那 nà (specifier) that / the / those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case) syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial) syn 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 麻利 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial) syn 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2] 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn 娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) syn 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front syn 赚头 賺頭 zhuàn tou profit (colloquial) syn 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 尾巴 wěi ba tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 青石 qīng shí bluestone / limestone (colloquial) 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 跑调 跑調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial) 冯梦龙 馮夢龍 féng mèng lóng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1] 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个) / both / some syn 血 xuè blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴[di1],片[pian4] syn 落 lào colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds syn 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 蹭 céng to rub against / to walk slowly / to freeload (colloquial) syn 仨 sā three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个) syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 挞 撻 tà (bound form) to whip / to flog / (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. [ta3]) 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn 大白话 大白話 dà bái huà colloquial speech 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 白读 白讀 bái dú colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character 较比 較比 jiào bǐ comparatively (colloquial) / fairly / quite / rather / relatively syn 忙乎 máng hū to be busy (colloquial) syn 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh 盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir 细盐 細鹽 xì yán refined salt / table salt 官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid) 私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 胡适 胡適 hú shì Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2] 乖顺 乖順 guāi shùn obedient (colloquial) 卬 áng I (regional colloquial) / me / variant of 昂[ang2] 反文旁 fǎn wén páng (colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴) 呼呼哱 hū hū bō colloquial word for hoopoe bird (Upupa epops) 土狗 tǔ gǒu native dog / mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]) 坨儿 坨兒 tuó r classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial) 就晚了 jiù wǎn le then it's too late (colloquial) 打兑 打兌 dǎ duì to arrange (colloquial) / to transfer creditor's rights (in a debt case) 推搪 tuī táng to offer excuses (colloquial) / to stall 捞什子 撈什子 lāo shí zi encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance 月头儿 月頭兒 yuè tóu r start of the month (colloquial) 横直 橫直 héng zhí (colloquial) whatever / come what may 秃瓢 禿瓢 tū piáo bald head (colloquial) 粘涎 zhān xián saliva / slobber / (colloquial) useless talk / drivel 说摞 說摞 shuō luò to confess / to let out the truth (colloquial) 阿堵 ē dǔ (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liu4 Chao2]) this / (abbr. for 阿堵物[e1 du3 wu4]) money 麻力 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利[ma2 li5] 老骨头 老骨頭 lǎo gǔ tou weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) 屁颠屁颠 屁顛屁顛 pì diān pì diān lit. jolting buttocks / (colloquial intensifier) groveling / eager / compliant / smug 文读 文讀 wén dú literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 美帝 měi dì (in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation) / (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States 咖哩 kā lǐ (Tw) (loanword) curry / colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2] 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 潟 xì saline land / salt marsh 酸式盐 酸式鹽 suān shì yán acid salt 内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河 再制盐 再製鹽 zài zhì yán refined salt 察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai 斥卤 斥鹵 chì lǔ saline marsh / salt 柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 石盐 石鹽 shí yán rock salt 镁盐 鎂鹽 měi yán magnesium salt 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 餐桌盐 餐桌鹽 cān zhuō yán table salt 