特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn 台北 臺北 tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan 同步 tóng bù synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with syn 同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn 图标 圖標 tú biāo graphic symbol / (computing) icon 通报 通報 tōng bào to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal syn 逃避 táo bì to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk syn 同伴 tóng bàn companion / comrade / fellow syn 头部 頭部 tóu bù head syn 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot syn 投标 投標 tóu biāo to bid / to make a tender syn 图表 圖表 tú biǎo chart / diagram syn 坦白 tǎn bái honest / forthcoming / to confess syn 臀部 tún bù butt / buttocks syn 天边 天邊 tiān biān horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places syn 填补 填補 tián bǔ to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency syn 替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement 贴吧 貼吧 tiē bā Baidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc. 徒步 tú bù to be on foot syn 投保 tóu bǎo to take out insurance / to insure 突变 突變 tū biàn sudden change / mutation syn 提拔 tí bá to promote to a higher job / to select for promotion syn 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight syn 同班 tóng bān to be in the same class / to be in the same squad / classmate syn 蜕变 蛻變 tuì biàn to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 踏板 tà bǎn pedal (in a car, on a piano etc) / treadle / footstool / footrest / footboard 通病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing syn 投奔 tóu bèn to seek shelter / to seek asylum syn 停泊 tíng bó to anchor / anchorage / mooring (of a ship) syn 铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 台币 台幣 tái bì New Taiwan dollar 头版 頭版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page syn 填表 tián biǎo fill a form 太保 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents 挑拨 挑撥 tiǎo bō to incite disharmony / to instigate syn 退步 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback syn 调拨 調撥 tiáo bō to sow discord syn 跳板 tiào bǎn springboard / jumping-off point / gangplank 吞并 吞併 tūn bìng to annex syn 踏步 tà bù stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill syn 吐蕃 tǔ bō Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1] 台胞 臺胞 tái bāo Taiwan compatriot syn 驼背 駝背 tuó bèi hunchbacked / stooping / hunchback syn 填饱 填飽 tián bǎo to feed to the full / to cram 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter 停步 tíng bù to come to a stand / to stop syn 提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen / to start to write 提包 tí bāo handbag / bag / valise syn 天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up syn 拖把 tuō bǎ mop syn 摊薄 攤薄 tān bó dilution 停办 停辦 tíng bàn to shut down / to terminate / to cancel / to go out of business 拓拔 tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋 拓跋 tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓拔 通便 tōng biàn to evacuate the bowels 踢爆 tī bào to reveal / to expose 退保 tuì bǎo to lapse (or terminate) an insurance 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 铁棒 鐵棒 tiě bàng iron club / steel rod syn 退避 tuì bì to withdraw syn 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 台布 檯布 tái bù tablecloth 颓败 頹敗 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt syn 探病 tàn bìng to visit a sick person or patient 停摆 停擺 tíng bǎi (of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout 贪杯 貪杯 tān bēi to drink in excess 铁饼 鐵餅 tiě bǐng (athletics) discus / discus throw 土鳖 土鱉 tǔ biē ground beetle / (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas / (dialect) country bumpkin 土布 tǔ bù homespun cloth syn 铜版 銅版 tóng bǎn (printing) copperplate 题跋 題跋 tí bá short comments / preface and postscript syn 添补 添補 tiān bu to fill (up) / to replenish syn 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 拓本 tà běn rubbing of inscription 逃奔 táo bèn to run away to / to flee syn 条播 條播 tiáo bō to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows) 贴边 貼邊 tiē biān welt / facing (of a garment) / to be relevant syn 套包 tào bāo collar part of horse harness 太白 tài bái Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi / Venus 替班 tì bān to act as substitute / to fill in for sb syn 体表 體表 tǐ biǎo surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance 拖布 tuō bù mop 脱靶 脫靶 tuō bǎ to miss / to shoot and miss the target / off the mark 停表 tíng biǎo stopwatch / (sports) to stop the clock syn 退冰 tuì bīng to thaw (frozen food) / to bring to room temperature 塔崩 tǎ bēng tabun (loanword) 太半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly 泰半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly 台磅 tái bàng platform balance 泰北 tài běi northern Thailand 台本 臺本 tái běn script (of a play, movie, or television program) syn 胎便 tāi biàn meconium 探班 tàn bān to check on sb at his workplace / to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors 摊薄 攤薄 tān báo (finance) to dilute (earnings per share) 碳焙 tàn bèi charcoal-roasted 炭焙 tàn bèi charcoal-roasted 袒庇 tǎn bì to shield / to harbor / to cover up 贪鄙 貪鄙 tān bǐ to be avaricious and mean 袒膊 tǎn bó to strip to the waist / to be bare to the waist 