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 垭 埡 yā (dialect) strip of land between hills / used in place names / also pr. [ya4] 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 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 黄土高原 黃土高原 huáng tǔ gāo yuán Loess Plateau of northwest China 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3] syn 塬 yuán plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原[Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2] 塬地 yuán dì fertile arable soil of loess plateau 黃土地貌 huáng tǔ dì mào loess landform 土窑 土窯 tǔ yáo earthen kiln / loess cave 黄土地貌 黃土地貌 huáng tǔ dì mào loess landform 青山 qīng shān green hills / (the good) life syn 群山 qún shān mountains / a range of hills syn 丘陵 qiū líng hills syn 青山绿水 青山綠水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ lit. green hills and clear waters / pleasant country scene (idiom) syn 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery syn 满山遍野 滿山遍野 mǎn shān biàn yě covering the whole land / over hills and dales syn 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery syn 牡 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills syn 嶙 lín ranges of hills 峋 xún ranges of hills 峄 嶧 yì name of hills in Shandong 巴山越岭 巴山越嶺 bā shān yuè lǐng to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom) / to cross mountain after mountain / good at climbing mountains 日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi 穷山恶水 窮山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment syn 比佛利山 bǐ fó lì shān Beverly Hills 渨 wēi cove / bay / a bend or nook in the hills / the curve of a bow 指南宫 指南宮 zhǐ nán gōng Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei 丘壑 qiū hè hills and valleys / remote, secluded area 小山包包 xiǎo shān bāo bao a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom) 牛山濯濯 niú shān zhuó zhuó treeless hills (idiom) 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope. 骏豪集团 駿豪集團 jùn háo jí tuán Mission Hills Group (golf company) 观澜湖 觀瀾湖 guān lán hú Mission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company) 香山公园 香山公園 xiāng shān gōng yuán Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing 山坞 山塢 shān wù nook / cove (in the hills) syn 岗地 崗地 gǎng dì non-irrigated farmland on low hills 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 