Browse "Noun" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

功德

gōng dé

‘Gōngdé’ literally combines ‘gōng’ (merit,

恩德

ēn dé

恩德 (ēn dé) is a formal, literary noun meaning

德行

dé xíng

德行 (dé xíng) literally combines 德 (dé), mean

待嫁

dài jià

‘待嫁’ literally means ‘awaiting marriage’ —

待遇

dài yù

'待遇' (dài yù) literally combines '待' (to trea

待业

dài yè

‘待业’ literally means 'waiting for employment'

远征

yuǎn zhēng

‘远征’ literally combines ‘远’ (yuǎn), meanin

彼人

bǐ rén

‘彼人’ (bǐ rén) is a classical or literary ter

彼得

bǐ dé

彼得 is a phonetic transliteration of the Western

弯月

wān yuè

‘弯月’ literally means ‘bent moon’ — the char

弯路

wān lù

‘弯路’ literally means ‘bent road’ — combinin

弯道

wān dào

‘弯道’ literally combines 弯 (wān), meaning 'be

强项

qiáng xiàng

‘强项’ literally means ‘strong item’ — ‘强’

强弱

qiáng ruò

‘强弱’ literally combines ‘strong’ (强) and ‘

弱视

ruò shì

‘弱视’ (ruò shì) literally means ‘weak vision

弱势

ruò shì

‘弱势’ literally combines ‘弱’ (weak, feeble)

废品

fèi pǐn

废品 (fèi pǐn) literally combines 废 (fèi), mea

废话

fèi huà

‘废话’ literally combines ‘废’ (fèi), meaning

废料

fèi liào

废料 (fèi liào) literally combines 废 (fèi), me

厦屋

shà wū

厦屋 (shà wū) is a literary and somewhat archaic

厦檐

shà yán

厦檐 (shà yán) literally combines 厦 (shà), mea

厦宇

shà yǔ

厦宇 (shà yǔ) is a classical literary term meani

广厦

guǎng shà

广厦 (guǎng shà) is a literary noun meaning 'spa

大厦

dà shà

‘大厦’ (dà shà) literally combines ‘大’ (dà

厦门

Xiàmén

Xiamen is a major port city and special economic z

厢房

xiāng fáng

‘厢房’ refers to a side room or annex building l

包厢

bāo xiāng

'包厢' (bāo xiāng) literally combines '包' (bāo

西厢

xī xiāng

'Xī xiāng' literally means 'western wing' and re

东厢

dōng xiāng

'Dōng xiāng' literally means 'eastern wing' and

轿厢

jiào xiāng

‘轿厢’ literally combines ‘轿’ (jiào), an arc

车厢

chē xiāng

‘车厢’ literally combines ‘车’ (chē), meaning

庭园

tíng yuán

庭园 (tíng yuán) refers specifically to a tradit

门庭

mén tíng

‘门庭’ literally combines ‘门’ (mén, gate/doo

朝廷

cháo tíng

‘朝廷’ (cháo tíng) literally combines ‘朝’ (

家庭

jiā tíng

家庭 (jiā tíng) literally combines 家 (jiā), me

法庭

fǎ tíng

法庭 (fǎ tíng) literally means 'law court' — 法

军火库

jūnhuǒkù

军火库 literally combines three characters: 军 (j

软件库

ruǎnjiànkù

Software repository (ruǎnjiànkù) is a centraliz

语料库

yǔliàokù

A yǔliàokù (linguistic corpus) is a large, stru

资料库

zīliàokù

资料库 (zīliàokù) literally combines 资 (zī, '