- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to write down; to record; written account
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- to have; to possess; to own
- imposing; grand
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fine; good; first-rate
- port; harbor
- sea; ocean
- fertile land
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- nationality; ethnic group
- (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on
- 曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- Rome, capital of Italy
- Ottoman (empire)
- to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- ancient city
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction
- after that; then
- to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
- (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- Saudi Arabia
- Jeddah (Saudi city, on Red Sea)
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- motherland
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- daughter
- pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth
- gradually
- to grow up
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- inner; internal; intrinsic; innate
- merit; benefit; strong point; advantage; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]