Breaking changes
- 爪 claw pinyin change: zhao3 → zhua3
- This is the more colloquial/spoken pronunciation that one encounters in real life.
- 曝 to expose pinyin change: pu4 → bao4
- 惋 regret pinyin change: wan4 → wan3
- 潦 sloppy pinyin change: lao3 → liao2
- This also includes a meaning change: heavy rain → sloppy. This aligns it with its far more common meaning and pronunciation.
These have been updated to match standard Mainland Mandarin pronunciation. They have been reset for all who have previously learned them.
Characters
Updated
- 乙 second alternate meanings:
2nd,B - 莫 nobody alternate meanings:
no one,nothing - 模 model meaning change: to imitate → model
- 模 model alternate meanings:
models,to model,to imitate,imitate,imitates,imitating,imitated - 模 model mnemonic change
- 条 strip alternate meanings:
strips - 亩 Chinese acre alternate meanings:
acre,mu - 袁 Yuan meaning change: cloak → Yuan
- 袁 Yuan alternate meanings:
cloak - 袁 Yuan mnemonic change
- 娇 lovely meaning change: attractive → lovely
- 娇 lovely alternate meanings:
lovable,attractive - 娇 lovely mnemonic change
- 枝 branch alternate meanings:
twig,branches,stick,sticks - 爪 claw pinyin change: zhao3 → zhua3
- 爪 claw mnemonic change
- 碌 commonplace alternate meanings:
mediocre - 与 with meaning change: offer → with
- 与 with alternate meanings:
and,to offer,offer,offers,offered - 与 with mnemonic change
- 纵 to let loose meaning change: vertical → to let loose
- 纵 to let loose alternate meanings:
let loose,lets loose,letting loose,to let go,let go,to set free,set free,to release,release,vertical,vertically - 纵 to let loose mnemonic change
- 稀 sparse meaning change: scarce → sparse
- 稀 sparse alternate meanings:
sparsely,scarce,scarcity - 稀 sparse mnemonic change
- 素 element meaning change: vegetarian → element
- 素 element alternate meanings:
elements,basic element,vegetarian - 素 element mnemonic change
- 番 turn meaning change: try → turn
- 番 turn alternate meanings:
turns,try,tries - 番 turn mnemonic change
- 掩 to conceal meaning change: conceal → to conceal
- 掩 to conceal alternate meanings:
conceal,conceals,concealed,concealing,to hide,hide,to cover,cover - 掩 to conceal mnemonic change
- 颠 to invert meaning change: invert → to invert
- 颠 to invert alternate meanings:
invert,inverted,inverts,upside down - 泄 to discharge meaning change: discharge → to discharge
- 泄 to discharge alternate meanings:
discharge,discharges,discharged,discharging,to leak,leak,to let out,let out - 娃 newborn alternate meanings:
baby,newborn baby - 喧 noisy alternate meanings:
noise,noisily,to make noise,make noise - 浑 muddy alternate meanings:
muddled,turbid - 哼 to snort meaning change: snort → to snort
- 哼 to snort alternate meanings:
snort,snorted,snorts,snorting,to groan,groan - 讥 to ridicule meaning change: ridicule → to ridicule
- 讥 to ridicule alternate meanings:
ridicule,ridicules,ridiculed,ridiculing,to mock,mock - 讥 to ridicule mnemonic change
- 腻 tired of alternate meanings:
sick of,to be tired of,be tired of,to be sick of,be sick of - 扰 to disturb meaning change: to harass → to disturb
- 扰 to disturb alternate meanings:
disturb,disturbs,disturbing,disturbed,to harass,harass,harasses,harassing,harassed - 扰 to disturb mnemonic change
- 莽 rash meaning change: rude → rash
- 莽 rash alternate meanings:
rashly,brash,reckless,rude - 莽 rash mnemonic change
- 残 incomplete alternate meanings:
to be incomplete,be incomplete - 征 to go on an expedition meaning change: expedition → to go on an expedition
- 征 to go on an expedition alternate meanings:
go on an expedition,to go on expedition,go on expedition,expedition - 征 to go on an expedition mnemonic change
- 穗 ear of grain alternate meanings:
grain,grain ear - 侦 to scout meaning change: detect → to scout
- 侦 to scout alternate meanings:
scout,scouts,scouting,scouted,to detect,detect,detects,detected,detecting - 侦 to scout mnemonic change
- 屈 to bend meaning change: bend → to bend
- 屈 to bend alternate meanings:
bend,bends,bending,bent - 妒 to be jealous mnemonic change
- 耍 to play with meaning change: mess around → to play with
- 耍 to play with alternate meanings:
play with,plays with,playing with,played with,to play,play,to mess around,mess around,messing around - 耍 to play with mnemonic change
- 揽 to take on meaning change: take on → to take on
- 揽 to take on alternate meanings:
take on,takes on,took on,taking on - 揽 to take on mnemonic change
- 挎 to carry on the arm meaning change: carry on the arm → to carry on the arm
- 挎 to carry on the arm alternate meanings:
carry on the arm,carries on the arm,to carry over the arm,carry over the arm,to carry,carry,to carry over the shoulder,carry over the shoulder,to carry on the shoulder,carry on the shoulder - 躲 to dodge meaning change: dodge → to dodge
- 躲 to dodge alternate meanings:
dodge,dodges,dodged,dodging - 躲 to dodge mnemonic change
- 凌 to bully meaning change: bully → to bully
- 凌 to bully alternate meanings:
bully,bullies,bullying,bullied - 援 to assist meaning change: assist → to assist
- 援 to assist alternate meanings:
assist,assists,assisted,assistance,to support,support,to help,help - 援 to assist mnemonic change
- 酌 to pour wine meaning change: pour wine → to pour wine
- 酌 to pour wine alternate meanings:
pour wine,pours wine,pouring wine,poured wine,to serve wine,serve wine,to pour,pour - 酌 to pour wine mnemonic change
- 酬 reward alternate meanings:
to reward - 孟 first month of the season alternate meanings:
the first month of the season,season''s first month,first month of season,first month of a season,first month - 蚀 to corrode alternate meanings:
corrode,corrodes,corroded,corroding,corrosion,to erode,erode - 仪 rite meaning change: servant → rite
- 仪 rite alternate meanings:
rites,ceremony,servant - 仪 rite mnemonic change
- 譬 analogy alternate meanings:
metaphor - 逢 to come upon alternate meanings:
come upon,comes upon,came upon,coming upon,to meet by chance,meet by chance,to chance upon,chance upon,chances upon,chanced upon,to meet,meet,to come across,come across - 飘 to flutter alternate meanings:
flutter,fluttering,flutters,fluttered,to float,float - 抑 to curb meaning change: curb → to curb
- 抑 to curb alternate meanings:
curb,curbs,curbing,curbed - 抑 to curb mnemonic change
