to wait; etc; and so on; class; grade; rank; equal (to)
to suppose; to calculate; to count; to figure; to plan; to compute; finally; consider
prefix (used before numerals to form ordinal numbers, e.g. first, number two...); order; rank
to take care
(of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to administer; to govern; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier
(for tube-shaped objects); measure word; particle similar to
把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush;
(coll.) to; towards
laugh; to laugh; smile; to smile
classifier (for written items: chapter, article...); measure word
festival; holiday; node; joint; knot; division; part; section; length; to save; to economize; item; to abridge; moral integrity; classifier (for sections e.g. lessons, train wagons)
to sign; signature; autograph; endorse; inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); (small wood) sliver; label; sticker; tag
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier (for sums of money, deals); measure word
to answer; to reply; to agree
reply; answer; return; respond; echo
mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
simple; simplified; to simplify; uncomplicated; brief; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
book or record; registry; roll; place of one's family or ancestral records; membership
policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; means
basket; cage; flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
點心; to cover; to cage; to embrace; to manipulate through trickery
to cover; to cage; covering; also pr. [long2]
short name for Guiyang
貴陽
five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]; to build; to construct; to ram; to hit
five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
hanging screen or curtain
dwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
a book; a register; account-book
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; same as 排簫|排箫; also translated as pan pipes
crowded; framework for silkworms; gather foliage; bunch; classifier (for bunched objects); measure word
to filter; to sift; to sieve
free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd
guzheng or long zither; long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times; Japanese koto
serious (illness); sincere; true
to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow
metallic reed; spring of lock
seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script
plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper
a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds
tablet held at an audience
an article made of bamboo strips; fence
fine-toothed comb; to comb
bamboo splints for baskets
ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles; round basket of bamboo
chest; box; trunk; suitcase; portfolio
smiling countenance; bamboo rope
to whip with bamboo strips
round basket for cooked rice
bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
15 years old; hairpin for bun
free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd
(larger version of 笙)
sheath around joints of bamboo
square bamboo container for food or clothing
pliers; pincers; to clamp
bamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
bamboo with thin; wide leaves
ancient harp; cf 箜篌, Chinese harp
bamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
(a measure of width of cloth)
(writing); to develop; seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
(bamboo); trumpet for chariots
bamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)
to comb; fine-toothed comb; trap for prawns
(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff
bamboo brush for utensils
basket used in state worship
large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat
bamboos good for poles; horn
small house connected to large one
loosely woven bamboo ladle
basket for straining; to strain
thin outside skin of bamboo
bamboo with black patches
long bamboo (for fishing rod)
slender basket for chopsticks
deputy; subordinate; concubine
luxuriant growth of bamboo
basket made of rush; spear-shaft
round basket used for feeding the cattle
bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates
board under tiles on roof; narrow
bamboo flute with 8 holes
bamboo flower; flowering bamboo
to hit sb with a pole; (archaic) pole held by a dancer
to compose; to compile; food; delicacies
sieve; to sift, to strain
cross-beam for hanging bells
records; book; Taoist written charm; book of prophecy (e.g. of dynastic fortunes)