- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
- 分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through
- position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle
- country; nation; state
- regime; political power
- alternative name; to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
- Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[Gong1 yang2 Chun1 qiu1]
- 庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
- annual average
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- where; how
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- (literary) prophecy; omen
- alchemist; necromancer
- Confucian scholar (old)
- to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- regent; monarch
- ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
- 征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- secret language; codeword
- to predict; prophecy
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 季 jì: 季 ji4: season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields季 Jì: 季 Ji4: surname Ji
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
- 菑 Zī: 菑 Zi1: surname Zi菑 zī: 菑 zi1: (archaic) field recently opened for cultivation; (literary) to weed
- 川 chuān: 川 chuan1: (bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country川 Chuān: 川 Chuan1: short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1]