- sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die
- the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
- 吾 Wú: 吾 Wu2: surname Wu吾 wú: 吾 wu2: (old) I; my
- and so on; so and so; many and confused
- ominous; inauspicious
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
- quiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain
- to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success
- to ask for advice; seeking instruction
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten
- (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to
- to learn of (an event); to hear about (sth)
- 寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
- to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; CL:席[xi2]
- discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- congenial; agreeable; to speculate; to profiteer
- Islam
- a power (i.e. a dominant country)
- national border; frontier
- Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]
- southern part
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- Uzbek ethnic group
- republic
- 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元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- old capital
- see 玉龍納西族自治縣|玉龙纳西族自治县[Yu4 long2 Na4 xi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- (bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished
- historical records
- to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with
- to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
- snow-capped mountain
- "Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
- silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)