"Yin" is a word in ENGLISH
A Chinese weight of 2/ pounds.
still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through the spattered glass, I feel, deep in some spongy, unignorable organ, that we will have floods, and damage, and losses; we will have gray till the cows come home, and there will be no more cows--they'll all just rot, drown, or simply wash away. We will have rain until the very hills dissolve. And when the dirty cotton swaddling of fog finally falls away, we will all be desperate for vital signs.
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A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called …
Read the complete definitionagálun (from ágad) n master, boss. v {1} [A123S] happen to get a master. Nakaagawun akug dagmalan, I happened to …
Read the complete definitionalyin n aliens (euphemism for Chinese).
Read the complete definitionamgid a similar. v {1} [BC; ac1c3] be similar. Miamgid (naamgid) ang istatuwa sa mudílu, The statue grew to be …
Read the complete definitionampiyun n opium. v [A12; a12] obtain opium, make opium. Ang lísu mauy ampiyunun, They make opium from the seeds. …
Read the complete definitionÁmuy n Amoy Chinese.
Read the complete definitionAn evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.
Read the complete definitionbágus n {1} tong, protection money. {2} one who dodges or evades the payment of s.t. Bágus nà siya. Wà …
Read the complete definitionbáksat - (H) Bug, bedbug. (cf. bágsat id. N.B. This term seems to have been introduced by the Chinese).
Read the complete definitionbálun n food, money to take along on a trip. Ma, ambi na ang bálun, bi, Mom, can I have …
Read the complete definitionA sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting …
Read the complete definitionbatsoy Definition: (noun) chopped and sauteed entrails of pig with soup Notes: Chinese word
Read the complete definitionbíbut n {1} an endearing term for a baby. {2} girl (slang). {3} ones girl (slang). v [A12; a12] have, …
Read the complete definitionbíhon - A kind of Chinese vermicelli, very slender and white. (cf. míki, míswa, pánsit, sotánghon).
Read the complete definitionbíhun n k. o. Chinese noodle, translucent, coarser than the miswa but finer than tanghun. v [A1C12; b6] prepare a …
Read the complete definitionbimpo Definition: (noun) small face towel Notes: Chinese
Read the complete definitionbingi Active Verb: mabingi Definition: (adj) deaf Notes: Chinese
Read the complete definitionbingwit v {1} [A1N; a12b2] catch fish in shallow waters with a hook and line, usually using also a fishing …
Read the complete definitionbitsin Definition: (noun) flavoring powder, seasoning, monosodium glutamate (MSG) 2 Definition: (var) betsin Examples: Chinese
Read the complete definitionA rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said …
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