- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill)
- pedantic; trite; inflexible; adherence to old ideas
- Confucian scholar (old)
- 广 yǎn: 广 yan3: "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc广 Guǎng: 广 Guang3: surname Guang广 guǎng: 广 guang3: wide; numerous; to spread
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- debate; argument; to argue over; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- to quarrel; dispute
- father's father; paternal grandfather
- 古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 亶 Dǎn: 亶 Dan3: surname Dan亶 dǎn: 亶 dan3: sincere
- to lead; to command; to head
- name of an ancient county in Shaanxi
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- surname Qi; also used in place names
- to change; to alter; to transform
- 狄 Dí: 狄 Di2: surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)狄 dí: 狄 di2: low ranking public official (old)
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- big and strong; formidable; powerful
- later generation
- to give to the departed; to confer (a title) posthumously
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- biographic sketch of an emperor
- 盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- also known as
- Gregorian calendar; solar calendar
- senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- how?; what?; why?
- (of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- already
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- (loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
- 劭 shào: 劭 shao4: stimulate to effort劭 Shào: 劭 Shao4: surname Shao
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts