种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 长大 長大 zhǎng dà to grow up syn 发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 成长 成長 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth syn 生长 生長 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up syn 增长 增長 zēng zhǎng to grow / to increase syn 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) syn 成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year syn 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 生锈 生銹 shēng xiù to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization syn 卷发 卷髮 juǎn fà curly hair / to curl hair 长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 增多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn 栽培 zāi péi to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 生发 生發 shēng fā to emerge and grow / to develop 与日俱增 與日俱增 yǔ rì jù zēng to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day syn 连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn 滋长 滋長 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop syn 出落 chū luò to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom syn 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn 银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 益智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 生出 shēng chū to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over 偕老 xié lǎo to grow old together 横生 橫生 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly syn 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible 发怵 發怵 fā chù to feel terrified / to grow apprehensive 产粮 產糧 chǎn liáng to grow crops / food growing 盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 勃兴 勃興 bó xīng to rise suddenly / to grow vigorously syn 电棒 電棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs syn 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 栽 zāi to plant / to grow / to insert / to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble / to fall down syn 滋 zī to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt syn 蓄 xù to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas) syn 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 生生不息 shēng shēng bù xī to grow and multiply without end 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 殖 zhí to grow / to reproduce syn 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 发 髮 fà hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] syn 指 zhǐ finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end syn 头发 頭髮 tóu fa hair (on the head) syn 胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit syn 毛发 毛髮 máo fà hair syn 分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately / severally / parted hair syn 长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair 毫发 毫髮 háo fà a hair / the slightest syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 秀发 秀髮 xiù fà beautiful hair 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge syn 发廊 髮廊 fà láng hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 披肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders syn 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn 发夹 髮夾 fà jiā hair clip syn 脱毛 脫毛 tuō máo to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave 梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair syn 吹风机 吹風機 chuī fēng jī hair dryer syn 染发 染髮 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn 一丝不苟 一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 刘海 劉海 liú hǎi bangs / fringe (hair) syn 毫毛 háo máo fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4hao2mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way") syn 冉冉 rǎn rǎn gradually / slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping syn 蓬蓬 péng peng overgrown / unkempt (of hair) 鬓角 鬢角 bìn jiǎo sideburns / temples / hair on the temples syn 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn 卷曲 捲曲 juǎn qū to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly syn 毛囊 máo náng hair follicle 发丝 髮絲 fà sī hair (on the head) syn 腋毛 yè máo armpit hair 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota syn 电吹风 電吹風 diàn chuī fēng hair dryer 发髻 髮髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil syn 