- 佣 yòng: 佣 yong4: commission (for middleman); brokerage fee佣 yōng: 佣 yong1: to hire; to employ; servant; hired laborer; domestic help
- 保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- to know; to be aware
- 叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock; to kowtow叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- widely read; erudite
- refined; profound
- refined in manner; gentle
- wooden and slow of speech; slow-speeched; inarticulate; unsophisticated
- resolute; steadfast; stalwart
- solemn; serious
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- (literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck
- to combine; to have both
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- (bound form) to regret; to repent
- 翁 wēng: 翁 weng1: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)翁 Wēng: 翁 Weng1: surname Weng
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- interesting; fascinating; amusing
- the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
- scholar
- 强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang
- 拉 lā: 拉 la1: to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels拉 lá: 拉 la2: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash拉 là: 拉 la4: used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
- many; a lot of; much
- sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- ashamed
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- time; length of time; moment; period
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
- to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- to implore; to pray; to request
- reader
- to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- surname Tan
- 伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome