dìng zhì 
		custom-made
made-to-order
to have something custom made
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guó chǎn 
		made in one's own country
made in China
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fěn 
		powder
cosmetic face powder
food prepared from starch
noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
whitewash
white
pink
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jī zhì 
		machine processed
machine made
mechanism
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chéng yào 
		patent medicine
medicine already made up
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn chéng 
		ready-made
readily available
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			miàn shí 
		food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rén wéi 
		artificial
man-made
having human cause or origin
human attempt or effort
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chū lú 
		to take out of the furnace
fresh out of the oven
fig. newly announced
recently made available
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bìng yǒu 
		a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital
wardmate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guǒ 
		rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rén zào 
		man-made
artificial
synthetic
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			suō 
		rain coat made of straw etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jǔ ruò 
		konnyaku (in Japanese cooking), solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qìng 
		chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pú tuán 
		praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chá 
		a raft made of bamboo or wood
to fell trees
to hew
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn sè 
		signal made with one's eyes
meaningful glance
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shuǎ lài 
		to act shamelessly
to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc
to act dumb
to act as if sth never happened
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zì zhì 
		self-made
improvised
homemade
handmade
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cái zhì 
		texture of timber
quality of material
material (that sth is made of)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pí qiú 
		ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fěn tiáo 
		vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fú róng 
		hibiscus
cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)
lotus
foo yung (type of omelet made of egg white)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhé xiàn 
		broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
polygonal line
dog leg
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hǎi mián 
		sponge (zoology)
sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc)
foam rubber
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhēng 
		to evaporate
(of cooking) to steam
torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
finely chopped firewood (old)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chéng yǔ 
		Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
idiom
proverb
saying
adage
set expression
CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jìng zhuāng 
		to make up
elaborately made up woman
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pú móu 
		kamaboko (fish paste made from surimi)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			má huā 
		fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough)
worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nián gāo 
		nian gao, New Year cake made of steamed glutinous rice
Japanese mochi
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Léi Fēng 
		Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dìng zuò 
		to have something made to order
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dìng zhì 
		custom-made
made-to-order
to have something custom made
also written 定製|定制
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mài guǎn 
		vascular (made up of vessels)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiào shēng 
		yelling (sound made by person)
barking
braying
roaring (sound made by animals)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hòu fù 
		payment made afterwards
postpaid
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gāng zhì 
		made of steel
steel (bar, screw, product etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēi gē 
		Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bō luó 
		Polo (car made by Volkswagen)
surname Polo
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiān zāi rén huò 
		natural and man-made disasters (idiom); natural calamities (flood, drought, earthquake) added to human calamity (fire, famine, war, Microsoft software)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhōng guó chǎn 
		made in China
home-grown (talent)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lì shì 
		lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利事[li4 shi4]