咖啡 kā fēi (loanword) coffee / CL:杯[bei1] syn 咖啡店 kā fēi diàn café / coffee shop syn 咖啡馆 咖啡館 kā fēi guǎn café / coffee shop / CL:家[jia1] syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 浓缩 濃縮 nóng suō to concentrate (a liquid) / concentration / espresso coffee / abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡 syn 咖啡豆 kā fēi dòu coffee beans 咖啡壶 咖啡壺 kā fēi hú coffee pot / coffee maker 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 茶几 chá jī small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea) 咖啡色 kā fēi sè coffee color / brown syn 咖啡厅 咖啡廳 kā fēi tīng coffee shop syn 罐装 罐裝 guàn zhuāng canned (food, coffee etc) 咖啡机 咖啡機 kā fēi jī coffee machine / coffee maker 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 咖啡室 kā fēi shì coffee shop 咖 kā coffee / class / grade 种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate syn 结 結 jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2] syn 植物 zhí wù plant / vegetation / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 薄荷 bò he mint (plant) / Taiwan pr. [bo4he2] 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old) syn 果实 果實 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains syn 发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant syn 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 发芽 發芽 fā yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop syn 萌芽 méng yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) syn 化工厂 化工廠 huà gōng chǎng chemical factory / chemical plant 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 木薯 mù shǔ cassava, a tropical tuber plant syn 加工厂 加工廠 jiā gōng chǎng processing plant 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 植被 zhí bèi vegetation / plant cover syn 制造厂 製造廠 zhì zào chǎng manufacturing plant / factory 含羞草 hán xiū cǎo mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 核电厂 核電廠 hé diàn chǎng nuclear power plant 茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth) / lush syn 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 植树 植樹 zhí shù to plant trees 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow 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 苗圃 miáo pǔ plant nursery / seedbed 水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal) 植株 zhí zhū plant (horticulture) syn 花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman 黄麻 黃麻 huáng má jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks 水电站 水電站 shuǐ diàn zhàn hydroelectric power plant 脉络 脈絡 mài luò arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context syn 病害 bìng hài plant disease 草本植物 cǎo běn zhí wù herbaceous plant 紫苏 紫蘇 zǐ sū beefsteak plant / shiso / Perilla frutescens 攀援 pān yuán to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant) syn 种树 種樹 zhòng shù to plant trees 关停 關停 guān tíng (of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down 苎麻 苧麻 zhù má (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant 吊兰 吊蘭 diào lán spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 病虫害 病蟲害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests 厂区 廠區 plant site 死不了 sǐ bù liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) 栽植 zāi zhí to plant / to transplant syn 病虫 病蟲 bìng chóng plant diseases and insect pests 引种 引種 yǐn zhòng (agriculture) to plant an introduced variety 引种 引種 yǐn zhǒng (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal 热电厂 熱電廠 rè diàn chǎng thermoelectric power plant syn 薏仁 yì rén grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3] 扦插 qiān chā (agriculture) to plant by cuttage / to propagate from cuttings syn 鱼腥草 魚腥草 yú xīng cǎo chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) syn 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 生长素 生長素 shēng zhǎng sù auxin (plant growth hormone) 火力发电厂 火力發電廠 huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) syn 薏米 yì mǐ grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3] 含苞 hán bāo (of a plant) to be in bud 蔓草 màn cǎo creeper / climbing plant / twiner 结子 結子 jiē zǐ to bear seeds (of plant) syn 砂仁 shā rén Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine 矮化 ǎi huà (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay 草木灰 cǎo mù huī plant ash 淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles) 病株 bìng zhū diseased or infected plant syn 田湾 田灣 tián wān Tianwan in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, site of large nuclear power plant 蔓生 màn shēng trailing plant / liana / creeper / overgrown 蓝 藍 lán blue / indigo plant syn 莱 萊 lái name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album syn 茶 chá tea / tea plant / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] syn 厂 廠 chǎng factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant syn 菲 fēi luxuriant (plant growth) / rich with fragrance / phenanthrene C14H10 syn 植 zhí to plant syn 栽 zāi to plant / to grow / to insert / to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble / to fall down syn 芭 bā an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2] / used in 芭蕉[ba1jiao1] / used in transliteration 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn