- 16; sixteen
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- to do one's filial duty
- to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain
- ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up; (dialect) to break a promise
- the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
- the way one is following; outlet
- poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- 折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
- fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- imperial empress; milady
- (bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
- the eight points of the compass; all directions
- Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
- hat and clothes; attire
- to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
- 牛郎 Níu láng: 牛郎 Niu2 lang2: Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女; Altair (star)牛郎 níu láng: 牛郎 niu2 lang2: cowherd boy; (slang) male prostitute
- Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
- Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
- Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group; ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227
- to water; to irrigate
- Allah
- shaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded; hatless
- red; scarlet; bare; naked
- (literary) boy
- to invert
- 三元 Sān yuán: 三元 San1 yuan2: see 三元區|三元区[San1 yuan2 Qu1]三元 sān yuán: 三元 san1 yuan2: (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
- the Qing army
- the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
- Jiading district of northwest Shanghai; final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗[Ning2 zong1]
- 页 yè: 页 ye4: page; leaf页 xié: 页 xie2: head
- reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)
- mediocre person
- Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]; the Kangxi Emperor (Qing dynasty)