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 猴儿 猴兒 hóu ér little devil syn 小脏鬼 小髒鬼 xiǎo zāng guǐ dirty little devil (affectionate, of child) 坏包儿 壞包兒 huài bāo r rascal / rogue / little devil (term of endearment) 猴孩子 hóu hái zi little devil 小祖宗 xiǎo zǔ zōng brat / little devil 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 缓缓 緩緩 huǎn huǎn slowly / unhurriedly / little by little syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis 节节 節節 jié jié step by step / little by little syn 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 逐次 zhú cì gradually / one after another / little by little 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 一来二去 一來二去 yī lái èr qù gradually / little by little / in the course of time syn 一点一点 一點一點 yī diǎn yī diǎn little by little / bit by bit / gradually 雷大雨小 léi dà yǔ xiǎo lit. much thunder but little rain / fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite 小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older 小姐姐 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older) 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo - chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 妮子 nī zi (coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl syn 尕 gǎ little (dialect) 马骝 馬騮 mǎ liú monkey (dialect) / little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates) 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 魔鬼 mó guǐ devil syn 魔王 mó wáng devil king / evil person syn 妖怪 yāo guài monster / devil syn 天魔 tiān mó demonic / devil 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 鬼脸 鬼臉 guǐ liǎn wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask 魔头 魔頭 mó tóu monster / devil syn 日本鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) 恶鬼 惡鬼 è guǐ evil spirit / devil syn 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed syn 厉鬼 厲鬼 lì guǐ malicious spirit / devil syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man 曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn 混世魔王 hùn shì mó wáng devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form syn 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit / ghost / devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly / crafty / resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy syn 魔 mó (bound form) evil spirit / devil / (prefix) supernatural / magical syn 妖 yāo goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon syn 引鬼上门 引鬼上門 yǐn guǐ shàng mén lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble 有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done / money talks 邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty syn 尘暴 塵暴 chén bào dust devil 獝 yù devil 人不为己，天诛地灭 人不為己，天誅地滅 rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost. 房魔 fáng mó "housing devil", real estate developer or realtor accused of manipulating the property market in their favor 淫鬼 yín guǐ lecherous devil 蒟蒻 jǔ ruò konjac, konnyaku or devil's tongue (Amorphophallus konjac), plant whose corms are used to make a stiff jelly (as a food) 说曹操曹操就到 說曹操曹操就到 shuō cáo cāo cáo cāo jiù dào lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear 魔王撒旦 mó wáng sā dàn Satan, Devil king 魔高一丈，道高一尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil. 魔鬼岛 魔鬼島 mó guǐ dǎo Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953) 清管器 qīng guǎn qì pig / go-devil / scraper 刮管器 guā guǎn qì pig / go-devil / scraper 请神容易送神难 請神容易送神難 qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nán it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away 拜魔 bài mó to worship the devil 一些 yī xiē some / a few / a little / (following an adjective) slightly ...er syn 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly syn 一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit / a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3zhong1]) syn 有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little syn 悄悄 qiāo qiāo quiet / making little or no noise / surreptitious / stealthy / anxious / worried / Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3] syn 稍微 shāo wēi a little bit syn 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 少量 shǎo liàng a smidgen / a little bit / a few syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 少许 少許 shǎo xǔ a little / a few syn 稍稍 shāo shāo somewhat / a little / slightly syn 一二 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit syn 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp syn 些许 些許 xiē xǔ a few / a little / a bit syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 两下 兩下 liǎng xià twice / for a little while 极少 極少 jí shǎo very little / very few 点滴 點滴 diǎn dī a drip / a little bit / intravenous drip (used to administer drugs) syn 略微 lüè wēi a little bit / slightly syn 点点滴滴 點點滴滴 diǎn diǎn dī dī bit by bit / dribs and drabs / the little details / every aspect 