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 留言 liú yán to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal 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 离职 離職 lí zhí to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job / to resign syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents 退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of / to leave / separation syn 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 阿爹 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man syn 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post 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 遗落 遺落 yí luò to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out syn 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) syn 姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt syn 父系 fù xì paternal line / patrilineal 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free 王母 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother 下逐客令 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave 从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn 落 là to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind 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 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother syn 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 留余地 留餘地 liú yú dì to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error syn 到 dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 离开 離開 lí kāi to depart / to leave syn 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 留下 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port syn 前往 qián wǎng to leave for / to proceed towards / to go to syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue syn 告别 告別 gào bié to leave / to part from / to bid farewell to / to say goodbye to syn 休假 xiū jià to go on vacation / to have a holiday / to take leave syn 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 离去 離去 lí qù to leave / to exit syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 走人 zǒu rén (coll.) to leave / to beat it syn 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 遗弃 遺棄 yí qì to leave / to abandon syn 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 出院 chū yuàn to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey / to leave syn 请假 請假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence syn 病假 bìng jià sick leave 存放 cún fàng to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 遗失 遺失 yí shī to lose / to leave behind (inadvertently) syn 完美无缺 完美無缺 wán měi wú quē perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired syn 起身 qǐ shēn to get up / to leave / to set forth syn 撤出 chè chū to withdraw / to leave / to retreat / to pull out syn 残余 殘餘 cán yú remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus syn 遗留 遺留 yí liú to leave behind / to hand down syn 告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye / to take one's leave syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 留恋 留戀 liú liàn reluctant to leave / to hate to have to go / to recall fondly syn 半途而废 半途而廢 bàn tú ér fèi to give up halfway (idiom) / leave sth unfinished syn 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 撇开 撇開 piē kāi to disregard / to leave aside syn 离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey) / to part from sb syn 烙印 lào yìn to brand (cattle etc) / brand / (fig.) to leave a lasting mark / to stigmatize / mark / stamp / stigma 省略 shěng lüè to leave out / an omission syn 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 不辞而别 不辭而別 bù cí ér bié to leave without saying good-bye syn 产假 產假 chǎn jià maternity leave 进退 進退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety 出列 chū liè (military) to leave one's place in the ranks / to fall out / (fig.) to emerge / to become prominent 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 跳槽 tiào cáo to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere 驶离 駛離 shǐ lí to steer (the plane) away from / to drive away (from a place) / to leave 起程 qǐ chéng to set out / to leave syn 游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) 出外 chū wài to go out / to leave for another place syn 流连 流連 liú lián to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on syn 告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old) / to ask for leave to withdraw / to ask to be excused syn 