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"mandarin ducks" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
呱呱 guā guā (onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc syn
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
游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc 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
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
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn
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
橘 jú mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) / tangerine syn
蹼 pǔ web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck
野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck
鳜 鱖 guì mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) syn
唼 shǎ to speak evil / gobbling sound made by ducks
趋之若鹜 趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
瞓 xùn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4]
瞓 fèn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4]
鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
鸳鸯锅 鴛鴦鍋 yuān yang guō "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
鸳鸯戏水 鴛鴦戲水 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love syn
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
鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin 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
第四声 第四聲 dì sì shēng fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone syn
翘舌音 翹舌音 qiào shé yīn retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) syn
舌尖后音 舌尖後音 shé jiān hòu yīn retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
苞米棒子 bāo mǐ bàng zi cob of corn (Northeastern Mandarin)
西红柿炒鸡蛋 西紅柿炒雞蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish)
边度 邊度 biān dù where? (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那裡|那里[na3 li3]
训读 訓讀 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
江淮官话 江淮官話 jiāng huái guān huà Jianghuai Mandarin
揾 搵 wěn to look for (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 找[zhao3]
嘅 gě possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5]
㶉鶒 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck
川普 chuān pǔ Sichuanese pidgin (the mix of Standard Mandarin and Sichuanese dialect) / (Tw) surname Trump
眼瞓 yǎn fèn sleepy (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睏|困[kun4]
瞓觉 瞓覺 fèn jiào to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡覺|睡觉[shui4 jiao4]
𠮶 嗰 gè that (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那[na4]
广普 廣普 guǎng pǔ Guangdong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese)
港普 gǎng pǔ Hong Kong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese)
代志 代誌 dài zhì (Tw) (coll.) matter / thing (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tāi-tsì], equivalent to Mandarin 事情[shi4qing5])
尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves
三小 sān xiǎo (Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5])
母汤 母湯 mǔ tāng (Tw) (slang) don't / must not / won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要[bu4yao4] or 不行[bu4xing2])
塑料普通话 塑料普通話 sù liào pǔ tōng huà (coll.) Mandarin Chinese spoken with a thick regional accent
猩化 xīng huà (slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin
雪糕筒 xuě gāo tǒng (Cantonese-influenced Mandarin) (coll.) traffic cone
K书 K書 K - shū (Tw) to cram / to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书[ken3shu1])
拍谢 拍謝 pāi xiè (Tw) excuse me / to be sorry / apologetic / embarrassed / shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
橘络 橘絡 jú luò pith of mandarin orange
㶉𫛶 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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