- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- to divine
- yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
- sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 輕脆|轻脆
- bird
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- birdcage
- (onom.) chattering or giggling
- a while; a spell; a short time; a burst
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- 吉利 jí lì: 吉利 ji2 li4: auspicious; lucky; propitious吉利 Jí lì: 吉利 Ji2 li4: Geely, Chinese car make
- may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live
- the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
- long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society; prosperity
- scenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic; an indication of a love affair
- the whole family
- the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up
- colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
- 涂 tú: 涂 tu2: to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street涂 Tú: 涂 Tu2: surname Tu
- (idiom) calm; unhurried; composed
- gesture; sign; signal
- to take (sth proffered)
- to overturn; to turn upside down
- 羊 yáng: 羊 yang2: sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]羊 Yáng: 羊 Yang2: surname Yang
- definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
- this year
- harvest
- lit. to follow the recipe (idiom); fig. to follow a set pattern
- to seize the opportune moment; to lose no time
- to cater to; to pander to
- general; popular; everywhere; universal
- bath; to bathe
- prosperous
- interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- to baffle; to stump
- life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated