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 刷牙 shuā yá to brush one's teeth 假牙 jiǎ yá false teeth / dentures 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 忘恩负义 忘恩負義 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) / ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth syn 长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up 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) 增多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number syn 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 爪牙 zhǎo yá pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 磨牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar syn 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 牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth 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 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 咬牙 yǎo yá to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw 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 咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth 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 益智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 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 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 龃龉 齟齬 jǔ yǔ (literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned / (fig.) in disagreement / at odds syn 唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 啮合 嚙合 niè hé (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage 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 美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth) 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 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 切齿 切齒 qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth (in anger) 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 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 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 暴牙 bào yá buck teeth 勃兴 勃興 bó xīng to rise suddenly / to grow vigorously syn 颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc 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 嗑 kè to crack (seeds) between one's teeth 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 剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn 嘶 sī hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) syn 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 咬紧牙关 咬緊牙關 yǎo jǐn yá guān lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom) / fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain / to bite the bullet 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 龈 齦 yín gums (of the teeth) syn 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth 唇亡齿寒 唇亡齒寒 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom) / fig. intimately interdependent syn 栉比 櫛比 zhì bǐ lined up close (like teeth of a comb) 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 龋 齲 qǔ decayed teeth / dental caries 龆 齠 tiáo shed the milk teeth / young 龀 齔 chèn to replace the milk teeth 塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises syn 前臼齿 前臼齒 qián jiù chǐ premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals) 齗 kěn gums (of the teeth) / to dispute 齯 ní teeth grown in old age 怒目切齿 怒目切齒 nù mù qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth in anger 皓齿明眸 皓齒明眸 hào chǐ míng móu white teeth and bright eyes (idiom) / lovely young woman 蛾眉皓齿 蛾眉皓齒 é méi hào chǐ beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom) / lovely young woman 明眸皓齿 明眸皓齒 míng móu hào chǐ to have bright eyes and white teeth syn 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng jiǔ shì to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom) 白首齐眉 白首齊眉 bái shǒu qí méi (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom) 齿更 齒更 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) 上齿 上齒 shàng chǐ upper teeth 下齿 下齒 xià chǐ bottom teeth 齞 niàn to display the teeth 