verb — to stop, cease, dismiss, call off

verb — to mix, stir together; to toss (food)

noun — money, currency

noun — a fraud, malpractice; a drawback, harm

verb — to secrete, ooze, seep out (of a fluid)

noun — the arm (手臂、臂膀)

verb — to fear, dread; adj — terrified

onomatopoeia — the toot of a horn; (in 喇叭) a trumpet

noun — placenta, womb-sac; cell (細胞); compatriot (同胞)

noun — a river, a stream

noun — dawn, early morning

noun — wing; fin (in cooking)

verb — to hold; to grip; to keep up

verb — to take apart, dismantle; to tear down; to open (a letter)

verb — to copy out, transcribe; to scoop up; to raid

verb — to pull, tug; to tear; to chatter

adj — brittle, crisp; fragile

noun/verb — the side, flank; to lean, turn sideways

noun — whip; plan, policy

noun — porcelain, china

adj — coarse, rough, thick; careless

verb/noun — to pad, prop under; a mat, cushion

verb — to set down an offering; to establish, lay (a foundation)

verb — to keep thinking of, miss, worry about

noun — a great hall, palace; (verb) to bring up the rear

verb — to hang, suspend; to hoist; to mourn, condole

verb — to fish with a hook; to angle for

noun — the top, the crown, the summit; verb — to topple, jolt

verb — to wither, fade, fall (of plants); to decline

verb — to carve, engrave; noun — a bird of prey, an eagle

verb — to fall, stumble; (of prices) to drop

verb — to forge, hammer metal

verb — to exchange, convert (currency); to cash

verb — to fall, drop; to sink (morally)

adj — lazy, idle, slack

verb — to seize, snatch; to strip away

verb — to hide, dodge, get out of the way

verb — to lend; to borrow; a loan

verb — to catch, to arrest; to reach, to overtake

verb/noun — to be born; birth; (old) big talk, absurd

noun — file, archive; rank, grade; (verb) to file

verb — to sweep away, wash clean; (adj) vast, rippling

noun — a stool, a bench (no back)

verb — to stare, glare (eyes wide)

verb — to tie firmly, conclude (a pact, friendship)

verb — to hand over, pass along, transmit; in turn, by degrees

verb/onom — to mutter, whisper, murmur

verb — to freeze; (noun) jelly, something congealed

noun — ridgepole, main beam; (measure) a building

noun — cave, hole; (adj) thorough, penetrating

verb — to fight, struggle, contend

verb — to cross water; to ferry over, tide over

noun — shield

verb — to indulge in; to delay

verb — to chatter on; to receive (a favor, humbly)

verb — to climb, ascend; to record, publish

verb/noun — to drip; a drop of liquid

noun — a nail; an adult male; the fourth heavenly stem

verb — to stare at, fix the eyes on

noun — ton (unit of weight)

verb — to squat, crouch

noun — the gallbladder; courage, nerve

verb — to block, ward off, obstruct

verb — to tread, to step on; to follow, to act out

noun — the top, the crown; verb — to carry on the head; to push against

verb — to shake, tremble; to shake out, rouse

adj — steep, precipitous; adv — abruptly, suddenly

verb — to gamble, bet

verb/adj — to float, drift; to flood; broad, general

verb — to trade, to peddle — noun — a peddler, a vendor

noun/adj — lack; short of, wanting

verb/noun — to punish, fine, penalize; a penalty

noun — a powerful family or faction; magnate (財閥, 軍閥)

verb — to guard against, defend, prevent

verb — to abolish, discard, lay waste; useless

noun — the lung(s)

noun/verb — indignation, anger; to resent, seethe

noun — dung, manure; (verb) to clear away, fertilise

verb — to meet, come upon, encounter

verb — (féng) to sew, stitch, mend; noun — (fèng) a seam, a crack, a gap

noun — a tutor, mentor; verb — to apply, spread on

adj/noun — secondary, deputy; (measure word) a set, a pair

verb — (in 吩咐 / 囑咐) to instruct, enjoin, tell to do

verb — to cover; to overturn, capsize; to reply

verb — to levy, to grant, to endow — noun — a tax; a rhapsody (a poetic form)

verb — to go to, head for, attend

verb — to lie low, crouch; to hide in wait

verb — to capture, take prisoner; noun — a captive, a prisoner of war

noun — width of cloth; a measure word for flat things (paintings, cloth)

verb/adj — to float; superficial, fleeting

noun/measure — a turn, a time; foreign; (in compounds) a kind, a sort

noun — a block, ward; workshop; memorial gateway

verb — (in 吩咐) to instruct, tell, order

noun — peak, summit (the top point of a mountain)

adj — mad, insane; wild, frenzied

noun — bee; wasp

noun — the point, the sharp edge (of a blade); the vanguard

verb — to satirize, mock indirectly; to hint

verb — to spread, apply, lay on

verb — to return, go back, turn back

verb — to imitate, copy; to resemble

verb — to assist, support, supplement

verb — to run through, to pierce, to link up — noun — a string of cash

verb — to kneel

noun — official, officer; office, organ (of the body)

noun — coffin

noun — a hat, crown; (guàn) to cap, to rank first

adj — few, scant; noun — a widow; (of a ruler) "I, the solitary one"

noun — a rut, a track, a rail; the set course

verb — to water, irrigate

verb/noun — to construct; structure

adj/verb — solid, firm; to make firm

noun — the liver

verb — to lift or carry (on the shoulder); to bear

noun — the headrope of a net; the main thread, outline

verb — to cut, slash; to cede, give up a portion

verb — to put down, set aside; to shelve, delay

adj — orphaned, alone, solitary

noun — guilt, crime; verb — to fail, let down

noun — a harbor, port; a creek inlet

verb — to bind fast, to make firm

noun/verb — a drum; to beat, to rouse (鼓勵)

noun/adj — an illusion; illusory, magical

verb — to row, paddle; to be worth it, to pay off

verb — to converge, gather, channel; to remit money

verb — to be confused, perplexed; to mislead

verb — to catch; to obtain

noun — disaster, calamity, misfortune

verb — to consume, use up, drain away

noun — the throat; verb — to utter a sound

noun — a fine hair; (figurative) the least bit; a unit (milli-)

noun/verb — a barrier between people; to obstruct

noun — a sovereign; the queen, the empress

interjection — hey (to call); heh (a chuckle)

particle — marks a question or exclamation; (classical) at, in

verb — to breathe out; to call, shout; to summon

noun — warship; naval vessel

noun — a bolt, key; (鍵盤) a key on a keyboard

noun — a craftsman, an artisan

verb — (jiè) to rely on, make use of; by way of; (jí) trampled, in disorder

verb — to exhaust, use up, run dry

noun — pepper (Sichuan pepper, chili, the spice plant)

noun — glue, gum — verb — to stick fast

verb — to lift off, raise; to expose, reveal

verb — to seize, grab and pull tight

verb — to entangle, gather up; to correct

adj — frugal, thrifty, sparing

verb — (jiǎo) to hand over, pay, submit; (zhuó) the silk cord on an arrow

verb — to donate, contribute; to relinquish

noun/adj — strength, energy, vigor; strong, tough

verb — to advance, rise; (as name) the state/dynasty Jin

noun — a (foot)path; adv — directly

verb — to compete, contend, race

verb — to compile, edit; to gather

verb — to fear, dread, be afraid

verb — to bow (鞠躬); (old) a leather kick-ball

noun — a ford, river crossing; saliva, bodily fluid

noun — whale

noun — fungus, mushroom; bacteria, germ

adj — careful, cautious; respectful

noun — a well; a pit

verb — to dishearten, dampen; (adj) dejected

verb — to step across, straddle, span

adj — vast, open, empty; verb — to neglect, let go to waste

noun — ore, mineral; a mine

adj — mad, crazed; wild, unrestrained; arrogant

noun/adj — outline, contour; wide, empty, vast

adj — wide, broad; well-off

verb — to control, rein in; to accuse

verb — to button up; to deduct; to detain

adj — fervent, openhanded (in 慷慨)

adj — harsh, severe, exacting

noun/adj — elder; together, the same; (in 昆蟲) insect

verb/adj — to sigh with feeling; impassioned, generous

verb — to chop, hack, cut down

verb — to tie up, bind, bundle; noun — a bundle

particle — sentence-final tone marker; (in 英哩) a mile

verb — to smelt, refine; noun — a chain

adj — honest, upright; cheap, low-priced

adj — far, distant, vast; (place) Liao

adj — inferior, poor, of low quality

verb — to split, tear, crack

verb — to slip, slide; to sneak off; (adj) smooth, quick

num — the two (of them); a couple, a pair

noun — willow

particle/bound — in 囉嗦: long-winded; sentence-final tone marker

noun — used in 駱駝 (camel); a black-maned white horse

noun/verb — a net for catching birds; to spread out, gather; (surname Luó)

verb — to patrol; (in 邏輯) logic

noun — a gong

noun — egg; ovum; roe, spawn

noun — the year-end (twelfth month); cured meat

noun — wax

verb/adj — to overflow; excessive, indiscriminate

adj — soft-cooked, overripe, rotten; brilliant

verb — to bar the way, intercept, hold back

noun — wolf; (in compounds) cruel, ravenous

verb — in 嘮叨: to chatter on, nag

noun/adj — a pen, fold; firm, secure; prison

verb — to rein in, strap tight; to force, extort; to carve

noun — thunder

noun — a grain, a kernel; measure word for small round things

noun — pear (tree, fruit)

noun — bamboo fence, hedge

noun/adj — the multitude (黎民); dark; just before dawn (黎明)

verb — to look down on; to approach, be on the point of

verb — to rise above, override; to insult, ride over

noun — a small bell

verb — to leak, drip through; to let slip, omit

noun — the throat (only in 喉嚨)

particle — sentence-final tone marker (reminder, completion)

adj — busy, toiling; (of stones) common, ordinary

noun — a stove, furnace, brazier

noun — human relations, moral order; a kind, peer

verb — to sink, be reduced to; to be lost, perish

verb — to scoop or fish out of water; to gain by improper means

verb — to gather in one's arms, hug; to pull toward oneself

noun/onomatopoeia — (in 喇叭) a horn, trumpet; a rushing sound

adj — lazy, idle; disinclined, sluggish

noun/verb — a raised field-ridge; a mound; to monopolize (壟斷)

verb — to capture, take prisoner; (noun) a captive

noun — donkey

verb — to tread, to walk; to carry out; noun — a shoe

noun — aluminum

verb — to think over, plan, be concerned about

verb — to filter, strain

noun — rate, ratio; (shuài) verb — to lead, command

adj — wonderful, subtle, ingenious

noun — cotton

adj/noun — soft and continuous; silk floss, cotton wadding

verb — to extinguish, put out; to destroy, wipe out

verb — to strive, exert oneself; to urge, encourage

noun — blood vessel; pulse; vein-like channel

verb — to stride, step forward; adj — aged, advanced in years

noun/verb — vine, creeper; to spread, creep

adj — luxuriant, flourishing, dense (of plants)

verb — to bury; to hide, cover over

verb — to deceive, hide the truth from

adj/adv — rough, unreasonable; quite, rather

adj/noun — blind; ignorant of

adj — vast and blurred; vague, at a loss

noun — spear, lance

noun/verb — a sprite, demon; to charm, bewitch (魅力)

adj/verb — stifled, depressed; bored; (mēn) stuffy, sealed in

noun — go-between, matchmaker; medium

noun — a measure word for small flat or round things; a stalk, twig

noun — plum (tree, blossom, fruit)

noun — lintel, the beam above a door

noun — coal

noun — eyebrow

noun — a roving commoner; a ruffian, hooligan

noun/verb — alliance, sworn pact; to ally

verb — to cover; to receive (a favor); to deceive; dim (蒙蔽, 蒙受, 啟蒙)

noun — honey; sweet

verb/adv — to fill, make full; more, the more

noun — a riddle; a mystery

adj/noun — dark, dim; the unseen, the underworld (冥想, 幽冥)

noun — ink; ink-stick

noun/adj — desert; vast and empty; indifferent

noun — a demon, devil; the uncanny (魔力、魔術)

verb/noun — (mó) to grind, rub; (mò) a millstone

noun — mold, pattern, model; (mú) the mold itself, the look

adj — fierce, violent; vigorous, sudden

verb — to wipe; to smear on; to erase

adj/noun — male (of animals); a male beast

verb — to stick, adhere, glue

verb — to pinch, knead; to mold; to fabricate (a story)

verb — to move, shift over; to transfer (funds, time)

verb — to do something about, cope with (mostly in 無奈, 奈何)

noun — mud, clay; (verb, nì) to be stuck on, cling to

verb/noun — to be angry; anger, rage

adj/noun — huge, vast; a face (面龐)

noun — a long robe, gown

verb — to open up, throw open; to clear, refute

noun — the bodily soul; vigor, spirit (魄力、氣魄)

