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]