艾菲尔铁塔 艾菲爾鐵塔

艾

• 艾滋病 ài zī bìng ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ngaai6 zi1 beng6 (loanword) AIDS
• 少艾 shào ài ㄕㄠˋ ㄞˋ siu3 ngaai6 young and pretty
• 怨艾 yuàn yì ㄩㄢˋ ㄧˋ jyun3 ngaai6 to resent
• 恐艾 kǒng ài ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄞˋ hung2 ngaai6 (slang) to have an obsessive fear of contracting HIV AIDS
• 未艾 wèi ài ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ mei6 ngaai6 (literary) not having come to its term

菲

• 不菲 bù fěi ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˇ bat1 fei1 considerable (cost etc)
• 中菲 Zhōng Fēi ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄟ zung1 fei1 China-Philippines
• 王菲 Wáng Fēi ㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄟ wong4 fei1 Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
• 圣菲 聖菲 Shèng fēi ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄟ sing3 fei1 Santa Fe
• 芭菲 bā fēi ㄅㄚ ㄈㄟ baa1 fei1 parfait (loanword)

尔 爾

• 偶尔 偶爾 ǒu ěr ㄡˇ ㄦˇ ngau5 ji5 occasionally
• 高尔夫球 高爾夫球 gāo ěr fū qiú ㄍㄠ ㄦˇ ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧㄡˊ gou1 ji5 fu1 kau4 golf
• 乃尔 乃爾 nǎi ěr ㄋㄞˇ ㄦˇ naai5 ji5 thus
• 俄尔 俄爾 é ěr ㄜˊ ㄦˇ ngo4 ji5 see 俄而
• 保尔 保爾 Bǎo ěr ㄅㄠˇ ㄦˇ bou2 ji5 Paul (name)

铁 鐵

• 地铁 地鐵 dì tiě ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ dei6 tit3 underground railway; subway
• 钢铁 鋼鐵 gāng tiě ㄍㄤ ㄊㄧㄝˇ gong3 tit3 steel
• 铁路 鐵路 tiě lù ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ tit3 lou6 railroad
• 高铁 高鐵 gāo tiě ㄍㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˇ gou1 tit3 high speed rail
• 地铁站 地鐵站 dì tiě zhàn ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄢˋ dei6 tit3 zaam6 subway station

• 方兴未艾 方興未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ fong1 hing1 mei6 ngaai6 flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
• 方滋未艾 fāng zī wèi ài ㄈㄤ ㄗ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ fong1 zi1 mei6 ngaai6 flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
• 兰艾同焚 蘭艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén ㄌㄢˊ ㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄣˊ laan4 ngaai6 tung4 fan4 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

• 妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó ㄨㄤˋ ㄗˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄅㄛˊ mong5 zi6 fei1 bok6 to be unduly humble (idiom)

• 不过尔尔 不過爾爾 bù guò ěr ěr ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄦˇ bat1 gwo3 ji5 ji5 not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre
• 出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr ㄔㄨ ㄦˇ ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˇ ceot1 ji5 faan2 ji5 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
• 尔虞我诈 爾虞我詐 ěr yú wǒ zhà ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ ji5 jyu4 ngo5 zaa3 lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)

• 点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ dim2 gam1 sing4 tit3 to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
• 点铁成金 點鐵成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ dim2 tit3 sing4 gam1 to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
• 磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ mo4 cyun1 tit3 jin6 to grind one's way through an ink stone