- signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- (math.) curvature
- (idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
- 沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve
- grindstone
- 磨 mò: 磨 mo4: grindstone; to grind; to turn round磨 mó: 磨 mo2: to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
- sand; grit; CL:粒[li4],把[ba3]
- (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to find the time to do sth
- 闲 xián: 闲 xian2: enclosure; unoccupied; leisure闲 xián: 闲 xian2: idle; unoccupied; leisure
- to become agitated; to feel nervous
- with a crash; with a thunderous noise
- loud sound
- tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
- to lie flat
- whaler; whaling vessel
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- to catch; to capture; to seize
- to recline
- buoyancy
- back end of a ship; aft
- ship's bow
- to forecast; to anticipate; expectation
- 侧 zhāi: 侧 zhai1: lean on one side侧 cè: 侧 ce4: the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side
- manpower; staff; human hand
- to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
- 支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi
- to pull; to drag; to haul
- (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of
- to pile up
- experimental
- steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
- the surface (of the earth)
- to crush or compact (with a roller); to run over (with a vehicle); (fig.) to trounce; to wipe the floor with; to be far superior
- wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship
- to invade; to assail; onslaught
- (of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
- when the time comes; at the scheduled time
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")