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Name: ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition 1 电電 diàn electric; electricity; electrical son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), 2 子 zǐ year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 ; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 3 邮郵 yóu post (office); mail 4 件 jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc 5 让讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc) 6 花 huā surname Hua; flower; blossom; Classifiers: 朵 ; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time) 7 不 bù (negative prefix); not; no 8 好 hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness); (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9 意 yì Italy; Italian; abbr. for 意大利 ; idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate 10 思 sī to think; to consider 11 每 měi each; every 12 城 chéng city walls; city; town; Classifiers: 座 13 市 shì market; city; Classifiers: 个 14 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very 15 别別 bié surname Bie; to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify; other; another; do not; must not; to pin; to stick (sth) in 16 高 gāo surname Gao; high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) 17 速 sù fast; rapid; quick; velocity public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of 18 公 gōng five orders of nobility 五等爵位 ; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) 19 路 lù surname Lu; road; Classifiers: 条 ; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind 20 紧緊 jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten 21 张張 zhāng surname Zhang; to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes 22 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 ; sixth in order; letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; 23 己 jǐ hexa hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; 24 手 shǒu classifier for skill; Classifiers: 双 25 机機 jī surname Ji; machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic; Classifiers: 台 26 发發 fā to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) 27 短 duǎn short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault 28 信 xìn letter; mail; Classifiers: 封 ; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random 29 新 xīn abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 ; surname Xin; new; newly; meso- (chemistry) 30 年秊 nián surname Nian; year; Classifiers: 个 ; grain; harvest (old); variant of 年 rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; 31 快 kuài pleasant 32 乐樂 lè surname Le; happy; cheerful; to laugh ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition Visit http://www.purpleculture.net for more Chinese learning resources.

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