- 凿 to bore a hole meaning change: bore a hole → to bore a hole
- 凿 to bore a hole alternate meanings:
bore a hole,to bore,bore,to cut a hole,cut a hole,to chisel,chisel,to dig,dig - 凿 to bore a hole mnemonic change
- 铺 shop alternate meanings:
store - 叼 to hold in the mouth meaning change: hold in the mouth → to hold in the mouth
- 叼 to hold in the mouth alternate meanings:
hold in the mouth,hold in mouth,holds in the mouth,holding in the mouth - 叼 to hold in the mouth mnemonic change
- 鸽 pigeon alternate meanings:
dove - 勉 to strive meaning change: strive → to strive
- 勉 to strive alternate meanings:
strive,strives,striving,strived,strove - 羞 shy alternate meanings:
to be shy,be shy,is shy,shame - 曝 to expose meaning change: sun-dry → to expose
- 曝 to expose alternate meanings:
expose,exposed,exposing,exposure,sun-dry,sun-dries,sun dry,sun dries,sun-dried,sun dried - 曝 to expose pinyin change: pu4 → bao4
- 曝 to expose mnemonic change
- 蹬 to step on meaning change: step on → to step on
- 蹬 to step on alternate meanings:
step on,stepped on,stepping on,steps on,to step,step - 蹬 to step on mnemonic change
- 遏 to restrain meaning change: restrain → to restrain
- 遏 to restrain alternate meanings:
restrain,restrained,restrains,restraining - 遏 to restrain mnemonic change
- 拄 to lean on meaning change: lean on → to lean on
- 拄 to lean on alternate meanings:
lean on,leans on,leaning on,leaned on,to lean,lean,leans,leaned - 惋 regret alternate meanings:
regrets,regretting,regretfully,to sigh,sigh - 惋 regret pinyin change: wan4 → wan3
- 惋 regret mnemonic change
- 潦 sloppy meaning change: heavy rain → sloppy
- 潦 sloppy alternate meanings:
sloppily,rough,messy - 潦 sloppy pinyin change: lao3 → liao2
- 潦 sloppy mnemonic change
- 攒 to accumulate meaning change: accumulate → to accumulate
- 攒 to accumulate alternate meanings:
accumulate,accumulated,accumulates,to collect,collect - 掐 to pinch meaning change: pinch → to pinch
- 掐 to pinch alternate meanings:
pinch,pinches,pinched,pinching - 嫉 to be jealous alternate meanings:
be jealous,is jealous,are jealous,jealous,jealousy,jealously - 窍 opening alternate meanings:
hole,aperture - 紊 disorder alternate meanings:
disorderly,disordered
Words
Updated
- 中心 center alternate meanings:
centre,heart,middle,core - 公车 bus examples change
- 汽车 car alternate meanings:
automobile - 努力 to make an effort alternate meanings:
make an effort,making an effort,makes an effort,made an effort,make effort,to make effort,to work hard,work hard - 应该 should mnemonic change
- 练习 exercise alternate meanings:
to exercise,practice,to practice - 人民币 renminbi mnemonic change
- 姑娘 girl examples change
- 辣味 spicy hot flavor examples change
- 盒饭 box meal examples change
- 中间 middle alternate meanings:
center,centre - 陨石 meteorite alternate meanings:
meteorites - 芝麻 sesame examples change
- 寡妇 widow pinyin change: gua3fu4 → gua3fu5
- 寡妇 widow alternate pinyin:
gua3fu4 - 寡妇 widow mnemonic change
- 寡妇 widow examples change
- 警惕 vigilant alternate meanings:
vigilance,vigilantly,to be alert,be alert - 抓痒 to scratch an itch examples change
- 抠出 to dig out examples change
- 怒吼 to roar mnemonic change
- 筛子 sieve examples change
- 亲戚 relative pinyin change: qin1qi1 → qin1qi5
- 亲戚 relative alternate pinyin:
qin1qi1 - 亲戚 relative mnemonic change
- 亲戚 relative examples change
- 扛枪 to shoulder a gun alternate meanings:
shoulder a gun,shoulders a gun,shouldering a gun,shouldered a gun,to carry a gun,carry a gun
Newly added
- 蘑菇云 mushroom cloud
- 民事诉讼 civil lawsuit
- 瞄准镜 scope
- 屡见不鲜 common occurrence
- 敬佩 to esteem
- 沼气 marsh gas
- 酥脆 crispy
- 灼伤 to burn
- 起伏 to rise and fall
- 蔓越莓 cranberry
- 悠闲 leisurely
- 星辰 stars
- 歪曲 to distort
- 歪风 unhealthy trend
- 屈从 to yield
- 委屈 to feel wronged
- 聪慧 intelligent
- 打扰 to disturb
- 困扰 to trouble
- 灌溉渠 irrigation canal
- 微澜 small ripples
- 朗诵 to declaim
- 灯芯 lamp wick
- 狱吏 prison officer
- 驶向 to drive toward
- 涂鸦 graffiti
- 天涯 ends of the earth
- 翠鸟 kingfisher
- 颇多 quite a lot
- 嗓子 throat
- 温馨 warm
- 避讳 to avoid a taboo
- 凯撒 Caesar
- 讥笑 to sneer at
- 峭壁 cliff
- 陡直 sheer
- 溢出 to overflow
- 芬兰 Finland
- 万顷 vast
- 天秤座 Libra
- 众擎易举 many hands make light work
- 一捆钱 a bundle of money
- 媚俗 kitsch
- 几棵 several plants
- 倒毙 to drop dead
- 彩虹色 rainbow-colored
- 娇气 delicate
- 撒娇 to act spoiled
- 侍者 server
- 酒盏 wine cup
- 藏匿 to conceal
- 庸碌 mediocre
- 村寨 stockaded village
- 抵押 to mortgage
- 核讹诈 nuclear blackmail
- 胚芽 germ
- 掐死 to strangle to death
- 咽头 pharynx
- 乒乓球拍 ping-pong paddle
- 惰性 laziness
- 旺销 to sell well
- 苛刻 exacting
- 切磋 to compare notes
- 隶属 to be subordinate to
- 抡大锤 to swing a sledgehammer
- 础石 foundation stone
- 署名 to sign one’s name
- 贼船 pirate ship
- 绸带 ribbon
- 锦缎 brocade
- 郑州 Zhengzhou
- 步骤 step
- 谐音 homophone
- 未卜 uncertain
- 铝合金 aluminum alloy
- 掠影 glimpse
- 远房亲戚 distant relative
- 剥香蕉 to peel a banana
- 侦察 to scout
- 侦探 detective
- 姥爷 maternal grandfather
- 肿胀 swollen
- 毒瘾 drug addiction
- 白鸽 white dove
- 探戈 tango
- 砸碎 to smash
- 光泽 luster
- 刨花 wood shavings
- 辅导 to tutor
- 菠萝包 pineapple bun
- 紊乱 disorderly
- 捅火 to poke a fire
- 暮年 twilight years
- 膨胀 to expand
- 垄沟 furrow
- 畸变 distortion
- 花簇 flower cluster
- 吉兆 lucky omen
- 邓州 Dengzhou
- 几幢 several buildings
- 闸门 sluice gate
- 棱角 edges and corners
- 铸造厂 foundry
- 撬棍 crowbar
- 努力工作 to work hard
- 棺木 coffin
- 好歹 in any case
- 烘烤 to bake
- 砍伐 to fell
- 中枢 center
- 偷窥狂 voyeur
- 渺小 negligible
- 敏锐 sharp
- 柳条筐 wicker basket
- 趁热 while it’s hot
- 闺房 boudoir
- 半亩 half Chinese acre
- 今昔 present and past
- 蓬头 disheveled hair
- 疲倦 tired
- 疲劳 fatigued
- 桥梁 bridge
- 蜀绣 Sichuan embroidery
- 校徽 school emblem
- 编辫子 to braid hair
- 乙方 second party
- 见阎王 to see the King of Hell
- 欠揍 to deserve a beating
- 憋不住 to be unable to hold back
- 界桩 boundary marker
- 南昌 Nanchang
- 加钙 calcium-fortified
- 徐州 Xuzhou
- 眼睁睁 to watch helplessly
- 飘浮 to float
- 剃头 to shave the head
- 陨石雨 meteor shower
- 抚恤金 compensation money
- 蘸墨 to dip in ink
- 令人作呕 to make one sick
- 咏诗 to chant poems
- 汽车喇叭 car horn
- 山巅 mountain summit
- 吓唬 to intimidate
- 保持警惕 to maintain vigilance
- 咀嚼肌 jaw muscles
- 犀角 rhinoceros horn
- 纳粹 Nazi
- 公共秩序 public order
- 皆曰 all say
- 字串 string
- 嗅探犬 sniffer dog
- 磕碰 to knock against
- 守寡 to remain a widow
- 骄阳 blazing sun
- 弥漫 to be filled with
- 万事俱备 everything is ready
