- (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light
- to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold; classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects); classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
- to appoint (to a position); appointed
- music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode
- dividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line; watershed
- secretary-general
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- 平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
- captain (of a boat); skipper
- boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- indecisive; wavering
- to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- the bow or prow of a ship
- to twist; to warp; to distort
- portrait; bust; (computing) profile picture; avatar
- weekly publication; weekly
- cover (of a publication)
- to get rich
- 倒数 dào shǔ: 倒数 dao4 shu3: to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)倒数 dào shù: 倒数 dao4 shu4: inverse number; reciprocal (math.)
- municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision; province level city; also called directly governed city
- to assemble; to gather
- one tenth
- (military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)
- place of origin; source (of a war or a social movement)
- legislation; statute
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade
- community; neighborhood
- property management
- (of people) to flock together; to congregate
- general headquarters