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ái

cancer, carcinoma

ài

obscure, dim; ambiguous, vague

ài

fine jade

bān

pockmarks on the skin

bǎn

board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff

bāng

to help, to assist; to support, to defend; party; gang

bàng

to slander, to defame

běng

to bind, to strap, to draw firm

to kill; to die a violent death

a county in Yunnan province

arm

buttocks, thigh; thigh bone

biān

bream

biàn

braid, pigtail, plait; queue

bīn

beach, coast, river bank

bīn

a Zhou-dynasty state

bìn

to exclude, to expel, to reject; to usher

bāi

thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze

tree

a cracking or snapping sound

to clean, to erase, to polish; a brush

cài

the sound of fabric rustling

càn

vivid, illuminating, brilliant

càn

gem; the luster of a gem

cáng

to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store

cáo

ship, junk

cáo

grubs found in fruit

chán

greedy; cunning

chán

dagger, dirk, short-sword

cháng

to repay, to recompense; restitution

chěng

to gallop, to hasten, to hurry

chóu

to cover up; curtain

chǒu

ugly; shameful; comedian, clown

chǔ

to save money, to store, to reserve; heir

chù

to dismiss; to downgrade, to demote

cōng

sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright

bunch, cluster; crowd, swarm

cuān

iron, pick, poker

dài

to support; to respect; to put on, to wear; surname

dài

to blacken one's eyebrows; black

dān

bitter hatred; drought

dǎn

gallbladder; gall, guts, courage

dàng

shelve, frame; files, records; grade, level

dàng

pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out

dǎo

to dance, to stamp the feet

dèng

to stare at

dèng

stone steps on a cliff or hill

dèng

lamp; a kind of cooking vessel

rainbow

diǎn

dot, point, speck

dié

flatfish; flounder; sole

dōu

wicker basket; sedan chair

duàn

a bamboo trap for catching fish

duàn

to temper, to refine; to forge metal

dūn

stone block

duì

ferrule; to castrate

è

alligator

ér

swallow

ěr

near, close; recent

fán

complex, difficult; many, diverse

fén

a variety of mole

fèn

manure, dung; shit, excrement

fèn

fish

special pattern of embroidery

abalone

gān

embarrassed; ill-at-ease

gǎo

straw, hay; withered, dry

to place, to lay down; to delay

鴿

pigeon, dove; Columba species (various)

gòu

to buy, to purchase

swelling, edema; puffy, bloated

the hub of a wheel