- to approach; to get close to
- track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor); (audio engineering) track; (quantum mechanics) orbital
- to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- to wander; to shift around; to waver; to vacillate
- desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- place above (it); upper part (of it)
- 张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- ancient; old; age-old
- photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1],幅[fu2]
- 三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3
- mast
- steam
- boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 方 fāng: 方 fang1: square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter方 Fāng: 方 Fang1: surname Fang
- to float (in the air etc); suspension
- iceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long; CL:座[zuo4]
- 相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- to seem; to look; to appear
- very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
- just as; precisely as
- this moment; now; at present
- song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- 号 háo: 号 hao2: (bound form) to wail; to howl号 hào: 号 hao4: (literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of
- Jupiter (planet)
- classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]
- of the same name; homonymous; self-titled (album)
- barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- for many generations; generation; era; age
- indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- (idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
- ancient times
- the South Pole; the south magnetic pole
- explorer