Breaking Changes
- 爪 claw pinyin change: zhao3 → zhua3
- This is the more colloquial/spoken pronunciation that one encounters in real life.
- 鑿 to bore a hole pinyin change: zuo4 → zao2
- 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 Taiwanese 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
- 袁 Yuan meaning change: cloak → Yuan
- 袁 Yuan alternate meanings:
cloak - 袁 Yuan mnemonic change
- 嬌 lovely meaning change: attractive → lovely
- 嬌 lovely alternate meanings:
lovable,attractive - 嬌 lovely mnemonic change
- 枝 branch alternate meanings:
twig,branches,stick,sticks - 爪 claw pinyin change: zhao3 → zhua3
- 爪 claw mnemonic change
- 條 strip alternate meanings:
strips - 畝 Chinese acre alternate meanings:
acre,mu - 碌 commonplace alternate meanings:
mediocre - 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
- 與 with meaning change: offer → with
- 與 with alternate meanings:
and,to offer,offer,offers,offered - 與 with mnemonic change
- 縱 to let loose meaning change: vertical → to let loose
- 縱 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 - 縱 to let loose mnemonic change
- 顛 to invert meaning change: invert → to invert
- 顛 to invert alternate meanings:
invert,inverted,inverts,upside down - 娃 newborn alternate meanings:
baby,newborn baby - 喧 noisy alternate meanings:
noise,noisily,to make noise,make noise - 渾 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 - 膩 tired of alternate meanings:
sick of,to be tired of,be tired of,to be sick of,be sick of - 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 - 擾 to disturb meaning change: to harass → to disturb
- 擾 to disturb alternate meanings:
disturb,disturbs,disturbing,disturbed,to harass,harass,harasses,harassing,harassed - 擾 to disturb mnemonic change
- 莽 rash meaning change: rude → rash
- 莽 rash alternate meanings:
rashly,brash,reckless,rude - 莽 rash mnemonic change
- 殘 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
- 偵 to scout meaning change: detect → to scout
- 偵 to scout alternate meanings:
scout,scouts,scouting,scouted,to detect,detect,detects,detected,detecting - 偵 to scout mnemonic change
- 儀 rite meaning change: servant → rite
- 儀 rite alternate meanings:
rites,ceremony,servant - 儀 rite 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
- 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
- 躲 to dodge meaning change: dodge → to dodge
- 躲 to dodge alternate meanings:
dodge,dodges,dodged,dodging - 躲 to dodge mnemonic change
- 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
- 譏 to ridicule meaning change: ridicule → to ridicule
- 譏 to ridicule alternate meanings:
ridicule,ridicules,ridiculed,ridiculing,to mock,mock - 譏 to ridicule mnemonic change
- 酬 reward alternate meanings:
to reward - 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
- 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 - 攬 to take on meaning change: take on → to take on
- 攬 to take on alternate meanings:
take on,takes on,took on,taking on - 攬 to take on mnemonic change
- 蝕 to corrode alternate meanings:
corrode,corrodes,corroded,corroding,corrosion,to erode,erode - 譬 analogy alternate meanings:
metaphor - 凌 to bully meaning change: bully → to bully
- 凌 to bully alternate meanings:
bully,bullies,bullying,bullied - 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 - 飄 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
- 鋪 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
- 鴿 pigeon alternate meanings:
dove - 勉 to strive meaning change: strive → to strive
- 勉 to strive alternate meanings:
strive,strives,striving,strived,strove - 鑿 to bore a hole meaning change: bore a hole → to bore a hole
- 鑿 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 - 鑿 to bore a hole pinyin change: zuo4 → zao2
- 鑿 to bore a hole mnemonic change
- 穗 ear of grain alternate meanings:
grain,grain ear - 羞 shy alternate meanings:
to be shy,be shy,is shy,shame - 竅 opening alternate meanings:
hole,aperture - 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 mnemonic change
- 掐 to pinch meaning change: pinch → to pinch
- 掐 to pinch alternate meanings:
pinch,pinches,pinched,pinching - 潦 sloppy meaning change: heavy rain → sloppy
- 潦 sloppy alternate meanings:
sloppily,rough,messy - 潦 sloppy pinyin change: lao3 → liao2
- 潦 sloppy 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 - 嫉 to be jealous alternate meanings:
be jealous,is jealous,are jealous,jealous,jealousy,jealously - 攢 to accumulate meaning change: accumulate → to accumulate
- 攢 to accumulate alternate meanings:
accumulate,accumulated,accumulates,to collect,collect - 惋 regret alternate meanings:
regrets,regretting,regretfully,to sigh,sigh - 紊 disorder alternate meanings:
disorderly,disordered - 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 - 遏 to restrain meaning change: restrain → to restrain
- 遏 to restrain alternate meanings:
restrain,restrained,restrains,restraining - 遏 to restrain 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
Words
Removed
- removed 橋樑 bridge
Updated
- 中心 center alternate meanings:
centre,heart,middle,core - 公車 bus examples change
- 汽車 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 - 應該 should mnemonic change
- 練習 exercise alternate meanings:
to exercise,practice,to practice - 人民幣 renminbi mnemonic change
- 姑娘 girl examples change
- 辣味 spicy hot flavor examples change
- 盒飯 box meal examples change
- 中間 middle alternate meanings:
center,centre - 隕石 meteorite alternate meanings:
meteorites - 寡婦 widow alternate pinyin:
gua3fu5 - 警惕 vigilant alternate meanings:
vigilance,vigilantly,to be alert,be alert - 發芽 to sprout examples change
- 浸泡 to soak examples change
- 怒吼 to roar mnemonic change
- 親戚 relative alternate pinyin:
qin1qi5 - 扛槍 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 - 萌芽 to sprout examples change
- 萌發 to sprout examples change
Newly added
- 蘑菇雲 mushroom cloud
- 民事訴訟 civil lawsuit
- 瞄準鏡 scope
- 屢見不鮮 common occurrence
- 敬佩 to esteem
- 沼氣 marsh gas
- 酥脆 crispy
- 灼傷 to burn
- 起伏 to rise and fall
- 蔓越莓 cranberry
- 悠閒 leisurely
- 星辰 stars
- 歪曲 to distort
- 歪風 unhealthy trend
- 屈從 to yield
- 委屈 to feel wronged
- 聰慧 intelligent
- 打擾 to disturb
- 困擾 to trouble
- 灌溉渠 irrigation canal
- 微瀾 small ripples
- 朗誦 to declaim
- 燈芯 lamp wick
- 獄吏 prison officer
- 駛向 to drive toward
- 塗鴉 graffiti
- 天涯 ends of the earth
- 翠鳥 kingfisher
- 頗多 quite a lot
- 嗓子 throat
- 溫馨 warm
- 避諱 to avoid a taboo
- 凱撒 Caesar
- 譏笑 to sneer at
- 峭壁 cliff
- 陡直 sheer
- 溢出 to overflow
- 芬蘭 Finland
- 萬頃 vast
- 天秤座 Libra
- 眾擎易舉 many hands make light work
- 一捆錢 a bundle of money
- 媚俗 kitsch
- 幾棵 several plants
- 倒斃 to drop dead
- 彩虹色 rainbow-colored
- 嬌氣 delicate
- 撒嬌 to act spoiled
- 侍者 server
- 酒盞 wine cup
- 藏匿 to conceal
- 庸碌 mediocre
- 村寨 stockaded village
- 抵押 to mortgage
- 核訛詐 nuclear blackmail
- 胚芽 germ
- 掐死 to strangle to death
- 咽頭 pharynx
- 乒乓球拍 ping-pong paddle
- 惰性 laziness
- 旺銷 to sell well
- 苛刻 exacting
- 切磋 to compare notes
- 隸屬 to be subordinate to
- 掄大錘 to swing a sledgehammer
- 礎石 foundation stone
- 署名 to sign one’s name
- 賊船 pirate ship
- 綢帶 ribbon
- 錦緞 brocade
- 鄭州 Zhengzhou
- 步驟 step
- 諧音 homophone
- 未卜 uncertain
- 鋁合金 aluminum alloy
- 掠影 glimpse
- 遠房親戚 distant relative
- 剝香蕉 to peel a banana
- 偵察 to scout
- 偵探 detective
- 姥爺 maternal grandfather
- 腫脹 swollen
- 毒癮 drug addiction
- 白鴿 white dove
- 探戈 tango
- 砸碎 to smash
- 光澤 luster
- 刨花 wood shavings
- 輔導 to tutor
- 菠蘿包 pineapple bun
- 紊亂 disorderly
- 捅火 to poke a fire
- 暮年 twilight years
- 膨脹 to expand
- 壟溝 furrow
- 畸變 distortion
- 花簇 flower cluster
- 吉兆 lucky omen
- 鄧州 Dengzhou
- 幾幢 several buildings
- 閘門 sluice gate
- 稜角 edges and corners
- 鑄造廠 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
- 中樞 center
- 偷窺狂 voyeur
- 渺小 negligible
- 敏銳 sharp
- 柳條筐 wicker basket
- 趁熱 while it’s hot
- 閨房 boudoir
- 半畝 half Chinese acre
- 今昔 present and past
- 蓬頭 disheveled hair
- 疲倦 tired
- 疲勞 fatigued
- 橋梁 bridge
- 蜀繡 Sichuan embroidery
- 校徽 school emblem
- 編辮子 to braid hair
- 乙方 second party
- 見閻王 to see the King of Hell
- 欠揍 to deserve a beating
- 憋不住 to be unable to hold back
- 界樁 boundary marker
- 南昌 Nanchang
- 加鈣 calcium-fortified
- 徐州 Xuzhou
- 眼睜睜 to watch helplessly
- 飄浮 to float
- 剃頭 to shave the head
- 隕石雨 meteor shower
- 撫恤金 compensation money
- 蘸墨 to dip in ink
- 令人作嘔 to make one sick
- 詠詩 to chant poems
- 汽車喇叭 car horn
- 山巔 mountain summit
- 嚇唬 to intimidate
- 保持警惕 to maintain vigilance
- 咀嚼肌 jaw muscles
- 犀角 rhinoceros horn
- 納粹 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
- 驕陽 blazing sun
- 彌漫 to be filled with
- 萬事俱備 everything is ready
- 韌帶 ligament
- 稻秧 rice seedling
- 先秦 pre-Qin
- 榨油 to extract oil
- 飼養 to raise
- 墮入陷阱 to fall into a trap
- 壓垮 to collapse under pressure
- 撓癢 to scratch an itch
- 孤雁 lone wild goose
- 砌牆 to build a brick wall
- 弊案 scandal
- 冰瀑 icefall
- 艾伯特 Albert
- 甚好 excellent
- 衰竭 failure
- 鶴立雞群 a crane among chickens
- 蘆筍 asparagus
- 狡詐 deceitful
- 迪士尼 Disney
- 逆時針 counter-clockwise
- 艾灸 moxibustion
- 瑞典 Sweden
- 愛慕 to adore
- 官僚制 bureaucracy
- 脂肪肝 fatty liver
- 玩耍 to play
- 耍賴 to act shamelessly
- 包辦婚姻 arranged marriage
- 揪住 to grab
- 由衷 sincere
- 面癱 facial paralysis
- 半蹲 half-squat
- 車轍 rut
- 蜜橘 tangerine
- 朱砂 cinnabar
- 淵博 erudite
- 殷實 well-off
- 烤茄子 roasted eggplant
- 屯兵 to station troops
- 烈焰 raging flames
- 群毆 gang fight
- 懲辦 to punish
- 跪坐 to sit kneeling
- 機動車輛 motor vehicle
- 痰液 phlegm
- 肩輿 sedan chair
- 拄拐杖 to use a cane
- 蹬腿 to kick one’s leg
- 兌換 to exchange
- 躬身 to bow
- 凹槽 groove
- 混淆是非 to confuse right and wrong
- 問心無愧 to have a clear conscience
- 嫉恨 to hate out of jealousy
- 艘數 number of boats
- 狂濤 raging waves
- 貯存 to store
- 殘留 residue
- 殘缺 incomplete
- 娃娃 newborn
- 娃娃臉 baby face
- 白痴 idiot
- 痴迷 to be obsessed
- 援助 to assist
- 外援 external assistance
- 均勻 evenly
- 拌勻 to mix evenly
- 掩蓋 to cover up
- 包攬 to take on
- 招攬 to solicit
- 粗魯 rude
- 悶熱 muggy
- 霸凌 to bully
- 慷慨 generous
- 憤慨 indignant
- 維生素 vitamin
- 因素 factor
- 素描 sketch
- 鋪面 shopfront
- 店鋪 shop
- 勉力 to strive
- 勤勉 diligent
- 儀器 instrument
- 儀式 ceremony
- 疲憊 exhausted
- 疲憊不堪 utterly exhausted
- 翻番 to double
- 三番五次 over and over again
- 枝條 twig
- 貢品 tribute
- 遵從 to defer to
- 榜首 top of the list
- 殘疾人 disabled person
- 雀斑 freckles
- 積攢 to accumulate
- 攢錢 to save money
- 正常 normal
- 恢復正常 to return to normal
- 開竅 to begin to understand
- 壓抑 to constrain
- 平抑 to stabilize
- 攪渾 to muddle
- 渾水 muddy water
- 挑肥揀瘦 to be choosy
- 泄密 to leak secrets
- 發泄 to vent
- 模型 model
- 規模 scale
- 模範 model
- 與眾不同 different from others
- 與此同時 at the same time
- 稱贊 to praise
- 贊成 to agree
- 諾言 promise
- 連貫性 coherence
- 踩油門 to step on the accelerator
- 實踐 to put into practice
- 白跑一趟 to make a wasted trip
- 淨賺 to make net profit of
- 丐版 basic version
- 禾穗 ear of grain
- 歐姆 ohm
- 泰然 calm
- 無恥之尤 completely shameless
- 抽屜櫃 chest of drawers
- 脅迫 to coerce
- 招聘專員 recruiter
- 諮詢師 counselor
- 肉鋪 butcher shop
- 東拉西扯 to ramble
- 玫瑰色 rose-colored
- 不哼不哈 to remain silent
- 吼叫 to roar
- 發掘 to excavate
- 確鑿 conclusive
- 鑿井 to dig a well
- 斜挎包 crossbody bag
- 怒不可遏 to boil with rage
- 雕塑 sculpture
- 雕像 statue
- 連綿 continuous
- 綿綿 continuous
- 跨越 to cross
- 放縱 to indulge
- 縱容 to condone
- 縱然 even if
- 鳳爪 chicken feet
- 爪子 claw
- 害羞 to be shy
- 不知羞恥 to have no sense of shame
- 同工同酬 equal pay for equal work
- 報酬 compensation
- 魯莽 reckless
- 廣泛 widespread
- 蠶繭 silkworm cocoon
- 躲避球 dodgeball
- 躲避 to avoid
- 喧鬧 noisy
- 疏忽 carelessness
- 稀疏 sparse
- 稀少 sparse
- 才疏學淺 to lack knowledge and skills
- 曝光 to expose
- 袁世凱 Yuan Shikai
- 孟春 first month of spring
- 孟秋 first month of autumn
- 譬喻 analogy
- 吃膩 tired of eating
- 油膩 greasy
- 征服 to conquer
- 長征 Long March
- 顛倒 to turn upside down
- 顛覆 to overturn
- 惋惜 to regret
- 潦草 sloppy
- 潦倒 down on one’s luck