- to attempt; to try
- 奚 xī: 奚 xi1: (literary) what?; where?; why?奚 Xī: 奚 Xi1: surname Xi
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- form of government; system of government
- (economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位[jin1 ben3 wei4] "gold standard"); one's own department or unit; central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位[xue2 xiao4 ben3 wei4] "school-centered approach")
- to inquire
- (military) rank; level; grade
- unemployed; jobless; out of work
- to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging
- to return sth to sb
- father; dad; pa; papa
- 尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- politics; political
- to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)
- to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
- small model car; mini-car; small horse-cart; barrow; wheelbarrow; type of folk dance
- to choose
- car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the harness to the vehicle body
- horizontal beam; wooden crossbar; thwart
- a peg; a pin; dowel
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- to link; to join; to connect
- connector
- unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary
- to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug
- to brag about; to flaunt
- to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver
- to break a promise
- airplane; CL:架[jia4]
- unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation