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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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hái
    hai2
hai
 kai
(bound form) child
infant

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chán
    chan2
ch`an
    chan
(bound form) weak; feeble

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zǎi
    zai3
tsai
 tsukasa
    つかさ
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
(female given name) Tsukasa
rule

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yàn
    yan4
yen
 utage
    うたげ
(bound form) feast; repose
party; banquet; feast; (female given name) Utage
A banquet; to repose; at ease.


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qǐn
    qin3
ch`in
    chin
 shin
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
To sleep, rest; stop; a retiring room, resting place.


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duì
    dui4
tui
 tsuizaki
    ついざき
right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
(surname) Tsuizaki
To respond, reply, face, opposite, pair, compare; the opposite of; agreeing with.

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yǐn
    yin3
yin
 in
    いん
(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
(hist) (See 弾正台・1) director (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); (surname) Wan

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    wu1
wu
 oku
    おく
(bound form) house; (bound form) room
(1) (See 屋・や・4) house; building; (2) (See 屋根・やね,屋・や・5) roof; (surname) Oku
A house, a room.


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shī
    shi1
shih
 shi
    しかばね
(bound form) corpse
corpse; (1) corpse; (2) kanji "corpse" radical
corpse (of a murdered person. v. 尸 and 毘陀羅.

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shǐ
    shi3
shih
 ki
    ばば
feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
(child. language) (kana only) pooh-pooh; poop; something dirty; (interjection) (1) (colloquialism) bullshit; shit; damn; (2) (colloquialism) feces; excrement; dung; (can act as adjective) (3) damn; damned; blasted; stupid; (4) (slang) very; extremely; (adverb) (5) (slang) a lot
Excrement.


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gǎng
    gang3
kang
 okazaki
    おかざき
(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
(surname) Okazaki


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lán
    lan2
lan
 arashi(p); arashi(sk)
    あらし(P); アラシ(sk)
(bound form) mountain mist
(1) storm; tempest; (2) (idiom) uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest); winds (e.g. of change); (3) (kana only) {cards} (usu. as アラシ) (See おいちょかぶ) pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu; (personal name) Ranran
Mountain mist; vapour.


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shuài
    shuai4
shuai
 sochi; sotsu
    そち; そつ
(bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
(See 大宰府) director of the Dazaifu; (given name) Tsukasa


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zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 chou / cho
    ちょう
(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 賬|账[zhang4]
book; register; (surname) Tobari

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    xu4
hsü
 jo
    じょ
(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
(1) order; ordering; (2) beginning; start; (3) (See 序文) foreword; preface; introduction; (4) (See 序破急) opening of a song (in gagaku or noh)
Seriatim; preface, introduction; the opening phrase of a sutra, "Thus have I heard;" an opening phrase leading up to a subject.

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diàn
    dian4
tien
 ten
    てん
inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
(suffix noun) store; shop; restaurant; (surname) Mise

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shù
    shu4
shu
 yutaka
    ゆたか
(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
(personal name) Yutaka
A multitude; all; the; a concubine; so that; nearly so.

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kuò
    kuo4
k`uo
    kuo
 kuruwa
    くるわ
(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape; (bound form) to expand; to extend
(1) district; quarter; (2) enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; (3) red-light district; (pref,suf) (4) wide and empty; (surname) Kuruwa
Wide, spacious, open, vacant.


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    si1
ssu
(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
See:

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    mi3
mi
 mi
    はず
to stop; repress
(1) (kana only) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (sumo) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Stop, put down.

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wǎng
    wang3
wang
 nobori
    のぼり
to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
(personal name) Nobori
To go; gone, past; to be going to, future.


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cóng
    cong2
ts`ung
    tsung
 jū
from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
To follow, agree with, obey; from; followers, secondary.

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    yu4

 go
    ご
(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern
(prefix) (1) (honorific or respectful language) (polite language) (humble language) (kana only) (usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading) (See 御・お) honorific-polite-humble prefix; (suffix) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (after a noun indicating a person) honorific suffix; (personal name) Mitomo
to steer

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
(literary) (bound form) jealous

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yuàn
    yuan4
yüan
 on
to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
Resentment, grievance, hatred.

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shì
    shi4
shih
 ji
(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
to depend on

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huǎng
    huang3
huang
 kou / ko
    こう
(bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如[huang3 ru2] and 恍若[huang3 ruo4]
(given name) Kō
dim


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chǐ
    chi3
ch`ih
    chih
 hatsuru
    はつる
(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
shame; embarrassment; disgrace; (given name) Hatsuru
to be ashamed

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huǐ
    hui3
hui
 ke
(bound form) to regret; to repent
Regret, repent.

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huì
    hui4
hui
 megumu
    めぐむ
(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])
(female given name) Megumu
Kind, gracious, forbearing, accordant.

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huáng
    huang2
huang
(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation


see styles

    li4
li
(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
See:


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tài
    tai4
t`ai
    tai
 tai
    たい
(bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice
(n,n-suf) (1) condition; figure; appearance; (n,n-suf) (2) {gramm} (See ボイス) voice
attitude

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nuò
    nuo4
no
(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted


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chàn
    chan4
ch`an
    chan
 sen
(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")
kṣamayati, "to ask pardon"; to seek forgiveness, patience or indulgence, kṣamā meaning patience, forbearance, tr. as 悔過 repentance, or regret or error; also as confession. It especially refers to the regular confessional service for monks and for nuns.

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piān
    pian1
p`ien
    pien
(bound form) small

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tuō
    tuo1
t`o
    to
 taku
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; something serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1]); torr (unit of pressure)
To carry on the palm, entrust to.

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kuò
    kuo4
k`uo
    kuo
 kukuru
    くくる
(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise; to put (text) in brackets; Taiwan pr. [gua1]
(female given name) Kukuru


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xié
    xie2
hsieh
 kyō
(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc)
To clasp under the arm; to cherish; to presume on.

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juān
    juan1
chüan
 en
to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
leaving


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sào
    sao4
sao
 sou / so
    そう
(bound form) a (large) broom
(surname) Sou
To sweep.

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shòu
    shou4
shou
 sazuka
    さずか
(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
(female given name) Sazuka
To give, confer, deliver, communicate to, hand down.

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    wo4
wo
 nigiri
    にぎり
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
(place-name) Nigiri

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    mo2
mo
(bound form) to imitate; to copy


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    ta4
t`a
    ta
(bound form) to whip; to flog; (loanword) tart


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yōng
    yong1
yung
 ranpo
    らんぽ
to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
(personal name) Ranpo
To crowd, press; embrace, hug.

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lèi
    lei4
lei
(bound form) platform for a martial art contest; Taiwan pr. [lei2]


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    lu3
lu
(bound form) to capture (sb)


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shè
    she4
she
 setsu
    せつ
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to take (a photo); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
(female given name) Setsu
To collect, gather together, combine, include; lay hold of; assist, act for or with; control, direct, attend to; translit. ś, śa.

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jìng
    jing4
ching
 kei / ke
    けい
(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
reverence; respect; (female given name) Yuki
Reverence, respect.


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    di2
ti
 teki
    てき
(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
(1) (ant: 味方・1) opponent; rival; adversary; (2) menace; danger; threat; enemy
To oppose, compete; an enemy.

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shī
    shi1
shih
 haru
    はる
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
(surname) Haru
dāna 檀那 Alms; charity. To give, bestow. See also 實.

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chāng
    chang1
ch`ang
    chang
 masaru
    まさる
(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
(given name) Masaru

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huì
    hui4
hui
 kai
    みそか
(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
last day of the month; (archaism) last day of the month
The last day of the moon; night; dark, obscure; unlucky.

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jǐng
    jing3
ching
 kei / ke
    けい
(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight
(1) vista; view; scene; scenic view; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for scenes (in a play); (female given name) Miyoshi
Prospect, view, circumstances.

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shǔ
    shu3
shu
 akebono
    あけぼの
(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4]
dawn; daybreak; beginning; (given name) Sho

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yǒu
    you3
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
(1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi
bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence.

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 momo
    もも
apricot; (bound form) almond
(kana only) apricot (Prunus armeniaca); (female given name) Momo

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    ku1
k`u
    ku
 ku
(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring; (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
Wither, decay.

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xiào
    xiao4
hsiao
 kou / ko
    こう
(bound form) school; college; (bound form) (military) field officer
(suffix) (1) school; (n,ctr) (2) proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs; (given name) Tadasu
Compare, collate, compared with, similar to 較.

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sāng
    sang1
sang
 kuwa
    くわ
(bound form) mulberry tree
mulberry (tree); (surname) Kuwatsuru
Mulberry.

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    zi3
tzu
 azusa; shi; azusa
    あずさ; し; アズサ
Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks
(1) (あずさ, アズサ only) (kana only) (See 夜糞峰榛) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); (2) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See キササゲ) yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); (3) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See 赤芽柏・1) Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); (4) printing block; (5) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓弓) catalpa bow; (6) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓巫女) catalpa medium; (surname) Shin

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shū
    shu1
shu
to comb; (bound form) a comb


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zǎo
    zao3
tsao
 natsume; natsume
    なつめ; ナツメ
(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
(1) (kana only) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); Chinese date; red date; (2) small tea caddy (tea ceremony); (surname, female given name) Natsume

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zhuī
    zhui1
chui
 shii; shii / shi; shi
    しい; シイ
(bound form) vertebra
(kana only) any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin; (female given name) Shiina
A hammer, especially for a gong, etc.; idem 槌.

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    ye1
yeh
(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. [ye2]

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gài
    gai4
kai
 gai
    がい
(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment
(1) appearance; look; aspect; (2) (rare) (See 気概・きがい) strong spirit; mettle; (personal name) Kaiji
strickle


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shū
    shu1
shu
 sū
(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
A pivot, axis.


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dàng
    dang4
tang
(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files; crosspiece (of a table etc); (bound form) (of goods) grade; vendor's open-air stall; (Tw) timeslot for a show or program; classifier for shows; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dang3]


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líng
    ling2
ling
(bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework


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lǎn
    lan3
lan
(bound form) olive

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qiàn
    qian4
ch`ien
    chien
 kake
    かけ
to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
lack; deficiency; vacancy; (1) (kana only) yawn; yawning (and stretching); (2) kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76); (place-name) Kake
To owe: debt; deficient; to bend, bow, yawn, etc.; the Sanskrit sign अ said to imply 大空不可得 space, great and unattainable or immeasurable.

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mín
    min2
min
 min
    みん
(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
(suffix) (1) citizen; resident; person; (suffix) (2) (colloquialism) user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere); (personal name) Min
the people

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qiú
    qiu2
ch`iu
    chiu
to swim (bound form)

see styles

    mi4
mi
(bound form) to secrete

see styles
fàn
    fan4
fan
 hiroshi
    ひろし
(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
(given name) Hiroshi
generalization

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mǐn
    min3
min
 min
    みん
(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
(given name) Min
Vast; to flow off; ruin, confusion.


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xiè
    xie4
hsieh
 shiono
    しおの
(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
(personal name) Shiono
To leak, diminish.

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shè
    she4
she
 shō
(literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
to go over

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    ye4
yeh
 eki
    えき
(bound form) a liquid; also pr. [yi4]
(n,n-suf) liquid; fluid

see styles
shū
    shu1
shu
 yoshi
    よし
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]
(female given name) Yoshi


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hún
    hun2
hun
 kon
muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural; (bound form) whole; entire; all over
all

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tāo
    tao1
t`ao
    tao
(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent

see styles
yǎn
    yan3
yen
 hiroshi
    ひろし
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
(given name) Hiroshi
To extend, expound, practise, perform.


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kuì
    kui4
k`uei
    kuei
 tsue
    つえ
(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
(place-name) Tsue


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bīn
    bin1
pin
 hin
    ひん
(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
(surname) Hin

see styles
zhuó
    zhuo2
cho
 shaku
to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
burn, scorch, cauterize


see styles
huàn
    huan4
huan
 akira
    あきら
(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
(given name) Akira

see styles

    xi1
hsi
 hiromu
    ひろむ
(used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
(given name) Hiromu

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zào
    zao4
tsao
 sō
dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
dried

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suì
    sui4
sui
 hiuchi
    ひうち
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays; (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; (place-name, surname) Hiuchi
flame


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jìn
    jin4
chin
 shin
(bound form) cinders; ashes
ashes

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    wu4
wu
 mono(p); mon; mono
    もの(P); もん; モノ
(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
(1) thing; object; article; stuff; substance; (2) (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん) one's things; possessions; property; belongings; (3) things; something; anything; everything; nothing; (4) quality; (5) reason; the way of things; (6) (kana only) (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ) used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; (suffix noun) (7) (kana only) item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...; (suffix noun) (8) cause of ...; cause for ...; (prefix) (9) (もの only) (See 物寂しい・ものさびしい) somehow; somewhat; for some reason; (prefix) (10) (もの only) (See 物珍しい・ものめずらしい) really; truly; (surname) Mono
Thing, things in general, beings, living beings, matters; "substance," cf. 陀羅驃 dravya.


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 ken
to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
To haul, drag, influence, implicate.

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xiá
    xia2
hsia
(bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or something; to treat frivolously


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shī
    shi1
shih
 shi
(bound form) lion
A lion; cf. 師子.

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áo
    ao2
ao
(bound form) mastiff

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pàn
    pan4
p`an
    pan
 kuroyanagi
    くろやなぎ
(bound form) side; edge; boundary
(1) (kana only) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (2) (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; (1) (kana only) ridge of earth between rice fields; (2) (kana only) ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; (3) (abbreviation) footpath between rice fields; causeway; (surname) Kuroyanagi
A path between fields, or boundary; to trespass; translit. ban, van, par, pra. v. 般, 班, etc.

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lüè
    lu:e4
lu:e
 ryaku
    りゃく
brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
(n,n-suf) (1) abbreviation; omission; (2) outline; gist; (3) plan; strategy; scheme
To mark off, define: abridge, outline, sketch; summarize in general; rather, somewhat.

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fān
    fan1
fan
 ban
    ばん
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
(n,n-suf) (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (suffix noun) (4) rank; standing; position; (n,n-suf) (5) {sumo} bout; match; (suffix noun) (6) pieces (in a collection); (surname) Ban
Barbarian, foreign; a time, a turn.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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