- (literary) why; how
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- state; country; the Gods of earth and grain
- infant; baby
- to tender one's resignation
- to wash; to cleanse; to launder
- will; willpower; determination
- firm; unswerving; loyal to the end
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
- surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
- (literary) child
- 水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
- to wash; to cleanse of evil
- tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
- turbid; muddy; impure
- 足 jù: 足 ju4: excessive足 zú: 足 zu2: (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
- 相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang
- miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- 诸 Zhū: 诸 Zhu1: surname Zhu诸 zhū: 诸 zhu1: all; various
- 庄子 zhuāng zi: 庄子 zhuang1 zi5: (coll.) village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]庄子 Zhuāng zǐ: 庄子 Zhuang1 zi3: Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- 名家 Míng jiā: 名家 Ming2 jia1: School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names名家 míng jiā: 名家 ming2 jia1: renowned expert; master (of an art or craft)
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- a household; door; family
- ancient times
- hermit
- to feign madness
- (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- society
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
- (literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
- 江 Jiāng: 江 Jiang1: surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])江 jiāng: 江 jiang1: river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
- scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc