- the shade (of a tree)
- quiet; secluded; isolated; peaceful
- to light (a candle, cigarette etc)
- sandalwood
- praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
- monk
- outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
- kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
- to contain in a concealed form; to keep covered up; implicit
- natural; graceful; and poised
- (idiom) to be evident at a glance
- worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!
- tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face
- to take a wife
- maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
- (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
- (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle
- to convert to (a religion)
- the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
- to take the tonsure; to shave the head; tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk)
- the mundane world; the world of mortals
- to comply with; to follow
- food given to Buddhist monks as alms
- to look closely at; to examine
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- surname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]
- deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation