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 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 风韵 風韻 fēng yùn charm / grace / elegant bearing (usually feminine) syn 阴性 陰性 yīn xìng negative / feminine 便便 biàn biàn to poo poo (kiddie or feminine term) / also pr. [bian3bian3] 女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework) 水蛇腰 shuǐ shé yāo slender and supple waist / lithe body / feminine pose syn 脂粉气 脂粉氣 zhī fěn qì feminine quality / effeminate 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 帼 幗 guó cap worn by women / feminine 风姿绰约 風姿綽約 fēng zī chuò yāo graceful / charming / feminine 风姿绰约 風姿綽約 fēng zī chuò yuē graceful / charming / feminine 姮 héng feminine name (old) 娵 jū (feminine name) / (star) 妵 tǒu (feminine name) / beautiful / fair 婤 zhōu (feminine name) 嘘嘘 噓噓 xū xū to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang) 抹胸 mò xiōng old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen 阃范 閫範 kǔn fàn model of feminine virtues 阴柔 陰柔 yīn róu gentle and reserved / soft / feminine 支持妇女行动－保护儿童与环境全国协会 支持婦女行動－保護兒童與環境全國協會 Association nationale pour l'appui à l'initiative féminine - la protection infantile et environnementale 泛非女青年和平运动 泛非女青年和平運動 Panafrican Movement of the Feminine Youth for Peace 妇女事务和权利部 婦女事務和權利部 Ministère à la condition féminine et aux droits des femmes 奶帅 奶帥 nǎi shuài (slang) (of a young man) sweet and boyish in appearance / having soft, feminine features 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 过去 過去 guò qu (verb suffix) syn 不了 bù liǎo (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end / incessantly syn 个头 個頭 ge tóu (coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right! syn 以南 yǐ nán to the south of (suffix) 以北 yǐ běi to the north of (suffix) 巴巴 bā bā (suffix) very / extremely 后缀 後綴 hòu zhuì suffix (linguistics) 未果 wèi guǒ to fail to eventuate / (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing syn 以西 yǐ xī to the west of (suffix) 以东 以東 yǐ dōng to the east of (suffix) 欲滴 yù dī (suffix) replete (with moisture) / glistening / plump and tender / lovely / alluring 上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 子 zi (noun suffix) syn 下标 下標 xià biāo subscript / suffix / index 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 最 zuì most / the most / -est (superlative suffix) syn 头 頭 tou suffix for nouns syn 等 děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 感 gǎn to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~ syn 住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 边 邊 bian suffix of a noun of locality syn 词尾 詞尾 cí wěi suffix 易 yì easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" syn 词缀 詞綴 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics) 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn 控 kòng to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia syn 座 zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn 坏 壞 huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn 味 wèi taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription syn 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit / ghost / devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly / crafty / resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy syn 唯 wéi only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism) syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 腾 騰 téng (bound form) to gallop / to prance / (bound form) to soar / to hover / to make room / to clear out / to vacate / (verb suffix indicating repeated action) syn 麿 mǒ (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro 麿 xx (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro 通 tōng to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc syn 词缀剥除 詞綴剝除 cí zhuì bō chú affix stripping / to determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix 字尾 zì wěi suffix 后置词 後置詞 hòu zhì cí postposition / suffix / word placed after 后辍 後輟 hòu chuò suffix 秧子 yāng zi sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person syn 语尾 語尾 yǔ wěi (grammar) suffix 坏了 壞了 huài le shoot! / gosh! / oh, no! / (suffix) to the utmost 尾缀 尾綴 wěi zhuì (lit.) to follow sb / (linguistics) suffix / ending / (computing) file name extension 接尾词 接尾詞 jiē wěi cí suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar) 你个头 你個頭 nǐ ge tóu (coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right! 得可以 de kě yǐ (coll.) (stative verb suffix) very / awfully 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn 烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style) 吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese) 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 