- 韧带 ligament
- 稻秧 rice seedling
- 先秦 pre-Qin
- 榨油 to extract oil
- 饲养 to raise
- 堕入陷阱 to fall into a trap
- 压垮 to collapse under pressure
- 挠痒 to scratch an itch
- 孤雁 lone wild goose
- 砌墙 to build a brick wall
- 弊案 scandal
- 冰瀑 icefall
- 艾伯特 Albert
- 甚好 excellent
- 衰竭 failure
- 鹤立鸡群 a crane among chickens
- 狡诈 deceitful
- 迪士尼 Disney
- 逆时针 counter-clockwise
- 艾灸 moxibustion
- 瑞典 Sweden
- 爱慕 to adore
- 官僚制 bureaucracy
- 脂肪肝 fatty liver
- 玩耍 to play
- 耍赖 to act shamelessly
- 包办婚姻 arranged marriage
- 揪住 to grab
- 由衷 sincere
- 面瘫 facial paralysis
- 半蹲 half-squat
- 车辙 rut
- 蜜橘 tangerine
- 朱砂 cinnabar
- 渊博 erudite
- 殷实 well-off
- 烤茄子 roasted eggplant
- 屯兵 to station troops
- 烈焰 raging flames
- 群殴 gang fight
- 惩办 to punish
- 跪坐 to sit kneeling
- 机动车辆 motor vehicle
- 痰液 phlegm
- 肩舆 sedan chair
- 拄拐杖 to use a cane
- 蹬腿 to kick one’s leg
- 兑换 to exchange
- 躬身 to bow
- 凹槽 groove
- 混淆是非 to confuse right and wrong
- 问心无愧 to have a clear conscience
- 嫉恨 to hate out of jealousy
- 艘数 number of boats
- 狂涛 raging waves
- 贮存 to store
- 残留 residue
- 残缺 incomplete
- 娃娃 newborn
- 娃娃脸 baby face
- 白痴 idiot
- 痴迷 to be obsessed
- 援助 to assist
- 外援 external assistance
- 均匀 evenly
- 拌匀 to mix evenly
- 掩盖 to cover up
- 包揽 to take on
- 招揽 to solicit
- 粗鲁 rude
- 闷热 muggy
- 霸凌 to bully
- 慷慨 generous
- 愤慨 indignant
- 维生素 vitamin
- 因素 factor
- 素描 sketch
- 铺面 shopfront
- 店铺 shop
- 勉力 to strive
- 勤勉 diligent
- 仪器 instrument
- 仪式 ceremony
- 疲惫 exhausted
- 疲惫不堪 utterly exhausted
- 翻番 to double
- 三番五次 over and over again
- 枝条 twig
- 贡品 tribute
- 遵从 to defer to
- 榜首 top of the list
- 残疾人 disabled person
- 雀斑 freckles
- 积攒 to accumulate
- 攒钱 to save money
- 正常 normal
- 恢复正常 to return to normal
- 开窍 to begin to understand
- 压抑 to constrain
- 平抑 to stabilize
- 搅浑 to muddle
- 浑水 muddy water
- 挑肥拣瘦 to be choosy
- 泄密 to leak secrets
- 发泄 to vent
- 模型 model
- 规模 scale
- 模范 model
- 与众不同 different from others
- 与此同时 at the same time
- 称赞 to praise
- 赞成 to agree
- 诺言 promise
- 连贯性 coherence
- 踩油门 to step on the accelerator
- 实践 to put into practice
- 白跑一趟 to make a wasted trip
- 净赚 to make net profit of
- 丐版 basic version
- 禾穗 ear of grain
- 欧姆 ohm
- 泰然 calm
- 无耻之尤 completely shameless
- 抽屉柜 chest of drawers
- 胁迫 to coerce
- 招聘专员 recruiter
- 咨询师 counselor
- 肉铺 butcher shop
- 东拉西扯 to ramble
- 玫瑰色 rose-colored
- 不哼不哈 to remain silent
- 吼叫 to roar
- 发掘 to excavate
- 确凿 conclusive
- 凿井 to dig a well
- 斜挎包 crossbody bag
- 怒不可遏 to boil with rage
- 雕塑 sculpture
- 雕像 statue
- 连绵 continuous
- 绵绵 continuous
- 跨越 to cross
- 放纵 to indulge
- 纵容 to condone
- 纵然 even if
- 凤爪 chicken feet
- 爪子 claw
- 害羞 to be shy
- 不知羞耻 to have no sense of shame
- 同工同酬 equal pay for equal work
- 报酬 compensation
- 鲁莽 reckless
- 广泛 widespread
- 躲避球 dodgeball
- 躲避 to avoid
- 喧闹 noisy
- 疏忽 carelessness
- 稀疏 sparse
- 稀少 sparse
- 才疏学浅 to lack knowledge and skills
- 曝光 to expose
- 袁世凯 Yuan Shikai
- 孟春 first month of spring
- 孟秋 first month of autumn
- 譬喻 analogy
- 吃腻 tired of eating
- 油腻 greasy
- 征服 to conquer
- 长征 Long March
- 颠倒 to turn upside down
- 颠覆 to overturn
- 惋惜 to regret
- 潦草 sloppy
- 潦倒 down on one’s luck
I’ve since updated the limit, thanks!