- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 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)兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
- ordinary; mediocre
- to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
- trusted aide
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
- to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
- to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)
- 徐 xú: 徐 xu2: slowly; gently徐 Xú: 徐 Xu2: surname Xu
- to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- modest
- 恪 kè: 恪 ke4: respectful; scrupulous恪 Kè: 恪 Ke4: surname Ke
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- anger; indignation; hatred
- 顾 Gù: 顾 Gu4: surname Gu顾 gù: 顾 gu4: to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- I (spoken by an old man)
- 何 Hé: 何 He2: surname He何 hé: 何 he2: what; how; why; which; carry
- (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- not only (... but also ...)
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 耶 yē: 耶 ye1: (phonetic ye)耶 yé: 耶 ye2: interrogative particle (classical)耶 ye: 耶 ye5: final particle indicating enthusiasm etc
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- small; tiny; few; young
- slow
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- several years; many years
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- next year
- 桓 huán: 桓 huan2: Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)桓 Huán: 桓 Huan2: surname Huan
- (bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)
- to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
- five; 5
- 侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- surname Deng
- 氏 zhī: 氏 zhi1: used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]氏 shì: 氏 shi4: (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
- the whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun
- to be on the lookout; to keep watch
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 偃 Yǎn: 偃 Yan3: surname Yan偃 yǎn: 偃 yan3: to lie supine; to stop; to fall down
- 脏 zàng: 脏 zang4: viscera; (anatomy) organ脏 zāng: 脏 zang1: dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty