- old name for China; Cathay
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- 春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- 帆 fān: 帆 fan1: sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas帆 fān: 帆 fan1: to gallop; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
- plenipotentiary; fully authorized representative
- Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]
- third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
- to face; to confront
- rude and unreasonable
- manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
- to cede; cession
- Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province; east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
- Taiwan
- Pescadores Islands, Taiwan
- to compensate
- military expenditure
- 白银 bái yín: 白银 bai2 yin2: silver白银 Bái yín: 白银 Bai2 yin2: see 白銀區|白银区[Bai2 yin2 Qu1]; see 白銀市|白银市[Bai2 yin2 Shi4]
- to quote a price; seller's first offer
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- now; this moment
- telegram; cable; telegraph; CL:封[feng1],份[fen4]
- 著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- 章 zhāng: 章 zhang1: chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order章 Zhāng: 章 Zhang1: surname Zhang
- to consider; to allow for; to use one's discretion; to measure (food and drink)
- to handle; to transact; to conduct
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
- not to the point; wide of the mark; neither here nor there; irrelevant
- concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious
- 仲 zhòng: 仲 zhong4: second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers仲 Zhòng: 仲 Zhong4: surname Zhong
- body and mind; mental and physical
- wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered
- to sign (one's name); signature
- the day before (an event)
- afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.
- the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]