verb — to distinguish, tell apart

verb — to argue, debate, plead

verb — to hold in, suppress; to stifle

noun — a horizontal inscribed board, a plaque

verb — to lower, to demote, to disparage

noun — a companion — verb — to accompany

noun — a petal; a segment, clove, section (of fruit/garlic)

adv — need not, don't bother

adj — worn out, ragged; my (humble) — verb — to wear out

noun — the steps to the throne (in 陛下, Your Majesty)

verb — to combine, to merge, to put side by side

adj/verb — sudden, vigorous, surging up

verb — to grapple, fight hand-to-hand; to pounce

verb — (bó) to moor, anchor; quiet, indifferent; noun — (pō) a lake, a pool

noun — a register, account book, notebook

verb — to hand down, to promulgate; to award

noun — stone tablet, stele, monument

verb — to collapse, cave in; to burst

noun — a guest, a visitor of honor

noun — weapon, arms; soldier, troops; the military

noun — spinach (in 菠菜)

verb — to peel, strip off; to exploit, deprive

noun — cypress; (bó) used in transliterations (柏林 Berlin)

verb — to bind, tie up, fasten

noun — the third heavenly stem; third in a series

noun — handle, hilt; (figurative) hold on power

verb — to feed (from the mouth); to chew food for young

verb — to hang down, to droop; to let down, hand down

verb — to pant, to gasp for breath

verb — to tremble, shiver, shudder

verb — to advocate, to initiate, to take the lead

adj — flowing, unobstructed, free; fluent, hearty

adj — gurgling, of flowing water

noun — a cicada

adj — greedy for food, gluttonous

verb — to withdraw, pull back; to remove, revoke

noun — dust; the dusty mundane world

noun — the eaves, a dwelling; the imperial palace, the throne

noun — the 5th earthly branch; time, hour; star, celestial body

adj — dense, thick, crowded

verb — to repay, reward; to toast

noun — a hoe; verb — to hoe, weed; to root out

noun — lip

adj/noun — pure, mellow (of wine); rich and unmixed

adj — flourishing, prosperous, thriving

adj — wild, unrestrained, reckless

verb — to long for, yearn (in 憧憬)

verb/noun — to favor, dote on; favor

adj/verb — stupid, clumsy; to wriggle

noun/adj — kingfisher-green, emerald; jade-green

verb — to crush, beat back; to frustrate, set back

verb — to break down, destroy; to crush

verb — to pinch up, gather; measure word — a pinch of

verb — to grind, polish (esp. bone or stone); to confer

adj — brilliant, glittering, dazzling

adj/verb — damaged, leftover; cruel; to harm

noun — a surname; a group, a class of people; (old) the two parties in a lawsuit

adj — kind, loving; (慈母) the loving mother

noun — a thicket, cluster; verb — to crowd together

verb/noun/measure — to cluster; a cluster, bunch

adj — deep blue-green; gray, pale; vast

adj — coarse, rough, unpolished

noun — a small flaw, blemish, defect

adj/adv — hurried, hasty, in a rush

verb — to pile up, stack, fold

noun — end, tip; upright, proper; the beginning of a thread

adj — blunt, dull; slow-witted

adj — dull, blank; verb — to stay put

adj — dull, slow-witted, blank; (variant of 呆)

noun — cinnabar, vermilion; red; a prepared pellet

adj — honest, sincere, kindly

noun/adj — bad, evil; (radical) death, bone-remnant

verb — to butt, gore (with horns); to clash, contradict (牴觸)

verb — to oversee, direct; a common surname

verb — to see, behold, witness

adj — ordinary, common; adv — in every case, whatever

adj — numerous, abundant, complex, busy

verb — to hinder, obstruct, get in the way of

noun — a wrapping cloth, a bundle (in 包袱)

