- household duties; housework
- to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand
- Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); CL:棵[ke1]
- insect; bug; worm; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
- 拾 shí: 拾 shi2: to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)拾 shè: 拾 she4: to ascend in light steps
- 柴 Chái: 柴 Chai2: surname Chai柴 chái: 柴 chai2: firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
- to mend
- to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
- 缝 féng: 缝 feng2: to sew; to stitch缝 fèng: 缝 feng4: seam; crack; narrow slit; CL:道[dao4]
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- 修 Xīu: 修 Xiu1: surname Xiu修 xīu: 修 xiu1: to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- to care about; to mind
- long-term; long-range
- child
- (loanword) logic
- to deceive; to hoodwink
- 骑 jì: 骑 ji4: (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier骑 qí: 骑 qi2: to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- to accept or reject
- rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- memory (ability to retain information)
- lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
- thirty; 30
- grinning; smiling
- (loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
- 藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- branch; twig; stem
- to question; to ask; to raise a question
- to stop; to halt
- (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey