- philosophy
- to think critically; (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
- difficulty; crisis
- to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
- to add to existing facilities or services
- (coll.) not bad; good; fine
- to gasp; to pant; asthma
- slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
- in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life; radiating health and vigor
- gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay
- to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict
- (military) rank; level; grade
- cultural relic; historical relic; CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
- specially; intentionally
- archive library
- cipher; secret code; password; PIN
- layer upon layer
- scales (of fish, snakes etc)
- palm
- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)
- shield (CL:面[mian4]); (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
- to appear; to look; form; shape
- vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc)
- glossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness); slick; greasy; oily
- realism (in art); sense of reality; texture; tactile quality
- steel
- ice-cold
- tough and durable; tenacious
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
- to approach; to get close to
- sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point
- handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades
- pistol; CL:把[ba3]
- bore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
- millimeter
- 米 Mǐ: 米 Mi3: surname Mi米 mǐ: 米 mi3: uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan