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• 譬喻 — pi3 ru6: analogy, metaphor, figure of speech, simile
• 媲 — pi3: to match, to equal, to compare
• 薜 — pi3: type of grass (archaic term)
• 譬 — pi3: to make an analogy, to compare, to explain by example
• 疲乏 — pi5 huag8: weary, tired, fatigued
• 疲 — pi5: weary, tired, exhausted
• 羆 — pi5: brown bear
• 僻靜 — piah4 zên6: secluded, quiet, isolated
• 僻 — piah4: remote, secluded, eccentric
• 癖 — piah4: craving; addiction; habit; weakness for
• 𩩍籬骨 — pian1 li5 gug4: rib
• 𩩍籬 — pian1 li5: rib
• 聘金 — pian3 gim1: bride price, betrothal gift
• 編輯 — piang1 cib4: editor, compiler (person)
• 偏激 — piang1 gêg4: extreme (in thought or attitude), radical
• 蝙蝠 — piang1 hog4: bat (flying mammal)
• 編曲 — piang1 kêg4: to arrange (music)
• 編寫 — piang1 sia2: to compile, to write, to compose
• 編造 — piang1 zao6: to fabricate, to make up, to concoct
• 編制 — piang1 zi3: staff quota; authorized personnel establishment (in an organization), to compile; to draw up (a document)
• 編織 — piang1 zig4: to knit, to weave, to braid
• 編 — piang1: to compile; to edit, to weave; to braid
• 騙取 — piang3 cu2: to obtain by deception; to defraud
• 片段 — piang3 duang6: fragment; excerpt; clip; part
• 騙囝 — piang3 gian2: cheat; trickster; swindler
• 騙局 — piang3 gêg8: scam; fraud; hoax
• 變幻 — piang3 huang3: to change irregularly, to fluctuate
• 騙人 — piang3 nang5: to deceive; to cheat; to scam
• 騙術 — piang3 sug8: deceitful trick; ruse; con
• 騙子 — piang3 ze2: cheat; swindler; con artist
• 片 — piang3: thin piece; slice; flake
• 騙 — piang3: to deceive, to swindle, to cheat
• 漂泊 — piao1 boh8: to drift about; to float, to rove; to lead a wandering life
• 標籤 — piao1 ciang1: label, tag
• 漂流 — piao1 liu5: to drift about on water, to float; to be adrift
• 飄落 — piao1 loh8: to flutter down; drift and fall gently
• 標配 — piao1 puê3: standard equipment, standard configuration
• 嫖 — piao5: to visit prostitutes, to patronize prostitutes
• 朴 — piao5: Park (Korean surname)
• 匹 — pig4: classifier for horses, mules, donkeys, classifier for bolts of cloth
• 鼻薰 — pin7 hung1: snuff, fine-ground tobacco
• 鼻空毛 — pin7 kang1 mo5: nose hair, nasal hair, vibrissa
• 鼻空 — pin7 kang1: nostril, nose
• 鼻屎 — pin7 sai2: booger, dried nasal mucus
• 鼻頭 — pin7 tao5: tip of the nose, nose
• 鼻鞍 — pin7 uan1: bridge of the nose
• 鼻水 — pin7 zui2: nasal mucus, snot
• 鼻 — pin7: nose
• 牝 — ping2: female (of an animal)
• 貶 — ping2: to demote, to criticize; to censure, to reduce; to devalue
• 屏蔽 — ping5 bi7: to shield, to block, to screen
• 頻道 — ping5 dao6: channel (TV/radio)
• 蘋果 — ping5 guê2: apple
• 頻繁 — ping5 huang5: frequent
• 屏幕 — ping5 mo6: screen, display
• 瀕危 — ping5 nguin5: to be endangered, to be in imminent danger
• 頻頻 — ping5 ping5: again and again, repeatedly
• 屏障 — ping5 ziang3: barrier, protective screen
• 屏 — ping5: screen, folding screen, screen wall
• 蘋 — ping5: apple (bound form, as in 蘋果)
• 貧 — ping5: poor, impoverished, destitute
• 頻 — ping5: frequent; incessant
• 顰 — ping5: to frown, to knit one's brows
• 票務 — pio3 bhu6: ticketing, ticket service
• 票價 — pio3 gê3: ticket price, fare
• 票友 — pio3 iu2: amateur performer, opera enthusiast
• 票 — pio3: ticket; coupon, ballot; vote, bank note; bill
• 薸 — pio5: duckweed
• 鰾 — pio6: swim bladder, fish glue
• 標題 — piou1 doi5: title; heading, subject line (of an email)
• 飄揚 — piou1 iang5: to flutter, to wave (in the wind)
• 漂洋過海 — piou1 iên5 guê3 hai2: to sail across the sea to a foreign land, to travel far abroad
