(onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha!
lattice; check (pattern of squares)
structure; pattern; layout
form; specification; format
forms of versification; conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of classical Chinese poetic composition; metrical verse
princess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty)
to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning
理学; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge; abbr. for
格物致知; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
style (of art or literature); form; one's work style; moral character
rigorous; to rigorously enforce; strict; severe; stringent; rigid; tight
nominative case (grammar)
personality; individuality; character; moral quality; integrity; dignity
price; rate; tariff; price-tag
bodily health; one's physical state; physique
blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
instrumental case (grammar)
to overstep the bounds of what is proper; to take sth too far; (of a measuring device) to go off the scale
to pass (an exam or a test); to meet a minimum standard
qualified; up to standard; eligible (voter); to pass; on test; decent
one's character; fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar)
able to pass muster; qualified; apt; presentable
to overstep the rules; to go out of bounds; disqualification; to lose face; disqualified
to fix; to confine to; freeze frame; stop motion (filmmaking)
accusative case (grammar)
genitive case (in grammar)
character; personality; nature; disposition; temperament; inheritance
checked pattern; square box character (in Chinese text) indicating illegible character
crystal lattice (the regular 3-dimensional pattern formed by atoms in a crystal)
scale of fee payment for a painter, calligrapher or writer
to break the rule; to make an exception
blank; blank space on a form; space; 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character)
standard; norm; specification
qualifications; seniority
to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)
to downgrade; to lower the standard; degrading; humiliating
(typesetting) to not indent; to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin
style; manner; mode; personality; bearing
to personalize; anthropomorphism
personal God; anthropomorphic God
passing line or score (in an examination)
certificate of conformity
possessive case (grammar)
to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland); to checker
squared paper; graph paper; grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified
checkered pattern; chessboard
(oral) to write (esp. for a living); to spell out laboriously on squared paper
exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character 田)
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
qualifying round (in sports)
fixed price; constant price
physical examination; clinical examination; health checkup
having a unique or distinctive style
diffraction grating (physics)
incompatibility of temperament
meshless method (numerical simulation); meshfree method
diffraction grating (physics)
histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
dissociative identity disorder; multiple personality disorder
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
schizoid personality disorder (SPD)