- to compile; to write
- representative work (of an author or artist)
- Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
- (literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart; (old) classifier for troops
- to mourn; to lament
- used in 肸肸[xi1 xi1]; used in 肸蠁|肸蚃[xi1 xiang3]; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
- to serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer
- to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- guests; visitors
- to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
- to be scared of dying
- 怕 pà: 怕 pa4: to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps怕 Pà: 怕 Pa4: surname Pa
- to be deemed guilty; to be convicted
- to pass on; to convey; to communicate
- to offer as tribute
- to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal
- to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- to assist
- dying (from illness); facing death; on one's deathbed
- eaves; ledge or brim
- dazzled; dizzy
- spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- 刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh
- sea turtle
- see 鼉龍|鼍龙[tuo2 long2]
- deep in the mountains
- brown bear
- just before the contest; on the eve of war
- to bleed; to shed blood