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• 誌 — zi3: mark; record, annals
• 際 — zi3: border; edge; boundary, between; among, occasion; moment
• 糍 — zi5: glutinous rice cake
• 巳 — zi6: sixth earthly branch, snake (zodiac sign)
• 舐 — zi6: to lick
• 遮 — zia1: to cover, to shield, to hide
• 姐 — zia2: elder sister, woman; lady; madame
• 者 — zia2: -er; -ist; one who...; person involved in
• 蔗粕 — zia3 poh4: bagasse (sugarcane pulp residue)
• 蔗汁 — zia3 zab4: sugarcane juice
• 柘 — zia3: silkworm thorn tree (Maclura tricuspidata), sugarcane (dialectal, alt. form of 蔗)
• 炙 — zia3: to roast; to broil; to grill
• 蔗 — zia3: sugar cane
• 籍貫 — zia6 guang3: place of origin, native place; ancestral hometown
• 藉口 — zia6 kao2: excuse, pretext
• 籍 — zia6: register; record, place of origin; ancestral home, nationality; membership
• 接班 — ziab4 bang1: to take over a shift, to succeed to a position
• 接吻 — ziab4 bhug4: to kiss
• 接近 — ziab4 geng6: to approach, to get close to, close; near
• 接枝 — ziab4 gi1: to graft (a plant), (Teochew, of a widower) to remarry
• 接納 — ziab4 nab8: to admit, to accept
• 接壤 — ziab4 riang2: to border on, to share a border with
• 接濟 — ziab4 zi3: to give aid to, to support financially
• 捷報 — ziab8 bo3: news of victory, report of success
• 捷徑 — ziab8 gên3: shortcut
• 洽談 — ziab8 tam5: to hold talks, to negotiate
• 捷 — ziab8: quick, swift, agile
• 即可 — ziag4 ko2: to be sufficient, to be enough (and that's all that's needed)
• 即刻 — ziag4 kêg4: at once, immediately
• 爵祿 — ziag4 log8: peerage and salary, rank and stipend
• 即使 — ziag4 sai2: even if, even though
• 即時 — ziag4 si5: immediately, at once
• 灼傷 — ziag4 sion1: to burn (skin), burn injury
• 爵位 — ziag4 ui7: rank of nobility, peerage, title
• 即將 — ziag4 ziang1: about to, on the point of, soon
• 即 — ziag4: immediately; at once, namely; that is
• 唧 — ziag4: to spurt, to squirt, to pump
• 嚼 — ziag4: to chew, to masticate, to crunch
• 灼 — ziag4: to burn; to scorch, to broil; to roast
• 爵 — ziag4: title of nobility, peerage rank
• 芍 — ziag4: Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
• 酌 — ziag4: to consider; to deliberate, to pour a drink, to drink
• 跡象 — ziah4 siang6: sign, indication, indicator
• 跡 — ziah4: trace, mark, vestige
• 隻 — ziah4: classifier for animals, birds, one of a pair, boats, etc., measure word
• 食飽未 — ziah8 ba2 bhuê7: have you eaten?, how are you (a common greeting)
• 食飽 — ziah8 ba2: to eat one's fill, to be full
• 食品 — ziah8 bing2: food, foodstuff
• 食飯 — ziah8 bng7: to eat, to have a meal
• 食爸囝 — ziah8 bê6 gian2: useless bum (who lives off his father), freeloader
• 食菜 — ziah8 cai3: to be vegetarian, to eat vegetables, to eat a dish accompanying rice
• 食草 — ziah8 cao2: to graze, to browse
• 食醋 — ziah8 cou3: to be jealous (of a rival in love)
• 食痘 — ziah8 dao7: to have chickenpox, to have smallpox
• 食桌 — ziah8 doh4: to attend a banquet, to attend a wedding feast
• 食茶 — ziah8 dê5: to drink tea, to have some tea
• 食教 — ziah8 ga3: to profess a religion, to convert (esp. to Christianity)
• 食蕳砃 — ziah8 gang1 dang1: to act westernized (of an ethnic Chinese person), to not speak Chinese
• 食風 — ziah8 huang1: to go on holiday, to travel for fun, to live in luxury
• 食薰 — ziah8 hung1: to smoke (tobacco)
• 食藥 — ziah8 iêh8: to take medicine, to take medication
• 食虧 — ziah8 kui1: to suffer a loss, to be at a disadvantage
• 食老 — ziah8 lao6: old age
• 食了米 — ziah8 liao3 bhi2: to be idle, to be good-for-nothing
• 食落 — ziah8 loh8: to swallow food, to stomach food
• 食眠起 — ziah8 mung5 ki2: to have breakfast, to eat breakfast
• 食糜 — ziah8 muê5: to eat congee, to eat rice porridge
• 食物 — ziah8 muêh8: food
• 食暝昏 — ziah8 mê5 hng1: to have dinner, to eat dinner
• 食言 — ziah8 ngang5: to break one's promise, to go back on one's word
• 食奶 — ziah8 ni6: to suckle, to breastfeed / suck milk
• 食日晝 — ziah8 rig8 dao3: to have lunch, to eat lunch
• 食西北風 — ziah8 sai1 bag4 huang1: to have nothing to eat, to go hungry
• 食屎 — ziah8 sai2: to eat shit (vulgar), go to hell, to be messed up
• 食宿 — ziah8 suah4: board and lodging, room and board
• 食錢 — ziah8 zin5: to embezzle, to be corrupt
• 食酒 — ziah8 ziu2: to drink alcohol
• 食蛇 — ziah8 zua5: to slack off, to play hooky, to take off from work
• 食水 — ziah8 zui2: to drink water
• 食齋 — ziah8 zê1: to be vegetarian, to live on a vegetarian diet
• 食用 — ziah8 êng7: to eat, to consume (as food), edible (attributive)
• 食 — ziah8: to eat, to consume
• 尖米圓 — ziam1 bhi2 in5: silver needle noodles, short pointed rice noodles
• 粘米 — ziam1 bhi2: non-glutinous white rice; polished indica rice
• 佔地 — ziam1 di7: to occupy an area, to cover an area, to take up space
• 瞻禮 — ziam1 li2: religious holiday or festival
• 瞻仰 — ziam1 ngiang2: to look up to with reverence, to pay homage to
• 占 — ziam1: to divine; to foretell, cent (currency, dialectal)
• 占 — ziam1: to recount orally; to compose (verse) extemporaneously
• 尖 — ziam1: sharp; pointy
• 瞻 — ziam1: to look up or forward, to look with reverence; to look up to
• 詹 — ziam1: a surname (Zhan/Chiam)
• 漸 — ziam2: to soak; to moisten (classical)
• 佔比 — ziam3 bi2: proportion, percentage, share
• 佔便宜 — ziam3 biang6 ngi5: to take advantage of, to gain unfair advantage, to profit at others' expense
• 佔有 — ziam3 u6: to possess, to own, to occupy
• 佔用 — ziam3 êng7: to occupy and use, to take up (time/space)
• 佔 — ziam3: to occupy; to possess
• 暫停 — ziam6 têng5: to pause, to suspend, to halt
• 漸漸 — ziam6 ziam6: gradually, little by little; step by step
• 暫 — ziam6: just; just now, briefly; temporarily
• 漸 — ziam6: gradually
• 正月初一 — zian1 ghuêh8 ciu1 ig4: first day of Chinese New Year
• 正月十五 — zian1 ghuêh8 zab8 ngou6: Lantern Festival, 15th day of the first lunar month
• 正月 — zian1 ghuêh8: first month of the lunar calendar
• 正月頭 — zian1 nguêh8 tao5: Chinese New Year
• 精肉 — zian1 nêg8: lean meat (esp. pork)
• 晶體 — zian1 ti2: crystal, (anatomy) lens
• 晶 — zian1: crystal, quartz
• 腈 — zian1: alternative form of 精: lean (of meat)
• 腈 — zian1: nitrile (chemistry)
• 整齊 — zian2 ci5: neat; tidy; orderly; even
• 整治 — zian2 di7: to renovate; to repair, to punish; to fix (someone)
• 整頓 — zian2 dung6: to rectify; to consolidate; to straighten out
• 整潔 — zian2 giag4: clean and tidy; immaculate
• 整改 — zian2 goi2: to rectify and reform
• 整合 — zian2 hah8: to integrate
• 整理 — zian2 li2: to arrange; to tidy up; to put in order, to sort out; to collate
• 整體 — zian2 ti2: whole; entirety; overall
• 䭕水 — zian2 zui2: fresh water
• 䭕 — zian2: tasteless, insipid, bland
• 整 — zian2: to put in order; to fix; to arrange, whole; entire; complete
• 汫 — zian2: tasteless, insipid, watery (of food/drink)
• 𩟗 — zian2: tasteless; insipid (alternative form of 䭕/𬲕)
• 正方形 — zian3 bang1 hêng5: square
• 正爿 — zian3 boin5: right side; the right
• 正手爿 — zian3 ciu2 boin5: right side; the right
• 正手 — zian3 ciu2: right hand
• 正值 — zian3 dag8: just at the time of, to coincide with (a time/period)
• 正直 — zian3 dêg8: upright; honest; having integrity
• 正解 — zian3 goi2: right answer; correct understanding
• 正規 — zian3 gui1: regular; standard; formal
• 正經 — zian3 gêng1: serious; solemn; earnest, proper; decent; upright
• 正確 — zian3 kag4: correct; accurate; proper
• 正氣 — zian3 ki3: righteousness; moral courage, healthy atmosphere
• 正能量 — zian3 lêng5 liang6: positive energy; positivity
• 正面 — zian3 ming7: positive; good, direct; head-on
• 正義 — zian3 ngi6: justice; fairness, righteous
• 正如 — zian3 ru5: to be just like, to be just as
• 正視 — zian3 si6: to face squarely; to confront, to take seriously
• 正常 — zian3 siên5: normal; regular; ordinary
• 正式 — zian3 sêg4: official, formal
• 正統 — zian3 tong2: orthodox; traditional
• 正 — zian3: right (side)
• 成群 — zian5 kung5: to flock together, to gather in large numbers
• 將軍 — ziang1 gung1: general (military rank)
• 彰顯 — ziang1 hiang2: to manifest, to highlight, to demonstrate clearly
• 將來 — ziang1 lai5: future, in the future
• 煎熬 — ziang1 ngao5: to torment; to be in distress, to suffer mentally, to stew/decoct
• 章程 — ziang1 tian5: rules; regulations, constitution; charter
• 漳州 — ziang1 ziu1: Zhangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Fujian, China)
• 將 — ziang1: will; going to (future-tense marker)
• 張 — ziang1: classifier for flat/sheet-like objects (paper, tickets)
• 樟 — ziang1: camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
• 漳 — ziang1: Zhangzhou (short for 漳州), Zhang River, a surname
• 煎 — ziang1: to pan-fry, to decoct (in water)
• 獐 — ziang1: water deer
• 踐踏 — ziang2 dah8: to trample on, to ravage; to violate (fig.)
• 長大 — ziang2 dai6: to grow up, to come of age
• 診治 — ziang2 di7: to diagnose and treat
• 診斷 — ziang2 duang3: to diagnose
• 掌櫃 — ziang2 guin7: shopkeeper, shop manager
• 診療 — ziang2 liao5: to diagnose and treat
• 縝密 — ziang2 mig8: careful, meticulous, deliberate
• 診脈 — ziang2 mêh8: to take someone's pulse
• 診所 — ziang2 so2: clinic, dispensary
• 長者 — ziang2 zia2: elder, senior citizen, respected older person
• 剪紙 — ziang2 zua2: papercutting, jianzhi
• 剪 — ziang2: to cut
• 翦 — ziang2: to cut; to clip (variant of 剪), to eliminate; to annihilate
• 診 — ziang2: to examine (a patient); to diagnose
• 踐 — ziang2: to trample; to tread upon, to carry out; to implement
• 獎牌 — ziang3 bai5: medal
• 獎品 — ziang3 bing2: prize, award
• 剪輯 — ziang3 cib4: to edit (film/video), to montage
• 戰鬥 — ziang3 dou3: to fight; to battle, to engage in combat
• 障礙 — ziang3 ghai7: obstacle; barrier; hindrance
• 戰機 — ziang3 gi1: opportunity for victory (in battle), fighter plane
• 獎金 — ziang3 gim1: monetary award, bonus, premium
• 漲價 — ziang3 gê3: to rise in price, to increase (of prices)
• 戰局 — ziang3 gêg8: war situation, state of a battle
• 獎學金 — ziang3 hag8 gim1: scholarship, stipend
• 戰壕 — ziang3 hao5: trench, dugout
• 戰犯 — ziang3 huam6: war criminal
• 戰友 — ziang3 iu2: comrade-in-arms, fellow soldier
• 獎勵 — ziang3 li6: reward, incentive
• 戰略 — ziang3 liag8: strategy, tactics
• 戰士 — ziang3 se6: soldier, warrior; fighter
• 戰事 — ziang3 se7: war; hostilities, fighting; armed conflict
• 戰線 — ziang3 suan3: battlefront; battleline, front (of a struggle or campaign)
• 獎狀 — ziang3 zeng7: certificate (of merit or award)
• 戰爭 — ziang3 zên1: war, warfare
• 將 — ziang3: general; high-ranking military officer
• 戰 — ziang3: to fight a battle; to go to war, war; battle
• 漲 — ziang3: to rise, to go up; to increase
• 獎 — ziang3: prize, award, reward
• 脹 — ziang3: to swell; to expand; to bloat
• 障 — ziang3: barrier; obstacle, to obstruct; to block
• 丈夫 — ziang6 hu1: husband, man; male
• 仗 — ziang6: battle; war; fight (as in 打仗, 'to fight a battle')