基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 完全 wán quán complete / whole / totally / entirely syn 总体 總體 zǒng tǐ completely / totally / total / entire / overall / population (statistics) syn 百分百 bǎi fēn bǎi one hundred percent / totally (effective) 统统 統統 tǒng tǒng totally syn 活活 huó huó while still alive / simply / totally syn 浑然 渾然 hún rán completely / absolutely / undivided / totally mixed up / muddled syn 迥异 迥異 jiǒng yì totally different syn 散尽 散盡 sàn jìn to be totally dispersed (crowd) 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 体无完肤 體無完膚 tǐ wú wán fū lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom) / fig. totally refuted syn 禁绝 禁絕 jìn jué to totally prohibit / to put an end to syn 目不识丁 目不識丁 mù bù shí dīng lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom) / totally illiterate syn 一团漆黑 一團漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation syn 遂心如意 suì xīn rú yì totally satisfying syn 洗手不干 洗手不幹 xǐ shǒu bù gàn to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways syn 无所畏忌 無所畏忌 wú suǒ wèi jì without any fear of consequences / totally devoid of scruples 一字不识 一字不識 yī zì bù shí totally illiterate 全复 全復 quán fù completely / totally recovered / healed 挨边 挨邊 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) 毫无效果 毫無效果 háo wú xiào guǒ to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) 满拧 滿擰 mǎn nǐng totally inconsistent / completely at odds 百分之一百 bǎi fēn zhī yī bǎi one hundred percent / totally (effective) 一声不响 一聲不響 yī shēng bù xiǎng to keep totally silent / noiselessly syn 完全保护区 wán quán bǎo hù qū totally protected area 良心未泯 liáng xīn wèi mǐn not totally heartless / still having a shred of conscience 一无所动 一無所動 yī wú suǒ dòng totally unaffected / unimpressed 掏心掏肺 tāo xīn tāo fèi to be totally devoted (to a person) 浑然不觉 渾然不覺 hún rán bù jué totally unaware 死不要脸 死不要臉 sǐ bù yào liǎn to know no shame / to be totally shameless 千依百顺 千依百順 qiān yī bǎi shùn totally submissive (idiom) syn 浑然不知 渾然不知 hún rán bù zhī to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth syn 一棍子打死 yī gùn zi dǎ sǐ to deal a single fatal blow / (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error syn 疲惫 疲憊 pí bèi beaten / exhausted / tired syn 累累 lèi lèi tired / exhausted / wretched / dejected / disappointed syn 劳累 勞累 láo lèi tired / exhausted / worn out / to toil syn 枯萎 kū wěi to wilt / to wither / wilted / withered / drained / enervated / exhausted syn 殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted / nearly depleted / practically nothing left syn 枯竭 kū jié used up / dried up / exhausted (of resources) syn 没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest syn 疲累 pí lèi tired / exhausted 筋疲力尽 筋疲力盡 jīn pí lì jìn body weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / extremely tired / spent 用光 yòng guāng out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted 倦怠 juàn dài worn out / exhausted / dispirited 狼狈不堪 狼狽不堪 láng bèi bù kān battered and exhausted / stuck in a dilemma syn 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / spent / drained / washed out syn 疲弱 pí ruò tired / weak / exhausted syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 精疲力尽 精疲力盡 jīng pí lì jìn spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / spent / drained / washed out syn 心力交瘁 xīn lì jiāo cuì to be both mentally and physically exhausted (idiom) syn 山穷水尽 山窮水盡 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go syn 告罄 gào qìng to run out / to have exhausted syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted syn 尽 盡 jìn to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely syn 人困马乏 人困馬乏 rén kùn mǎ fá riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued syn 惫 憊 bèi exhausted syn 阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn 匮 匱 kuì to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted syn 以逸待劳 以逸待勞 yǐ yì dài láo to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom) 杜鹃啼血 杜鵑啼血 dù juān tí xuè lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief 横躺竖卧 橫躺豎臥 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place / exhausted and in disarray syn 民穷财尽 民窮財盡 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom) / to drive the nation to bankruptcy syn 穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end syn 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 勯 dān exhausted 凅 gù dried up / dry / exhausted / tired 力尽神危 力盡神危 lì jìn shén wēi (idiom) physically and mentally exhausted 匮竭 匱竭 kuì jié exhausted 丧失殆尽 喪失殆盡 sàng shī dài jìn to be used up / to be exhausted 磬竭 qìng jié used up / exhausted / emptied 穷竭心计 窮竭心計 qióng jié xīn jì to remain cunning even though exhausted (idiom) syn 穷饿 窮餓 qióng è exhausted and hungry 累坏 累壞 lèi huài to become exhausted 绝粮 絕糧 jué liáng provisions are exhausted / out of food 罄匮 罄匱 qìng kuì used-up / exhausted 阑殚 闌殫 lán dān tired and exhausted 身心俱疲 shēn xīn jù pí physically and emotionally exhausted 累觉不爱 累覺不愛 lèi jué bù ài (lit.) so exhausted (by difficulties in a relationship) that one feels one could never fall in love again (Internet slang) / disenchanted with sth 劳倦 勞倦 láo juàn exhausted / worn out 十六字诀 十六字訣 shí liù zì jué 16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退，敵駐我擾，敵疲我打，敵退我追|敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追[di2 jin4 wo3 tui4 , di2 zhu4 wo3 rao3 , di2 pi2 wo3 da3 , di2 tui4 wo3 zhui1] when the enemy advances we retreat / when the enemy makes camp we harass / when the enemy is exhausted we fight / and when the enemy retreats we pursue 疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 pí bèi bù kān exhausted / fatigued to the extreme syn 脱力 脫力 tuō lì exhausted 心累 xīn lèi emotionally exhausted / drained 力竭 lì jié exhausted / worn out 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 