kuí

chief

kuì

basket for carrying soillit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful

kuī

to peep

kuī

helmethelmetarmor

kūn

(jade)

kūn

brilliant

kūn

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing earth

12th lunar month

臈臘

lái

name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)

lài

name of a river

lài

to glance

lán

swelling waterbillows

lán

railing

lán

orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)

lán

mist

lǎn

oliveChinese olive

lǎn

cable

lǎn

to monopolize

láng

tall tree (archaic)arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)hammer

láng

dragonfly

lào

curdled milk or fruit juice

lào

to brand

lǎo

male

léi

beat

lèi

pour out libation

lèi

rib

lěi

to injure

lěi

rampart

lěi

lumpy

lēi

to strap tightly

léng

square beam

léng

variant of 棱 , corner

léng

lofty (as of mountain)

pattering (of rain)

raccoon dog

happen to

Chinese orioleyellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)(bird species of China) silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus)(bird species of China) black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)(bird species of China) maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii)(bird species of China) Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo)

a fencehedge

oysteroysterclam

to drip

to attend (an official function)

涖蒞

minor government official or functionary (old)bureaucrat

bamboo rain hatconical bamboo hatsincere friendship between rich and poor (idiom)fitted bed sheet

jasminejasmineSally (name)Elizabeth

clap of thunderPerak (state of Malaysia)clap of thunder

hole, pitZhongli or Chungli city in Taoyuan county 桃园县 , north TaiwanZhongli or Chungli city in Taoyuan county 桃园县 , north Taiwan

husband and wifehusband and wife (literary)photo of a (married) coupleparallel (sentences)

afraid

慄栗

mile (unit of length equal to 1,609.344 m)

carpcarpLicheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市 , FujianLicheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市 , Fujianto make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)

lián

Hypophthalmichthys moritrixsilver carpsee 鳙鱼

lián

lotuslotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)

lián

ripple

liǎn

to hold back

liáng

sorghumdream of golden millet

liǎng

sprite

liáo

bureaucrat

liáo

hut

liáo

empty

liào

surname LiaoLiao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution

liǎo

old variant of 缭

liāo

to lift up (sth hanging down)

liě

to draw back the corners of one's mouth

lín

female unicorn

lín

continued rainChang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997spring rainsZhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928Seasonable rain has fallen everywhere. (idiom)timely rain for all drought areas (idiom)

lín

gemglittering jewels to delight the eye (idiom)

lín

scales (of fish)row upon rowfish scalesscale

lín

phosphorus (chemistry)phosphate fertilizerphosphoric acidphospholipidphosphorescencephosphorescence

lín

(literary) to select

lìn

juncus effusus

lìn

to trample down

lǐn

cold

líng

tail feathers

líng

fungus

líng

antelopeantelope

líng

sound of water flowing

líng

Trapa natans

líng

(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑 )

líng

to hear

líng

damask

lǐng

mountain range

liú

surname LiuLiu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , with a reputation as a military genius

liú

pomegranatehand grenadehigh explosive shell

liú

sulfur (chemistry)sulfuric acid H2SO4

liú

precious stoneAchilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the IliadRyūkyū

liú

to distill

liǔ

willowwillowwillow tree

lóng

rising moonhazyMisty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movementdrowsy

lóng

tinkling of gem-pendants(onom.) clink of jewels

lóu

subordinates in gang of bandits

lóu

skullhuman skeleton

(old) rice vessel

hutventuring from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)

forehead

rush

鹿

deersika deerPère David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangeredreindeerantler

heron(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)(bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)(bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)ibis

foot of a hillfoothillsthe southern foothills (of a mountain)the northern foothills (of a mountain)Yuelu district of Changsha city 长沙市 , HunanYuelu district of Changsha city 长沙市 , Hunan

to join (forces)

剹勠戮

good fortune

祿

alkaline soil

滷鹵

to capture

donkey

chlorine (chemistry)

aluminum (chemistry)

strand

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

grumble

luán

mountain rangesmountain range

luán

Koelreuteria paniculata

luǎn

egg

lún

to sink (into ruin, oblivion)

lún

Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang

侖崙

lún

to classify

luó

radishradish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜 carrotpineapplecarotenejackfruit

luó

gauze

luó

gong

luó

spiral shell

luò

surname Luo

luò

camel

luǒ

nakednaked

variant of 骂

agate

mái

hazehazedust haze

mán

eel

mán

to deceive

màn

handsome

mǎng

thick weeds

máo

reeds

máo

banner decorated with animal's tail

mào

to be hardworking

mǎo

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)

méi

brink

méi

berry

méi

plum

méi

(fine jade)

méi

lintel

mèi

to sleep soundlyto yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)

mèi

sleeve of a robejointly

mèi

blind

mèi

flatter

mén

lay hands on

méng

lemonlemoncitric acidlemon juicelemonadelemon tea

méng

indistinct

mèng

first month of a season

měng

grasshoppergrasshoppergrasshopper

to waste (money)

sound for calling a catoboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc

mián

silk floss

綿

miǎn

distant