- (semiprecious stone); extraordinary
- sharp blade
- to tremble with fear (idiom); scared witless
- stomachache; bellyache
- to defecate; to shit; to crap
- feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
- to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior
- worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!
- high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
- idle person; idler; person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place
- to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
- (literary) elderly Buddhist monk; (humble) I (used by elderly Buddhist monks)
- sin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin
- fortunately
- virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
- modest; self-deprecating
- the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows; glabella
- 隰 Xí: 隰 Xi2: surname Xi隰 xí: 隰 xi2: low; marshy land
- artistry; talent; skill; (in ancient times) female entertainer
- 楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- hen roost
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- poetry and literature
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- (say) a few words
- unmarried
- love song
- suitable; fitting; appropriate
- bold; forthright
- to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert
- cattle pen
- farm animal; livestock
- to lump together; to treat along with all the others
- to mock and ridicule
- to scold