noun — spoke of a wheel

noun — fence, screen; a vassal state, frontier guard

adj — numerous, in confusion, tangled

verb — to stroke, soothe, comfort

noun — a courteous term for a man; (adv) just now, just

noun — a divinatory symbol, a trigram or hexagram

noun — turtle, tortoise

verb — to beg; to ask for; noun — a beggar

noun — a pavilion, a cabinet (room or council)

noun — a ridge, a low hill

noun/verb — trouble, calamity; to suffer (an illness)

adj — frightened, panicky

adj — bright, brilliant, blazing

noun — plants, herbage; flowers collectively

noun — a broom; (in 彗星) a comet

verb — to paint, draw; to depict

verb — to instruct, to teach, to guide

noun/verb — wealth, goods; to bribe

verb — to circle back, wind around, turn

adj — open, wide, cleared (huò) — verb — to give up, to crack open (huō)

adj/noun — desolate, overgrown; wasteland; absurd

verb — to distort the mouth; to speak unclearly

adj — in a daze; (恍然) all at once clear

verb — to dazzle, flash; to sway, shake

verb — to destroy, ruin; to defame

noun — a companion, a band; mess, board (shared meals)

noun — a group, band; quantifier — a bunch (of people)

noun/verb — regret, what is left unfulfilled

noun — a case, an envelope, a letter; verb — to contain, enclose

verb — to contain, hold within; to soak, nourish

noun — Hangzhou (杭州); an old word for crossing water by boat

verb — to howl, to wail loudly

noun — a person of outstanding ability, a hero; adj — bold, grand, lavish

noun — lotus (hé); verb — to carry, bear (hè)

adj — grand, vast, on a great scale

noun/adj — flood; vast, grand; resounding

noun/adj — the wild swan, a great goose; vast, grand

noun — a pot, kettle, jug (with a lid)

noun — fox

noun/adv — beard; (loan) northern peoples; recklessly, wildly

adj — muddy, turbid; whole, simple-hearted

verb — to roar (with noise); to coax, to fool

adj — (恍惚) absent-minded, in a haze

verb — to splash, spatter

adj — cheap, of low price; lowly, base

noun — a sedan chair; (modern) a passenger car

noun — household goods; (傢伙) a fellow, a tool

adj/verb — fine, excellent; to praise, commend

noun — a wooden cangue; a frame, rack

adj — hard; firm; solid

adj — hard, difficult, arduous

noun — a border, a frontier; territory

adj — scorched, burnt; verb — to char; adj — anxious, frantic

adv — all, every one (without exception)

noun — Manchurian wild rice (the plant); a surname (Chiang)

verb — to stir, mix; to disturb, make trouble

noun/verb — moxibustion; to cauterize with burning moxa

adj — (in 猖獗) rampant, unbridled, running wild

noun — a measured dose, preparation; verb — to blend, regulate

conjunction — and, together with; up to, reaching (literary)

verb/noun — to offer sacrifice (to spirits, the dead); a rite

noun — millet, the principal grain; the grain-god (社稷)

verb — to pacify, bring peace; adj — calm, settled (嘉靖)

verb — to draw water from a well; to draw on, take in

noun — register, record, book; native place, membership

adj — huge, enormous (variant of 巨)

adj — high and steep; severe, harsh

verb — to hit, strike; to attack

adj — irregular, lopsided, deformed

adj/verb — hungry; to starve

noun — famine, a failed harvest

noun — sinew, tendon; muscle, fiber

adj — wary, careful, on edge (only in 兢兢)

noun — thorn bush, brambles; the old name of the Chu lands

verb — to wake to, come to realize (in 憧憬、憬悟)

verb — to burst, collapse, rout; to fester

noun/adj — chief, head; big and sturdy

noun — shell, husk, hard casing

adj — harsh, cruel; intense, extreme; (slang) cool

verb — to carve, engrave; to print, publish; noun — a periodical

verb — to be able to bear; to be capable of

adj — triumphant; the music of a returning, victorious army

noun — a hole, opening, aperture

noun — bridge; a beam, ridgepole

noun — beam, girder; bridge

noun — grain, provisions, food supply

verb — to treat, heal, cure (an illness)

