bicycle jiao3 ta4 che1 foot--to step on--car

stroller ying1 er2 che1 literally:  baby car

avocado e4 li2 literally:  crocodile (or alligator) pear get it?!  'cause an avocado's skin is like a crocodile's!  and the thing is shaped like a pear

placenta tai1 pan2 literally:  fetus dish

diarrhea

la1 du4 zi

literally:  pull stomach

 

never really understood this one.  why would pulling your stomach make you have the runs?

xylophone

mu4 qin2

wooden musical instrument

diaper

niao4 bu4

literally:  urine cloth

chinatown

tang2 ren2 jie1

literally:  Tang (as in the dynasty) people street

sticker

tie1 zhi3

literally:  to stick paper

watermelon

xi1 gua1

literally:  western melon

thief

xiao3 tou1

literally:  little steal

halloween

wan4 sheng4 jie2

10,000 saints holiday

hospital

yi1 yuan4

literally:  medical courtyard

toilet

ma2 tong3

literally:  horse bucket

cellphone

shou3 ji1

literally:  hand machine

 

or

 

cellphone

da4 ge1 da4

literally:  big brother big

i heard this had to do with the fact that gangsters are called da ge da and they were one of the first big users of cells. 

china (country)

zhong1 guo2

literally:  middle country

fever

fa1 shao1

literally:  start burn

college

da4 xue2

literally:  big learn

ceiling

tian1 hua1 ban3

literally:  sky flower board

badminton

yu3 mao2 qiu2

literally:  feather fur ball

giraffe

chang2 jing3 lu4

literally:  long neck deer

kangaroo

tiao4 shu3

literally:  jumping rodent

panda

mao1 qiong2 or qiong2 mao1

literally:  cat bear or bear cat

jealous

chi1 cu4

literally: eat vinegar

air conditioning

leng3 qi4

literally:  cold air

telephone

dian4 hua4

literally:  electric words

abacus

suan4 pan2

literally:  counting plate

pneumonia

fei4 yan2

literally:  lung inflamed

crayon

la4 bi3

wax pencil

balloon

qi4 qiu2

literally:  air ball

oven

kao3 xiang1

literally:  bake box

orgasm

gao1 chao2

literally:  high tide

pickpocket

pa2 shou3

literally:  crawling hand