- to survive; to keep on living
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- competitor
- to tighten
- waistband
- to return to
- to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole
- 回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
- 稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little
- amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
- to go up
- to lose one's voice; (to cry out) involuntarily
- to cry; to weep
- bad person; villain
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 哪 nǎ: 哪 na3: how; which哪 na: 哪 na5: (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪 né: 哪 ne2: used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]哪 něi: 哪 nei3: which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
- to make a telephone call
- to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
- to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry
- vague; faint; indistinct
- to sob
- 失调 shī diào: 失调 shi1 diao4: out of tune (music)失调 shī tiáo: 失调 shi1 tiao2: imbalance; to become dysfunctional; to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
- for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
- unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant
- excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue
- to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce
- 嗯 èn: 嗯 en4: (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?嗯 ēn: 嗯 en1: (a groaning sound)嗯 en: 嗯 en5: interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement
- that day; the other day
- early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell