- interesting; to interest
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- to take refuge; to seek asylum
- 季 Jì: 季 Ji4: surname Ji季 jì: 季 ji4: season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
- 路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- (bound form) to fall from the sky
- zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
- two-character surname Duanmu
- 结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]
- team of 4 horses
- Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]
- time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- 空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain
- (literary) not; used in transliteration
- camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- 孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng
- to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)
- room; universe
- 室 Shì: 室 Shi4: surname Shi室 shì: 室 shi4: room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- statute; constitution
- tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
- pillar
- 传 chuán: 传 chuan2: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)传 zhuàn: 传 zhuan4: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
- to speak; to say
- then and now; ancient and modern
- to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- mistaken; erroneous; contradictory
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- nobleman; person of noble character
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs
- to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
- lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content
- habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
- to have; to possess