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Ošanin, Il’ja M. (ed.) Bol’šoj kitajsko-russkij slovar’. [Comprehensive Chinese-Russian Dictionary]. Moscow: Nauka. 1983 Большой китайско-русский словарь. Под ред. И. М. Ошанина. - М., 1983.
Realizations (394)
| Shift | Language | Lexeme | Source | Target | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2770 | Mandarin Chinese | shéng (绳) | rope, cord, carpenter's cord | → | norms, rules | 12302 |
| #147 | Mandarin Chinese | dàn 蛋 | egg | → | testicle (anat.) | 15220 |
| #2557 | Mandarin Chinese | měng (黽) | frog | — | toad | 12295 |
| #1188 | Mandarin Chinese | mán (蛮) | non-Chinese tribes in southern China; foreigner, barbarian, savage | → | female slave, female servant | 15254 |
| #2826 | Mandarin Chinese | yìng (硬) | hard | → | good, solid, of good quality | 11020 |
| #873 | Mandarin Chinese | yìng (硬) | hard | → | severe, cruel | 11020 |
| #1930 | Mandarin Chinese | yuán (原, 源) | source, spring, fountain | → | beginning, origin | 14331 |
| #865 | Mandarin Chinese | dùn (钝) | blunt | → | stupid | 12416 |
| #2183 | Mandarin Chinese | zūn (遵) | to follow | → | to obey, comply with | 11174 |
| #2843 | Mandarin Chinese | jīng (鯨) | whale | → | huge (metaphoric) | 14295 |
| #2824 | Mandarin Chinese | rù (入) | to enter | → | to go under (sun, stars) | 10921 |
| #1370 | Mandarin Chinese | zhŏu (肘) | elbow | → | length unit = 2 or 1.5 chi (尺) | 5284 |
| #2836 | Mandarin Chinese | tiĕ (鐵, 铁) | iron | → | solid | 11661 |
| #3125 | Mandarin Chinese | cūn (村) | rural | → | rude, coarse, yokelish, vulgar | 5291 |
| #2723 | Mandarin Chinese | xuàn (炫) | to shine, to glitter | → | to boast, to put on air | 15136 |
| #1224 | Mandarin Chinese | líng (陵) | hill, elevation, knoll, mound | — | grave mound; grave; mausoleum; burial, tomb | 10777 |
| #3675 | Mandarin Chinese | cí (词 or 詞) | word | → | expression; speech; statement | 5551 |
| #6435 | Mandarin Chinese | suān (酸) | sour (taste) | → | sorrel | 10819 |
| #1870 | Mandarin Chinese | kāi (开) | to open | → | to switch on | |
| #9455 | Mandarin Chinese | xiăng (想) | to think, to reflect, to ponder | — | to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something) | 14575 |
| #2840 | Mandarin Chinese | jiàn (賤) | cheap; inexpensive | → | lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian | 11617 |
| #2183 | Mandarin Chinese | súi (随) | to follow | → | to act according to smth | 11182 |
| #1430 | Mandarin Chinese | zhuǎn, zhuàn (转, 轉) | to turn; to revolve | — | to pass by (time) | 5421 |
| #6 | Mandarin Chinese | 想 (xiǎng) | to think, to reflect, to ponder | → | to recall, recollect | |
| #2818 | Mandarin Chinese | fù (腹) | belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity | — | interior, inside; middle | 10747 |
| #1449 | Mandarin Chinese | tuó (鴕, 鸵) | camel | — | ostrich | 12032 |
| #1350 | Mandarin Chinese | 去 (qù) | to leave | → | to die | |
| #2769 | Mandarin Chinese | chún (純) | pure | → | good, excellent | 12429 |
| #13 | Mandarin Chinese | 算 (suàn） | to count, to reckon, to calculate | → | to assume, to admit | |
| #1182 | Mandarin Chinese | 渣滓 (zhāzi) | residue, dregs, husks | → | scum (fig.) | 87 |
| #901 | Mandarin Chinese | qīng (輕) | light | → | easy, simple | 213 |
| #1145 | Mandarin Chinese | lěng (冷) | cold, freezing | — | indifferent, apathetic | 4633 |
| #490 | Mandarin Chinese | zuǐ (嘴) | nozzle; snout; spout; beak | — | cape | |
| #1143 | Mandarin Chinese | yuán (圆, 圓) | round | → | full, complete; thorough | 3102 |
| #903 | Mandarin Chinese | tú (塗 / 涂) | to coat [with clay]; to plaster | → | to cover (e.g. with varnish, paint): to paint, to colour; to decorate; to put on (make-up) | 407 |
| #477 | Mandarin Chinese | kŏu (口) | mouth | — | river mouth | 1735 |
| #537 | Mandarin Chinese | jiǎo (角) | horn | → | (geography) cape; point; headland | |
| #413 | Mandarin Chinese | hóng (红) | red | — | beautiful | 152 |
| #1005 | Mandarin Chinese | shǒu | head | — | head, leader, chief, originator | 2791 |
| #57 | Mandarin Chinese | tóng (童) | teenager, child | → | young servant; servant boy | 707 |
| #1419 | Mandarin Chinese | yuán (圓／圆) | round, circle | → | round coin; yuan | |