verb — to hunt; noun — hunting, the chase

noun — the Luo River; the city Luoyang (洛陽)

verb — to rely on; to deny, default; to hang around

noun — a corridor, covered walkway, veranda

noun — a minor official, a clerk

verb — to be attached to, subordinate to; noun — a bondservant

noun — a tiny fraction (a li); the centi- prefix; verb — to regulate, put in order

noun — large mound; an imperial tomb; hill

adj/verb — grand, abundant; to swell, rise high

verb/noun — to bribe; a bribe, a gift for favor

noun — a deer

adj — dull, blunt; (state of) Lu

noun — companion, partner (伴侶, 情侶)

verb — to despise, slight; to slander

noun — a kind of large deer; the elk (Père David's deer)

verb — to inscribe; to engrave in the mind

noun — foam, froth; spittle, bubbles

verb — to plan, to scheme, to consult over — noun — a stratagem

verb — to raise, recruit, enlist (funds or people) by calling for them

verb — to wash the hair; to bathe; to be steeped in

verb — to herd, graze livestock; to govern

adj — solemn and reverent; gentle, harmonious; (surname Mù)

noun — a nurse, governess; (阿姆) auntie

noun — a mu, a unit of land area; field, plot

verb — to twist, wrench; to wring; to sprain

adj — cowardly, timid, weak-willed

verb — to assent, to promise — interjection — yes, agreed

verb — to take in, accept; to pay in

noun — a bag, sack, pouch

verb — to congeal, set solid; to fix (the gaze, attention)

noun — slave, bondservant

verb/adj — to treat cruelly; cruel, harsh

conj/pron — then, thereupon; thus; (archaic) you, your

verb — to draft, draw up; to plan; to imitate, mimic

noun — a bushy wild grass, fleabane; adj — fluffy, disheveled, luxuriant

adv — frequently, repeatedly; in quick succession

verb — (pù) to expose to the sun, air-dry; (bào) to expose, lay bare (曝光)

verb — to lie prone, bend forward over

adv — exactly, just right, precisely

adj — pretty, smart-looking; (of goods) selling well

adj — steep, precipitous; (of features) sharp

verb — to raise, stick up; to excel

verb — to dive, submerge; to hide, lie hidden

adj — devout, reverent, sincere

verb — to steal; secretly, on the sly

noun — a slip, lot, tag; a fortune-stick

noun — a body cavity; a tune; an accent

noun — a mound, hillock; small hill (山丘, 丘陵)

verb — to send off, dispatch; to dispel, while away

noun/adj — a fine jade; rare, remarkable

verb — to hold up, lift high, support

verb — to respect, admire; (imperial) by the emperor's own hand

verb — to drive (horses) forward; to expel, disperse

verb — to beg, to ask for

conj/verb — if; to be like, to seem; (literary) you

noun — soil, earth; territory

noun — milk; breast — verb — to suckle

verb — to humiliate, disgrace; noun — shame, insult

verb/adv — to esteem, value; still, yet

noun — a villa, country house

verb — to rise, ascend

noun — the Shan Pass; short for Shaanxi (陝西)

verb/noun — to assign, post; an office, bureau; to sign (one's name)

noun — a tunnel, an underground passage

noun — a weaver's shuttle; (verb) to shuttle back and forth

adj — trivial, petty; fragmentary, fussy

verb — to watch for, to wait upon, to lie in wait

verb/noun — to offer sacrifice, to worship

noun — the Song dynasty; a surname

verb — to recite, to chant, to read aloud from memory

verb — to search, hunt for

noun — perilla (the plant); verb — to revive, come to

verb — to add, put more; to increase

verb — to wash out, eliminate; to weed out

verb — to sigh; to exclaim, praise

noun — a raised altar; a platform, arena

noun — phlegm, mucus

adj — boastful, exaggerated; (loan) the Tang dynasty

verb — to leap, to soar, to rise; to clear (a space)

