- 席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- to dilute
- high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
- (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster
- to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
- to desire; wants; appetites
- to change; to alter; to modify
- defensive line or perimeter; CL:道[dao4]
- 溃 kùi: 溃 kui4: (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate溃 hùi: 溃 hui4: used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2]; Taiwan pr. [kui4]
- to suppress pain
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to bring to sb's attention
- to use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom; limit; end
- to behead; capital punishment; desperate struggle; life-and-death
- ecosystem; natural environment
- to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
- cipher; secret code; password; PIN
- pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
- horizontal; orthogonal; perpendicular; lateral; crosswise
- consultation; reference; to consult; to refer
- (geometry) coordinate
- to filter
- resistance; drag
- male lion
- the whys and the wherefores; the detailed story; root cause
- (name) Ross; Rose; Roth; Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1])
- chains; shackles
- to enslave
- to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- (geology) rock
- Zeus
- background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offset (something to advantage)
- to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play