| #3245 | Mandarin Chinese | dài (待) | to wait, to expect | — | to intend, to be about to | 5327 |
| #2374 | Mandarin Chinese | qiū (秋) | autumn | — | year | |
| #2828 | Mandarin Chinese | lián (莲) | lotus | → | beautiful | 11160 |
| #2377 | Mandarin Chinese | wán (丸) | (small) ball, sphere | → | bullet, cannon ball | 13408 |
| #2945 | Mandarin Chinese | chún (純) | pure | → | honest, sincere | 12429 |
| #34 | Mandarin Chinese | tīng (听) | to listen | → | to obey | 14510 |
| #1388 | Mandarin Chinese | qiánmá, xúnmá (蕁麻, 荨麻) | nettle (Urtica thunbergiana) | → | urticaria; hives (med.) | 5351 |
| #964 | Mandarin Chinese | yǒu (有) | to have | → | to be | |
| #2676 | Mandarin Chinese | chóng (蟲, 虫) | worm | — | insect | |
| #1303 | Mandarin Chinese | 拖 (tuō) | to pull, to draw | → | to be slow, to delay | 12464 |
| #2722 | Mandarin Chinese | 听 (tīng) | to listen | → | to scent, to smell | 14510 |
| #767 | Mandarin Chinese | àiài (叆叇) | dark (about clouds) | — | unclear, vague | 10857 |
| #1485 | Mandarin Chinese | wěi (尾) | tail | → | end | 12381 |
| #2842 | Mandarin Chinese | tuó (驼) | camel | → | humped (person) | 12032 |
| #2835 | Mandarin Chinese | tiĕ (鐵, 铁) | iron | → | arms; weapon | 11661 |
| #1250 | Mandarin Chinese | xué (穴) | hole, gap, breach; pit | — | grave pit; grave; tomb, crypt; burial place | |
| #2765 | Mandarin Chinese | hè (赫) | (obsolete) bright red | → | prosperous, rich | 14482 |
| #2819 | Mandarin Chinese | màisùi (麦穗) | ear of wheat | → | ball-and-chain flail | 10759 (V. 3, p. 8) |
| #591 | Mandarin Chinese | 家 (jiā) | family | — | home | |
| #2107 | Mandarin Chinese | diàn (电, 電) | lightning | → | electricity | 12488 |
| #932 | Mandarin Chinese | 心 (xīn) | heart (anat.) | — | core, center | |
| #3678 | Mandarin Chinese | jiào | to chew, to gnaw | — | to corrode | 5279 |
| #2838 | Mandarin Chinese | tiĕ (铁) | iron | → | black (horse paint) | 11661 |
| #2916 | Mandarin Chinese | chóng (虫) | worm | — | snake | |
| #98 | Mandarin Chinese | yìng (硬) | hard | → | obstinately | 11020 |
| #2829 | Mandarin Chinese | suǐ (髓) | marrow | → | center, mid-point, core, heart | 11184 |
| #1749 | Mandarin Chinese | súi (随) | to follow | → | to resemble smn | 11182 |
| #47 | Mandarin Chinese | 腹 (fù) | stomach, belly, abdomen | → | soul | 10747 |
| #2839 | Mandarin Chinese | yĭ (蟻) | ant | — | (wine) foam | 11587 |
| #48 | Mandarin Chinese | qì (气) | air | — | weather, atmosphere | |
| #3787 | Mandarin Chinese | ěr (耳) | ear | → | Auricularia auricula-judae (lit. 'wood ear') | 4419, 8850 |
| #207 | Mandarin Chinese | mù (木) | tree, wood | → | coffin | 8850 |
| #126 | Mandarin Chinese | xīng (星) | star; planet; heavenly body | → | week | |
| #3251 | Mandarin Chinese | lǐbài (禮拜) | Sunday | — | week | |
| #3251 | Mandarin Chinese | xīngqī (星期) | Sunday | → | week | |
| #768 | Mandarin Chinese | bái (白) | white | → | clean (adj.) | |
| #1007 | Mandarin Chinese | 日 (rì) | sun, sunlight | → | day (vs. night), daytime; day (twenty-four-hour period), date | |
| #4006 | Mandarin Chinese | děng (等) | to wait | → | to demand, to need | |
| #3868 | Mandarin Chinese | fù (父) | father | → | <term of address to a man> | |
| #2404 | Mandarin Chinese | qiū (秋) | autumn | → | harvest | |
| #4052 | Mandarin Chinese | qiū (秋) | autumn | → | sad, mournful | |
| #3939 | Mandarin Chinese | yāo (腰) | middle | — | waist | |
| #4068 | Mandarin Chinese | dànbái (蛋白) | albumen, white of an egg | → | protein | |
| #2324 | Mandarin Chinese | ròu (肉) | meat | → | blood relatives, kinsmen or kinswomen | |
| #2080 | Mandarin Chinese | ròu (肉) | meat | → | fruit pulp | |
| #4097 | Mandarin Chinese | 动 (dòng) | to move | → | animal | III, 553 |
| #4123 | Mandarin Chinese | 锤 (chuí) | hammer | — | balance weight on scale | |
| #346 | Mandarin Chinese | mèng (梦) | dream (during sleep) | — | daydream; fantasy, imagination | |
| #4013 | Mandarin Chinese | zi, zǐ (子) | son, child, baby animal | → | interest (finance) | |
| #2768 | Mandarin Chinese | chǔn (蠢) | fat, pot-bellied, obese | — | stupid, foolish | |
| #515 | Mandarin Chinese | tóu (头) | head | → | peak of mountain | |
| #515 | Mandarin Chinese | dǐng (顶) | head, top of the head | → | peak of mountain | |