verb — to cry, wail (of a person); to crow, caw (of a bird or beast)

noun — a follower, disciple; on foot; in vain

verb/adj — to crave, be greedy

verb — to pick out, scrape clean; to bone, to remove

noun — a tower, pagoda

adj — level, flat; frank, open

conj — if, supposing that

noun — a small light boat

adj — flourishing, vigorous, thriving

adj — stubborn, obstinate; mischievous, naughty

noun — the stomach

noun — line, vein, pattern (in a surface)

adj — bare and high, towering; (adv) abruptly

noun — a surname; the ancient state and region of Wu (lower Yangtze)

noun — a frog

noun — a pestilence, plague (esp. of livestock or epidemics)

noun — an old man, an elder; (orig.) the feathers of a bird's neck

verb — to wither, wilt; to shrink, decline

noun — nest, den, hollow

verb — to feel regret, to sigh over (a loss)

verb — to pull, draw back; to save, retrieve; to roll up

verb — to insult, bully, treat with contempt

noun — the constitution; fundamental law

noun — a county (administrative district); (old) to hang, suspend

verb/prep — to face toward, turn toward; toward

adj — narrow, cramped; narrow-minded

noun — a flaw in jade; a blemish, fault

verb — to govern, have jurisdiction over

noun/adj — good omen, auspicious; (of omens) either kind

verb/adj — to slack off; lax, idle

verb — to leak, let out; to vent, give vent to

verb — to carry, take along; to lead by the hand (攜帶、攜手)

verb — to lift, raise (a cover); to turn up; to set off (a stir)

adj — fine, slender, delicate

noun — a side room, wing; a compartment

verb — to inlay, set, edge (鑲嵌, 鑲邊)

adj — (of water) deep and clear; free, unrestrained (in 瀟灑)

verb — to wander free and easy, roam without care

noun — the chest; the breast, the heart

verb — to turn, revolve, circle

verb — to tie, fasten, bind; to connect, relate

verb — to raid, strike by surprise; to inherit, carry on

noun — tin (the metal)

verb — to narrate, recount; to set in order

verb — to drink to excess

adj — humble, modest; inferior, falling short

verb — to patrol, make rounds, go around inspecting

verb — to ask, consult, inquire

verb — to tame, to break in; adj — docile, obedient

interjection/verb — a laugh; to giggle (嘻嘻, 嘻笑)

noun — former times, the past

noun — a creek, mountain stream

adj — bright, splendid, prosperous; bustling

noun — ruins, an abandoned site; an old mound

noun — blessing, good fortune; a happy occasion

noun — a long, trailing robe (archaic); a common surname

noun — a weir, a low dam across a stream

noun — flame, blaze; the tongue of a fire

noun — a swallow (the bird)

adj — gorgeous, glamorous, alluring; richly colored

adj — gorgeous, glamorous; vivid in colour

noun — cliff, precipice (a sheer high edge)

noun — a sprout, a bud

noun — a government office, yamen

noun — rock, crag, cliff

verb — to melt (metal); to dissolve

verb — to mix up, muddle, confuse

noun — a fine jade; (figuratively) precious, beautiful

noun — kiln, furnace for firing pottery

adj — far, distant, remote (遙遠, 遙望)

adv — also, too; likewise

noun/verb — labour service, conscription; a military campaign; to put to work, enslave

verb — to press down, restrain; conj — or

adj — resolute, firm; (noun) firmness of will

adj — next, following (of a day or year)

noun — a descendant; (of stock) descended from

interjection — "huh?", "eh?" — surprise, doubt

verb — to lose, leave behind; noun — what is left, a legacy

verb — to help, to protect, to bless

adj/noun — young, immature; the young, infancy

verb — to lure, entice, lead on

noun — uranium

verb — to make clear; to liken, draw an analogy

verb — to heal, recover (from illness); adv — the more …, increasingly

verb — to call out, appeal, implore

prep — in, at, to, from (a preposition)

adj — foolish, stupid; (self-effacing) my humble

verb/noun — to fish, catch fish; fishing

noun — carriage, palanquin; the public, public opinion

verb — to exceed, go beyond, pass over

noun — crow

verb — to flood, submerge; to drown

noun — cherry; cherry tree, cherry blossom

noun — eagle, hawk

interjection — "yo!", a cry of effort or surprise

interjection — "yo!", a particle of surprise or mild urging

adj — distant, far-off (in time); leisurely, unhurried

verb — to lean against, rest on; to rely on

verb — to hide, conceal; adj — hidden, latent

noun/adj — the tip of a grain-ear; sharp, gifted

verb — to urge on, incite, egg on (only in 慫恿)

verb — to gush, well up, surge

verb — to leap, jump up

noun — eaves, dwelling; space, the cosmos

adj — tall, outstanding, eminent; standing above the rest

adj — muddy, turbid, foul

adj — solemn, dignified; noun — a village, manor

verb/noun — to cover, overspread; a cover, shade, hood

noun — the Zhe River; short name for Zhejiang province (浙江)

noun — the ground beetle (in 蟅蟲, a medicinal insect)

noun — a field ditch, drainage channel (深圳)

verb — to shake, vibrate; to rouse, brace up, lift

verb — to press down, suppress, guard; noun — a garrison town

noun — a flag, banner, ensign

adj — sincere, earnest (in a firm grip of feeling)

verb — to be held up, stagnate; to detain, linger

adj — young, childish, tender

noun — endless time, the span of the cosmos

noun/verb — a wrinkle, crease; to wrinkle, to knit (the brow)

adj/adv — sudden, abrupt; suddenly

noun — an axle; a central shaft, an axis

verb — to stand a long while, linger

noun — pillar, post, column; a support

verb — to halt, stay; to be stationed, garrison (somewhere)

verb — to prick, pierce; to plunge in, drive in (a needle, roots)

verb — to moisten, wet; to be stained with; to touch, get a share of

noun — a pointed jade tablet, a ceremonial scepter

verb — to block, cover, screen off, shade

noun — an auspicious sign, good omen

(zhēng) in 掙扎 to struggle, thrash; (zhèng) to break free of, wrench loose; to earn by effort

adj — loyal, faithful, devoted

noun/adj — vermilion, cinnabar red; a surname

det — all, various, the several; (literary) a fusion of 之於 / 之乎

adj — towering, lofty; (嶄新) brand-new; (嶄露) to stand out

noun — a small shallow cup; a lamp; (classifier for lamps and cups)

verb — to enjoin, instruct, entrust

verb — to gaze at, watch intently

noun — a thief, bandit; (adj) crafty, wily

verb/adj/conj — to let go, indulge; vertical, lengthwise; even if

verb — to plant, set (a tree, a seedling); to tumble, take a fall

noun — bearing, posture, pose; looks, grace

verb — to grow, nourish, breed; to stir up

verb — to butcher, slaughter; noun — a chief steward, a minister

noun — algae, water plants

adj — deep, profound, hard to fathom; noun — the inner recess

verb — to feel regret, be vexed

noun — a sheltered bay, an inlet; (abbrev.) Macau; Australia

verb — to raise (the head); adj — high, soaring; spirited

noun — an old state and its land; the short name for Hubei

interjection — hey; (also) a sigh

adj — grieved, sorrowful; verb — to mourn, lament

noun — dust, fine dirt; (in 埃及) the sound for Egypt

verb — to be next to, in turn (āi); to suffer, endure (ái)

adj — dirty, filthy (骯髒)