也
also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
倻
phonetic ya used in Korean names; variant of 伽[jia1]
冶
to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
吔
onomat. for surprise, amazement and sigh
嘢
thing; matter (Cantonese); see also 乜嘢[mie1 ye3]
噎
to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate
野
erroneous variant of 野[ye3]
抴
to pull; to drag; to join together; oar
捙
erroneous variant of 拽[ye4]
掖
to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal
掖
to support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side; also pr. [yi4]
揶
to gesticulate; to play antics
擨
archaic variant of 揶[ye2]
晔
bright light; to sparkle
曳
to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
椰
coconut palm; Taiwan pr. [ye2]
业
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
液
liquid; fluid; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
煠
to fry in fat or oil; to scald
耶
interrogative particle (classical)
耶
final particle indicating enthusiasm etc
腋
armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
叶
leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats
蠮
wasp of the family Sphecidae
邺
surname Ye; ancient district in modern day Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
野
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
馌
to carry food to laborers in the field
鵺
a kind of bird similar to pheasant
也好不了多少
hardly any better; just as bad
也好不到哪里去
just as bad; not much better
也就是说
in other words; that is to say; so; thus
也有今天
(coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right; to get one's share of (good or bad things); every dog has its day
也罢
(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
冶天
ATI, brand name of AMD graphics cards
冶容
to mold (into seductive shape); to dress up (usu. derogatory); to sex up
冶炼炉
a furnace for smelting metal
冶游
to go courting; to visit a brothel (old); related to 野遊|野游[ye3 you2]
噎住
to choke (on); to choke off (in speech)
夜不成眠
to be unable to sleep at night
夜不归宿
to stay out all night (idiom)
夜不闭户
lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜来香
tuberose; Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木
夜叉
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
夜场
evening show (at theater etc)
夜宵儿
erhua variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
夜幕
curtain of night; gathering darkness
夜幕低垂
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
夜招待酒会
evening cocktail reception
夜校
evening school; night school
夜消
variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
夜深人静
in the dead of night (idiom)
夜盲症
night blindness; nyctalopia
夜神仙
night owl; late sleeper
夜色
night scene; the dim light of night
夜行
night walk; night departure; nocturnal
夜行昼伏
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
夜里
during the night; at night; nighttime
夜郎
small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
夜郎自大
lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom); fig. foolish conceit
夜间
nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
夜阑
late at night; in the dead of night
夜阑人静
the still of the night (idiom); late at night
夜惊
night terror; sleep terror
夜鹰
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
夜鹭
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
掖咕
to toss aside; to misplace
掖庭
Lateral Courts in the imperial palace (housing concubines and administrative offices
掖掖盖盖
stealthily; clandestinely
掖门
small side door of a palace
曳光弹
tracer ammunition; tracer
曳尾鹱
(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
曳引车
(Tw) tractor unit; prime mover
椰子猫
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
椰林飘香
pina colada (cocktail)
椰果
nata de coco (a chewy jelly made from fermented coconut water)
椰菜
cabbage; broccoli; cauliflower
椰菜花
cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
椰蓉
dessicated coconut; shredded coconut
业务
business; professional work; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
业务过失
professional negligence
业大
part-time college (abbr. for 業余大學|业余大学)
业态
(retail industry) format
业根
the root cause (of evil); bane (Buddhism)
业海
sea of evil; endless crime
业满
to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism)
业精于勤
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.; Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.; Practice makes perfect.
业绩
achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
业者
dealer; trader; person engaged in some industry or trade
业荒于嬉
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
业障
karmic hindrance (buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money
业余
in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
业余大学
college for people who attend after work (lit.: spare-time college)
业余教育
spare-time education; evening classes
殗殜
somewhat ill, but still able to sit up
液化气
liquid gas; bottled gas (fuel)
液化石油气
liquefied petroleum gas
液压传动
hydraulic drive; hydraulic transmission
液态奶
general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk
液态水
liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice, e.g.)
液晶显示
LCD; liquid crystal display
液晶显示器
liquid crystal display
液面
surface (of a body of liquid)
爷们
menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
爷们儿
erhua variant of 爺們|爷们[ye2 men5]
爷爷
(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather; CL:個|个[ge4]
耶利哥
Jericho (Biblical city)
耶利米
Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)
耶利米哀歌
the Lamentations of Jeremiah
耶和华
Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH); compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4]
耶和华见证人
Jehovah's Witnesses
耶哥尼雅
Jechoniah or Jeconiah (son of Josiah)
耶弗他
Jephthah (Hebrew: Yiftach) son of Gilead, Judges 11-foll.
耶律大石
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia
耶律楚材
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
耶户
Jehu (842-815 BC), Israelite king, prominent character in 2 Kings 9:10
耶洗别
Jezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21 and 2 Kings 9, killed by Jehu 耶戶|耶户[Ye1 hu4]
耶烈万
Yerevan, capital of Armenia; also written 埃里温[Ai1 li3 wen1]
耶稣光
crepuscular rays; sunbeams
耶稣升天节
Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
耶稣基督后期圣徒教会
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
耶稣基督末世圣徒教会
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
耶稣会
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
耶稣会士
a Jesuit; member of Society of Jesus
耶稣降临节
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
耶莱娜·扬科维奇
Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player
耶路撒冷
Jerusalem, capital of Israel
耶酥
Jesus (耶稣 is more usual)
耶酥会
the Society of Jesus; the Jesuits
腋生
axillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem
腋臭
body odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor; underarm stink; also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4]
腋芽
axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant
叶伟文
alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[Ye4 Wei3 min2]
叶伟民
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
叶公好龙
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom); fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it; ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
叶利钦
Yeltsin (name); Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999
叶卡捷琳堡
Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)
叶卡捷琳娜
Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name); Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia
叶卡特琳娜堡
Ekaterinaburg or Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town on the Ural mountains
叶口蝠科
Phyllostomatidae (zoology)
叶问
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
叶城
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
叶城县
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
叶子
foliage; leaf; CL:片[pian4]
叶子列
leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)
叶子板
(Taiwan) fender (automotive)
叶序
leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany)
叶挺
Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
叶永烈
Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer
叶尔羌河
Yarkant River in Xinjiang
叶片
blade (of propellor); vane; leaf
叶片状
foliated; striated into thin leaves
叶礼庭
Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
叶县
Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
叶圣陶
Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
叶脉
venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
叶脉序
leaf venation (botany); the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species
叶苔
liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)
叶落归根
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
叶选平
Ye Xuanping (1924-), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]
叶里温
Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)
叶鼻蝠
see 台灣葉鼻蝠|台湾叶鼻蝠[Tai2 wan1 Ye4 bi2 fu2]
蠮螉
wasp of the family Sphecidae
谒访
to pay one's respects; to visit (ancestral grave)
谒陵
to pay homage at a mausoleum
野叟曝言
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2]
野口
Noguchi (Japanese surname)
野史
unofficial history; history as popular legends
野味
game; wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
野外
countryside; areas outside the city
野外放养
free-range (breeding livestock or poultry)
野天鹅
Wild Swans, family autobiography by British-Chinese writer Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2]; alternative title 鴻|鸿, after the author's original name 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2]
野山椒
same as 朝天椒[chao2 tian1 jiao1]
野径
country path; track in the wilderness
野心
ambition; wild schemes; careerism
野性
wild nature; unruliness
野战
battlefield operation; paintball
野放
to release (an animal) into the wild
野村
Nomura (Japanese surname)
野格力娇酒
Jägermeister (alcoholic drink)
野火
wildfire; (spreading like) wildfire; bush fire; farm fire (for clearing fields)
野火春风
abbr. for 野火燒不盡,春風吹又生|野火烧不尽,春风吹又生[ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1]
野火烧不尽,春风吹又生
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb); fig. cannot be easily eliminated; abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]
野营
to camp; field lodgings
野狗
wild dog; feral dog; stray dog
野甘蓝
European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
野生动植物园
wildlife park; safari park
野生生物
wildlife; creatures in the wild; wild organism
野生生物基金会
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
野田佳彦
Noda Yoshihiko, Prime Minister of Japan (2 September 2011 ~)
野种
(derog.) illegitimate child; bastard
野胡萝卜
carrot (Daucus carota)
野花
wild flower; woman of easy virtue
野草
weeds; mistress or prostitute (old)
野调无腔
coarse in speech and manner
野猪
wild boar (Sus scrofa); CL:頭|头[tou2]
野路子
(coll.) unorthodox (method etc)
野游
outing in the country; to go on a hike; to go courting
野鸡
pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute
野颠茄
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
野餐
picnic; to have a picnic
野鸭
wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
页首
the head of a page; page heading