- nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- thwarted; obstructed; setback
- in a pique; sulky; cross
- reserved; aloof
- vivid in one's mind (idiom)
- half
- individuality; personality
- somewhat; to some extent
- (bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- to depend on; to rely on
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- lintel (of a door); fig. family's social status
- both; both of them; neither
- arrogant
- graceful; elegant; to drift; to float
- (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
- (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
- leisurely frame of mind
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose
- 闲 xián: 闲 xian2: enclosure; unoccupied; leisure闲 xián: 闲 xian2: idle; unoccupied; leisure
- grace; natural charm
- writing style (formal); to send an official written communication
- diary; CL:則|则[ze2],本[ben3],篇[pian1]
- to go ashore; to disembark
- 面 miàn: 面 mian4: face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc面 miàn: 面 mian4: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- lake
- to the east of (suffix)
- opposite bank (of a body of water)
- (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance; highest level; classifier for camels
- one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg; round (of negotiations)
- tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- 水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- to merge with; interlinking; to join with; to interlock
- left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- (bound form) mountain mist
- bluish-green; green jade
- door with only one leaf
- 启 qǐ: 启 qi3: to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform启 Qǐ: 启 Qi3: Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- 左 zǔo: 左 zuo3: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite左 Zǔo: 左 Zuo3: surname Zuo