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Definition
- tree
- wood
- meaning component (plants, wood and more largely things made of wood)
- radical (Kang Xi 75)
- coffin
- wooden
- simple
- numb
- one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音
Compounds (486)
classifier (for books, periodicals, files, etc); measure word (for books, periodicals, files, etc); capital; root (of a plant); stem (of a plant); book; origin; originally; source; foundation; basis; current
not yet; did not; have not; not; graphic component (often seen in other characters); 8th earthly branch (period from 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month [7th July-6th August]); year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
to research; to check; to examine; to inspect; to investigate; to look into; to refer to; to search; to consult
square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively
appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic
to gather; to assemble; to collect; collected works; collection; anthology; classifier (for sections of a TV series, episodes ...); measure word; country fair; market
root; basis; classifier (for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings); measure word; radical (chemistry)
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious; see 老闆|老板, boss
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious
fruit; result; consequence; to fill; resolute; determined; as expected; actually; indeed; really; if; if indeed; if really
to be tired; sleepy; sleep; to be sleepy; to be fatigued; drowsy; weary; to be stranded; to be hard pressed; to be afflicted; to surround; to encircle; to pin down; to trap
to support; to help; to prop; frame; rack; shelf; stand; to put up; to erect; to fight; framework; classifier (for planes, large vehicles, radios etc); measure word
gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier (for rifle shots); measure word
mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier (for military units); measure word
official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier (for crosspieces); measure word; classifier (for events, affairs etc); measure word; Taiwan pr. [dang3]
wonderful; great; awesome; smart; capable; strong; classifier (for legs of a relay race); measure word; stick; club
frame (e.g. door frame); casing; (fig.) framework; template; to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth); to frame; to restrict; Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
classifier (for bullets, coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc); measure word; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg (used as a gag for marching soldiers - old)
to bind; to beam; to tie; to control; to restrain; bunch; bundle; classifier (for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc); measure word
tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier (for trees or plants); measure word; to involve others (in shady business)
handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier (for knives or blades); measure word
to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China); a kind of official document (in former times); letter; note
thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (knife); (old) coffin-bearing pole
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father
a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata); Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)
inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction; species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
see see 槤枷|梿枷[lian2 jia1], flail; to thresh (using a flail), flail; to thresh (using a flail)
Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees; old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶; also called Thea sinensis; small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)
Related words (217)
papaya (Carica papaya); genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae; Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
beam; rafter; lintel; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine; administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
(slang) come on, you can't deny it!; don't you think so?!; (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice; also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)
(bird species of China) rufous-bellied woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus)
(bird species of China) white-winged woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
(bird species of China) stripe-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos atratus)
(bird species of China) crimson-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos cathpharius)
(bird species of China) Darjeeling woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis)
(bird species of China) greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
(bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
(bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
(bird species of China) fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)
(bird species of China) coppersmith barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
(bird species of China) golden-throated barbet (Megalaima franklinii)
(bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis)
(bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
unable to see the wood for the trees; (fig.) only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
Proverbs (2)
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); (fig.) a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); (fig.) a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
Idioms (15)
(lit.) the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); (fig.) what is done cannot be undone
(lit.) a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom); (fig.) one is helpless alone
(lit.) the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined; a great sage has died (idiom)
(lit.) the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom); (fig.) to get a new lease on life; to be revived; (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
(lit.) to graft flowers onto a tree; to surreptiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
(lit.) every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom); one cannot accomplish much on one's own
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