- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- fishing boat; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- fisherman; fisher folk
- scene; sight (to behold)
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- ocean
- pupil (of the eye)
- acrylic
- to recall; to recollect; to think back
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- to make sense of; to grasp the meaning of; to figure out
- even; so much so that
- to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
- final; ultimate
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- to be afraid; to be scared
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- snow white
- wake (of ship); flight path
- misty
- curtain of night; gathering darkness
- (of time) to pass; to elapse
- crisis
- to number the years; calendar era; annals; chronicle
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- light-year
- it would appear; it seems (that)
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain
- to construct; to build
- warship
- surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 岳 Yuè: 岳 Yue4: surname Yue岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: wife's parents and paternal uncles岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- thought; idea; intention
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰[hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4])
- 壳 ké: 壳 ke2: (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)壳 qiào: 壳 qiao4: (bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. [ke2]
- to adopt; to employ; to use
- latest; newest
- steam; vapor