- intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
- 益 yì: 益 yi4: benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more益 Yì: 益 Yi4: surname Yi
- foot of a hill
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- complete; finish
- sharp instrument for digging
- impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池|金城汤池[jin1 cheng2 tang1 chi2])
- to write; to compose
- to suffer; to sustain (loss)
- suffering
- midday; noon; noonday
- smoke and dust; air pollution
- rocks; stones; rubble; riprap
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- wild herb; potherb
- moss
- lichen
- to relieve hunger
- a type of large ant
- food chain
- summit; peak
- cookbook; recipe; diet; CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- door; to close; whole
- sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
- to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
- world; earth
- to be called; to be known as
- imperial order
- to receive
- to undertake to rectify any deficiencies in the quality of a building, product or service; warranty; guarantee
- to interrogate; to ask about
- (of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- court official (in former times)
- to take poison
- clamor; noise
- mysterious; mystery
- to ask questions; to interrogate