- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- translation (translated version of a text)
- to be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse
- academism (art)
- Robert (name)
- surname Tan
- Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- suburbs; outskirts of a city
- farm
- to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist
- to review; revision; CL:次[ci4]
- written notice
- the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])
- full marks
- to fill in and submit (a form)
- East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学[Hua2 dong1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2])
- everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
- teaching and research office
- 筠 jūn: 筠 jun1: used in 筠連|筠连[Jun1 lian2] (the name of a place in Sichuan)筠 yún: 筠 yun2: skin of bamboo
- to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
- (Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 一発 "ippatsu")
- digest (of literature); to make a digest (of data); summary
- to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere; Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
- to cut into; to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc); (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team); (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)