废 ⇒
废话 fèihuà, [廢話], nonsense/rubbish/superfluous words/You don't say!/No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废物 fèiwù, [廢物], rubbish/waste material/useless person
废 fèi, [廢]/[癈], to abolish/to abandon/to abrogate/to discard/to depose/to oust/crippled/abandone...
废弃 fèiqì, [廢棄], to discard/to abandon (old ways)/to invalidate
废墟 fèixū, [廢墟], ruins
废除 fèichú, [廢除], to abolish/to abrogate/to repeal
残废 cánfèi, [殘廢], deformity/handicapped
窝囊废 wōnangfèi, [窩囊廢], (coll.) spineless coward/wimp/a good-for-nothing
半途而废 bàntúérfèi, [半途而廢], to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
废品 fèipǐn, [廢品], production rejects/seconds/scrap/discarded material
颓废 tuífèi, [頹廢], decadent/dispirited/depressed/dejected
荒废 huāngfèi, [荒廢], to abandon (cultivated fields)/no longer cultivated/to lie waste/wasted/to negle...
废人 fèirén, [廢人], handicapped person/useless person
废料 fèiliào, [廢料], waste products/refuse/garbage/good-for-nothing (derog.)
作废 zuòfèi, [作廢], to become invalid/to cancel/to delete/to nullify
报废 bàofèi, [報廢], to scrap/to be written off
废铁 fèitiě, [廢鐵], scrap iron
废纸 fèizhǐ, [廢紙], waste paper
废掉 fèidiào, [廢掉], to depose (a king)
核废料 废弃物 废气 fèiqì, [廢氣], exhaust gas/industrial waste gas/steam
废旧 fèijiù, [廢舊], worn out/old-fashioned and dilapidated
废止 fèizhǐ, [廢止], to repeal (a law)/to put an end to/abolition/annulled
废水 fèishuǐ, [廢水], waste water/drain water/effluent
废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí, [廢寢忘食], to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)/to skip one's sleep and meals/to ...
废黜 fèichù, [廢黜], to depose (a king)
废置 fèizhì, [廢置], to discard/to shelve as useless
废油 废液 fèiyè, [廢液], waste liquids
变废为宝 百废待兴 bǎifèidàixīng, [百廢待興], many things waiting to be done (idiom)/a thousand things to do
废票 废渣 fèizhā, [廢渣], industrial waste product/slag
废弃地 因噎废食 yīnyēfèishí, [因噎廢食], lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite...
话 ⇒
话 huà, [話]/[諙], dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what sb said/CL:種|种...
电话 diànhuà, [電話], telephone/CL:部[bù]/phone call/CL:通[tōng]/phone number
打电话 dǎdiànhuà, [打電話], to make a telephone call
说话 shuōhuà, [說話], to speak/to say/to talk/to gossip/to tell stories/talk/word
谈话 tánhuà, [談話], to talk (with sb)/to have a conversation/talk/conversation/CL:次[cì]
实话 shíhuà, [實話], truth
说实话 shuōshíhuà, [說實話], to speak the truth/truth to tell/frankly
笑话 xiàohuà, [笑話], joke/jest/CL:個|个[gè]/to laugh at/to mock
讲话 jiǎnghuà, [講話], a speech/to speak/to talk/to address/CL:個|个[gè]
废话 fèihuà, [廢話], nonsense/rubbish/superfluous words/You don't say!/No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
的话 dehuà, [的話], if (coming after a conditional clause)
话题 huàtí, [話題], subject (of a talk or conversation)/topic
通话 tōnghuà, [通話], to hold a conversation/to talk over the telephone/phone call
对话 duìhuà, [對話], dialogue/CL:個|个[gè]
听话 tīnghuà, [聽話], to do what one is told/obedient
真话 谎话 huǎnghuà, [謊話], lie
实话实说 shíhuàshíshuō, [實話實說], to tell the truth/to tell it as it is
说来话长 shuōláihuàcháng, [說來話長], start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to expr...
神话 shénhuà, [神話], legend/fairy tale/myth/mythology
童话 tónghuà, [童話], children's fairy tales
脏话 zānghuà, [髒話], profanity/obscene language/speaking rudely
话说 huàshuō, [話說], It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)/to discuss/to recount
鬼话 guǐhuà, [鬼話], lie/false words/nonsense/CL:篇[piān]
坏话 huàihuà, [壞話], unpleasant talk/malicious words
屁话 pìhuà, [屁話], shit/nonsense
问话 wènhuà, [問話], questioning (a suspect)/interrogation
换句话说 huànjùhuàshuō, [換句話說], in other words
长话短说 chánghuàduǎnshuō, [長話短說], to make a long story short (idiom)
真心话 好话 hǎohuà, [好話], friendly advice/words spoken on sb's behalf/a good word/kind words/words that so...
电话线 diànhuàxiàn, [電話線], telephone line/telephone wire
回话 huíhuà, [回話], to reply
话语 huàyǔ, [話語], words/speech/utterance/discourse
胡话 húhuà, [胡話], nonsense/ridiculous talk/hogwash
无话可说 wúhuàkěshuō, [無話可說], to have nothing to say (idiom)
粗话 cūhuà, [粗話], vulgar language (esp. scatological insults)/uncultured speech
电话亭 diànhuàtíng, [電話亭], telephone booth
话筒 huàtǒng, [話筒], microphone/(telephone) receiver/handset
傻话 shǎhuà, [傻話], foolish talk/nonsense
电话簿 diànhuàbù, [電話簿], telephone directory
通电话 tōngdiànhuà, [通電話], to phone sb up
传话 chuánhuà, [傳話], to pass on a story/to communicate a message
心里话 xīnlihuà, [心裡話], (to express one's) true feelings/what is on one's mind/secret mind
闲话 xiánhuà, [閒話], casual conversation/chat/gossip/to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
话剧 huàjù, [話劇], stage play/modern drama/CL:臺|台[tái],部[bù]
公用电话 gōngyòngdiànhuà, [公用電話], public phone/CL:部[bù]
老话 瞎话 错话 大话 疯话 fēnghuà, [瘋話], crazy talk/ravings/nonsense
假话 jiǎhuà, [假話], a lie/untrue statement/misstatement
悄悄话 qiāoqiaohuà, [悄悄話], whisperings/private words/confidences/sweet nothings
不像话 bùxiànghuà, [不像話], unreasonable/shocking/outrageous
像话 xiànghuà, [像話], proper
这话 电话会议 diànhuàhuìyì, [電話會議], (telephone) conference call
无线电话 wúxiàndiànhuà, [無線電話], radio telephony/wireless telephone
电话铃 俗话说 súhuàshuō, [俗話說], as the proverb says/as they say...
说闲话 搭话 dāhuà, [搭話], to talk/to get into conversation with/to send word
行话 hánghuà, [行話], jargon/language of the trade
电话费 普通话 pǔtōnghuà, [普通話], Mandarin (common language)/Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)/ord...
训话 xùnhuà, [訓話], to admonish subordinates
俏皮话 qiàopihuà, [俏皮話], witticism/wisecrack/sarcastic remark/double entendre
说大话 反话 fǎnhuà, [反話], irony/ironic remark
象话 xiànghuà, [象話], proper/also written 像話|像话
长途电话 chángtúdiànhuà, [長途電話], long-distance call
发话 话费 huàfèi, [話費], call charge
空话 kōnghuà, [空話], empty talk/bunk/malicious gossip
电话本 直话 zhíhuà, [直話], straight talk/straightforward words
说梦话 不在话下 bùzàihuàxià, [不在話下], to be nothing difficult/to be a cinch
茶话会 cháhuàhuì, [茶話會], tea party
俗话 súhuà, [俗話], common saying/proverb
客套话 kètàohuà, [客套話], conventional greeting/polite formula
插话 chāhuà, [插話], to interrupt (sb speaking)/interruption/digression
话别 huàbié, [話別], to say good-bye/to bid sb farewell
套话 tàohuà, [套話], polite phrase/conventional greetings/cliché/to try to worm facts out of sb
原话 电话机 diànhuàjī, [電話機], telephone set
步话机 bùhuàjī, [步話機], walkie-talkie
丑话 chǒuhuà, [醜話], ugly talk/vulgarity/obscenity
会话 huìhuà, [會話], conversation/CL:個|个[gè],次[cì]
话头 huàtóu, [話頭], subject (under discussion)/thread (of an argument)
白话 báihuà, [白話], spoken language/vernacular
漂亮话 气话 qìhuà, [氣話], angry words/sth said in the moment of anger
二话不说 èrhuàbùshuō, [二話不說], not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection/without demur
风凉话 fēngliánghuà, [風涼話], sneering/sarcasm/cynical remarks
恭维话 说话声 此话 下流话 可视电话 kěshìdiànhuà, [可視電話], videophone
话匣子 huàxiázi, [話匣子], phonograph or radio (old term)/chatterbox/talkative person
费话 fèihuà, [費話], to talk at length/to waste one's breath/variant of 廢話|废话[fèi huà]
话音 huàyīn, [話音], one's speaking voice/tone/implication
喊话 古话 留话 liúhuà, [留話], to leave word/to leave a message
话家常 一席话 yīxíhuà, [一席話], the content of a conversation/words/remarks
话不投机 huàbùtóujī, [話不投機], the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)
有线电话 情话 qínghuà, [情話], terms of endearment/words of love
黑话 hēihuà, [黑話], argot/bandits' secret jargon/malicious words
答话 dáhuà, [答話], to reply/to answer
话机 话中有话 huàzhōngyǒuhuà, [話中有話], overtones in conversation/things indirectly implied from what is said
说空话 闹笑话 nàoxiàohuà, [鬧笑話], to make a fool of oneself
客气话 kèqihuà, [客氣話], words of politeness/politesse/decorous talking/talk with propriety
奉承话 梦话 mènghuà, [夢話], talking in one's sleep/words spoken during sleep/fig. speech bearing no relation...
俗话说得好 话柄 huàbǐng, [話柄], a pretext for gossip/a matter for derision
话剧团 土话 tǔhuà, [土話], vernacular/slang/dialect/patois
后话 hòuhuà, [後話], something to be taken up later in speech or writing
家乡话 中国话 Zhōngguóhuà, [中國話], (spoken) Chinese language
电话局 公用电话亭 怪话 guàihuà, [怪話], ridiculous talk/preposterous remark
哪里话 送话器 私房话 官话 guānhuà, [官話], "officialese"/bureaucratic language/Mandarin
对话框 duìhuàkuàng, [對話框], dialog box (computing)
知心话 长话 说怪话 话茬 huàchá, [話茬], tone of voice/topic/subject under discussion
醉话 话把 通话费 佳话 jiāhuà, [佳話], story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
泄气话 私话 话外音 二话没说 èrhuàméishuō, [二話沒說], see 二話不說|二话不说[èr huà bù shuō]
大白话 dàbáihuà, [大白話], colloquial speech
电话网 diànhuàwǎng, [電話網], telephone network
话梅 huàméi, [話梅], plum candy/preserved plum
挖苦话 一番话 二话 èrhuà, [二話], objection/differing opinion
话锋 huàfēng, [話鋒], topic under discussion/thread of discussion
话务员 huàwùyuán, [話務員], phone operator
话务台 正经话 市话 前话 电视电话会议 白话文 báihuàwén, [白話文], writings in the vernacular
传为佳话 电话间 车轱辘话 家常话 正话 外行话
连 ⇒
连 Lián/lián, [連], surname Lian, to link/to join/to connect/continuously/in succession/including/(u...
连接 liánjiē, [連接], to link/to join/to attach/connection/a link (on web page)
连续 liánxù, [連續], continuous/in a row/serial/consecutive
连环 liánhuán, [連環], chain
牵连 qiānlián, [牽連], to implicate/implicated/to link together
连锁 liánsuǒ, [連鎖], to interlock/to be linked/chain (store etc)
相连 xiānglián, [相連], to link/to join/link/connection
一连串 yīliánchuàn, [一連串], a succession of/a series of
连累 liánlěi, [連累], to involve/to implicate sb/to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)
连锁店 liánsuǒdiàn, [連鎖店], chain store
连体 liántǐ, [連體], conjoined (twins)
连同 liántóng, [連同], together with/along with
连续剧 liánxùjù, [連續劇], serialized drama/dramatic series/show in parts
连任 liánrèn, [連任], to continue in (a political) office/to serve for another term of office
连连 liánlián, [連連], repeatedly/again and again
价值连城 jiàzhíliánchéng, [價值連城], invaluable/priceless
连衣裙 liányīqún, [連衣裙], woman's dress/frock/gown
连贯 liánguàn, [連貫], to link up (disparate elements)/coherent (narrative, argument etc)
接连 jiēlián, [接連], on end/in a row/in succession
连环画 liánhuánhuà, [連環畫], lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
连着 连队 liánduì, [連隊], company (of troops)
连锁反应 liánsuǒfǎnyìng, [連鎖反應], chain reaction
连夜 liányè, [連夜], that very night/through the night/for several nights in a row
连结 liánjié, [連結], variant of 聯結|联结[lián jié]
连通 liántōng, [連通], to connect/to communicate/to relate/(math.) connected
接二连三 jiēèrliánsān, [接二連三], one after another (idiom)/in quick succession
连带 liándài, [連帶], to be related/to entail/to involve/joint (liability etc)
一连 yīlián, [一連], in a row/in succession/running
流连 liúlián, [流連], to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave)/to linger on
连长 liánzhǎng, [連長], company commander
连续性 liánxùxìng, [連續性], continuity
连理 liánlǐ, [連理], two trees that grow together as one/fig. conjugal union
连裤袜 liánkùwà, [連褲襪], panty hose/tights/CL:雙|双[shuāng]
连绵 liánmián, [連綿], continuous/unbroken/uninterrupted/extending forever into the distance (of mounta...
