- 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)
- to persecute
- upright and outspoken
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 士 shì: 士 shi4: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker士 Shì: 士 Shi4: surname Shi
- to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- (idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes
- around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
- seven; 7
- 侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- empress; imperial consort
- 六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6
- nobility; person of high rank
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- female; woman; daughter
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem
- princess
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- 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)
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request
- 尹 yǐn: 尹 yin3: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)尹 Yǐn: 尹 Yin3: surname Yin
- 校 jiào: 校 jiao4: to check; to collate; to proofread校 xiào: 校 xiao4: (bound form) school; college; (bound form) (military) field officer
- 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
- autocracy; dictatorship
- political; politics; government
- extremely; exceedingly
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- court eunuch
- 单 chán: 单 chan2: used in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]单 Shàn: 单 Shan4: surname Shan单 dān: 单 dan1: bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- 徐 Xú: 徐 Xu2: surname Xu徐 xú: 徐 xu2: slowly; gently
- semicircular jade ornament
- large jade ring
- 左 zǔo: 左 zuo3: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite左 Zǔo: 左 Zuo3: surname Zuo
- 唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain
- to weigh; weight; measure
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- five; 5