- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 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]
- dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- 赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
- fence; also pr. [shan1]
- cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 安 ān: 安 an1: (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])安 ān: 安 An1: surname An
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- 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)
- to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- art
- college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3]
- the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
- common term; general term
- having sound and color (idiom); vivid; dazzling
- (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
- 童 tóng: 童 tong2: child童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- capital of a country
- the same year
- to finish apprenticeship; to graduate
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- the following year; the next year
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li
- 班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
- after this; afterwards; hereafter
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- to dissolve; to disband
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- to come from
- have to; cannot but