- head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
- to go to the United States
- to study abroad
- stepfather
- Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
- to encourage
- so far; to this day; until now
- fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
- April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
- 沈 Shěn: 沈 Shen3: surname Shen沈 shěn: 沈 shen3: (literary) juice沈 Shěn: 沈 Shen3: short name for 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- to begin; to start; then; only then
- the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order
- sudden; unexpected; abrupt; suddenly; Taiwan pr. [zou4]
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- Gentlemen! (start of a speech); Ladies and Gentlemen!
- playing card
- 刘 Líu: 刘 Liu2: surname Liu刘 líu: 刘 liu2: (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
- 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 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- America
- notable deeds; exploits
- to decorate; to adorn; to dress up; to polish (a written piece); to qualify or modify (grammar)
- to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert
- everywhere; all over
- extreme
- violence; force; violent
- 分子 fēn zǐ: 分子 fen1 zi3: (chemistry) molecule; (math.) numerator of a fraction分子 fèn zǐ: 分子 fen4 zi3: member of a class or group; people of a certain type
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 乖乖 guāi guāi: 乖乖 guai1 guai1: (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie乖乖 guāi guai: 乖乖 guai1 guai5: goodness gracious!; oh my lord!
- association; society; group; union; club; organization
- to gather a crowd; to muster
- armed confrontation; bust-up between gangs
- at this very moment
- highly toxic; extremely poisonous
- python
- to submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into
- dormitory building; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]