连部 心连心 连载 liánzǎi, [連載], serialized/published as a serial (in a newspaper)
粘连 niánlián/zhānlián, [粘連], to adhere/to stick together, adhesion/to adhere/to cohere/to stick
连声 liánshēng, [連聲], repeatedly (say something)
连接器 liánjiēqì, [連接器], connector
关连 guānlián, [關連], variant of 關聯|关联[guān lián]
接连不断 jiēliánbùduàn, [接連不斷], in unbroken succession (idiom)
沃连斯基 连贯性 连轴转 liánzhóuzhuàn, [連軸轉], lit. to continuously revolve/to work non-stop/to work around the clock (idiom)
三连冠 连晟 妙语连珠 miàoyǔliánzhū, [妙語連珠], sparkling with wit (idiom)
连翘 liánqiáo, [連翹], Forsythia
连天 liántiān, [連天], reaching the sky/for days on end/incessantly
阿连德 互连 hùlián, [互連], interconnection
血肉相连 xuèròuxiānglián, [血肉相連], one's own flesh and blood (idiom); closely related
流连忘返 liúliánwàngfǎn, [流連忘返], to linger/to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
连年 liánnián, [連年], successive years/over many years
李连杰 LǐLiánjié, [李連杰], Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and...
串连 五连胜 连日来 连续不断 liánxùbùduàn, [連續不斷], continuous/unceasing
留连 liúlián, [留連], variant of 流連|流连[liú lián]
我连 连绵不断 三连胜 sānliánshèng, [三連勝], hat-trick (sports)
连枷 liánjiā, [連枷], flail
连里 连字号 liánzìhào, [連字號], hyphen (punct.)
连胜 萨尔瓦多·阿连德 马连晟 连珠炮 liánzhūpào, [連珠砲], barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
连接符 大连 Dàlián, [大連], Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
连锅端 liánguōduān, [連鍋端], to take even the cooking pots (idiom)/to clean out/to wipe out
株连 zhūlián, [株連], to involve others (in a crime)/guilt by association
连接线 连成一片 同命相连 五连冠 连词 liáncí, [連詞], conjunction
留连忘返 阴雨连绵 连日 liánrì, [連日], day after day/for several days running
连杆 连吻 理察·连恩 好戏连台 克丽连克 连守卫 连阴雨 连篇累牍 liánpiānlěidú, [連篇累牘], (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)/verbose
连珠 liánzhū, [連珠], joined as a string of pearls/in rapid succession/alignment/Renju, a Japanese gam...
基里连科 连欢跃 若连 西蒙却连皮 连续流 四连胜 百连发 连天亮 他连摩西 连洛城 连六波 东连风 九连胜 连维京 卡塔连纳 钱连本 奎三连 连裆裤 连忙 liánmáng, [連忙], promptly/at once
烽火连天 连恩淑 马连胜 连洪奎 骨肉相连 gǔròuxiānglián, [骨肉相連], lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related/closely intert...
战连胜 连海选 连龙 连铉 连轴 连襟 liánjīn, [連襟], husbands of sisters/brothers-in-law/extremely close (of a relationship)
连男 连熊 连片 liánpiàn, [連片], forming a continuous sheet/continuous/contiguous/closely grouped
连源 连放 布连 连恩 连意 连战 LiánZhàn, [連戰], Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of G...
连成 连妈 连作 连壁花 二子连 连红梅 祖柏连 肖连 伯连纳 连发器 连礼 连发梦 连用 liányòng, [連用], to use (two words etc) together/to use (sth) continuously
尤尔·伯连纳 佛罗连·奇波莱森 连瑞秋 连桃 毗连 pílián, [毗連], to adjoin
尤伯·连纳 心心相连 他连奥斯汀 麦克连 子连 黄连 huánglián, [黃連], Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
连安 连超人 连石头
篇 ⇒
篇 piān, sheet/piece of writing/bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)/c...
长篇大论 篇章 piānzhāng, writing/sections and chapters
千篇一律 qiānpiānyīlǜ, thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive/once you've see...
长篇 chángpiān, [長篇], lengthy (report or speech)
短篇小说 duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō, [短篇小說], short story
短篇 诗篇 shīpiān, [詩篇], a poem/a composition in verse/fig. epic (compared with historical epic)/the bibl...
开篇 kāipiān, [開篇], start of literary work/opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tán cí]
篇幅 piānfu, length (of a piece of writing)/space occupied on a printed page
新篇章 通篇 满篇 全篇 长篇小说 chángpiānxiǎoshuō, [長篇小說], novel
中篇小说 zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō, [中篇小說], novella
连篇累牍 liánpiānlěidú, [連篇累牘], (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)/verbose
下篇 中篇 续篇 xùpiān, [續篇], sequel/continuation (of a story)