I / me / my / we / us / our 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse / rat 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 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 过早 過早 guò zǎo premature / untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast / breakfast 钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 后续 後續 hòu xù follow-up / (dialect) to remarry syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 麻雀 má què sparrow / (dialect) mahjong syn 方言 fāng yán topolect / dialect syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl 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 来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up syn 节骨眼 節骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] syn 冲凉 沖涼 chōng liáng (dialect) to take a shower syn 瘪三 癟三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum / wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing syn 蚂蚱 螞蚱 mà zha (dialect) locust / grasshopper syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 找钱 找錢 zhǎo qián to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money / to earn a living 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 发毛 發毛 fā máo to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) syn 蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 肩头 肩頭 jiān tóu on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder syn 引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn 奶娘 nǎi niáng (dialect) wet nurse syn 水花 shuǐ huā spray of water / splash / (dialect) chickenpox syn 妮子 nī zi (coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl syn 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 抠门 摳門 kōu mén (dialect) stingy syn 女娃 nǚ wá (dialect) girl 飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost syn 今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn 爹娘 diē niáng (dialect) parents syn 洋芋 yáng yù (dialect) potato syn 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn 阿爸 ā bà (dialect) father syn 菜馆 菜館 cài guǎn (dialect) restaurant syn 真个 真個 zhēn gè (dialect) really / truly / indeed syn 小老婆 xiǎo lǎo pó concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman syn 土语 土語 tǔ yǔ dialect / patois syn 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 店家 diàn jiā (old) shopkeeper / innkeeper / (dialect) shop / store syn 粟米 sù mǐ corn / maize (dialect) syn 茅厕 茅廁 máo si (dialect) latrine syn 鼻头 鼻頭 bí tou (dialect) nose syn 合着 合著 hé zhe (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all 日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect) / daytime / date syn 草果 cǎo guǒ black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry syn 山鸡 山雞 shān jī Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) / (dialect) pheasant syn 