- to think over; to consider; anxiety
- probably; perhaps; could it be that...?
- to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
- high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
- to throw down; to fall; to drop and break
- to fall flat on one's face
- even if; even though
- to rise; to go up; to ascend
- aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane
- to encourage
- sixty; 60
- (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- outrageous; brazen; flagrant
- to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb; to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
- to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic
- malpractice; long-running abuse
- to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- to blame; to reprove; to reprimand; to expel; to oust; to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand; saline marsh
- red-blooded; full of vim; impetuous
- to distinguish; to recognize
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- (bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
- 薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- haughty; proud
- (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old); having things decided by the will of a single individual; autocratic rule; (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
- I (northern dialects)
- recently; lately
- imperial edict
- to dismiss from office; to expel
- to advance; to ascend; to promote
- power; authority
- to control onself; to exercise self-restraint; self-sustaining
- can't
- (bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- identification; to identify; to recognize
- to select the best
- ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- 储 Chǔ: 储 Chu3: surname Chu; Taiwan pr. [Chu2]储 chǔ: 储 chu3: (bound form) to store up; to keep in reserve; heir to the throne; Taiwan pr. [chu2]
- honest; upright
- 士 Shì: 士 Shi4: surname Shi士 shì: 士 shi4: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker