- oral cavity
- to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance
- consonant
- style (of literature); form
- character book (i.e. school primer)
- the first time; for the first time
- numerous; confused; disorderly
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- especially; particularly
- to differentiate and analyze; to discriminate
- area; district; region
- to differ to some extent (idiom)
- to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) combinatorial
- component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
- figure; shape; external form; contour
- to augment; to supplement; to add
- to delete; to cancel
- numerous and disorderly
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 煞 shà: 煞 sha4: fiend; demon; very; (Tw) SARS (loanword)煞 shā: 煞 sha1: to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage
- name; title; good reputation
- authenticated; solid; firm; real; true
- one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
- superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- skillful in; proficient in; adept at
- to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
- fortune-telling; to tell fortune
- five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
- the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
- age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; seventh in order; letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 255°; hepta
- tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°; deca
- ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
- nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062