- to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
- 尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem
- 梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- 尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister
- bright; brilliant; luminous
- luster of gems
- upright; honest; proper; correct
- premier; prime minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- see 建德市[Jian4 de2 Shi4]
- fragrance; scent; aroma
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- see 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4]
- see 黃陂區|黄陂区[Huang2 pi2 Qu1]
- 黎 Lí: 黎 Li2: Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]黎 lí: 黎 li2: (literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- 绍 Shào: 绍 Shao4: surname Shao绍 shào: 绍 shao4: to continue; to carry on
- fragrant
- see 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]
- to engrave; inscribed motto
- intelligent
- rich merchant
- 罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo
- tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
- 调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- just; fair; to permit; to allow
- pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help; son-in-law (old)
- (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- spirited horse
- bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
- brother's son; nephew
- engagement; wedding contract
- Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
- 孙子 Sūn zǐ: 孙子 Sun1 zi3: Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]孙子 sūn zi: 孙子 sun1 zi5: grandson; son's son
- 薛 Xuē: 薛 Xue1: surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)薛 xuē: 薛 xue1: wormwood like grass (classical)
- buckskin horse
- to ask about; to inquire about
- Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
- see 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4]