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); depth; difficult; thoroughgoing; very; greatly; deeply
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 rinse; to eliminate; to dredge
pretty; elegant; polished
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
surname; Name of River (in Shanxi and Henan Province)
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
warm; lukewarm; hot; gentle; temperature; fever
(TCM); acute communicable disease
(s); see also
瘟; to warm up; to reheat; to review
(a lesson, etc); to revise
(a lesson, etc)
(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)