- officer (military)
- (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off
- to wait for employment; to be unemployed
- 机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic
- willing (to do sth); to take pleasure in
- to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
- to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
- (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
- favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement
- to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper; periodical; journal; bulletin; telegram
- voice
- surname and given name; full name
- strange thing; curious occurrence
- village chief; mayor (of village or township)
- to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- eccentric; peculiar; mystifying
- stubborn; obstinate; unbending
- tomorrow
- habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
- 杆 gān: 杆 gan1: pole; CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]杆 gǎn: 杆 gan3: stick; pole; lever; classifier for long objects such as guns
- cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- usefulness; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order
- a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- never (in the past); never did
- (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts
- (derog.) old but still alive; old fart; old bastard
- to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations
- to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
- daughter's husband; son-in-law
- dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
- television; TV; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
- to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
- to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
- morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4]
- lowly; mean and low
- worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- to guess; to conjecture
- to hate; to regret
- to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies
- in one's childhood