| #3981 | Mandarin Chinese | jìng (镜) | mirror | → | spectacles | |
| #4168 | Mandarin Chinese | zhòng (种) | (obsolete) to sow; to plant, cultivate | → | to inoculate | |
| #2648 | Mandarin Chinese | kāng (糠) | bran, chaff | → | unfit, worthless (about a thing) | |
| #437 | Mandarin Chinese | jiǎo (角) | horn | — | corner | |
| #4185 | Mandarin Chinese | zhī (支) | branch, twig | → | branch (of a river) | |
| #2804 | Mandarin Chinese | jīn (金) | gold | → | money | |
| #4086 | Mandarin Chinese | yí (姨) | wife's sister; aunt (mother's sister) | — | You, auntie (between women) | |
| #2495 | Mandarin Chinese | píng (萍) | duckweed | → | rootless, unstable, wandering, traveling | |
| #4257 | Mandarin Chinese | gānshǔ (甘藷) | lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) | → | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| #4257 | Mandarin Chinese | hóngsháo (红苕) | lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) | → | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| #4258 | Mandarin Chinese | yù (芋) | taro (Colocasia esculenta) | → | potato | |
| #4259 | Mandarin Chinese | 洋 (yáng) | ocean | → | foreign | |
| #4263 | Mandarin Chinese | wúmíng (无名) | nameless; unknown | → | ring finger | |
| #1905 | Mandarin Chinese | 床 (huáng) | bed; couch | → | river-bed | |
| #1432 | Mandarin Chinese | cáo (槽) | trough; manger (for water, animal feed, wine, vat) | — | river-bed | |
| #3227 | Mandarin Chinese | zhōng (钟) | bell | → | clock (tower, wall, table; also generic morpheme) | |
| #4342 | Mandarin Chinese | shuǐ (水) | water | → | kind (n.), sort, grade (of goods) | |
| #4343 | Mandarin Chinese | shuǐ (水) | water | → | Mercury | |
| #4345 | Mandarin Chinese | huǒ (火) | fire | → | Mars | |
| #4346 | Mandarin Chinese | jīn (金) | metal | → | Venus | |
| #4347 | Mandarin Chinese | jīn (金) | metal | → | gold | |
| #4348 | Mandarin Chinese | mù (木) | tree, wood, timber | → | Jupiter | |
| #4349 | Mandarin Chinese | hǔ (虎) | tiger | → | cruel | |
| #2707 | Mandarin Chinese | zhuō (桌) | table; desk | → | counting word for banquets, feasts, meals | |
| #4350 | Mandarin Chinese | jiǎo (脚 and 腳) | foot | → | residue, sediment; settling parts | |
| #4351 | Mandarin Chinese | wèi (胃) | stomach | → | appetite | |
| #196 | Mandarin Chinese | hǔ (虎) | brave | ← | tiger | |
| #4358 | Mandarin Chinese | sāi, sài, sè (塞) | stopper, plug | → | traffic jam | |
| #1040 | Mandarin Chinese | tiào (跳) | to jump; to leap; to hop | → | to dance | |
| #3556 | Mandarin Chinese | xīn (心) | heart | → | mind, intelligence | |
| #1769 | Mandarin Chinese | wěi, yǐ (尾) | tail | → | rear; behind; end | |
| #5567 | Mandarin Chinese | yě (野) | wild, untamed | — | rude, uncivilized, uncouth (also self-deprecating "mine"), savage, barbaric; unbridled, unbridled; naughty, headstrong, wayward; rampant; restive | |
| #4421 | Mandarin Chinese | biǎntáo (扁桃 and 扁桃) | almond | → | tonsil | |
| #2981 | Mandarin Chinese | xiǎo (小) | little, small | → | little finger | |
| #260 | Mandarin Chinese | yóu (游) | to swim, to float | → | to soar, to hover, to drift in the air, to fly | |
| #2150 | Mandarin Chinese | 航行 (hángxíng) | to sail, to navigate, to cruise | → | to fly | |
| #3182 | Mandarin Chinese | yí (疑) | to doubt, to distrust; to hesitate | → | to be surprised, amazed; to be scared | |
| #4431 | Mandarin Chinese | 伞 (sǎn) | umbrella | → | parachute | |
| #2772 | Mandarin Chinese | wǎngsuō (网梭) | boat | ← | shuttle for knitting fishnet fabric | |
| #4447 | Mandarin Chinese | qì (氣 气) | air | — | gas | |
| #4448 | Mandarin Chinese | qì (氣 气) | air | — | smell | |
| #1960 | Mandarin Chinese | 兵 (bīng) | soldier | → | pawn (in xiangqi, Chinese chess, on the red side), pawn (in chess) | |
| #1960 | Mandarin Chinese | zú (卒) | soldier, footsoldier | → | pawn (in xiangqi, Chinese chess, on the black side) | |
| #4589 | Mandarin Chinese | shíliú (石榴) | pomegranate | → | guava (Psidium guajava) | |
| #4586 | Mandarin Chinese | fān (番) | generic term for the non-Han people in China's west in historical times; (by extension) non-Han people; foreign land; foreign, non-native | → | guava (Psidium guajava) | |
| #4591 | Mandarin Chinese | qié (茄) | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | → | tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | |
| #4603 | Mandarin Chinese | sǎng (嗓) | throat | — | voice | |
| #3262 | Mandarin Chinese | xīng (星) | star, planet | → | celebrity; famous | |
| #4718 | Mandarin Chinese | gēn (根) | root (of a plant) | → | root (arithmetic) | |
| #4719 | Mandarin Chinese | 根 (gēn) | root (of a plant) | → | root of equation | |
| #4847 | Mandarin Chinese | guī (龟, 龜) | tortoise, turtle | → | (figurativeky, insulting) cuckold | |
| #4984 | Mandarin Chinese | tùzi ( 兔子) | hare (Lepus) | → | (argo) gay | |
| #4988 | Mandarin Chinese | rùgǎng (入港) | to sail into harbour | → | to copulate | |
| #5002 | Mandarin Chinese | wěi (纬, 緯) | weft, woof | → | parallels of latitude | |
| #5003 | Mandarin Chinese | jīng (经, 經) | warp, a thread running lengthwise in a woven fabric | → | longitude, meridian line | |
| #4381 | Mandarin Chinese | guǒr (果儿 ) | fruit | — | egg | |
| #1556 | Mandarin Chinese | yíng (赢) | to carry on the back | ← | to win; to triumph; to defeat (someone); | |
| #5031 | Mandarin Chinese | fù (负) | to carry on the shoulders, to carry on the back | → | to be wrong; to lose, to give in to fight, to be defeated | |
| #4375 | Mandarin Chinese | dǎo (祷, 禱) | to ask (for) | → | to pray gods | |
| #4375 | Mandarin Chinese | qǐng; qīng; qíng (请, 請) | to ask (for) | → | to pray | |
| #4281 | Mandarin Chinese | shèxià (舍下) | (respectful, modest) my residence; my home | — | (epistolary) my wife | |
| #4281 | Mandarin Chinese | jiāli (家裡, 家里) | in house; home, family | → | (dated or regional) wife (humble, about own wife) | |
| #2873 | Mandarin Chinese | bēi (卑) | low (about the area) , lowland | — | low (size) | |
| #8929 | Mandarin Chinese | 娃 (wá) | (regional) young animal | ← | child; kid; infant | |
| #8929 | Mandarin Chinese | zǎi (崽) | (dialectal) young animal | ↔ | (Guangxi Mandarin, Gan, Pinghua, Xiang) son; child | |
| #8929 | Mandarin Chinese | zǐ (子) | young animal | ← | son, (dated) child | |
| #5053 | Mandarin Chinese | dá, dā (答) | to answer | → | to correspond | |
| #5053 | Mandarin Chinese | duì (对, 對) | to answer | → | to correspond | |
| #5053 | Mandarin Chinese | yìng; yīng (应, 應) | to answer | → | to correspond | |
| #5092 | Mandarin Chinese | lǎn (懶, 懒) | lazy | → | sloth (South American mammal) | |
| #4064 | Mandarin Chinese | rěn (稔) | year | → | crop; harvest; classifier for number of crops grown in a year | |
| #5095 | Mandarin Chinese | hé (河) | river | → | (figuratively, obsolete) Milky Way | |
| #3303 | Mandarin Chinese | qiān (铅, 鉛) | lead, plumbum | → | pencil | |
| #4151 | Mandarin Chinese | shū (书, 書) | book (n.) | — | letter (text) | |
| #3259 | Mandarin Chinese | chì (赤) | red | → | newborn baby; neonate | |
| #5442 | Mandarin Chinese | mǔ (牡) | (obsolete) male of animals | → | (obsolete) bolt of door | |
| #5443 | Mandarin Chinese | huā (花) | flower | → | fireworks | |
| #5446 | Mandarin Chinese | xué (穴) | cave | → | den (of thieves etc.) | |
| #5526 | Mandarin Chinese | huáng (黄) | yellow | → | siskin | |
| #5521 | Mandarin Chinese | què (雀) | sparrow | → | siskin | |
| #5527 | Mandarin Chinese | yā (鸦) | crow | → | jay | |
| #5528 | Mandarin Chinese | què (鹊) | magpie (Pica pica) | → | happiness, luck | |
| #5529 | Mandarin Chinese | tián (田) | field | → | fieldfare | |
| #5491 | Mandarin Chinese | hóng (红) | red | → | common redstart | |
| #5492 | Mandarin Chinese | wěi (尾) | tail | → | common redstart | |
| #5496 | Mandarin Chinese | shàn (扇) | fan (hand-held) | → | electrical fan | |
| #5531 | Classical Chinese | shàn (扇) | (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) leaf (of door) | → | fan (hand-held) | |
| #5532 | Mandarin Chinese | yè (夜) | night | → | nightingale | |
| #5533 | Mandarin Chinese | yīng (莺) | golden oriole | → | nightingale | |
| #5550 | Mandarin Chinese | lú (鲈) | perch (Perca fluviatilis) | → | ruff (fish) | |
| #5551 | Mandarin Chinese | gǒu (狗) | dog | → | pike (fish) | |
| #5558 | Mandarin Chinese | yě (野) | wild, untamed | → | (dialect) extreme, incredible; very, terribly, awfully | |
| #5562 | Mandarin Chinese | jīn (金) | gold | → | platinum | |
| #5569 | Mandarin Chinese | qiān (千) | thousand | → | multitude, great number | |
