- cradle (for a baby); (fig.) cradle; birthplace (of a civilization, movement etc)
- (onom.) beating of the heart; pitapat; pulsation of a machine
- (of fire, lamp etc) to go out; to put out (fire); (fig.) to die down; (of a vehicle) to stall
- 拧 níng: 拧 ning2: to pinch; wring拧 nǐng: 拧 ning3: mistake; to twist拧 nìng: 拧 ning4: stubborn
- chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music
- to harvest; to reap; to gather in crops
- classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
- to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
- trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4 fa3]); to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)
- 修 Xīu: 修 Xiu1: surname Xiu修 xīu: 修 xiu1: to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk
- to get through to sb on the phone
- company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- agricultural machinery
- to farm; to work the land
- 播种 bō zhǒng: 播种 bo1 zhong3: to sow seeds播种 bō zhòng: 播种 bo1 zhong4: to grow (maize etc) from seed; to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed
- this month; the current month
- (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
- unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; (fig.) implicit assertion
- extreme point; pole; the origin (in polar coordinates)
- white granulated sugar
- 荤 hūn: 荤 hun1: strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene荤 xūn: 荤 xun1: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]
- to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- panting with rage
- (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address)
- (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
- fat person; fatty
- to put up with; to endure
- to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)
- pregnant; potbelly; big eater