里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn 区位 區位 qū wèi geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set) 同音字 tóng yīn zì Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character) 生字 shēng zì new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 简体字 簡體字 jiǎn tǐ zì simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] syn 正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn 龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn 金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] syn 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 脾气 脾氣 pí qi character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:股[gu3] syn 性格 xìng gé nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 本质 本質 běn zhì essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality syn 质 質 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] syn 色彩 sè cǎi tint / coloring / coloration / (fig.) flavor / character syn 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 品质 品質 pǐn zhì character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) syn 古代 gǔ dài ancient times syn 护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 特洛伊 tè luò yī ancient city of Troy 人气 人氣 rén qì popularity / personality / character 遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman / person of noble character syn 心地 xīn dì character syn 回车 回車 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 科林斯 kē lín sī Corinth, a city-state of ancient Greece / Corinth, a modern city in Greece / (name) Collins 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 哈利波特 hā lì bō tè Harry Potter (children's book character) 原形 yuán xíng original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character syn 开朗 開朗 kāi lǎng spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree syn 西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen 人品 rén pǐn character / moral strength / integrity / (coll.) looks / appearance / bearing syn 远古 遠古 yuǎn gǔ antiquity / ancient times syn 骨气 骨氣 gǔ qì unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone syn 格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn 标注 標注 biāo zhù to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) syn 泰山 tài shān Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan syn 云梯 雲梯 yún tī (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain 传道 傳道 chuán dào to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon syn 久远 久遠 jiǔ yuǎn old / ancient / far away syn 品德 pǐn dé moral character syn 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn 鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) 字形 zì xíng form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2] 品格 pǐn gé one's character / fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) syn 习性 習性 xí xìng character acquired through long habit / habits and properties syn 空格 kòng gé blank / blank space on a form / space / 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character) 太保 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents 字符 zì fú character (computing) 读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 古城 gǔ chéng ancient city syn 旧书 舊書 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book syn 质子 質子 zhì zǐ proton (positively charged nuclear particle) / a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China syn 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 八字 bā zì the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling syn 汉字 漢字 hàn zì Chinese character(s) syn 文静 文靜 wén jìng (of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet syn 亘古 亙古 gèn gǔ throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present) syn 九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn 共性 gòng xìng overall character 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 品性 pǐn xìng nature / characteristic / moral character syn 简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn 传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 写法 寫法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 古语 古語 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression syn 自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial syn 古堡 gǔ bǎo ancient castle syn 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn 前言 qián yán preface / foreword / introduction / preamble / earlier remarks / earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers syn 