银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer 灰色 huī sè gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous syn 灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray / gray and loathsome 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 皓首苍颜 皓首蒼顏 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age 奶奶灰 nǎi nai huī granny gray (hair color) 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 卷发 卷髮 juǎn fà curly hair / to curl hair 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 电棒 電棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs syn 披头散发 披頭散髮 pī tóu sàn fà with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down 挑染 tiāo rǎn highlight (hair) / partial hair dye 蓬茸 péng róng lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair 发卷 髮捲 fà juǎn hair roller / curl (of hair) 生发剂 生髮劑 shēng fà jì hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn 灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky syn 格雷 gé léi Grey / Gray 苍苍 蒼蒼 cāng cāng ash gray / vast and hazy / flourishing syn 灰白色 huī bái sè ash gray 坯布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 脑髓 腦髓 nǎo suǐ brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla syn 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) syn 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 綦 qí dark gray / superlative / variegated syn 骃 駰 yīn iron-gray (horse) 駰 yīn iron-gray (as a horse) 灰领 灰領 huī lǐng gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer 长尾叶猴属 長尾葉猴屬 cháng wěi yè hóu shǔ Gray 格雷县 格雷縣 gé léi xiàn Gray 林负鼠属 林負鼠屬 lín fù shǔ shǔ Gray 駽 xuàn gray 椋鸟 椋鳥 liáng niǎo starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus) 暗灰色 àn huī sè dark gray 格雷氏解剖学 格雷氏解剖學 gé léi shì jiě pōu xué Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book) 浅黑 淺黑 qiǎn hēi dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented 灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 灰獴 huī měng gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) 灰赤杨 灰赤楊 huī chì yáng gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder 珠灰 zhū huī pearl gray 男人来自火星，女人来自金星 男人來自火星，女人來自金星 nán rén lái zì huǒ xīng , nǚ rén lái zì jīn xīng Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (book by John Gray) 髓脑 髓腦 suǐ nǎo brains / gray matter 灰鲸 灰鯨 huī jīng gray whale 戈瑞 gē ruì gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) 灰水 huī shuǐ gray water 灰豹组织 灰豹組織 Gray Panthers 白衣苍狗 白衣蒼狗 bái yī cāng gǒu lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world 綥 qí dark gray / straw sandals 白发苍苍 白髮蒼蒼 bái fà cāng cāng old and gray-haired syn 灰色地带 灰色地帶 huī sè dì dài gray area 苍眉蝗莺 蒼眉蝗鶯 cāng méi huáng yīng (bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus) 老三色 lǎo sān sè the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue 戈雷 gē léi gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) (Tw) 白云苍狗 白雲蒼狗 bái yún cāng gǒu lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world syn 枪灰色 槍灰色 qiāng huī sè gunmetal gray 炮铜色 炮銅色 pào tóng sè gunmetal gray 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 