- to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
- court (of king or emperor)
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent
- each; every
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- to consult; to talk over; to discuss
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial
- the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6
- teacher
- 密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- empress dowager
- to impeach (an official)
- promiscuous
- 宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong
- 禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid
- charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense
- how; what way; what
- to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
- 查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- to agree; to consent; to approve
- 派 pā: 派 pa1: used in 派司[pa1 si5]派 pài: 派 pai4: (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- to investigate a crime; to scout; to reconnoiter; reconnaissance; detection; a scout
- 荣 Róng: 荣 Rong2: surname Rong荣 róng: 荣 rong2: glory; honor; thriving
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- imperial concubine
- 那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo
- perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex)
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- with one's own eyes; personally