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下午 xià afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m.
wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
之所以 zhī suǒ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1suo3yi3 tao3yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
丰溪里 Fēng P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
π日 Pài World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
狄拉克 P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
yǒu 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
P P (slang) femme (lesbian stereotype) / to photoshop
挡位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
送气 sòng aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
3-5 p.m.
又及 yòu P.S. / postscript
株式会社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
本益比 běn P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
丰溪 Fēng Fengxi, common place name / P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site
标准普尔 Biāo zhǔn ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index
双唇音 shuāng chún yīn bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
克苏鲁 Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
平安南道 Píng ān nán dào South P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea
八点档 diǎn dàng 8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.


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