where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡｜哪里

where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment

to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

parts of the country other than where one is

where? / wherever; anywhere; somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation

place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located

(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear themed uniforms (e.g. nurse, student, maid etc), often featuring a more openly flirtatious or physically intimate style of service

to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further)

(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear their own casual clothes (as opposed to costumes or formalwear)

(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)

(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear formal evening gowns

meeting place / place where people gather / CL: 個｜个

lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍｜大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

whence / where

where? / what place?

the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way

competitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain

somewhere / someplace / where

original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ

pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides

to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

(area where) vegetation grows / the common people

lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally

the road back to where one came from

to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind

source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from

to declare one's position / to say where one stands

to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head

where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)

where?

unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background

Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning

place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc

where / how

Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities

(computing) full pinyin (input method where the user types pinyin without tones, e.g. "shiqing" for 事情)

first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支) / the sixty-year cycle

grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried)

banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive

Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case

ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading

not know where to start

the Library Cave, a sealed cave (Cave 17) in the Mogao Caves 莫高窟, where thousands of manuscripts were discovered in 1900

lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate

to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are

where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?

lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day

lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!

hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces

(Indian mythology) battlefield where Asuras 修羅｜修罗 fought the gods; (fig.) a scene of cruelty and carnage; (slang) emotionally charged confrontation (esp. one involving a love triangle)

location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.

choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 is also known as 韓昌黎｜韩昌黎, where 韓｜韩 is his surname and 昌黎 is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡.)

original spot / previous place / where it was before

(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖｜摇, 遙｜遥 and 謠｜谣, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)

Yangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化 was excavated, used metonymically to refer to the culture itself

lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

Wudongde, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江 at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount

collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet

lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) / fig. to follow whoever is feeding you / to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie

game where the last word of one idiom 成語｜成语 is the first of the next

lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

(coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.

to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)

persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江 at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

whence? / where from?

where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle

where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice

a place where small streams flow into a large one

drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand

to rent to multiple co-tenants, esp. where the number of tenants exceeds what the dwelling is fit to accommodate (i.e. involving subdivision of rooms etc)

a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

(idiom) back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; things haven't changed at all

inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt

to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave

disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)

magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女｜牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting

empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out

place where the emperor listened to lectures (traditional)

(Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) (from Taiwanese 菜市仔名, Tai-lo pr. [tshài-tshī-á-miâ], where 菜市仔 means "marketplace")

(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流, 梳 and 毓, which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)

(coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc)

to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious

communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐)

(Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 means "as one pleases")

(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)

strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another

where will it stop?

lit. the butt governs the head (idiom) / fig. where one stands depends on where one sits / one's views are shaped by one's circumstances

where I am / my place