- see 邪路[xie2 lu4]
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- 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)
- 随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- small; tiny; few; young
- courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- shy; ashamed; shame; bashful; delicacies
- meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
- 伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- 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")
- 殷 yǐn: 殷 yin3: roll of thunder殷 Yīn: 殷 Yin1: surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan殷 yān: 殷 yan1: dark red殷 yīn: 殷 yin1: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable
- 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
- (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; known as Guangzi 管子
- weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- 强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全[guo2 jia1 an1 quan2]); national security act; state security agency
- great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good
- unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- (bound form) to leave behind
- because; owing to; on account of
- to hate; to regret
- 复 fù: 复 fu4: to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out复 fù: 复 fu4: to repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate复 fù: 复 fu4: to reply to a letter
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- cause; reason; because
- to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- to attach importance to sth; to value
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- to divine
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- to scheme; to plot; conspiracy
- supernatural beings