- dust; (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter
- to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])
- recently; soon; nearest
- (fixed) star
- light-year
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
- 100 million
- to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- trillion
- Milky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy)
- area; region; district
- not in the least; to completely lack
- special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- known; what one knows
- diameter
- background radiation
- signal
- sawtooth shape; zigzag
- ancient; old; age-old
- remnant; residue; material left over
- to test; to detect
- (idiom) impossible to fault; impeccable
- dimension (math.); dimensionality
- to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]
- principle; theory
- to wait a moment; do not go too soon
- to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of)
- physics
- to change; to switch; to convert; to transform
- conservation of energy (physics)
- theorem
- Excuse me, may I ask...?
- to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
- 炸 zhà: 炸 zha4: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter炸 zhá: 炸 zha2: to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]