- downcast; gloomy; to decline; to get worse
- to select; to choose; to settle on
- 居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms
- 宽 Kuān: 宽 Kuan1: surname Kuan宽 kuān: 宽 kuan1: wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- ugly; unsightly
- former residence; one's original home
- impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air
- to stay at; to live in (temporarily)
- window
- toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam)
- courtyard
- old-fashioned; old type; outdated
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- garden plot
- anteroom; vestibule; lobby (of a hotel etc)
- 笼子 lǒng zi: 笼子 long3 zi5: large box; trunk; chest笼子 lóng zi: 笼子 long2 zi5: cage; basket; container
- 颤声 chàn shēng: 颤声 chan4 sheng1: trill (of voice); see also 顫聲|颤声[zhan4 sheng1]颤声 zhàn shēng: 颤声 zhan4 sheng1: trembling voice; see also 顫聲|颤声[chan4 sheng1]
- 清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- to sing (of birds or insects); to warble; to chirp; to twitter
- to watch; to look carefully at
- omen; portent; sign
- age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- appearance; facial features
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- husband
- civil servant; public servant
- to live in widowhood (formal)
- (business) card
- to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to get dark; dusk
- (coll.) hour
- hurriedly; without delay
- lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom); fig. hardships; miserable circumstances
- café; coffee shop; CL:家[jia1]
- billiards table
- 白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera