- to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- (idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection
- (idiom) bitterly cold; frigid
- as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- lot; section of land; ground
- building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- large amount; staple; influential family of long standing
- foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
- 宽 Kuān: 宽 Kuan1: surname Kuan宽 kuān: 宽 kuan1: wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
- to forecast; to anticipate; expectation
- expressly stipulated (in writing)
- sect
- Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
- (Islam) mufti (loanword from Arabic)
- missionary
- Muhammad (c. 570–632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
- Georgia, US state
- hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
- peasant; farmer
- (idiom) to take one's whole family along; to have a family in tow; to be tied down by family obligations
- merchant; trader; businessman; firm
- to dodge a creditor
- prison
- a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom); all take and no give
- to idle about
- wilderness
- to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow
- settlement
- solitary and impoverished (idiom)
- 供养 gòng yǎng: 供养 gong4 yang3: to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]供养 gōng yǎng: 供养 gong1 yang3: to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents
- (idiom) too appalling to look at
- orphanage; child asylum