- breeding; to incubate; innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)
- to rise; to go up; to ascend
- cylinder (geometry)
- to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
- raging flames
- rapid; speedy; fast
- to raise; to ascend
- burning hot; scorching
- stream of air; airflow; slipstream; draft; breath; turbulence (of aircraft)
- to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
- snow; snow cover; snow mantle
- to change into; to turn into; to become
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- high altitude
- 令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- violent; fierce
- to become
- 平和 píng hé: 平和 ping2 he2: gentle; mild; moderate; placid平和 Píng hé: 平和 Ping2 he2: see 平和縣|平和县[Ping2 he2 Xian4]
- white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
- 尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
- (bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. [ji1]
- ball of string
- cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
- to take out; to extract
- thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- absurd; strange; (interj.) curse it!; to hell with it!
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
- to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue
- to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- Colorado
- 夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia
- 延 yán: 延 yan2: to prolong; to extend; to delay延 Yán: 延 Yan2: surname Yan
- mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country
- North America
- anti-aircraft defense
- center; heart; core
- system; CL:個|个[ge4]
- control room
- target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to screen; to discriminate; to reexamine a case; screening (of applicants etc)
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals