- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- native place; place of origin; home state or region
- (old) dowager; old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
- morning; dawn; daybreak
- to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to; to accumulate
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
- 俟 qí: 俟 qi2: used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]俟 sì: 俟 si4: (literary) to wait for
- to awake from sleep
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- 叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock; to kowtow叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock
- safe and sound; well
- 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
- to serve; to attend upon
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- finished
- to come back out of retirement; to get involved again after having withdrawn
- (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- 毕 Bì: 毕 Bi4: surname Bi毕 bì: 毕 bi4: the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- family matters; domestic affairs; housework
- then; at once; always; (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot
- 顾 Gù: 顾 Gu4: surname Gu顾 gù: 顾 gu4: to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names
- spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)
- vegetables
- coverlet; quilt
- curtain; women's apartment; tent
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 量 liáng: 量 liang2: to measure量 liàng: 量 liang4: capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
- to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- 归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- 室 shì: 室 shi4: room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy室 Shì: 室 Shi4: surname Shi
- not ever; not necessarily
- to attack (verbally or in writing)
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- (idiom) as everyone knows
- my country; our country
- basically; on the whole