纤维 纖維 xiān wéi fiber / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another 光纤 光纖 guāng xiān optical fiber / fiber optics 订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character syn 合成纤维 合成纖維 hé chéng xiān wéi synthetic fiber 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 涤纶 滌綸 dí lún polyester fiber syn 莱卡 萊卡 lái kǎ Leica camera / Lycra (fiber or fabric) 黄麻 黃麻 huáng má jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks 天灾人祸 天災人禍 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) syn 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 原人 yuán rén prehistoric man / primitive man syn 苎麻 苧麻 zhù má (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant 人祸 人禍 rén huò man-made disaster 维纶 維綸 wéi lún vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword) 玻璃纤维 玻璃纖維 bō lí xiān wéi fiberglass / glass fiber 碳纤维 碳纖維 tàn xiān wéi carbon fiber 腈纶 腈綸 jīng lún acrylic fiber 丙纶 丙綸 bǐng lún polypropylene fiber 面糊 麵糊 miàn hú starchy / floury and without fiber syn 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert 麻 má generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb syn 筋 jīn muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) syn 酪 lào (bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly / sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4] syn 光导纤维 光導纖維 guāng dǎo xiān wéi optical fiber 纻 紵 zhù variant of 苧|苎[zhu4] / (literary) cloth made from ramie fiber 的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) syn 伴郎 伴郞 bàn láng best man syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 自制 自製 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade syn 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 硬汉 硬漢 yìng hàn man of steel / unyielding, tough guy syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn 定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 背黑锅 背黑鍋 bēi hēi guō to be made a scapegoat / to be unjustly blamed syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 尖兵 jiān bīng point man syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made / readily available syn 醉汉 醉漢 zuì hàn intoxicated man / drunkard syn 巫医 巫醫 wū yī witch doctor / medicine man / shaman 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn 力士 lì shì strong man / sumo wrestler syn 好好先生 hǎo hǎo xiān sheng Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything) syn 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn 大力士 dà lì shì strong man / Hercules syn 法制 法製 fǎ zhì made in France syn 独角戏 獨角戲 dú jiǎo xì monodrama / one-man show / comic talk syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 成衣 chéng yī ready-made clothes syn 