- Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]
- to the south of (suffix)
- Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- to the west of (suffix)
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)
- senior provincial official in imperial China
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- military affairs; (attributive) military
- 称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- official (in an organization or government); administrator
- to set up; to install
- taxation
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- (archaic) a school
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 任 Rén: 任 Ren2: surname Ren任 rèn: 任 ren4: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- 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
- 郎 Láng: 郎 Lang2: surname Lang郎 láng: 郎 lang2: (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- classic books in Confucianism; scriptures; sutras
- good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- 长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- 禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure
- excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
- to sacrifice; to offer libation to
- father's mother; paternal grandmother
- 丧 sāng: 丧 sang1: mourning; funeral; (old) corpse丧 sàng: 丧 sang4: to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan
- customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 监 jiàn: 监 jian4: (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)监 jiān: 监 jian1: to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
- 伏 fú: 伏 fu2: to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt伏 Fú: 伏 Fu2: surname Fu
- 波 bō: 波 bo1: wave; ripple; storm; surge波 Bō: 波 Bo1: (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo