但尼生

但

• 不但 bù dàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ bat1 daan6 not only (... but also ...)
• 但是 dàn shì ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋ daan6 si6 but; however
• 但愿 但願 dàn yuàn ㄉㄢˋ ㄩㄢˋ daan6 jyun6 if only (sth were possible)
• 但丁 Dàn dīng ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥ daan6 ding1 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
• 但凡 dàn fán ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˊ daan6 faan4 every single

尼

• 尼龙 尼龍 ní lóng ㄋㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ nei4 lung4 (loanword) nylon
• 中尼 Zhōng Ní ㄓㄨㄥ ㄋㄧˊ zung1 nei4 China-Nepal
• 丹尼 Dān ní ㄉㄢ ㄋㄧˊ daan1 nei4 Danny (name)
• 仲尼 Zhòng ní ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄋㄧˊ zung6 nei4 courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子
• 僧尼 sēng ní ㄙㄥ ㄋㄧˊ zang1 nei4 (Buddhist) monks and nuns

生

• 一生 yī shēng ㄧ ㄕㄥ jat1 sang1 all one's life; throughout one's life
• 人生 rén shēng ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ jan4 sang1 life (one's time on earth)
• 先生 xiān sheng ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ sin1 saang1 teacher
• 再生 zài shēng ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄥ zoi3 sang1 to be reborn
• 出生 chū shēng ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ceot1 saang1 to be born

• 但说无妨 但說無妨 dàn shuō wú fáng ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨˊ ㄈㄤˊ daan6 syut3 mou4 fong4 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
• 但愿如此 但願如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ ㄉㄢˋ ㄩㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ daan6 jyun6 jyu4 ci2 if only it were so

• 百弊丛生 百弊叢生 bǎi bì cóng shēng ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄥ baak3 bai6 cung4 sang1 All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
• 白面书生 白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ baak6 min6 syu1 sang1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
• 变生肘腋 變生肘腋 biàn shēng zhǒu yè ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓㄡˇ ㄧㄝˋ bin3 sang1 zau2 jik6 lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep