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xiàn

county, district, subdivision

xiàn

filling, stuffing; secret

xiāo

mischievious mountain spirit

xiāo

owl

xiǎo

dawn; clear, explicit, known

xiào

to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle

xié

to joke, to jest; to harmonize, to agree

xiè

office

xiè

idle, relaxed; negligent, remiss

xiè

gulf; a blocked stream

xiè

mythical unicorn

xiè

shallots, scallions; Allium bakeri

xiè

an unexpected meeting

xiè

Chinese character

xīn

fuel, firewood; salary

xǐng

to wake up, to startle; to sober up

xìng

to thrive, to prosper, to flourish

xiū

red lacquer; to lacquer

to snort, to blow through the nose

to filter, to strain

xuān

noisy, uproarious; to forget

xuàn

lathe

xuē

wormwood, marsh grass; a feudal state

xuē

a variety of marsh grass

jué

to laugh heartily

xué

learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

xuè

to jeer

xūn

dead, feat; merit, rank

xián

to reheat food

duck; Anas species (various)

yān

eunuch; to castrate

yán

village gate; surname

yàn

lovebird, swallow

yàn

proverb, maxim

yàn

false, bogus; counterfeit; a sham

yàn

Chinese character

yāng

female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

yāo

to invite, to welcome; to intercept, to meet

yáo

cooked or prepared meat

high, steep; perilous

to visit, to pay respects

belch; interjection of approval

cheeks, jaw; chin; rear; to nourish

to cut off the nose

a range of peaks in Shandong and Jiangsu

to remember, to reflect upon; memory

to die, to kill, to exterminate

to hang; to strangle

lotus seed; the seed of the Job's tear plant

yǐn

a tool used to sharpen wood

yǐn

rash; addiction, craving, habit

yǐn

to hide, to conceal; secret, hidden

yīng

parrot

yíng

victory; to win; surname

yíng

camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage

yíng

to coil, to entangle, to entwine

yíng

firefly, glow-worm

yǐng

swelling, goiter

yǐng

rice tassel; sharp; clever

yōng

to block; to obstruct

yōng

to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng

yōng

a large bell used as musical instrument

yǒng

to leap

yóu

Caryopteris divaricata

to covet, to desire, to long for

island

warm; warmth

to proclaim; to instruct; edict

threshold; separated, confined

yuān

male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

yuán

citrus

yuán

silkworm