- rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing
- general
- to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
- north; north side; northern part; to the north of
- corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
- wall
- 嵌 kǎn: 嵌 kan3: see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]嵌 qiàn: 嵌 qian4: to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. [qian1]
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- thing; object
- to appear before (one's eyes); to come to (one's mind)
- mirror; lens
- to construct; to build
- careful; thorough; meticulous
- to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- index finger; (literary) mouths to feed
- 孔 Kǒng: 孔 Kong3: surname Kong孔 kǒng: 孔 kong3: hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
- mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
- to go to bed; to sleep
- nursery rhyme
- (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
- darling; baby
- singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet
- touching (emotions); lingering (illness)
- to show tenderness; to coo over; affection
- to overflow; brimming with
- mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- eye socket; rim of the eye
- to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
- military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to take a beating; to come under attack
- shallow; superficial
- research and study
- to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival
- (medicine) to set a broken bone