- couple; pair
- category
- element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- principle; theory
- nature; the natural world
- blemish; flaw; defect
- minor illness; indisposition
- to repent; remorse
- fate; destiny; one's lot
- the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
- to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
- to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow
- vulva
- classic work (esp. Confucian classics)
- to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts
- excellence; luster of gems
- (literary) prophecy; omen
- for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- handed down from ancient times; family heirloom
- to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
- 郭 Gūo: 郭 Guo1: surname Guo郭 gūo: 郭 guo1: outer city wall
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- to seek; to pursue; to investigate
- body odor; to appreciate a subtle taste
- words; expressions; writing
- to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation
- 钮 Nǐu: 钮 Niu3: surname Niu钮 nǐu: 钮 niu3: button
- teaching materials
- objective; aim; goal
- to give a lecture; to teach a class
- simple
- see 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4]
- see 安溪縣|安溪县[An1 xi1 Xian4]
- (of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
- Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
- inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
- quintessence; essentials