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 石屎 shí shǐ (dialect) concrete 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 泰山 tài shān Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 密林 mì lín jungle syn 弱肉强食 弱肉強食 ruò ròu qiáng shí lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle 莦 shāo jungle grass / lair 獉 zhēn jungle 戡乱和丛林战学校 戡亂和叢林戰學校 Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School 丛林鸦 叢林鴉 cóng lín yā (bird species of China) Indian jungle crow (Corvus culminatus) 白喉林鹟 白喉林鶲 bái hóu lín wēng (bird species of China) brown-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis brunneatus) 绿背林鹟 綠背林鶲 lǜ bèi lín wēng (bird species of China) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea) 丛林法则 叢林法則 cóng lín fǎ zé the law of the jungle 打野 dǎ yě (gaming) to play as the jungler / to farm neutral monsters in the jungle / (gaming) jungler 具体 具體 jù tǐ concrete / specific / detailed syn 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete (building material) syn 务实 務實 wù shí to deal with concrete matters / pragmatic 养生 養生 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) syn 养护 養護 yǎng hù to maintain / to conserve / curing (concrete etc) syn 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 底蕴 底蘊 dǐ yùn inside information / concrete details syn 实证 實證 shí zhèng actual proof / concrete evidence / empirical syn 钢筋混凝土 鋼筋混凝土 gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ reinforced concrete 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 务虚 務虛 wù xū to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues) 骨料 gǔ liào aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土) 混凝土搅拌机 混凝土攪拌機 hùn níng tǔ jiǎo bàn jī concrete mixer 砼 tóng concrete (building material) syn 具体计划 具體計劃 jù tǐ jì huà a concrete plan / a definite plan 具体问题 具體問題 jù tǐ wèn tí concrete issue 土坝 土壩 tǔ bà earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) 海砂屋 hǎi shā wū house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand 钢筋水泥 鋼筋水泥 gāng jīn shuǐ ní reinforced concrete 钢骨水泥 鋼骨水泥 gāng gǔ shuǐ ní reinforced concrete 具象 jù xiàng tangible image / concrete / representational (art) syn 咸海问题具体行动纲领 鹹海問題具體行動綱領 Concrete Action Programme for the Problems of the Aral Sea 新泽西护栏 新澤西護欄 xīn zé xī hù lán Jersey barrier / concrete safety-shaped barrier 防撞护栏 防撞護欄 fáng zhuàng hù lán Jersey barrier / concrete safety-shaped barrier 浇筑 澆築 jiāo zhù to pour (concrete etc) syn 掺沙子 摻沙子 chān shā zi to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete) / (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc) 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 