- bowl and chopsticks; tableware
- to regard with disdain; to shun
- in vain
- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- cattle and sheep; livestock
- 饮水 yǐn shǔi: 饮水 yin3 shui3: to drink water; drinking water饮水 yìn shǔi: 饮水 yin4 shui3: to give water (to animals)
- depth (of waterway); sounding
- raft (of logs)
- to bet; to gamble
- river water
- odds of success; stratagem that ensures success; to be sure of success
- shipbuilding
- to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)
- propeller
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- suitable; fitting; appropriate
- to make; to manufacture
- lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions; overly fearful
- to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
- to shelter; to shelter from
- moonlight
- pitch-black
- reed
- dense (of plant growth); lush
- to wade; to trample
- waterbird
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- lawn; meadow; sod; turf; CL:片[pian4]
- sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness)
- to warn; a warning sign
- to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue
- to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder
- horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess