- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 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
- 乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh
- 怒 nù: 怒 nu4: anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous怒 Nù: 怒 Nu4: Nu ethnic group
- not to allow; must not; can't
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- as; as if; such as
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- inside; within
- able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- 颈 gěng: 颈 geng3: used in 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3]颈 jǐng: 颈 jing3: neck
- 血 xiě: 血 xie3: see 血[xue4]血 xuè: 血 xue4: blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- to splash
- 大王 dài wang: 大王 dai4 wang5: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate大王 dà wáng: 大王 da4 wang2: king; magnate; person having expert skill in something
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- edge of blade
- 张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- to scold; shout at; to hoot at
- all; each and every; in all cases
- 靡 mǐ: 靡 mi3: extravagant; go with fashion; not靡 mí: 靡 mi2: to waste (money)
- pleased; rejoice
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 顾 Gù: 顾 Gu4: surname Gu顾 gù: 顾 gu4: to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
- 书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- 见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- to interpret the divinatory trigrams
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]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)