从 從 cóng from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 祖父 zǔ fù father's father / paternal grandfather syn 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 父系 fù xì paternal line / patrilineal 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 王母 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother / same as 姥姥 从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 婆 pó (bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship) syn 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 巨变 巨變 jù biàn great changes 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability syn 摆架子 擺架子 bǎi jià zi to put on airs / to assume great airs syn 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip syn 金日成 jīn rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea 小巫见大巫 小巫見大巫 xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom) / fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison syn 大张旗鼓 大張旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare syn 壮志 壯志 zhuàng zhì great goal / magnificent aspiration syn 托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 