- what?; something; anything
- title; official rank
- 令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- 连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian
- to impeach (an official)
- amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
- 新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- choice of person; candidate
- rather; quite
- to criticize
- cowardly; weak
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- not in the least; to completely lack
- one's own view; definite opinion
- (of speech) indistinct; mumbling; hesitating
- taciturn; reticent
- person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as
- 哑 yā: 哑 ya1: (onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk哑 yǎ: 哑 ya3: mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
- to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 捷 jié: 捷 jie2: quick; nimble捷 jié: 捷 jie2: victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt捷 Jié: 捷 Jie2: Czech; Czech Republic; abbr. for 捷克[Jie2 ke4]
- experienced; sophisticated; worldly-wise
- actually; in fact
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- to cater to; to pander to
- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- cause; reason; because
- to be good at; to be adept at
- to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation
- value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life
- to change; to alter; to modify
- to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
- fine jade
- somewhat; to some extent
- 联想 lián xiǎng: 联想 lian2 xiang3: to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs联想 Lián xiǎng: 联想 Lian2 xiang3: Lenovo
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- royal family; royal household
- descendants of feudal aristocrats