- parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage
- (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
- seating arrangement; position in a seating arrangement
- matchmaker
- chief (representative, correspondent etc)
- to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)
- to salute; to make one's salutations
- visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
- (bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful; at ease
- printed book; printed copy
- to forgive
- to buy; to purchase
- jade pendant; jade ornament
- merger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over
- names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
- lucky; auspicious; propitious
- current price
- form; structure; design
- earnest; ardent (hope etc)
- betrothal gift; bride-price
- this month; the current month
- solar calendar; Western (Gregorian) calendar
- mother's sister; aunt
- to accept; to receive
- good intention; kindness
- evening; night
- feast; celebration
- to keep in store; to preserve
- both sides (in contract); the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
- expert; professional
- for now; for the time being; temporarily
- remit
- 坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; hole
- capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]