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 奇怪 qí guài strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled syn 见鬼 見鬼 jiàn guǐ absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it! syn 古怪 gǔ guài strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre syn 怪异 怪異 guài yì monstrous / strange / strange phenomenon syn 诡异 詭異 guǐ yì strange / weird syn 怪人 guài rén strange person / eccentric syn 陌生 mò shēng strange / unfamiliar syn 奇妙 qí miào wonderful / marvelous / intriguing / mysterious / strange syn 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd / queer / strange / fishy syn 稀奇 xī qí rare / strange syn 怪癖 guài pǐ eccentricity / peculiarity / strange hobby syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 生疏 shēng shū unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed syn 怪味 guài wèi strange odor 稀奇古怪 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange syn 见怪不怪 見怪不怪 jiàn guài bù guài to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all / to be well accustomed (to sth) syn 珍奇 zhēn qí rare / strange 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 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn 奇绝 奇絕 qí jué strange / rare / bizarre syn 灵异 靈異 líng yì deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural 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 奇诡 奇詭 qí guǐ strange / queer / intriguing 奇 qí strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually syn 异 異 yì different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate syn 邪 xié demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal 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 珍闻 珍聞 zhēn wén oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item 咄咄怪事 duō duō guài shì strange / absurd / paradoxical / extraordinary syn 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 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 