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 肮脏 骯髒 āng zāng dirty / filthy / despicable syn 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 黑钱 黑錢 hēi qián dirty money 白眼 bái yǎn to give sb a dirty look / to cast a supercilious glance / a disdainful look syn 使坏 使壞 shǐ huài to play dirty tricks / to be up to mischief syn 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets syn 污浊 污濁 wū zhuó dirty / muddy / foul (sewer) syn 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 脏乱 髒亂 zāng luàn dirty and disordered / in a mess 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 蓬头垢面 蓬頭垢面 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 混浊 混濁 hùn zhuó turbid / muddy / dirty syn 小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship syn 弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty / to defile / to smear 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 色情小说 色情小說 sè qíng xiǎo shuō pornographic novel / dirty book 脏兮兮 髒兮兮 zāng xī xī dirty / filthy 借刀杀人 借刀殺人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom) syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 脏水 髒水 zāng shuǐ dirty water / sewage 好色之徒 hào sè zhī tú lecher / womanizer / dirty old man 脏污 髒污 zāng wū to dirty / to sully / to stain 脏 髒 zāng dirty / filthy / to get (sth) dirty syn 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 污 wū dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth syn 秽 穢 huì (bound form) dirty / filthy syn 鬼把戏 鬼把戲 guǐ bǎ xì sinister plot / dirty trick / cheap trick syn 乌七八糟 烏七八糟 wū qī bā zāo everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy syn 龌 齷 wò dirty / small-minded 臭钱 臭錢 chòu qián dirty money 脏弹 髒彈 zāng dàn dirty bomb 荤笑话 葷笑話 hūn xiào huà dirty jokes / jokes of a visceral nature 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool 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 