- 空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain
- to confer; to discuss; to engage in talks
- picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical
- hollow layer between two solid layers; (architecture) mezzanine
- to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- finger segment; knuckle
- old verse; poetry in the old style
- to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant
- child; the younger generation
- one's former subordinates
- to collate and examine critically (texts etc)
- drawing; picture
- accordingly; in view of the above
- trail; clues; thread (of a story)
- to return to
- to deliberate; to talk over; to plan
- the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- court; imperial household; dynasty
- to fear; to dread; foreboding
- high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist
- to dispatch troops
- to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively
- fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits); (fig.) knockoff (goods); counterfeit; imitation
- facing death; at death's door
- 氏 shì: 氏 shi4: (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures氏 zhī: 氏 zhi1: used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
- to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- (dead) human remains
- faithful official
- a traitor; a treacherous bandit
- quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go; (of a boat) to sail
- village
- to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)
- bank; shore; beach; coast
- to prepare a meal; to cook
- food
- hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4])
- dirty; filthy; despicable