湄 – Mei2 – Shore, Brink, Edge

曇 – Tan2 – Dark Clouds

瞇 – Mi1 – To Squint

芴 – Wu4 – Fluorine

衿 – Jin1 – Collar, Lapel

互 – Hu4 – Mutual

互惠 – Hu4 Hui4 – Mutual Favor — Reciprocal

跪 – Gui4 – Kneel

蕪 – Wu2 – Undergrowth

荒蕪 – Huang1 Wu2 – Uncultivated Undergrowth — Wasteland

蕪菁 – Wu2 Jing1 – Undergrowth Leek — Turnip

癰 – Yong1 – Carbuncle

鴿 – Ge1 – Pigeon

和平鴿 – He2 Ping2 Ge1 – Peace Pigeon — Dove

斬 – Zhan3 – Behead, Chop

筠 – Yun2 – Skin Of Bamboo

熔 – Rong2 – To Smelt, Fuse

We found a secret new good restaurant in North Haven: Formosa. It’s been open just 2 months, and isn’t even in the online yellow pages yet (132 Middletown Avenue, for your reference). Attracted simply by the name, we went in and recognized the owner. Turns out that Formosa is brought to you by the award-winning team behind Szechuan Delight, our favorite local Chinese place! The new restaurant is fusion. For example, my mango chicken came with a side of mashed potatoes! I’m sometimes a fusion skeptic, but in this case I think everything has fused correctly. Recommended.

廈 – Sha4 – Tall Building

塹 – Qian4 – Moat Around A City

蝠 – Fu2 – Bat

蝙蝠 – Bian1 Fu2 – Bat

陡 – Dou3 – Steep

糖 – Tang2 – Sugar, Sweets

糖果 – Tang2 Guo3 – Sweet Fruit — Candy

Trying to see how to say fudge in Chinese, I found the wikipedia page for 糖果. It lists fudge, and a few others, but the ultimate Chinese/English candy rosetta stone web page apparently has yet to be created. By the way, fudge is 法奇軟糖 – Fa3 Qi2 Ruan3 Tang2 – “Fudge” Soft Candy.

渣 – Zha1 – Dregs, Sediment

Possibly the best part of french-press brewed coffee: that last magic sip that you can CHEW.

筵 – Yan2 – Bamboo Mat

鶩 – Wu4 – Tame Duck

I didn’t know you could.

鐲 – Zhuo2 – Bracelet

手鐲 – Shou3 Zhuo2 – Hand Bracelet — Bracelet

旱 – Han4 – Drought

錚 – Zheng1 – Clang (onomatopoeia)

匣 – Xia2 – Box

顱 – Lu2 – Forehead

顱骨 – Lu2 Gu2 – Forehead Bone — Skull

暮 – Mu4 – Evening, Sunset, Dusk

暮色 – Mu4 Se4 – Dusk Color — Twilight

檸 – Ning2 – Lemon

檸檬 – Ning2 Meng2 – Lemon

萊姆 – Lai2 Mu3 – Lime

沛 – Pei4 – Copious, Abundant

充沛 – Chong1 Pei4 – Full Abundant — Bountiful, Plentiful

嘰 – Ji1 – Grumble