| #5612 | Mandarin Chinese | hóng (红) | red | → | revolutionary, communist | |
| #917 | Mandarin Chinese | gāo (高) | high (size), tall | → | loud | |
| #5775 | Mandarin Chinese | 弓子 (gōngzi) | bow (weapon) | → | bow, fiddlestick | |
| #4537 | Mandarin Chinese | zhōng (中) | middle | → | middle finger | |
| #5808 | Mandarin Chinese | xiá (峽 / 峡) | gorge | → | isthmus | |
| #5815 | Mandarin Chinese | hóng (虹) | rainbow | → | iris (anatomy) | |
| #5777 | Mandarin Chinese | 障 / zhàng | barrier | → | cataract (of the eye) | |
| #5830 | Mandarin Chinese | 脑子 / nǎozi | brain (cerebrum) | → | computer ("electrical brain") | |
| #5745 | Mandarin Chinese | 计算 / jìsuàn | to calculate, count | → | electrical counting machine, computer | |
| #4728 | Mandarin Chinese | 白 (bái) | white | → | baijiu (distilled alcohol) | |
| #5806 | Mandarin Chinese | 网 (wǎng) | net, toils, network | → | retina ("vision-net-membrane") | |
| #4064 | Mandarin Chinese | nián (年) | year | ← | harvest | |
| #856 | Mandarin Chinese | yuè (月) | moon | → | month | |
| #859 | Mandarin Chinese | 脸 / liǎn | face | → | reputation, conscience | |
| #5819 | Mandarin Chinese | 人 / rén | person | → | person (grammar) | |
| #5461 | Mandarin Chinese | 数 / shù | number | — | quantity | |
| #5986 | Mandarin Chinese | 土 (tǔ) | earth | → | Saturn | |
| #6025 | Mandarin Chinese | qiāng (槍, 枪) | spear; lance; pike | → | gun, firearm | |
| #6033 | Mandarin Chinese | 鼠 (shǔ) | mouse | — | squirrel (Sciurus) (“pine-tree mouse”) | |
| #6038 | Mandarin Chinese | yī (一) | first | → | Monday | |
| #6116 | Mandarin Chinese | 二 (èr) | two | → | Tuesday | |
| #6117 | Mandarin Chinese | sān (三) | third | → | Wednesday | |
| #6118 | Mandarin Chinese | sì (四) | fourth | → | Thursday | |
| #6119 | Mandarin Chinese | wǔ (五) | fifth | → | Friday | |
| #6120 | Mandarin Chinese | liù, lù (六) | sixth | → | Saturday | |
| #127 | Mandarin Chinese | rì (日) | sun | → | Sunday | |
| #6121 | Mandarin Chinese | sky, heaven (天) | sky | → | Sunday | |
| #3710 | Mandarin Chinese | 蝇 (yíng) | fly (n.) | → | fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) | |
| #1858 | Mandarin Chinese | 落 (luò) | to go down | → | to set (of heavenly bodies) | |
| #6142 | Mandarin Chinese | xìng (杏) | apricot | → | chanterelle | |
| #1667 | Mandarin Chinese | jī (鸡) | chicken; hen; rooster | → | chanterelle | |
| #1061 | Mandarin Chinese | jī (雞, 鸡) | chicken; hen; rooster | → | (slang) prostitute | |
| #6161 | Mandarin Chinese | yòu (鼬) | weasel (Mustella nivalis) | → | skunk | |
| #6160 | Mandarin Chinese | chòu (臭) | smell bad | → | skunk | |
| #6169 | Mandarin Chinese | 鼻子 (bízi ) | nose | → | coati | |
| #6186 | Mandarin Chinese | xióng (熊) | bear (Ursus) | → | giant panda | |
| #3258 | Mandarin Chinese | bèi (貝) | cowrie | → | (obsolete) money | |
| #3174 | Mandarin Chinese | huì (彗) | broom | → | comet | |
| #6138 | Mandarin Chinese | 伞 (sǎn) | umbrella | — | head of a mushroom | |
| #6546 | Mandarin Chinese | miàn (面) | face | → | mask | |
| #6581 | Mandarin Chinese | suān (酸) | sour | → | acid | |
| #6679 | Mandarin Chinese | dàngōng (彈弓, 弹弓) | sling (weapon) | — | slingshot | |
| #6689 | Mandarin Chinese | dàn (擔, 担) | shoulder pole | → | picul, a traditional Chinese unit of weight previously around 60 kg and now standardized to 50 kg | |
| #5004 | Mandarin Chinese | xián (弦) | string (of a musical instrument) | → | chord (music) | |
| #6905 | Mandarin Chinese | 铃 (líng) | bell | → | lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) | |
| #6662 | Mandarin Chinese | hǎi (海) | sea | → | abundance; (dialectal, colloquial) profuse; numerous | |
| #6329 | Mandarin Chinese | 名字 (míngzi) | name | → | fame | |
| #7172 | Mandarin Chinese | hú (鵠, 鹄) | (literary) white | → | (literary) swan | |
| #67 | Mandarin Chinese | 明 (míng) | light, bright, clear | → | comprehensible, obvious | |
| #7287 | Mandarin Chinese | shí'èr (十二) | twelve | → | December | |
| #860 | Mandarin Chinese | lǎogōng (老公) | (literary) elderly person | → | (colloquial) husband | |
| #7375 | Mandarin Chinese | 耙 (pá) | rake | — | harrow | |
| #7382 | Mandarin Chinese | yī (一) | first | → | January | |
| #7439 | Mandarin Chinese | èr (二) | second (num.) | → | February | |
| #7448 | Mandarin Chinese | jié (節) | knot | → | nautical unit of speed | |
| #1754 | Mandarin Chinese | tǒng (桶) | pail; bucket; tub cask; keg | → | barrel (unit) | |
| #1840 | Mandarin Chinese | tiān (天) | sky | → | weather | |
| #7351 | Mandarin Chinese | tiān (天) | time | — | season (of the year) | |
| #7466 | Mandarin Chinese | tiān (天) | season (of the year) | — | weather | |
| #53 | Mandarin Chinese | tiān (天) | time | — | weather | |
| #406 | Mandarin Chinese | tiān (天) | time | — | day, 24 hours | |
| #1903 | Mandarin Chinese | dòng (動, 动) | to move, to act, to use | → | verb | |
| #2579 | Mandarin Chinese | háng (行) | line of objects; row; (Mainland China) row (in data tables); (Taiwan) column (in data tables) | → | line (in poetry) | |
| #7504 | Mandarin Chinese | shuǐ (水) | water | → | chickenpox | |
| #2074 | Mandarin Chinese | zhì (植) | to plant, put (a seed or plant) in the ground | → | plant (biol.) | 3, 307 |
| #7609 | Mandarin Chinese | sān (三) | third | → | March | |
| #3286 | Mandarin Chinese | huī (灰) | ashes | → | grey | |
| #2965 | Mandarin Chinese | 深 (shēn) | deep | → | dark (colour) | |
| #7767 | Mandarin Chinese | shuǐ (水) | water | → | otter (Lutra lutra) | |
| #7780 | Mandarin Chinese | sì (四) | four | → | April | |
| #7917 | Mandarin Chinese | bā (八) | eight | → | August | |
| #7920 | Mandarin Chinese | shíyī (十一) | eleven | → | November | |
| #7919 | Mandarin Chinese | shí (十) | ten | → | October | |
| #7918 | Mandarin Chinese | jiǔ (九) | nine | → | September | |
| #7916 | Mandarin Chinese | qī (七) | seven | → | July | |
| #7914 | Mandarin Chinese | wǔ (五) | five | → | May | |
| #7915 | Mandarin Chinese | liù (六) | sixth | → | June | |
| #7930 | Mandarin Chinese | táng (糖) | sugar | → | sweets, candy | |
| #4870 | Mandarin Chinese | fāng (方) | square (geometrical) | → | diamonds (in cards) | |
| #7971 | Mandarin Chinese | méihuā (梅花) | plum blossom | → | clubs (in cards) | |
| #8025 | Mandarin Chinese | yín (银, 銀) | silver | → | mercury | |
| #8031 | Mandarin Chinese | gōngzuò (工作) | to work | → | to function | |
| #8108 | Mandarin Chinese | dié (蝶) | butterfly | → | butterfly stroke | |
| #8117 | Mandarin Chinese | shǔ (鼠) | mouse, rat | → | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| #8106 | Mandarin Chinese | tún (豚) | suckling pig | → | guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) | |
| #8191 | Mandarin Chinese | suàn (算) | to calculate, count | → | to plan; to intend | |
| #1024 | Mandarin Chinese | shétou (舌頭, 舌头) | tongue (body part) | → | (dated) enemy operative captured to extract information | |
| #1985 | Mandarin Chinese | yín (銀) | silver | — | cash, money, currency | |
| #8334 | Mandarin Chinese | xiǎo (小) | little, small | → | child | |
| #5224 | Mandarin Chinese | xiǎohái (小孩) | child (son or daughter) | — | child (of age) | |
| #5224 | Mandarin Chinese | háizi (孩子) | child (son or daughter) | — | child (of age) | |
| #622 | Mandarin Chinese | xīn (新) | new | → | bride | |
| #1088 | Mandarin Chinese | xīnfù (新婦) | (literary or dialectal) bride | — | (literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min, Pinghua, Wu) daughter-in-law | |
| #1496 | Mandarin Chinese | cháng (腸, 肠) | intestines | → | sausage | |
| #1185 | Mandarin Chinese | fēng (風, 风) | wind | → | epidemy, (traditional Chinese medicine) a type of diseases that are typically acute | |
| #4686 | Mandarin Chinese | máng (盲) | blind | → | caecum (blind gut) | |
| #8448 | Mandarin Chinese | gēn (根) | root (of a plant) | → | root (of a word) | |
| #246 | Mandarin Chinese | jīngyà (驚訝 / 惊讶) | surprised; astonished; amazed; shocked | ← | to fear, be afraid | |
| #8453 | Mandarin Chinese | biān (鞭) | whip | → | flagellum | |
| #8469 | Mandarin Chinese | pán (盤 / 盘) | plate; dish | → | placenta | |
| #8516 | Mandarin Chinese | jiàn (劍 / 剑) | (double-edged) sword | → | gladiolus | |
| #4565 | Mandarin Chinese | guǎnzi (管子) | tube, pipe | — | guan (a Chinese double reed wind instrument) | |
| #5008 | Mandarin Chinese | dùn, shǔn (盾) | shield | → | guilder; gulden (several currencies); rupiah (Indonesian currency); dong (Vietnamese currency) | |
| #8575 | Mandarin Chinese | mìng (命) | destiny | → | life | |
| #8576 | Mandarin Chinese | mìng (命) | order; command; instruction | → | destiny; fate; luck | |
| #8577 | Mandarin Chinese | mìng (命) | to name | → | to order, command | |
| #8599 | Mandarin Chinese | jìng (鏡) | mirror | → | (physics, in compounds) lens; -scope | |
| #7382 | Mandarin Chinese | yuán (元) | primary, first | → | January | |
| #8626 | Mandarin Chinese | yán (岩) | rock, crag, cliff | → | cancer (disease) | |
| #8637 | Mandarin Chinese | qī (七) | seven | → | Pleiades | |
| #6302 | Mandarin Chinese | zhēn (砧) | base for beating or chopping, anvil (of a blacksmith), base for cutting or lethal sentence | → | anvil bone | |
| #8650 | Mandarin Chinese | dèng (鐙, 镫) | stirrup | → | stapes | |
| #8657 | Mandarin Chinese | zǐmèi (姊妹) | elder sister and younger sister; sisters | → | Pleiades | |
| #3445 | Old Chinese | dú (獨, 独) | alone, lonely | → | only, just | |
| #2691 | Mandarin Chinese | shǔ (鼠) | mouse | — | rat | |
| #8695 | Mandarin Chinese | jiānshǔ (尖鼠) | shrew | ← | mouse | |
| #8697 | Mandarin Chinese | jiān (尖) | point (of needle); sharp | → | shrew | |
| #8707 | Mandarin Chinese | rén (人) | human, person | → | somebody | |
| #8707 | Mandarin Chinese | rén (人) | human, person | → | somebody | |
| #8717 | Mandarin Chinese | liú (榴) | pomegranate | → | hand grenade | |
| #5779 | Mandarin Chinese | dān (丹) | cinnabar; red | → | erysipelas | |
| #4503 | Mandarin Chinese | jiàn (箭) | arrow | → | belemnite | |
| #8781 | Mandarin Chinese | shí (時, 时) | time | → | tense (grammar) | |
| #8799 | Mandarin Chinese | jìn (浸) | to immerse something in water (or liquid) | → | to baptize | |
| #1933 | Mandarin Chinese | yìng (硬) | hard, solid | — | firm, strong | 11020 |
| #8919 | Mandarin Chinese | mài (脉) | blood vessel | → | vein (botany) | |
| #8960 | Mandarin Chinese | zhēn (針) | needle (sewing) | → | hand (of a clock), needle (of device) | |
| #8976 | Mandarin Chinese | gǒu (狗) | dog | → | fur seal | |
| #9000 | Mandarin Chinese | zhí (直) | straight | → | right (angle) | |
| #9015 | Mandarin Chinese | hú (狐) | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | → | Arctic fox | |
| #7171 | Mandarin Chinese | bái (白) | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | → | Arctic fox | |
| #3135 | Mandarin Chinese | yǔ (羽) | wing | ← | feather | |
| #3906 | Mandarin Chinese | tóng (童) | child | → | pupil (of an eye) | |
| #2372 | Mandarin Chinese | tiān (天) | day | → | 24 hours | |
| #9050 | Mandarin Chinese | shī (虱 / 蝨) | louse | → | wood-louse | |
| #7821 | Mandarin Chinese | xián, xuán (弦) | string (of a musical instrument) | — | bow-string | |
| #2814 | Mandarin Chinese | yún (雲) | cloud | → | (figurative) many; numerous | |
| #2047 | Mandarin Chinese | dà (大) | big | → | thumb | |
| #2047 | Mandarin Chinese | jù (巨) | very large; huge; tremendous | → | thumb | |
| #9093 | Mandarin Chinese | liǎn, jiǎn (臉) | face | → | reputation | |
| #2484 | Mandarin Chinese | chǐ, chí (尺) | chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (寸) or 1/10 zhang (丈)) | → | geometrid | |
| #1953 | Mandarin Chinese | xiàng (橡) | acorn | — | oak | |
| #9112 | Mandarin Chinese | yǒngshì (勇士) | brave person | → | warrior | |
| #155 | Mandarin Chinese | luóbo (萝卜) | radish | → | carrot | |
| #5310 | Mandarin Chinese | chē (車, 车) | land vehicle | → | train | |
| #6821 | Mandarin Chinese | shēng, shēn (生) | raw | — | unripe (fruit) | |
| #9183 | Mandarin Chinese | dǎn (膽) | gall bladder | → | courage | |
| #9184 | Mandarin Chinese | dǒu (斗) | ladle, dipper | → | Big Dipper | |
| #9192 | Mandarin Chinese | běi (北) | North | → | Big Dipper | |
| #2933 | Mandarin Chinese | láng (狼) | wolf | — | jackal | |
| #9289 | Mandarin Chinese | jiāo (焦) | burned | → | focus (geometry, optics) | |
| #2934 | Mandarin Chinese | yā (鴉) | raven | — | crow | |
| #5451 | Mandarin Chinese | shǔshǔ (蜀黍) | sorghum | — | maize | |
| #5452 | Mandarin Chinese | shǔ (黍) | millet | → | sorghum | |
| #9441 | Mandarin Chinese | cān (餐 / 餐) | food | → | Holy Communion | |
| #7336 | Classical Chinese | zhūmíng (朱明) | sun | — | summer | |
| #7703 | Mandarin Chinese | qīngtóng (青銅 / 靑銅) | bronze | → | mirror | |
