wéi

soft leather

wèi

military officer

wèi

tower over a palace gateway (old)

wěi

(reddish jade)

wěi

glowing

wěi

the bright shining of the sun

wěi

reed

wēi

luxuriantlush (vegetation)

wēi

to cuddleto nestle against

wēi

lofty

wēi

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern

wén

multicolored cloudsJiang Wenli (1969-), award-winning PRC film actress

wén

mosquitomosquito net

wèn

Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川 )

wēn

epidemic

wěng

luxuriant vegetationsee 蕹菜

wēng

elderly man

wēng

(onom.) buzz

eddy

snail

overgrown with weedsleft to return to unchecked growth

centipedecentipedeWuzhizhou Island, Hainan

Sterculia platanifoliatall and sturdywutong (Firmiana platanifolia)

I

oh (expression of agreement or surprise)

surname Wu

(literary) no

dock

fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干

duplicate of Big Five A461

parrotparrotto parrot

(onom.) for humming or whimperingto sob

witch

joyHappy New Year!Happy New YearBai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)Generation Y

ruler's sealofficial seal

(literary) what?

rhinoceros

same as Fuxi 伏羲 , a mythical emperor

cricketcricket (insect)wire grass (Eleusine indica)

amusementto frolic

(Tw) silicon (chemistry)

see 蜥蜴 lizardmonitor lizards (family Varanidae)fire lizard

light of dayfirst rays of morning sun

(used in names)

tin (chemistry)

night tides

laugh

(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊 )miserable

bright

xiá

leisuretoo busy

xiá

distant

xiá

boxsmall box(airplane) black boxmagazine (for ammunition)phonograph or radio (old term)

xiá

blemish

xiā

shrimp

xián

elegant

xiàn

glandprostatethyroid glandgonad

xiǎng

(literary) to offer food and drinks

xiāng

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China

xiāng

to help

xiǎo

dwarf bamboo

xiāo

firmament

xiāo

saltpeter

xiāo

owl

xiāo

xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipessee 箫 to play the xiao 箫

xiāo

leisurely

xiāo

clamorto clamor

xiāo

miserable

xié

in company withto grow old together(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom)

xié

demonic

xié

to collect

xié

to clasp under the arm

xiè

lax

xiè

obscene

xiè

crabcrab

xiè

to meet unexpectedlyto meet by chance

xiē

scorpionScorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)scorpionto have a great aversion to (idiom)Scorpio (constellation)poisonous snakes and scorpions (idiom)

xīn

dawn

xīn

fragrantcomfort

xīn

(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor

xīn

lamp pith

xìng

apricot

xīng

tranquil

xīng

apescarletgorillascarlet feverorangutanscarlet (color)

xiòng

(literary) to spy

xiōng

Hungary

xiù

cave

xiù

(jade)

xiū

call out

slowly

dawn

cotton wadding

anxiety

卹恤

balmy

婿

son-in-law

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

all

to exhale slowly

xuán

black

xuán

(jade)

xuán

(jade)Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomatZhou Xuan (1918-1957), Chinese singer and film actressbeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper

xuán

whirlpool

xuàn

dazzling

xuàn

wash (color)rendering (computing)

xuàn

adorned

xuān

ornamental piece of jadeMaxSun, PRC company specializing in video and computer display

xuān

orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)Hemerocallis fulva

xuān

pavilion with a view

xuē

wormwood like grass (classical)

xuē

bootslit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)

xùn

to attain gradually

xùn

to be buried with the dead

xūn

sweet-smelling grass

xūn

medal

border

fork

forking branchbranch

yán

Yama

yàn

proverbproverbfolk saying

yàn

late

yàn

wild goosewild goose

yàn

accomplished

yàn

swallow (family Hirundinidae)

yǎn

majestic

yān

where

yān

variant of 阉

yān

dark red

yān

lovely

yān

to castrate

yáng

to feign

yáng

to walk back and forthto wander about unhurriedly

yáng

poplar

yàng

to overflow

yāng

mandarin duck(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

yáo

handsome

yáo

kiln

yáo

jade

yáo

variant of 尧 , legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC

yáo

surname Yao

yào

bright

yǎo

deep

yāo

tender

yāo

goblin

to pull

dimpledimple

to drag

bright light

to smelt

to choke (on)

coconut palm

(phonetic ye)