疯狂 瘋狂 fēng kuáng crazy / frenzied / wild syn 性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 自然 zì rán nature / natural / naturally syn 天生 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural syn 性格 xìng gé nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast / wild animal syn 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 人性 rén xìng human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes syn 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 本质 本質 běn zhì essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality syn 质 質 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] syn 本性 běn xìng natural instincts / nature / inherent quality syn 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 融合 róng hé a mixture / an amalgam / fusion / welding together / to be in harmony with (nature) / to harmonize with / to fit in syn 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) syn 天性 tiān xìng nature / innate tendency syn 野心 yě xīn ambition / wild schemes / careerism 野生 yě shēng wild / undomesticated 性质 性質 xìng zhì nature / characteristic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 同性 tóng xìng same nature / homosexual 野猪 野豬 yě zhū wild boar (Sus scrofa) / CL:頭|头[tou2] 欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom) syn 自然界 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world syn 捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals) / to hunt syn 性情 xìng qíng nature / temperament syn 真性 zhēn xìng real / the nature of sth syn 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess 灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals) syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 天籁 天籟 tiān lài sounds of nature 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild syn 现形 現形 xiàn xíng to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature syn 蛮荒 蠻荒 mán huāng savage / wild / uncivilized territory syn 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative syn 罪状 罪狀 zuì zhuàng charges or facts about a crime / the nature of the offense 猖獗 chāng jué to be rampant / to run wild syn 胡诌 胡謅 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble syn 折射 zhé shè to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) syn 造化 zào huà (literary) Nature / the Creator syn 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts 正名 zhèng míng to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) 品性 pǐn xìng nature / characteristic / moral character syn 显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself syn 狂放 kuáng fàng wild / unrestrained 开垦 開墾 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow syn 写生 寫生 xiě shēng to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing syn 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 万象 萬象 wàn xiàng every manifestation of nature syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 心性 xīn xìng one's nature / temperament syn 稚气 稚氣 zhì qì childish nature / infantile / juvenile / puerile syn 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 野菜 yě cài wild herb / potherb 自然力 zì rán lì elements of nature 自然保护区 自然保護區 zì rán bǎo hù qū nature reserve 野狗 yě gǒu wild dog / feral dog / stray dog 遐思 xiá sī to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts syn 得天独厚 得天獨厚 dé tiān dú hòu blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature syn 大雁 dà yàn wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn 性状 性狀 xìng zhuàng nature (i.e. properties of sth) / character syn 狂野 kuáng yě coarse and wild 野生动物 野生動物 yě shēng dòng wù wild animal 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild syn 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 自然风光 自然風光 zì rán fēng guāng nature and scenery 成性 chéng xìng to become second nature / by nature 品学 品學 pǐn xué conduct and learning (of an individual) / moral nature and skill 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 生态平衡 生態平衡 shēng tài píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland syn 人之初 rén zhī chū man at birth (is fundamentally good in nature) / the first line of Three character classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 jing1] 佛性 fó xìng Buddha nature 大雁塔 dà yàn tǎ Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an 参悟 參悟 cān wù to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment 内急 內急 nèi jí to need to answer the call of nature 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild 原性 yuán xìng original nature 寻花问柳 尋花問柳 xún huā wèn liǔ lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 外卡 wài kǎ (sports) wild card (loanword) 醋坛子 醋罈子 cù tán zi vinegar jar / (fig.) person of a jealous nature 细辛 細辛 xì xīn Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum) 三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River 醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 性善 xìng shàn the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good 疯 瘋 fēng insane / mad / wild syn 狂 kuáng mad / wild / violent syn 素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn 生来 生來 shēng lái from birth / by one's nature syn 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural syn 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain syn 露马脚 露馬腳 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom) / to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away syn 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 