- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- there; that place
- whole; full
- arts and crafts; industrial arts
- elaborate
- unusual; unique
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; CL:枚[mei2]
- fireworks
- high price
- to research and manufacture; to research and to develop
- 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)
- sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
- 故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
- basket
- squirrel
- grape
- flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach); the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母
- general assembly; general meeting; convention; CL:個|个[ge4],屆|届[jie4]
- Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake; Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- 媳妇 xí fu: 媳妇 xi2 fu5: (dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman媳妇 xí fù: 媳妇 xi2 fu4: daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
- Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]; Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
- Mountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle; Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- besides; except; to get rid of (sb); (math.) to divide
- to participate in funeral procession; to attend a burial
- the day before (an event)
- the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- every time
- to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
- (idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
- solely; just
- expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
- handicraft; arts and crafts
- to employ; to hire; to rent
- altogether; in sum; in all; in total
- that day; the other day
- both sides; either side