- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
- (literary) to send (a manuscript) to the press
- 陆 Lù: 陆 Lu4: surname Lu陆 lù: 陆 lu4: (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)陆 lìu: 陆 liu4: six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin
- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- 南 nā: 南 na1: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]南 Nán: 南 Nan2: surname Nan南 nán: 南 nan2: south
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
- wintertime
- as before; still; to remain the same
- to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly
- lonely; desolate
- cold wind
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
- silent; speechless
- silence; stillness
- to condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation; coherent
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 燕 yàn: 燕 yan4: swallow (family Hirundinidae)燕 Yān: 燕 Yan1: Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 皇 huáng: 皇 huang2: emperor皇 Huáng: 皇 Huang2: surname Huang
- gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- imperial capital
- even if; even though
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- city wall
- wind and frost; fig. hardships
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- winter
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- bearing; manner; presence
- soundless; silent
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes
- to transition to a new dynasty or regime
- the world situation; the state of the world
- (literary) to evolve; to change; (physics) transmutation
- in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
- outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- world