- pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
- mind; thoughts; inclination; mood
- (literary) to move forward
- ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- lights
- alone; lonely
- danger; dangerous; rugged
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- 藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- 尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
- (usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act; path; trail
- interface; port; connector
- to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- to be terrified; to terrify sb
- to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- to hit (a target)
- hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
- a deep fryer
- to clap one's hands
- to be just about to; to be on the point of
- toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
- 火 Hǔo: 火 Huo3: surname Huo火 hǔo: 火 huo3: fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
- 折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- 晃 huǎng: 晃 huang3: to dazzle; to flash past晃 huàng: 晃 huang4: to sway; to shake; to wander about
- bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
- roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- teacup; tea-glass; cup; mug; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- vegetable cooking oil
- generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
- 芯 xìn: 芯 xin4: used in 芯子[xin4 zi5]; Taiwan pr. [xin1]芯 xīn: 芯 xin1: (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
- lampwick
- to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
- to sharpen
- bamboo skewer; bamboo slip used in divination or gambling