| #9542 | Mandarin Chinese | wō, guā (蜗 / 蝸) | snail | → | cochlea | |
| #9553 | Mandarin Chinese | huáng (黃 / 黄) | yellow | → | wasp | |
| #9560 | Mandarin Chinese | mián (棉) | cotton | → | asbestos | |
| #9561 | Mandarin Chinese | dòng (凍 / 冻) | to freeze | → | aspic (dish) | |
| #9563 | Mandarin Chinese | suì (燧 / 燧) | fire | → | flint | |
| #3313 | Mandarin Chinese | wàn (万 / 萬) | ten thousand | → | great number; myriad; numerous; very; extremely; absolutely | |
| #1950 | Mandarin Chinese | nǎo (腦) | brain (cerebrum) | → | mind (n.) | |
| #222 | Mandarin Chinese | nǎo (腦) | brain (cerebrum) | → | head | |
| #9381 | Mandarin Chinese | wáng (王) | monarch | → | king (chess) | |
| #9070 | Mandarin Chinese | chē (車) | chariot | → | rook (chess) | |
| #7012 | Mandarin Chinese | chéngbǎo (城堡) | castle | → | rook (chess) | |
| #3809 | Mandarin Chinese | xiàng (象) | elephant | → | bishop (chess) | |
| #3810 | Mandarin Chinese | mǎ (馬) | horse | → | knight (chess) | |
| #9673 | Mandarin Chinese | yóu (油) | oil (food) | → | petroleum, oil | |
| #9692 | Japanese | yu (油) | oil (food) | → | kerosene | |
| #4987 | Mandarin Chinese | mǎ (馬) | horse | → | seahorse (Hippocampus) | |
| #6114 | Mandarin Chinese | máo (毛) | fur, hair (of animals) | → | wool, fleece | |
| #9747 | Mandarin Chinese | sān (三) | three | → | clover | |
| #10373 | Mandarin Chinese | kōngjiān (空間) | space | → | space, universe | |
| #9767 | Mandarin Chinese | mǔ (母) | mother | → | vowel | |
| #9770 | Mandarin Chinese | zǐ (子) | child (son or daughter) | → | consonant | |
| #3700 | Mandarin Chinese | shuǐ (水) | water | → | (archaic) river | |
| #9842 | Mandarin Chinese | chǎn (產) | to give birth | → | to lay eggs | |
| #9851 | Mandarin Chinese | fēngcháo (蜂巢) | honeycomb | → | reticulum (zoology) | |
| #7035 | Mandarin Chinese | niú (牛) | ox; cow; bull | → | longhorn beetle | |
| #9895 | Mandarin Chinese | zhùtóu (雌蕊) | capital (architecture) | → | stigma (botany) | |
| #9908 | Mandarin Chinese | yán (炎) | (archaic) fire | → | fever | |
| #10041 | Mandarin Chinese | bái (白) | white | → | (historical astronomy) Venus | |
| #10074 | Mandarin Chinese | yáng (陽 / 阳) | yang (vs yin) | → | male genitals | |
| #10072 | Mandarin Chinese | yáng (陽 / 阳) | yang (vs yin) | → | positive (physics) | |
| #10070 | Mandarin Chinese | yáng (陽 / 阳) | yang (vs yin) | → | south side of mountain | |
| #10075 | Mandarin Chinese | yáng (陽 / 阳) | yang (vs yin) | → | man; male gender; male nature | |
| #4314 | Mandarin Chinese | tāo (絛 / 绦) | silk braid; cord; sash | → | tapeworm | |
| #4314 | Cantonese Chinese | tou1 (絛 / 绦) | silk braid; cord; sash | → | tapeworm | |
| #10132 | Mandarin Chinese | bānmǎ (斑馬 / 斑马) | zebra | ← | horse | |
| #10179 | Mandarin Chinese | mù (幕) | curtain | → | classifier for a division of a play or opera | |
| #10271 | Mandarin Chinese | shēntǐ (身體) | body | → | health | |
| #6670 | Mandarin Chinese | dān (丹) | cinnabar | ← | red | |
| #6670 | Mandarin Chinese | zhū (硃) | cinnabar | → | red | |
| #10419 | Mandarin Chinese | qǐ (企) | (obsolete) to stand | → | penguin | |
| #10472 | Mandarin Chinese | 斤 (jīn) | axe (archaic) | → | a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982 kilograms or sometimes approximated as 500 grams) | |
| #10497 | Mandarin Chinese | qīng (輕／轻) | light (vs. heavy) | → | hydrogen | |
| #10497 | Cantonese Chinese | hing1 (輕／轻) | light (vs. heavy) | → | hydrogen | |
| #10497 | Hakka Chinese | khîn (輕／轻) | light (vs. heavy) | → | hydrogen | |
| #10497 | Min Dong (Eastern Min) | kĭng (輕／轻) | light (vs. heavy) | → | hydrogen | |
| #10497 | Taiwanese Hokkien | kheng / khin (輕／轻) | light (vs. heavy) | → | hydrogen | |
| #10497 | Wu Chinese | 1chin (輕／轻) | light (vs. heavy) | → | hydrogen | |
| #7054 | Mandarin Chinese | xiànjǐng (陷阱) | trap (device designed to catch animals) | → | (figuratively) trick; snare; trap | |
| #10511 | Old Chinese | *slɯ (司) | to control | → | marshal, minister of military affairs (from Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046 – 771 BCE) to the Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE)) | |
| #10547 | Mandarin Chinese | xíng (型) | (obsolete) mold (hollow form) | → | model; type; style; pattern |