- (water) well
- round hole
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- to aim at; to target; to point at; to be directed at; registration; alignment (mechanical engineering)
- mouth of a well
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- to bury; to inter
- way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to be called; to be known as
- to bury (the dead)
- 说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings
- feng shui; geomancy
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 井 Jǐng: 井 Jing3: Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing井 jǐng: 井 jing3: a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- (idiom) of long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- (idiom) thriving; (of a city) populous and wealthy; (of a family) large and prosperous
- another one is ...; the other thing is ...
- to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- cold air; air conditioning
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- remains (of a dead person)
- to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- qualifications; seniority
- standard; norm; specification
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- grade; rank; status
- way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)
- so as not to; so as to avoid
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb
- cause; reason; because
- 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")
- to smash
- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)