verb — to throw, toss; to cast aside, abandon

verb — to hold up in both hands, cup; to flatter, boost

verb — to mark, approve; to criticize; measure — a batch

verb — to drape over the shoulders; to spread open; to split

verb — to piece together, join; to spell; to go all out

verb — to cut open, dissect; to lay bare, analyze

noun — a chart, register, score; to set to music

verb/adj — to be in harmony; to consult, arrange

noun — a sojourner abroad, an emigrant

noun — a ticket, voucher, certificate, bond

verb — to urge, advise, persuade; to encourage

noun — fist; boxing, a martial-art style

noun — power; rights

noun — a small bird, a sparrow

noun (quān) — a circle, ring; (juàn) a pen, enclosure

noun/verb — a contract, deed; to agree, fit

verb — to abandon, throw away, give up

noun/adj — fork (in a road); divergent, different

adj — diligent, hardworking; adv — frequently

noun — flock, herd, group, crowd

noun — wife

noun — kin, relative; adj — grieved, sorrowful

verb — to encroach, invade; to infringe

verb — to bend, bow; to yield, submit

verb — to open; to start; to enlighten

verb — to sleep, lie down to rest; noun — sleeping chamber

verb — to marry (a woman), take a wife

adj — soft, pliable, weak

verb — to wind around, circle, detour

verb — to burn, ignite, set alight

noun/verb — glory, honor; to flourish

verb/adj — to moisten, enrich; smooth, glossy

verb — to provoke, stir up, bring on (trouble)

verb — to disturb, trouble, harass

noun — (cháng) a lower garment, a skirt — (shang, in 衣裳) clothing

noun — tax, duty

adj — large, great; eminent

verb — to fall, tumble; to throw down, fling

verb — to decline, weaken

verb — to play, fool around, show off

verb — to swing, fling, throw off

noun/verb — a fan; a door leaf; (shān) to fan, to fan up

verb — to take in, absorb; to take (a photo); to act in place of

adj — careful, cautious, prudent

verb — to win, defeat; to surpass; to be equal to

noun/adj — sage; holy, sacred

noun — the tongue

noun — rope, cord; (verb) to bind, hold to a standard

verb — to wait on, attend, serve (a superior)

noun — power, force; momentum; the situation, the trend

verb — to swear, to vow; (noun) an oath

verb — to pick up, gather; to tidy up

verb — to eat away, corrode; (of sun/moon) to be eclipsed

noun — long life, longevity; lifespan; a birthday

noun — a beast, a wild animal

verb — to relate, narrate, state

adv — slightly, a little; (verb, old) tip of grain

verb — to stretch, extend, reach out

verb — to state, declare; to extend

verb — to give up, let go of, part with

verb — to examine closely, investigate; to try (a case)

noun — a poem; poetry

verb/adj — to dredge open, unclog; sparse, distant; to neglect

adj — foolish, silly, simple-minded

verb — to flash, dodge, dart aside

noun — yam, potato, tuber

noun — rat, mouse; rodent

particle/bound — in 囉嗦/嗦: long-winded, wordy

verb — to egg on, incite, instigate; (in 囉唆) to be wordy

noun — marrow; the core, essence (精髓)

verb — to feed, to raise (animals)

noun/verb — an ode; to praise, to extol

verb — to mold, shape (in clay); noun — sculpture, plastic

adj — solemn, grave; to clear, purge

verb (sāi/sè) — to stuff, block, stop up; noun (sài) — a frontier pass

verb (sàng) — to lose, forfeit; noun (sāng) — mourning, a funeral

verb — to disturb, agitate; adj — restless; literary — refined, poetic

noun — silk; a thread, a fine strand; the smallest trace

measure word — for boats and ships (一艘船)

noun — elder brother's wife, sister-in-law

verb — to open up, expand, clear (new ground)

noun — a camel; verb — to hunch, be bent (of the back)

adj — settled, proper, secure; (with 當) all in order

adj — scalding, burning hot; verb — to scald; to perm; to iron

measure word — a trip, a run (a round of going) — verb — to wade through (tāng)

noun — counter, table, desk

noun/verb — pottery; to mold, to shape

adj/verb — wary, on guard; alarmed, vigilant

noun — a court; the ruler's hall (朝廷、宮廷)

noun — copper, bronze

verb — to collapse, cave in; to sink, droop

pronoun — it (referring to an animal)

verb — to pull out, fish out (from a pocket, hole)

adj — bald, bare, hairless

noun — blanket, rug, carpet

noun — tube, cylinder, pipe

adj — absurd, reckless, presumptuous

verb — to flee; to lose; to die, perish

adv — only, alone; interjection — yes (a respectful assent)

noun — power that commands awe, authority; verb — to overawe, threaten

verb — to entrust; bent, roundabout

noun — a roof tile; fired earthenware; (loan) watt

adj — crooked, bent; wronged, unjust — adverb — in vain

noun — a squad of five; the ranks, troops

verb — to envy, to admire and want

verb — to fall into, sink into; to frame, trap

noun — a lane, alley

verb — to whistle; to howl (wind, beast)

verb — to resemble, be like; (noun) likeness

verb — to dislike, mind, find fault with; noun — suspicion

noun — tool, device, machine; (old) fetters

adj — slanting, oblique — verb — to tilt, lean

noun/verb — the ribs, flank; to coerce, threaten

adj — harmonious, in tune, in agreement

noun — sleeve

adj/adv — blind; blindly, at random

noun — shrimp, prawn

noun — immortal; a transcendent being

verb — to whittle, pare, peel (xiāo); to cut down, reduce (xuē)

verb — to rest, stop; to lodge for the night

verb — to enjoy; to receive (an offering)

verb/adj — to rot, decay; rotten

verb — to hang, suspend; to be left unsettled

noun — a boot

noun — a daughter-in-law; (媳婦) a son's wife, a wife

noun — a penalty, punishment; corporal/legal punishment

noun — a mold; a type, model

noun — thread-end, loose end; beginnings; mood

adj — swift, rapid

verb — to follow along, abide by

verb — to split; to analyze

adj — sparse, thin, rare; watery

noun — firewood, fuel; salary, pay

verb — to pull up; to aid, rescue

noun — an edge, border; a connection, fate

noun — injustice, a wrong; verb — to wrong, to frame

noun/verb — a banquet; to feast, host a banquet

verb — to shine, dazzle; noun — glory

adj/noun — blazing hot; inflammation

noun — a folk song; a rumor

noun — liquid, fluid

noun — an epidemic, plague, contagious disease

verb — to reflect, shine on; to show (a film)

adj — hard, firm, stiff

noun — bearing, decorum; a rite; an instrument

noun — fly (the insect)

adv — still, yet; verb — (in 猶豫) to hesitate; conj — just as, like

verb — to resist, ward off, defend against

adj — abundant, ample, well-off

adj — pleased, at ease; beforehand, in advance

adj/verb — lush, dense; gloomy, pent-up

verb — to amuse, entertain, give delight

noun/verb — surplus, remainder; to have left over

adj/verb — even, uniform; to even out, share evenly

verb — to pledge, mortgage; to detain; to escort; (of rhyme) to fall on

noun — tobacco; a cigarette

pronoun — that one, he/she (literary) — particle in some compounds

noun — an infant, newborn baby

verb/noun — to worry; sorrow, grief

verb — to cover, conceal

verb — to overflow, spread out, derive

noun — oxygen

verb/adj — to itch, be itchy

noun — a small island, an islet

noun — a unit of ten chi; an elder, a man

verb — to shake, quake; to shock, startle

verb — to stand erect, tower, stand facing (across from)

noun — order, sequence; official rank

verb — to send, deliver; to cause; to devote

verb — to make, manufacture; to tailor

verb — to hold, grasp; to carry out

verb — to throw, to hurl, to fling

noun — a candle, a torch

verb — to investigate, scout, detect

noun — a needle; an injection

verb — to levy, summon, collect; to seek out

verb — to examine (a patient), diagnose

particle — of, 's; (classical) to go; it

noun/adj — inner feelings; heartfelt, sincere

noun — region, prefecture; (orig.) river islet

verb — to allow, approve

verb — to praise, to commend; (noun) a "like"

noun — an internal organ; the viscera

pron — we, you and I

noun — distiller's dregs, lees; verb/adj — to spoil, ruined, awful

verb — to meet with, to come up against (usually misfortune)

verb — to follow, to comply with, to abide by

noun — bank, shore (the high edge where land meets water)

adj — dark, dim; secret, hidden

adj/adv — leaning, tilted; in a moment, suddenly; (俄) the sound for Russia

noun — goose

noun — kindness, favor, grace