- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- to open wide; unrestrictedly
- 约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
- to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
- castle; rook (chess piece)
- to lead; to command; to head
- to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- scale; scope; extent
- (bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- small scale; small size
- wasteland
- masterpiece
- 咋 zé: 咋 ze2: (literary) to bite; to gnaw咋 zhā: 咋 zha1: used in 咋呼[zha1 hu5]; Taiwan pr. [ze2]咋 zǎ: 咋 za3: dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]; Taiwan pr. [ze2]
- (archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number; (computing) code; (clothing) size; yard (unit of length); (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references); (coll.) to pile up; to stack; classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing"); (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
- space alien; extraterrestrial
- alien; extraterrestrial
- 个头 gè tóu: 个头 ge4 tou2: size; height个头 ge tóu: 个头 ge5 tou2: (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头[zhuan1 jia1 ge5 tou2] "expert", my ass!)
- 骑 jì: 骑 ji4: (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier骑 qí: 骑 qi2: to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- history; antecedents; origin
- to put on record; to file
- a way out; a way to retreat; leeway
- at that time; originally
- to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
- older sister
- upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- crystal
- recess; notch; groove; fillister
- iris (of an eye)
- to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
- ancient; old; age-old
- to unlock; to release
- computer; (Tw) calculator; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
- 端详 duān xiáng: 端详 duan1 xiang2: full details; full particulars端详 duān xiang: 端详 duan1 xiang5: to look over carefully; to scrutinize
- half of the day; a long time; quite a while
- really isn't