• 標準化 — piou1 zung2 huê3: to standardize
• 標準 — piou1 zung2: standard; criterion
• 漂 — piou1: to float; to drift, to wander; to roam
• 飆 — piou1: whirlwind, strong gusting wind
• 嫖娼 — piou5 ciang1: to visit prostitutes, to solicit prostitution
• 票房 — piê3 bang5: box office
• 偏 — piêng1: inclined; slanting; askew, partial; biased
• 篇 — piêng1: classifier for pieces of writing: piece, article, piece of writing
• 片尾 — piêng3 bhuê2: end of a film/show; closing credits
• 叵測 — po2 cêg4: to be unfathomable, unpredictable (of intentions)
• 跛 — po2: lame, crippled
• 番 — po5: former name of Poyang county (historical), used in 番番 (white; whitehaired)
• 抱 — po6: to hug, to embrace, to carry in one's arms
• 濮陽 — pog4 iang5: Puyang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)
• 撲克牌 — pog4 kiog4 bai5: playing card, poker
• 撲克 — pog4 kiog4: poker, playing cards (as a game)
• 撲滅 — pog4 mig8: to exterminate, to stamp out, to extinguish
• 樸素 — pog4 su3: plain, simple, frugal
• 撲 — pog4: to pounce on, to beat, to strike
• 濮 — pog4: surname, ancient place/river name (Shandong)
• 璞 — pog4: uncut jade; jade in the rough
• 朴 — poh4: Chinese hackberry (Celtis sinensis), bark of a tree (archaic)
• 粕 — poh4: dregs; residue; dross
• 批擔 — poi1 dan1: carrying pole, shoulder pole
• 批館 — poi1 guan2: letter and remittance agency, overseas mail office (dated)
• 批發 — poi1 huag4: sell wholesale, wholesale
• 批皮 — poi1 puê5: envelope
• 批評 — poi1 pêng5: criticize, critique, review
• 批准 — poi1 zung2: approve, ratify, sanction
• 批 — poi1: letter (correspondence), letter from overseas
• 𠜱 — poi1: to pare, to peel/slice with a blade
• 辦結 — poin7 gag4: to conclude a matter, to close a case
• 辦公室 — poin7 gong1 sig4: office
• 辦學 — poin7 hag8: to run a school
• 辦理 — poin7 li2: to handle, to process, to deal with
• 辦事 — poin7 se7: to do things; to handle affairs; to get something done
• 辦案 — poin7 uan3: to handle a legal case
• 辦證 — poin7 zêng3: to apply for an ID document
• 稗 — poin7: barnyard grass; barnyard millet
• 碰壁 — pong3 biah4: to hit a wall, to run into difficulties; to hit a snag
• 碰瓷 — pong3 ce5: to stage a fake accident to extort compensation
• 碰鰾 — pong3 piê6: firecracker
• 碰 — pong3: to bump; to collide; to touch, to meet by chance, to try one's luck
• 蓬勃 — pong5 buag8: flourishing, vigorous; thriving
• 鵬城 — pong5 sian5: Shenzhen (alternative/nickname)
• 縫 — pong5: to sew, to mend; to patch
• 蓬 — pong5: fluffy; disheveled, unkempt
• 鵬 — pong5: peng (mythical giant bird)
• 鋪 — pou1: to spread out; to lay, to pave
• 普遍 — pou2 bing3: common, widespread, universal
• 普查 — pou2 cê5: to conduct a survey or census, to survey comprehensively
• 普及 — pou2 gib8: to popularize, to spread widely, to universalize
• 譜系 — pou2 hi6: pedigree; genealogy
• 普法 — pou2 huag4: to popularize legal knowledge, legal-awareness campaign
• 普寧 — pou2 lêng5: Puning (county-level city in Jieyang, Guangdong)
• 剖析 — pou2 sêg4: to analyze, to dissect
• 普通話 — pou2 tong1 uê7: Mandarin, Standard Chinese
• 普通 — pou2 tong1: ordinary, common, average
• 普照 — pou2 zio3: to shine everywhere, to illuminate universally (of the sun or Buddha)
• 剖 — pou2: to cut open; to divide, to dissect; to analyze
• 圃 — pou2: garden, plot for growing plants
• 普 — pou2: universal, general, widespread
• 浦 — pou2: riverbank, shore, river mouth
• 甫 — pou2: honorific suffix after a man's courtesy name, courtesy name of a man
• 甫 — pou2: to have sexual intercourse (vulgar)
• 脯 — pou2: chest; breast
• 譜 — pou2: register; list, musical score
• 鋪頭 — pou3 tao5: shop, store
• 鋪 — pou3: shop; store
• 簿 — pou6: register, account book, notebook
• 甫母 — pu2 bho2: fuck you, fuck your mother
• 肏 — pu2: to fuck (vulgar); Teochew alternative form of 甫
• 莆田 — pu5 cang5: Putian (a prefecture-level city in Fujian, China)
• 浮雕 — pu5 diao1: relief sculpture, embossment
• 浮動 — pu5 dong6: to float, to drift, to fluctuate
• 浮橋 — pu5 giê5: pontoon bridge
• 浮風 — pu5 huang1: wind picking up, to become windy
• 浮雲 — pu5 hung5: floating clouds
• 浮火 — pu5 huê2: to have excessive internal heat (TCM), to be inflamed
• 浮洋 — pu5 ion5: Fuyang (town in Chao'an, Chaozhou)
• 蜉蝣 — pu5 iu5: mayfly
• 蒲牢 — pu5 lo5: pulao (a mythical shore-dwelling dragon, often depicted atop bells)
• 浮薸 — pu5 pio5: duckweed
• 菩薩 — pu5 sag4: bodhisattva, kind-hearted person (figurative)
• 浮頭 — pu5 tao5: to float to the surface, to show up, to appear
• 葡萄牙 — pu5 to5 ghê5: Portugal
• 葡萄乾 — pu5 to5 guan1: raisin
• 葡萄 — pu5 to5: grape
• 浮 — pu5: to float
• 菩 — pu5: (bound form) Buddhist term, as in 菩薩 'bodhisattva' and 菩提 'bodhi, enlightenment'
• 葡 — pu5: grape (bound morpheme in 葡萄), short for Portugal (葡萄牙)
• 蒲 — pu5: cattail, Typha
• 蜉 — pu5: mayfly (bound form), big ant (archaic)
• 破筆 — pua3 big4: to start school (traditional custom), to begin learning to read/write
• 破病 — pua3 bên7: to fall ill, to get sick, to catch a disease
• 破財 — pua3 cai5: to lose money unexpectedly, to suffer financial loss
• 破碎 — pua3 cui3: broken, shattered, fragmented
• 破解 — pua3 goi2: to decode; to unravel (a mystery), to crack (a code, software)
• 破舊 — pua3 gu7: old and shabby, dilapidated, worn out
• 破家囝 — pua3 gê1 gian2: spendthrift, prodigal son, squanderer
• 破瓦片 — pua3 hia6 piang3: broken bricks and tiles, rubble
• 破壞 — pua3 huai6: to damage, to destroy, to sabotage
• 破費 — pua3 hui3: to spend money, to go to some expense
• 破例 — pua3 li7: to make an exception
• 破裂 — pua3 lih8: to burst; to rupture, to break down (of a relationship)
• 破相 — pua3 sion3: to be scarred/disfigured (of the face), to fall ill (Teochew), to not recover from an injury (Teochew)
• 破產 — pua3 suan2: to go bankrupt, to fail, to fall through
• 破損 — pua3 sung2: to be damaged, to be worn, to be torn
• 破獲 — pua3 uag8: to crack (a criminal case), to uncover and capture
• 破案 — pua3 uan3: to solve a case
• 破 — pua3: to split
• 婆婆 — pua5 pua5: mother-in-law, old woman
• 婆 — pua5: old woman; grandmother, wife (informal, short for 老婆)
• 般 — puag4: used in 般若 (bōrě, Buddhist term for wisdom), used in 般涅槃 (bōnièpán, parinirvana)
• 撥款 — puah4 kuang2: to allocate funds, to appropriate money
• 撇 — puah4: to discard, to abandon, to throw away
• 撥 — puah4: to allocate; to distribute, to dial (a phone number), to push aside
• 番禺 — puan1 ngo5: Panyu (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong)
• 番 — puan1: a surname, used in the place name 番禺 (Panyu)
• 頗 — puan2: rather; quite, considerably
• 伴隨 — puan6 sui5: to accompany, to follow, along with
• 伴有 — puan6 u6: to be accompanied by, to occur together with
• 伴 — puan6: to accompany, companion
• 藩 — puang1: fence (literary), vassal state; feudal domain
• 判別 — puang3 biag8: to differentiate, to distinguish
• 判處 — puang3 cu3: to sentence, to condemn
• 判斷 — puang3 duang3: to judge, to determine, to decide
• 判決 — puang3 guag4: to pass judgement (in court), to sentence, verdict