- the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- in the past; formerly
- peaceful; quiet; calm; gentle
- this moment; now; at present
- nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods
- to boil
- to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
- rainstorm; storm; tempest
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- the vast majority
- boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- far away; a distant location
- empty; deserted
- deathly pale
- (stage) lighting; light
- 烙 lào: 烙 lao4: to brand; to iron; to bake (in a pan)烙 lùo: 烙 luo4: used in 炮烙[pao2 luo4]
- round; circular
- facula (astronomy)
- outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
- slight; faint; humble
- to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- gas lamp
- once more; once again
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- freighter; cargo ship; CL:艘[sou1]
- shadow; darkness; twilight
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news
- broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- sea; ocean
- (of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge
- 乌 wū: 乌 wu1: crow; black乌 Wū: 乌 Wu1: abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wu乌 wù: 乌 wu4: used in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4 la5]; used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4 la5 cao3]
- the sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
- eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration)
- 刷 shuā: 刷 shua1: a brush; to paint; to daub; to brush; to scrub; (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job); (onom.) swish; rustle; to swipe (a card); to scroll on (a phone); (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)刷 shuà: 刷 shua4: to select
- Mary or Marie (name); Mali
- empress; imperial consort
- 号 háo: 号 hao2: (bound form) to wail; to howl号 hào: 号 hao4: (literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- chinaware; porcelain
- (commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to resell at a profit; to speculate
- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- see 敦煌市[Dun1 huang2 Shi4]
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River