- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- 臣 chén: 臣 chen2: state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131臣 Chén: 臣 Chen2: surname Chen
- bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 缪 móu: 缪 mou2: used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]缪 Miào: 缪 Miao4: surname Miao
- popular grievance; complaints of the people
- 洪 Hóng: 洪 Hong2: surname Hong洪 hóng: 洪 hong2: flood; big; great
- 难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold
- 差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- Crown Prince's chambers; by extension, the Crown Prince; erotic picture
- 秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 律 Lǜ: 律 Lu:4: surname Lü律 lǜ: 律 lu:4: law
- 百 Bǎi: 百 Bai3: surname Bai百 bǎi: 百 bai3: hundred; numerous; all kinds of
- plants
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- withered
- 宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong
- 春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- 荣 Róng: 荣 Rong2: surname Rong荣 róng: 荣 rong2: glory; honor; thriving
- 夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer
- 冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: winter冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat冬 Dōng: 冬 Dong1: surname Dong
- 雨 yù: 雨 yu4: (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet雨 yǔ: 雨 yu3: rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- hail
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- Winter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum
- 雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei
- to produce a sound; to vocalize; to give voice; to articulate views or demands
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- to arrive; most; to; until
- 重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- to know; to be aware
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- 能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 识 zhì: 识 zhi4: to record; to write a footnote识 shí: 识 shi2: to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- 文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen
- (bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
- author; writer
- 谓 Wèi: 谓 Wei4: surname Wei谓 wèi: 谓 wei4: to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- holy one; saint
- mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4]
- ridiculous; abnormal
- five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]