- balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xu3]
- fringe; overladen with flowers
- tree roots
- to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
- fragrance; fragrant
- to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
- to pound; to beat; to hull; to attack; to disturb; to stir
- legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
- toad
- the back of the human body
- to pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip; to pinch off; to clutch; (slang) to fight
- picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
- corolla of flower
- to spread (fame); wield (pen)
- 蚌 Bèng: 蚌 Beng4: abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui蚌 bàng: 蚌 bang4: mussel; clam
- 蛤 gé: 蛤 ge2: (bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]蛤 há: 蛤 ha2: used in 蛤蟆[ha2 ma5]
- (literary) pearl; gem; (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom
- (gem)
- (inferior gem)
- (literary) fine jade
- 拾 shí: 拾 shi2: to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)拾 shè: 拾 she4: to ascend in light steps
- inner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
- pheasant; golden pheasant; variegated; to fly
- appearance; looks; profile; countenance
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- beryllium (chemistry)
- to control; to restrict; to prohibit; prohibition; restriction
- to hold one's breath
- to pity
- see 娭姐[ai1 jie3], father's mother; granny (dialect); respectful form of address for older lady
- paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)
- mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
- to lift (clothes, sheets); lower garments
- to raise sheep; shepherd
- carnivorous
- 膏 gāo: 膏 gao1: ointment; paste; CL:帖[tie3]膏 gào: 膏 gao4: to moisten; to grease; to apply (cream, ointment); to dip a brush in ink
- fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
- Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1]
- to call
- signal flag; to signal