- (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of?
- 师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- common people
- 兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing
- (bound form) hungry
- (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- that's all; nothing more
- must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- 牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- far and near; distance
- poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 宗 Zōng: 宗 Zong1: surname Zong宗 zōng: 宗 zong1: school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
- 落 lùo: 落 luo4: to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement落 lào: 落 lao4: colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落 là: 落 la4: to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 方 Fāng: 方 Fang1: surname Fang方 fāng: 方 fang1: square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- 廉 Lián: 廉 Lian2: surname Lian廉 lián: 廉 lian2: incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
- 察 chá: 察 cha2: to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident察 Chá: 察 Cha2: short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]
- 明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- 计 jì: 计 ji4: to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge计 Jì: 计 Ji4: surname Ji
- (bound form) to overstep one's authority
- to lose; to miss; to fail
- to punish; to penalize; to fine
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- 处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- do not
- 觉 jiào: 觉 jiao4: a nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]觉 jué: 觉 jue2: to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware
- see 昌樂縣|昌乐县[Chang1 le4 Xian4]
- southwest
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 勤 qín: 勤 qin2: diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance勤 qín: 勤 qin2: industrious; solicitous