- 约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- to have; to possess
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
- notorious; infamous; egregious (bandits)
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually; respectively
- 臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)
- to have no sense of shame; shameless
- to be classified as
- first class; grade A
- 强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
- gunpowder
- to manufacture; to make
- to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- firearm; CL:架[jia4]
- to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]
- bank notes; paper currency; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- compass
- elaborate
- chinaware; porcelain
- 程 chéng: 程 cheng2: rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence程 Chéng: 程 Cheng2: surname Cheng
- 朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- 理学 lǐ xué: 理学 li3 xue2: science理学 Lǐ xué: 理学 Li3 xue2: School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])
- gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- slave
- overhead; above
- 啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
- to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger
- bare; naked; (fig.) plain; undisguised; unadorned
- to discriminate against; discrimination
- to be above; to place above
- organism; living creature; life form; biological; CL:個|个[ge4]
- above
- all kinds; of every description