to not have; haven't; have not; do not have; don't have; not (negative prefix for verbs in the past and for 有 only); there is not; to be without
France; French; abbr. for
法國; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
law; means; way; method; mode; Buddhist teaching; Legalist
ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous
to rise (of prices, rivers)
to wash; to clean; to bathe; to rinse; to develop (film, photo...); to erase; to clear; to shuffle (cards); to baptise; to purify
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
clear; distinct; quiet; just and honest; pure; to settle or clear up; to clean up or purge
wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; alcohol; spirits; alcoholic beverage
(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with
to mix; to confuse; to mingle; muddled; to drift (along); to muddle (along); to pass (for); to get along (with sb); thoughtless; reckless
deep; profound; dark (of color, water etc)
to flow (of liquid); to disseminate; to circulate (or spread); to move (or drift); to degenerate; to banish (or send into exile); stream of water (or something resembling one); class, rate or grade
clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie
oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
puffed; puffy; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier (for urine or feces); measure word
bubble; foam; blister (i.e. skin bubble); to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to shilly-shally; to hang about; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier (for occurrences of an action); measure word; classifier (for number of infusions); measure word
Poland; Polish; abbr. for
波蘭
wave; ripple; storm; surge
to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost!
ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
Han (ethnic group); Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
to survey; to gauge; to measure; to conjecture; to estimate; to fathom; to guess; to speculate; to lean; side
to put out; to extinguish; to go out (of a fire etc); to turn off; to exterminate; to destroy; to wipe out; to drown
cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role
to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
to add; to increase; to replenish
pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music)
insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
to remit; to converge (of rivers); gather; to exchange; transfer; class; to collect; collection; assemblage
expanse of water; ooze; (onom.) bark; classifier (for liquids: pool, puddle); measure word
liquid; fluid; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine
to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
big wave; Taiwan pr. [tao2]
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)
to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate; to spend (time); have to; need
to slip; to slide; smooth; slippery; cunning
to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; moist; glossy; sleek
bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)
tide; current; damp; moist; humid
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
continent; island in a river
eastern bean goose; great; large
to contain; to include; culvert
excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
to cross; to pass through; to ferry
paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
slag (in mining or smelting); dregs
to slide; to glide; to skate; to sneak (off); to slip (away); to escape in stealth; smooth
saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing); abbr. for Tianjin 天津
to cross (a river...); to relieve; to aid; to help; to be of help; to benefit
free; unrestrained; to inundate
to wash; to clean out; to cleanse; to eliminate; to dredge
to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly
to float; to be suffused with; general; extensive; non-specific; flood; pan- (prefix)
to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench
to filter; to strain; to drain; gonorrhea; (TCM) strangury
warm and virtuous; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]
short name for Chongqing
重慶; old name of Jialing river
嘉陵江 in Sichuan
river bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch
to bubble up; to rush forth
hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
to pour (liquid); to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold
to wade; to be involved; to concern; to experience; to enter (classical)
to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
shore; beach; coast; bank; to border on
fertile; rich; to irrigate; to wash (of river)
to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
deep pool; pond; pit (dialect); depression
beach; shoal; rapids; classifier (for liquids: pool, puddle); measure word
to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually
to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent; diarrhea; laxative
astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure
to leak (of water or gas); to drip; to drain; to discharge; to leak out; to divulge (secrets); to give vent (to anger, spite etc); to disperse; to reduce
deep pool; deep; profound
clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify
to bathe; to cleanse; to receive; to be given
overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
blue-green or azure (of water); vast (of water); cold
situation; condition; moreover; furthermore; besides; much less; let alone; to compare
abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth
to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
to anchor; touch at; to moor
to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt
to seep; to ooze; to horrify
drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
accord; to make contact; to agree; to consult with; extensive
abbr. for Yunnan Province
雲南 in southwest China
to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
to rinse; to trick; to fool sb; to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
to stew in soy sauce and spices
seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
(of water) deep and clear; (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering
clear; vast and deep; classifier (for a body of clear water); measure word
to overflow; to ripple; used in place names; see
漾濞
to soak; to be stained; stain; floodwater
Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); Taiwan pr. [huan3]; also pr. [wan3]
to be dispersed; to collapse; to burst; to break down; to fester; to ulcerate
name of a river; rushing of water
the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain
(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
to go upstream; to trace the source
night tides; evening ebbtide; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful
Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan
same as
渤海, Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong; Gulf of Zhili or Chihli
overflow; rainwater; tearful
bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou
汕頭
to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水
high water; flood; to sprinkle water
dip into water; to temper
name of a river in Jiangsu Province
tearful; to branch (of river)
shallow water; sediment; precipitate
transport by water; watercourse; canal
to wash; to cleanse of evil
still (as of water); still water
to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
to secrete; to excrete; also pr. [bi4]
to drain; to strain; to decant
whirlpool; eddy; also pr. [xuan4]
to deepen (e.g. a ditch); to extract; to manage; ladle (old)
pattering (of rain); seep through; to seep through
pattering (of rain); seep through
clear; deep (of water); swift
disrespectful; (literary) ditch
to dissipate; to dissolve
rapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)
to approach; to border on; near
(literary) to melt; to dissolve
old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name
name of a river in Henan; Henan
name of a river; steep bank
used in place names; see
漾濞
agitated (wind, cloud); boundless
to cleanse; name of a river
to inundate; to bury; to cover up; obscured; submerged
clear (water); strain liquids
river and county in Hebei Province
(onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc
to soak; to blotch; to splotch
(of liquid) to settle; to become clear
inundation; name of a river
eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current
name of a river; valley vapor
stream which returns after branching
dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll
(of clouds) to rise; (of water) to swell
privy; animal pen; muddy; disordered; to disturb
to flow (as water or tears)
name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river
汨羅江
name of an ancient river
(in present-day Dingtao County 定陶縣, Shandong)
(of clothes) to be soaked with sweat
to wash; to redress (a wrong); name of a river
confused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. [yao2]
(name of several rivers in China)
river in Guangdong province
torrential rush; tumultuous
clear; bright and brilliant
luxuriant (of water plants)
flowing of water; name of a river
(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
nasal mucus; Taiwan pr. [yi2]
river in Shandong Province (old)
soaked; to wet; to drench; Taiwan pr. [jia2]
vast; expansive (of water)
full; gushing (of fountain)
dig (a pond); stagnant water
Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)
flowing water; successive
to get rid of; to discharge; to dredge
driving rain; to sprinkle
to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste; to marinate in salt etc; to pickle
licentious, libertine, dissipate
name of a river flowing through Gansu to Shaanxi Province
Xiao River in Hebei province
name of river; old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan; same as 育水
to spatter, to splash, to scatter
abundant; bright; strain spirits
the vitreous glaze on china, porcelain etc
old name of a river in Henan, now written 伊河
to remove evil; to cleanse; to wash away
name of a river in Shandong
clear wine; name of a river
having the appearance of depth
a river in Hebei province
bank; shore; name of a river
(of cloud) forming or rising
(used to describe flowing water)
water in which rice was boiled; slops; swill
(name of a river in Shaanxi Province)
cove; bay; a bend or nook in the hills; the curve of a bow
river name in Henan province
muddy; thick, muddy water
copious (of rain or snow)
name of an ancient river in Henan
name of an ancient river in Hubei
Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江
Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
to attend (official functions)
old name for the Dadu River
大渡河 in Sichuan
to drop, as liquids; a drop
to wade through water or mud
name of a river in Shanxi
(name of a river in Hebei)
used in place-names, e.g. 溵水 was once the name of the Shahe River 沙河, Henan, and 溵州 was a Tang Dynasty prefecture
name of a river in Shaanxi province; see
滻河
a place where small streams flow into a large one
gather; flow into (water); sound of waters flowing together
name of a river in Hebei Province
abbr. for Macao 澳門|澳门; abbr. for Australia 澳大利亞|澳大利亚
vast; expansive (as of water)