手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 尊敬 zūn jìng to respect / to revere / to esteem / honorable / distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) syn 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn 光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend syn 广播 廣播 guǎng bō broadcast / CL:個|个[ge4] / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize syn 礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) syn 前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously 少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 聚餐 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group syn 礼帽 禮帽 lǐ mào hat that goes with formal dress / top hat 莅临 蒞臨 lì lín to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2]) syn 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 见外 見外 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest syn 对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal) syn 条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn 正方 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 呈交 chéng jiāo (formal and deferential) to present / to submit syn 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) syn 哭丧 哭喪 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 卸妆 卸妝 xiè zhuāng to remove makeup / (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments syn 老妪 老嫗 lǎo yù old woman (formal writing) syn 照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn 名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn 须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 行文 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication syn 拜别 拜別 bài bié (formal) to take leave of sb / to bid farewell syn 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5] syn 极少 極少 jí shǎo very little / very few 所幸 suǒ xìng fortunately (formal writing) 御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) 甚微 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal syn 务请 務請 wù qǐng please (formal) 华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn 笙歌 shēng gē music and song (formal writing) 煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously syn 玉成 yù chéng please help achieve something (formal) syn 拜谒 拜謁 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc) syn 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 切腹 qiē fù harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling 免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying 雅乐 雅樂 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small / very few / very minor syn 谨 謹 jǐn cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal) syn 良 liáng good / very / very much syn 怙 hù to rely on / father (formal) syn 怨偶 yuàn ǒu an unhappy couple (formal writing) 很 hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn 太 tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely syn 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 当 當 dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn 非常 fēi cháng very / really / unusual / extraordinary syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 美 měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn 特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn 特 té special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very syn 特 tè special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 充满 充滿 chōng mǎn full of / brimming with / very full / permeated syn 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous syn 起码 起碼 qǐ mǎ at the minimum / at the very least syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 漫长 漫長 màn cháng very long / endless syn 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away syn 万分 萬分 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn 恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn 此时此刻 此時此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment syn 深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn 称职 稱職 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well 不大 bù dà not very / not too / not often syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 最先 zuì xiān (the) very first syn 不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very / not particularly syn 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn 卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom) syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 小心翼翼 xiǎo xīn yì yì cautious and solemn (idiom) / very carefully / prudent / gently and cautiously syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 钟爱 鍾愛 zhōng ài to treasure / to be very fond of syn 老掉牙 lǎo diào yá very old / obsolete / out of date syn 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn 好不 hǎo bù not at all ... / how very ... syn 一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean syn 易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng easy as a hand's turn (idiom) / very easy / no effort at all syn 