听 聽 tīng to listen to / to hear / to heed / to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be / to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer / to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 一团糟 一團糟 yī tuán zāo chaos / bungle / complete mess / shambles syn 烂摊子 爛攤子 làn tān zi terrible mess / shambles 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 yī tā hú tu muddled and completely collapsing (idiom) / in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess syn 罐头 罐頭 guàn tou tin / can / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around syn 失事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn 乱套 亂套 luàn tào in a mess / upside down syn 乱糟糟 亂糟糟 luàn zāo zāo chaotic / topsy turvy / a complete mess syn 胡来 胡來 hú lái to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble syn 杂乱 雜亂 zá luàn in a mess / in a jumble / chaotic syn 饭厅 飯廳 fàn tīng dining room / dining hall / mess hall syn 狼藉 láng jí in a mess / scattered about / in complete disorder syn 青铜 青銅 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1]) 五金 wǔ jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1] syn 杂乱无章 雜亂無章 zá luàn wú zhāng disordered and in a mess (idiom) / all mixed up and chaotic syn 脏乱 髒亂 zāng luàn dirty and disordered / in a mess syn 一锅粥 一鍋粥 yī guō zhōu (lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess syn 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess syn 人仰马翻 人仰馬翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) syn 零乱 零亂 líng luàn in disorder / a complete mess syn 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 沙田 shā tián Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 七上八下 qī shàng bā xià at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess syn 内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad syn 搞乱 搞亂 gǎo luàn to mess up / to mismanage / to bungle / to confuse / to muddle 弄乱 弄亂 nòng luàn to mess up / to put into disorder / to meddle with / to confuse 马口铁 馬口鐵 mǎ kǒu tiě tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel) syn 纷杂 紛雜 fēn zá numerous and confused / in a mess 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around / to mess with something / to have an affair 抓挠 抓撓 zhuā nao to scratch / to mess about with / to quarrel / to scramble to do / sb or sth that one can rely on syn 瞎搞 xiā gǎo to fool around / to mess with / to do sth without a plan 擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess syn 锡 錫 xī tin (chemistry) / to bestow / to confer / to grant / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 乌七八糟 烏七八糟 wū qī bā zāo everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy syn 帮厨 幫廚 bāng chú help in the mess kitchen syn 伙夫 huǒ fū mess cook (old) syn 锡矿 錫礦 xī kuàng tin ore 糊涂账 糊塗賬 hú tu zhàng muddled accounts / a mess of bookkeeping 弄糟 nòng zāo to spoil / to mess up 摆乌龙 擺烏龍 bǎi wū lóng to mess sth up / to screw up 捅娄子 捅婁子 tǒng lóu zi to make a mess of sth syn 怎么得了 怎麼得了 zěn me dé liǎo how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess! 镴 鑞 là solder / tin 热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated 参差错落 參差錯落 cēn cī cuò luò uneven and jumbled (idiom) / irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess 横三竖四 橫三豎四 héng sān shù sì in disorder / in a tremendous mess 望夫石 wàng fū shí Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong 天后站 tiān hòu zhàn Tin Hau MTR station (Eastern District, Hong Kong Island) 听头 聽頭 tīng tóu a can (loanword from English "tin") 贴锡箔 貼錫箔 tiē xī bó to decorate with tin foil 金银铜铁锡 金銀銅鐵錫 jīn yín tóng tiě xī the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 锡婚 錫婚 xī hūn tin anniversary / aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary) 锡石 錫石 xī shí tin oxide SnO2 / cassiterite / tinstone 锡蜡 錫蠟 xī là pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) 锡铅 錫鉛 xī qiān pewter (tin alloy) 锡锭 錫錠 xī dìng tin ingot 锡镴 錫鑞 xī là pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) 国际锡研究小组 guó jì xī yán jiū xiǎo zǔ International Tin Study Group 东南亚锡研究开发中心 Southeast Asia Tin Research and Development Centre 国际锡协定 國際錫協定 guó jì xī xié dìng International Tin Agreement 建立东南亚锡研究和发展中心协定 建立東南亞錫研究和發展中心協定 Agreement establishing the Southeast Asia Tin Research and Development Centre 锡地质国际专题讨论会 錫地質國際專題討論會 International Symposium on the Geology of Tin 国际锡研究组职权范围 國際錫研究組職權范圍 guó jì xī yán jiū zǔ zhí quán fàn wéi Terms of Reference of the International Tin Study Group 国际锡研究协会 國際錫研究協會 International Tin Research Institute 联合国锡会议 聯合國錫會議 United Nations Conference on Tin 国际锡业理事会 國際錫業理事會 International Tin Council 嗉子 sù zi the crop of a bird / (dialect) wine flask made of tin or porcelain 炮铜 炮銅 pào tóng gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc) 金银铜铁锡 金銀銅鐵錫 jīn - yín - tóng - tiě - xī the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 内忧外困 內憂外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad 凌乱不堪 凌亂不堪 líng luàn bù kān in a terrible mess (idiom) 受瘪 受癟 shòu biě discomfited / to get into a mess 大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged) 搞乌龙 搞烏龍 gǎo wū lóng to mess sth up 褶子了 zhě zi le to make a mess of sth / to bungle / to mismanage 食堂经理 食堂經理 Mess Manager 炊事设施 炊事設施 kitchen and mess hall facilities / kitchen / dining unit / catering and messing equipment 膳食设备 膳食設備 kitchen and mess hall facilities / kitchen / dining unit / catering and messing equipment 动手脚 動手腳 dòng shǒu jiǎo (coll.) to tamper with / to mess around with 瞎弄 xiā nòng to fool around with / to mess with 搞砸 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up / to foul up / to spoil 收拾残局 收拾殘局 shōu shi cán jú to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces 凸槌 tū chuí (slang) (Tw) to mess up / to screw up 一团乱糟 一團亂糟 yī tuán luàn zāo a chaotic mess 中灶 zhōng zào mess hall for mid-level cadres / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 乱成一团 亂成一團 luàn chéng yī tuán in a great mess / chaotic syn 