很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 饥渴 飢渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) 挨饿 挨餓 ái è to go hungry / to endure starvation / famished syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 菜色 cài sè dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) 极少 極少 jí shǎo very little / very few 饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death / to be very hungry 甚微 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal syn 煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously syn 饿肚子 餓肚子 è dù zi to go hungry / to starve 饿鬼 餓鬼 è guǐ sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. syn 饿 餓 è hungry / to starve (sb) syn 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small / very few / very minor syn 良 liáng good / very / very much syn 馁 餒 něi (bound form) hungry / starving / (bound form) dispirited / (literary) (of fish) putrid syn 饿虎扑食 餓虎撲食 è hǔ pū shí like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey 很 hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn 太 tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely syn 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 当 當 dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn 非常 fēi cháng very / really / unusual / extraordinary syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 美 měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn 特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn 特 té special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very syn 特 tè special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 充满 充滿 chōng mǎn full of / brimming with / very full / permeated syn 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous syn 起码 起碼 qǐ mǎ at the minimum / at the very least syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 漫长 漫長 màn cháng very long / endless syn 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away syn 万分 萬分 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn 恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn 此时此刻 此時此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment syn 深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn 称职 稱職 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well 不大 bù dà not very / not too / not often syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 最先 zuì xiān (the) very first syn 不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very / not particularly syn 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn 卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom) syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 小心翼翼 xiǎo xīn yì yì cautious and solemn (idiom) / very carefully / prudent / gently and cautiously syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 钟爱 鍾愛 zhōng ài to treasure / to be very fond of syn 老掉牙 lǎo diào yá very old / obsolete / out of date syn 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn 好不 hǎo bù not at all ... / how very ... syn 一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean syn 易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng easy as a hand's turn (idiom) / very easy / no effort at all syn 过意不去 過意不去 guò yì bù qù to feel very apologetic syn 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge syn 放声 放聲 fàng shēng very loudly / at the top of one's voice 大款 dà kuǎn very wealthy person syn 大为 大為 dà wéi very / greatly syn 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ (idiom) very close / almost within reach / close at hand syn 一瞬 yī shùn one instant / very short time / the twinkle of an eye syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) syn 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn 不胜 不勝 bù shèng cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely syn 巴巴 bā bā (suffix) very / extremely 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely syn 眼见 眼見 yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes / very soon syn 易于 yì yú very likely / prone to syn 通红 通紅 tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red) syn 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 慢吞吞 màn tūn tūn very slow / exasperatingly slow syn 数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn 了不得 liǎo bu de terrific / terrible / (after 得[de5]) very syn 太保 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents 依稀 yī xī vaguely / dimly / probably / very likely syn 深重 shēn zhòng very serious / grave / profound syn 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn 前列 qián liè the very front 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 久久 jiǔ jiǔ for a very long time syn 深谙 深諳 shēn ān to know (sth) very well / to be an expert in syn 不厌其烦 不厭其煩 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient syn 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn 恶狠狠 惡狠狠 è hěn hěn very fierce syn 屈指可数 屈指可數 qū zhǐ kě shǔ can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / very few syn 大吉 dà jí very auspicious / extremely lucky syn 寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced syn 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 