- road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (idiom) unprecedented
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- to begin; to start; then; only then
- end; finish
- to guess
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- correct; sound; right; proper
- though; although
- to burst out laughing; to laugh
- to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
- to number the years; calendar era; annals; chronicle
- comparison table
- calendar era; epoch
- CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- broadcast; CL:個|个[ge4]; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize
- bunker (military)
- Milky Way
- not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
- 黑 Hēi: 黑 Hei1: short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]黑 hēi: 黑 hei1: black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)
- 元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- 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号 háo: 号 hao2: (bound form) to wail; to howl
- thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)
- outside; excluding
- past events; former happenings
- preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
- excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself)
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- to remember; to recall; memory
- 出来 chu lai: 出来 chu5 lai5: (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出来 chū lái: 出来 chu1 lai2: to come out; to appear; to arise
- to lack; to be short of
- rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- (construction) frame; (fig.) framework