鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 烤肉 kǎo ròu to barbecue meat / to roast meat / barbecued meat / roast meat syn 烧烤 燒烤 shāo kǎo barbecue / to roast 烘烤 hōng kǎo to roast / to bake 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 垫板 diàn pàn duck-board 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 烤鸡 烤雞 kǎo jī roast chicken 北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 焙烧 焙燒 bèi shāo to roast / to bake (e.g. mineral ore) 焙烤 bèi kǎo to bake / to roast / to kiln 烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn 烤 kǎo to roast / to grill / to broil / to bake / to toast (bread) / to warm oneself by a fire syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 鸭 鴨 yā duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (slang) male prostitute syn 炙 zhì to broil / to roast syn 煨 wēi to simmer / to roast in ashes syn 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 鹜 鶩 wù duck syn 鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck 鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck 鶩 wù tame duck 鴢 yòu (duck) 赶鸭子上架 趕鴨子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 炰 páo to roast 灴 hóng to bake, to roast / to dry at a fire 烤胡椒香肠 烤胡椒香腸 kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng roast pepper sausage / pepperoni 焙干 焙乾 bèi gān to dry over a fire / to roast 焙煎 bèi jiān to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc) / to torrefy 焢 kòng (Tw) to roast / (Tw) to braise until tender 吐槽 tù cáo (slang) to roast / to ridicule / also pr. [tu3 cao2] 吐槽大会 吐槽大會 tù cáo dà huì Roast! (PRC comedy series) 中焙 zhōng bèi medium roast (coffee) / Taiwan pr. [zhong1pei4] 鴄 pī wild duck 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn 家鸭绿头鸭 家鴨綠頭鴨 jiā yā lǜ tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha) 棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout 鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other 鸭嘴龙 鴨嘴龍 yā zuǐ lóng hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) 鸭子汤 鴨子湯 yā zi tāng Duck soup 鹥 鷖 yī wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck) / seagull (arch.) 凤头潜鸭 鳳頭潛鴨 fèng tóu qián yā (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) 白头硬尾鸭 白頭硬尾鴨 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 斑嘴鸭 斑嘴鴨 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 瘤鸭 瘤鴨 liú yā (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) 莱桑鸭 萊桑鴨 lái sāng yā Laysan duck 白头树鸭 白頭樹鴨 white-faced whistling duck 双色树鸭 雙色樹鴨 fulvous whistling duck 待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck 春江水暖鸭先知 春江水暖鴨先知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows 鸭子儿 鴨子兒 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg syn 㶉鶒 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 丑鸭 丑鴨 chǒu yā (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 棕颈鸭 棕頸鴨 zōng jǐng yā (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) 罗纹鸭 羅紋鴨 luó wén yā (bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata) 长尾鸭 長尾鴨 cháng wěi yā (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) 云石斑鸭 雲石斑鴨 yún shí bān yā (bird species of China) marbled teal / marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris) 毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 一学就会 一學就會 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn - miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 㶉𫛶 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 𬸚𬸦 鸑鷟 yuè zhuó (literary) mythical bird similar to a phoenix / (archaic) waterbird similar to a large duck 