- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
- front tooth; incisor
- chin
- (of prices etc) to rise
- to shake hands
- 夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia
- dark; black; suntanned
- mutual
- to meet; to hold a meeting
- to show; to reveal
- mask (surgical etc)
- to break; to smash
- religious belief; to practice a faith; to be religious
- soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- 大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ: 大拇指 Da4 mu5 zhi3: Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)大拇指 dà mu zhǐ: 大拇指 da4 mu5 zhi3: thumb
- cannot bear to
- ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory
- small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
- to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- stripe
- suit; Western-style clothes; CL:套[tao4]
- pinkish blue
- to alternate; to follow one another
- shirt; blouse; CL:件[jian4]
- to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group
- (textiles) twill
- necktie; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 吊 diào: 吊 diao4: to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person吊 diào: 吊 diao4: a string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with
- the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
- 嵌 kǎn: 嵌 kan3: see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]嵌 qiàn: 嵌 qian4: to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. [qian1]
- dirty; filthy
- particle board; chipboard
- desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- bookcase
- to describe; to depict; to portray
- songbird
- (of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
- watercolor; aquarelle
- (of the) morning