鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple syn 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck 贪官 貪官 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin syn 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 官话 官話 guān huà "officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin syn 马褂 馬褂 mǎ guà buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代[Qing1 dai4] (1644-1911) syn 垫板 diàn pàn duck-board 蜜柑 mì gān mandarin orange / tangerine syn 上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn 一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 平声 平聲 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 鳜鱼 鱖魚 guì yú mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) syn 桂鱼 桂魚 guì yú mandarin fish 去声 去聲 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin syn 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 鸭 鴨 yā duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (slang) male prostitute syn 橘 jú mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) / tangerine syn 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 鹜 鶩 wù duck syn 鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 鳜 鱖 guì mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) syn 唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck 瞓 xùn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 瞓 fèn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck 鶩 wù tame duck 鴢 yòu (duck) 赶鸭子上架 趕鴨子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 㶉鶒 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 㶉𫛶 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 西南官话 西南官話 xī nán guān huà Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China 砂糖橘 shā táng jú sugar mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. "Shatangju"), a cultivar of mandarin that originated in Guangdong, known for its sweet flavor and easy-to-peel skin 鴄 pī wild duck 家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn 家鸭绿头鸭 家鴨綠頭鴨 jiā yā lǜ tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha) 棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout 鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other 鸭嘴龙 鴨嘴龍 yā zuǐ lóng hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) 鸭子汤 鴨子湯 yā zi tāng Duck soup 鹥 鷖 yī wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck) / seagull (arch.) 凤头潜鸭 鳳頭潛鴨 fèng tóu qián yā (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) 白头硬尾鸭 白頭硬尾鴨 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 斑嘴鸭 斑嘴鴨 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 瘤鸭 瘤鴨 liú yā (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) 莱桑鸭 萊桑鴨 lái sāng yā Laysan duck 白头树鸭 白頭樹鴨 white-faced whistling duck 双色树鸭 雙色樹鴨 fulvous whistling duck 待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck 春江水暖鸭先知 春江水暖鴨先知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows 鸭子儿 鴨子兒 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg syn 丑鸭 丑鴨 chǒu yā (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 棕颈鸭 棕頸鴨 zōng jǐng yā (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) 罗纹鸭 羅紋鴨 luó wén yā (bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata) 长尾鸭 長尾鴨 cháng wěi yā (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) 云石斑鸭 雲石斑鴨 yún shí bān yā (bird species of China) marbled teal / marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris) 毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 一学就会 一學就會 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn - miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 𬸚𬸦 鸑鷟 yuè zhuó (literary) mythical bird similar to a phoenix / (archaic) waterbird similar to a large duck 注音符号 注音符號 zhù yīn fú hào Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known colloquially as Bopomofo (after the first four letters of the alphabet:ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) 咁 gān so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4] 陆克文 陸克文 lù kè wén Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013 冇 mǎo to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]) 乜嘢 miē yě what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]) 唔好睇 wú hǎo dì unattractive (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 不好看[bu4 hao3 kan4] 喥 dù used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里[li3] 喺 xǐ to be at, in or on (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 在[zai4] 嗰 gě that (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那[na4] 嘅 kài possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5] 嘎啦 gá la to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin) 国语注音符号第一式 國語注音符號第一式 guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan) / Bopomofo / abbr. to 注音一式[zhu4 yin1 yi1 shi4] 奸官 jiān guān a treacherous official / a mandarin who conspires against the state 屋企 wū qǐ (Cantonese) home / family (Mandarin equivalent: 家[jia1]) 揾食 搵食 wèn shí to earn one's living (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生[mou2 sheng1] 攰 guì totally exhausted (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 累[lei4] 注音一式 zhù yīn yī shì Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 / Bopomofo / abbr. for 國語注音符號第一式|国语注音符号第一式[Guo2 yu3 zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4 di4 yi1 shi4] 眼瞓 yǎn xùn sleepy (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睏|困[kun4] 瞓觉 瞓覺 xùn jiào to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡覺|睡觉[shui4 jiao4] 第一声 第一聲 dì yī shēng first tone in Mandarin / high, level tone syn 第三声 第三聲 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone syn 第二声 第二聲 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone syn 