- letter (of the alphabet); CL:個|个[ge4]
- system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4]
- orthography
- characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
- statutory; law-based; legal
- file; record; archive
- inscription on stone tablet
- genealogical record; record of ancestors; family tree
- kind; genus; type; category; variety; species; sort; class
- 汗 hàn: 汗 han4: perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)汗 hán: 汗 han2: see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
- see 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4]
- official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc)
- Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- bright; sharp; quick-witted
- long-term; for a protracted period
- to improve; to make better; improvement
- to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
- 编制 biān zhì: 编制 bian1 zhi4: to establish (a unit or department); authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)编制 biān zhì: 编制 bian1 zhi4: to weave; to plait; to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
- single-character headword (in a dictionary); first character of a Chinese word; the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character; the initial of a Chinese syllable
- to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
- form of a Chinese character
- sound and meaning
- to formulate; to institute; to create
- special; specific; designated; particular
- to hand over; to deliver
- CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
- to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)
- clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document); entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
- word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression
- following
- to annotate; annotation; comment; interpretation; to explain with notes; explanatory note
- example sentence
- to arrange; to lay out
- Imperial order or edict (old)
- 畜 xù: 畜 xu4: to raise (animals)畜 chù: 畜 chu4: livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
- to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal