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一 yī Home Pinyin yi

Second of the ten heavenly stems; paragraph marker in old script

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丿 chǎng Plant; factory

dīng Grown man; population; person of a certain occupation; cubes of meat; meet with; fourth of the Heavenly Stems

èr Two; different

shí Ten; ultimate

yòu Again; used duplicated indicates concurrence; other related grammatical uses

zhēng a sound name

chù Stroll

Large

jié Larva; lonely

kuī Loss; shortage; disappoint; due to; indicates an expression of irony

sān Three; several

Soil; land; indigenous; local; crude; opium

wèi Defend; garrison

Towering; bald

xià Next; down; low; downward; under; time; descend; come down (e.g. rain); exit; put in; play (chess); unload; capture; yield; finish (work or study); used after a verb to indicate downward motion or completion

In, on (a date); serves as a general preposition or verb suffix corresponding to 'to', 'from', 'by' and 'than'

Son; child; humans; ancient term of respect; philosophy; seed; egg; subsidiary; a small hard lump; a measure word for a small bundle held in the hand; first Earthly Branch

dǎi Wicked

Husband; man; tradesman; labourer

巿 see (黻)

Mutual

jǐng Well; well-shaped; neat

kāi Open; switch on; thaw; rescind; operate (a vehicle or machine); establish; start; hold a meeting; boil; percentage; paper size; carat

see (南无)

廿 niàn Twenty

a surname

Day; sun; a period of one day; daily; a particular day (e.g. birthday)

Thirty

shuān Door bolt; fasten with a door bolt

tiān Day; sky; Heaven; season; weather; innate; God

Nil; without; no; regardless of

yuán First; principal; fundamental; unit

yuē Say; call; name

běn This; root; basis; capital; chief; original; our; according to; book; edition; measure word for books, plants

bǐng Third; 3rd Heavenly stem

cóng Crowd together; clump; collection

dàn Dawn; first day

廿 gān Sweet; willingly

jiān Scant

used in names

miè Go out (of fire); extinguish; submerge; die out; exterminate

End; tip; minor details; end of; powder; opera role

Eye; mesh; look; item; order (taxonomy); contents; title

Big

qiě For the time being; even; also

qiū Mound; cover with earth; measure word for paddy field

wèi Have not; not; eighth of the Earthly Branches

zhēng First month of lunar year

bǎi Hundred; numerous

chéng Assistant

gèn Extend

lěi Farm tool

Government official

qu see (屈戌儿) Metal fastener

Asia; inferior; substandard; of lower valence

zài Again; continue

gèng More; further

shù Beam (of light etc.); bind; bundle; control

héng Eternal; perseverance; constant

jiǔ Chinese chives

cuī Funeral garment

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丿 cái Talent; capable person; a very short time; conditionally; not until; only; emphasis

cùn Inch; very little; by chance; pulse

gōng Work; worker; construction; industry; engineer; person-day; skill; skilled in; fine

丿 a surname

shàng Up; high quality; preceding; former; upward; go up; go to; go ahead; appear on stage; serve (dishes); replenish; fix in place; apply; wind up; start work; in progress; on

丿 tuō Old form of (托)

Stringed arrow; shoot a stringed arrow

丿 zhàng Husband; addressing and old man; unit of length; measure

丿 Not; non; no; isn't; can't; or not

dān Red; medicinal pellet

tún Collect; station (troops); village

Volume

丿 dàn a Chinese unit of dry measure

丿 dōng East; master; host

Stand; erect; upright; set up

丿 shí Stone

Take charge of; department

zhī Goblet

chóng Worm; insect

a surname

A unit of dry measure equal to one tenth of a litre; a measure

háng Row; profession; business; position in a family; measure word for lines of things

Close; combine; whole; agree; sum to; proper; conjunction

hòu After; back; last; offspring; empress

tóng same; be alike; together; with; for; and

xíng Go; walk; trip; travel; temporary; do; behaviour; OK; competent; shall; (of medicine) take effect

Page; measure word for page of a book

zhì To; until; to such an extent; very

zhǔ Wisdom

畏b chén Fifth (Earthly Branch); celestial bodies; daytime

gēng Replace; experience; late at night

qiān Together

广 yīng Should; answer; promise; agree

Surplus; more than; odd (numbered)

zhù Fabric of ramie fibre

zhù Ramie (a plant and a source of fibre)

guàn Pierce; continuous; ancestral home

huà Painting; paint; decorated; a stroke of a Chinese character

huò Or; perhaps; some people; slightly

mìng Life; life-span; fate; command; assign

nüè Malaria

Wife

Military; of martial arts; valiant; footstep

yào Malaria

Fish

zhí Straight; vertical; perpendicular; straighten; frank; directly; continuously; just

zhù Storage

丿 chóng Repeat; again; layer; overlap

an ancient kingdom

廿 Leather; change; reform; expel

guì Expensive; valuable; noble; your

miàn Face; toward; surface; directly; right side (of fabric); measure word for flat objects

nüè Cruel

qián Front; straight ahead; ago; former; prior; future

shèn Very; surpass

shǒu First; leader; head; bring charges against; measure word for poems or songs

wēi Might; power

xián Salty; all

yuán Where; hence

丿 zhòng Weight; heavy; deep; important; lay stress on; prudent

chī Ignorant

xià Summer; Xia Dynasty

jiá Tap lightly

liáng Measure; estimate; appraise

丿 xūn Smoke (ham etc.); pleasantly warm

jiāng Stiff; impasse; serious

jiāng Rein

jiāng Steps

cháng (archaic form)

dòu Bean

Beautiful; submit to

liǎng Two; both sides; a few

丿 bǐng Hold; control

Urgently

shì Matter; trouble; job; responsibility; attend upon

wǎng Indiscriminately

hóu Second rank of nobility; nobleman

丿 kān Look after; keep an eye on

This; now; year

Succeed; then

衣b shuāi Decline

Benefit; beneficial; increase; all the more

duàn Break; cut off; intercept; give up

see (匍匐)

Deputy; auxiliary; correspond to; measure word for a set

shòu Beast; beastly

yān How come; only then; thereupon

Force; compel; extort; advance on; cramped

Width (of cloth); breadth; measure word for fabric

Wealthy; enrich; resources; abundant

shàn Good; benevolence; wise; familiar; skilled; liable to (do something)

Happy; happy event; be pregnant; be fond of; be suited towards

Spoke; something radiating out

Blessing; happiness; luck; curtesy; Fujian Province

mēng Cheat; wild guess; unconscious

官b qiǎn Dispatch; expel

see (鹦鹉) Parrot

zhì a place name

jiā Excellent; commend

shà Fan

Bat

Slipmouth fish

jiāng Boundary; Xinjiang

tuó Chinese alligator