那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn 能够 能夠 néng gòu to be capable of / to be able to / can syn 哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which / who syn 难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult syn 难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that) syn 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 能干 能幹 néng gàn capable / competent syn 凝固 níng gù to freeze / to solidify / to congeal / fig. with rapt attention syn 内阁 內閣 nèi gé (government) cabinet syn 难关 難關 nán guān difficulty / crisis syn 南瓜 nán guā pumpkin syn 男根 nán gēn penis 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun syn 年关 年關 nián guān end of the year syn 年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 农耕 農耕 nóng gēng farming / agriculture 闹鬼 鬧鬼 nào guǐ haunted syn 逆光 nì guāng backlighting (lighting design) 农工 農工 nóng gōng agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism) 脑瓜 腦瓜 nǎo guā skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas syn 内鬼 內鬼 nèi guǐ mole / spy / rat / traitor 碾过 碾過 niǎn guò to crush sth by running over it 女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework) 脑干 腦幹 nǎo gàn brain stem 泥工 ní gōng mason / masonry work syn 拟稿 擬稿 nǐ gǎo to draft (a statement) syn 男工 nán gōng male worker 泥垢 ní gòu dirt / grime syn 弩弓 nǔ gōng crossbow syn 尼哥 ní gē (loanword) nigger 奴工 nú gōng slave labor / slave worker 纳贡 納貢 nà gòng to pay tribute 奶狗 nǎi gǒu very young puppy 南竿 nán gān Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands / Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan 南岗 南崗 nán gǎng Nangang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang 南港 nán gǎng Nankang District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan 难搞 難搞 nán gǎo hard to deal with / hard to get along with 男高 nán gāo (slang) male high school student 南关 南關 nán guān Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin 南郭 nán guō two-character surname Nanguo 挠钩 撓鉤 náo gōu iron hook at the end a long pole 脑沟 腦溝 nǎo gōu sulcus (neuroanatomy) 内购 內購 nèi gòu buying direct from your company at preferential prices / (gaming) in-app purchase 内观 內觀 nèi guān to introspect / to examine oneself / (Buddhism) vipassana meditation (seeking insight into the true nature of reality) 能彀 néng gòu able to do sth / in a position to do sth / same as 能夠|能够 NG N G (loanword from Japanese "NG", an initialism for "no good") (film and TV) blooper / to do a blooper 年庚 nián gēng date and time of a person's birth / age 年过 年過 nián guò over (a certain age) 鸟蛤 鳥蛤 niǎo gé cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae) 蹑跟 躡跟 niè gēn too large or small for the feet (of shoes) 颞骨 顳骨 niè gǔ temporal bone / os temporale 捏估 niē gu to act as a go-between 泥古 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative 拟古 擬古 nǐ gǔ to emulate a classic / to work in the style of a classic (author) 宁冈 寧岡 níng gāng former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan, county-level city 井岡山市|井冈山市[Jing3 gang1 shan1 shi4] in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi 宁国 寧國 níng guó Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1cheng2], Anhui 女高 nǚ gāo (slang) female high school student / all-girls high school 女功 nǚ gōng variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 暖阁 暖閣 nuǎn gé warm room / warm partition of a room 诺格 諾格 nuò gé Northrop Grumman (aerospace arm of Boeing) 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 女歌手 nǚ gē shǒu female singer 耐高温 耐高溫 nài gāo wēn heat-resistant 尼古丁 ní gǔ dīng (loanword) nicotine 男高音 nán gāo yīn tenor (singing voice) / a tenor 女高音 nǚ gāo yīn soprano 脑梗塞 腦梗塞 nǎo gěng sè cerebral infarction 女管家 nǚ guǎn jiā housekeeper 脑梗死 腦梗死 nǎo gěng sǐ cerebral infarction 凝固点 凝固點 níng gù diǎn freezing point 牛肝菌 niú gān jùn porcino (Boletus edulis) 凝固剂 凝固劑 níng gù jì solidifying agent / coagulant 脑瓜子 腦瓜子 nǎo guā zi see 腦瓜|脑瓜[nao3 gua1] syn 纳骨塔 納骨塔 nà gǔ tǎ columbarium 那古屋 nà gǔ wū Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling) 南岗区 南崗區 nán gǎng qū Nangang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang 南港区 南港區 nán gǎng qū Nankang District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan 南竿乡 南竿鄉 nán gān xiāng Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan 南宫市 南宮市 nán gōng shì Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei 南瓜灯 南瓜燈 nán guā dēng jack-o'-lantern 男管家 nán guǎn jiā butler / majordomo / housekeeper 南关区 南關區 nán guān qū Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin 脑瓜儿 腦瓜兒 nǎo guā r erhua variant of 腦瓜|脑瓜[nao3 gua1] syn 尼格罗 尼格羅 ní gé luó negro (loanword) 你个头 你個頭 nǐ ge tóu (coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right! 倪桂珍 ní guì zhēn Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄[Song4 Ai3 ling2], Song Qingling 宋慶齡|宋庆龄[Song4 Qing4 ling2] and Song Meiling 宋美齡|宋美龄[Song4 Mei3 ling2] 宁冈县 寧岡縣 níng gāng xiàn former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan, county-level city 井岡山市|井冈山市[Jing3 gang1 shan1 shi4] in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi 宁国市 寧國市 níng guó shì Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1cheng2], Anhui 牛轧糖 牛軋糖 niú gá táng (loanword) nougat 女公爵 nǚ gōng jué duchess 女公子 nǚ gōng zǐ noble lady / (honorific) your daughter syn 尼古拉斯 ní gǔ lā sī Nicholas 牛鬼蛇神 niú guǐ shé shén evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements syn 泥古不化 nì gǔ bù huà conservative and unable to adapt (idiom) syn 能歌善舞 néng gē shàn wǔ can sing and dance (idiom) / fig. a person of many talents 南高加索 nán gāo jiā suǒ Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus 男高音部 nán gāo yīn bù tenor part NG镜头 NG鏡頭 N G jìng tóu (film and TV) blooper NG片段 N G piàn duàn (film and TV) blooper 