- (lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- grand reputation; renowned; famous
- 侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
- to blow out (a flame)
- brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution
- dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment
- to take to one's heels; to scram
- brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish; reckless
- to shout at; to berate
- to criticize
- dark (weather, mood)
- alley; trail
- (bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
- extremely quiet
- thick; murky
- bastard; son of a bitch
- (literary) stunned; stupefied
- (idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
- to swing (on a swing)
- Excuse me, I must be leaving now.
- (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts
- unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
- to stay for a while; to sojourn
- secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- mosquito
- (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters