- to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
- to be afraid
- to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
- object
- to refuse politely
- to return to; to come (or go) back
- gentry; celebrities
- presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely
- nothing out of the ordinary; unglamorous
- puzzled; bewildered
- ominous; inauspicious
- brightly lit
- both sides; either side
- to spread over an area
- flower; fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3]
- long gown; cheongsam; traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
- face powder; talcum powder
- beehive
- even; well-distributed; homogeneous; well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
- hum; drone; buzz
- either side; both sides
- tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off
- weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- 清亮 qīng liàng: 清亮 qing1 liang4: (of sound) clear and resonant; bright; (of eyes) bright; (of water) crystal-clear; limpid; clear (in one's mind)清亮 qīng liang: 清亮 qing1 liang5: clear
- fiddle; violin
- band; pop group; CL:支[zhi1]
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- 曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- civil official
- look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]
- hair on the temples
- to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
- (to stand or move) sideways
- chest
- low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
- white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
- necktie; CL:條|条[tiao2]