- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 胥 xū: 胥 xu1: all; assist; to store胥 Xū: 胥 Xu1: surname Xu
- 楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu
- second son
- 伍 wǔ: 伍 wu3: squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)伍 Wǔ: 伍 Wu3: surname Wu
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- to escape; to run away; to flee
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- to assist (usually a ruler)
- to take (after a struggle); to wrest; to seize; to capture; to win (a trophy)
- title of king; kingship
- 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
- door; to close; whole
- gate of a village; village
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- to help; to assist
- to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport)
- the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县
- to pass away; to die
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- cause; reason; because
- political views
- to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- great; great fortune
- to slander; to defame; to misrepresent; to speak maliciously
- 毁 hǔi: 毁 hui3: to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander毁 hǔi: 毁 hui3: to destroy by fire毁 hǔi: 毁 hui3: to defame; to slander
- to force; to compel; to coerce
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
- this; these
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- ancient times
- states of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)