- religious ceremony
- patron saint; guardian angel
- ill (euphemism)
- instrumental music
- to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
- ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
- to bless and protect; blessing
- erect; upright; vertical
- to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)
- to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- to feel very apologetic
- conventional greeting; polite formula
- (idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine
- to bother; to trouble; (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you; thank you for your time
- blank space
- stagnant water; backwater
- silence; stillness
- to stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still; to freeze
- to walk slowly; to amble along; gradually; slowly
- temperature; CL:個|个[ge4]
- nice; pleasant; charming; hospitable to people
- back (of a human or other vertebrate)
- to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate
- plain cooked rice; rice with nothing to go with it
- to have an extra meal; snack
- suitable; appropriate
- to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
- spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature)
- sexual intercourse; to make love
- gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
- sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost
- bamboo mat; bed mat
- work; manual labor
- 拧 níng: 拧 ning2: to pinch; wring拧 nǐng: 拧 ning3: mistake; to twist拧 nìng: 拧 ning4: stubborn
- lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess
- to look after; to attend to; to have in care
- to go in person (of emperor); to copulate with a concubine (of emperor)
- to treasure; to be very fond of