- odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- shrine; to offer a sacrifice
- good and bad luck (in astrology)
- 哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- (bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)
- to place in; to put in (a position)
- horizontal beam; wooden crossbar; thwart
- to link up; to connect; to join
- oxen and horses; beasts of burden; (fig.) drudge; laborer
- knife blade; crucial point
- top of the head
- to violate; to offend
- imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
- sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
- to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run
- Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]
- to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method
- city; metropolis
- to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
- 予 yú: 予 yu2: (archaic) I; me予 yǔ: 予 yu3: (literary) to give
- strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
- fifty
- wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
- lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom); fig. to execute every order without fail
- to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
- converted to (religion)
- to submit cheerfully; to accept willingly (idiom)
- to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit
- 叙 Xù: 叙 Xu4: abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]叙 xù: 叙 xu4: to narrate; to chat
- 项 Xiàng: 项 Xiang4: surname Xiang项 xiàng: 项 xiang4: back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
- (bound form) side; edge; boundary
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 巴 Bā: 巴 Ba1: Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)巴 bā: 巴 ba1: to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
- fighter; soldier; warrior; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
- Kansai region, Japan; Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
- to enter a pass; to go through customs