| -y {suffix} (forming diminutive nouns) | :: 子, 兒 |
| Ya-an {prop} (Ya'an) SEE: Ya'an | :: |
| Ya'an {prop} (prefecture-level city in China) | :: 雅安 /Yǎ'ān/ |
| ya ba {n} | :: 亞霸, 亚霸 /yàbà/, 鴨霸, 鸭霸 /yābà/ |
| yacht {n} (slick and light ship) | :: 游艇 /yóutǐng/ |
| yachtsman {n} (man who sails a yacht) | :: 帆船運動員, 帆船运动员 , 遊艇主, 游艇主 /yóutǐngzhǔ/ |
| yaffingale {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffle {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffler {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| Yahoo! {prop} (a popular web portal) | :: 雅虎！ /Yǎhǔ!/, 雅虎 /Yǎhǔ/ |
| Yahweh {prop} (personal name of God) | :: 耶和華, 耶和华 /Yēhéhuá/, 雅威 /Yǎwēi/ |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| yak {n} (ox-like mammal) | :: 牦牛 /máoniú/ |
| yaksha {n} ((Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being) | :: 夜叉 /yèchā/ |
| Yakut {prop} (language) | :: 雅庫特語, 雅库特语 /Yǎkùtèyǔ/ |
| Yakutia {prop} (region in North Asia) | :: 雅庫特, 雅库特 /Yǎkùtè/, 牙庫特, 牙库特 /Yákùtè/ |
| Yakutsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 雅庫茨克, 雅库茨克 /Yǎkùcíkè/ |
| yakuza {n} (Japanese organized crime gang) | :: 極道, 极道 /jídào/, 如龍, 如龙 /rúlóng/, 日本黑道 /Rìběn hēidào/ |
| yakuza {n} (member of a Japanese organized crime gang) | :: 極道, 极道 /jídào/, 如龍, 如龙 /rúlóng/ |
| yale {n} (mythical beast) | :: 耶魯 /yēlǔ/ |
| Yale {prop} (university) | :: 耶魯大學, 耶鲁大学 /Yélǔ dàxué/ |
| Yale {prop} (romanisation scheme) | :: 耶魯拼音, 耶鲁拼音 /Yélǔ pīnyīn/ |
| y'all {pron} (plural of you) | :: 你们 /nǐmen/ |
| Yalta {prop} (city in Crimea) | :: 雅爾塔, 雅尔塔 /Yǎ'ěrtǎ/ |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine) | :: 山藥 山药 /shānyào/ |
| yam {n} (taro) SEE: taro | :: |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yama {prop} (the Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo) | :: 閻摩, 阎摩 /Yánmó/ |
| Yamagata {prop} (Yamagata, Japan) | :: 山形 /Shānxíng/ |
| Yamaguchi {prop} (Yamaguchi, Japan) | :: 山口 /Shānkǒu/ |
| Yamal {prop} (a large peninsula in the Russian North) | :: 亞馬爾半島, 亚马尔半岛 /Yàmǎ'ěr bàndǎo/, 亞馬爾, 亚马尔 /Yàmǎ'ěr/ |
| Yamanashi {prop} (Yamanashi, Japan) | :: 山梨 /Shānlí/ |
| Yamato {prop} (ancient name for Japan) | :: 大和 /Dàhé/, 倭 /Wō/ |
| yamberry {n} (bulbil of the Chinese yam) | :: 山藥豆, 山药豆 /shānyaodòu/ |
| yam cake {n} (taro cake) SEE: taro cake | :: |
| yamen {n} (a residence of an official of the Chinese Empire) | :: 衙門, 衙门 /yámen/, 官衙 /guānyá/ |
| Yamoussoukro {prop} (official/administrative capital of Ivory Coast) | :: 亞穆蘇克羅, 亚穆苏克罗 /Yàmùsūkèluó/ |
| Yamuna {prop} (tributary of the Ganges) | :: 朱木納, 閻牟那, 亞穆納 |
| Yan'an {prop} (prefecture-level city) | :: 延安 /Yán'ān/ |
| Yanbian {prop} (Korean autonomous prefecture in northeast China) | :: 延邊, 延边 /Yánbiān/ |
| Yanbian {prop} (county in Panzhihua, Sichuan, China) | :: 鹽邊, 盐边 /Yánbiān/ |
| Yancheng {prop} (prefecture-level city in eastern China) | :: 鹽城, 盐城 /Yánchéng/ |
| Yancheng {prop} (district in central China) | :: 郾城 /Yǎnchéng/ |
| yandere {n} (character who fits the archetype of being genuinely kind, loving, or gentle, but suddenly switching to being aggressive or deranged) | :: 病嬌, 病娇 /bìngjiāo/ |
| yang {n} (essential male principle) | :: 陽, 阳 /yáng/ |
| Yang-chou {prop} (Yangzhou) SEE: Yangzhou | :: |
| Yang-hsin {prop} (Yangxin) SEE: Yangxin | :: |
| Yangi Hissar {prop} (Yengisar) SEE: Yengisar | :: |
| Yangjiang {prop} (prefecture-level city in Guangdong) | :: 陽江, 阳江 /Yángjiāng/ |
| Yang-lo {prop} (Yangluo) SEE: Yangluo | :: |
| Yangluo {prop} (subdistrict in central China) | :: 陽邏, 阳逻 /Yángluó/ |
| yangmei {n} (fruit) | :: 楊梅, 杨梅 /yángméi/ |
| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar) | :: 仰光 /Yǎngguāng/ |
| yangqin {n} (Chinese musical instrument) | :: 揚琴, 扬琴 /yángqín/ |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: 長江, 长江 /Cháng Jiāng/, 揚子江, 扬子江 /Yángzǐ Jiāng/ |
| Yangtze dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yangtze River dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yangxin {prop} (county in central China) | :: 陽新, 阳新 /Huángzhōu/ |
| Yangzhou {prop} (a prefecture-level city in eastern China) | :: 揚州, 扬州 /Yángzhōu/ |
| Yangzi {prop} (a town in central China; a residential community in central China; a village in central China) | :: 洋梓 /Yángzǐ/ |
| Yankee {n} (native or inhabitant of the USA) | :: 揚基, 扬基 /Yángjī/, 美國佬, 美国佬 /Měiguólǎo/ |
| Yankee {n} ((baseball) player that plays for the New York Yankees) | :: 洋基 /yángjī/ |
| Yanling {prop} (prefecture-level city in central China) | :: 鄢陵 /Yānlíng/ |
| Yanshuei {prop} (district in south Taiwan) | :: 鹽水, 盐水 /Yánshuǐ/ |
| Yanshui {prop} (Yanshuei) SEE: Yanshuei | :: |
| Yantai {prop} (a city of China) | :: 煙臺 or 煙台, 烟台 /Yāntái/ |
| Yanukovych {prop} (Ukrainian surname) | :: 亞努科維奇, 亚努科维奇 /Yànǔkēwéiqí/ |
| Yanzi {prop} (town in central China) | :: 燕子 /Yànzi/ |
| Yao {prop} (ethnic group in China) | :: 瑤族, 瑶族 /Yáozú/ |
| yaodong {n} (earth shelter dwelling) | :: 窯洞, 窑洞 /yáodòng/ |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: 雅溫得, 雅温得 /Yǎwēndé/ |
| Yap {prop} (an island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia) | :: 雅蒲島, 雅蒲岛 /Yǎpú dǎo/ |
| yard {n} (land around a house) | :: 院子 /yuànzi/, 庭院 /tíngyuàn/ |
| yard {n} (three feet) | :: 碼, 码 /mǎ/ |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| yardang {n} (streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock) | :: 雅丹 /yǎdān/ |
| yardlong bean {n} (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis) | :: 豆角 /dòujiǎo/ |
| yardstick {n} (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged) | :: 尺度 /chǐdù/, 標準, 标准 /biāozhǔn/ |
| Yaren {prop} (largest town of Nauru) | :: 亚伦 |
| Yarkand {prop} (Yarkant) SEE: Yarkant | :: |
| Yarkant {prop} (county in Kashgar, Xinjiang) | :: 莎車, 莎车 /Shāchē/ |
| yarmulke {n} (skullcap worn by religious Jewish males) | :: 卡巴 /kǎbā/ |
| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: 紗線, 纱线 /shāxiàn/, 紗, 纱 /shā/, 毛線, 毛线 /máoxiàn/ |
| Yaroslavl {prop} (city) | :: 雅羅斯拉夫爾, 雅罗斯拉夫尔 /Yǎluósīlāfū'ěr/ |
| yarrow {n} (any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea) | :: 蓍 /shī/ |
| yashmak {n} (a veil worn by Muslim women) | :: 面紗, 面纱 /miànshā/ |
| Yasodhara {prop} (former wife of Gautama Buddha) | :: 耶輸陀羅 |
| yataghan {n} (type of sword) | :: 彎刀, 弯刀 /wāndāo/ |
| Yawa {prop} (township in Karakax, Hotan, Xinjiang, China) | :: 雅瓦 /Yǎwǎ/ |
| Yawagh {prop} (subdistrict) | :: 亞瓦格, 亚瓦格 /Yàwǎgé/ |
| yawl {n} (sailing vessel) | :: 划子 /huázi/, 舢板 /shānbǎn/ |
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: 打哈欠 /dǎ hāqian/, 打呵欠 /dǎ hēqiàn/, 打阿老 /dǎ ālǎo/ |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: 哈欠 /hāqian/, 呵欠 /hēqiàn/ |
| yay {interj} | :: 好哇 /hǎowā/, 萬歲, 万岁 /wànsuì/ |
| Yay {prop} (A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people) | :: 布依語, 布依语 /Bùyīyǔ/ |
| yayan {prop} (Yayan) SEE: Yayan | :: |
| Yayan {prop} (standard form of spoken Chinese) | :: 雅言 /Yǎyán/ |
| yeah {particle} (yes) | :: 是啊 /shì a/, 對啊, 对啊 /duì a/, 啊 /à/, 嗯 /ǹg/ |
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: 年 /nián/, 年頭, 年头 /niántóu/ |
| year {n} (a period between set dates that mark a year) | :: 年度 |
| year {n} (a level or grade at school or college) | :: 年級, 年级 /niánjí/, 學年, 学年 /xuénián/ |
| yearbook {n} (reference book, published annually) | :: 年鑑, 年鑒, 年鉴 /niánjiàn/ |
| year-end {adj} (on the end of the year) | :: 年末的 /niánmò de/, 年終亞的, 年终的 /niánzhōng de/, 年尾的 /niánwěi de/ |
| year in, year out {adv} (during every year) | :: 年復一年, 年复一年 /niánfùyīnián/, 年年 /niánnián/ |
| yearly {adj} (happening once every year) | :: 每年的 /měinián de/ |
| yearly {adv} (once a year) | :: 每年 /měinián/ |
| yearn {v} (to have a strong desire; to long) | :: 想念 /xiǎngniàn/, 思念 /sīniàn/, 盼念 /pànniàn/ |
| yearning {n} (wistful or melancholy longing) | :: 憧憬 /chōngjǐng/ |
| yeast {n} (fungus) | :: 酵母 /mainland China: jiàomǔ; Taiwan: xiàomǔ/ |
| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) | :: 酵母 /mainland China: jiàomǔ; Taiwan: xiàomǔ/ |
| yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) | :: 酵母 /mainland China: jiàomǔ; Taiwan: xiàomǔ/ |
| yeast extract {n} (yeast product) | :: 酵母精華, 酵母精华 /jiàomǔ jīnghuá/ |
| yeast infection {n} (candidiasis) SEE: candidiasis | :: |
| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck | :: |
| Yüeh-p'u-hu {prop} (Yopurga) SEE: Yopurga | :: |
| Yehuda {prop} (male given name) SEE: Judah | :: |
| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 葉卡捷琳堡, 叶卡捷琳堡 /Yèkǎjiélínbǎo/ |
| Yelena {prop} (Russian female name) | :: 叶莲娜 /Yèliánnà/ |
| yell {v} (shout (verb)) | :: 叫喊 /jiàohǎn/, 叫 /jiào/ |
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: 黃, 黄 /huáng/ |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: 黃色, 黄色 /huángsè/ |
| yellow-bellied tit {n} (Pardaliparus venustulus) | :: 黄腹山雀 |
| yellow-billed loon {n} (Gavia adamsii) | :: 白嘴潜鸟 |
| yellow card {n} (card in sports) | :: 黃牌, 黄牌 /huángpái/ |
| yellow-cheeked tit {n} (Machlolophus spilonotus) | :: 黄颊山雀 |
| yellow fever {n} (illness) | :: 黃熱病, 黄热病 /huáng rèbìng/ |
| yellowfin {n} (yellowfin tuna) SEE: yellowfin tuna | :: |
| yellowfin tuna {n} (edible species of tuna) | :: 黃鰭鮪, 黄鳍鲔 /huángqíwĕi/, 黃鰭金槍魚, 黄鳍金枪鱼 /huáng qíjīnqiāngyú/, 黃鰭鮪魚 /huángqíwĕiyú/ |
| yellow-green {adj} (colour) | :: 黃綠, 黃綠 /huánglǜ/, 黃綠色, 黄绿色 /huánglǜsè/ |
| yellow jersey {n} (shirt worn by the leader in the Tour de France) | :: 黃色領騎衫, 黄色领骑衫 /huángsè lǐng qí shān/ |
| Yellowknife {prop} (capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada) | :: 耶洛奈夫 /Yēluònàifū/, 黃刀鎮, 黄刀镇 /Huángdāo zhèn/ |
| yellow light {n} (traffic light between the green light and the red light) | :: 黃燈, 黄灯 /huángdēng/ |
| yellow pages {n} (telephone directory that lists commercial organisations) | :: 黃頁, 黄页 /huángyè/ |
| yellow peril {n} (perceived threat from East Asia) | :: 黃禍, 黄祸 /huánghuò/ |
| yellow press {n} (newspapers which publish sensationalist articles) | :: 黃色新聞, 黄色新闻 /huángsè xīnwén/, 黃色新聞學, 黄色新闻学 /huángsè xīnwénxué/ |
| Yellow River {prop} (river of northern China) | :: Classical Chinese: 河; 黃河, 黄河 /Huáng Hé/ |
| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) | :: 黃海, 黄海 /Huánghǎi/ |
| yellow tit {n} (Machlolophus holsti) | :: 台湾黄山雀, 黃山雀 |
| yellow union {n} (trade union) | :: 黃色工會, 黄色工会 /huángsè gōnghuì/ |
| Yeltsin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: 葉利欽, 叶利钦 /Yèlìqīn/ |
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: 也門, 也门 /Yěmén/; 葉門, 叶门 /Yèmén/ |
| yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency) | :: 日元 /rìyuán/, 日圓, 日圆 /rìyuán/, 老日 /lǎorì/ |
| yen {n} (coin or note of one yen) | :: 日圓, 日圆 /rìyuán/, 日元 /rìyuán/, 老日 /lǎorì/ |
| Yen-an {prop} (Yan'an) SEE: Yan'an | :: |
| Yen-ch'eng {prop} (Yancheng) SEE: Yancheng | :: |
| Yengimehelle {prop} (town) | :: 英買里, 英买里 /Yīngmǎilǐ/ |
| Yengiostang {prop} (several townships and villages in Xinjiang) | :: 英吾斯塘 /Yīngwúsītáng/ |
| Yengisar {prop} (county in Kashgar, Xinjiang; town in Yengisar, Kashgar, Xinjiang) | :: 英吉沙 /Yīngjíshā/ |
| Yengiyer {prop} (town in Yengisar, Kashgar, Xinjiang) | :: 英也爾, 英也尔 /Yīngyě'ěr/ |
| Yenisei {prop} (river in Russia) | :: 葉尼塞河, 叶尼塞河 /Yènísāi hé/ |
| Yenshui {prop} (Yanshuei) SEE: Yanshuei | :: |
| Yen-t'ai {prop} (Yantai) SEE: Yantai | :: |
| yep {n} (informal "yes") | :: 是啊 /shì a/, 對啊, 对啊 /duì a/, 啊 /à/, 嗯 /ǹg/ |
| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: 埃里溫, 埃里温 /Āilǐwēn/ , 葉里溫, 叶里温 /Yèlǐwēn/ |
| yermulke {n} (yarmulke) SEE: yarmulke | :: |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: 是 /shì/, 對, 对 /duì/, 啊 /à/ , (repeating the verb/attribute used in the question to mean "yes" 你知道吗？ 知道) |
| yes and no {phrase} (indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer) | :: 既肯定又否定 /jì kěndìng yòu fǒudìng/ |
| Yesanguan {prop} (town in central China) | :: 野三關, 野三关 /Yěsānguān/ |
| yes man {n} (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) | :: 好好先生 /hǎohǎo xiānshēng/ ("Mister Yes-Yes"), 跟屁蟲, 跟屁虫 /gēn pì chóng/ ("fart following insect"), 應聲蟲, 应声虫 /yìngshēng chóng/ ("responding insect") |
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions) | :: 嗎, 吗 /ma/ |
| yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: 昨天 /zuótiān/, 昨日 /zuórì/ |
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: 昨天 /zuótiān/, 昨日 /zuórì/ , 昨兒, 昨儿 /zuór/, 昨兒個, 昨儿个 /zuórge/ |
| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night | :: |
| yet {adv} (thus far) | :: 還 /hái/, 还 /hái/ |
| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
| yeti {n} (unidentified animal) | :: 雪人 /xuěrén/, 野人 /yěrén/ |
| yew {n} (Taxus baccata) | :: 歐洲紫杉, 欧洲紫杉 /Ōuzhōu zǐshān/ |
| yew {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Taxus) | :: 紅豆杉 /gōngdòushān/, 紫杉 /zǐshān/ |
| Yeyik {prop} (township in Niya, Hotan, Xinjiang, China) | :: 葉亦克, 叶亦克 /Yèyìkè/ |
| YHWH {prop} (יהוה (tetragrammaton)) | :: 耶和華 /yé-hé-huá/, 雅威 /yǎ-wēi/ |
| Yi {n} (ethnic group) | :: 彝族 /Yízú/ |
| Yi {prop} (Korean surname) | :: 李 /Lǐ/ |
| Yibin {prop} (prefecture-level city in China) | :: 宜賓, 宜宾 /Yíbīn/ |
| Yichang {prop} (a prefecture-level city in central China) | :: 宜昌 /Yíchāng/ |
| Yicheng {prop} (a county-level city and an economic and technological development zone in central China) | :: 宜城 /Yíchéng/ |
| Yiddish {prop} (language) | :: 意第緒語, 意第绪语 /yìdìxùyǔ/ |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| Yidu {prop} (county-level city in central China) | :: 宜都 /Yídū/ |
| yield {v} (to give way) | :: 讓步, 让步 /ràngbù/ |
