- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- refined; elegant
- called; named
- 昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
- human relationship; order; coherence
- arrogant
- Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
- 阴 yīn: 阴 yin1: overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia阴 Yīn: 阴 Yin1: surname Yin
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- (bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- mountain valley
- 谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: grain; corn谷 Gǔ: 谷 Gu3: surname Gu谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: valley
- hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
- (bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- twelve; 12
- 凤 fèng: 凤 feng4: phoenix凤 Fèng: 凤 Feng4: surname Feng
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]
- general mood; atmosphere; common practice
- 正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year
- therefore
- ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹); the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories; music
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
- animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)
- silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 钟 Zhōng: 钟 Zhong1: surname Zhong钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- 木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu
- percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
- (Buddhism) disciple
- 克 kè: 克 ke4: to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares克 Kè: 克 Ke4: abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia克 kè: 克 ke4: to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain克 Kè: 克 Ke4: Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]