- Herman or Hermann (name)
- backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
- excavator
- raging inferno; blaze
- 世故 shì gù: 世故 shi4 gu4: the ways of the world世故 shì gu: 世故 shi4 gu5: sophisticated; worldly-wise
- dirty; muddy; foul (sewer)
- public finance; government finance
- chest
- 麦克 Mài kè: 麦克 Mai4 ke4: (name) Mike; Michael; (prefix) Mac-; Mc-麦克 mài kè: 麦克 mai4 ke4: (loanword) microphone
- cousin (via female line)
- goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- (visitor, tour, audio etc) guide; guided tour; (site) navigator; to guide
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead
- to flow and change; development and change (of society)
- (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
- original location
- to break up into components; to disintegrate; to collapse; to crumble
- original spot; previous place; where it was before
- to blink; to wink
- nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
- exploratory; tentative
- to show one's face; to appear (in public)
- husband and wife; married couple
- backyard garden
- to be right next to; close neighbor
- cock; rooster
- to get drunk
- younger male patrilineal cousin