- flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- chrysalis; pupa
- levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die; of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form; eclosion
- butterfly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
- delicate
- powerless; lacking strength
- dying; at one's last gasp
- to die; death
- to be born
- (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix; (statistics) population; parent population
- to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- final; ultimate
- petal; CL:片[pian4]
- fin
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- to move about; to go from place to place; roving; mobile
- (entomology) larva
- seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
- to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce
- bouncing and vivacious
- to seek; to look for
- territory; domain; estate; (old) fief
- coral
- to kneel down
- bright-colored; gaily-colored
- to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4]
- petal; segment; clove (of garlic); piece; section; fragment; valve; lamella; classifier for pieces, segments etc
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- brittle; fragile
- thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4]
- weak; in poor health
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- to survey; to measure; to conjecture
- stamen (male part of flower)
- tip; extremity
- sapphire
- scallop (genus Pecten)
- membrane; film