- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- 宛 Wǎn: 宛 Wan3: surname Wan宛 wǎn: 宛 wan3: winding; as if
- under; beneath; less than
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- another person; sb else; other people
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- hills
- "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
- to speak; to say
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- famous; well-known
- five; 5
- thirdly; the third
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- see 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- 贡 gòng: 贡 gong4: to offer tribute; tribute; gifts贡 Gòng: 贡 Gong4: surname Gong
- 桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang
- already; since; both... (and...)
- silkworm
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
- 从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong
- hill
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- 土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful
- terrain; topography relief
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
- tribe
- village
- here
- 作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- verb
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- to assemble; to gather
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
- inhuman; (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc)
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- north; (classical) to be defeated
- human habitat