- to bore a hole; to give a forced interpretation
- bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
- door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- surrounding
- capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times); prefectural seat
- to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force
- geography
- convenient; easy; to facilitate
- fertile
- type; style
- to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
- to station or garrison troops; garrison
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- the least bit
- full; closely packed
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
- 电线杆 diàn xiàn gān: 电线杆 dian4 xian4 gan1: electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]电线杆 diàn xiàn gǎn: 电线杆 dian4 xian4 gan3: electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]
- crossbow
- 炮 páo: 炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)炮 bāo: 炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating炮 pào: 炮 pao4: cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker
- to fill up
- black powder (traditional gunpowder)
- to melt (of ice, metals etc)
- metal; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- so that; so as to; in order to
- (idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
- engineer
- dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
- expert; specialist
- see 石城縣|石城县[Shi2 cheng2 Xian4]
- wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
- (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
- full; plump
- to have a try
- seat belt; safety belt