Chinese Character Dictionary

笙管

shēng guăn

pipes of a panpipe

笙簧

shēng huáng

reeds of a panpipe

笙箫

shēng xiāo

reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute

笛

dí

flute

笛卡儿

Dí kă ér

René Descartes (196-160), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论

笛卡儿坐标制

Dí kă ér zuò biāo zhì

Cartesian coordinate system

笛卡尔

Dí kă ĕr

René Descartes (196-160) French philosopher

笛子

dí zi

bamboo flute

笛沙格

Dí shā gé

Girard Desargues (191-1661), French geometer

笛膜

dí mó

membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone

笞

chī

to whip with bamboo strips

笞刑

chī xíng

whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)

笞掠

chī lu:è

to flog

笞挞

chī tà

to flog

笞击

chī jī

to cudgel

笞杖

chī zhàng

a cudgel

笞棰

chī chuí

to beat with a bamboo whip

笞骂

chī mà

to whip and revile

笞背

chī bèi

to flog or whip the back

笞臀

chī tún

to whip the buttocks

笞责

chī zé

to flog with a bamboo stick

笞辱

chī rŭ

to whip and insult

笠

lì

bamboo rain hat

笤

tiáo

broom

笤帚

tiáo zhou

whisk broom

笥

sì

square bamboo container for food or clothing

笥匮囊空

sì kuì náng kōng

extremely destitute (idiom)

符

Fú

surname Fu

符串

fú chuàn

string (as in 'character string')

符合

fú hé

in keeping with

符合标准

fú hé biāo zhŭn

to comply with a standard

符咒

fú zhòu

charm

符拉迪沃斯托克

Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè

Vladivostok (Russian port city)

符板

fú băn

a charm to protect against evil spirits

符牌

fú pái

a talisman or lucky charm

符箓

fú lù

Taoist incantations and magic symbols

符号

fú hào

symbol

符号学

fú hào xué

semiotics

符记

fú jì

token

符记环

fú jì huán

token ring

符类福音

fú lèi fú yīn

synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)

符腾堡

Fú téng băo

Württemberg, region of southwest Germany, former state around Stuttgart 斯圖加特|斯图加特[Sī tú jiā tè]

笨

bèn

stupid

笨人

bèn rén

fool

笨口拙舌

bèn kŏu zhuō shé

awkward in speech

笨嘴拙腮

bèn zuĭ zhuō sāi

clumsy in speech

笨嘴笨舌

bèn zuĭ bèn shé

clumsy in speaking

笨手笨脚

bèn shŏu bèn jiăo

clumsy

笨拙

bèn zhuō

clumsy

笨瓜

bèn guā

fool

笨蛋

bèn dàn

fool

笨货

bèn huò

idiot

笨重

bèn zhòng

heavy

笨鸡蛋

bèn jī dàn

free-range egg

笨鸟先飞

bèn niăo xiān fēi

lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities

笪

Dá

surname Da

笫

zĭ

planks of bed

第

dì

(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)

第一

dì yī

first

第一例

dì yī lì

first case