- an elder; a senior
- 令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper
- to offer (respectfully); to present
- to gather; to collect
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- circumstances of the people; popular sentiment; the mood of the people; popular customs
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- family rules; family code of conduct
- all different; each unto his own
- clothes
- to rule a country
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- to change; to alter; to transform
- to correct; to make right
- important; significant; major
- 周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- 轩 xuān: 轩 xuan1: pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)轩 Xuān: 轩 Xuan1: surname Xuan
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- 方言 fāng yán: 方言 fang1 yan2: topolect; dialect方言 Fāng yán: 方言 Fang1 yan2: the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- 籍 jí: 籍 ji2: (bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records; (bound form) membership籍 Jí: 籍 Ji2: surname Ji
- 藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- surname Ying
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- (bound form) to leave behind
- omission; to leave out; missing
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
- 严 yán: 严 yan2: tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father严 Yán: 严 Yan2: surname Yan
- 平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- 林 lín: 林 lin2: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)林 Lín: 林 Lin2: surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi
- gate of a village; village
- 翁 Wēng: 翁 Weng1: surname Weng翁 wēng: 翁 weng1: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)
- 孺 Rú: 孺 Ru2: surname Ru孺 rú: 孺 ru2: child