- root; source; origin
- to create something from nothing (idiom)
- perpetual motion machine
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
- symmetry
- (math.) infinity; infinite
- endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- to restructure; to reorganize; to revamp
- 差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- true or bogus; authenticity
- to enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
- suddenly; sudden
- bench; stool
- stool; small seat
- slender
- round; circular
- paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
- jeans; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- buttocks; hips; rump
- to be confused and disoriented
- compass
- to be called; to be known as
- high energy (physics)
- spontaneous
- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied
- wristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- beaker (glassware)
- impurity
- (lit. and fig.) to cool
- to be lower than
- freezing point
- purity
- to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention
- crystal
- central axis (line)
- purified water
- to have priority; to take precedence
- to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)