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ā

(used in transliterating chemical names)

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àn

jail

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ān

(bound form) calm; peaceful

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bǎi

hundred

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bǎn

slope

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bāng

(bound form) country; nation; state

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the whole of

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to close

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bīn

Chinese character

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bìng

and

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bīng

ice

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cǎo

Chinese character

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chà

Chinese character

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chà

branching stream

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chàn

(bound form) to feel remorse

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chǎn

to give birth

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chǎng

large place used for a specific purpose

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chāng

(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others

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chen

low fellow

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chén

dust

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chén

state official or subject in dynastic China

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chéng

deputy

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chéng

to succeed

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chí

to unstring a bow

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chí

pond

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chí

to run fast

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chī

to eat; to consume

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chóng

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures

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chōng

sufficient; full

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chōng

(of water) to dash against

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chuán

to pass on

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chuǎn

mistaken

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chuàng

(bound form) a wound; to wound

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chuǎng

to rush

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stab

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next in sequence

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this; these

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cuān

quick-boil

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cún

to exist

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cùn

inch (English)

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cǔn

to ponder

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cūn

surname Cun

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to attain

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dàng

pool

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dāng

to be

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dǎo

to transmit

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dāo

deuterium 2H

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dēng

lamp

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earth

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diào

used in 伄儅[diao4 dang1]

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diào

to suspend

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dīng

jingling

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diū

Chinese character

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diū

to lose

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dòng

(of sth) to move

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used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]

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duó

to seize

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duǒ

flower

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duō

many; much

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é

error

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ér

and

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ěr

ear

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to cut down

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fān

sail

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fáng

to protect

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仿fǎng

to imitate

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访fǎng

(bound form) to visit

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fāng

name of a district in Sichuan

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fēi

imperial concubine

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fèn

classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc

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fěng

to satirize

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fǒu

pottery

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to lean over

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mallard

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woman

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to bear

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gadolinium (chemistry)

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used in 旮旯[ga1 la2]

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gāng

hard

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each

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(phonetic)

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gèn

extending all the way across

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gèn

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gèn

blunt

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gòng

common

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gǒng

surname Gong

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clean

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guān

mountain pass

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guān

to look at

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guǎng

rough

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guāng

light; ray (CL:道[dao4])

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guǐ

(bound form) rail; track; course; path

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guī

jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies

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guò

to cross

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hài

12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar

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hàn

perspiration

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hǎo

good

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100 ml

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knot

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hóng

red

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hòu

empress

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congealed

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stripes of a tiger

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huá

magnificent

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huà

to row

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huān

joyous

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huí

to circle

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huì

can; to have the skill; to know how to

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huì

to avoid mentioning

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huī

ash

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huǒ

companion

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surname Ji

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lofty peak

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surname Ji

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level

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artistry

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order

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to divine

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used in 垃圾[la1 ji1]

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(bound form) machine; mechanism

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irregular pearl

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(bound form) flesh; muscle

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Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous)

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jiá

to press from either side

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jià

price

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jiàn

item

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jiǎn

child

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jiān

wicked

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jiān

pointed; tapering; sharp

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jiàng

craftsman

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jiàng

old variant of 降[jiang4]

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jiǎng

to speak

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jiāng

river

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jiāo

to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over

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jiē

rank or step

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jìn

to the greatest extent

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jǐng

pitfall

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jiù

mortar

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how (interj. of surprise)

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jué

to decide

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jué

to bid farewell

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jūn

(bound form) army

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káng

to raise aloft with both hands

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kàng

spouse

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kǎo

to beat

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kòu

to fasten

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kuā

to boast; to exaggerate

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kuàng

tomb

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kuàng

fine floss-silk or cotton

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kuǎng

low ground

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kuāng

(literary) to rectify

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kuò

to enlarge

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used in 旮旯[ga1 la2]

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lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

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used in 蘿艻|萝艻[luo2le4]

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lèi

rib

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lěi

Chinese character

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lěi

plow

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minor government official or functionary (old)

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liào

to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)

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liè

to arrange

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liè

inferior

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liú

(classical) a type of battle-ax

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surname Lu

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surname Lü

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lún

human relationship

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lùn

opinion

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ma

(coll.) what?

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mammoth

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ma

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mài

to take a step

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mǎi

to buy

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máng

Chinese character

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máng

busy

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máng

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máng

awn (of cereals)

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mén

lay hands on

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fine silk

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rice

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míng

name

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barley

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(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4])

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nǎi

neon (chemistry)

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nān

child

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to speak slowly

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nián

year

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nóng

surname Nong

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ōu

to sing

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pāng

(onom.) bang

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to part

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destroyed

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pìn

(of a bird, animal or plant) female

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pīng

(onom.) ping

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surname Piao

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large

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neat

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near

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as yet

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(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to

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(literary) a barren hill

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old variant of 愷|恺[kai3]

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Panicum miliaceum

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qiān

short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc

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qiān

green

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qiān

to move

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qiáo

surname Qiao

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qìng

to celebrate

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bent

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quán

all

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quán

authority

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rèn

to assign

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rèn

to thread (a needle)

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róng

generic term for weapons (old)

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ròu

meat

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as

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thou

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ruǎn

surname Ruan

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ruò

old variant of 若[ruo4]

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sǎn

umbrella

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sǎo

to sweep (with a brush or broom)

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color

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shā

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack

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shàn

bamboo fish trap

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shāng

to injure

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sháo

Chinese peony

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shé

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

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shè

surname She

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shè

to set up; to put in place

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shēn

(literary) two mountains standing next to each other

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shì

type

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shī

teacher

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shǒu

to guard

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shōu

to receive

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shù

garrison

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shū

archaic variant of 菽[shu1]

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shuò

surname Suo

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to seem

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Buddhist temple

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stream which returns after branching

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to die

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sòng

litigation

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morning

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suì

classifier for years (of age)

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sūn

grandson

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she

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tài

accustomed to

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táng

maltose syrup

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tāng

soup

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tíng

palace courtyard

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tóng

like

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to spit

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tuán

round

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tǔn

to float

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tuó

load carried by a pack animal

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tuō

to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm

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Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia

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to dig

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wán

white

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wán

Metaplexis stauntoni

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wàng

absurd

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wǎng

net

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wěi

big

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wěi

false

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wēi

danger

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wèn

to ask; to inquire

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wěn

cut across (throat)

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equal

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squad of five soldiers

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to plaster

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dirty

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surname Wu

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trick

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to breathe

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night tides

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西

the West

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xià

to scare

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xiān

beforehand; first; earlier

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xiān

fine

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xiàng

towards

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xiāng

aromatic herb used for seasoning

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xié

to cooperate

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xié

to cooperate

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xié

demonic

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xìn

fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

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xíng

punishment

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xíng

row

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xíng

surname Xing

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xīng

to rise

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xiōng

Chinese character

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xiōng

Hungary

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xiōng

used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1qiong2]

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xiǔ

rotten

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xiū

to rest

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dawn

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to allow

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(dialect) country fair

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11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog

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xuè

blood

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xún

to search

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xún

ten days

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xún

to patrol

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xùn

high water

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xùn

rapid

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xùn

to attain gradually

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(dialect) child

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Asia

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cover

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astounded

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to press

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yán

to prolong

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yán

surname Yan

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yàn

(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with

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yáng

to raise

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yáng

sheep; goat

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yáng

positive (electric.)

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yǎng

to face upward

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yáo

surname Yao

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yāo

to shout

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grandpa

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to drag

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page

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bridge, bank

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non-Han people, esp. to the East of China

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also

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high and steep

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different

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yttrium (chemistry)

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surname Yi

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clothes

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yín

to stand side by side

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yīn

cause

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yīn

overcast (weather)

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yǒu

to have; there is

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yōu

excellent

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(arch. introductory particle)

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taro

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hunchbacked

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room

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屿

islet

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feather

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winding

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literal-minded

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yuè

to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])

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yuē

to make an appointment

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mixed

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zài

again; once more; re-

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zài

to exist; to be alive

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zǎo

early

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(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

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zhà

used for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒[Ne2 zha1])

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zhái

residence

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zhào

(bound form) omen

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zhèn

(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4])

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zhèn

disposition of troops

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zhēn

chaste

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zhēng

to strive for

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zhí

to execute (a plan)

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zhì

to arrive

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zhǐ

imperial decree

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zhī

Zoysia pungens

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zhòng

second month of a season

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zhòng

(bound form) crowd; multitude

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zhòu

Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)

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zhōu

prefecture

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zhōu

boat

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zhú

bamboo

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zhù

to stand for a long time

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zhū

surname Zhu

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zhuàng

to strengthen

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zhuāng

(of a woman) to adorn oneself

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zhuāng

farmstead

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letter

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(bound form) self; oneself

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component in Chinese character 殷[yin1]

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Chinese character

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Chinese character

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"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

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