This page gathers the 27 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Chinese” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.
- -er suffix Junior, child, younger person. (Attached to a name, usually one syllable of the given name.)
- baihe noun A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women; yuri.
- checked tone noun Synonym of entering tone.
- Chinese patent medicine noun Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require…
- cold-natured adj Associated with Yin; Having the effects of lowering fevers and removing toxic substances.
- demonifugic adj Of, relating to, or resembling a demonifuge.
- duilian noun a pair of content-related lines with same number of characters, same part of speech in each corresponding word, inverse tone patterns in…
- fanqie noun In traditional Chinese lexicography, a method of indicating the pronunciation of a character by using two other characters, each giving…
- feng shui noun A system of spiritual energies, both good and evil, present in the natural features of landscapes.
- fenghuang noun A phoenix found in Asian mythologies, which reigns over all other birds, often of female sex and frequently found paired with the Chinese…
- flighten verb Pronunciation spelling of frighten.
- flying white noun A kind of calligraphic technique that involves applying a relatively dry brush at high speed to create dry, streaky strokes.
- hot-natured adj Associated with Yang; stimulating or inflammatory.
- legalism noun Alternative letter-case form of Legalism.
- li noun A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
- mansion noun One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
- meridian noun Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed…
- money tree noun A kind of holy tree believed to bring money and good fortune.
- neutral tone noun The lack of one of the four primary phonetic tones of Chinese, sometimes viewed as a tone in its own right, and unmarked in Hanyu Pinyin.
- peng noun A legendary enormous bird.
- phoenix noun A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
- repletive adj Associated with oiliness and characterized by fullness or excess, such as with inflammation, swelling; mucus production, puss, etc.
- stemona noun The species used in traditional Chinese medicine under the name 百部 (bǎibù)/百步 (bǎibù), including Stemona japonica, Stemona sessilifolia and…
- tonify verb To increase the available energy of
- triple warmer noun One of the twelve main meridians in the body, which can be treated with acupuncture, moxibustion, or cupping.
- typhoon shelter noun A style of seafood preparation in which the meat is deep-fried with garlic, ginger, scallions, chili, and black bean.
- xiezhi noun A mythical creature resembling an ox or a goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes and a single long horn on its forehead.