- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- 著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- to monopolize
- (idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative; (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- city; town; CL:座[zuo4]
- to stop; to resist; to obstruct
- newspaper industry
- to bubble out; to squirt
- changes; vicissitudes
- prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
- (idiom) hard to believe; incredible
- way; means; channel
- sports; physical education
- source (of information etc); origin
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- advertising column (in a newspaper); bulletin board
- recipients (of information, media etc); audience
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3]); CL:家[jia1]
- goods
- advertising company
- to advertise; a commercial; advertisement; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to cycle; to circulate; circle; loop
- to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor; to expedite childbirth; (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
- jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
- law; rule; code
- to exist; to survive
- major city; metropolis
- to lead; to be in front
- alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 调升 tiáo shēng: 调升 tiao2 sheng1: to adjust upward; to upgrade; (price) hike调升 diào shēng: 调升 diao4 sheng1: to promote
- paradise; heaven
- interesting; to interest
- never
- to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
- skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle
- to assert; assertion
- to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp