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xiàn

amaranth

xiàn

to appear, to manifest; current, now

xiàn

filling, stuffing; secret

xiāng

side-room, wing; theatre box

xiāng

country, village; rural

xiàng

elephant; ivory; figure, image

xiāo

owl; evil; brave

xiāo

a tiger's roar; to intimidate; to scare

xiāo

mournful, desolate; common Artemisa

xiáo

a mountain in Henan

xiáo

confused, mixed up, in disarray

xiào

to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle

xié

together, accompanied by; in order

xié

slanting, sloping, inclined

xié

to joke, to jest; to harmonize, to agree

xiè

weapons; tools; instruments

xiè

termite

xīn

delighted, pleased; happy

xìn

to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice

xíng

whetstone

xìng

anger, frustration

xiū

dried meat

xiū

horned owl, scops chinensis

false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain

shirt

to consent, to permit; to promise, to betroth

to advise; to exhort; to preach to

to express, to state; to relate, to narrate

mental state; thread, clue

continuous, serial

violent, raging drunk, blotto

xuān

to forget; to cheat, to lie

xuán

to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung

xuán

to revolve, to orbit, to return

xuě

snow; wipe away shame, avenge

xuè

to jeer

used in place names

cliff, precipice; precipitous

border, horizon; river bank, shore

dumb, mute, hoarse

dumb, mute

a mutual term of address for sons-in-law or brothers-in-law

amazed, surprised; to express surprise

yān

a mountain in Kansu where the sun is supposed to set at night

yān

to drown, to immerse, to steep

yān

why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then

yān

tobacco, dried leaves; to fade

yān

eunuch; to castrate

è

to block, to obstruct, to stop up

yán

village gate; surname

yǎn

to cease, to lay down, to lay off

yǎn

shell

yǎn

to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut

yǎn

eyelet, hole, opening

yǎn

a county in Henan province

yàn

proverb, maxim

yáng

the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open

yǎng

to itch; to tickle

yàng

river, flowing water

yáo

kiln, oven; pit, coal mine

to tuck, to fold; to support

to ridicule, to poke fun at

sword

field, open country; wilderness

fluid, liquid; juice, sap

to visit, to pay respects

exclamation of admiration

iridium

wound, sore, bruise

to shift, to move about, to drift

art

border, limit, frontier; dike