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• 偉大 — ui2 dai6: great, extraordinary
• 委派 — ui2 pai3: to appoint, to delegate
• 委任 — ui2 rim6: to appoint, to assign (a role or job)
• 猥褻 — ui2 siag4: obscene; lewd; indecent
• 委託 — ui2 toh4: to entrust, to commission
• 委婉 — ui2 uang2: tactful; diplomatic, euphemistic; mild in tone
• 委員 — ui2 uêng5: committee member
• 偉 — ui2: great, magnificent, extraordinary
• 委 — ui2: to entrust, to appoint, to commission
• 渭 — ui2: the Wei River
• 猥 — ui2: lowly; obscene; vulgar
• 瑋 — ui2: rare; precious (literary)
• 痿 — ui2: impotent, sexually deficient
• 緯 — ui2: weft (of a woven fabric), latitude
• 葦 — ui2: reed, rush
• 韋 — ui2: a surname (Wei), tanned leather (archaic)
• 餵 — ui2: to feed, to raise; to keep (an animal)
• 畏小禮 — ui3 siao2 li2: shy; bashful
• 畏 — ui3: to fear, to detest; to loathe
• 謂 — ui3: to say; to call; to tell
• 違背 — ui5 buê3: to go against, to violate (a promise), to renege on
• 圍牆 — ui5 cion5: wall, enclosing wall
• 為著 — ui5 diêh8: for the sake of, in order to
• 圍棋 — ui5 gi5: go (board game)
• 違建 — ui5 giang6: illegal building, unauthorized construction
• 違禁 — ui5 gim3: to violate a ban, to breach a prohibition
• 圍觀 — ui5 guang1: to surround and watch, to look on as a bystander
• 違規 — ui5 gui1: to break rules, to violate regulations
• 圍裙 — ui5 gung5: apron
• 為何 — ui5 ho5: why; for what reason
• 違法 — ui5 huag4: to break the law, to violate the law
• 圍腰 — ui5 io1: apron
• 圍欄 — ui5 lang5: fence, railing
• 為難 — ui5 lang5: awkward; embarrassing; in a difficult situation
• 為了 — ui5 liao2: for the sake of; in order to, because of
• 圍爐 — ui5 lou5: to have a reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve, to gather around a stove
• 圍繞 — ui5 riao3: to surround, to encircle, to revolve around (a topic)
• 為什麼 — ui5 sim6 moh4: why, for what reason, how come
• 違停 — ui5 têng5: to park illegally, to stop illegally
• 為止 — ui5 zi2: until; up till
• 違章 — ui5 ziang1: to violate regulations, to break the rules
• 圍 — ui5: to surround, to encircle
• 桅 — ui5: mast (of a ship)
• 為 — ui5: to be; to act as; to do, for; because of
• 違 — ui5: to disobey, to violate
• 胃病 — ui7 bên7: stomach disease; gastric illness
• 位置 — ui7 di3: location, position, place
• 位於 — ui7 i1: to be located in, to be situated at
• 胃口 — ui7 kao2: appetite, liking; taste (figuratively)
• 位 — ui7: classifier for people (polite), position; seat
• 胃 — ui7: stomach
• 溫存 — ung1 cung5: to be tender and attentive (esp. to a partner), to comfort affectionately
• 溫情 — ung1 cêng5: tender loving care, kindness, affection
• 溫度錶 — ung1 dou7 biao2: thermometer
• 溫度計 — ung1 dou7 goi3: thermometer
• 溫度 — ung1 dou7: temperature
• 溫暖 — ung1 luang2: warm
• 瘟瘴 — ung1 ziang3: plague
• 溫州話 — ung1 ziu1 uê7: Wenzhounese (dialect of Wu Chinese)
• 溫州 — ung1 ziu1: Wenzhou (city in Zhejiang, China)
• 氳 — ung1: thick, heavy atmosphere (literary), misty, hazy (bound morpheme in 氤氳)
• 溫 — ung1: warm
• 鰮 — ung1: sardine
• 蘊藏 — ung2 cang5: to contain; to hold in store (e.g. natural resources)
• 蘊含 — ung2 ham5: to contain; to hold in store, to entail; to imply
• 穩心 — ung2 sim1: at ease, assured
• 穩妥 — ung2 to2: safe; reliable
• 穩 — ung2: stable; firm; steady, reliable; sure
• 蘊 — ung2: to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain (literary)
• 韞 — ung2: to contain; to hold in store, to hide; to conceal
• 搵 — ung3: to dip (in sauce, ink, etc.), to submerge briefly
• 焚燒 — ung5 sio1: to burn, to incinerate, to set on fire
• 焚書坑儒 — ung5 ze1 kên1 ru5: burning of books and burying of scholars (Qin dynasty event), ruthless suppression of scholarship or dissent
• 云 — ung5: to say; to speak (literary), a surname
• 員 — ung5: grammatical particle; used in personal names
• 沄 — ung5: (of waves) surging and swirling, billowing
• 焚 — ung5: to burn
• 耘 — ung5: to weed
• 芸 — ung5: rue (fragrant herb, short for 芸香), surname
• 員 — ung6: a surname
• 運動場 — ung7 dong6 dion5: sports field, sports ground
• 運動會 — ung7 dong6 huê6: sports event; sports meet; games
• 運動員 — ung7 dong6 uang5: athlete, sportsperson
• 運動 — ung7 dong6: sports; exercise; athletics
• 運營商 — ung7 ian5 siang1: operator; carrier (e.g. telecom carrier)
• 運營 — ung7 ian5: to operate; to run (a business), to be in operation
• 運氣 — ung7 ki3: luck; fortune, fate; destiny
• 運送 — ung7 sang3: to transport, to convey, to carry
• 運輸 — ung7 su1: to transport
• 運作 — ung7 zag4: to operate; to function; to perform
• 運 — ung7: fortune; luck; fate, to transport; to move
• 韻 — ung7: rhyme, charm; appeal
• 萵菜 — uê1 cai3: lettuce
• 鍋底 — uê1 doi2: bottom of a pot/pan, base of cookware
• 椏 — uê1: branch of a tree; twig
• 鍋 — uê1: pot, pan, wok
• 慰勞 — uê3 lao5: to comfort with gifts, to reward for service, to express appreciation
• 慰問 — uê3 mung7: to console, to express sympathy/condolences
• 慰 — uê3: to comfort, to console
• 穢 — uê3: dirty; filthy; unclean, immoral; obscene
• 蔚 — uê3: exuberant; luxuriant; lush, grand; magnificent
• 衛兵 — uê6 bian1: guard; sentry
• 衛星 — uê6 cên1: satellite; moon (astronomical)
• 衛生 — uê6 sên1: hygiene; sanitation; health
• 衛 — uê6: to guard; to protect; to defend
• 畫報 — uê7 bo3: pictorial magazine, illustrated magazine
• 話筒 — uê7 dang5: microphone, telephone receiver, handset
• 話題 — uê7 doi5: topic, subject, theme
• 畫卷 — uê7 geng2: picture scroll, spectacular scenery (figurative)
• 畫風 — uê7 hong1: artistic style, painting style
• 畫 — uê7: to draw; to paint, to mark a line; stroke (of a character)
• 斡 — uêg4: to turn; to rotate, to change direction
• 曰 — uêg4: to say; to speak, to be called
• 粵 — uêg8: Guangdong, Yue (Cantonese)
• 越 — uêg8: to cross over; to pass through, to exceed; to surpass
• 劃鼠 — uêh8 ce2: catfish (Clarias fuscus)
• 劃 — uêh8: to scratch, to strike (e.g. a match)
• 冤家 — uêng1 gê1: to quarrel, to bicker, to fight
• 冤 — uêng1: to quarrel; to argue, to wrong; to treat unjustly
• 彎 — uêng1: bent; curved; crooked, to bend; to turn, a bend; a turn (in a road or river)
• 灣 — uêng1: bay, gulf, bend in a river
• 永久 — uêng2 gu2: permanent, eternal, long-lasting
• 永生 — uêng2 sên1: eternal life, immortality
• 宛 — uêng2: as if; seemingly, winding; crooked
• 皖 — uêng2: Anhui (province), abbreviation
• 苑 — uêng2: park; garden, preserve; enclosure
• 員外 — uêng5 ghua7: (archaic) landlord, squire, an ancient official title
• 緣故 — uêng5 gu3: cause; reason
• 員 — uêng5: member; staff; personnel
• 椽 — uêng5: rafter; roof beam
• 孕育 — uêng6 iog8: to nurture, to foster, to breed
• 查某囝 — za1 bhou2 gian2: daughter, girl
• 查某人 — za1 bhou2 nang5: woman, wife (indirect reference)
• 查某朋友 — za1 bhou2 pêng5 iu2: girlfriend
• 查某 — za1 bhou2: woman, girl
• 查某瘋 — za1 mou2 huang1: AIDS (Hat Yai Teochew term)
• 查 — za1: I; me (dialectal)
• 渣 — za1: dregs, sediment, fragment
• 碴 — za1: chipped edge; fragment (e.g. of glass), fault; grievance, quarrel
• 早飯 — za2 bung7: breakfast
• 早餐 — za2 cang1: breakfast
• 早田 — za2 cang5: early season paddy, paddy field planted in spring
• 早冬 — za2 dang1: summer harvest, early rice-harvest season
• 早頓 — za2 deng3: breakfast
• 早稻 — za2 diu6: early-season rice paddy, early rice
• 早過稻 — za2 guê3 diu6: early season paddy, early-season unhusked rice
• 早過 — za2 guê3: early season paddy, early-season unhusked rice
• 早期 — za2 ki5: early period, early phase
• 怎麼 — za2 moh4: how, why, what way
• 昨暝 — za2 mê5: last night
• 昔年 — za2 ni5: the old days, the past
• 昨日 — za2 rig8: yesterday
• 早死 — za2 si2: to die young, to pass away prematurely
• 早熟 — za2 sêg8: maturing early (of crops), precocious
• 早安 — za2 uan1: good morning
• 怎 — za2: how, why, what
• 早 — za2: early, in advance, long ago
• 昔 — za2: early (alternative form of 早)
• 昨 — za2: yesterday, former times; the past
• 榨取 — za3 cu2: to extract by squeezing, to extort, to exploit
• 炸藥 — za3 ioh8: explosive; explosive substance
• 詐騙 — za3 piang3: to scam, to defraud, to swindle
• 炸彈 — za3 tang5: bomb
• 榨 — za3: to press, to squeeze (juice/oil)
• 窄 — za3: narrow; tight
• 詐 — za3: to cheat; to defraud, to pretend; to feign
• 匝 — zab4: classifier for times/occurrences (dialectal)
• 扎 — zab4: to tie; to bind, to bundle
• 札 — zab4: letter; note, correspondence
• 汁 — zab4: juice, sauce, gravy
• 軋 — zab4: to roll (steel)
• 雜務 — zab8 bhu6: odd jobs, sundry duties, chores
• 十萬 — zab8 bhuêng7: hundred thousand; 100,000
• 十八 — zab8 boih4: eighteen, 18
• 雜菜飯 — zab8 cai3 bung7: economy rice, mixed rice with assorted dishes
• 雜菜 — zab8 cai3: mixed vegetables
• 十七 — zab8 cig4: seventeen; 17
• 十點 — zab8 diam2: ten o'clock, 10:00
• 雜交 — zab8 gao1: to hybridize, to crossbreed, promiscuous
• 十九 — zab8 gao2: nineteen, 19
• 十月 — zab8 ghuêh8: October, tenth month
• 雜技 — zab8 gi6: acrobatics
• 雜費 — zab8 hui3: incidental expenses, miscellaneous fees
• 十分 — zab8 hung1: very, extremely, utterly
• 雜貨店 — zab8 huê3 diam3: grocery store, sundry shop, convenience store
• 雜貨鋪 — zab8 huê3 pou3: grocery store, sundry shop
• 雜貨 — zab8 huê3: groceries, sundry goods
• 十一點 — zab8 ig4 diam2: eleven o'clock
• 十一月 — zab8 ig4 ghuêh8: November
• 十一 — zab8 ig4: eleven; 11, National Day of the PRC (Oct 1)
• 十六 — zab8 lag8: sixteen, 16
• 雜亂 — zab8 luang6: disorderly, messy, jumbled
• 雜物 — zab8 muêh8: odds and ends, miscellaneous items, clutter
• 十五暝 — zab8 ngou6 mê5: Lantern Festival night, 15th night of the first lunar month
• 十五 — zab8 ngou6: fifteen, 15
• 十二點 — zab8 ri6 diam2: twelve o'clock
• 十二月 — zab8 ri6 ghuêh8: December, twelfth month (of the lunar calendar)
• 十二 — zab8 ri6: twelve, 12
• 十字架 — zab8 ri7 gê3: cross, crucifix
• 十三 — zab8 san1: thirteen, 13