- to beat; to win; to profit
- to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- heavy; hard; serious; critical
- state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard
- weather
- sunny and cloudless
- forum (for discussion)
- 光泽 Guāng zé: 光泽 Guang1 ze2: see 光澤縣|光泽县[Guang1 ze2 Xian4]光泽 guāng zé: 光泽 guang1 ze2: luster; gloss
- scarlet; bright red
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- to repair; to renovate
- roof
- golden; gold (color)
- glazed roof tile
- to shine; to illuminate
- to participate in a meeting
- esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show)
- slowly; gently
- to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
- to check in (at a hotel etc); to move into (a house)
- diplomat
- head of state; government leader
- lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
- (sports) heavyweight class; (fig.) important; major; prominent; influential
- location; place
- gist; main idea; general tenor; one's judgment
- then (as in "the then chairman")
- Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
- leader
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
- spark; sparkle
- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- Henry (name); henry (unit of inductance)
- intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition
- (one's) eyes light up; to be impressed by what one sees
- 底 de: 底 de5: (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)底 dǐ: 底 di3: bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)