| yield {v} (to give as required) | :: 降服 /xiángfú/, 屈服 /qūfú/ |
| yield {v} (to produce as return) | :: 產量, 产量 /chǎnliàng/, 產生, 产生 /chǎnshēng/ |
| yield {v} (to produce as a result) | :: 得出 /déchū/ |
| yield {n} (quantity of something produced) | :: 收成 /shōuchéng/, 產量, 产量 /chǎnliàng/ |
| yield the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
| yield up the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
| Yilan {prop} ( county in Taiwan; city in Taiwan) | :: 宜蘭, 宜兰 /Yílán/ |
| Yilan {prop} (county) | :: 依蘭, 依兰 /Yīlán/ |
| Yiling {prop} (a district in central China) | :: 夷陵 /Yílíng/ |
| Yilkiqi {prop} (township) | :: 依力克其 /Yīlìkèqí/ |
| yin {n} (essential female principle) | :: 陰, 阴 /yīn/ |
| Yin-ch'uan {prop} (Yinchuan) SEE: Yinchuan | :: |
| Yinchuan {prop} (a city of China) | :: 銀川, 银川 /Yínchuān/ |
| Ying-ch'eng {prop} (Yingcheng) SEE: Yingcheng | :: |
| Yingcheng {prop} (county-level city in central China) | :: 應城 /Yìngchéng/ |
| Yingcheng {prop} (town in central China) | :: 郢城 /Yǐngchéng/ |
| Ying-chi-sha {prop} (Yengisar) SEE: Yengisar | :: |
| Yingde {prop} (city) | :: 英德 /Yīngdé/ |
| Ying-shan {prop} (Yingshan) SEE: Yingshan | :: |
| Yingshan {prop} (county in central China) | :: 英山 /Yīngshān/ |
| Ying-te {prop} (Yingde) SEE: Yingde | :: |
| Yingwusitang {prop} (Yengiostang) SEE: Yengiostang | :: |
| Yining {prop} (city in Xinjiang) | :: 伊寧, 伊宁 /Yīníng/ |
| yin-yang {n} (yin and yang) | :: 陰陽, 阴阳 /yīnyáng/ |
| yin-yang {n} (symbol) | :: 太極圖, 太极图 /tàijítú/ |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| yip {n} (sound a small dog makes) | :: 犬叫 /quan jiao/ |
| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac | :: |
| Yiwu {prop} (city in Zhejiang) | :: 義烏, 义乌 /Yìwū/ |
| Yiyuan {prop} (subdistrict in central China) | :: 一元 /Yīyuán/ |
| YMCA {n} (Young Men's Christian Association) | :: 基督教青年會 /jīdùjiào qīngnián huì/ |
| Yün-meng {prop} (Yunmeng) SEE: Yunmeng | :: |
| Yün-nan {prop} (Yunnan) SEE: Yunnan | :: |
| Yün-yang {prop} (Yunyang) SEE: Yunyang | :: |
| Yün-yang {prop} (Yunyang) SEE: Yunyang | :: |
| yoctometer {n} (yoctometre) SEE: yoctometre | :: |
| yoctometre {n} (SI unit of length) | :: 攸米 /yōumǐ/, 幺米 /yāomǐ/ |
| Yoda {prop} (A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films) | :: 尤達, 尤达 /Yóudá/ |
| yodel {n} (song) | :: 約德爾 /yuēdéěr/, 約德爾唱法 /yuēdéěr chàngfǎ/ |
| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline) | :: 瑜伽 /yújiā/, 瑜伽功 /yújiāgōng/, 瑜伽術, 瑜伽术 /yújiāshù/ |
| yogi {n} (yoga practitioner) | :: 瑜伽士 /yújiāshì/ |
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: 酸奶 /suānnǎi/, 酸牛奶 /suānniúnǎi/, 酸凝酪 /suānnínglào, suānníngluò/, 優酪乳, 优酪乳 /yōulàorǔ, yōuluòrǔ/, 發酵乳, 发酵乳 /fājiàorǔ, fāxiàorǔ/, 優格, 优格 /yōugé/ |
| yo-ho-ho {interj} (cry associated with pirates and seafaring) | :: 喲呵呵, 哟呵呵 /yō hē hē/ |
| yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: 軛, 轭 /è/, 牛軛, 牛轭 /niú'è/ |
| yoke {n} (wooden frame or bar for a person to carry a pair of buckets) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| yokel {n} (unsophisticated person) | :: 土包子 /tǔbāozi/, 鄉巴佬, 乡巴佬 /xiāngbalǎo/ |
| yokel {n} (person of rural background) | :: 鄉下人 /tǔbāozi/, 乡下人 /xiāngxiàrén/ |
| Yokohama {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 橫濱, 横滨 /Héngbīn/ |
| yolk {n} (yellow of egg) | :: 蛋黃, 蛋黄 /dànhuáng/ |
| yonder {adv} (in a distant, indicated place) | :: （在）那邊, （在）那边 /(zài) nàbiān/ |
| Yong'an {prop} (city in Fujian, China) | :: 永安 /Yǒng'ān/ |
| Yongchang {prop} (a county in northwestern China) | :: 永昌 /Yǒngchāng/ |
| Yongchun {prop} (city in Fujian) | :: 永春 /Yǒngchūn/ |
| Yonglong {prop} (town in Hubei, China) | :: 永漋 /Yǒnglóng/ |
| yoni {n} | :: 約尼, 约尼 /yuēní/ |
| Yonne {prop} (départment of Bourgogne) | :: 约讷省 /Yuēnèshěng/ |
| Yopurga {prop} (county in Kashgar, Xinjiang) | :: 岳普湖 /Yuèpǔhú/ |
| Yopurgha {prop} (Yopurga) SEE: Yopurga | :: |
| York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire) | :: 約克 /Yuēkè/ |
| Yorkshire {prop} (former large county) | :: 約克郡, 约克郡 /Yuēkèjùn/ |
| Yorkshireman {n} (A man from Yorkshire) | :: 約克郡人, 约克郡人 /Yuēkèjùnrén/ |
| Yorkshire pudding {n} (dish made from batter baked in fat) | :: 約克郡布丁, 约克郡布丁 /Yuēkèjùn bùdīng/, 約克夏布丁, 约克夏布丁 /Yuēkèxià bùdīng/ |
| Yorkshirewoman {n} (A woman from Yorkshire) | :: 約克郡人, 约克郡人 /Yuēkèjùnrén/ |
| Yoruba {prop} (a sub-Saharan language) | :: 約魯巴語, 约鲁巴语 /Yāolǔbāyǔ, Yuēlǔbāyǔ/ |
| Yoshkar-Ola {prop} (capital of Mari El, Russia) | :: 約什卡爾奧拉, 约什卡尔奥拉 /Yuēshíkǎ'ěr-Àolā/ |
| yotta- {prefix} (SI prefix) | :: 堯-, 尧- /yáo-/ , 堯它-, 尧它- /yáotā-/ , 佑- /yòu-/ |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: 你們, 你们 /nǐmen/ |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: 你 /nǐ/, 您 /nín/ |
| you {determiner} | :: 你, 你 /nǐ/, 您, 您 /nín/ |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink {proverb} (you can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it) | :: 你可以把馬牽到有水的地方，但是你無法叫它喝水, 你可以把马牵到有水的地方，但是你无法叫它喝水 /nǐ kěyǐ bǎ mǎ qiān dào yǒu shuǐ de dìfāng, dànshì nǐ wúfǎ jiào tā hē shuǐ/ |
| you can say that again {phrase} (that is very true) | :: 誰說不是呢, 谁说不是呢 /shéi shuō bù shì ne/, 可不是嗎, 可不是吗 /kě bù shì ma/ |
| you can't judge a book by its cover {proverb} (it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone) | :: 人不可貌相 /bùyào yǐmàoqǔrén/ |
| you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs {proverb} (you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette) SEE: you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette | :: |
| you don't say {interj} ((idiomatic) really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?) | :: 真的嗎, 真的吗 /zhēn de ma?/, 難道..., 难道... /nándào.../ |
| you get what you pay for {proverb} (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) | :: 一分錢，一分貨, 一分钱，一分货 /yī fēn qián, yī fēn huò/ |
| you have beautiful eyes {phrase} (you have beautiful eyes) | :: 你的眼睛很漂亮 /nǐ de yǎnjīng hěn piàoliang/ |
| you know {interj} (expression signifying a pause or hesitation) | :: 那个 /pinyin:nèige ,zhuyin:ㄋㄟˋㄍㄜ/, 那個 /pinyin:nèige,zhuyin:ㄋㄟˋㄍㄜ/ |
| you know what {phrase} (used to get attention) | :: 你知道吗, 我要说 |
| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person) | :: 那谁 /nàshéi/, 那个人 /nàgè rén/ |
| you-know-who {pron} | :: 神秘人 /Shén-Mì-Rén/, 那個人 /Nà-Gè-Rén/ |
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: 年輕, 年轻 /niánqīng/ |
| younger brother {n} (single-word translations) | :: 弟弟 /dìdi/ |
| younger sister {n} | :: 妹妹 /mèimèi/ |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| young pioneer {n} (child member of a Communist party) | :: 少先隊員, 少先队员 /shàoxiānduìyuán/ |
| Young's modulus {n} (coefficient of elasticity of a solid) | :: 楊氏模量, 杨氏模量 /Yángshì mòliàng/ |
| youngster {n} (a young person) | :: 小孩 /xiǎohái/, 年輕人, 年轻人 /niánqīngrén/, 小伙子 /xiǎohuǒzi/ |
| you only go around once {proverb} (a person has only one lifetime) | :: 生命只有一次 /shēngmìng zhǐyǒu yīcì/ |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: 你的 /nǐ de/, 您的 /nín de/ |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: 你們的, 你们的 /nǐmen de/ |
| you're never too old to learn {proverb} (proverb) | :: 活到老，學到老, 活到老，学到老 /huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo/ |
| you're on {phrase} ("I accept your challenge") | :: 好的 /hǎode/, 來吧, 来吧 /lái ba/ |
| you're right {phrase} (you're right) | :: 你說得對, 你说得对 /nǐ shuō de duì/ |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: 不客氣, 不客气 /bù kèqi/, 不用謝, 不用谢 /bùyòngxiè/, 不謝, 不谢 /bùxiè/, 沒事, 没事 /méishì/, 應該的, 应该的 /yīnggāi de/, 沒事兒, 没事儿 /méishìr/ |
| Your Highness {pron} (a title of respect used to address a prince or princess) | :: 殿下 /diànxià/ |
| Your Honour {pron} (title used to address a judge or magistrate) | :: 閣下, 阁下 /géxià/ |
| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: 陛下 /bìxià/, 萬歲, 万岁 /wànsuì/ |
| your mileage may vary {phrase} (this is just my opinion, see also: there's no accounting for taste) | :: 見仁見智 |
| your mother {interj} (insult) | :: 你妈 |
| yours {pron} | :: 你的 /nǐ-de/, 您的 /nín-de/ |
| yourself {pron} (you, used emphatically) | :: 自己 /zìjǐ/ |
| yourselves {pron} (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) | :: 你們自己 |
| yours faithfully {adj} (a polite formula to end letters) | :: 肅然, 肃然 /sùrán/ |
| yours sincerely {adj} (a polite formula to end letters) | :: 肅然, 肃然 /sùrán/, 謹上, 谨上 /jǐnshàng/, 鄙人 /bǐrén/, 真摯地, 真挚地 /zhēnzhì-de/ |
| your wish is my command {phrase} (what you wish for I will effect as if it were a command) | :: 有求必應, 有求必应 /yǒuqiú bìyìng/ |
| Your Worship {pron} (title) | :: 閣下, 阁下 /géxià/ |
| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours {proverb} (if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor) | :: 互惠互利, 滴水之恩，当涌泉相报 |
| youth {n} (quality or state of being young) | :: 青春 /qīngchūn/ |
| youth {n} (part of life following childhood) | :: 芳華, 芳华 /fānghuá/, 青年時期, 青年时期 /qīngnián shíqí/, 青春 /qīngchūn/, 華年, 华年 /huánián/, 英年 /yīngnián/ |
| youth {n} (young person) | :: 青年人 /qīngniánrén/, 年輕人, 年轻人 /niánqīngrén/ |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: 青年 /qīngnián/ |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: 青年 /qīngnián/ |
| youth crime {n} (juvenile delinquency) SEE: juvenile delinquency | :: |
| youth detention centre {n} (secure residential facility for young people) | :: 少年管教所 /shàonián guǎnjiàosuǒ/, 少年感化院 /shàonián gǎnhuàyuàn/, 少年教養所, 少年教养所 /shàonián jiàoyǎngsuǒ/, 少年拘留所 /shàonián jūliúsuǒ/ |
| youthful {adj} (young or seeming young) | :: 青春的 /qīngchūn de/, 年輕, 年轻 /niánqīng/ |
| youth hostel {n} (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people) | :: 青年旅舍 /qīngnián lǚshè/, 青年旅館, 青年旅馆 /qīngnián lǚguǎn/, 青旅 /qīnglǚ/ |
| youtiao {n} (deep-fried dough stick) | :: 油條, 油条 /yóutiáo/ |
| YouTube {n} (any website that allows users to upload content) | :: 在線視頻網站, 在线视频网站 /zàixiàn shìpín wǎngzhàn/ |
| you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette {proverb} (phrase) | :: 天下沒有白吃的午餐 , 有得必有失; 有失才有得 |
| yo-yo {n} (toy) | :: 溜溜球 /liūliūqiú/ |
| ytterbium {n} (chemical element) | :: 鐿 /yì/ |
| yttrium {n} (chemical element) | :: 釔 /yǐ/ |
| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China) | :: 圓, 圆 /yuán/ ; 元 /yuán/ ; 塊, 块 /kuài/ ; 人民幣, 人民币 /rénmínbì/ |
| Yuan'an {prop} (a county in central China) | :: 遠安, 远安 /Yuǎn'ān/ |
| Yuan dynasty {prop} (Chinese dynasty) | :: 元朝 /Yuáncháo/, 元 /Yuán/ |
| Yuanli {prop} (urban township in western Taiwan) | :: 苑裡, 苑里 /Yuànlǐ/ |
| Yuan Tan {prop} (Chinese New Year) SEE: Chinese New Year | :: |
| yuba {n} (tofu skin) SEE: tofu skin | :: |
| Yucatán {prop} (a peninsula in North America) | :: 尤卡坦半岛 |
| Yucatán {prop} (a state in Mexico) | :: 尤卡坦州 |
| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust) | :: 惡心, 恶心 /ěxin/, 呸 /pēi/, 啐 /cuì/, 哎呀 /āiyā/, 哎 /āi/, 唉 /ài/ |
| yuck it up {v} (yuk it up) SEE: yuk it up | :: |
| yucky {adj} (causing aversion or disgust) | :: 噁心, 恶心 /ěxin/ |
| Yue {prop} (language) | :: 粵語, 粤语 /yuèyǔ/ |
| Yuepuhu {prop} (Yopurga) SEE: Yopurga | :: |
| yueqin {n} (Chinese stringed instrument) | :: 月琴 /yuèqín/ |
| Yuezhi {n} (ancient Indo-European people) | :: 月氏 /yuèzhī/, 月支 /yuèzhī/ |
| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans) | :: 南斯拉夫 /Nánsīlāfū/ |
| Yugur {n} (member of Yugur people) | :: 裕固, 裕固族 |
| yukata {n} (a light kimono) | :: 浴衣 /yùyī/ |
| yukhoe {n} (a Korean dish) | :: 肉膾, 肉脍 /ròukuài/ |
| yuk it up {v} (clown around) | :: 逗乐 |
| Yukon {prop} (territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital) | :: 育空 /Yùkōng/ |
| Yukon Territory {prop} (Yukon) SEE: Yukon | :: |
| yulan {n} (Magnolia denudata) | :: 玉蘭, 玉兰 /yùlán/ |
| Yule log {n} (log-shaped cake covered in chocolate) | :: 聖誕樹幹蛋糕, 圣诞树干蛋糕 /shèngdàn shùgàn dàngāo/ |
| yuletide {n} (Camellia sasanqua) SEE: sasanqua | :: |
| Yuli {prop} (a county in Xinjiang) | :: 尉犁 /Yùlí/ |
| yum cha {n} (traditional Chinese meal) | :: 飲茶, 饮茶 /yǐnchá/ |
| yummy {adj} (delicious) | :: 好吃 /hǎochī/ |
| Yunfu {prop} (city in Guangdong, China) | :: 雲浮, 云浮 /Yúnfú/ |
| Yung-an {prop} (Yong'an) SEE: Yong'an | :: |
| Yung-ch'un {prop} (Yongchun) SEE: Yongchun | :: |
| Yunlin {prop} (county in western Taiwan) | :: 雲林, 云林 /Yúnlín/ |
| yunluo {n} (Chinese musical instrument) | :: 雲鑼, 云锣 /yúnluó/ |
| Yunmeng {prop} (county in central China) | :: 雲夢, 云梦 /Yúnmèng/ |
| Yunnan {prop} (a province in China) | :: 雲南, 云南 /Yúnnán/ |
| Yunxi {prop} (county in central China) | :: 鄖西, 郧西 /Yúnxī/ |
| Yunyang {prop} (district in central China) | :: 鄖陽, 郧阳 /Yúnyáng/ |
| Yunyang {prop} (county) | :: 雲陽, 云阳 /Yúnyáng/ |
| Yupogha {prop} (Yopurga) SEE: Yopurga | :: |
| yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) | :: 雅皮士 /yǎpíshì/, 雅痞 /yǎpǐ/ |
| Yurchi {prop} (Yurqi) SEE: Yurqi | :: |
| yuri {n} (anime or manga genre) | :: 百合 /bǎihé/ , GL |
| Yurqi {prop} (township) | :: 玉爾其, 玉尔其 /Yù'ěrqí/ |
| yurt {n} (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) | :: 穹廬, 穹庐 /qiónglú/, 蒙古包 /Ménggǔ bāo/, 氈帳, 毡帐 /zhānzhàng/, 氈包, 毡包 /zhānbāo/ |
| Yushan {prop} (mythological mountain; highest mountain in Taiwan; county in eastern China; town in western China) | :: 玉山 /Yùshān/ |
| Yushan {prop} (town in central China) | :: 峪山 /Yùshān/ |
| Yutian {prop} (county in Hotan, Xinjiang, China) | :: 于田 /Yútián/ |
| Yutian {prop} (place in Xinjiang, China) | :: 于闐, 于阗 /Yútián/ |
| Yuxi {prop} (prefecture-level city in China) | :: 玉溪 /Yùxī/ |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: 南薩哈林斯克, 南萨哈林斯克 /Nán-Sàhālínsīkè/ |
| YWCA {prop} (YWCA) | :: 基督教女青年會 /jīdùjiào nǚqīngnián huì/ |