宠物门 寵物門 chǒng wù mén pet door / pet flap 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 丼 dòng (Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi") 扒饭 扒飯 pá fàn to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth 扒拉 pá la (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly) syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 民以食为天 民以食為天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second syn 低收入缺粮国粮食安全特别方桉 低收入缺糧國糧食安全特別方案 Special Programme for Food Security in Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries / Special Programme for Food Security 粮食安全特别方桉 糧食安全特別方案 Special Programme for Food Security in Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries / Special Programme for Food Security 宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet 抚摸 撫摸 fǔ mō to gently caress and stroke / to pet / to fondle syn 毛毛 máo mao (pet name for a baby or small child) syn 领养 領養 lǐng yǎng to adopt (a child, pet etc) syn 宠儿 寵兒 chǒng ér pet / favorite / darling syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 爱犬 愛犬 ài quǎn beloved pet dog 宠物店 寵物店 chǒng wù diàn pet store 寄养 寄養 jì yǎng to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 口头语 口頭語 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking syn 爱称 愛稱 ài chēng term of endearment / pet name / diminutive syn 史奴比 shǐ nú bǐ Snoopy (comic strip pet dog) 麿 mǒ (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro 麿 xx (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro 正电子发射断层照相术 正電子發射斷層照相術 zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhào xiāng shù positron emission tomography (PET) 正电子断层 正電子斷層 zhèng diàn zǐ duàn céng PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) 正电子照射断层摄影 正電子照射斷層攝影 zhèng diàn zǐ zhào shè duàn céng shè yǐng positrion emission tomography (PET) 正电子发射层析 正電子發射層析 zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè céng xī positron emission tomography (PET) 正电子发射计算机断层 正電子發射計算機斷層 zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè jì suàn jī duàn céng PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) 正电子发射体层 正電子發射體層 zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè tǐ céng PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) 相配物 xiāng pèi wù thing that is well suited / pet animal that suits its owner 史努比 shǐ nǔ bǐ Snoopy (comic strip pet dog) 正电子断层扫描 正電子斷層掃描 positron emission tomography / PET scanning 欧洲保护宠物公约 歐洲保護寵物公約 European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals 小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.) 奶名 nǎi míng pet name for a child / infant name syn 毛孩子 máo hái zi child / kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat) syn 黏人 nián rén (of a child) clingy / (of a pet) fond of interacting with people / friendly 铲屎官 鏟屎官 chǎn shǐ guān (neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop") 拆家 chāi jiā (slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc) 弃养 棄養 qì yǎng to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc) / (literary) (of one's parents) to pass away 一碗 yī wǎn bowl 马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn 饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living syn 聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) 锅盖头 鍋蓋頭 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle) 钵盂 缽盂 bō yú alms bowl syn 豆 dòu legume / pulse / bean / pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl syn 碗 wǎn bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] 瓯 甌 ōu (pottery) bowl or drinking vessel 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 釪 yú an alms bowl / a small bell 鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife 砵 bō alms bowl 金钵 金缽 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk) 杅 yú bowl / tub 棬 quān bowl 沱茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea 汤碗 湯碗 tāng wǎn soup bowl 研钵 研缽 yán bō mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle) 钵头 缽頭 bō tóu earthen bowl (Shanghainese) syn 血盆大口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor 超级杯 超級盃 chāo jí bēi Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game) 陶盅 táo zhōng pottery bowl 鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife 超级碗 超級碗 chāo jí wǎn Super Bowl (American football championship game) 吃着碗里，看着锅里 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡 chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye 投杀 投殺 tóu shā (sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out 题诗 題詩 tí shī to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem syn 一碗水端平 yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom) / fig. to be impartial 海碗 hǎi wǎn very large bowl 碗公 wǎn gōng (Tw) very large bowl 碗筷 wǎn kuài bowl and chopsticks / tableware 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘 duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given 盛饭 盛飯 chéng fàn to fill a bowl with rice 就口 jiù kǒu (of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth 打入 dǎ rù to penetrate / to break into (a market, social group etc) / to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to / to relegate to / to insert / to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc) 瓷碗 cí wǎn porcelain bowl 茶碗蒸 chá wǎn zhēng chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 吃不来 吃不來 chī bu lái to be unaccustomed to certain food / to not be keen on certain food syn 番菜 fān cài (old) Western-style food / foreign food 金盘玉食 金盤玉食 jīn pán yù shí lit. gold dish, jade food / epicurean food 粮食安全信托基金 Trust Fund for Food Security and Food Safety 粮食净进口国 糧食凈進口國 net-food importing country / net-food importer 转基因食品援助 轉基因食品援助 genetically modified food aid / GM food aid 