- polite term for old woman or man
- money; paper money
- delicious; delicious food; delicacy
- fruit
- dried fruit; dry fruits (nuts etc)
- food preserved in sugar or honey
- litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
- see 龍眼|龙眼[long2 yan3]
- (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
- ginkgo
- 砌 qì: 砌 qi4: to build by laying bricks or stones砌 qiè: 砌 qie4: used in 砌末[qie4 mo5]
- cherry
- rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]); rose flower (CL:朵[duo3])
- kumquat; also written 金桔[jin1 ju2]
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- grape
- frosting; icing
- pear; CL:個|个[ge4]
- my husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp
- dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
- careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
- menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
- to cook food
- used in 鵪鶉|鹌鹑[an1 chun2]
- duck foot
- thick soup
- 瑶 Yáo: 瑶 Yao2: surname Yao; Yao ethnic group瑶 yáo: 瑶 yao2: jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl; nacre; precious; used a complementary honorific
- to pan fry; to sauté
- chrysanthemum; (TCM) chrysanthemum flower; (slang) anus
- to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
- camphor; Cinnamonum camphara
- vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
- hoof; (old) wench; hussy
- 嘛 má: 嘛 ma2: used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what?嘛 ma: 嘛 ma5: modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
- price
- to act as host
- 剥 bō: 剥 bo1: to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck剥 bāo: 剥 bao1: to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck