- to be lower than
- to receive; to draw; to get
- code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)
- funds; a sum of money; CL:宗[zong1]
- lit. to loosen one's purse; fig. to give generously to help others
- 周济 zhōu jì: 周济 zhou1 ji4: help to the needy; emergency relief; charity; to give to poorer relative; (also 賙濟|赒济)周济 Zhōu Jì: 周济 Zhou1 Ji4: Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet
- to accept tacitly; acquiescence
- progressively increasing
- to fall vacant; a job opening at a high level
- salary; wage
- objectionable practices
- in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously
- 魏 Wèi: 魏 Wei4: surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history魏 wèi: 魏 wei4: tower over a palace gateway (old)
- homonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound)
- to refer obliquely to; to insinuate; innuendo
- to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
- to initiate; to found
- quota; number of places; place (in an institution, a group etc)
- (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- to undertake to do everything by oneself; to run the whole show
- overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
- to mention by name; to designate; designated
- systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
- sufficient; full (payment)
- contact address
- branch (of a chain store); annex
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- to investigate; to survey; to collate
- fast; high-speed; rapid
- 屯 tún: 屯 tun2: to station (soldiers); to store up; village屯 zhūn: 屯 zhun1: used in 屯邅[zhun1 zhan1]
- cash
- material object; concrete object; original object; in kind; object for practical use; definite thing; reality; matter (physics)
- to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
- 储 Chǔ: 储 Chu3: surname Chu; Taiwan pr. [Chu2]储 chǔ: 储 chu3: (bound form) to store up; to keep in reserve; heir to the throne; Taiwan pr. [chu2]
- value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
- level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- to tax; to levy a tax
- abnormal; irregular
- to become rich