- to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
- Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- power; authority
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- whole; all
- the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- empress; imperial consort
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- each; every
- besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- first class; category A
- to crush to death
- 压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- 把 bà: 把 ba4: handle把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- just recently; just a moment ago
- to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to
- to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders; always bossing people around
- simple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary
- imperial palace
- the inside
- imperial wives and concubines
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)
- prince; marquis; nobleman
- in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife
- 侧 zhāi: 侧 zhai1: lean on one side侧 cè: 侧 ce4: the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side
- to beat and scold
- even more (so)
- ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- in a word; in short; in brief
- Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
- a censer (for burning incense); incense burner; thurible
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]