- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- March; third month (of the lunar year)
- mourning garments of coarse hemp
- ancient times
- 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
- (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
- cause; reason; because
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- 福 fú: 福 fu2: good fortune; happiness; luck福 Fú: 福 Fu2: surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- 德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma
- to install; to place; to put; to buy
- thirteen; 13
- provincial governor (old)
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- Long County or Longxian, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
- see 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4]
- 川 Chuān: 川 Chuan1: short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1]川 chuān: 川 chuan1: (bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- time; length of time; moment; period
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- ought to; should; must
- what?; something; anything
- hesitancy; indecision; to waver
- Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- to organize and carry out a funeral
- as if; to seem like
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- son
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 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
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- we; us; ourselves; our
- similar to; like
- father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- to get together
- 系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)系 xì: 系 xi4: system; department; faculty系 jì: 系 ji4: to tie; to fasten; to button up系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to arrest; to worry
- 麻 Má: 麻 Ma2: surname Ma麻 má: 麻 ma2: generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb