particle (indicating an action in progress); grammatical word; auxiliary
ten thousand; 10 000; 10,000; (a) greater number; (a) myriad
flower; to spend (money, time)
like; as if; as; if; to seem; to appear (to)
grass; straw; meaning component (grass, herbs, flowers...)
vegetable; greens; (concept of) vegetable; dish; course; food
magnificent; flowery; splendid; China (abbr)
leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier (for small boats); measure word
to fall; to drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline; to sink; to lag; to fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
see
囉囌; Perilla frutescens
(Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for
英國
hero; brave; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom
do not; there is none who
lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant; fragrance; fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
(chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add
to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in
to catch; to obtain; to capture; to reap; to harvest; to win; to get
to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
Chinese mugwort; wormwood; moxa; to stop; to cut short; phonetic "ai" or "i"; abbr. for
艾滋病, AIDS
to supervise; to direct; director
drizzle; mist; blind; dim-sighted; to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat
to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat
to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess; (knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunned
(knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunned
Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia
蒙古國; Taiwan pr. [Meng2]
to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort
wormwood like grass (classical)
to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
dirty; filthy; viscera; (anatomy) organ
(abbr. for the) Philippines (菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1])
luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)
sprout; young plant; seedling; vaccine; Miao ethnic group
to steam (of cooking) ; to evaporate; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)
kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
Holland; the Netherlands; abbr. for
荷蘭
to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near
weed; weed plant; plant; name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
germ; bacteria; fungus; mold; Taiwan pr. [jun4]
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
to sprout; to bud; to have a strong affection for (slang); adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)
thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile
now; here; this; time; year
luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
leek; shallot; (green) onion; scallion; green (color)
dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
short name for Chengdu
成都
see
芙蓉, lotus; food that has been minced, shredded, or ground into a paste, suitable for stuffing or making a sauce
common rue
(Ruta graveolens); books and libraries; see
蕓薹
common rue (Ruta graveolens); books and libraries
to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
curtain; screen; canopy; tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)
benzene; benzol (chemistry)
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush
sweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans; coumarin
to bury (the dead); to inter
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene; strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
chaste tree or berry
(Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu
楚國
fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier (for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff); measure word
to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
Rubia cordifolia; Indian madder; munjeet
Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent; impressive
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
leek flower; lush; luxuriant
Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
Trapa natans; water caltrop
katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
see
莎草; see see 莎草[suo1 cao3]; see 摩莎[mo2 suo1]
to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity
angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
rush; reed; Phragmites communis
if; supposing; careless; negligent; temporarily
reed; rush; Phragmites communis
stubble land after crop has been taken; a second crop obtained by rotation of land; an opportunity
shave; to shave; to weed; (also written 鬀)
(artemisia); duckweed; apple
phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹 is more common
bud; flower calyx; luxuriant; profuse
fence; hedge; screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
Portugal; Portuguese; abbr. for
葡萄牙
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion
turnip; Brassica campestris
to fade; shrivelling; droopy; to wither; to wilt; listless
celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]
to insult; to walk all over (sb)
thick weeds; luxuriant growth; Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves; impertinent
collect; collection; dense; grassy; thick; assemble; gather
vast, with no clear boundary; (fig.) hazy; indistinct; unclear; confused
to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal
Asarum; Wild ginger; also
細辛
taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta
Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti); Indian hemp (cannabis)
luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce; to proliferate
used in the transliteration of people's names
reed; Phragmites communis
to flourish; luxuriant growth
luxuriant growth; passing (of time)
to belittle; nothing; defiled with blood
Chinese peony; Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
to leave out; to be missing; to omit; to leave behind ; to forget to bring; to lag ; to fall behind
Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
rain coat made of straw etc
Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
to attend (an official function); to be present; to administer; to approach (esp. as administrator)
reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
root and lower stem of certain plants; classifier (for pieces and clumps); measure word
common plantain (Plantago major)
Draba nemerosa bebe carpa
moss; lichen; moss on damp walls; used erroneously for 蘇|苏
(grass); Themeda forsbali
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses); also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
(cabbage); Brassica chinensis
Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province
alternative name for taro (old)
death of a prince; swarming
leap on or over; suddenly
plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
type of water plant; (dialect) loess hills
fringe; overladen with flowers
edible water plant; Brasenia schreberi
edible water plant; Brasenia schreberi
edible water plant; Brasenia schreberi
to mow; to cut; to reap; to redress
Allium scorodoprasum; bottle gourd
to display vigorous, new growth; to sprout
Arthemisia vulgaris; piper betel
abundant, luxuriant vegetation
Zizania latifolia; mushroom
amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
to weed; to grip or clutch
Boehmeria nivea; Chinese grass
plantain herb (Plantago); Taiwan pr. [fou2]
(herb); implore; pray; place name
lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine
Polygala japonica; lush (grass)
Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草
yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
collect; frame for silk worm; nest
see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
name of a district in Shandong
red algae; Gracilaria, several species, some edible; Japanese ogonori; arch. used for vanilla-like herb
Trapa natans; water caltrop
marshland; swamp; salted or pickled vegetables; to mince; to shred; to mince human flesh and bones; Taiwan pr. [ju1]
Brassica campestris subsp. rapa
Allium bakeri; shallot; scallion
Pachyma cocos; china root
Lophanthus rugosus; beans
fluorene C13H10; (old) name of an edible wild plant
to cover; to hide; to conceal
rafters supporting tiles; ridge of a roof
Celosia argentea; luxuriant
eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
to cut down; to mow; to eliminate; scythe
aromatic wood; perfume; fragrance
clover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. [su4]
Common Gromwell or European stoneseed (Lithospermum officinale)
multitude; skin of bamboo
(grass); increase five fold
Arctium lappa; great burdock
Arthraxon ciliare; green; rhodacene
fruit of mulberry; also pr. [ren4]
trailing plant; liana; creeper; wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)
coarse grass used to show rank
Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass); Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
madder (Rubia cordifolia); to hunt for; to gather; to collect
plant similar to coco-grass
莎草 (classical)
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia; Taiwan pr. [yong1]
hemp seeds; luxurious; abundant
membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem; culm
used for 殍 piǎo, to die of starvation
young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail; konnyaku (in Japanese cooking), solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue
basket for carrying earth
withered (plant, herb etc)
ancient name for east Roman empire
fragment; salted vegetables; spices
a kind of aromatic herb (old)
bright; shining, splendid
luxuriant growth of flower
weeds that regrow from cut-down roots
(vegetable); Viola vaginata
to chop straw fine for animals
(weed); Phytolacca acinosa
see
萹蓄; Taiwan pr. [pian1]
fruit of plants (not of trees)
common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
bamboo mat; feast, banquet
a kind of smelly water plant
creeper; bramble; dirt-basket
myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga)
to wither; dried leaves; faded; withered
to bank up the roots of plants
plantain (Plantago asiatica); common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
Ampelopsis japonica
(creeper with root used in TCM); same as
白蘞
Scirpis maritimus; small chestnut
aromatic plant, possibly Dahurian angelica
白芷 (archaic)
pointed grass blade; to prick
denseness of grass-foliage
phonetic component in certain characters with sound huò, such as 護, 獲, 穫 and 擭
cigarette (slang) (Cantonese)
luxuriant growth; extreme; reach
orchid (same as 蘭草|兰草); Eupatorium (same as 蕑)
a surname (Sa); Bodhisattva (Buddhist gods or immortals)
marsiliaceae; clover fern